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All applicants to the College of Engineering, including students who qualify for Top 10% automatic admission, are reviewed for placement into General Engineering.

Georgia Tech first-year applicants do not apply to a specific major or college. Intended major is considered in the university review, but there is no separate admission decision to this program.

Engineering pathways are not all identical. Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering are limited-space programs available only to students in the corresponding pre-major and require a later admission-to-major application; other engineering majors may admit students without that application.

First-year applicants seeking admission to the Cockrell School must meet the Calculus Readiness Requirement by the December 1 admissions application deadline; Cockrell offers summer or fall admission only.

When accepted to the College of Engineering, students are admitted directly to one of its bachelor of science programs; prospective first-year students who are still exploring engineering may instead apply to Engineering Undeclared.

6% · 2023-24 first-year applicants to Berkeley Engineering

Mines admits students to the university rather than through a separate major application. University-wide preparation requires four years of math through trig/precalculus and three years of lab science.

Incoming West Lafayette engineering students are admitted to First-Year Engineering rather than one of the engineering degree programs. To complete FYE and become eligible for Transition to Major, students must complete the required engineering, calculus, chemistry, physics, selective, and communication courses with C- or better, earn at least a 2.00 cumulative GPA and 2.00 Engineering Admissions Index, and then enter the T2M process; admission to capacity-constrained majors may be competitive.

For Mechanical Engineering, first-year students entering Summer 2026 through Spring 2027 must be in the College of Engineering or Division of Undergraduate Studies, have 29-55 graded Penn State credits, earn C or better in CHEM 110, EDSGN 100, MATH 140, MATH 141 and PHYS 211, and have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA before entering the major.

First-years enter Engineering First Year. To join a department through CODA, complete the six success courses with C or better and at least a 2.0 CODA GPA.

For Mechanical Engineering and other higher-requirement Fulton majors: minimum 1210 SAT or 24 ACT, or 3.00 high school GPA, or top 25% class rank, plus no high school math or science competency deficiencies.

Engineering applicants must have completed high-school physics, chemistry and precalculus in addition to Northeastern's general admission requirements.

Cincinnati admits first-year students directly into their major. Engineering applicants are required to complete mathematics through at least precalculus or calculus and to complete both physics and chemistry in high school.

First-year applicants apply directly to their engineering major of interest. All Grainger College of Engineering majors require at least 3.5 years of high school math, including trigonometry or higher.

21% · 2025 first-year applicants listing a Grainger College of Engineering major as first choice

Freshman engineering students follow University of Florida freshman admission. The college recommends high school preparation including intermediate and advanced algebra, plane geometry, trigonometry, chemistry, physics and calculus, but states no separate freshman engineering admission application or competitive program decision.

Lower-division College of Science and Engineering students may list an intended engineering major, but listing it does not guarantee admission. Students apply to the major after completing required technical courses; a 3.2 or higher technical GPA at the end of fall semester guarantees admission, while other applicants with at least a 2.0 technical GPA are considered on a space-available basis.

First-year students apply to Michigan State University generally and may declare an Engineering Preference major. College of Engineering admission occurs later through a secondary process requiring at least 28 MSU credits, MTH 132 and 133 with grades of at least 2.0, at least a 2.0 mathematics GPA, and specified chemistry, physics and, for some majors, computer science coursework.

Applicants seeking direct admission to the College of Engineering must indicate an engineering major as their first choice. Direct admission means students start in the College of Engineering program of their choice and must subsequently satisfy progression requirements.

Prospective students apply to the College of Engineering through The University of Alabama Undergraduate Admissions application. There is no separate application for admission to the College of Engineering except for Musical Audio Engineering, which requires a School of Music audition.

Engineering majors are selective; admission to UC San Diego does not guarantee a Jacobs major. First-year applicants should list a non-selective alternate because major space is limited.

