Gender Disparity at College

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the problem is that elite college admissions nowadays requires one to create a resume juggling so many extracurricular at a high level in addition to maintaining a near perfect GPA with high rigor courseload. This naturally favors students who have project management and executive function skills that I bet many adults do not even have. On average, girls are
better able to juggle all
this particularly in the early high school years because they mature faster and just tend to be more organized. Obviously, there are outliers for both females and males, but I’m just talking about general trends. I bet many of those smart but somewhat scattered
boys mature and “get it” by late high school and college, but by then it is hard to catch up to those who have been building up the resume experiences and skills from an earlier age.

+1
Plus SAT is devalued now. Not surprising the genders skew when top colleges keep selecting for stuff that on average girls excel more in and dismissing the importance of an area boys traditionally did better in.

[Anonymous]

Both of my kids want a school with a balanced gender ratio, or as close as possible. Not interested in any of these 60/40 places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The male/female ratio is only part of it. To get the full picture also look at the ratios for gay/straight/bi etc. Take, for example, Harvard. The student newspaper published data. Not as many straight kids as you’d think.

Same with Yale and the uber selective LACs.

[Anonymous]

What a mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The male/female ratio is only part of it. To get the full picture also look at the ratios for gay/straight/bi etc. Take, for example, Harvard. The student newspaper published data. Not as many straight kids as you’d think.

Same with Yale and the uber selective LACs.

Two kids at NESCACs and I can confidently say that you are full of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the problem is that elite college admissions nowadays requires one to create a resume juggling so many extracurricular at a high level in addition to maintaining a near perfect GPA with high rigor courseload. This naturally favors students who have project management and executive function skills that I bet many adults do not even have. On average, girls are
better able to juggle all
this particularly in the early high school years because they mature faster and just tend to be more organized. Obviously, there are outliers for both females and males, but I’m just talking about general trends. I bet many of those smart but somewhat scattered
boys mature and “get it” by late high school and college, but by then it is hard to catch up to those who have been building up the resume experiences and skills from an earlier age.

+1
Plus SAT is devalued now. Not surprising the genders skew when top colleges keep selecting for stuff that on average girls excel more in and dismissing the importance of an area boys traditionally did better in.

Aren’t most admissions personnel female…who seem to lean left politically?

Is it possible that they are sympathetic to the charges of toxic masculinity, & that impacts their decisions? When other groups were underrepresented, we were assured that it was due to bias, not a lack of talent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:the problem is that elite college admissions nowadays requires one to create a resume juggling so many extracurricular at a high level in addition to maintaining a near perfect GPA with high rigor courseload. This naturally favors students who have project management and executive function skills that I bet many adults do not even have. On average, girls are
better able to juggle all
this particularly in the early high school years because they mature faster and just tend to be more organized. Obviously, there are outliers for both females and males, but I’m just talking about general trends. I bet many of those smart but somewhat scattered
boys mature and “get it” by late high school and college, but by then it is hard to catch up to those who have been building up the resume experiences and skills from an earlier age.

+1
Plus SAT is devalued now. Not surprising the genders skew when top colleges keep selecting for stuff that on average girls excel more in and dismissing the importance of an area boys traditionally did better in.

Aren’t most admissions personnel female…who seem to lean left politically?

Is it possible that they are sympathetic to the charges of toxic masculinity, & that impacts their decisions? When other groups were underrepresented, we were assured that it was due to bias, not a lack of talent.

Swing and a miss….

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It really feels like the only girls who will ever date are those who have a BF from high school. Nobody breaks up and nobody starts dating in college.

Is it easier to date in high school than college? And why?

I don't know why this is but it really seems to be the case. I had girl/boy twins at a large high school last year. Between their friends they probably knew 20 couples senior year. I'd say that 17/20 went to college still dating and now in spring semester 19/20 are together (literally 2 that broke up are BACK together). It's weird.

What city was the high school in?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So are there any colleges that are more even?

Southern school. My son's SEC school is almost even. It is affirmative action for white guys. Blatantly.

DEI is ok for white guys.

Or they are offering more of what these guy are looking for. The right fit.

[Anonymous]

It’s the swing away from SAT/ACT scores. Plenty of bright boys who can do college work but the level of achievement kids are now expected to do for 4 years with zero room for error totally weeds out boys.

I happen to have a son who has been a very strong and focused student since 9th grade with strong ECs so he will benefit and I also have a daughter so I worry for her. It’s bad for everyone. Time to put down the GRL power shirts and attempt to figure it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s the swing away from SAT/ACT scores. Plenty of bright boys who can do college work but the level of achievement kids are now expected to do for 4 years with zero room for error totally weeds out boys.

I happen to have a son who has been a very strong and focused student since 9th grade with strong ECs so he will benefit and I also have a daughter so I worry for her. It’s bad for everyone. Time to put down the GRL power shirts and attempt to figure it out.

Merit is only important if you are brown or have a vagina.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Michigan and Notre Dame are almost even. Almost.

No, Michigan has become quite unbalanced. 56% female, 44% male this year.
This is new.


Note Dame is still even.

It has a high % of handmaidens.

What is that?

Religious freakshows.

[Anonymous]

What's the issue?
There is not much disparity according to this data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the issue?
There is not much disparity according to this data.

60:40 is significant for dating dynamics. If half the girls are in a relationship/ situationship the ones looking for a partner are facing odds of 3:1 women to men. Thats a big factor that results in the hook up culture. On the dating market women are less valuable since there’s an oversupply, and men are the hot commodity. Imagine the single guy having three women compete for his attention, it will get to his head and it won’t be fun for women.

[Anonymous]

They really need to balance for gender! Women want gender balance too.