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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought being a boy applicant was a boost at LACs where there's a gender imbalance.  Sure, more girls apply than boys, but when you break out the acceptance rates, the girls have higher acceptance rates than the boys sometimes by as much as 15%.  So is it actually harder for boys to get in? [/quote]

The female applicants may be much more qualified.[/quote]

This.

Boys probably think they can play the gender card. The schools still have standards.[/quote]

It is not true that girls have a much higher acceptance rate than boys at LACs. I just went through the CDs for a number of LACs that DS is interested in.

At most of the schools, it's about even, i.e. the percent of boys admitted is about equal to the percent who applied, +/- one or two percent. This includes Williams, Amherst, Bates, Holy Cross, Richmond, and Denison.

Boys have a slight advantage (two to five percent) at Middlebury, Bowdoin, Villanova.

Boys have a slight [b]dis[/b]advantage (two to five percent) at Trinity, Hamilton, Colby, Bentley, Haverford, Colgate.

Boys have a huge advantage (10.6 percent!) at Wesleyan.

Boys have a significant disadvantage (6.7 percent) at Kenyon.[/quote]

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