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...particular, she highlighted MIT—where 31 percent of CS concentrators are now female—as a school where a concerted effort to improve gender ratios in CS had been extremely successful...
...want to start a continuing effort and conversation by thinking of creative ways to engage more students on this issue outside of this one month of events,” he said...
...them.” I myself, after applying for 12 summer positions of various types, heard literally nothing from nine of these organizations. These were applications into which I had poured several hours each, filling out endless forms, crafting cover letters, asking for recommendations, and writing essays. Time and effort that, for the all reaction I got, might have been better spent hanging with my friends or getting homework done. It almost makes you wonder if your application was even considered, even read, even opened in the first place...
This dearth of rejection letters can’t be because of a lack of time or an expenditure of unnecessary effort; it took me approximately 23 seconds and zero brainpower to type those above three sentences. The average employer could (and probably does, for those who still do this) staff that little email out to their current intern or secretary, who can easily send it en masse to however many applicants need to be notified. Therefore, it is just plain rude to not acknowledge an applicant’s desire for, and the often-considerable effort they put into...
Throughout the apparent successes and setbacks, the UC is making an effort to target the Harvard undergraduate community through a noticeably increased Web presence...