First-year applicants apply to Michigan Engineering, whose admission review places special emphasis on preparation in precalculus, chemistry and physics. Admission is competitive and holistic, with no specific GPA or SAT score that assures admission; admitted first-year engineering students enter undeclared and declare a specific major by their third term.

14% · Fall 2025 entering undergraduate applicants to Michigan Engineering: 28,740 applications and a 14% admission rate

Aerospace, Civil, Computer, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering are impacted for first-time freshmen. Applicants to these majors are held to higher admission standards based on available space, and CPP's Multifactor Admission model also gives impacted STEM majors additional consideration for mathematics coursework.

Iowa State has a separate minimum standard for direct admission to the College of Engineering; applicants below the College's minimum admissions index are instead placed in the Pathway to Engineering program. Engineering applicants also must complete two years of a single world language in addition to Iowa State's general high school course requirements.

School of Engineering entrance requirements include 4 years of English; 4 years of mathematics including Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and precalculus or higher; one year of physics; one year of chemistry; and six other academic courses. First-year engineering students later declare an engineering major, and Rutgers states that all students are placed into the major of their choice with no GPA minimum or other placement requirement.

Freshmen enter Engineering with MSU admission plus either ACT 23/SAT 1130, ACT 20-22/SAT 1030-1120 and 3.0 core GPA, or any test score and a 3.5 core GPA.

For most Cullen engineering majors, freshmen receive assured admission by being in the top 10%, having a 3.8 or higher GPA, or having a 1400 SAT or 32 ACT with at least a 3.0 GPA; applicants outside an assured pathway are evaluated holistically.

All new Whitacre College admissions first complete a foundational curriculum consisting of English I, English II, Calculus I, Calculus II, two science courses and a first engineering course. Students then qualify for upper-division study using the GPA standard required by their department; students whose foundational-curriculum GPA does not qualify for their preferred major must choose an alternate major.

All first-year College of Engineering students enter General Engineering. To become eligible for a restricted engineering major, students must complete ENGE 1215 and ENGE 1216 or ENGE 1414, MATH 1225, MATH 1226, and ENGL 1105, earn at least 12 Virginia Tech GPA hours, and have at least a 2.0 overall Virginia Tech GPA; a 3.0 GPA guarantees admission for engineering students who meet the requirements.

Missouri S&T admits freshmen through university-wide standards and states no separate first-year engineering admission threshold.

First-years need a Pigman pathway: 3.65 HS GPA, or 3.0 plus calculus, qualifying ACT/SAT math, or ALEKS 61; precalculus with 3.30 also qualifies.

Hopkins admits first-years to the university, not an engineering school or major. BME is the exception: applicants must list it as first choice and admission is space-limited.

Engineering freshman admission requires KU admission, a 3.0 high-school GPA, and qualifying math preparation such as ACT Math 22/SAT Math 540, C in high-school calculus, or an accepted placement/credit option.

Students enter Pre-Engineering, then move into a major after its entry requirements. Most programs require a 2.0 Auburn GPA and C or better in specified calculus, science, engineering and computing courses.

First-year engineering applicants need 4 years of math through pre-calculus, plus 1 year each of chemistry and physics with labs.

First-years apply to a specific Samueli engineering major, and engineering admission is by declared major. UCLA evaluates engineering applicants separately with particular emphasis on math and science preparation.

7% · Fall 2025 first-year applicants to Samueli School of Engineering

After 24 hours, engineering students need at least 2.0 LSU and cumulative GPAs and C+ in the required calculus sequence for senior-college admission.

First-time-in-college students seeking most College of Engineering majors must be admitted to USF and meet at least one additional engineering threshold: a 3.6 high school GPA, ACT Math of at least 26, or SAT Math of at least 610, and must be ready to begin in precalculus by the fall semester.

First-year students submit the general Pitt admission application and enter Swanson's shared first-year engineering program. Afterward they select a major with at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA.

Direct Engineering requires a 3.3 high-school GPA, four years of calculus-track math with C or better, and one year of chemistry or physics.