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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is JMU still way off kilter? [/quote]

All of these schools skew female:

UVA - 55w/45m
JMU - 59w/41m
George Mason - 53w/47m
Christopher Newport - 56w/44m
VCU - 60w/40m
W&M - 56w/44m

VT is the only one with more men:  
43w/57m[/quote]

Again, they are state schools.  Title IX prohibits gender discrimination in undergraduate admissions in state colleges, but not private colleges.  So, if more women apply, more are accepted.  Tech's STEM focus attracts many more male applicants than women.  [/quote]

When you look at the Common Data Set for W&M, the stats appear that gender discrimination is going on.  
For '20-'21 high school grads, 
6630 men applied.  2766 were admitted.  41.7% admit rate.
10845 women applied, 3620 were admitted.  33.3% admit rate.
Total: 17475 applied.  6386 admitted.  36.5% admit rate.[/quote]

This NYT article is dated, but have to believe the dynamics have only gotten worse:

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/opinion/to-all-the-girls-ive-rejected.html[/quote]

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