<p>as far as I have read in cc I found that even small unknown schools like montana tech graduates are getting the same salary as an engineering school graduate.</p>
<p>is it worthless going to an engineering school?</p>
<p>and many people have cited that it is easier for non engineering schools like dartmouth or yale to get into good MBA programs . This doesnt make sense either way going to engineering school doesnt worth a penny. </p>
<p>How difficult is it for an engineering school graduate to get into good MBA programs?</p>
<p>If you want to be an engineer you more or less need to be trained to be an engineer. For many jobs in this world, there is a body of knowledge that one must have in order to get the job. Most engineering jobs are like that. If you want an engineering job someday, and you think you can get one without receiving engineering training, go for it.</p>
<p>I think it’s safe to say that one does not need engineering training to qualify for an MBA degree.</p>
<p>There are different schools out there that offer engineering training to various extents. I for one do not agree that all these programs are the same. They differ in the breadth and depth to which you can explore various aspects of engineering. And in your exposure to fields outside engineering. And other factors as well.</p>
<p>Choose the one that best meets your current and likely future needs.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to be an engineer,which is what your post indicates to me, then IMO you should consider whether you want to devote a large portion of your precious undergraduate years studying for a profession you are not interested in.</p>
<p>My son has always liked math and science, but is disturbingly ambivilant about his freshman engineering classes. He has thought for the past year or two that he might really enjoy being a lawyer. Now he says maybe law + MBA. I questioned him about why he is flogging himself with the engineering course load if he doesn’t intend to be an engineer (similar to the OP’s question). He responds with an answer that would make Sakky happy…he’s making A’s and there’s no other major that he would prefer (well, he does have a double major and studies music privately). </p>
<p>I have heard that once you get out of freshman engineering classes into your major, it gets better and more interesting. People often change their minds, and in the absence of any other strong interest, engineering will offer a solid background for employment, graduate studies or professional school.</p>
<p>You need to keep up decent grades for B-school, but most of those students have work experience, too. Virtually all of the MBA students in my husband’s program had at least a few years of employment. That might turn out to be at least as important as your undergraduate gpa. (Somebody correct me if I’m wrong!) </p>
<p>Also, if you are interested in engineering, some schools have dual degree programs that offer MBA + MS Eng degrees.</p>
<p>I would say that it’s no worse than spending so much of your precious undergrad years majoring in an extremely difficult major like, say, physics or math. I would argue that math and physics are just as difficult as engineering is, yet lots of people who major in math or physics do not actually intend to become mathematicians or physicists. </p>
<p>Personally, I think engineering is an excellent choice for somebody who is good at science. Both science and engineering majors are hard, but at least engineering will deliver a relatively high starting salary. Science majors require a lot of hard work too, and they don’t even deliver good starting salaries.</p>
<p>Sakky, in the past two days, you’ve hijacked… like… four threads to push the same point. Can we restrict this same ol’ argument to just <em>one</em> thread to avoid muddying up these other specific topics and questions? This guy was actually asking about engineering schools’ specific advantages, and monydad’s just trying to get some info on what <em>this specific</em> poster is trying to do with his life. I’m afraid that your argument somewhat confuses the issue at hand.</p>
<p>Am I the only one who’s confused? If I am, that’s cool… I just figure that if the OPs aren’t getting their questions answered and those of us with experience in the field are merely arguing among ourselves, then we’re undermining the usefulness of the forum.</p>
<p>Since B-schools aren’t as about GPA as law and medical school, engineers stand as good of chance at them as other majors. Also, engineers tend to be more conscious about work experience and since that’s also a criteria, they might have an advantage there.</p>
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<p>Sakky, I think you should just write a book and vent it out there. I think it’ll sell very well as it touches on many questions people ask here.</p>
<p>Aurelius, you know, I’m thinking of just writing all of my thoughts as just one huge blog, cut up into sections, and then I would just come here and post links to the various sections of my blog. It would certainly save a lot of typing. Yet I’m not sure the mods would allow it.</p>
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<p>Well, what do you want me to say? Basically, the same questions and topics keep coming up over and over again, so it’s natural that I will keep providing the same answers. </p>
<p>Now, when I start giving DIFFERENT answers to the same questions and the same topics, I think THAT’S when you should start worrying. </p>
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<p>Absolutely not, for many reasons of which I am too tired to type, but you can just search back through my old posts. </p>
<p>Engineering isn’t for everybody, but I think it is still one of the better choices you can make as far as an undergraduate major is concerned, provided you can handle it. </p>
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<p>Your grammar seems to be garbled such that I don’t know what you mean. Care to rephrase? </p>
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<p>It’s difficult for anybody to get into a good MBA program. However, I would say that it is probably significantly easier for the engineering grad than for most other grads. Top B-schools generally bring in about 20-35% engineers in their incoming classes. which is a startling high number when you consider that only 5% of all bachelor’s degrees conferred in the country are engineering degrees.</p>
<p>Poisonedapple: Montana Tech (formerly the Montana School of Mines) may be unknown to you, but it’s very well known to geologists and mining engineers and the people who hire them. Mining is a rather large industry in the West.</p>
<p>Those who attend schools such as Montana Tech are interested in becoming working engineers and geologists, and the courses are set up to produce them, which is why they receive salaries similar to graduates of the more generally well-known schools.</p>
<p>My advice to you and others is to go to engineering school only if you are thinking of becoming an engineer. The coursework is rigorous in any enginering school, so you need to like that subject in order to study it. If your plan is not to become an engineer but to enter business, take some other major, but be aware that most MBA programs want their students to have some work experience first. So, whatever you major in, keep in mind that to get your MBA you’ll have to hava job for a few years first. If you go to engineering school, chances are you’ll need to work as an engineer, so go there only if you like that field.</p>