Economics at UT Austin vs. MIS at TX State?

GPAnonymity
Sun, 23 Oct 2016 07:28:28 +0000

I’m transferring from ACC and planning on majoring on either MIS or economics.

I’m applying to UT Austin, but as a transfer student I know it is very difficult to transfer into McCombs, so my other option is Economics at the Liberal Arts college.

I’m also going to apply to Texas State, but I would choose MIS.

I’m still deciding on future career choices, but all I know for right now is that I want to work in a business environment and use technology. I’ve looked at becoming a Market Research Analyst or DBA (database administrator) but I’m not too sure right now.

I’m taking macroeconomics right now and it’s going great, I wouldn’t mind majoring in it. But on the other hand, MIS probably teaches more “practical skills” for careers - like SQL, database management, etc.

I’ve always wanted to go to UT and it would be way more convenient because I live in Austin (South Austin, so I live fairly close to TX State too) but I’m not sure if I would be accepted into McCombs, and I don’t know if an bachelor’s in Econ would be “enough.”

On the other hand, does TX State have a good business school? I know I’m posting this under the UT forum so please don’t be biased.