From my experience not a large percentage of the guys who sign up for engineering programs actually WANT to become engineers. It sounds like a socially acceptab

From my experience not a large percentage of the guys who sign up for engineering programs actually WANT to become engineers. It sounds like a socially acceptable major, and sure maybe they like mechanical things, but a huge number of the guys washed out from mechanical engineering, (we started with 140, we are down to 80, of the 80 there are 15 girls, we started with 17 girls, the rest of the wash outs were guys). I think few girls go into engineering as a default major, so if they are there they really want to be there. In the end, the only ones who can get through it are those who really want to be there, so why encourage people who aren't committed?