Best major for an incoming college freshman (engineering or economics)?
Question:
My desires would be:
investment banking/ capital markets (9.5)
petroleum engineering (9-9.5)
supply chain management (9)
project management (8.5)
I hope to embody the work hard play hard philosophy in college, but I also want to enter a great MBA program and Vandy practices grade deflation.
Also, my greatest aptitude would be mathematics with my second being an ability to socialize and communicate.
Which one would you recommend?
Answer:
Definetely mechanical engineering, my friend studied economics at northwestern university but ended up starting in sales, there is just not a great need out there for people who have economic degrees and starting pay aint that great either like $30,000, unless you want to work for the government but if your really interested in investments you should major in finance. Engineering is very interesting and fun to learn compared to economics you'll also start out around $60,000 out of college if you keep a good G.P.A., . Demand is high in the job market for smart mechanical engineers especially for American engineers but if you dont study engineering I'm sure they'll find somebody from India to take your place, just kidding.
From a 27 year old management grad who wishes he studied something more exciting!
Nobody here knows you well enough to make a confident recommendation regarding one of those careers. Petroleum engineering would be the most work-hard, play-hard environment, but maybe you're too much of a people person for that sort of tech-heavy work?
The important thing isn't whether you'll make a good living at one of those fields--they all have that potential. It's whether you personally will be energized by the tasks at hand during your work day.
My recommendation is that you get to a college career development office and run this question by them. You could do so in your first semester at Vandy, while taking a full schedule of general ed. courses like English comp, math, psychology, communication, lab science--courses that will apply to basic requirements for all programs. Then you'll still have plenty of semesters left to complete any of the proper degree programs.
The career development people can test your attitudes and aptitudes, they can access state and federal databases to show you projected demand and income for each career, and then they can help you pre-plan how to market yourself to employers, how to prepare your resume and vita, and how to ace the interview.
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