Difference in CS admission rates?

Applying to College
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<p>How large is the difference in admission rates for computer science vs the general admission at these colleges.
UIUC
U Michigan
U Maryland
U Miami
U Washington
Purdue
Cornell
CMU
Georgia Tech
UC Berkeley
USC
UT Austin</p>

<p>I know at UW, for example, has a general admission of above 60% but CS/CE admission is below 20%. I have been unable to find figures at many of these colleges. Does anyone know if CS admission is 3x lower or more like UW?</p>

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<p>For those schools, I think UCB is the one where there is a difference between L&S and EECS. Purdue admits to General Engineering for freshmen. USC is slightly more difficult for EECS vs L&S, but not as much as a difference as UCB.</p>

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<p>For CMU, it is less than 9% (351 out of 4254 for the School of Computer Science), which is less than the overall acceptance rate of the university.</p>

<p>[Carnegie</a> Mellon Admission | Admission Statistics](<a href=“http://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/undergraduate-admission-statistics]Carnegie”>http://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/undergraduate-admission-statistics)</p>

<p>Sometimes you really have to dig to find out this information.</p>

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<p>For UC Berkeley, you can major in either L&S CS (in the College of Letters and Science) or EECS (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering) to study CS. Both majors select from the same CS courses.</p>

<p>For L&S CS, you apply as a frosh to L&S, where there is no difference in selectivity for all L&S intended majors (L&S is the largest division). All L&S frosh enter undeclared. Due to its increasing popularity, L&S CS is expected to be a capped major soon, with a minimum GPA higher than the current 2.0 to declare.</p>

<p>For EECS, you apply as a frosh to the major, where selectivity may be different from other engineering majors and L&S (usually considered to be more selective than L&S). However, those admitted would enter in the major as frosh. If admitted as frosh to another major, especially outside of engineering, it is very difficult to change into EECS or another engineering major.</p>