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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just speaking to a female engineering major who transferred out of VT after Freshman year and went on a mini tirade about her poor treatment as a female there. I was really surprised. [/quote]

Most colleges are accepting more females than males (60/40) in recent years.  It stands to reason that there are more females than males admitted to engineering programs. STEM admits for females have been steadily preferred and rising Consequently, it should not be surprising that certain treatment still exists, however unfortunate. [/quote]

I can tell you almost certainly that Engineering programs are still admitting more males then females. They would love to reach equilibrium but its just not possible right now.[/quote]

+100 can confirm from top ranked engineering, they cannot get above 30-40% females because so few apply[/quote]

Some are over 40. We combed through department stats because it can be misleading otherwise. Definitely found a few. (Thought Cooper Union looked balanced until we saw department breakdown). Olin is actually 50/50, pretty sure. It's tiny, though.[/quote]

That’s fair and those are great schools just not on the list. She wanted ivy or T20 uni she could have the top liberal arts experience (which bring in top authors and artist speakers ) of private university, plus the engineering . Only those schools seemed to have the whole package. And 40 seems to be a ceiling right now, but she doesn’t care—she was the rare female in many high school endeavors [/quote]

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