<p>Both of my Ds were/are (one has graduated) Computer Science majors in the School of Engineering at their respective colleges. Girls are very much in a minority in engineering and especially in CS. There were some engineering classes where they were the only females in the class. None of this bothered them however. </p>
<p>At least at the large universities they attend (UCLA, UCSD), there’s also a college of Letters and Sciences so there are plenty of females in the university itself and non-engineering classes, like the required GEs, will have a normal distribution. Attending a college that’s primarily an engineering college would be a different experience. There was no preference given to them for admissions due to their gender and their stats were plenty high enough to be admitted.</p>
<p>Being a female could give an edge in employment since a number of companies would like more females in their engineering departments.</p>
<p>I think it’s best not to rely too heavily on being admitted due to largely to being a desirable gender. For one thing, it’s not right. For another, you still have to do the work and compete with the other students so if one isn’t adequately prepared, they may struggle quite a bit.</p>