Hey! I’m a junior in high school and I’m looking for collage that offers a solid computer programming class. I know there are not that many women in CP so I was hoping I could use these odds in my favor 
I’m currently looking into Georgia Tech and Northeastern
Any other recommendations? Or even tips as to how to get into these colleges?
This entire site is developed to how to get into selective colleges, look around. There are actually a great deal of colleges and universities that offer good CS programs.
My daughter is a computer scientist. She didn’t have any exposure to CS in HS. She was not in the same position as you because she was not looking for a college for CS, she is looking for an all around great college. but here college turned out to have introductory courses that are famous there for turning people on to CS. They are very thorough-- two semester sequences that offer an integrated introduction to computer science concepts and use a couple programming languages in the process. Now recently another girl I know took a CS course and this strong student, at a very good school (ND) had to drop it because it was confusing, she found they where thinking of splitting it into 2 courses and redesigning it. She didn’t get anything and I don’t know if she might try CS again. Granted I don’t believe this is the same class that majors take.
The point is that if you don’t have experience, pick a program good in the intro and good at teaching. And think of programs that match your skill levels; programs where you will be successful is more important than ‘prestige programs’. Consider program that speaks to your skill level. A lot of problems for some young women is to be marginalized in classes which are male dominated and dominated with people with higher skill levels and it becomes awkward to ask questions that look dumb, it makes immature males dismiss your worth, it is hard to get a good group that doesn’t ignore you etc. So maybe using being female as a boost to get you into a harder program could backfire or might not be the most conducive to learning. However if you are like my dd, strong in math and used to hanging out with male engineering types you may like anywhere you go. I don’t mean to say that women are not contenders but as you see they don’t enter the pipeline like boys do and they tend to leave their programs and the industry more.
Just some thoughts–no one can recommend schools without knowing a bit more about you, your stats, and what else you want in a college.
Many colleges are doing their part to close the ‘gender gap’ in the technology fields by partnering with high schools. Chances are that your local state university will suit you just fine, but there are schools across the country that want to recruit more women and will dangle financial aid to attract said female applicants. Nearly all the STEM universities fall into this category; for example, RPI, WPI, Rose Hulman, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology and others.
You might add Stevens Institute, in Hoboken, NJ, to your list.
. . . and Drexel, in Philadelphia, also.
You should check Harvey Mudd college. It is very small STEM school. Here is school website showing student profile class of 2018 https://www.hmc.edu/admission/discover/
Tufts struck me as a university that had both good CS and a gender balance far better than most schools with CS at that caliber. At my Northeastern admitted students day, they said they were extremely proud that they had a 75/25 male to female split in CS…lets just say that statistic didn’t exactly blow my socks off.
I’m a female at the University of Oklahoma. To my knowledge, none of my female classmates majoring in CE or CS have ever felt discriminated against because of their gender. Last semester I took an intro programming class and liked it enough that I signed up for one geared towards majors. Both classes are aimed at students with 0 coding experience.
My school actively works to get students interested in the fundamentals of programming, regardless of their majors. From what I understand this is not atypical among less selective universities with well developed CS programs.
For the first time in its history, Harvey Mudd College awarded more engineering degrees to women than to men at its annual commencement, May 18. Fifty-six percent of students who graduated this spring in engineering were female, and 44 percent were male.
The College conferred bachelor of science degrees upon 173 students—88 men and 85 women—at this year’s commencement, the College’s 56th since its founding in 1955.
I think OP is looking for an edge.