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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I ran some numbers based on the 2023 CDS. Might have changed since then.

Places where the boy acceptance rate &gt; boy application rate:
Middlebury, Williams (slightly), Bowdoin, Wesleyan (large), Villanova

Places where the boy acceptance rate &lt; boy application rate (it is a [i]disadvantage [/i]for boys to apply)
Trinity (CT), Hamilton, Colby, Haverford, Washington & Lee, Colgate, Kenyon, Grinnell[/quote]

Interesting Kenyon is on the disadvantage list since there was a NY Times article several years back where a Kenyon AO specifically said boys had a fairly marked advantage in admissions.

Now, I can’t remember if it was two kids with same stats vs accepting boys with lower stats.  If it is the former, then two things can be true at once…that a boy with the same stats as a girl has a big advantage and that boys on average don’t have the same stats so fewer continue to be accepted.[/quote]

Current Kenyon CDS
3,913 men applied, 4,305 women = applicant pool 47.6% male, 52.4% female

1,058 men admitted = 27% of male applicants
1,466 women admitted = 34% of female applicants

Enrolled class is 42.6% male and 57.4% female

609 applied early decision, 249 accepted (56% of their incoming freshman class)

Seems pretty clear that Kenyon just doesn't want men.[/quote]

But these stats don't tell us how men and women self-select.  Maybe male applicants skew weaker after hearing that "Kenyon wants more men." [/quote]

They don't break out the test scores and gpa by gender, so we can't say anything about whether the male applicants are stronger or weaker than the female.

You can just as easily argue that male applicants skew weaker because stronger male applicants know Kenyon doesn't want men, and therefore they apply elsewhere.[/quote]

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