<p>kind of a random thought about engineering:
i know a lot of engineering schools have a high male to female ratio, do you think being female and having competitive stats will result in a higher chance of acceptance into COA?</p>
<p>I’ve heard before that it’s harder for females to get into LSA and easier for males and vice versa for engineering (harder for males, easier for females), do you think this is true?</p>
<p>Just my opinion…I think engineering schools are very interested in drawing women with competitive stats, and that would be a factor in your favor. </p>
<p>On the other hand, I have been reading on other threads about the current gender imbalance making applying to liberal arts programs more difficult for women as opposed to men…so your logic makes sense.</p>
<p>I could see that. For some reason schools rant and rave about how diverse they are, so the better the male to female ratio in a male dominated college the better. The only difference is the school can ask for your gender on an application, but they can’t admit you based on your race.</p>
<p>All Engineering programs strive for a 50/50 M:F ratio. Michigan is currently 78% male. As such, it is clearly going to give priority to qualified female applicants.</p>
<p>Wow, females are lucky! What’s the ratio for MIT?</p>
<p>MIT is 45% female. However, in order to get that ratio, MIT’s acceptance rate for female applications is significantly higher than its acceptance rates for male applicants. According to the 2009 CDS, below is the breakdown according to gender:</p>
<p>MALES:
11,000 applied
865 admitted
8% accepted</p>
<p>FEMALES:
4,700 applied
810 admitted
17% accepted</p>
<p>[MIT</a> Office of the Provost, Institutional Research](<a href=“MIT Institutional Research”>MIT Institutional Research)</p>