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[quote=Anonymous]I have a female senior Hokie (OOS) studying engineering. She's majoring in Biological Systems Engineering, which has a heavier female presence than some of the other engineering majors. She's has an excellent experience! Paid internships in summer, 2 job offers for after graduation, one of which she's accepted. She's also on a design team that has competed at Nationals the last few years and placed very high. She's had time to participate in other clubs, as well as 2 years of research with a faculty member.

To my knowledge, she's not had many issues with sexism type stuff - in her first semester Intro Engineering class (general engineering), she was the only female in her project group. The guys underestimated her but the script flipped when they realized she could program and she led them in all that work. She also had to head up the group and delegate tasks because at least one of the others was not doing what he needed to work-wise.

Two of her roommates are female engineering students who both have had great experiences at VT as well, one in Civil and one in Aerospace. They also have been successful getting paid summer internships and job offers for post-grad.

I work at a T10 private and was not sure what to expect from a large state school like VT, but I have been very impressed. [/quote]

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