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Lousier Business School Or A Better Engineering School (Singapore)
My question is more towards a Singapore context and I'll try my best to fill you in on my context. My passion is in investment. Thus, I would like to go into an AM , hedgefund or ER career. In Singapore, there are 3 big universities, NUS, NTU and SMU that are recognised by the civil service. But my...
Richard Ivey, best dual degree combination? (Canada)
Hi everyone, I am a high school senior who is most likely going to be attending the University of Western Ontario this fall and pursue the Honors Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business. As many of you know it is a second entry program which you can enter permitting...
Aerospace Engineer getting bored of engineering
Hey guys. I'm currently a third-year Aerospace Engineering student at the University of Virginia. I have no internship experience, as I've been involved with research for the past summer. I have strong leadership experience from extracurriculars, but they are all focused on engineering and design,...
Petroleum Engineer Salaries
So I have been in the dark about how much money engineers actually make until recently. Apparently, these smart guys and gals rake it in -- even in comparison to those of us in investment banking, especially when adjusting on a per-hour basis. Is the concept of "target" schools not a thing when it...
Engineering Junior
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What's your opinion WSO...
I've been ripping my hair out the past 6 months. I just started college in the fall 2012 and have been undecided between majoring in electrical/computer engineering vs majoring in finance. "But wait jon those are totally different" said everyone. I'm having problems deciding because well... I put...
Industrial Operations Engineering options..
I'm currently a sophomore in IOE. I don't know if this is the proper place to ask, but would IOE roles in engineering firms value investment banking and business development experience? I have experience as a business development manager at a law firm and this upcoming summer I will have had IB M&A...
GPA for STEM Degrees
I know that GPA is question that is often asked, but what would be a good GPA to have if you are an undergrad applying for consulting jobs with an engineering degree? To be more specific I am an engineering major, with an additional major in the humanities, as well as a minor in Econ at a top...
Stick with Engineering or switch?
I go to a non-target university, but it is a top 10-15 engineering school. I've recently become very interested in S&T , to a lesser extent IBD . I am currently studying engineering and would likely do Civil Engineering if I continued this path. However, I've thought about switching to Finance as it...
I've got a potentially big decision to make...
Blah Blah Blah I'm at Umich, first year here, now is the time for me to apply to Ross or fuhgetaboutit... Right now I'm heavily leaning towards majoring in CS What I am interested in: - trading -programming -consulting The problem: obviously CS would be better to get a job in trading/programming,...
How to make your resume "consulting-like" coming from a technical background
Hi guys, I am currently trying to revise my resume and trying to make it more "consulting" and less like I am targeting for an engineering job. I am targeting IT consulting positions in companies like Deloitte / Accenture so not exactly MBB or management consulting focused. However, coming from an...
Major Crossroad: Literally
Hey fellow aspiring/incumbent monkeys, I have a quick question regarding what major I should choose to best set-up an investment banking gig after I graduate. For context, I am a sophomore at the University of Southern California "Fight On!" and I am in the Marshall School of Business. I am in their...
Big Oil ~> MBA / JD+MBA ~> PE?
Hey guys A friend did engineering and worked for a big oil company (Saudi Aramco) for 5 years. He worked for the company's strategic planning division (essentially mapping out how and where the company's resources are best used). He took the GMAT in the last sitting and scored 700 flat. He took the...
Engineering on the street
I just did a search of how engineering degrees are viewed on the street and it seems that some people are for it and some people are against it. I don't see how an engineering degree can be a bad thing. A friend of mine recently started an engineering management degree and it seems like the perfect...
Resume me review, Help before the NOV 25 Goldman Sachs Deadline
Gents, Goldman Sachs Deadline for 2013 recruiting season for internships is on the 25th. I am a Mechanical Engineering major and have a very wide knowledge and experience on my field . I am applying for a technology analyst position, maybe even a quant since I basically solve non-linear homogenous...
GMAT Quant score/Engineering degree
Hi all, Been reading this site for a while now, but first post, so here goes; I'm currently in my final year at Imperial College doing an Engineering degree (MEng), and in the process of applying for Masters in Finance (or similar) at a variety of the top business schools/universities - LSE ,...
Chose the Easier Major
Hi everyone, So lately I've been thinking about this topic and just wanted to express my thoughts and rant. I chose to major in business (finance) because I was naive back in high school and thought I wanted to do business, which I still do. Now that I am entering my final year of university, I...
