<p>I was wondering if applying to engineering as a URM would boost odds of acceptace, particular at schools not traditionally aligned with engineering such as Yale, Penn, or Harvard? Would it boost your chances?</p>
<p>Isn’t Yale traditionally aligned with the humanities?</p>
<p>Yes. It would even boost your chances at strong engineering schools that try to attract URMs, such as Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p>Well, the only downside is i have a 650 math, that seems to be the only thing keeping me from putting down engineering. Is a 650 to low for engineering, i mean the math on the SAT is not even near engineering math, and doesn’t really reflect one’s math abilities.</p>
<p>I’d say the downside is going to those schools for engineering.</p>
<p>Seriously, it’s just a bad decision to choose name brand over quality of education. Penn I could understand (but only for their uber-exclusive M&T program), but as an engineer, I wouldn’t even bother applying to H or Y (possibly P).</p>
<p>Well i want to enter into law school for patent law and eventually politics, so i can go to a school that is well rounded and also, at schools like Yale i hear grade inflation occurs. So by going there i could meet the requirements to pratice patent law and get grades to get into yale law school. But i do have a good engineering safety UT-Austin, which i would also love to go to.</p>
<p>Are you choosing engineering because you like it or just because you want to get into specific schools? Don’t let a test score keep you from what you want to do. If you’re really interested in engineering, I would suggest looking towards schools with a stronger engineering-based curriculum instead of an Ivy just for the name. If you’re just doing this to get into an Ivy, it may end up hurting you in the long run because you may not be too happy with your decision down the road…</p>
<p>Also i think aside from just curriculum, those schools with a smaller program would probably have more opportunity for research, and also those schools probably have fringe benefits that would compensate for “lesser” education in engineering.</p>
<p>I do want to major in engineering and i would like to go to an Ivy. But Ivies have large endowments which can mean alot of research, and at Yale there would be less competition for research opportunities, which is something i am interested in.</p>
<p>Less competition for research in a practically nonexistent faculty…</p>
<p>What yale has engineering faculty, now there is a limit to facetiousness?</p>
<p>So will an engineering major boost chances?</p>
<p>I’m sorry for being harsh. I just feel like it isn’t worth the name brand to go to Yale if you are set on engineering. Yea, my last post was a bit much.</p>
<p>^Not if you have nothing else in your profile that points to an engineering major.</p>
<p>Especially with a 650 math SAT score, you need a track record of engineering interest. Colleges pay very little interest to the major students put down. In a book i read from a former admissions officer, it said the adcom doesn’t even see your major while admitting you unless you’re applying to a specific school.</p>
<p>Well a large portion of my ECs are science related like independent research, awards, and my transcript contains every science class my school offers, except for environmental science. So they are more pure science oriented. But i mean pure science ECs and interest are pretty comparable to engineering. the only problem is that out of the 6 Bs i have gotten 4 were in math classes. So i have to decide betweeen chemistry and chemical engineering.</p>
<p>You seem like you’re trying to game the system. Seriously, it’s people like you that make me people really angry at AA. Jut put down what you want to major in, because a 650 in math will hardly cut it for an English major much less an engineering major at a selective school…</p>
<p>Actually, the range of scores is pretty wide. At Princeton one out of every four people got a score lower than 700. And here’s a tip instead of getting angry at ppl like me for a policy that i had absolutely nothing to do with, get angry at your congressman and place some of that anger at the ppl who actually deserve. I am just a high school student trying to get into a school, the same as you. We all want to go, and we all want to maximize our chances, I asked an innocent question as to whether it would aid in admission there is no reason to get angry at all.</p>
<p>Another thing about gaming the system is that everybody does it, from expesive test prep, to private school, to summer camps, or research aren’t all those things to help get an edge in college admission. And an interesting thing is that ppl are more angry at minorities who have nothing to do with the institutionalization of affirmative action, than at legacies. I for one am against affirmative action as a fierce conservative, but I am not going to feel bad that i get an edge when i had nothing to do with that edge.</p>
<p>Dbate, I am sorry if, to you, all of those things are just to get an edge in college admission. They exist as opportunities for people to pursue their legitimate interests in topics. Why would you even want to go to a top school if you aren’t legitimately interested in the learning experience?</p>
<p>No that was a subsidary point, i like chemistry and want to study science I was trying to find out if chemical engineering would be better for admission than chemistry.</p>