<p>Oops, typo in the title. of* not if.</p>
<p>I want to major in ChemE and if colleges like Cornell have schools that separately admit its own students, does that mean I have an advantage (versus a similar tier college that doesn't separately admit)? I'm female so I guess that would make me a URM if I apply to the Cornell College of Engineering?</p>
<p>I don’t know for sure, but I bet your advantage would be so slim that it would easily be offset by the overall very rigorous admissions standards for COE. I also don’t think that women are so rare in the college that they would be considered a URM…I would just highly doubt that.</p>
<p>It was mentioned recently that females have an acceptance rate of about 30% compared to 10% for males in COE. So yes, it kind of does count as an URM hook.</p>
<p>Sophia – not a “URM” which specifically refers to certain ethnic groups. However, as far as your chances of getting in, female engineering student is about the same thing. Cornell’s admit rate for females is at about twice that for meles (I’d seen 16% for Males and 32% for females +/-, but that was a year ago). It is believed to be particularly important at Cornell BUT – you still need the grades-SAT/ACT scores to get in. </p>
<p>Also – though this probably goes without saying, your HS transcript should show a strong interest in the STEM courses.</p>
<p>Other engineering schools similarly want qualified female students.</p>
<p>With respect to schools that do not admit separately – I ‘think’ that you get the same bump as a female interested in the sciences in general – however, every school is different.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Well, I think I do have the academics to get in (34 ACT/3.93 unweighted), but I’m not sure about my EC’s. I have weak EC’s, just a few clubs and a year of soccer (though I do have science stuff like chem club and USNCO finalist). But no volunteering or NHS. So do you think if I did some volunteering over the summer (particularly environmental-related because that’s what I’m interested in, and I’m in environmental club) would that help my chances? Or work experience… is that considered similar to volunteering experience or no?</p>
<p>Also, my HS schedule pretty much involves doubling up on science classes every year except freshman year. By the end of senior year, I will have taken all of these delightful science courses: Chem 1, Chem AP, Organic Chem, Anatomy, Introductory Bio, Bio AP, Physics 1, and Forensic Science.</p>
<p>where did the 30% M vs 10% F statistic come from? is that only engineering or everywhere? either way, I speculate that gender wouldn’t make much of a difference for people who are actually in the tail of the distribution that makes them reasonably qualified for Cornell.</p>
<p>regarding post #5, I think volunteering would be a great way to spend your summer, especially in an area related to your interests.</p>
<p>Did some googling and according to this: <a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000003.pdf#zoom=100[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000003.pdf#zoom=100</a></p>
<p>it seems like the acceptance rate for women is 35.3%
and for men, 15.9% (These are for the college of engineering)</p>
<p>This would only be for things like engineering since not many women apply. I guess they’re just trying to even the gender ratio out? But if you look at the College of Arts and Sciences, the number of men and women admitted are pretty equal (8,278 and 8,779), and also the number admitted (1,311 and 1,330).</p>
<p>I see. cool, and thanks for sharing the source. :)</p>