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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From another thread, it looks like most/all of the kids getting off of the WL for T10 universities are male.

I thought that DEI was over? Schools are getting rid of their “women in stem “ focused programs.  Why still allowed to have male-preferences for admission?

Can a girl just check the male box to help with admissions? Or leave it blank?[/quote]

The other thread is just anecdotal information. I don't think any schools have state "male preferences" or "male policies". At many schools, male admission rates are lower than female admission rates. That said, to attract the best women students, they need to consider male admits at the wait list levels since many women won't want to go to college if it's all women or near all women.

The wait list is where schools that are ending up being 70% female may try to pick up some highly qualified men to make up numbers a bit.

The reality is that many colleges will be pretty lopsided gender wise since traditional schooling and age of brain development does favor women (and I'm a woman myself with two daughters). That said, my DDs don't want college to be significantly majority women either.[/quote]

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