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...WISHR??s fix for this “problem” is as startling as the problem itself: WISHR policy committee co-chairs Tracy E. Nowski ’07 and Patricia Li ’07 suggested special optional sections just for female students. Why? If, as Summers’ critics have so vehemently argued, there are no innate differences between men’s and women’s respective aptitudes in the sciences, there should be no need for such special classes. WISHR??s only possible defense is some claim to differences...
...WISHR??s other concerns are similarly flawed. The Crimson reported Wednesday that, “Li and Nowski said that the potentially stressful experience of placement exams can turn women off from the heavy competition in the sciences.” There are two possible conclusions: either women are somehow less able to cope with the stress of placement exams than men, or placement exams are generally stressful, in point of fact, for all students. I tend to believe the latter explanation: the tests are scary, period. Their difficulty and the stress that surrounds them cannot be used...
...study abroad program” as one of the “leading reasons why fewer women declare concentrations in science.” Li didn’t give any indication why this reason shouldn’t also apply to international-minded male scientists. Like most of WISHR??s concerns, this is a very valuable one, but it really has no specific connection to women in Harvard’s science programs...
Female undergraduates who do not seek the advice of a graduate student can also turn to WISHR??s Big/Little Sibling program, which matches female first-years with female upperclass students based on their area of interest in science