University of michigan lsa vs engineering acceptance rate

So I'm going into U-Mich this year into their LSA school (main school sorta) for Computer Science. I've been contemplating on whether or not I should try to get into the College of Engineering for Computer Sciences... Differences would be that in LSA I would get a BS while in CoE I would get a BSEng. I would still get the same career resources that CoE students get but I was wondering if just getting a BS will prevent me (as opposed to somebody with a BSEng.) from getting jobs/grad school acceptances. I've tried asking this at other forums, this place wasn't my first choice, but I figured somebody here may have something intelligent to say about it.

I'm mostly interested in trading if that matters.

I guess it's supposed to be easier to double major in stuff depending on the school you're in (another Engineering major in CoE, a liberal arts major in LSA)... but I don't really understand how that works, seems stupid. I've been thinking about either double majoring in econ or at least minoring in it (A Masters in Econ is something that I may like to get some day)... not sure if I want to go for Electrical Engineering with it also... doesn't seem like something I would be very interested in and I was hoping, if I do decide to learn EE, that I could go for a masters in it w/ CS (though I'm not sure how possible that is???).

Basically, does a degree from the CoE in CS carry more weight than a degree from LSA in CS? My instincts tell me yes, but some peoples' opinions tell me no. hmmmmm

So I used to work in admissions reading application and I've generally grown tired of responding in these threads, but I'll toss some information up here in the hopes that everyone sees it because I actually don't think I've seen this specific question asked here before.

Warning: You asked what seems like a simple question and is actually, in my opinion, a very flawed question that needs to be broken down and no longer asked by prospective students. Wall of text incoming...

In my time in admissions I never saw a page that had data about test scores or GPA for a specific school or college. And I would be shocked if you ever did because it is not useful data. There would be nothing to be gained from it for reasons I will explain below. But for the sake of argument, from my experience the average GPA for basically every school is a 3.9 and the only big test score difference would be engineers had a higher ACT/SAT math score (and probably science score too).

You will not find average ACT scores published for U of M because it is not a useful statistic. They use middle 50th percentile, which for the entire university is stupidly high at 30-33 (or 2040-2260 on the SAT for you east coast folk). Side note: Very thankful I snuck in when I did because wow would I not get in these days. Average recalculated GPA (U of M takes out weight, takes out non academic courses) is 3.9 on a 4 point scale. Like I said this basically holds for every school or college here.

Though as I said I never saw this data, obviously students getting into the CoE are going to have higher ACT Math (and probably Science) scores. But that doesn't mean it's harder to get into than LSA. Because everyone applying to Engineering is going to have a higher math score. But, they might have a lower writing score than others. For admissions LSA looks at the composite ACT score, Engineering does that but also looks at the math score. Having above a 30 is always a good place to start.

But here's the thing important to remember: students applying to engineering self select. If you had Cs in science and a 23 on the ACT math while you got a 30 on all other sections you're probably not (although never say never) aiming to go into engineering. So the applicant pool for engineering is stronger in some areas because the students in those schools need to be stronger in those areas.

And perhaps even more important, is that applications are reviewed in the context of their school. Say for engineering you have two students with great GPAs, one has a 30 on the ACT Math and another a 26. You're probably thinking go with the 30 (to be clear admissions decisions are not a 'this student vs. this student' decision). But maybe that student with the 30 attends a school where the average ACT is a 32 (they do exist, and lots apply to U of M) and compared to his/her peers this student is unremarkable. And then the student with a 26 comes from a school where the average is a 20 (average for all Michigan high schools is around 21.5 for reference) and they are the top of their class. They both might get in (or, both might not), but in taking a closer look at their files it actually seems like the student with the 26 stands out more from their peers.

For each of the schools beyond LSA it isn't that they are harder or easier to get into, but there are just different qualities that they look for in applicants. Same goes for Nursing or Kines. A huge part of the application review is the 'demonstrated interest', basically why do you want to be there vs. LSA. Those schools can only admit a few hundred students per year and because of the curriculum need to know (especially with nursing) that they are admitting committed students.

TL;DR You won't find this data because it would get horribly misinterpreted by the public. It is highly competitive to get into ANY school or college at U of M these days.

Edited to fix some typos.

Is it easier to get into UMich LSA or engineering?

Is it harder to get into UMich engineering?

Is UMich LSA hard to get into?

Can you apply to UMich engineering and LSA?