<p>In the UC app, when they ask you to select your campus and major you want to apply for, under the College of Engineering (and Chemistry) it says:</p>
<p>College of Engineering
Applicants to the College of Engineering are advised to discuss their interest in their intended major in the personal statement.</p>
<p>Is this strongly recommended? I didn't see this before I wrote my essays and they're not about engineering, and I want to apply to the College of Engineering. Am I going to have to rewrite my essays? I'm having a panic attack because there's only like a few days left before it's due. Are both of my essats suppsoed to be about engineering? Do they instead want me to talk about it in the "Additional comments" box and not the essays or what? Help, please!</p>
<p>I would rewrite one of the essays. I think prompt #1, about dreams and aspirations. Don't use the additional info, that is not an essay. That part is to explain for stuff that needs explaining, like you were ill in high school, etc..</p>
<p>The essay I've written for prompt #1 shows my general values/dreams/character and such, do you think I could try to tack on a bit on engineering at the end or would that come out bad?</p>
<p>Also, are some engineering majors harder to get into than others? How easy is it to change majors within the college of engineering? I can't decide between bioengineering, engineering physics, and materials science engineering right now.</p>
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The essay I've written for prompt #1 shows my general values/dreams/character and such, do you think I could try to tack on a bit on engineering at the end or would that come out bad?
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<p>That seems fine.</p>
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Also, are some engineering majors harder to get into than others?
<p>Hm, now that I look at the personal statement guidelines...</p>
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What if I am applying to a professional school
or college (such as the College of Engineering
or Chemistry)?
If you are applying to a professional school or
college, it is important that you discuss:
-your intended field of study in your personal statement;
-your interest in your specific major;
-any school or work-related experience
<p>EE/CS is the hardest. Maybe bioengineering. My guess is that civil engineering/aerospace engineering/industrial engineering majors are easier to get in, but not sure. Engineering undeclared is hard because it can be used as a backdoor to EE/CS.</p>
<p>Through statistics alone, Engineering Undeclared requires the highest admission officer score to get in (there was a complete analysis published a while back, I'm sure you can find it on this board somewhere); followed by EECS and the other Engineering programs.</p>
<p>To switch between majors, as I understand it, you need a 3.0 and you need to have fulfilled the prerequisites for the major you want to transfer into. However, if you're Engineering-Undeclared, then you need a 2.0 and the pre-reqs.</p>
<p>If you're undecided, (as I am), I'd recommend applying Undeclared, however, that's a choice you'll have to make based upon your own personal situation.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks for the responses. Ugh, I knew I should have read everything in detail before I began my essays, thanks anyway though kyledavid08. </p>
<p>I also have a question about which SAT score I should report. My best sitting is a combined score of 2100 (720 CR, 710 M, 670 W), and I had a sitting before that with a combined score of 2090 (670 CR, 800 M, 620 W), obviously not a big difference between the combined score of the two, but my 800 Math score is much better than the 710 from the first one. Since I want to major in engineering, should I submit the 2090 with the 800 Math at the expense of lower CR and W scores? Would Berkeley take the highest (2100) score regardless when they receive my official score report?</p>
<p>In your case, I would list both of them. The UCs that care about numbers would get the 2100, the UCs that don't care about numbers will see your highest scores in Math.</p>