Is it hard to get into Schools of Engineering?

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<p>I'm 50/50 split from majoring in biomedical engineering or biochemistry. Schools I'm looking at are USC, Columbia, Stanford, UCLA, and Berkeley. Since I'm so split between the 2, I would like to apply for a major that would give me a higher chance of getting accepted into.</p>

<p>So is it significantly harder to get into an engineering major than a College of Letters major?</p>

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<p>I can’t speak for the rest, but Stanford admits to the University as a whole and not to department. There’s no tactical advantage to choosing a major on your application and you can freely change if admitted.</p>

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<p>I do not know about all </p>

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<p>Not sure about Columbia and Stanford, but UCLA and UC Berkeley are much more difficult to gain admission to when applying into Engineering, especially Berkeley.</p>

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<p>It’s also harder to get into the engineering school at USC than into their arts and letters school.</p>

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<p>At Columbia the Engineering School Admissions Office operation is separate from the other undergraduate Admissions Offices at Columbia.</p>

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<p>It is typically harder to get into Colubmia College than Fu School of Emgineering.</p>

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<p>^ Agreeing with the above post. I’ve heard that at Columbia it is easier to get accepted to engineering than to Arts & Sciences.</p>

<p>Sometimes Universities will provide breakdowns of acceptance rates per school, so you should poke around the websites of the places you are planning to apply to.</p>