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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is anecdotal, but I've observed that many boys that are excellent in math are only interested in math. They focus on it intensely and exclusively. Whereas I've noticed that many girls who excel in math are also interested in a range of subjects. In our school, girls started out strong in the math competitions, but most stopped competing as more and more time was required for competition math. By graduation, the math boys truly excelled in math and physics. The formerly math girls excelled at everything, but were comparatively far behind the math boys in math (while being ahead of everyone else.) Not sure how much this extrapolates to a larger population.[/quote]
I'm a PP, and agree.  Females tend to be multi-taskers, and have multi-interests.  Males are singularly focused.

DS went to an IB magnet school and got straight As, so he has good written and oral communication skills.  But he still prefers math, and that has been his sole focus in college as a dual CS/math major. Thanks to all the AP/IB credits, they are graduating in three years and the vast majority of their classes since freshman year has been math and CS, and they prefer it that way.

DD is all over the place with her interests, from hard and soft sciences to the arts. [/quote]

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