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University of Washington does a full on application with nearly all engineering majors, including Computer Science and Engineering, which is weirdly split betwe

University of Washington does a full on application with nearly all engineering majors, including Computer Science and Engineering, which is weirdly split between college engineering and college of arts and sciences. It is awful for everyone who experienced it. Hopefully it is different now, it really limited peoples choices. Tangent rant - Some time ago I was rejected 4 times from CSE, ended up getting admitted to EE. Which hilariously, now has changed its name to… ECE, electrical and computer engineering. They offer an different Computer Engineering degree now!!! The buildings are literally linked floor by floor and they won’t work together, haha. Got a great education in computer engineering even without the name.

brewdad 4y ago
It's not. HS students are direct admitted to the CoE but not their major. Allen School is a separate path and the only reasonable path to the Allen School CS is a direct admit from HS that is incredibly competitive. We are OOS, so he would have had an easier time getting into MIT than into Allen as a HS applicant. I think they took 4 OOS/Int'l students out of 400 total admits. After you accept that fact, 96% of rising sophomores in the College of Engineering got their first or second choice of major and only 4 majors had to reject anyone who wanted it as their first choice. If you took your first year seriously, you are almost certainly exactly where you hoped to be when you first applied coming out of HS. My son just got accepted into the new ECE program. He plans to follow a path that gets him closest to the Allen school degree while adding in some additional hardware knowledge that those students don't necessarily get.
- buildbot 4y ago
  That is sad to hear about the Allen school, but it sounds like the CoE has figured out a good way forward. Goodluck to your son though with the new ECE program! It was a great program even before the name change with a lot of very good professors and lecturers. I especially recommend any class by Scott Hauck.
  - brewdad 4y ago
    Thanks. I'll let him know. He's had a great experience one year in and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend UW to anyone considering it but understand that you basically get to apply twice for any desirable major. Once to get into the school and again for whatever major you want if it is capacity constrained. Ironically, my cousin's daughter opted for Berkeley over UW this fall. She's on a non-STEM track though.
whateveracct 4y ago
That sounds like the CS and ECE departments at Purdue as well.
- aidenn0 4y ago
  I graduated Purdue in 04, and then ECE was still basically EE with a few computing related electives. A CS major couldn't take any engineering classes; a ECE student might be allowed to take some CS classes, but there weren't any in mine, and realistically they were probably too busy anyways.

brewdad 4y ago

It's not. HS students are direct admitted to the CoE but not their major. Allen School is a separate path and the only reasonable path to the Allen School CS is a direct admit from HS that is incredibly competitive. We are OOS, so he would have had an easier time getting into MIT than into Allen as a HS applicant. I think they took 4 OOS/Int'l students out of 400 total admits. After you accept that fact, 96% of rising sophomores in the College of Engineering got their first or second choice of major and only 4 majors had to reject anyone who wanted it as their first choice. If you took your first year seriously, you are almost certainly exactly where you hoped to be when you first applied coming out of HS. My son just got accepted into the new ECE program. He plans to follow a path that gets him closest to the Allen school degree while adding in some additional hardware knowledge that those students don't necessarily get.

buildbot 4y ago
That is sad to hear about the Allen school, but it sounds like the CoE has figured out a good way forward. Goodluck to your son though with the new ECE program! It was a great program even before the name change with a lot of very good professors and lecturers. I especially recommend any class by Scott Hauck.
- brewdad 4y ago
  Thanks. I'll let him know. He's had a great experience one year in and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend UW to anyone considering it but understand that you basically get to apply twice for any desirable major. Once to get into the school and again for whatever major you want if it is capacity constrained. Ironically, my cousin's daughter opted for Berkeley over UW this fall. She's on a non-STEM track though.

whateveracct 4y ago

That sounds like the CS and ECE departments at Purdue as well.

aidenn0 4y ago
I graduated Purdue in 04, and then ECE was still basically EE with a few computing related electives. A CS major couldn't take any engineering classes; a ECE student might be allowed to take some CS classes, but there weren't any in mine, and realistically they were probably too busy anyways.