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From: well!slf@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Sharon Lynne Fisher)
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Subject: Re: Girls' schools (was Re: Women Wizards?)
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Date: 29 Jul 88 13:51:13 GMT
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>[But how good are the science programs at single sex schools?  At
>the University I'll be teaching at next year, (it was the women's
>campus of the University of North Carolina system till the mid-sixties)
>there isn't even a computer science major.  TR]

Really.  I went to an all-womens college for two years.  The only 
computer science course they would let me take as a freshman was Basic, 
although I'd programmed in Basic since sophomore year in high school.  By
the second semester, I started taking classes at nearby RPI, and I eventually
ended up transferring there.  Not just because of academics.  Also because of
the people.  At the womens school, I was harrassed for being friends with the
guys instead of dating them, for hanging around with guys who weren't in frats
or on the hockey team, etc.  The activities weren't as good, and the people for
a damn sight weren't as intelligent or interesting.