Do girls really have better applications than boys?

[Anonymous]

In college, I had two female friends who did their younger brothers’ entire college application!! It was insane! And it wasn’t a result of their brothers being limited in some way. One of the applications was to a 7 year BA/MD program. It was because the sisters were much more conscientious about the application and responsibility. I’m sure those boys were fine once they got in and had to do the work (they both got in)— they just didn’t want to do the grunt work of the app. Maybe an anomaly but it was ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

This is a documented issue. So many reasons why. However, it's not a popular topic in many circles to attempt to think about why. Just put on your GrlPwr t-shirt and move on.

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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.

People say this all the time, but this is the school system that was designed by men, for boys. Nothing has changed: the length of recess, the age of kids when they start high school. Are we suggesting that boys have had some sort of gene shift in the past 30 years?

[Anonymous]

My son is a high school freshman and has great executive functioning and a bit of an old man soul. Already pretty self-driven and just mature. He tells me that most of the boys in his grade in honors classes are complete idiots who do not care about school at all. By idiot, he does not mean cognitive abilities in case that's not clear. We are in an UMC "good" public school. Pretty typical probably.

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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.

People say this all the time, but this is the school system that was designed by men, for boys. Nothing has changed: the length of recess, the age of kids when they start high school. Are we suggesting that boys have had some sort of gene shift in the past 30 years?

One thing I can think of is up until some point in time (the 60s? 70s? 80s?) it wasn't really expected or an option for women to go to college. Many of the women in my mother's generation didn't go. It was common the son got sent to college and the daughter didn't. My father went to college and his sister didn't. So maybe little girls were killing it even way back when and they just weren't given the opportunity for college.

[Anonymous]

https://www.statista.com/statistics/184272/educational-attainment-of-college-diploma-or-higher-by-gender/

This link is an interesting chart. As a percent of the population attending college, it began to equalize around 2010 and now it's very clearly more women as a percent of the population attending college.

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Anonymous wrote:In college, I had two female friends who did their younger brothers’ entire college application!! It was insane! And it wasn’t a result of their brothers being limited in some way. One of the applications was to a 7 year BA/MD program. It was because the sisters were much more conscientious about the application and responsibility. I’m sure those boys were fine once they got in and had to do the work (they both got in)— they just didn’t want to do the grunt work of the app. Maybe an anomaly but it was ridiculous.

My son did his own. No paid counselor or essay coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you've truly _never_ met a non-high-achieving boy, you need to get out more. There are tons.

Yes, there are more girl applicants overall and they are on average stronger applicants. This has been discussed a lot:

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/opinion/to-all-the-girls-ive-rejected.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.ZLu1.ft1kBymmbDpI&smid=url-share

Same. Both my sons hang with super high achievers—-great kids, social, play sports too.

They say your future is determined by your 5 closest friends. I am glad mine have a good friend group.

[Anonymous]

Some colleges have affirmative action for boys, but has this made its way into hiring? Are these boys doing as well as girls on the job market?

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Anonymous wrote:Some colleges have affirmative action for boys, but has this made its way into hiring? Are these boys doing as well as girls on the job market?

None of the T10s/20s/ivies

Boys have the entire package.

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Anonymous wrote:If you've truly _never_ met a non-high-achieving boy, you need to get out more. There are tons.

Yes, there are more girl applicants overall and they are on average stronger applicants. This has been discussed a lot:

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/opinion/to-all-the-girls-ive-rejected.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.ZLu1.ft1kBymmbDpI&smid=url-share

Same. Both my sons hang with super high achievers—-great kids, social, play sports too.

They say your future is determined by your 5 closest friends. I am glad mine have a good friend group.

Friends at what age??

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Anonymous wrote:Some colleges have affirmative action for boys, but has this made its way into hiring? Are these boys doing as well as girls on the job market?

Boys do better in the job market.

[Anonymous]

Wah wah wah. My girls …girls on stem , girls on the run, girl bosses, and then we do t like the result of neglecting the boys since 2010…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In college, I had two female friends who did their younger brothers’ entire college application!! It was insane! And it wasn’t a result of their brothers being limited in some way. One of the applications was to a 7 year BA/MD program. It was because the sisters were much more conscientious about the application and responsibility. I’m sure those boys were fine once they got in and had to do the work (they both got in)— they just didn’t want to do the grunt work of the app. Maybe an anomaly but it was ridiculous.

We (sisters) did this for my brother in the 1990s.
Also a doctor.

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Anonymous wrote:If you've truly _never_ met a non-high-achieving boy, you need to get out more. There are tons.

Yes, there are more girl applicants overall and they are on average stronger applicants. This has been discussed a lot:

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/opinion/to-all-the-girls-ive-rejected.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.ZLu1.ft1kBymmbDpI&smid=url-share

Same. Both my sons hang with super high achievers—-great kids, social, play sports too.

They say your future is determined by your 5 closest friends. I am glad mine have a good friend group.

Friends at what age??

College freshmen and rising Senior in HS.

The 5 people you hang out with is all ages

You hang out with low moral or cheaters or druggers or non-ambitious ….its going to rub off and influence you