<p>The schools beantowngirl mentioned where the proportion of boys vs girls is out of whack (70:30) helps a lot with an admission. So RPI and WPI are good places to apply for an admission.</p>
<p>Columbia engineering might give some brownie points for a girl applicant because the school wants to be gender balanced and they are closer to 60:40. So if you are doubtful about getting into columbia college, then apply to SEAS.</p>
<p>MIT and Caltech - if you have almost perfect scores, achievements (olympiad, science fair awards, research, etc) then you have a better chance of acceptance than a boy of similar attributes since a lot more boys apply. Fewer girls apply than boys but those who apply are self selective and end up having a higher rate of admission (there is a goal to gender balance too but most who apply are qualified to start with). I was one of the contributors to the thread rmldad started and published the stats of several girls i know who were admitted including mine and people were PMing me credebtials of their daughters who got in. It is extremely hard to get in unless you are super qualified but it just looks easier because the girls admit rate is higher. Reason - they don’t apply and fewer show up (this is changing and thats why MIT and Caltech closed out the waitlist this year because so many many many more showed up).</p>