<p>So I read in some past threads that Engineering Undeclared is actually more difficult to be accepted into than EECS because it virtually guarantees acceptance into any Engineering major that you may wish to pursue, including the more selective ones.</p>
<p>But I also read in one of the stickied threads that EECS is more difficult to be accepted into than Engineering Undeclared and that even after being accepted into Engineering Undeclared, there is no guarantee that you will get into the Enginnering major that you want.</p>
<p>So I am sort of confused about this.</p>
<p>What is the general consensus now regarding this issue?
Is Engineering Undeclared a good choice? Is it relatively simple to switch into any engineering major you want?
Or should one apply directly to EECS, even if one may not be too sure of his/her major?</p>
<p>Here's what I hope will be a clear clarification of the situation with regard to the Engineering Undeclared major (I'm in it myself).</p>
<p>In terms of difficulty of acceptance, most people posting regarding this are drawing upon a study made of UC Berkeley admissions that was conducted a few years ago. (there are links to it floating around on this forum)
In that study, Engineering Undeclared displayed the highest required admissions evaluation necessary to have a certain chance of acceptance into the major. EECS followed this closely, and the other Engineering majors were fairly evenly distributed following Undeclared and EECS.</p>
<p>Engineering Undeclared guarantees you acceptance to any Engineering major you wish (you must declare before the end of your second year, and after the end of your first year) assuming:</p>
<ol>
<li>You have a minimum 2.0 GPA.</li>
<li>You have fulfilled necessary pre-requisites for the major. (For instance, for EECS you'd have to have taken a significant part/completed the 61 series and so on)</li>
</ol>
<p>The actual process of declaring involves filling out a few forms in McLaughlin.
Approximately 100 Engineering Undeclared freshmen are accepted.</p>
<p>I applied to Engineering undeclared purely based upon my own situation. I was, and still am to some degree, undecided. At the time of applying I wasn't aware of the fact that undeclared was the most competitive to get into. I'd recommend applying to Engineering Undeclared if you're truly undecided and/or are confident of your application.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply.
I am also, to some degree, undecided.</p>
<p>If one was accepted to engineering undeclared, wouldn't he have to have at least a rough idea of what engineering major he would like to pursue in order to fulfill the necessary pre-requisites? (Assuming that different engineering majors have different pre-requisites.) Even if certain pre-requisites overlap for certain engineering majors, wouldn't one's decision in taking these required courses affect the majors that he/she could choose, or at least force one to take more courses in order to make up for the pre-requisite courses that weren't taken?</p>
<p>It gives you actual data on number of applicants, admits and who accepted (SIR). Based on the data you can draw your own conclusions about how tough it is to get accepted as undeclared versus EECS.</p>