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OP, are you referring to the NYT article about boys being slightly favored in admissions because girls tend to present better profiles? This has been going on for decades.
Only a few boy-heavy programs favor girls, the rest favor boys. 
And the article goes on to explain that some colleges and universities responded with creating a very sporty atmosphere, with the result that most intellectuals were girls, and most athletes were boys... and this was not conducive to a healthy environment on campus. It is associated with hook-up culture, where girls feel pressured into forms of relationships they don't necessarily wish.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/magazine/men-college-enrollment.html

My Humanities Asian son did well at W&M (got into the dual programme with St Andrews), but ultimately chose a larger university.

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no, I heard this from a variety of sources and then looked at the common data set.  some schools are getting 20-30% more applications from girls.[/quote]
That is not relevant if you determine that they get 5000 female applicants and accept 1000 of them, and get 3000 male applicants and accept 700 of them. There are still 2300 males rejected. 
In this case a female has a 20 percent chance of admission and a male has a 23 percent chance. But the gender ratio is still 58 percent female/ 42 percent male in terms of acceptances.

Applicants compete against others within there own gender for acceptances, and at small schools that are highly selective they will always have enough highly qualified boys to fill the small number of spots. 
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