Do girls really have better applications than boys?

[Anonymous]

At many colleges (Swarthmore, Brown, Wesleyan, Vassar, etc.) male applicants get an advantage over female applicants—affirmative action for boys. One can infer that this is needed to keep the gender ratio balanced. Without it, would females would be admitted at a significantly higher rate than males? Do girls put together better applicants than boys?

This seems like the conclusion that many posters here come to. All the boys I know are extremely high achieving though, so it’s hard for me to wrap my head around.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

They really do. Have a boy at ivy and girl admitted to T10.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I know someone in college admissions at a well regarded state school and this is actually a major concern of his. In general, the pool of qualified males is much smaller than qualified females.

[Anonymous]

It’s because there are a lot more female applicants to these schools than their counterparts. To keep a gender balanced environment, their acceptance rate of male is higher than that of female. All lacs brown Yale and a few other ivies.

Opposite in the case of mit Georgia tech cmu scs, uiuc cs, etc. there you see a lot more male applicants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s because there are a lot more female applicants to these schools than their counterparts. To keep a gender balanced environment, their acceptance rate of male is higher than that of female. All lacs brown Yale and a few other ivies.

Opposite in the case of mit Georgia tech cmu scs, uiuc cs, etc. there you see a lot more male applicants

In CA there is a large gender gap between engineering and life sciences. Even in Silicon Valley there are not many girls going for engineering or physics and it is far easier for them to get in. It flips for life sciences, with girls far outnumbering boys so boys have an easier time being admitted.

Business, economics, political science are relatively balanced.

[Anonymous]

Girls have higher GPAs than boys on average.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Girls have higher GPAs than boys on average.

A lot more women teacher in high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Girls have higher GPAs than boys on average.

A lot more women teacher in high school.

The girls have better ECs too. They mature quicker and are more organized. It’s no surprise that they do better than the boys.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Girls have higher GPAs than boys on average.

A lot more women teacher in high school.

The girls have better ECs too. They mature quicker and are more organized. It’s no surprise that they do better than the boys.

You’re both right. The elementary and middle school years of sit still, be quiet and pay attention with, what, 30 minutes of recess, does not jibe well with male developmental timelines. The boys come into high school with delayed executive functioning skills. So teachers, especially female teachers, often treat boys like broken girls.

[Anonymous]

Obviously it depends on the individual. But on average, yes. Girls have their act together by 17. Boys are not fully baked.

[Anonymous]

My son’s application was outstanding—got comments about his essays from several of the schools he was admitted. Multiple T10s/20s/Ivy RD. None of his friends got accepted to an Ivy or T10.

I don’t doubt there is a male bump- but at the very top schools all the boys applying have the whole package. And LACs always attract more women just like MIT and Caltech attract more males.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Girls have higher GPAs than boys on average.

A lot more women teacher in high school.

The girls have better ECs too. They mature quicker and are more organized. It’s no surprise that they do better than the boys.

You’re both right. The elementary and middle school years of sit still, be quiet and pay attention with, what, 30 minutes of recess, does not jibe well with male developmental timelines. The boys come into high school with delayed executive functioning skills. So teachers, especially female teachers, often treat boys like broken girls.

All-male HS/single gender is the way to go.

[Anonymous]

It’s numbers. Far more women apply than men.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Girls have higher GPAs than boys on average.

A lot more women teacher in high school.

The girls have better ECs too. They mature quicker and are more organized. It’s no surprise that they do better than the boys.

You’re both right. The elementary and middle school years of sit still, be quiet and pay attention with, what, 30 minutes of recess, does not jibe well with male developmental timelines. The boys come into high school with delayed executive functioning skills. So teachers, especially female teachers, often treat boys like broken girls.

All-male HS/single gender is the way to go.

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