<p>I will be attending University of Texas - Austin next fall and I was wondering which engineering degree there would be the most versatile? By versatile I mean which degree which open the most career doors for me. Other than engineering, I am also considering medical school or business. Thanks</p>
<p>Medical School?..they take anybody from any of Engineering Majors. In fact, all they care is your GPA…it has to be around 3.75 and above cumulative and high score of MCAT. In fact, I know a doctor who was a music major then went into Med. School…and he told me even a guy from cooking school (of course with bachelor degree) can go to Med. School with super duper GPA and high score of MCAT…and that is also he/she needs to take lots of classes that they are lacking before being approved to take real medical classes.</p>
<p>Although UT Austin doesn’t include CS in its engineering college, Tau Beta Bi (and Stanford) consider CS to be an engineering degree (if the degree holder considers themselves a software engineer and not a mathematician) and so do I. So I’m going to say CS. Programming is a desired skill in just about every lab and it’s nothing but a boon in any engineering degree.</p>
<p>But if for some reason you are set on strictly engineering, then electrical engineering is the most versatile. If it has electricity running through it somewhere, then it’s something EE’s can work on.</p>
<p>After that I’d say mechanical engineering. If it has moving parts, then it’s something ME’s can work on.</p>
<p>After that I’d say chemical.</p>
<p>And then civil.</p>
<p>Those are the four fundamental “engineering” disciplines, I can’t think of another one that isn’t an offshoot or hybrid of the others.</p>
<p>Now watch as other people tear me to shreds for forgetting some.</p>
<p>But: EE or CS.</p>