Is the boy:girl ratio at the liberal arts colleges a deterrent at all?

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Anonymous wrote:Just pick one near an engineering school - joking. This is kind of sad in 2022. Would this be an issue for a son going to a school w/ more boys than girls

I think it is. When I pointed out Caltech is 60% male, my son suddenly lost interest in applying.

So interesting...my DS could care less about the ratio

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just pick one near an engineering school - joking. This is kind of sad in 2022. Would this be an issue for a son going to a school w/ more boys than girls

I think it is. When I pointed out Caltech is 60% male, my son suddenly lost interest in applying.

So interesting...my DS could care less about the ratio

Remember you grade on the curve. Your DS who is a 7 is now a 9.

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Anonymous wrote:Admittedly I did not read this whole thread. But I have a DS interested in both UVA and UNC and looking at the #s posted I see the difference in b:g ratio. But, exactly why does that matter? Why do I care there are more girls on campus than boys? What does that impact in terms of education, experience, outcome?

These entitled. "Summarize for me" posts are the worst..

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keep in mind that women make up ~60% of college students overall now

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Anonymous wrote:keep in mind that women make up ~60% of college students overall now

Exactly. Many top schools are realizing that a 50:50 ratio is no longer representative of the college-aged population.

Here are some ratios for class of 2025 (M/F)

Yale: 45/55
Penn: 46/54
Duke: 45/55
Harvard: 47/53
Princeton: 49/51
Amherst: 44/56

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is far more than LACs that lack gender balance. UNC-CH entering class was 61% female, 39% male.

Ucla is 64/36

[Anonymous]

Most girls are gay today so 2:3 boy girl ratio works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:keep in mind that women make up ~60% of college students overall now

Why such a gap? Is this because women don’t want to be plumbers or truckers or soldiers so they are naturally over represented at college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most girls are gay today so 2:3 boy girl ratio works.

Most girls are not gay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Admittedly I did not read this whole thread. But I have a DS interested in both UVA and UNC and looking at the #s posted I see the difference in b:g ratio. But, exactly why does that matter? Why do I care there are more girls on campus than boys? What does that impact in terms of education, experience, outcome?

These entitled. "Summarize for me" posts are the worst..

Perhaps. But the questions are valid and not answered previously.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s something that gives me pause because it’s a well known that this imbalanced ratio means less dating and more hook-ups.

Yikes. Why do you think that?

Can’t find the article I want, but this one makes similar points: https://money.com/college-gender-ratios-dating-hook-up-culture/?amp=true

Old article. Money ! Opinion piece citing 2013 stats. There is no meat to this opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:keep in mind that women make up ~60% of college students overall now

Why such a gap? Is this because women don’t want to be plumbers or truckers or soldiers so they are naturally over represented at college?

In part. But that has always been the case. More to do with boys not going to college and not doing a trade but really dropping out or off of life. Big trend and not good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:keep in mind that women make up ~60% of college students overall now

Why such a gap? Is this because women don’t want to be plumbers or truckers or soldiers so they are naturally over represented at college?

In part. But that has always been the case. More to do with boys not going to college and not doing a trade but really dropping out or off of life. Big trend and not good.

I don’t think this is accurate. Male college enrolment has been increasing but much slower than female. Both seem to level off in recent years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:keep in mind that women make up ~60% of college students overall now

Why such a gap? Is this because women don’t want to be plumbers or truckers or soldiers so they are naturally over represented at college?

In part. But that has always been the case. More to do with boys not going to college and not doing a trade but really dropping out or off of life. Big trend and not good.

I don’t think this is accurate. Male college enrolment has been increasing but much slower than female. Both seem to level off in recent years.

+1 The percent of both male and female enrolling in college has been fairly steadily increasing for decades, but it's just that female enrollment increased at a slightly higher rate. The pandemic disrupted college enrollment trends though. Also, starting in the next year or so, we're going to start to see more shrinking of the college age population so overall numbers will be lower--so it's important to keep in mind the difference between percent enrolled and total number enrolled if you want to understand the trends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:keep in mind that women make up ~60% of college students overall now

Exactly. Many top schools are realizing that a 50:50 ratio is no longer representative of the college-aged population.

Here are some ratios for class of 2025 (M/F)

Yale: 45/55
Penn: 46/54
Duke: 45/55
Harvard: 47/53
Princeton: 49/51
Amherst: 44/56