<p>What is the reputation of SEAS at UPenn? It’s obviously overshadowed by Wharton and the school on a whole, so I’d like to hear your opinions on SEAS as an engineering school.</p>
<p>How does it compare to other engineering schools? I’m specifically looking at majoring in CS.</p>
<p>Also, does UPenn publish the admission stats for each school? I’d assume that (like most engineering schools) the average SAT and GPA is higher at SEAS than at CAS, but since it’s an Ivy that’s not known for its engineering, I’m not entirely sure.</p>
<p>our cs program is the only accredited (abet) program in the ivies.</p>
<p>our be (bioengineering) program is in the top 10 (top 5?) in the country.</p>
<p>our male-female ratio is considered to be high for engineering programs, since we are such a pre-professional school (meaning premed, prelaw, etc.)</p>
<p>and yes, the average gpa and sat scores are higher at seas than at the college.</p>
<p>What exactly does ABET accreditation mean for CS? Looking down the list at <a href="http://www.abet.org%5B/url%5D">www.abet.org</a>, it appears that many schools with strong CS programs are on the list, but a few of the top schools are missing, such as Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and CIT. Any particular reason for that?</p>
<p>Besides statistics, are there any engineering students on this board that could weigh in with their personal opinions of the school and hopefully give an accurate description of undergraduate life at SEAS? I'm a bit uneasy that the SEAS FAQ reports: The</a> average class size is 410 students. I understand that freshman engineering classes anywhere will be large, but this seems quite a bit larger than average (from what I've researched).</p>
<p>average class size refers to the total number of engineers in a given year, not the size of a particular course (there's very few rooms on campus that hold that many people).</p>
<p>Ah! Thanks for clearing that up. I did think it was a bit odd. I guess I was thrown off by the word 'average'. I figured if they were going to list the class size, they would have given an exact number for the past year, not an average. Thanks, though.</p>
<p>Actually ABET doesn't really matter that much because many schools refuse to abide by its cuirriculum requirements. Stanford and caltech have half of their engineering programs unaccredited I think. Of course it doesn't hurt either.</p>
<p>As for the original question, SEAS is pretty good. SEAS people are pretty well respected as being hard workers since their curriculum is pretty loaded. </p>
<p>Also, CS still has a higher starting average salary than Wharton grads, so Whartonites won't be able to mess with you, at least for the first year out of college. lol</p>
<p>They have a REALLY nice corner of campus. Great mix of well-maintained (if not flat-out renovated) and brand spankin' new buildings in a fantastically compact but picturesque space.</p>
<p>As for the education quality of it, well it's no MIT I imagine but it's still plenty good and hey the only accredited one in the Ivies</p>