MBA + MS Engineering programs?
Hey everyone, Just wondering what everyone thought about joint/dual degree MBA /MSEngineering programs, and which schools had good ones. I was thinking Columbia or MIT Sloan or Penn. Also, do you need an engineering undergrad degree to be considered for one?
Non-target with engineering degree... what are my options
Hey gentlemen, I'm a computer engineer graduate who's hoping to get some advice from the community. I'll try to keep it concise and to the point so here is my background: 1) I've already graduated. (Do banks have post-bachelors/ pre-MBA internships?) 2) I graduated with a non-finance degree from a...
Which Diploma is Worth the Most?
Many have tried to answer this question in terms of dollar value and failed. After all, projecting earnings across majors, industries and careers is pretty tough. Even in a consistent, predictable economic climate such projections can rarely be counted upon. In an attempt to solve this quandary,...
Weekend Wars: Finance vs. Engineering
A question we often hear posed on Wall Street Oasis is what should I major in? Or some derivation, thereof. People will tell you anything and everything from straight finance, accounting and business to seemingly irrelevant topics such as theater, music and drama. Though the battle of liberal arts...
2+3 Program
I've been reading threads around the website for a while but this is the first time I've decided to post. My question is regarding the 2+3 programs (or 2-1-1-1) that are offered by many liberal arts schools to receive and engineering and liberal arts degree in 5 years. Do any of you have any...
Did I screw up picking my major?
I apologize in advance if I posted this in the wrong section but basically I'm currently a sophomore at a non-target (for business) majoring in Mechanical Engineering. When I chose the major my main goal was to become an engineer after I graduate, maybe get an MBA , and who knows what else but my...
Rutgers MBA (PT), Transition from Engineering to Finance/Accounting
Hey guys,
I have the feeling engineers make a lot more
I've been thinking about this for some time. I mean most of the high-pay positions in banks are occupied by engineers, mathematicians, physicists etc. but I'm talking about the engineering sector. Here are my arguments: 1) There are a lot of engineering companies, some are huge (e.g. microsoft,...
E=MC^2
With everything in the world becoming more tech-driven, why does Wall Street continually recruit economics and finance majors? This is a question that has had me thinking alot lately because of the sheer stupidity of this decision. Everyone knows that banking is mostly grind-it-out, ass-kissing work...
Difference between BS and BSE in Comp. Sci at U-Mich (LSA vs. CoE)
So I'm going into U-Mich this year into their LSA school (main school sorta) for Computer Science. I've been contemplating on whether or not I should try to get into the College of Engineering for Computer Sciences... Differences would be that in LSA I would get a BS while in CoE I would get a...
How to warrant interest in finance with technical background?
A little bit about me: I'm going into my junior year, I study Math(applied)+CS and I have fairly top of the line internships and research experience in nanotechnology and aerospace engineering. What is the best way to warrant an interest in finance? Could I argue that I like the industries that I've...
Did I screw myself by getting a master's in engineering?
I'm mostly interested in portfolio management / research type careers. Unfortunately, I think my background is not really hitting the right chords with the recruiters. In hindsight, maybe I should have went for a MA Econ or MS Finance. I don't want to go back to school (b-school), but is it a must?
Who Would You Hire?
Harvard Engineering with Econ Minor - GPA: 3.4 Harvard Econ Major with Math Minor - GPA: 3.8 Both with same finance internships/activities/interests *keeping in mind you would probably see a ton of econ majors, and it might bore you to death when you see it for the 40th time...
Graduating Senior-my goal, any chance?
I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this, but simply I want to know my chances for even becoming affiliated with Wall Street. I am a graduating senior and a lot of stuff has crossed my mind upon college admissions. Seeing my peers get into Wharton, Stanford, Yale, and Princeton really hurt...
Convince me to try to go to Ross
over Michigan's College of Engineering I've heard that recruiting has gone from almost all Ross to half-Ross, half-LSA/CoE... and that MBB / s&t will probably look at engineering moreso than IB would. I would be going for computer sciences in CoE and would've tried to double major in CS /finance if...
Where should I go?
Sorry for posting this on here. Not pertaining directly to investment banking but i was after the most replies. Okay so I'm pretty interested in finance and want to work in finance in the future. Even got a investment banking internship this summer at a small local boutique, had to cold call/email...
