<p>The time to apply for an engineering major starts tomorrow. What are the majors you are applying to and what do you think about them? Is it a good idea to apply for all the majors you might be remotely interested in?</p>
<p>If anyone has EE/CpE questions, feel free to leave me a note on here. Please don’t PM me if you can, so that everyone can see your question/my response. Also, I can answer questions on most other majors, but it’s limited to what I know as a tour guide.</p>
<p>Just wondering, how strict are the caps on Systems and BME?</p>
<p>archrival - they are pretty strict caps, but generally the number that apply is not much more than the cap level.</p>
<p>be sure to talk to the departments you’re interested in when you stop by their tables, you should have a shortlist of 2/3 by now though.</p>
<p>The caps are strict, but if your grades are at least half-decent, it won’t be a problem.</p>
<p>Being a BME major isn’t a big deal, since the chances are fairly slim you will get a job after 4 years. You’ll need to get a grad degree. Better to major in something else and take BME classes on the side. The biggest advantage of BME is that BME class slots are limited.</p>
<p>What is the Major Application Week?!</p>
<p>Arch- BME is pretty darn strict due to the limited lab space. Sys is a little less strict since they’re trying to expand the program (hence the construction going on behind Olsson/Small that makes class in either of those buildings impossible. Don’t fret about the caps, I haven’t ever heard of anyone being kept out of Sys, and the few I know who got rejected from BmE ended up dropping out of the eschool anyways because engineering just wasn’t for them.</p>
<p>Mech: I agree, except for pre-med kids. But even pre-med, I would suggest Sys with a concentration in BmE fields.</p>
<p>AKDigger: SEAS students apply to the eschool, but enter without a major (even though on the application you “select” one). At the end of the first year, all students must declare a major, and so this week is the week were there are open houses and info on the majors and kids make a decision.</p>