<p>What's it like and do you recommend it? I've had a little bit of experience in high school and hated being in a class full of all guys. </p>
<p>My D2 picked Harvey Mudd, partly because it is a great STEM school and it has about 50% girls in each freshman class. Tough to get into, but she liked that aspect.</p>
<p>50% is likely the highest you will find in most engineering programs, apart form Biomedical Engineering (possibly). Generally, 30% women is more the norm.</p>
<p>Yes, that is probably right at most schools. Smith and Sweet Briar both have ABET accredited 4 year engineering programs, and obviously those would be all women. 
Some other women’s colleges have 3-2 programs – but I am generally not a fan of 3-2 programs. Very few students who enter a school planning to do the 3-2 end up actually doing it.</p>
<p>When I was in Engineering school, I was like 1 out of 5 female engineers(not all freshmen either) and that was 30+ years ago. Every class I took, I was literally the only female. However, I’ve always sit in the front row because I liked to interact with the professor, therefore I didn’t see all the guys because they were all behind me.</p>
<p>It never bothered me being with a bunch of guys in engineering classes… or at work. (However, I did enjoy living on a girls floor freshman year - maybe that helped balance things.) If it bothers you a lot, keep in mind that the workplace will have same (or higher) percentage of men. </p>
<p>USoCal Viterbi engineering is 38% female, which is considered very high. Try a summer engineering program to see if it clicks for you. They also have a WISE program to help support female engineering students. The year my S graduated in 2010, all the top prizes in engineering went to women. :)</p>
<p>My S had women in his study group and in his research group. I think it was good for all of them, and obviously the prof who hired them thought they were an asset to his lab. </p>
<p>My daughter has a female lab partner and they had the best project grades in the class. Find a female partner. I’m sure there are more female engineers now. Join SWE(Society of Women Engineers) to find other female engineering students.</p>
<p>HImom, the year my daughter graduated, the valedictorian from USC engineering school came from her high school. BTW, this girl has a smidge higher GPA than my daughter in high school. That goes to show if with hard work you can get good grades, you don’t have to be a genius.</p>
<p>Why do you hate being in a class room full of guys. Or rather, how would being in a class full of girls be any better?</p>
<p>My discipline is ~22% girls. I like my male classmates more for the most part. No big deal.</p>
<p>I was also a female engineering student 30 years ago. I had no problem being outnumbered. I was just one of the guys. I did end up marrying one of them, though! :)</p>
<p>I’ve had only a couple of negative experiences being a woman in a man’s field. When I was in grad school, I accompanied my dad (a structural engineer) on a site visit. Another engineer met us there. When he heard that I was Dad’s daughter, he said with a smirk, “You’re daddy’s little helper?” I informed him I was working on my master’s degree in structural engineering, and that shut him up. </p>
<p>Your concern is correct. But I would like to tell you that now a days much more girls are taking admissions in engineering and are performing very good in their fields. In fact the results of girl students are giving direct competition to that of boys. Universities on their part are taking full concern about the security of girl students. GLA University in Mathura is well known for its secure environment for girls. University has a healthy environment for learning and exploring talents. There are many girl students enrolled in BTech there.</p>
<p>Many schools offer a living learning community for women engineers. Virginia Tech has Hypatia and UT Austin as WEP. UWisc has a similar community as well. Basically the women engineering freshmen live on the same floor, take a similar block of classes and have the same academic advisor as well as upper classmen mentors. Gives you a good community of fellow engineers right from the start. DD1 was part of Hypatia and now as a junior still lives off campus iwth the girls she met freshman year. Got her off to a great start and even helped her land a great internship. Because the girls are scheduled into the same 1st year classes, you won’t have to be afraid of being the only girl.</p>
<p>Significant and popular SWE activity at Renssalear Polytechnic Institute. Great education, too.</p>
<p>UMich also has a SWE and Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program. The College of Engineering at UMich has 24.8% female students.</p>
<p>MIT engineering is about 45% women.</p>
<p>Depends on a lot on your field. I don’t know what the exact numbers are here, but for ME at Michigan it can’t be more than like 17 %, probably a little lower. There are a good amount of benefits to enjoy though by being a URM in engineering, that’ for sure.</p>
<p>this is actually an important issue as connecting with a life partner early in life is a huge advantage moving forward with both life and career. this is particularly true in expensive cities where two incomes are essentially needed to buy that all important first home. graduating single means it can often take years to find a life partner that can hold back or delay’s one’s personal life. </p>
<p>Whether a (male) engineering major can snag a partner in school depends on many factors. as males are in the numerical majority there is by definition a lot of competion. it comes down to your personal dG - how spontanteous is your life free energy? dg=dh-t delta s. in other words you have look at the factors going for you versus against you and the difference between them is the predictor of your future success both in life and career (which are closely interlinked and really the same thing). being physically attractive is the most important aspect. second is intelligence, personality, etc. everyone loves to see attractive young couples together replete with adorable kids and being in such a relationship is a huge asset in finding corporate success. </p>
<p>^What in the blazes… No…</p>
<p>If finances are your concern, don’t marry. Just be smart with your money.
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<p>I think industrial has the highest ratio of women to men above all other majors.</p>