<p>The universities you are looking at have similar M/F ratios, but I doubt the engineering schools do. </p>
<p>I don’t think being a girl helps you get into engineering school, and am pretty sure its affirmative action, which is illegal (at least in MI.) However, girls are much more heavily recruited in engineering. As a female entering engineering next fall, I have received numerous offers to attend campus weekends where I pay either nothing or a very small fee to fly in and visit the campus and get recruited. So basically, you have to have the stats to get in, but once you get in, you will get better treatment and more recruited.</p>