Transfer into Business (Help appreciated!)

NINJAINVENTOR
Wed, 04 May 2011 23:30:44 +0000

BME premed here:
Firstly, you’re not failing. They’re not going to deny you transfer. If you want it, there’s no reason to wait/waste time. Though you might consider switching to systems. That’s pretty much the most “mathy” of the engineering disciplines. They have few requirements, amazing job prospects, and often times do go into business.
Secondly, for a little perspective (not a B school student, but I know some of them/have relatives in business), finance/accounting are supposed to be really hard (like mini engineering essentially, they have their own vocabularies/massive number crunching), marketing/management are softer/easier.
Thirdly ease up on criticizing how much “engineering gives back.” As an example have you seen this [DARPA's Brain-Controlled Robotic Arm Fast-Tracked, Could Be Available in Just Four Years | Popular Science](DARPA's Brain-Controlled Robotic Arm Fast-Tracked, Could Be Available in Just Four Years) . Moran works on similar stuff (you need brain computer interfaces to control such devices). I have a close relative who was quadripelegic for a long time. That sort of technology (even temporarily) would have been life changing. It’s the difference between helplessness/dependence, and a fairly normal life. This is just one example of thousands. IE. you may not like engineering, you may find it tedious, you may suck at it, but that’s no reason to bad mouth it.