<p>Regarding question #3, financial engineering vs. industrial engineering/ operations research, posts #s 3 and 8 from this thread may help:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/2295-financial-engineering.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/2295-financial-engineering.html?</a>
And also #s 17 & 18, & others, from this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/122183-top-schools-operations-research-2.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/122183-top-schools-operations-research-2.html?</a></p>