<p>For a California resident, how difficult is it to get into Berkeley for EECS, in comparison to MIT, Caltech, Stanford, and the Ivies?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>About the same.</p>
<p>i dont hink its the same. cal has higher acceptance % than caltech or stanforr or mit. its just as good though</p>
<p>There is no way Berkeley EECS is as hard to get into as MIT, Caltech, and Stanford. The Ivies are likely tougher too, although Cornell and Penn SEAS may be easier.</p>
<p>While I don't have the facts to support it, I suspect that Berkeley EECS for Cal residents is easier to get into than MIT, Caltech, Stanford, and comparable schools. </p>
<p>Admission to Berkeley EECS from out-of-state, however, I believe is entirely comparable. </p>
<p>However, I am open to looking at the stats. Might somebody post the admissions percentages and the GPA's/SAT scores of the Berkeley EECS admitted students?</p>
<p>Are you asking about admission into a specific type of engineering major at one university versus general admissions into 3+ other universities, or also into the same EECS majors into those other universities as well? I still think that of the 3 scenarios, admissions into Cal's EECS would be easier, especially for ca residents.</p>
<p>At MIT at least (and I suspect also at Caltech and Stanford), you do not apply to a specific major, and the major you write down on your application has no bearing on your admission. It's entirely legitimate, therefore, to compare MIT general admissions to Berkeley EECS admissions.</p>
<p>A lot of people I know that were in EECS ended up dropping out or switching into something else because they hated it. For such a selective program they sure have a great retention rate.</p>
<p>In fairness, it should be pointed out that at most schools, lots of students at EECS end up switching out (or flunking out). For example, at MIT, plenty of students who intend to do EECS end up trying it, finding out they hate it, and switch out. </p>
<p>However, I suspect that Berkeley EECS students may end up leaving the major at a higher rate than the comparable private schools do (although I admit I don't have hard data to back that up).</p>
<p>for CA residents, Berkeley is a peice of cake.... lucky CA people, because the state has the best public schools
but if you're not, then it would be challenging, especially international students/</p>
<p>Well since I am a UC Berkeley buff, and I seem to know a lot about the school, I think I can help out with some of the confusion.</p>
<p>Like the previous poster put, Berkeley's EECS is fairly difficult to get into. Last year there was less then a 13% admit rate just for EECS applicants. </p>
<p>Usually a lot of EECS applicants are usually Berkeley's top applicants from the 35,000 plus applicant pool.</p>
<p>You usually need a top notch G.P.A of above a 4.2 (w) and nothing lower the a 3.85(uw)</p>
<p>Test wise you need to have killer scores. A lot of EECS applicants this year will easily top the 2100 mark and will have close to perfect SAT II scores. You technically need above a 720 in either Physics, Chemistry, Ecological or Molecular Biology, and you definitely need to get above 750 Math IIC to be considered a competitive EECS applicant.</p>
<p>Make sure that you stress why you want to go into engineering at some point in your personal statements </p>
<p>Awards and honors will set you apart from other applicants. Unfortunately extracurricular and community service dont seem to play as big as a role in the admission process as it does when your applying in the College of Letters and Science. </p>
<p>I highly warn that you take close consideration of any engineering major at Berkeley. They are very demanding and will test your desire and ability. I too, know of a lot of students who transferred out of EECS (Which can be difficult to do) because the workload was too much and where mentally drained.</p>
<p>As far as getting in, its a strong 8 out of 10 if youre a C.A. resident. But if your not, you are going to have a hard time trying to get in.</p>
<p>Drop out rate for EECS major hoovers around 18.3% last time I checked with my connections in 2005.</p>
<p>So if I have:</p>
<p>2200 SAT I
800 IIC, 800 Physics, 770 Bio M, 780 Mandarin
3.98 or so unweighted with toughest schedule (1 B, the rest As.)
4.2 - 4.3ish weighted
35 ACT
Pretty good essays (one about volunteering + engineering, one about interest in quantum mechanics)
CA resident</p>
<p>I should have a decent chance right?</p>
<p>I think you stand a chance, but you haven't shared your AP scores, schedule, and personal circumstances with us. So if those are all top notch like I think they are, you are definitely getting an acceptance letter from Cal.</p>
<p>eecs? what is it? is it for out of staters? huh? is it a science or engineering school at cal? im confused. btw: is it really impossible for out of staters to get into ucla or cal?</p>
<p>EE/CS is the electrical engineering/computer science major.</p>
<p>My APs:
Staticstics 4 (Ehh don't know how that happened)
Physics B 5</p>
<p>Senior year schedule
AP English
AP Calc BC
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
Discrete + Finite Mathematics
Government + Economics</p>
<p>Pretty much the toughest senior year schedule possible at my school, and I'm pretty sure I pulled a 4.0 this semester =).</p>
<p>National merit semifinalist (Finalist pending)
Volunteer work at the tech museum of innovation</p>
<p>Personal Circumstances: uhh Middle class Asian in the Bay Area, attending one of the top public high schools in California (15-20 valedictorians, ~50 national merit semifinalists, 4 perfect SAT scores, etc.)</p>
<p>EECS is a major in the college of Engineering at Berkeley, standing for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. It's known as being demanding. The UCs are significantly harder to get into from out of state than in state, but i can't take
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for CA residents, Berkeley is a peice of cake.... lucky CA people, because the state has the best public schools
but if you're not, then it would be challenging, especially international students/
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<p>Tell how cakey it is to all the rejected applicants. I bet they didn't know how much of a piece of cake it is.</p>