IE in tamu vs ufl

gracecream
Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:02:33 +0000

hi, everyone!! my situation is really complicated. please be patient to read it~~~~

as a international student, i major in EE in undergrade but i’m boring about the programming and circuit. so, i choose industrial engieering as my graduate major. I know IE have to do a lot about programming and maths, but it seems a little easier？
but my real favorite is finance i have listen some courses in business school and i’m sure i love it. but my undergraduate university don’t let me to choose any course about finance. So,when i applying the grad, people tell me without the course in finance, no finance dept can accept me.
Now i have the admission from tamu of IE.but i heard that tamu don’t let IE graduate student study courses in other department more than 2. In this case, i still don’t have opportunity to apply for the finance PHD in top business college such as chicago, which is my dream school.
i also get a offer from ufl, and find out IE departmen has a focus area as risk management and financial engineering. i read the curriculum and see half of them are finance course.

i can learn IE and working in that field for a few years, but my dream is study finance. the ranking of tamu is much higher than ufl, and easier to find job. but consider the courses,
which one should i choose???

any suggestion is welcome!! your advice is very important to me and would be greatly appreciated!!!