@Lindagaf wrote
This statement hits the nail on the head.
Based on all the positive CC chatter about LACs, we decided to at least look at some of them. Admittedly, we already had reservations about some of the ones on our itinerary because they did not offer engineering, and S2 would have to do a 3-2 to pursue that major. That annoying crunchy tour guide was priceless in helping us achieve clarity about not compromising on major. We will still consider LACs, but the next round of visits will only include ones that offer that major.
The bottom line is until a school offers traditional engineering (not biomedical engineering), it will be female leaning.
After we canceled the rest of our LAC itinerary we visited the Boeing factory and got a 747 jumbo-sized engineering fix. So the trip was great.