they kind of explain it here https://www.hackerschool.com/blog/1-summer-2012-applications-open https://www.hackerschool.com/blog/1-summer-2012-applications...

they kind of explain it here https://www.hackerschool.com/blog/1-summer-2012-applications-open https://www.hackerschool.com/blog/1-summer-2012-applications... tldr: they are trying an experiment to see if they can get 50% female enrollment