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>I was the only female in my honors physics class at UCLA; things have
>changed.
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>See
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><http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/nyregion/04siemens.html>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/nyregion/04siemens.html
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>Joanna
There's more good news in that story: "Most of the finalists attend public school."
>Eleven of the finalists were girls. It was the first year that girls
>outnumbered boys in the final round. Most of the finalists attend
>public school.