Schools that are looking for more female students...

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<p>High school CADD has more to do with being a career tech than ME. Liking and doing well in high school AP Calculus and Physics would be a better indicator for engineering.</p>

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<p>Well, she does well in math and will be taking calculus 1 and physics next year. I know she wants to design machines. I don’t think she wants to be a tech. Hopefully with her upward trend and challenging classes she will get in somewhere.</p>

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<p>It’s very assuring that she likes math. Good grades in the first semester of senior year and doing well on SAT Math II subject test may convince colleges about her potentials in engineering. Summer is a good time to catch up on these things.</p>

<p>To answer your initial question about which colleges female students have an edge for admission and scholarship? It’s about every one of them. Colleges are all looking for qualified female engineering students. It’s easier for females to get into schools like MIT, but not many choose to go though. Good luck to your D.</p>

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<p>I’ll second the recommendation for SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook. The SUNY schools have low OOS tuition, and Buffalo and Stony Brook both have good engineering programs, and aren’t super selective to get into. RIT, Drexel, and U. Hartford also come to mind.</p>

<p>You could try posting on the Jewish B Students thread on the Parents’ Forum for more suggestions.<br>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/931514-colleges-jewish-b-student.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/931514-colleges-jewish-b-student.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Is she willing to go to a very different region of the country? U. Kansas and Iowa State may work.</p>

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<p>Actually, the schools that admit by numbers only, and open admission schools like community colleges, do not care about the applicant’s gender at all. That likely describes a very large percentage of colleges.</p>

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<p>Georgia Tech</p>

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<p>Binghamton has a better engineering than people realize. It’s small and fairly new, having morphed out of the engineering technology program in the 1980s. Reputation requires size and age.</p>

<p>Don’t overlook privates assuming that you will be paying full sticker price. Syracuse, Clarkson, Dayton and Cincinnati all come to mind as possibilities for her stats. Maybe add UMass Lowell and UMBC for publics.</p>

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<p>Look into the Rensselaer Medal scholarship.</p>

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<p>With these stats she’s very unlikely to get into no less get merit aid at a top school. Even SWE requires a 3.5 minimum GPA.</p>

<p>You have to go down a notch or two. Maybe try a school like Clarkson.</p>

<p>[Clarkson</a> University](<a href=“http://www.clarkson.edu/]Clarkson”>http://www.clarkson.edu/)</p>

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<p>We will look at Stony Brook too. My son won the RPI medal but he didn’t want to go there. My husband went there and would be thrilled if one of his kids went there too, but the price tag is pretty steep, don’t think we could swing it. The school didn’t award the medal this year, no idea why. What is SWE?</p>

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<p>Society of Women Engineers</p>

<p>[Home</a> | The Society of Women Engineers | <a href=“http://www.swe.org%5B/url%5D”>www.swe.org](<a href=“http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/]Home”>http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/)</a></p>

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<p>Oh, haha, I know about them. I thought you were talking about a college.</p>