<p>Some universities require students to apply to either the engineering school or the college of liberal arts. Princeton accepts students into the university and students can easily transfer in to or out of engineering. The entering freshman engineering class is 40% to 45% female so Princeton is attracting many well qualified female engineers. Instead of attempting to game admissions by applying to a specific department show enthusiasm for the area you want to study.</p>
<p>The best engineering schools tend to very strong in theory which means the courses are taught using advanced mathematics. IMHO both electrical engineering and ORFE [About</a> ORFE | Operations Research and Financial Engineering](<a href=“http://orfe.princeton.edu/]About”>http://orfe.princeton.edu/) will require substantial math. The Mathematics Department at Princeton has many theory courses while the ORFE is applied math. You might also be interested in the Engineering Physics certificate. [Engineering</a> Physics](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/EngineeringPhysics/]Engineering”>Engineering Physics Certificate Program) At Princeton you could take a mixture of math and physics courses your freshman year and then decide where you want to concentrate. </p>
<p>As a female interested in STEM you should give weight to the universities that support women studying STEM. A recent article discusses the bias against women in STEM. <a href=“Bias Persists Against Women of Science, a Study Says - The New York Times”>Bias Persists Against Women of Science, a Study Says - The New York Times; </p>
<p>Here is a link to an earlier posting concerning women studying math at Princeton. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15840408-post5.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15840408-post5.html</a> Under the leadership of President Shirley Tilghman, a noted biology researcher, Princeton has attempted to be supportive of women studying STEM at Princeton.</p>