Is UVA an easier admit for boys?

[Anonymous]

Just noticing most students I know who were accepted this cycle are boys, especially out of state. Girls were rejected. Engineering, bio, humanities majors. Do boys have an easier time getting in?

[Anonymous]

Boys have an easier admit everywhere but the tech schools.
Yes, definitely at UVA.

[Anonymous]

UVA is gender neutral in admissions. Always has been. W&M not so much. The historical numbers bear this out.

[Anonymous]

Yes, just like every selective college and university apart from MIT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boys have an easier admit everywhere but the tech schools.
Yes, definitely at UVA.

No, they don't. Here's the data.

https://ira.virginia.edu/data-analytics/university-data

[Anonymous]

There's nothing more annoying than posters talking out of their a$$es when the data is right there for all to see.

Year after year the admit rate for boys and girls at UVA is virtually identical. In fact, on a percentage basis a slightly higher percentage of girls get in than boys. For example, in 2025 the rate was 16 percent for girls and 15 for boys.

[Anonymous]

At our large public HS it’s 50/50 or darn close every year.

[Anonymous]

There are two ways to research this. The first is to post on DCUM and have a bunch of anonymous idiots offer opinions based on anecdotes. The second is to actually look at the detailed admissions data that the University posts on its website every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's nothing more annoying than posters talking out of their a$$es when the data is right there for all to see.

Year after year the admit rate for boys and girls at UVA is virtually identical. In fact, on a percentage basis a slightly higher percentage of girls get in than boys. For example, in 2025 the rate was 16 percent for girls and 15 for boys.

That doesn't mean it isn't easier for boys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's nothing more annoying than posters talking out of their a$$es when the data is right there for all to see.

Year after year the admit rate for boys and girls at UVA is virtually identical. In fact, on a percentage basis a slightly higher percentage of girls get in than boys. For example, in 2025 the rate was 16 percent for girls and 15 for boys.

That doesn't mean it isn't easier for boys.

Yes, it does. It certainly means more than "that's what I think."

Year after year after year the admit rates are the same. Year after year after year after year. Take a look at William & Mary and you'll see a stark historical difference.

[Anonymous]

Per its latest CDS, UVa admits for boys: 4382/27,252 and girls: 5527/31,685.

[Anonymous]

Slightly higher rate for girls

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Per its latest CDS, UVa admits for boys: 4382/27,252 and girls: 5527/31,685.

Right. 16 percent for boys, 17 for girls. Not easier for boys.

In contrast, at William & Mary it was 41 percent for boys and 34 percent for girls. Easier for boys.

[Anonymous]

It would be interesting to see the qualifications it took to be admitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would be interesting to see the qualifications it took to be admitted.

That’s the issue. Boys have an easier path (with the exception of tech schools and highly competitive majors like business and engineering). Too many strong female candidates.