is the engineering department generally harder to get in than arts and science dept?

Applying to College
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<p>schools i'm apply for that are:</p>

<p>Lehigh
NYU
Boston U
Boston College
Rochester
Case Western</p>

<p>thanks for any input!</p>

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<p>I wouldn't say generally...I would say almost all the time.</p>

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<p>You do know that NYU and Boston College don't offer engineering, right?</p>

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<p>Harder if you're a boy, easier if you're a girl.</p>

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<p>it depends school to school....top engineering schools (berkley, UMich, VT, UT-Austin, GaTech, Northwestern, ect) its going to be harder...smaller schools, with smaller engineering programs, might actually have a higher acceptance rate for engineering than A&S</p>

<p>however, GENERALLY, most engineering-applicants have higher GPAs and SATs (atleast math) scores...while this is NOT ALWAYS true, overall, its a proven statistic</p>

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<p>Well, That the acceptance rate is generally higher is not true. Columbia College for example has a higher admission rate for Engineering. They say so on their website</p>

<p><a href="http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>There it was almost twice the rate so check out numbers first.</p>

<p>What do you guys know about the Princeton Engineering program? Will my chances increase if I send in a theoretical paper covering engineering?</p>