I heard that because very few girls major in Computer Science, and if there is a girl and a boy with almost identical stats applying to be a CS major, the girl has the advantage. Is that true?
<p>not anymore. most people change their major anyways, plus the difference is shrinking every year. only time it makes a big difference is where you apply to a college/department instead of entire college/uni, or at tech schools.</p>
<p>Women engineers get a boost, but as celebrian says, that involves applying to a college/dept within the university. Less than 20% of freshman engineering majors are women. If the CS degree is taught inside the engineering college of an university, you might get the same boost as women EE or Mech Engineer. </p>
<p>In the general Arts and Sciences college, I don't think that they really put a lot of emphasis on what you say your intended major is unless it is a very unusual major that the college is trying to recruit people into.</p>