Is the boy:girl ratio at the liberal arts colleges a deterrent at all?

[Anonymous]

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Does that ratio matter to many college students? At least if you might be looking to meet a possible partner in college, and if you're straight, it might be nice to have the odds in your favor, or at least 50/50?

Or do the kids not care?

Yes, cattiness and sexual frustration is UNPRECEDENTED at college, where puberty is 8+years and there are no protections. 50/50 is one thing, but the girls at RPI, no matter how "undesirable outside of school" date and marry WAY up with the 6:1 boy:girl ration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Went to a majority female school, class of ‘91. So different time but what I hear from kids, not radically different dating wise. Some friends married college boyfriends, many actually. All still married.

Had boyfriends in college but didnt have one in the end. Married four years later. Met him through a college friend.

What I hear from DCs, including one at a majority female school, is not that different. Social media being the big exception. But seems more same than different.

Same here - class of '90, far more women than men. It was never an issue and wasn't glaringly apparent on campus, either. Most of my classes were about 50/50 and I had several boyfriends during my four years there. I think people make way more of this than necessary.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Does that ratio matter to many college students? At least if you might be looking to meet a possible partner in college, and if you're straight, it might be nice to have the odds in your favor, or at least 50/50?

Or do the kids not care?

Yes, cattiness and sexual frustration is UNPRECEDENTED at college, where puberty is 8+years and there are no protections. 50/50 is one thing, but the girls at RPI, no matter how "undesirable outside of school" date and marry WAY up with the 6:1 boy:girl ration.

Does it work the other way at Liberal Arts schools for boys? Just curious..

[Anonymous]

Who honestly considers college students "boys" and "girls"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who honestly considers college students "boys" and "girls"?

Parents of high school students

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is JMU still way off kilter?

yes

It’s not really. It’s 42% male. University of Georgia is also 42% male. University of Florida is 43% male and UT Austin is 44%. The fact is there are way fewer men enrolling in colleges; only the very top schools can be assured of being able to get gender balance.

Chicks prefer warmth.

Big10 splits:

Md: 52/48
PSU: 53:47
Michigan: 50/50
Msu: 49/51
Rutgers: 50/50
Ohio state: 50/50
Indiana: 50/50
Uiuc: 54/46
Minnesota: 46/54
Northwestern: 48/52
Iowa: 45/55
Purdue: 57/43
Nebraska: 52/48
Wisco: 48/52

A lot of these of pretty good engineering schools that draw male applicants. My DD chose against Loyola Chicago even though she liked it because it was 2:1 F:M.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is JMU still way off kilter?

All of these schools skew female:

UVA - 55w/45m
JMU - 59w/41m
George Mason - 53w/47m
Christopher Newport - 56w/44m
VCU - 60w/40m
W&M - 56w/44m

VT is the only one with more men:
43w/57m

Again, they are state schools. Title IX prohibits gender discrimination in undergraduate admissions in state colleges, but not private colleges. So, if more women apply, more are accepted. Tech's STEM focus attracts many more male applicants than women.

When you look at the Common Data Set for W&M, the stats appear that gender discrimination is going on.
For '20-'21 high school grads,
6630 men applied. 2766 were admitted. 41.7% admit rate.
10845 women applied, 3620 were admitted. 33.3% admit rate.
Total: 17475 applied. 6386 admitted. 36.5% admit rate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Does that ratio matter to many college students? At least if you might be looking to meet a possible partner in college, and if you're straight, it might be nice to have the odds in your favor, or at least 50/50?

Or do the kids not care?

Yes, cattiness and sexual frustration is UNPRECEDENTED at college, where puberty is 8+years and there are no protections. 50/50 is one thing, but the girls at RPI, no matter how "undesirable outside of school" date and marry WAY up with the 6:1 boy:girl ration.

Does it work the other way at Liberal Arts schools for boys? Just curious..

Anyone with stats on middle class public school vassar boys marrying into old money?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who honestly considers college students "boys" and "girls"?

Parents of high school students

Only ridiculous ones

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is JMU still way off kilter?

All of these schools skew female:

UVA - 55w/45m
JMU - 59w/41m
George Mason - 53w/47m
Christopher Newport - 56w/44m
VCU - 60w/40m
W&M - 56w/44m

VT is the only one with more men:
43w/57m

Again, they are state schools. Title IX prohibits gender discrimination in undergraduate admissions in state colleges, but not private colleges. So, if more women apply, more are accepted. Tech's STEM focus attracts many more male applicants than women.

When you look at the Common Data Set for W&M, the stats appear that gender discrimination is going on.
For '20-'21 high school grads,
6630 men applied. 2766 were admitted. 41.7% admit rate.
10845 women applied, 3620 were admitted. 33.3% admit rate.
Total: 17475 applied. 6386 admitted. 36.5% admit rate.

This NYT article is dated, but have to believe the dynamics have only gotten worse:

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/opinion/to-all-the-girls-ive-rejected.html

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is JMU still way off kilter?

yes

It’s not really. It’s 42% male. University of Georgia is also 42% male. University of Florida is 43% male and UT Austin is 44%. The fact is there are way fewer men enrolling in colleges; only the very top schools can be assured of being able to get gender balance.

Chicks prefer warmth.

Big10 splits:

Md: 52/48
PSU: 53:47
Michigan: 50/50
Msu: 49/51
Rutgers: 50/50
Ohio state: 50/50
Indiana: 50/50
Uiuc: 54/46
Minnesota: 46/54
Northwestern: 48/52
Iowa: 45/55
Purdue: 57/43
Nebraska: 52/48
Wisco: 48/52

A lot of these of pretty good engineering schools that draw male applicants. My DD chose against Loyola Chicago even though she liked it because it was 2:1 F:M.

Or business schools. Those seem to draw more male applicants as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who honestly considers college students "boys" and "girls"?

People who recognize that semantics are not clever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is JMU still way off kilter?

All of these schools skew female:

UVA - 55w/45m
JMU - 59w/41m
George Mason - 53w/47m
Christopher Newport - 56w/44m
VCU - 60w/40m
W&M - 56w/44m

VT is the only one with more men:
43w/57m

Again, they are state schools. Title IX prohibits gender discrimination in undergraduate admissions in state colleges, but not private colleges. So, if more women apply, more are accepted. Tech's STEM focus attracts many more male applicants than women.

When you look at the Common Data Set for W&M, the stats appear that gender discrimination is going on.
For '20-'21 high school grads,
6630 men applied. 2766 were admitted. 41.7% admit rate.
10845 women applied, 3620 were admitted. 33.3% admit rate.
Total: 17475 applied. 6386 admitted. 36.5% admit rate.

They try to keep a gender balance, but the stats of the admitted men and women aren't notably different.

[Anonymous]

It is far more than LACs that lack gender balance. UNC-CH entering class was 61% female, 39% male.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is far more than LACs that lack gender balance. UNC-CH entering class was 61% female, 39% male.

Seriously? That's one of the last schools I would imagine that being the case.