Where is it easy to transfer from engineering to business? Where is it hard?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

VT, UVA, UMD, etc.... Be mindful not to screwup the GPA. As long as business school transfer roadmap courses are completed and minimum 3.0 GPA is maintained, transfer is guaranteed. Even otherwise, if AP calculus and AP English is done in HS or equivalent in engineering first semester, and that’s more than sufficient for business major entry. AP Econ in high school is a wise choice.

True for VT, not sure about other two.
Transfer road map courses plus 3.0 is all that's need to transfer into business

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

VT, UVA, UMD, etc.... Be mindful not to screwup the GPA. As long as business school transfer roadmap courses are completed and minimum 3.0 GPA is maintained, transfer is guaranteed. Even otherwise, if AP calculus and AP English is done in HS or equivalent in engineering first semester, and that’s more than sufficient for business major entry. AP Econ in high school is a wise choice.

This is a myth.

OP, look up your targeted schools and see what THEIR internal transfer policy is. Generally speaking, admission is competitive and space-limited, in many business programs after the first year.

Not a myth. At VT, 3.0 gpa is sufficient to transfer into business.

[Anonymous]

My son is at RPI. They have a business school (Lally School of Management) and it’s very easy to transfer to business. As you say, a decent number of business school students there are former engineering students who decided to switch. A lot of the recruited athletes are also business majors (apparently the hockey players are not allowed to major in an engineering discipline). It’s also easy for the engineering students to get a minor in business.

But I don’t know that anyone would choose that school for business, there are much better undergraduate schools for business.

[Anonymous]

I would look into Tennessee, not sure but call and ask? When my DD was considering(there now) I called and asked about things like this and they were helpful.

[Anonymous]

UF. They don’t admit by major and most of the business classes are taken online so the can jump on the curriculum track anytime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

VT, UVA, UMD, etc.... Be mindful not to screwup the GPA. As long as business school transfer roadmap courses are completed and minimum 3.0 GPA is maintained, transfer is guaranteed. Even otherwise, if AP calculus and AP English is done in HS or equivalent in engineering first semester, and that’s more than sufficient for business major entry. AP Econ in high school is a wise choice.

This is a myth.

OP, look up your targeted schools and see what THEIR internal transfer policy is. Generally speaking, admission is competitive and space-limited, in many business programs after the first year.

Not a myth. At VT, 3.0 gpa is sufficient to transfer into business.

DP. It would be really great if you wouldn't comment about things that you know nothing about.

https://pamplin.vt.edu/students/advising/change-major.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

VT, UVA, UMD, etc.... Be mindful not to screwup the GPA. As long as business school transfer roadmap courses are completed and minimum 3.0 GPA is maintained, transfer is guaranteed. Even otherwise, if AP calculus and AP English is done in HS or equivalent in engineering first semester, and that’s more than sufficient for business major entry. AP Econ in high school is a wise choice.

True for VT, not sure about other two.
Transfer road map courses plus 3.0 is all that's need to transfer into business

Please disregard this poster ^^ who has been repeating this multiple times. A 3.0 is not all you need to transfer into business. It is, in fact, a lot more complicated than that.
https://pamplin.vt.edu/students/advising/change-major.html

[Anonymous]

Easy at WashU. They also have some joint business/engineering programs and a good number of kids who study both, for example an engineering major with a business minor. When we were looking, the other school we found with joint programs was Lehigh. Our student really enjoyed studying both (CS & Business) and now works in management at a tech company.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

VT, UVA, UMD, etc.... Be mindful not to screwup the GPA. As long as business school transfer roadmap courses are completed and minimum 3.0 GPA is maintained, transfer is guaranteed. Even otherwise, if AP calculus and AP English is done in HS or equivalent in engineering first semester, and that’s more than sufficient for business major entry. AP Econ in high school is a wise choice.

This is a myth.

OP, look up your targeted schools and see what THEIR internal transfer policy is. Generally speaking, admission is competitive and space-limited, in many business programs after the first year.

Not a myth. At VT, 3.0 gpa is sufficient to transfer into business.

DP. It would be really great if you wouldn't comment about things that you know nothing about.

https://pamplin.vt.edu/students/advising/change-major.html

It says minimum 3.0 in what you posted for restricted business majors. Scroll down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Easy at WashU. They also have some joint business/engineering programs and a good number of kids who study both, for example an engineering major with a business minor. When we were looking, the other school we found with joint programs was Lehigh. Our student really enjoyed studying both (CS & Business) and now works in management at a tech company.

this is true at most of the selective privates...from us news rankings...

carnegie mellon, nyu is competitive but doable, usc doable, ga tech, emory, bu allows, northeastern allows

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is a junior who probably will apply to business and/or engineering programs next year. In the olden days when I was in college, engineering undergrads who either couldn't hack the program or decided it wasn't what they wanted to do often hopped onto the BBA track--relatively easily and seamlessly, at least as far as I could tell from my arts & sciences perch. (Almost nobody moved the opposite direction.) That's a path I'd like to be open to DS if he starts in engineering. From friends with older kids, though, I have the vague sense that it's now more difficult, at least at some universities, to transfer from the engineering college to the business one (although transfers to arts & sciences from either remains easy everywhere). I know almost no specifics, though. If folks in the know are willing to share schools where it's easy to transfer from engineering to business and those where it's hard, I'd very much appreciate it. TIA!

VT, UVA, UMD, etc.... Be mindful not to screwup the GPA. As long as business school transfer roadmap courses are completed and minimum 3.0 GPA is maintained, transfer is guaranteed. Even otherwise, if AP calculus and AP English is done in HS or equivalent in engineering first semester, and that’s more than sufficient for business major entry. AP Econ in high school is a wise choice.

This is a myth.

OP, look up your targeted schools and see what THEIR internal transfer policy is. Generally speaking, admission is competitive and space-limited, in many business programs after the first year.

Not a myth. At VT, 3.0 gpa is sufficient to transfer into business.

DP. It would be really great if you wouldn't comment about things that you know nothing about.

https://pamplin.vt.edu/students/advising/change-major.html

Form the link, what part of "minimum 3.0 GPA" are you struggling to comprehend?