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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm certainly not saying that UVA is a paragon of virtue about anything. But I AM saying that William & Mary is absolutely, positively tipping the scale heavily in favor of male applicants in order to maintain as even a male/female split on campus as possible -- and even there it's not doing all that well. Year after year of data leaves no doubt that many more women are interested in the school than men, and given the school's academic reputation it's hard to believe that, year after year, thousands more less qualified women than men are applying to the school. Why exactly do YOU think that, year after year, a much higher percentage of men are admitted than women? How do YOU explain it? Holistic admissions? Sure, but holistic admissions that TAKE GENDER INTO ACCOUNT as part of a holistic review.

UVA is on record as being gender neutral on admissions. William and Mary is not. And when the Justice Department started looking as schools for possible discrimination, William and Mary was the ONLY public school that became part of the inquiry. So I'm not the only one who thinks the numbers look funny.

Finally, no I don't think the quality of the schools is that different. All I think is that it's unfair for a state institution to give preference to an applicant with a penis.[/quote]

Okay, fair enough!  Is there any way in your opinion to get boys more interested in LACs?  LAC's do pure science very well.  The W&M Physics department is fantastic, for example.  Biology too.  I'm sure other top LAC's also have their strengths in the pure sciences.  All the focus today seems to be on the applied sciences.  Do boys value a direct link to the job market more than girls do?  Perhaps the focus on the applied sciences is a logical outcome of the technological society we live in.  On the whole, LAC's do undergraduate education much better than research universities.  I don't have a DS, but if I did, I'd be directing him toward an LAC.  [/quote]

I have a ds and he is not looking at an LACs because he is looking at schools that offer more hands-on learning, like focus on research, internship, co-ops, labs, projects...because he is not a strong auditory learner.  Sitting in a class room being lectured at and taking notes is not ideal for him.  I have no idea if this has anything to do with boys in general not being as interested in LACs but it is a fact that this type of learning (auditory lecture based) is more conducive to girls than boys.  [/quote]

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