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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
Something along the lines of measurable attempts at progress, versus already achieving a goal (that could easily be unachievable by some of the best programs by circumstances outside their control).
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I would agree. I've been asked several times by judges at competitions if we are an "all girl team" because the pit is often staffed with girls since they are some of the most dedicated students on the team and in positions of leadership. It used to be that we were a 20-30 student team and we had a roughly 50/50 ratio but now we are are 60+ student team and our ratio is more like 65/35. I think we take an amazing number of female students compared to most teams but we are no where near achieving this and I can't fathom putting our team at risk of winning an event by committing in November to have a female driver when it remains to be seen who the best student for that role is (Keeping in mind that our driver who won the off-season event this past Saturday was a freshman female driver. WOOO!).
I love that we have a lot of female students and I always want to see more of them but I'm not sure the conditions for this grant are going to generate more of them for most teams.