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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Assuming the engineering school is at least decent, I'd go for the higher rated school if your DC is on the fence. Engineering is tough and many drop out. Plus if your DC does takes another career path in the future the higher rated school will help.

- engineering undergrad w/MBA and now in a[b] non-engineering career that required strong quantitative skills[/b] [/quote]

What do you do?[/quote]

consulting in a specialized financial area - I like numbers. :)[/quote]

Why did you leave engineering?  [/quote]

I had always planned to go back for an MBA to help advance my career. The finance/consulting path just evolved from there. I would still definitely do engineering though - great foundation.

Also I have a few friends who have gone from engineering into law. A couple into patent law obviously, but other areas as well. Many went into IT/consulting. [/quote]

Got it; we're taking it as a given that our kids will go to grad school regardless of college major, so this makes perfect sense to us.  (And, I'll note that some of the smartest cookies in my law school class were engineers.)

So, here's my spin-off question from a while back that didn't garner any responses:   What if you go to a highly-ranked non-engineering school and major in applied math or physics, then decide you want to do a master's in engineering?  I understand your options will be narrowed, but is this just a pipe dream?[/quote]

Interesting question.

What's the ultimate career path?  Practicing engineer?  Research/academics?

It'd be tough because there is just so much material covered in undergrad and most grad programs get even more specialized. I'm sure you could take most of the foundation/intro courses (chemistry, calculus, physics, etc) as electives, but it'd be tough to get deep enough into any particular area without the upper-level courses.  Although I guess it depends a lot on the specific field of interest.

I think it's worth exploring master's programs to check out options.

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