Getting Direct Admit to Computer Science Major for Girls?

nornorbalina
Sat, 19 Jul 2014 18:53:48 +0000

UW does not weigh sex, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, or race in their decisions, and nor do their individual departments. That’s unlawful discrimination in either direction in regards to your sex helping or hindering. That being said, people still seem to think that is a significant factor because our society is still archaically wired that way, but what I love about UW is that it genuinely does not practice decisions in this way. They will look at what your diversity can contribute, but it is all on you to convey it to them in your personal statements. Women tend to be in the minority in STEM programs, so you could spin this as a challenge based on the statistics, but you have to think about the overall interest of those applying; statistically, women are just not as interested, certainly NOT as capable or less competitive than men.

TL;DR

GO FOR IT. You are obviously more than capable, please don’t ever get hung up on being a woman. The only way women can break free from the “burden” of being a woman in male dominated programs is to stop embracing their sex as an intrinsic challenge.