Hello everyone! 
As someone struggling between Engineering (EE or Engineering Physics) and Physics as a major, I am applying to a few schools for each major. So far, this is my list:
University of California - Berkeley: Physics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Engineering
Arizona State University: Engineering
University of Arizona: Physics
University of California - Los Angeles: …
Cornell University: …
Anyone know anything about the engineering or physics programs at any of these schools (ESPECIALLY UCLA AND CORNELL) that could help me choose which programs to apply to? Additionally, any comments on my list, my major, the schools, etc. are entirely appreciated. Thanks so much.
Be aware that at some schools, the engineering division is more difficult to get admitted to, but you can switch to physics later relatively easily.
Cost constraints and state of residency? If you need financial aid, out-of-state publics are unlikely to be affordable.
@ucbalumnus Yeah, my dream school is Berkeley and, while I do have a good chance of getting into the Engineering school, I am applying for Physics for that reason. Kind of off topic, but are you a Berkeley alumni? If so, is it true that the professors accents make many lectures incomprehensible.
On the topic of costs, my family will most likely be able to afford an out-of-state public, but I am going to have to do a great deal of thinking on the price of an undergraduate degree at one of the highest-ranked programs in the nation. And my state of residency is AZ (and am applying to both decent in-state schools).
Be aware that if you get admitted to Berkeley College of Letters and Science (where the physics major is), it will be very difficult to switch into any major in the Berkeley College of Engineering.
At any college, you may have a faculty member or TA who grew up in a different country (or even just a different part of the US) and speaks English with an accent you may not have heard before. You will get used to it. (Yes, some are better teachers than others, regardless of accent.)