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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does she have a 4.1 uw? She seems like a great well-rounded kid but I don't see anything distinctive (in terms of excellence) in her profile. If she's applying as an Art major with an awesome portfolio, maybe? If she writes amazing essays and has strong teacher recs?

But I'd encourage her to focus on T30-50 schools.[/quote]

This is silly. My ds is nowhere near any of this and got into five 30-50 schools 2 years ago non ED. OP's dd has a shot ED at non HYP Ivy for sure.[/quote]

Gender is an important factor. [b]Girls majoring in the humanities are not exceptional.[/b] And things have only gotten more competitive in the past two years. [/quote]
[b]They most certainly are[/b]. She has a great chance but did you say major? Art is, of course, portfolio based.[/quote]

What? No. Male humanities majors get the biggest bump in admissions. Followed by female STEM majors. Girl humanities majors overall are disadvantaged, because they are overrepresented. Male STEM majors are also disadvantaged due to overrepresentation.

If she's not locked into a major at the time of application, strategically she should consider expressing interest in majoring in art. Would help her stand out a little. She can always drop it to a minor later on.[/quote]
You are way out of date. To reiterate your absurd point: female humanities majors are at a disadvantage vis a vis other majors. Um, no. They have a big advantage — just not as big as males. Not only are your larger points wrong, but your smaller points are as well: history is a “boy” major. Yes, English is a “girl” major — but there are not enough English majors, so schools want them. Female STEM applicants, as you call them, are at a major — pardon the pun — disadvantage for biological/environmental sciences, which are female-dominated. As for other STEM majors, do you really think schools want more science or CS applicants, so long as they are female? Engineering schools like RPI? Sure. Anyone else? Nope.

I can only hope you are not in the “profession.” If so, get a new one.[/quote]

DP, this is unnecessarily nasty and also not helpful.[/quote]

Another DP. I also think it was inaccurate. I think the earlier PP was more accurate with the exception that STEM is oversubscribed across the board (unless a girl is applying to the likes of RPI or Union or Stevens, etc that are male heavy)[/quote]

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