Female engineers - what sparked your interest? Stats on gender distributions in FIRST

[Grim Tuesday]

I can't provide a testimonial because I lack the necessary biology. However, I can tell you some interesting statistics about females on our team.

We have ~55 people on the team. 13 of them are girls. 12 of the girls are in the same grade (junior) and 10 of them joined in their Sophmore year.

I'm no more than an armchair sociologist, but to me, this would point towards the fact that as soon as it becomes 'acceptable' for girls to join the team, many flock to it. But there is a hump towards it becoming acceptable within the school that's hard to get over that only the bravest do. And once the trend is set, it's smooth sailing. Also of interest is the fact that this trend doesn't seem to carry from grade to grade, it must be reestablished each year.

Of course, this may only be true with our team dynamic at Ithaca Highschool. I would be interested to hear the stories of others, and good luck with your APUSH assignment.