What SHOULD the top 50-75 colleges do in their marketing to attract more men to attend to improve gender ratios?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for my DD who is a strong candidate for top 75 and wants to be in an intellectually stimulating enviro with lots of impressive straight men who are equally strong to date. What kinds of outreach should the top 75 schools be doing with strong male candidates to make their ratios closer to 50-50 or even 55-45 (and not 60-40 or 65-35 or worse)?

Our straight daughters deserve better than recruited squash players and recruited lax bros who barely passed their academic pre-reads.

What about open houses run by male AOs with video-game themes? More profiles of outstanding male students on brochures (my DD's college brochures she gets in the mail feature majority women)? Webinar or student panels which are at least 50-50 women-men. I was at panels at BU, Pomona, USC and Tufts where the student panels were all female and the tour guides were all women except for one lonely male. That doesn't give a reassuring signal to prospective male students so I can understand why they go elsewhere.

Additional ED3 round with later deadline for males (since they are slower to develop)?

The boys need to sign up for this stuff and get out of bed on Saturday morning. Again, it’s not that they’re being rejected from these panels, they don’t want to participate in the first place.

[Anonymous]

The serious academic vibe ends just before T20 so she won’t be in school with them. So the ones needing to be attracted won’t fit your parameters.

[Anonymous]

The problem isn't attracting applicants.

They have more than enough.

The problem is that the men aren't as good as the women.

And that speaks to brain differences between men and women. Not a difference in intelligence, but a difference in application. Women tend to take responsibilities more seriously at an earlier age.

[Anonymous]

It’s not the college’s responsibility to make sure your kid has someone to date. That’s just dumb.

[Anonymous]

She’d be lucky to get a squash bro. Lots of those kids are pretty smart. The ones who want to go a school bc there were good video game themes seem less appealing

[Anonymous]

Are you ok with your daughter losing a spot at these schools altogether in the interest of allowing more dateable young men in?

[Anonymous]

I have a son at a top 10 very social very motivated, never played video games. It’s probably why he got there so I don’t think that’s the way to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you ok with your daughter losing a spot at these schools altogether in the interest of allowing more dateable young men in?

Not the OP but my DD said she doesn't care if she goes to a school ranked #55 versus #38 as long as there's a great student experience - which includes a normal and healthy male/female ratio. She doesn't want to go to college with 60-65% female population pining after the same five guys who get all the attention. She wants there to be lots of dateable guys and a more chill and less competitive dating atmosphere for women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for my DD who is a strong candidate for top 75 and wants to be in an intellectually stimulating enviro with lots of impressive straight men who are equally strong to date. What kinds of outreach should the top 75 schools be doing with strong male candidates to make their ratios closer to 50-50 or even 55-45 (and not 60-40 or 65-35 or worse)?

Our straight daughters deserve better than recruited squash players and recruited lax bros who barely passed their academic pre-reads.

What about open houses run by male AOs with video-game themes? More profiles of outstanding male students on brochures (my DD's college brochures she gets in the mail feature majority women)? Webinar or student panels which are at least 50-50 women-men. I was at panels at BU, Pomona, USC and Tufts where the student panels were all female and the tour guides were all women except for one lonely male. That doesn't give a reassuring signal to prospective male students so I can understand why they go elsewhere.

Additional ED3 round with later deadline for males (since they are slower to develop)?

The boys need to sign up for this stuff and get out of bed on Saturday morning. Again, it’s not that they’re being rejected from these panels, they don’t want to participate in the first place.

We toured BC recently. They also had an all female student panel, which was pointed out by my son. They were all lovely and very impressive. But it is hard for a 17 year old boy to picture day to day social life at a school when the woman are talking about their experience on the dance team, shopping on Newbury Street on the weekends and getting boba with friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up. There’s a gender imbalance at all colleges not just the top ones.

No, there actually isn't. Some schools have more males or very close to 50/50.

[Anonymous]

Forget marketing, strengthen their hard science and engineering programs. For example, a school like Colorado School of the Mines is 68% male.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you ok with your daughter losing a spot at these schools altogether in the interest of allowing more dateable young men in?

Not the OP but my DD said she doesn't care if she goes to a school ranked #55 versus #38 as long as there's a great student experience - which includes a normal and healthy male/female ratio. She doesn't want to go to college with 60-65% female population pining after the same five guys who get all the attention. She wants there to be lots of dateable guys and a more chill and less competitive dating atmosphere for women.

Exactly how my DD felt. That was definitely she considered when looking at schools.
DP

[Anonymous]

*something she considered

[Anonymous]

More sorority tik tok videos, of course!

[Anonymous]

Add a trade school