Stats and CS in LAS vs CS in Eng?

YZamyatin
Thu, 07 Jan 2016 01:14:46 +0000

is it easier to get into cs in the liberal arts college?

You are still applying directly to a major, so it’s not like Berkeley (or, if I recall correctly, Michigan) where you simply need to be competitive with the others applying to that College. At those schools, there is a noticeable difference in selectivity between CS in Engineering vs general admission to L&S or LSA.

At Illinois, the CS majors in LAS get far fewer 1st choice applicants, but they get a ton of 2nd choice applicants from those who are rejected by CS in ENG. so the stats for those accepted to the CS majors in LAS are only slightly lower on average (this has been confirmed by the dept, although in vague terms and not with actual #s). Might depend on which of the CS+X majors get the most apps in a given year.