Chance me for McCombs and Petroleum Eng.

schmegel
Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:31:20 +0000

based on my children and peers…Engineering (especially this last year) looks heavily at math and science classes and standardized test scores. My son who was not an auto admit (but close) was admitted to engineering…he had perfect math scores and all science and math aps with 5s.

McCombs does seem to look more at leadership, class rank , extra curriculars than the engineering school.
But as the poster above noted…they are such different fields of study and you should truly explore the different career paths. Engineering is much more challenging math and science…much more difficult coursework than business. But McCombs has the top accounting school in the nation so it is the most competitive college major to get into at UT…because of the numbers of applicants.

If you truly want to do engineering, you should choose two engineering majors as your choices. If you are uncertain and want to try business, at least take the more difficult engineering math classes and then you can more easily transfer into engineering.