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Here at myState University, the math department operates close to gender parity, with maybe a slight majority of women in the Applied Math concentration. Engineering is a total sausage-fest.

Which is funny, if you think about it, because engineers only need to know so much math.

I'm not even going to talk about physics.



CMU undergrad CS routinely checks the "people named dave" to female ratio. It used to be greater than one. My year at CMU's robotics institute had 3 Daves and 5 women.


I assume a school as reputable as CMU has already accounted for the "woman named Dave" scenario.


Davwina?

Davetha?


Engineers needed to know more math where I went to school.

I'm sure the mathematicians among us may disagree with my definition of "math."




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