<p>My younger brother is a rising senior who wants to go to UF for some form of engineering. I assume UF has certain quotas to meet for their different majors and colleges to help shape the freshman class and therefore it's easier to get into certain colleges and majors than others.</p>
<p>So my question is: How do the admissions statistics (i.e. admissions rates, average scores and GPA, etc.) compare for the engineering college vs. UF as a whole?</p>
<p>Unlike some schools, UF does not consider your major for undergraduate admission.</p>
<p>It is not easier for certain majors or colleges.</p>
<p>To add on what IntangibleGator said:</p>
<p>Each major requires you to take certain classes by the first 4-5 semesters to put you “on-track” to being admitted to the college of that major (usually about 8 classes with about a C/C+ or better in all of them). These are called “critical tracking courses”.</p>
<p>I am starting this Fall and I declared Computer engineering as my major.</p>
<p>For the most part, all engineer majors will have about 8 critical tracking courses and I belive almost all include at least Calc 1 and 2 (all 4 calcs for comp/electrical engineers) and at least 2 of physics and math (some with labs).</p>
<p>Hope this helped!</p>
<p>gpowsang</p>
<p>PS: What type of engineering is he leaning towards? I can look up the critical tracking courses he will need to take.</p>
<p>Wait, so when one is admitted into UF, they get admitted into the college of Engineering later?</p>
<p>I think he’s leaning towards either Electrical or Mechanical… I assume both are offered at UF.</p>
<p>I’m a math major and last time I checked there were only 3 calcs lol: Differential, Integral and Multi-Variable… unless you’re counting Vector/Advanced Calculus as part of the Calculus sequence that engineers have to take… Or unless UF splits up the 3 Calculus courses into 4 (Vanderbilt University, where I’m going to next year, allows students to take the Calculus sequence in either 3 or 4 courses)</p>
<p>I know for a fact that there are 8 CT courses for Elec Engineering:</p>
<p>4 Calcs (well all 3 and Dif Equations if you wanna put it your way :P)
2 Chem (Intro to chem doesnt count and both have labs)
2 Physics (I believe they are called Physics with calculus, both with labs)</p>
<p>On top of all this remember he also needs to do his Gen-ed req (9 credits in S, 9 in H, etc)</p>
<p>Ill try to look up the info on mechanical and verify my info when I get home.</p>
<p>gpowsang</p>
<p>I am EE, and unless they changed something within last few years, we are only required to take chem 1. Instead of chem 2, we have an option of taking some biology class. There are some extremely easy classes that give you the biology credit, so that’s the route most EEs take. I took biodiversity instead of chem2.</p>
<p>^im pretty sure ur right about that chem 2,</p>
<p>again, ill verify when i have the time</p>
<p>gpowsang</p>
<p>you can take something like genbio instead of chem2, or even man’s food</p>
<p>rsala is correct. If you do take Chem2 though, you do not have to take the lab portion. I made the mistake of not knowing about this detail and suffered through the lab (which is basically set up so that a certain number of people have no hope of completing all the labs by the end of the semester due to lack of supplies).</p>
<p>Yes, you are admitted into the college AFTER you meet your requirements (GPA and pre-reqs) while at UF.</p>
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<p>From my knowledge, they is no admittance into the engineering college later on. You just go to an academic adviser and change you major to whichever you choose. The only major I can think of that have an admittance policy is architecture.</p>
<p>Most of the beginning courses are the same, but there is some variation among the engineering majors when it comes to chem, bio, static vs. dynamics (or both) requirement.</p>
<p>The admittance into the college is automatically assumed when you meet the college’s requirements. </p>
<p>Here is an example:</p>
<p>[ECE-UF</a> Undergraduate Admission Requirement for EE Majors](<a href=“Home : ECE FLORIDA”>Home : ECE FLORIDA)</p>