b_randie

Another thing to consider is opening a placement file at your school's career center. You can ask your references to send the original to the placement file (which you can choose to be confidential or nonconfidential) and then whenever you apply to jobs or graduate school in the future, you can contact the career center to send out the letters you choose. A benefit of opening one of these placement files is that they typically stay open for up to five years and you don't have to ask your references each time you want to apply to somewhere.

I had a similar experience while I was in undergrad. My first CS class was a weed out lecture class with over 200 students. I was one of five females. I definitely felt singled out in the class and I felt as if I received special treatment on projects. I ended up changing my major to the social sciences. In your case, maybe you should view it as something positive. The person you talked to did say that they accepted women in their program if all the variables were equal, so I don't think you should feel like you were accepted because of your gender. The harsh reality is that computer science is primarily made of men, but at least this school is aware of the gender stereotyping that occurs in our society. Congrats on the acceptance!

I went there for a year in Undergrad. If you have any questions about the city or campus I can help. Congrats on the acceptance!

I am attending Lewis and Clark College in the fall (wohoo!) but I'm from out of state. I have no idea about any of the neighborhoods or the cost of living. I would like to live fairly close to campus by car but still be near transportation access to downtown. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience in this area?