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?

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WOW. Thanks for posting this.  I got rejected from the CEE M.Eng. program a few days ago, and after looking at the CEE M.Eng. stats (I just replaced ELE with CEE in the URL) now I don't feel so bad.  Wish I had seen this earlier.  I wouldn't have bothered applying.  What a scam!

[TheMostPowerfulApplicant]

Np.... I don't understand the motivation for them to reject so much!

 

It does seem that they heavily are against admitting international students though overall. Considering Princeton's lack-luster reputation in Engineering in general... it is a bit too harsh

Edited March 4, 2014 by TheMostPowerfulApplicant