Girl engineer//better chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I honestly don't mean for this to sound stupid or anything, but some people have told me that since I'm a girl who's going to major in mechanical engineering, I would have a better chance at getting into universities because universities look for a mixture of engineers rather than all guys. So being a "girl" engineering major would be an advantage because not many girls want to major in it. </p>

<p>Is this true? Would I really have a better chance at getting into universities because I would major in engineering as a girl? </p>

<p>The Universities I'm referring to are the UCs/CSUs. </p>

<p>Overall I know that gender mainly does not matter, but does it contribute at all? Or are these just false misconceptions being told to me? </p>

<p>Quick stats about me: (I'm completely average, nothing too special.) </p>

<p>3.8 weighted GPA
1540 sat score (going to retake it)
Taking the ACT this weekend and plan on getting at least a 25
Community service is OK. 80+ hours </p>

<p>Just curious! </p>

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<p>Being female may give you an advantage but if you expect an ACT of 25, it will not cut it for the majority of the UC’s or the competitive CSU’s for ME.
For the CSU’s, it is all about the numbers. They use an eligibility index (EI) to rank applicants for each major:
(CSU GPA X 800) + (SAT MATH + SAT CR) or (CSU GPA X 200) + (ACT Composite x10). Here are the cutoffs for each major at SJSU from the in-coming class 2014:
<a href=“http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/admission/rec-10079.11705.html”>http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/admission/rec-10079.11705.html&lt;/a&gt;
See how you compare.</p>

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<p>Being a girl does have some advantage in admission at most engineering schools according to admission rates, however, it does not mean they will accept you no matter what. You still need to have stat near the ball park.</p>