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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My white-Asian kid with an Asian last name, who wrote of his ethnic background in his personal statement, was accepted from Maryland to W&M, dual degree programme with St Andrews, International Relations major. He had a 4.6 wGPA and a 35 out of 36 on his ACT.

I think it's the stats, not the last name, OP. [/quote]

Look, I think the OP is overreacting, but you can't compare boy and girl stats. It is much easier for boys to get into college. There are significantly more girl applicants.[/quote]

This is wrong as a general statement. At UVA for example, in 2024 the admit rate for boys and girls was about the same, ie it was about as difficult for a boy to get admitted as a girl.[/quote]

NP. How about average stats by gender? 
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Now THAT would be useful.[/quote]

Yea because you just have this gut feeling that there’s something fishy going on, eh?[/quote]
Admissions counselors for schools like MIT routinely explain that although they have a higher admit rate for women, they get more applications from underqualified men. That is, consistent with well-established social science findings that men are bigger risk-takers, underqualified women tend to take themselves out of the game, while underqualified men shoot their shot. If men who apply to UVA are similar to men in general, then, we should expect them to be overall less qualified than women who apply to UVA. [/quote]

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