Elite schools with distinct application or admission process for engineering/science

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<p>Several of the top-ranked US universities have a structurally different application or admission process for engineering, or for some of the programs in science. A few examples are listed below. Are there more?</p>

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<li><p>Duke (as of the early 2000's) used different formulas to combine the test scores of engineering applicants, and a different admission procedure where a faculty committee from the engineering school was involved. </p></li>
<li><p>Brown has an application supplement for engineering and a faculty committee from the engineering departments (<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/1337547-brown-engineering-impact-admit-chances.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/1337547-brown-engineering-impact-admit-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li>
<li><p>Brown has a bachelors+MD direct admission program (PLME).</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell's engineering school has its own admission process.</p></li>
<li><p>Columbia SEAS is a different admissions track from Columbia College. (May</a> I apply to both Columbia College and Columbia Engineering? | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions)</p></li>
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<p>-UC Berkeley has a separate college of engineering and admissions are subject to limits on particular "impacted" majors which usually include some of the engineering subjects. I don't know whether the COE has a distinct admission or application process otherwise.</p>

<p>My understanding is that Harvard and Yale have relatively uniform admission procedures where any effect on admission of a choice of major is informal. Applicants could be compared to others with similar interests, and there may be annual limits/quotas/targets for enrollment in particular subjects, but there is no separate information required of engineering applicants, and no separated admission track or officially different weighing of test scores.</p>

<p>Any data on other schools, or correction of the preceding, would be appreciated. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Cooper Union and MIT both have their own applications.</p>

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<p>Berkeley freshman admissions has different selectivity levels by division (College of Engineering, College of Chemistry, College of Letters and Science, etc.); within the College of Engineering, different selectivity levels are used for the different majors. The differences are due to the number of applicants versus the capacity of each division or major.</p>

<p>The College of Engineering recommends that freshman applicants take SAT Subject tests in math level 2 and a science.</p>