<p>hehe it's gonna suck...I wonder why it is so though?</p>
<p>I used to think that this was a myth, but I was talking with our counties head counselor and she told me that I was one of four senior girls looking at engineering. This came out because I was complaining about all of the women's engineering scholarships that I was being forced to fill out and such because I'm the only one at my school and I guess I was just shocked. </p>
<p>I don't think its that odd of a major... in my calc class we have five kids and three are female...same thing in science courses... dominated by females.</p>
<p>at my school the classes are dominated by females...but females tend to academically dominate the males anyways. It's mostly guys who want to be engineers though. And doctors.</p>
<p>Go girl future engineering majors!!!!!!</p>
<p>Um, Celebrian - hate to tell you, but more than half of med school applicants are women. </p>
<p>Females account for 15% of students in engineering. My alma mater had almost double that number, which was great. I think that my (i.e. the twenty-somethings) are getting the end of the rough time - you guys will be helped by more women going to college, finishing college, and moving into the sciences. Things have changed a lot. It used to be that any women who wanted to do engin. went into chemical; now of course, they go into every type of engineering.</p>
<p>I should also mention that, when I started engineering, five of my male friends from home were also doing it. As of now (i.e. 5.5 years later), four of them dropped out of engin., and one is still trying to get the degree. So, while more men might look at engin., I think that it's a macho, "I like cars" thing, not actually out of desire to be an engineer. Women tend not to be engineers unless - they want to be engineers.</p>
<p>Why would I be disappointed? I was simply saying that the guys at my school are more into science careers than the girls, not that I'm disappointed. Besides, I am a girl, why wouldn't I want girls to dominate med school?</p>
<p>it is going to be an interesting few years in college, and beyond too. </p>
<p>the college counselor at my school (all-girls) has immediately latched on to me because i mentioned i was interested in engineering. from this year's senior class, two are looking into engineering. only one really seriously though (the other one's not sure).</p>
<p>hehe I'm a girl and I plan to major in engineering or preferably aero/astro. woo!!!!</p>
<p>Ariesthena, do you have any ideas as to why so few women go into engineering when there are so many girls who do well in the math and sciences in high school? It can be an excellent career for women, particularly in contract type work that lends itself to having a family at the same time, and the income, though not as high as some fields, is certainly stable..</p>
<p>um...lemme clarify..I am NOT a woman..I wish there were women in engineering field.</p>
<p>My daughter is a sophmore engineering student. When she looked at different university programs, most had about 25% female student enrollment. And, it seemed like n half of those female students were in chemical engineering. She did end up at a school where close to half of the students are women.</p>
<p>At our high school, only the health sciences have programs promoting their careers to women. The engineering people need to make students, male and female, more aware of their field when the kids are in middle school and early high school.</p>
<p>Engineering plus lots of boys makes Emily a happy girl.</p>
<p>My son says: If thats the case; Bioengineers should just make more female engineers.<br>
I'm not sure how he intended that.</p>
<p>I'm a girl going into MAE at Cornell. I go to a pre-engineering high school in NJ, and our m/f ratio is 3:2. It brings up the old saying for the girls that "the odds are good, but the goods are odd." I wish there weren't so many preconceived ideas about girls in engineering. Somebody on the Cornell board said something that all girls in MAE (like me) are from Singapore, and that most girls drop out after a year because they were under qualified to begin with.</p>
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<p>I LOVE IT!!! That is so true about the guys in my school!</p>
<p>BAh! Engineering is just a curse for males. Work extremely hard through college and get teased every now and then by a rare female engineer. </p>
<p>All work and no women make male engineering students dull boys.</p>
<p>I'm not surprised that females aren't interested in the field... so much work and few rewards.</p>
<p>"I'm not surprised that females aren't interested in the field... so much work and few rewards."</p>
<p>r u trying to say something about girls?</p>
<p>"r u trying to say something about girls?"</p>
<p>Relax, I'm not being sexist or pulling a "Harvard Presidency". I meant that most females are smart for avoiding the currently "blah" industry of engineering (just my opinion... there's more money out there in other fields it seems). Personally I would like to see a more diversified field with men and women.</p>
<p><sarcasm>I hate eskimos though. They shouldn't get into engineering... pssht </sarcasm></p>
<p>Jamimom:</p>
<p>I really can't answer that. I'll give it more thought, but I think you've latched on to something - engin. is a great career for women who want a career (not just a job) and a balanced life. </p>
<p>At my high school, girls certainly did well in math/science, but didn't seem to apply themselves to it the way that the boys did. A lot of girls interested in science went into medicine - so they are slowly migrating through the sciences, and I think that engin. will be the last to fall to gender equity.</p>
<p>Some of it might be that you have to apply for engin. specifically... I think that girls would do that if someone told them to, but wouldn't so much on their own accord. I actually applied to engin. on the suggestion of a relative (which, l.s. application sage aside, was a good choice), and I think that most women tend to be the same way. They'll do biology or chem or math of their own volition, but often, unless a teacher or parent suggests engineering, they probably won't go for it. </p>
<p>Also, I'm not sure how much 18-year-old girls are thinking about balancing work and family (well, at least the uber-achievers aren't thinking about it) when they pick majors. Stable income, pay for masters, real hours - much better quality of life than being a physician - but that might not be going through their minds as they search for colleges.</p>
<p>I'm not from the US, so I'm not sure, but was just wondering - is there any discrimination between male and female engineers in the US when it comes to being employed?</p>