<p>When you check the box that says you are interested in BSE are you de facto applying to the engineering school? What is the advantage/disadvantage of checking this box?</p>
<p>I don't think it means you are applying directly to the engineering school. Adcoms know that students are fickle in their choices. However, by checking that box they will most likely consider you as an engineering applicant (i.e. math/science SAT II scores), if that makes any sense. Checking the box is helpful if you are a female (but judging by your name, you are a male), but I think that is about it.</p>
<p>Doesn't PU review apps and admit frosh university-wide, not by school-by-school?</p>
<p>The former.</p>