what do you think is the most popular engineering field?

[TransferFunction]

Because when you apply, the more people means more competition.

I myself will be applying to mechanical engineering school with emphasis on fluid mechanics and energy sciences.

Anyone out there have a clue as to what schools get the most of?

[Chai_latte]

probably electrical followed by mechE

[intirb]

More popular fields also tend to have more funding and more spots. At my school, EE is much bigger than BME, in terms of number of students accepted each year.

[ghanada]

Yeah I don't think playing the odds of which dept to apply to is the best way to go about applications, especially if you are doing a PhD. Typically, you look for people that you want to work with and then apply to the department(s) these people are in since you need them to be on your thesis committee.