<p>I’m an Irish student, currently in a field totally unrelated to gender studies (Computer Science major, actually). But the subject area fascinates me and before I go and spend my career nerding it up in a programming job I’d like to do something that really interests me, but which I would never get to do otherwise. So I’m thinking of applying for an MA in women’s studies.
And I’ve got a couple of questions for you people here:</p>
<li><p>Recommend me some schools! Particularly for someone with less than stellar grades - due to some personal circumstances my overall GPA is low (2.4) but my Comp Sci GPA is 3.1. I’m also already outside the standard 4 years with 3 semesters to go (entered college in September '02, June '08 graduation).</p></li>
<li><p>Due to the structure of college courses in this neck of the woods, the only humanities courses I’ve taken are 3 semesters of Japanese. Everything else is CS, maths and physics. Will this hurt me even more?</p></li>
<li><p>Is it a waste of time for me to even think about this?</p></li>
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