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[quote=Anonymous]I think it's been happening for a while. I was really surprised by how well my DS, with somewhat erratic grades (a couple C's) and high test scores did in admissions. It's a combo of there being more girls applying overall, girls getting higher grades than boys, and girls doing better than they used to on standardized tests (boys used to have more of an edge there). It's also I think that people give more grace to boys who are disorganized but have "potential" on the theory that it takes them longer to grow up. Which I think is true, actually, but girls don't get that same consideration. I also think there is the factor that in past decades boys grew up to out-earn girls and become bigger donors to institutions. I don't know if this will hold true in the decades to come.[/quote]
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