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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]keep in mind that women make up ~60% of college students overall now[/quote]

Exactly. Many top schools are realizing that a 50:50 ratio is no longer representative of the college-aged population.

Here are some ratios for class of 2025 (M/F)

Yale: 45/55
Penn: 46/54
Duke: 45/55
Harvard: 47/53
Princeton: 49/51
Amherst: 44/56 
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Interesting.  Didn't someone a few pages back claim that the "best" LACs all have a 50/50 ratio?  Guess not.[/quote]

Amherst was weird this year. Their CDS for this year shows they admitted 727 women out of 7824 applicants (9.3%), and 497 men out of 6175 (8%). 289 women enrolled (39.8% yield) vs 225 men (45.2% yield)

The year before, by comparison:

687 women admitted out of 5785 (11.9%), 567 men admitted out of 4818 (11.7%), 215 men enrolled (37.9%), 219 women enrolled (31.8%).

I'm guessing they were anticipating a low yield among females again, so they overshot admitting them only to find out the gap shrunk. [/quote]

Amherst does not care about M/F.  Only cares about not being majority white.[/quote]

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