<p>Penn has been one of my top choices for quite some time, but recently i have started to look into engineering and considering majoring in it for undergrad. I know Penn has very competitive admissions for SAS and Wharton undergrad, but is the competition for SEAS as tight as the other two schools?</p>
<p>it is indeed just as competitive, especially since stats-wise, the seas applicants usually have better numbers; the only reason the admit rate for seas is a little higher is because fewer applicants apply.</p>
<p>They accept about one-third of applicants. One of the reasons for this is because the yield rate is the lowest out of all of the schools.</p>
<p>One thing you should know about Penn's engineering program: SEAS graduates tend to enter non-engineering fields after graduation. While there are more than a few who go into actual engineering fields (someone I knew who graduated this year is designing helicopter engines), many also go into financial services/consulting/med school. Penn tends to stress the multi-disciplinary approach so don't expect to see turbine design courses like you might at other, more hardcore engineering schools.</p>
<p>nod. the facilities are not going to impress you, and if you look at the career reports a TON of seas kids go into finance and the like, totally throwing away the content of their education. It seems that the main objective of seas is just to teach you how to think</p>
<p>well, i managed to sneak into the new bioengineering building, skirkanich hall, and it's quite nice in there; aside from that, seas facilities are not the fanciest or newest in the world, but they get the job done - educating talented individuals who can make a difference in whatever career field they choose.</p>