I would like to offer a contrasting view point from our experiences at EA McGill. Our members seem to be more often in subjects like Economics and International Development and since McGill has a high female to male ratio, they also tend to be women.
I actually happen to be one of the few CS students. From what I can tell this difference is primarily due to the founder effect, as our founders were in more economics like subjects, and due to the different demographic make ups of Berkeley and McGill.
I think it’s absolutely the founder effect. Sorry I didn’t make that clear—EA Berkeley’s demographics are much more a product of the social circles of the most committed members (mostly CS, mostly male, disproportionately Indian), than they are a product of EA’s demographics as a whole.
I would like to offer a contrasting view point from our experiences at EA McGill. Our members seem to be more often in subjects like Economics and International Development and since McGill has a high female to male ratio, they also tend to be women.
I actually happen to be one of the few CS students. From what I can tell this difference is primarily due to the founder effect, as our founders were in more economics like subjects, and due to the different demographic make ups of Berkeley and McGill.
I completely missed this comment, sorry.
I think it’s absolutely the founder effect. Sorry I didn’t make that clear—EA Berkeley’s demographics are much more a product of the social circles of the most committed members (mostly CS, mostly male, disproportionately Indian), than they are a product of EA’s demographics as a whole.
Huh! Does economics at McGill have more women than men?