<p>I heard that the school of engineering at UCLA is more competitive. If I apply to UCLA as an engineer major, will I have a lower chance of being admitted?</p>
<p>The students are competitive (in terms of their GPA and SAT scores) but admissions is not as competitive as people may think. HSSEAS admitted over 27% of freshmen applicants in the 2009-2010 pool, which I believe is slightly higher than other schools at UCLA.</p>
<p>On the graduate level, over 60% of the domestic applicants receive admission to the HSSEAS at UCLA. UCLA is not very difficult to get into the graduate program, especially M.S program. Although they claim the average GPA of admitted students is around 3.5-3.6, I’ve heard of people with ~3.2-3.4GPA get in.</p>
<p>Source: <a href=“http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/OASA/jassiel/2009%20UCEE%20Report.xls%20final%20for%20web%2012182009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/OASA/jassiel/2009%20UCEE%20Report.xls%20final%20for%20web%2012182009.pdf</a></p>
<p>HSSEAS admits people by major FYI. Undeclared engineering is the most competitive major.</p>
<p>There is no undeclared engineering major…</p>
<p>what are the stats on # of seats/spots available for undeclared engineering?></p>
<p>Yes there is an undeclared engineering major and it is very, very competitive. My son was accepted for that this year so I know it does exist. It’s a new major for freshmen and if accepted into undeclared engineering, the student can go into any engineering major he/she would like. My son will actually be attending Berkeley in the fall as an Undeclared Engineering major. If UCLA’s program is similar to Berkeley’s, the student has until the end of sophomore year to declare a major and needs only to maintain a 2.0 to get into his chosen major.</p>
<p>I have heard that it is a new major for freshmen this year (not totally sure though). They had a panel discussing this during Engineering Open House.</p>
<p>Your SAT math scores have to be great (also SAT II), but your verbal scores don’t have to be great. I got in with a score lower than 500 on SAT verbal.</p>
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<li><p>HHSEAS admits students by major, as stated in the website. The more people that apply to a given major, the more competitive that major becomes. However, other schools in UCLA do not factor major in admission decisions.</p></li>
<li><p>It’s true, as an engineering major, your math and science SATs, classes, etc. do weigh more than that of humanities/english. I got near 800 on math and I did kinda bad on my US history SAT IIs and the reading section in SAT I yet I still got in.</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>I got an 800 on SAT subject test for Math II, but only a 700 on the regular SAT math. I’ll probably retake it since I think I can do better, but if it doesn’t significantly improve, do you think I will have a hard time getting into UCLA if I apply as an engineer? I have a 4.0uw now and I got higher scores on SAT reading and writing, but I don’t want to major in the humanities.</p>
<p>700 SAT I, you will very very unlikely to get in. 780-800 should be enough. But if you get 800 on Subject test, how did you get only 700 on SAT I?</p>
<p>I have no idea, which is why I plan to retake it. I did get a 78 on PSAT math. I got a 34 on ACT math, but I only got a 28 on science, so I don’t know if I want to use that score either.</p>
<p>There is “undeclared engineering.” My son will be entering Fall 2010 as undeclared engineering. He was admitted to both Cal Berkeley and UCLA as undeclared. Highly competitive.</p>