I know this isn’t binding in any way, but I still have one thing that I want clarified.
Does “Engineering (General)” mean some undecided major within engineering (so all the courses listed under “School of Engineering” on their website) OR does it mean this course in specific: http://catalog.mit.edu/degree-charts/engineering-civil-environmental-engineering-course-1-eng/
As of current moment I’m stuck trying to choose between computer science/engineering and electrical engineering. I wrote the #2 essay assuming that EECS was an option (on part A to choose from), but it seems like they didn’t put every major they have on this dropdown menu. The program I choose in part A has to match the answer to essay #2 in part B right?
Yes, they should match as closely as they can. I’m surprised with so many Course 6 majors, EECS isn’t an option in the menu.
I never knew an SB in General Engineering is offered. I’m guessing that’s relatively new.
I believe it was Fall 2015 (I noticed it back then and you can retrieve the old version as per http://web.archive.org/web/20150818060104/http://catalog.mit.edu/degree-charts/ )
where four departments had an “Engineering, as recommended by” (Courses 1, 2, 10, 16 or CivE, MechE, ChemE, and AeroAstro respectively). These were the 1-ENG, 2-A, 10-ENG, and 16-ENG options/majors.
The 1-ENG only became “General Engineering” as of August 2018.
See: http://web.archive.org/web/20180406050437/http://catalog.mit.edu:80/degree-charts/engineering-civil-environmental-engineering-course-1-eng/ (April 6th 2018 capture) “Engineering as Recommended by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1-ENG)” … “Bachelor of Science in Engineering as Recommended by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering”.
As to the OP’s question, I agree, try to match up as closely as possible knowing that your choice of major may change.
(There is an EE&CS 6-2 option.)