Princeton MEng is selective?

[TheMostPowerfulApplicant]

Hey Guys, I've recently been looking at admission rates in EE MEng at Princeton, and the stats are surprising me.

 

The stats are linked here http://www.princeton.edu/gradschool/about/docs/ratestable/tablea/ELE_MENG.pdf 

 

For example it says that in the past two years:

 

 2011-2012: Applied= 114, Admitted = 2, Percent Admitted  2%

 2012-2013: Applied= 139, Admitted = 1, Percent Admitted  1%

 

 

For even earlier years, the admit rate is much higher ~10-20%.

 

I know Princeton's EE program is not bad but not that top notch either, yet their admit rate is really been crazy these past few years. What do you guys think?

Edited February 19, 2014 by TheMostPowerfulApplicant