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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The male and female pool at SLACs is definitely not equal. But rather going in circles on that, think about “boy” majors like computer science and econ. These majors are already oversubscribed so, no, SLACs don’t want more male computer science and econ majors; don’t expect a gender boost there. [/quote]
So you think that the boys at Amherst or Pomona or Oberlin, wherever, are less qualified than the girls there? I call BS[/quote]

What I think is irrelevant. What AOs say and do, less so. The NYT article (I'm the PP who posted it) is interesting, and more nuanced than several posts in this thread. For example, it describes different strategies colleges are employing to try to increase the number of male applicants --for example adding football programs, or investing in ostensibly (but not numerically) gender-neutral programs like esports. But...it also talks about applicant-specific decisions AOs make in order to achieve, if not gender parity, something a bit closer to parity than they would otherwise.

For some reason, this whole thread keeps getting framed as an argument between individual posters, as we're all engaged in some adult version of "girls rule/boys drool" taunts. But that's silly. If you're curious, you can read the article, or listen to the podcast that another PP posted, or find any number of other resources on the topic. If you don't want to do that, have a great night, and a great life. Bless. [/quote]

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