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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Girls have to have higher SAT scores too - generally speaking.  Exception is highly technical schools seeking to attract female applicants.[/quote]

This is a good point.  I'm the mother of a girl who will soon be applying and I know that it is much more difficult for girls to get into these schools than boys with the same credentials because there are far more girls applying.  At the same time, I don't want my daughter to go to a school that is heavily skewed toward girls because when guys are in the minority they can get really full of themselves, treat women badly and get away with it because they are so coveted.

Its not an exact analogy but it does show why these are complex decisions.  If these schools really were so white it would be different but they aren't.

I would add that there are plenty, plenty plenty of kids of all races, including white kids, who are great students, leaders, athletes, the whole package and get shut out of the top schools.[/quote]

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