Should intended major choices impact essays?

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I can’t tell you what to choose. But I know many kids have difficulty with this prompt.

Engineering, for many, looks like fun problem solving. It is, but it’s much more, day to day, than the media view, products invented, etc.

There’s overlap with CS thinking and process, especially CSE. What experiences do you have, outside classes?

It’s ok to want to explore. It’s just that any highly competitive program is looking for a little more.

It would be less competitive than computer science, right? I’ve got a very extensive portfolio in computer science, but not so much in hardware. I am guessing EE and CS looks for more hardware people?