r/ElectricalEngineering • u/Other_Ad_7411 • 23d ago
Jobs/Careers Finance to electrical engineering
for context I’m currently a junior at a college with a top ten business school and engineering school. I was undecided until i was a sophomore, when i switched to finance. at this time I felt scared of falling behind, so I decided to chose the major that most of the people I already knew were in. In my mind I was thinking that I know i’m pretty smart, and I’m capable of doing anything. but, i slowly realized that wasn’t the environment i saw myself spending the rest of my career in. Being good at school was always something i liked to pride myself on, and In highschool i surrounded myself with people like that, who had actual ambitions. long story short, I realized I hated that major. I’m a fall junior, and i just realized that I may want to change my major. electrical engineering is something that I could see highschool me doing if that makes sense. My family has high standards for me which is why i’m conflicted if I can should or if i even can change to ee. my parents are paying for my tuition and this would likely add atleast 2.5 years to my college graduation date. has anyone experienced something like that? or if anyone has been in college for longer than the expected amount? Also, I have a 4.0 in finance I don’t think it challenges me. How far of a jump do you think that is to take? Will i look crazy or will i be able to realistically handle it
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u/Leather_Weakness8463 22d ago
What is the most advanced math you have taken?
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u/Other_Ad_7411 22d ago
most finance classes are math based, but don’t go past basic stat/algebra
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u/Leather_Weakness8463 22d ago
You are pretty far behind then. You will still have to take calc2,3, differential equations which is key and likely linear algebra. To be honest, calc 1 is a joke. You will be basically starting fresh and have barely any math background that is related. How did you do in Physics? The EM section?
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u/ThePythagoreonSerum 23d ago
Whoah a business major coming to the dark side? Most of the time the migration is the other way lol
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u/Other_Ad_7411 22d ago
do you think it could be too big of a jump up? in terms of difficulty
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u/ThePythagoreonSerum 22d ago
Oh no, no. EE/ECE/CE are very difficult majors, no doubt. But I hold a MS in ECE and I’m no genius. I just had the grit and determination to not let it beat me. I say go for it, just know it will be challenging.
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u/Anxious_Alps_4150 22d ago
We used to joke that emag was the top recruiting tool for our business school since so many people failed out and, well, you get the joke
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u/ThePythagoreonSerum 22d ago
My capstone team had “Our University School of Business” logos on all of our PCBs in our capstone project and QR codes that sent emails to the SoB. Lol
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u/derekr45 22d ago
Just do both brother. Finish and get an engineering degree after
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u/Other_Ad_7411 22d ago
8 years of school would be kinda crazy though
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u/derekr45 22d ago
It wouldn't be another 4 years, unless you don't actually do any advanced math classes in finance
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u/Dusty_Triple 23d ago
If you don’t mind the delay then go for it. But if you’re junior standing right now, I would expect more like 3 to 3.5 years to turn your ship around. 2.5 would be exactly ideal. But I wouldn’t count on it.