<p>Does anybody know if being a woman would increase your chances of getting into a school such as CMU or Lehigh?</p>
<p>[Lehigh</a> University: Undergraduate Admissions: Lehigh at a Glance: Students](<a href=“http://www4.lehigh.edu/admissions/undergrad/glance/students.aspx]Lehigh”>http://www4.lehigh.edu/admissions/undergrad/glance/students.aspx)
Would appear that the male:female student ratio mirrors that of male:female applicants at LeHigh. Not much of an advantage, if any.</p>
<p>At CMU, the male:female ratio is a bit higher (as is the case with most tech or engineering focused schools). Women probably do have a slight gender advantage in this case. No idea how significant that advantage is; you’d have to search for the data like that one I found for LeHigh. I know that in the past, CMU has given significant weight to gender because their ratio use to be much worse.</p>
<p>Definitely would help with CMU especially if you’re majoring in engineering, not too sure about LeHigh.</p>