I'm having a hard time choosing...

bluedog
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:32:59 +0000

Your chances of being accepted into engineering as a woman are probably 75% better than being accepted into liberal arts- just guessing, but engineering programs are always dying for girls.



This is true for most engineering programs, but Pratt isn’t one of them. I’d certainly say that Pratt certainly gives a small edge to female applicants, but no way is the acceptance rate of Pratt that much greater than Trinity for females. By far the largest department (HALF of all engineers) is BME, a traditionally very heavy female engineering major (by engineering standards). About half of BMEs are female at Duke. Around the country, it’s lower than that, but much higher than all other engineering majors. Not sure the exact reason why, but perhaps women like a more “person/patient-focused” engineering curriculum; and BME is certainly that. The other majors are more male dominated, though. So while it probably is beneficial to be a female when applying to Pratt, it’s not *that *significant of a difference as it is with many engineering programs across the nation, mostly because BME is so huge at Duke.