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Yes there was a lot of attrition from the initial experiment when they started with 42% because they let too many women in who didn't know what they were gettin
by junelin 13y ago
Yes there was a lot of attrition from the initial experiment when they started with 42% because they let too many women in who didn't know what they were getting into and then decided that CS wasn't for them. The easiest intro to computer science class was essentially all women, and I think many of them dropped out.
But the fact that 30% of the graduating class in 2004 was women vs <7% in 2000 is still pretty impressive.
- hga 13y agoUnless of course they lowered the graduating requirements, or the women graduates did significantly poorer, e.g. more Bs and Cs compared to the men (CMU does not, I assume, grade on the curve; MIT doesn't, if you're in an appropriate major you'll gets As and Bs, Ds and Fs only if you're having personal problems). This, however, is not my impression at all, nor I gather your's. And let's not forget the cost in depriving 16 men places in the Class of 2004 (12% of 135); unless you were one of them, acceptable in an experiment which may be ultimately successful, but....