<p>I applied to engineering physics in the college of engineering. Any idea how difficult this is (to get admitted) compared to other colleges or other engineering majors?</p>
<p>One of the hardest.</p>
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It seems strange that almost 50% of engineering physics applicants got accepted. Maybe they're all extremely qualified?</p>
<p>Yeah, I think they're all extremely qualified. </p>
<p>As a case in point, MIT has a certificate program in Financial Technology open to current MIT graduate students. I have heard that the 'admissions' rate into the program is very high. But that doesn't mean it's easy. Far from it. Generally, only high-flying doctoral students from the MIT Sloan School or the School of Engineering apply.</p>
<p>i'm currently in engineering physics. I don't think it was any harder to get into than the other engineering majors. (does it even matter which major you put down as long as you don't put eecs?)</p>
<p>one side effect of engineering physics is that people seem to think it's really hard. Like, they think it's harder than pure physics or a more normal-sounding engineering major. People often gasp when i say i'm engineering physics but they don't gasp when other people say they're in eecs or physics.</p>
<p>it's sort of the response chemE's get</p>
<p>I'd say EECS majors get the "gasp" more than ChemE's. But physics is generally known to be more difficult than engineering at Berkeley.</p>
<p>ChemE has the reputation of being the hardest on campus, but it all depends on how you make your schedule and how hard you try. In my opinion, EECS isn't too hard, in fact, you only have to take three 3 credit upper div classes to minor in it.</p>
<p>BTW, Engineering physics is getting close to extinction. EP students have lower GPAs which reflects the difficulty of the major.</p>
<p>mrniphty- Eng. Undeclared and BioE are also competitive like EECS.</p>
<p>Yeah, who gets the gasps and who gets the "I don't care" stare varies depending on who you ask. As a humanities major who knows engineers and is on this site, I hear EECS to be the most gasp-worthy, nto chemE. I guess you chemE guys need better branding or something. As to engineering physics, I just don't know much about it. There is a lot of difference within engineering that people aren't aware of, and I think there should be more interaction and interest between people from different majors, which should include respect and a willingness to understand. Why do you guys think chemE, or eecs, or whatever is the hardest?</p>
<p>mrniphty:</p>
<p>"does it even matter which major you put down as long as you don't put eecs?"</p>
<p>^^what do you mean by that? are electrical engineering and computer science impacted majors? or are they harder/easier to get into compared to other engineering majors?</p>
<p>EECS is supposed to be one of the hardest, with undeclared and BioE</p>
<p>noooooooooooooooo. thats what i want to major in! why is it so hard?</p>
<p>Because you get good money, it looks good, and lots of others want to major in em, too. You're also expected to know a lot.</p>
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^^what do you mean by that? are electrical engineering and computer science impacted majors? or are they harder/easier to get into compared to other engineering majors?
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<p>ALL engineering majors are 'impacted' to some extent. But some are more impacted than others. That's why the College of Engineering, unlike L&S, admits people by major. </p>
<p>EECS is the most impacted because a greater disparity exists between the number of people who want to get into the major and the amount of capacity available in the program. EU is also highly impacted chiefly because EU gives you a relatively high amount of freedom about what engineering major you will eventually choose, which means that the College of Engineering has to admit you based on what spaces are available within the majors that the EU students will probably end up declaring. BioE has also become heavily impacted lately because of the growing interest in the biology field. </p>
<p>So you ask why is it so hard, and the simple answer is that it's because far more people want to get spots than can be accomodated. It's like asking why is Yale Law or Harvard Medical so hard. It's because lots and lots of people want to go there.</p>
<p>Someone earlier mentioned that engineering physics is dying. Actually it's been getting bigger the past few years according to my advisor. i think the engineering physics major has like 80 people declared in it right now (~80 is the total for all four years). That's pretty small, but definitely not dying out. It's also the biggest engineering science major if you don't count engineering undeclared. I don't know anything about how our GPAs compare to other students', but since we're so small it's probably ahrd to get meaningful statistics.</p>
<p>And i have the impression that ChemE is the hardest because they have the most required classes, and fairly hard ones at that (chem 112 is o-chem, and chemE 140 & 150 are famous weeders). According to the 4 year flowchart they take four techs at a time for 5 semesters, and have one semester with 5 techs (fine, one of them is technical communication, but still). i don't think any other major has a minimum req of taking 4 techs at a time. well, maybe IEOR, but everyone says that's easier.</p>
<p>anyway, i don't know how hard engineering physics will turn out to be. does anyone know about how hard upper div physics is (say, compared to upper div engineering)?</p>
<p>do you think i will get in?
unweighted gpa: 3.7
uncapped weighted gpa:4.24
huge upward trend</p>
<p>SAT: 790 M/750 CR/680 W
SATII: 800 MIIC, 800 Phys, 770 Chem, 800 US Hist</p>
<p>4 AP's - all 5's</p>
<p>Oh and i mentioned depression as the cause of my poor grades in 9th and 10th grade. will this help/hurt?
Also discussed interest in physics, engineering.</p>