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[quote=Anonymous]Wisconsin is good for Engineering applicants because they consider first and second choice of major. They specifically have those applying to the college of engineering apply as an engineering major as their first choice and something outside the college of engineering as their second choice. Per the admissions rep there, they do consider the second choice if students aren't admitted to their first choice. It is a school where students can transfer into engineering with sufficient GPA in certain courses. My kid applied Engineering as choice 1 and physics as choice 2 (so he'd be able to take engineering pre-reqs as a physics major with the goal of transferring into engineering). He was admitted to Engineering. His high  school considered Wisconsin as a target for Engineering and a safety for Physics.

UIUC also allows a second choice of major, but within Engineering. The admissions rep suggested Materials Science as the second choice as it's in lower demand, but generally has all same intro courses so if a student does well they could transfer within Engineering to a different major. Our school considered that a target school.

Definitely research choice of major at each school and ease of switching majors within Engineering as it really varies a lot. Mech E is super popular. If your child has the ECs to back up Nuclear, it may be a slightly easier admit. [/quote]

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