The target has moved to STEM jobs, now. Not enough women in engineering

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Mar 6, 2017
2:47:15pm

SandYFan Troublemaker

The target has moved to STEM jobs, now. Not enough women in engineering

and computer science jobs. That's society's fault now.

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SandYFan

Bio page: SandYFan
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Time

This year's BYU Admittance stats

Cougarrr

3/6/17 2:33pm

I wonder if the founders of BYU ever saw it as being this selective.

SandYFan

3/6/17 2:34pm

Wow. The ACT hit 30 finally (rounded).

immacougar

3/6/17 2:35pm

How long has there been such a disparity between male/female admittance?

cheezedawg

3/6/17 2:38pm

Good. Keep it up and raise the value of my degrees.

TCuz13

3/6/17 2:39pm

Let me guess, you got in back in 1977 with a 3.2 GPA?

SandYFan

3/6/17 2:40pm

Uh, no. 2010 and well above today's averages

TCuz13

3/6/17 2:41pm

SandYFan

3/6/17 2:42pm

girls are winning.

3/6/17 2:41pm

Ahhhh misogyny! Look at the misogynist!

SandYFan

3/6/17 2:43pm

girls have been winning now for about a decade i think. more degrees,

3/6/17 2:46pm

The target has moved to STEM jobs, now. Not enough women in engineering

SandYFan

3/6/17 2:47pm

Curious what the graduation split is and if it indicates a certain amount of

BlackBart

3/6/17 2:47pm

Far fewer female students pursuing an MRS degree now than 20 years ago.

SandYFan

3/6/17 2:48pm

Makes sense. The cost of being admitted into BYU is too high to be perhaps more

BlackBart

3/6/17 2:50pm

Yup. These students worked their butts off to get in.

SandYFan

3/6/17 2:55pm

And girls today are not hearing "a woman's place is in the home" nearly as much

buffgato

3/6/17 3:39pm

because too few boys have their act together enough to get a wife and support

3/6/17 2:52pm

Or, the boys who get into BYU are winning : )

Yurdue

3/6/17 3:10pm

Let's just say they really aren't. Numbers aren't everything.

SandYFan

3/6/17 3:13pm

looks like average ACT went up 1-1.5 points and GPA up .5

byu1

3/6/17 2:53pm

Maybe the trickle-down will be a better-qualified BYU-I student body.

SandYFan

3/6/17 2:56pm

They don't have to cap enrollment at BYU-I

KingDave

3/6/17 6:24pm

Just .5 on ACT.

immacougar

3/6/17 3:06pm

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