Friends Don’t Let Friends Get Into Finance
Found a great read dealing with the attractiveness of finance and why, presumably, you shouldn't let your friends get in. Enjoy! http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/26/friends-don%E2%8…
Engineer looking for a job
Hi! I'm an engineer, an electronics engineer to be exact. However, graduating from a third world country, I don't think my title and license would be honored once I'm out of my country. Are there any exam in the US that would certify me as an engineer if I would ever work there?
SEC State School Freshman - Is it worth it to transfer?
Hello, I am an industrial engineering major at the University of Florida. I tried to choose the best degree for finance at UF, and, since the finance department is weak, I chose to take industrial engineering with a bunch of finance electives. Is it worth it to try to transfer (giving up my free...
Florida Engineering major seeking advice for B School
I am an engineering major in Florida planning to eventually get an MBA at a top school. Everyone keeps telling me that without work experience at GS or a similar place, I won't get in. This just does not make sense to me that an entire MBA class would be investment bankers. If I work in Florida at a...
Yet another undergrad school question
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Non Target Engineering Undergrad + Duke MMS + Wall Street Prep = FT IBD MM gig?
Hey guys/gals, I just want to get some opinions on a few things. Long story short, I networked my ass off + applied at tons of places last recruiting season and I got no interviews. I'm from a super non-target with an engineering undergrad degree who has been working for a yr as an engineer. Anyways...
Exciting Summer Job
Hey everyone, new to WSO , and this is my first meaningful post. I'm an engineering undergrad student in Montreal. Yeah... Engineering... Yet I'm always on the compter between classes checking up on my stocks and the markets in general. All my friends keep asking me: '' Why are you in engineering,...
Why is Engineering So Important for MC?
I'm just curious, why is it that engineering is so important to a lot of the top management consulting strategy houses? I know that they are typically well-regarded due to their reasoning ability and course rigor, but is that it (although that is important)? I'm going to be majoring in finance and...
New guy with a question.
I'm currently a student studying oil and gas engineering. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about finance. I've read multiple times that you should be able to work well with excel and C++ for trading . I can understand excel but why C++? Would any basic programming language be sufficient like say...
Engineering Vs Finance for Ibanking
K so I've been reading a lot of stuff saying that some IB firms and MBA programs prefer engineering over finance majors and that a lot of CEOs have engineering degrees. It's getting to the point where it seems like engineering/applied mathematics would be better to study than finance for...
Is a background in biomedical engineering/biology necessary to work with those types of clients?
basically what the question states... is it necessary? is it even advantageous? or can somebody that's just straight up good at their job be able to make smart decisions regarding this?
MS ElectricalEngineering Trader
So Ive been interested in IBD and trading for a while but pursued my engineering degree and was on track for a PhD when i decided the world is much more exciting when your not around the (poor) lab rats all the time. Hence my formal financial knowledge is lacking however i have gained experience...
cfa for consulting?
Hi there, I am from electrical engineering @ university of toronto and i am doing an intern at some IT company right now. i am interested in getting a job in a consulting company but they always ask for a business/ financial background which i dont hv. i am wondering if passing CFA level 1 will help...
Joint Venture and/or Takeover - Engineering, Construction, Property, Finance and Mortgage Sectors
A Singapore based fund is funding +100 Million Euro into a European holding company, listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange, who is engaged in engineering, construction, property, finance and mortgage sectors. 1. They are looking to engage with liquid listed companies in order to take opportunity to...
Topic unlike anything else you've seen
Riiight. You didn't really believe ^THAT^, did you? XD Nonetheless, I have a few questions I would love answers to, and I will try my best to make them not boring or obnoxious. I have the starting point, the finishing point, and I am trying to have some idea of the road in between. Where I want to...
Can I go from Sun y Buffalo to NYU Poly to IVY
So here is my story: I spent 6 years in Undergraduate Engineering at SUNY Buffalo and graduated with 2.1 GPA. After graduating, I prepped day and night for the GMAT and scored a 760. Given my shoddy Undergraduate GPA, I'm planning on doing my masters in engineering from NYU-POLY(which is tier 3...
How to leverage engineering experience
I have 3 internships worth of engineering experience in various roles, some more technical than others, and I will be attending a MSF program starting this September. The only business related internship was one in a technical sales type role. I was wondering how I can leverage my engineering...
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