<p>If i wont be as as strong as other engineer hopefuls should i apply as undecided or undeclared engineering to schools like Georgia Tech and Northwestern and UC Berkely and Purdue? I thought i was going to be a pre-med all of high school so all my ECs and my class schedule and rigor are geared towards pre-med but i have recently found a huge interest in industrial engineering and really hope that is what i study in my undergrad years help please thank you!</p>
<p>The type of extracurriculars won’t matter that much, as long as you have distinguished yourself in whichever activities you participated in.</p>
<p>It all really depends on your stats. If you feel like you’re a really weak candidate for the engineering school, you can try applying to the non-engineering school and then try to transfer internal schools later.</p>
<p>does a 3.3 unweighted , 3.8 weighted 2050 SAT qualify as very weak?</p>
<p>It depends on which school you’re talking about. For Berkeley, yes those are fairly weak statistics. You can make up for a low GPA/SATs in other ways, however. If you’re taking SAT IIs, try to do well on those as they can show more potential. What’s equally/more important than your stats are the intangible factors. Try and prepare some strong essays that are specific to your schools of interest (ie don’t write one and adjust it slightly for each school). For your LoRs, try talking to your teachers and explaining how important your application is to you and what positive aspects they might emphasize.</p>
<p>In general, those are rather average stats. Which means they’re less impressive for more prestigious schools.</p>
<p>They are weak for Berkeley (and they are very weak for Berkeley Engineering). They are also weak for Northwestern.</p>
<p>Impacted majors at UC Berkeley basically require an unweighted 3.8+ unless you have a reeeaaally cool story to tell admissions.</p>
<p>Why not WPI?</p>
<p>thank you soo much very helpful !For berkely i might just apply as a kineisology major and then if all goes well and i get in i could switch to the school of engineering after a few years there, good plan? For most other private schools i might do the same or apply undecided</p>
<p>I don’t think you should do that. There’s a reason Berkeley tries to filter out lower-tier engineers: because they are less likely to survive the program.
One good way to get around this is to apply as a transfer after 2 years, whether from a good community college or a decent state university, if you do legitimately get better. If you don’t like that, try applying to each of the universities you want, along with a few “safety” schools, and see how you do.</p>