<p>Do girls ever get an upper hand in getting into an engineering school because they get so many boys?</p>
<p>I have another rather irrelevant question. If you go to an engineering school can you still take other courses like a language or art or history course? Or would you have to be enrolled in another school? And then, would you have to pay twice as much?</p>
<p>Engineering schools still admit more men than women even though female application numbers are up. If you want to go to top engineering schools you have to be exceptional whether you are male or female. (I wrote 2380 SATs, took 6 APs, was top student in every class I took, awarded a bunch of schoarships and one for school participation, had teachers who I think wrote lovely (and strong) references, won a few Science Fairs, was passionate about a couple of community groups and was recognized with awards for community activism… I just love engineering. I got into 8/10 schools I applied to.) Top tier schools are highly competitive for everyone. Once in college, I see only limited discrimination against female students - almost everyone works hard and works together. Older male profs seem to mentor young men more strongly which helps them develop research interests, maximizes research output and helps them establish contacts in their reseaerch or work field, but if you keep your eyes open you can sensitively work past the subtle discrimination against women in engineering. If men think women have an easier time getting into engineering because they are female, they’ll soon learn this is untrue when they start college and see the women are brilliant like them. Go for it- engineering is a great program and career for women.</p>
<p>Every university program differs, but in general, you take social science electives in engineering. You don’t pay extra for these courses. Many schools let you have a double major which could combine engineering and a social science. I have a friend whose majors are Asian Studies and Materials Scienee- both his passions. he will still be able to become a professinal engineer with full acreditation.
If you are just starting to research engineering programs, check out University of Pennsyvania’s programs. I chose to go here because they have a number of unique scholars programs and a fantastic Submatriculation Program that enables you to complete your bachelors and masters in four years. I wanted the opportunity to do undergrad research and Penn has been exceptional for this. I love everything about it.</p>