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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the dudes are geeks and she will have trouble finding a boyfriend or future husband.  Is that good enough for you?[/quote]

Are you kidding?  It's one of the few schools that has more men than women (57/43).  So many attractive, smart guys there.[/quote]

lol  [/quote]

It's generally not good for women to be at a school/department where there are more men than women.  Lots of unwanted attention, resentment if attentions aren't reciprocated, harder time establishing functioning study groups due to men thinking wanting to work together means something else etc.  It sucks and derails a lot of women's progress in male-dominated majors.[/quote]

Oh, please.  So it's super-healthy for men to attend female-dominated schools?   :roll:  
DP[/quote]

Shockingly college women tend to sexually harass and assault on a much lower rate, even when they are dominant in a school. And men tend to receive more career mentoring from faculty than women at male-dominated schools (or male-dominated majors within schools) but the reverse is not true at female-dominated schools.  Lots of studies on this--you can look it up if you're interested.  
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My daughter has no desire to attend an all women's school, or a coed school with a majority of women.  
DP[/quote]

Just pointing out research that women in male-dominated schools tend to experience worse outcomes than men in female dominated schools.  Both men and women tend to do better on social and academic measures in schools with equal or with slight female dominance (under 60-40 split).  This doesn't have to influence what your DD wants of course.  But the idea that a woman going to a male dominated school is going to be the 'belle of the ball' surrounded by wanted attentions from attractive men is kind of naive.  Most women experience it as a negative.[/quote]

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