<p>Also, reconsider your outright rejection of schools with a gender imbalance. Those are the ones that might offer you the best merit aid since they are always trying to change their gender ratios! And many of them have great programs to encourage women in STEM fields.
You may want to research them a little more and add a few to your list.
WPI is a good example - [Undergraduate</a> Admissions: Women - WPI](<a href=“http://www.wpi.edu/admissions/undergraduate/perspective/women.html]Undergraduate”>http://www.wpi.edu/admissions/undergraduate/perspective/women.html)</p>