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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Isn't that what the 3-2 is all about?  There are quite a few SLACs with arrangements with schools like Columbia. Dartmouth may do that too, although not sure if the 3-2 is just for their students. Of course to do a 3-2 you have to decide by sophomore year that's the path you want. [/quote]

That could be a good option.

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