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mikewashere
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Being a total noob, I am risking any future reputation i might have here by starting a topic as my first post. So I'm ready for yall.
That being said, I just wanted to hear your thoughts as to what it is about engineering that turns women off to the profession. Its not the math, plenty of girls in my higher level math classes doing crazy things with numbers for their chemistry and bio coursework. But out of maybe 100 people in the engineering classes I'm enrolled in, I think 5 were female.
Another "demographic" trend I noticed is that a large part of us are international. Out of the hundred or so students, id say a quarter were actually white Americans. The rest is dominated by eastern European and African students.
Might also depend on location (I'm in Philly which is pretty diverse)
That being said, I just wanted to hear your thoughts as to what it is about engineering that turns women off to the profession. Its not the math, plenty of girls in my higher level math classes doing crazy things with numbers for their chemistry and bio coursework. But out of maybe 100 people in the engineering classes I'm enrolled in, I think 5 were female.
Another "demographic" trend I noticed is that a large part of us are international. Out of the hundred or so students, id say a quarter were actually white Americans. The rest is dominated by eastern European and African students.
Might also depend on location (I'm in Philly which is pretty diverse)