Berkeley engineering Admissions vs Berkeley L&S admissions

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<p>my friend is looking into applying to the college of engineering at berkeley (materials engineering) but is afraid that the increased competition for the engineering college will kill his chances of getting in. Exactly how big of a difference in selectivity is there between the college of engineering and the college of letters and science?</p>

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<p>I don’t know if Berkeley does admissions like a school in my state, but here the humanities college is much easier to get into, but admission doesn’t make it any easier to get into the college of engineering than if you were applying from a different university altogether.</p>

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<p>There is a fair difference I think, so it <em>may</em> hurt his chances. It is possible to transfer in from L&S though.</p>

<p>[Change</a> of College — UC Berkeley College of Engineering](<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/prospective-students/admissions/change-of-college.html]Change”>Change of college - Berkeley Engineering)</p>

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<p>Stats for enrolled students in different colleges.
Acceptance rate in the COE is in the teen. Acceptance rate L&S is in the mid 20.<br>
Huge difference.</p>

<p>646 students enrolled in the COE
SAT Read Write Math Total
25% 620 630 710 1960
75% 740 730 780 2250</p>

<p>Compare to Letters&Science 2832 students enrolled
SAT Read Write Math Total
25% 580 590 610 1780
75% 700 710 750 2160</p>

<p>Compare to Natural Resources 378 students enrolled
SAT Read Write Math Total
25% 560 580 610 1750
75% 680 690 720 2090</p>

<p>Compare to College of Chemistry 174 students enrolled
SAT Read Write Math Total
25% 600 620 710 1930
75% 710 720 780 2210</p>

<p>Compare to Environmental Design 100 students enrolled
SAT Read Write Math Total
25% 540 550 590 1680
75% 680 680 710 2070</p>

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<p>wow great stats, thanks</p>

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<p>Kind of strange that Environmental Design has the lowest avg. for SAT scores.</p>

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<p>Not that strange.
Stats wise
Cornell Engineering > Cornell Arts&Science >>>>> Cornell Old Macdonald Ag school.
Berkeley Eng + Chem > Berkeley L&S >>>> Environmental Design. </p>

<p>For every Ravenclaw, there’s a Hufflepuff. =)</p>

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<p>nicely put</p>

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<p>yeah…and gryfinddor is L&S.</p>

<p>lol :)</p>

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<p>I saw the statistics for each college on a Berkeley site a long time ago. I believe the acceptance rate for COE was 18-19% (with around 15% for BioE, EECS, and Undeclared Engineering) and L&S was around 24%. Natural Resources was the highest, it was around 30% or so.</p>

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<p>And Slytherin is Haas.</p>

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<p>nah slytherin is COE… how many people do you think understand potions?</p>

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<p>how bout college of Chemistry? whats the acceptance rate for that?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/committees/pdf_docs_consolidate/Hout_Report.pdf[/url]”>http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/committees/pdf_docs_consolidate/Hout_Report.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>see page 25</p>

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<p>WAIT WHAT. 38%? that high???</p>

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<p>can someone post the acceptance rate for the different colleges?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/committees/pdf_docs_consolidate/Hout_Report.pdf[/url]”>http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/committees/pdf_docs_consolidate/Hout_Report.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I told you look at page 25</p>

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<p>This year, college of engineering admissions rate is 13%.</p>

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<p>Note that selectivity within the College of Engineering varies by major.</p>

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<p>This year it was reported that it is 9% for COE.</p>