does the female>male ratio at schools impact the experience for girls?

[Anonymous]

So many schools are nearing 60/40 female.
If your child attends one of these, do they notice?
Does it impact their quality of life? Dating opportunities?
Any thoughts?
thank you!

[Anonymous]

It affects their falling on a D experience.

[Anonymous]

One of the reason we dropped Vassar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the reason we dropped Vassar

OK, but that’s an entirely different scenario than a skewed ratio.

At a smaller school, it might translate to a few hundred fewer men overall, and two or three fewer per class.

[Anonymous]

An interesting recent read for you:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/magazine/men-college-enrollment.html

My kid's friends who are freshmen at Tulane say it has a big impact for girls who'd like to date boys. Smaller pool of available options, more competition for "the good ones".

[Anonymous]

Agree

[Anonymous]

Not really, it is only a tally of the by nature genders. Given the ever growing number of alphabet people there is someone for everyone at most universities.

[Anonymous]

I was just about to post the link PP gave you. It's a fascinating read.

Essentially the take-away is that the athletic solution some colleges have developed to correct the gender imbalance (more females than males) has backfired over the years, because it's created a "bro" type of atmosphere, where there are many athletic male recruits and a misogynist athletic atmosphere. Female students report a more aggressive dating scene that comes with physical and psychological risks for women (date rape, harassment, etc).

[Anonymous]

What do you see as the break point? I was helping my DD create a list and College of Charleston was a match but she ruled it out due to gender imbalance. (33% male students and 67% female students)

[Anonymous]

My DD wants school that skews male. You also have to look at str8/gay ratio to see your dating options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD wants school that skews male. You also have to look at str8/gay ratio to see your dating options.

They are all STEM schools...RIT, RPI, etc. that are like 75% male and 25% female.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD wants school that skews male. You also have to look at str8/gay ratio to see your dating options.

They are all STEM schools...RIT, RPI, etc. that are like 75% male and 25% female.

LOL yeah and WPI--she is interested, now how social are these guys? we have to visit. She is tired of the girl drama at her public school and kind of over it.I am glad she has a good foundation with same sex friendships--very important part of the maturation process.

[Anonymous]

I think 60/40 is probably fine but wouldn’t like 70/30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think 60/40 is probably fine but wouldn’t like 70/30.

agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD wants school that skews male. You also have to look at str8/gay ratio to see your dating options.

They are all STEM schools...RIT, RPI, etc. that are like 75% male and 25% female.

LOL yeah and WPI--she is interested, now how social are these guys? we have to visit. She is tired of the girl drama at her public school and kind of over it.I am glad she has a good foundation with same sex friendships--very important part of the maturation process.

My son is at WPI. Majority of the male friends I have met of his (ok small sample, maybe 5 or 6?) are all pretty normal, social guys. He isn't really "hang out" type buddies with his 4 roommates but as he said, no one is ever here since we are all so busy---meaning, they aren't just sitting there playing video games alone...Living with one female and one male friend in a house next year. WPI has trended towards 70-30, was 60-40 when he applied but they lost a private donor who was giving big scholarships to more female students and helping the ratio a bit.