There, she was one of three girls in a class of 50 computer science majors.

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"By the time I took a computer science class in high school, I already knew everything, " he says.

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Mr. Cannon's introduction to computer science class has surged to about 300 students this semester, compared to 200 last year.

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Sankar was one of three women in her computer science class in college in India and had few close friends to ask for help.

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After sitting in on the Introduction to Computer Science class taught by Evan Korth, an associate NYU professor, Mr. Patel saw his peers building products and was motivated to study the topic.

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About 30% of the 1998 graduating class of the famed Indian Institute of Technology--and a staggering 80% of the graduates in computer science--headed for graduate schools or jobs in the United States.

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