<p>How selective is it? Can someone give me the exact stats? </p>
<p>Also, how good is engineering at Columbia? Which branch of Engineering is it best known for?</p>
<p>A big reason that engineering at columbia isn't in the top 5 or whatever on the US News rankings (ugh) is because most engineers who graduate from columbia go on to professions that aren't the stereotypical engineering careers (going on to Law or Med school as opposed to trying to land a job at Microsoft). That's not to say that everyone at SEAS does that, but it's common. But engineering there is awesome, especially because the school itself is small and it is constantly evolving in terms of opportunities and stuff. I'm not sure as to which branch it's known best for, but Biomedical Engineering has been doing pretty well, and the department has been receiving a lot of money. Also, because Columbia has major hookups in NYC, you're pretty much set in terms of internships/jobs/etc. in the New York area.</p>
<p>The strongest departments at Columbia engineering are
Computer Science
Biomedical Engineering
They get the most funding and are the largest departments.</p>
<p>The following is a profile for the admitted Class of 2008.</p>
<p>Applications</p>
<p>College____<strong><em>15,006
Engineering</em></strong>_2,252</p>
<p>________<em>Admits</em><em>Admit Rate</em>Matriculants
College<strong><em>1,633</em></strong>10.9%<strong><em>1,015
Engineering</em></strong>639_<strong><em>28.4%</em></strong>__324</p>
<p>In the College 41 students were admitted from the wait list.
In the Engineering School 10 students were admitted from the wait list.</p>
<p>Early Decision</p>
<p>________<em>Applications</em><em>Admits
College</em><strong><em>1,687</em></strong><strong><em>471
Engineering</em></strong>252________118</p>
<p> 26% of the College ED pool and 22% of the Engineering ED pool were deferred.
Admit rate for ED defers is 15% in the College and 12% in the Engineering School.
44% of the College ED pool and 28% of the Engineering ED pool were denied admission.</p>
<p>Admitted Student Data</p>
<p>College<br>
<strong><em>778 Men / 855 Women
_</em></strong><em>SAT Middle 50% Range:1320-1510
_</em>_Children of Alumni: 113</p>
<p>_____Approximately 88% of accepted students were in the top 10% of their graduating class; 97% were in the top 20% of their class. 63% of the admitted class attended high schools that do not rank students.</p>
<p>Engineering
<strong><em>442 Men / 197 Women
_</em></strong><em>SAT Middle 50% Range:1410-1530
_</em>_Children of Alumni: 14</p>
<p>_____93% of accepted students were in the top 10% of their graduating class; 100% were in the top 20% of their class. 60% of the admitted students attended high schools that do not rank students.</p>
<p>Matriculant Data</p>
<p>College</p>
<p>501 Men
514 Women</p>
<p>Engineering</p>
<p>232 Men
92 Women</p>
<p>Top States Represented:
New York
New Jersey
California
Massachusetts
Connecticut</p>
<p>Top Countries Represented (outside the United States):
United Kingdom
Canada
Singapore
Turkey
Trinidad & Tobago</p>
<p>Number of different countries represented: 35
Percent of foreign/international students in class: 8%</p>
<p>I don't think engineering kids have to pass the swimming test! just joking around... but man you found a lot of stats!</p>
<p>Engineering is typically thought of as easier to get into college, but I take pride in applying to SEAS lol.</p>
<p>But look at the scores and GPAs of engineers....higher than college. Engineers rock!!!!</p>
<p>yeah it is weird, how come the stats of engineers are up whereas the acceptance rate is much higher.</p>
<p>better pool, more accepted??? that's my 2 censt</p>
<p>They call it "self-selecting" in that those who are not qualified tend not to apply to SEAS whereas CC sees a lot of easy rejects. Does that make one easier to get into than the other? I don't think so.</p>