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[quote=Anonymous]Let’s look at the underlying data and see what is happening. At the college age level men and women are about a 50/50 split in population. With more women are applying to colleges across the board men do have an overall admission advantage in the mid to upper single digits on a percentage basis. Just look at a few college common data sets and do the math. Sure still a challenge to get into CS, engineering and business, because that’s what men tend to want to study. So with more women applying and schools wanting keep a reasonable gender balance, admission rates for women will be lower than that for men. Yes woman will have an advantage in STEM because it is not a “traditional” female path. Why do colleges care about gender balance, because they want happy customers and that occurs with a balance between men and women. Woman although seeking professional degree to a greater extent, but still pursue traditional field such at teaching, nursing and the ultimate tradition degree “Mrs.” So schools need to have at least a 40% male base to be able to fulfill all major tracks for their female students. [/quote]
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