From my analysis, the SAT scores for engineers need to be at least 50 points higher in every category, so 150 points higher on a 2400 scale. Scores below 2100 are quite borderline for engineering. And, number of technical electives really do matter. (take a peak at stats for Cal Poly SLO Engineering for sense of Engineer v. Other major SAT scores http://admissions.calpoly.edu/prospective/profile.html.)