Maybe you decide what program you want, before choose school Vs. school.
Thats the thing, I have NO idea what I want to be doing. I am just picking something and going for it.
I am going for business right now ecause I figure I can run a body shop if all else fails. Engineering because I have always leaned towards that type of job. I am hoping to find some way to combine everything to find my place in the world.
MBA seems like an overkill if that’s all you want to do. You can just take couple business classes as part of your electives/Liberal arts concentration and read a couple books.
have you considered buff state? i opted for buff state over ub because i was able to max out my transfered credits at buff state and started out as a junior where as ub would have only accepted 25-30 of them. they are much more difficult to work with as far as accepting courses go. also buff state is more technical and algebra based with their engineering imo compared to ub which is more calculus based.
that’s if all else fails. I would really like to get into something corporate with business/engineering.
If you have no idea what you want to do it probably makes sense to go somewhere less expensive until you figure it out and then transfer to the school you want to get your degree in.
Just FYI a bachelors in business isn’t really worth much by itself. Engineers can do business but business majors can’t do engineering…
If you think you can hack a BS in ME then do it. It’ll give you the most options. That’s why I did it. I didn’t know what I wanted to do. Still don’t. But now I write control system software on one desk and manage half million dollar projects on my other desk. My MBA is going to be a piece of paper that will help me meet the minimum requirements for more jobs. Except for some finance and accounting principles, experience >>> education in business IMO.
Oh, and listen to Walter. He seems to have had a good deal of success in the whole business/engineering field (more than me for sure), and the proof is in the pudding as they say…
Walter, dont forget the most important lesson we learned at RIT. 3 of us put together make one hell of an engineer. haha.
I also graduated RIT with a BSME. The best thing about that school for me was the co-ops. Not because of the experience I gained, but because of the different industries and positions they exposed me to. My first 2 years at school, I still had very little idea what a mechanical engineer actually did. The co-ops kinda opened my eyes to whats out there, and with an ME degree there is a lot. At first I wanted to work in the automotive field designing cars. It didnt take long to realize thats not how it really works, but instead you will be likely be stuck in a cube in front of a computer tweaking a small component for days/weeks/months on end. After 3 co-ops at one company as a designer, I learned I did not have the patience for it…it was simply too tedious for me. That lead me to the job I have now as an applications/sales engineer. That is why I am a big fan of the co-op program.
If you are unsure about what you want to do, then I highly suggest going for the cheaper option. I would also suggest the ME degree as I feel it allows you the greatest flexibility in the type of career you choose also in the greatest number of industries. See how things pan out with that before getting your business degree. Having both right out of school may not help you any, and could actually cause you a disservice when looking for entry level positions. Someone else said it before, an MBA without work experience is pointless.
As for the clout each school carries, I believe RIT is recognized nationally and globally more so than UB, but at the end of the day experience, networking, and how you interview probably pulls a lot more weight when comparing these two schools.
Good Luck.
Yup, I COMPLETELY agree!!
I do just about the same thing; but you’re ahead of me on the MBA curve seeing you’re almost done.
i met ~7 RIT ME grads at delphi, on lunch they would all talk about how much work they had to do for school, ha. they all made about 20-25 bucks an hour w/o benefits, and as passionate as they were about what they were doing, they were all worried about losing their jobs. every technician at delphi was worried about their job. every delphi engineer/tech i met or spoke with from michigan talked nonstop about how AWFUL the industry was out there. granted delphi was chapter 11 in 2006(?) so its probly worse than most automotive companies, but everyone knows and talks to eachother and everyone was scheming their own secret escape route. which is why i jumped ship when i had a job offer close to home. it sucks too because its was kick-ass job. idk, i just wanted to share my experience with the automotive industry.
i say get a BA in history from a private school and run a big printer.
Alright, so now I am 1.5 years into a AS in Business admin. Half of the stuff might transfer into a ME program as general study clases. I am not staying at GCC more than it takes to finish this degree.
fml some more.
So since we’re on the subject… it sounds like we can mostly agree that UB and RIT are both good schools that should get you where you want to go. Now how would say… Buff St, Alfred etc rank among them in the MET program? Are they worth considering?
I can’t see ANY reason to not go to UB over Buff State or Alfred.
UB = ME
RIT, Buff St, Aflred = MET
EDIT: Then again, I’m not sure that I know what I’m talking about. :io:
pm’d you fry :lol:
I went to Alfred State for my autobody degree. While Alfred U is a nice campus, I couldnt stand being in the middle of no where for any longer.
Agreed, unless your grades suck or something
I posted that because UB does NOT have any Engineering Tech programs, they are all Engineering Science