WomenGamer.com, NCC offering scholarship for gamer girls

Posted Feb 26, 2007 at 6:36AM by Karl B. Listed in: Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Ismini Boinodiris Roby
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Scholarship - Image 1WomenGamers.com and National Computer Camp have announced that for the June/July 2007 enrollment period, they will be giving out two scholarship packages to two deserving female students for one week. The scholarships are available to girls ages 8 to 18 and are valued at US$ 945.

"We are absolutely thrilled to be offering girls this unique opportunity," says Ismini Boinodiris Roby, Chief Editor and Co-Founder of WomenGamers.Com. "Today's girls are adopting technology at lightning speed and this program will help give them the edge they need to stay ahead of the game."

Those who wish to enter will have to send a 500 to 600-word essay detailing their answer to this question: "What will video games of the future be like and if you were in charge of designing a game, what would it be like?" The essay as well as the applicant's name, address, telephone number, email, and age must then be submitted to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it no later than April 27.

 
 
 

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by - 2007-02-26 06:57:41
Use me.

Umm you have a typo in your title. *Obilgatory First Post note*
by - 2007-02-26 07:07:43
bs

thats bull.. what about gaming guys -_-...
by - 2007-02-26 08:34:56
nope!

Yeah, what about gaming guys ? VERY RUDE!!!!!!!!!! Therefore, I think it's untrue. If they are true then they are sick and thinks girls are important than guys, you think wrong!
by - 2007-02-26 09:12:10
Pretty damn sexist

There will be no scholarship for men. It's supposedly not sexist to have a female-only scholarship, but if there was a man-only scholarship, then that would be "sexist". Nice, huh?
by - 2007-02-26 10:45:03
..

Retarded.
by - 2007-02-27 16:21:50
sdd

this is restarted. The morons are obviously sexists. I hope that school gets shut down. Pfft.
by - 2007-03-12 11:41:45
As a girl gamer..

You guys seem a bit narrow-minded about this, don't you think? Let's say it were the other way around: "guy-gamers scholarship." That's the vast majority of all video gamers.. may as well just call it "gamer's scholarship then," knowing mostly males will apply. But this is a way to widen the audience of gamers.. and reward women gamers instead of making them feel like gaming outcasts because of their gender. I suppose anyone's opinon on this would be slightly biased.. and you could say the only reason I think this is a good idea is because I am a girl gamer, but I'd like to think I'd still see this as a good idea if that were not the case.

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