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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, this didn't seem to help my boy during admissions...

Even rejected at some SLACs where I've seen DCUM people say a boy would get a boost, Meanwhile, those schools took lower stats/rigor LGBTQ girls from his grade instead. (I have no complaints, those girls will do great - but it just doesn't follow the narrative that "boys are in demand"). [/quote]

Yours is one, unsubstantiated anecdote. I just went through the process two years in a row: first with son, second with daughter. Son, with much lower grades and rigor, but slightly higher test scores, admitted to all the mid-tier SLACS (think F&M, Lafayette, Lehigh, Conn College, etc.); DD the next year with much better grades and slightly lower scores--which were still well within 75th percentile, waitlisted at all but one. That's my anecdote. [/quote]

Yes - our anecdotes are referring about very different schools - mine were at T10 SLACs.  I didn't say this isn't true - I just said it didn't seem to tip a scale for my DC. And I noted, I have no complaints.

I'm sharing our "anecdote" because there are always so many DCUM saying try "X SLAC for your straight white male where they will get more consideration" - where the SLAC is a T10.  We didn't see this play out at all (even among other male classmates). It's helpful for DCUM parents to see both sets of anecdotes. [/quote]

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