<p>I applyed ED to Northwestern's school of engineering for CS. Will this give me a boost in admissions (girl in engienering)?</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>Yes, a girl in engineering, particularily computer science, will be advantageous.</p>
<p>Bump!!!</p>
<p>Bump!</p>
<p>Might be a slight edge…a very slight one at that.</p>
<p>Doubt it. They won’t pick a dumber girl over a smarter boy. That’s just stupid</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s an issue of picking a dumber girl over a smarter boy. NU suffers from the same issue as all schools – not enough women engineers. So, being a female interested in computer science or engineering is a “hook” of sorts. However, if I was a female interested in CS at NU, I might apply to Weinberg. I think the competition in McCormick might be tougher. (sorry, realize that boat has sailed). But, you’ve applied; you’ll know soon! Good luck! </p>
update: rejected by NU ED 
But I got into Emory with as an Emory scholars finalist, USC with trustee scholarship consideration, UMICH engineering, Caltech, and UCLA regents!!
Congrats. You have many good options.
For future reference, a highly selective university like NU where it is easy to transfer between schools/majors and has about a 50/50 gender ratio is unlikely to give a bump to females intending to major in engineering/CS.
A school like Caltech(/MIT/Mudd/Olin) which gets many more male applicants or those universities that admit by major and where engineering is both more selective and gender skewed (think UIUC) is much more likely to give a bump to females.