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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here are some numbers that show the numbers of boys vs girls achieving a "5" on various AP exams. Generally, girls outperform boys in the humanities while boys outperform girls in the hard sciences. Given the law of supply and demand, the most elite colleges may take a closer look at girls who are high-achieving in the hardest math and science courses. (Similarily, they get excited about boys who are very strong in literature.) These data come from a delicious, large, excel spreadsheet with all sorts of demographic breakdowns from a few years ago, before the college board deleted it from their website.

Number of girls with 5s on various APs
AP Lit: 19,419
APUSH: 32,648
Bio: 11,241
Calc BC: 21,042
Physics 1: 3,512
Physics C EM: 1,776
Comp Sci A: 3,848

Number of boys with 5s on various APs
AP Lit: 10,731
APUSH: 27,779
Bio: 9,672
Calc BC: 29,706
Physics 1: 8,270
Physics C EM: 6,293
Comp Sci A: 12,548
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These numbers would be a lot more meaningful with denominators. You can’t say girls are outperforming boys or vice versa without knowing what percentage of each get 5s on AP exams.[/quote]

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