Girls in Engineering- Comic that explains it all

[RMiller]

Originally Posted by JamesCH95

I have personally experienced negative effects of this "hyper encouragement" to get women into engineering. I, and a friend of mine (who is a girl) both applied to the same engineering college. I had a better academic and extra-curricular record than she did (she agrees with this) yet she got accepted and I did not. This particular college strives to maintain a 50/50 m/f ratio, but I would bet that their applicant pool was no 50/50.

Do you (the royal you, referring to all of CD) think that it's okay for more qualified men to be denied opportunities so that a college can meet its 50/50 goal? Is there a point here that I'm missing? (This is not a rhetorical question and I'm not trying to be a smart-$@#$@#$@#.)

Were essays part of the application process? What about recommendations? What about interviews?

How your numbers (GPA, test score(s), classes taken, activities) look is not always everything (I admit, for many colleges, there is a GPA, class rank, or test score that gets you in the door, but this sounds like a more selective school).