@websensation I totally agree. I have a lot of friends applying for engineering at UCLA and UCB this year and the amount of math and physics classes they take is insane. However, I guess that would be the case across the board for engineering applicants to the top engineering schools. So based on that, I would guess that the admissions officers are looking for more than passion for the field inside the classroom, because its more than likely that most applicants are doing well in all the AP/college math and physics classes that they take. But to be honest, I don’t really know what 17 year old high school kids could do to show their passion for engineering other than working hard in school and maybe taking up an internship at a tech firm, or writing a moving 500 word essay. Even then, would this be enough for UCLA, where the engineering acceptance rate is hovering right above 10%?