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Re: Girls in Engineering- Comic that explains it all
Both of you have good points that's it's not all about grades and extracurriculars. I did, however, get into The Cooper Union, which (that year) was about the most selective school in the country, with an 8% or 9% acceptance rate. Which, come to find out, has a more "blind" admissions process than many schools.
I will add that said school was the ONLY college, out of 6 or 7, that I was rejected from, including The Cooper Union, and Rose Hulman, two of the top 5 undergraduate colleges in the country, but neither of which have near a 50/50 m/f distribution. I would be amazed if one could find any other engineering college with a 50/50 split, I've never heard of another one.
Take it for what it's worth, an example of "affirmative action" or whatever you want to call it, I have no ax to grind, just sharing observations here.
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