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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There would be more boys if you emphasized SAT scores.[/quote]

Not according to the article…says girls are performing better on every academic metric overall compared to boys, including SAT scores.[/quote]

"Boys also have lower [b]mean[/b] scores on the SAT "

Fewer woman than men have [b]high[/b] scores (intelligence).

https://aibm.org/research/boys-girls-and-grades-examining-gpa-and-sat-trends/[/quote]

I was shocked when I learned that over the years there have been SAT question types that women systematically perform better on.  And that the test has been redesigned to remove or reduce those question types that advantage women.  Apparently people (still) have fewer issues with a test that leads to men outperforming at the high end.

I was a National Merit Finalist in my day.  However I benefited from the 2x verbal score bump.  I have my own thoughts on why that exists.  But I'm not less intelligent than the math nerd boys who shared that honor with me.  I just didn't care about math in elementary school.  And they didn't care to read Dickens and Shakespeare in high school.

I have a whole family full of National Merit Commendeds and Finalists and kids not recognized at all.  The differences in their scores are not intelligence-based in my opinion.  It relates to love of school, amount of reading, math track they got on in elementary school, how good their memory is, and whether they are precise in their work habits.  Those are what I think drive a lot of differences in scores at the high end.  How intellectually tracked and prepped you are from early childhood and how much you care.  Plus now there's much more tutoring and self-study resources.  [/quote]

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