Gender Ratios are so lop-sided? What is going on?

[Anonymous]

She should apply to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which has 75% men.

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Men have more options for lucrative careers that don’t require college degrees. This is likely to continue to increase — as jobs increasingly move towards looking for applicants with specific skills vs educational requirements. Another shift is that careers that historically were dominated by males — are now seen as neutral or even female dominated: psychologists and pediatricians, for example.

[Anonymous]

Add that some of the guys are not interested in dating girls for a variety of reasons

[Anonymous]

If I had a son, I'd try to have him start school later so that his maturity is more on par with the girls he is in school with, and/or take a gap year to start college later.

There are a few schools where boys get a bump but IMO it's too little to late. They need to be met earlier on where they naturally are in their normal development.

[Anonymous]

This is a known issue. Much talked about. I have both a boy and girl. There are a lot less boys with their shit together in high school, especially since freshman year. And many cultural factors at play which have been widely discussed in media.

For all of our daughters, we should care about this. You can call it DEI or generally have a who cares about figuring out what is going on with men take. And also, who is your daughter going to date. Most college-educated women want to have a family with a college-educated male. The ratios are not on their side in the aggregate.

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Anonymous wrote:Add that some of the guys are not interested in dating girls for a variety of reasons

There is this widespread idea that many of the males in college now are gay, which is what this poster is for some reason not just saying. I don't know if that's true or not but I've had multiple people say that to me. That must be what girls experience.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD has gone on several tours where the gender ratio is almost 2/3 female to male (BU was a recent one that our tour guide said was close to that). What is going on? Why aren't colleges at least trying to balance things a bit? My daughter feels like it will be a weird atmosphere for her when it's so female-heavy. She doesn't just want to go to school with guys who got in through recruited sports. She wants to go to college with smart, goal-oriented men.

She should be looking at schools weighted toward engineering (or at least business).

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Anonymous wrote:Old news- American, GWU, Emory, Tulane, William and Mary- all known for lopsided gender ratios.

Emory is kind of lopsided by design. If you have a decent sized nursing program and basically no engineering...then it's nearly impossible to have a 50/50 ratio. Even then, it's like 60/40.

Tulane I see is 65/35. Not sure why that school is so imbalanced, though it also isn't well known for heavily male engineering and other STEM programs.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD has gone on several tours where the gender ratio is almost 2/3 female to male (BU was a recent one that our tour guide said was close to that). What is going on? Why aren't colleges at least trying to balance things a bit? My daughter feels like it will be a weird atmosphere for her when it's so female-heavy. She doesn't just want to go to school with guys who got in through recruited sports. She wants to go to college with smart, goal-oriented men.

Is she willing to give up her spot at her top choices to help balance things a bit?

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Anonymous wrote:Men have more options for lucrative careers that don’t require college degrees. This is likely to continue to increase — as jobs increasingly move towards looking for applicants with specific skills vs educational requirements. Another shift is that careers that historically were dominated by males — are now seen as neutral or even female dominated: psychologists and pediatricians, for example.

This is a myth that needs to be quashed. The problem we have is that too many men are both not attending college OR learning a trade. This idea that all the men skipping college are off becoming electricians or welders isn't happening. BTW...many do receive associates degrees and electricians need to have decent math and engineering ability.

Also, there is literally nothing stopping a woman from becoming an electrician or welder...and their enrollment in the trades is also increasing quite a bit.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sure I’ll get slammed for this, but as a society we’ve abandoned our boys. They don’t have role models to look up to. We disparage men in general and white men in particular. We cater to those who claim victimhood.

Maybe give some thought to the qualities that your culture lauds as being exemplary, or successful. I’m thinking people like Elon Musk, Charlie Kirk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, DOGE. How many of these wealthy, influential white men finished college? How many of them proudly discuss their college experiences as being foundational in their success? So, I wouldn’t slam you for your viewpoint, although I do encourage you to take a deeper look at who you are openly valuing as role models. What many of you actually value is DOGE: Very young white men — with limited education, lots of power, and extravagantly generous paychecks.

Lol: You do get that you’re claiming “ victimhood” for “white men in particular “ — right? Tell the truth, do you REALLY wish that your “boys” had the opportunities that get offered to people who are not white males? You wish that your kid was a target for ICE?

[Anonymous]

I noticed that most public flagships have a more even split. Gender imbalance also varies by major. I've read that girls mature earlier and just 'do school' better at this age. But I have a daughter and 2 older boys from a previous marriage. I notice a big difference today in terms of program opportunities for girls vs boys. Across the board from leadership to stem. So many free things for my daughter to join and enhance her skills and resume...and not much for boys. Just my observation.

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Anonymous wrote:I noticed that most public flagships have a more even split. Gender imbalance also varies by major. I've read that girls mature earlier and just 'do school' better at this age. But I have a daughter and 2 older boys from a previous marriage. I notice a big difference today in terms of program opportunities for girls vs boys. Across the board from leadership to stem. So many free things for my daughter to join and enhance her skills and resume...and not much for boys. Just my observation.

This isn't actually true. You must mean the top ranked/selective flagships.

If you look at flagships with 70%+ acceptance rates...LSU, Ole Miss, Indiana...they are all now like 60%+ female.

[Anonymous]

This thread is bleak.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sure I’ll get slammed for this, but as a society we’ve abandoned our boys. They don’t have role models to look up to. We disparage men in general and white men in particular. We cater to those who claim victimhood.

I tend to agree. I actually have one of the highly mature one, even more than most girls, but even he has felt like in college admissions and the like that you almost have apologize for not having any suffering and being male. He’s never said it, but I see it, and can tell in subtle ways. I’m a democrat, I don’t need to be hated on, but many do feel like they have been pushed aside in some regards. Others have mentioned the issues with schooling and boys on the less mature side and agree with that too. Video games and now p*rn are just terrible for these kids.