Anonymous wrote:At the top 10 colleges, it does not matter. You have genders in pretty much equal numbers applying. At places like CalTech,MIT, slightly more males.

Not true. It does matter to these colleges and most don't have equal numbers applying. Most have much more women applying (except CalTech and MIT).

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Anonymous wrote:Colleges do not pursue gender diversity. At least the ones larger than 1,000 student enrollments. Men are still discriminated against in STEM fields. Sorry, but not sorry it is true.

Some do. My kid is at a T20 that has far more female applicants but kerps accepted students to 50/50.

How can it be top 20 if they are taking inferior candidates?

They're not. They have way more highly qualified candidates than spots available.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colleges do not pursue gender diversity. At least the ones larger than 1,000 student enrollments. Men are still discriminated against in STEM fields. Sorry, but not sorry it is true.

Some do. My kid is at a T20 that has far more female applicants but kerps accepted students to 50/50.

How can it be top 20 if they are taking inferior candidates?

I hope this is sarcastic and you're not the kind of person who thinks affirmative action also means that inferior candidates are being selected for jobs, because you're too dumb to do math.

Anonymous wrote:Colleges do not pursue gender diversity. At least the ones larger than 1,000 student enrollments. Men are still discriminated against in STEM fields. Sorry, but not sorry it is true.

MIT numbers from common data set
men who applied 21,588
women who applied 12,179
men who were admitted 661
women who were admitted 676
men who enrolled 582
women who enrolled 554

MIT gets almost double the male applicants as females and has to admit more females to almost yield a 50/50 ratio

Brown numbers from the common data set
men who applied 18,939
women who applied 31,710
men admitted 1,275
women admitted 1,287
men who enrolled 828
women who enrolled 889

RIT common data set

men who applied 14432
women who applied 9331
men admitted 9564
women admitted 6345
men enrolled 2073
women enrolled 1016

Some schools balance and others don't. I bet you a lot of men and women don't consider or decide to attend schools that aren't balanced. The very same thing happens with race.

Anonymous wrote:Will take on the second part of the question. Outside of the highly enlightened folks on DCUM no one cares about diversity. People are tribal and want to be with people like themselves.

This is why you will see schools like Wake Forest and others that have tumbled in the USNWR stay the course because they know an ever growing number of students will seek out the traditional college experience over the current trend to have a highly “diversified” campus.

You mean that White people want to befriend and date only other White people?

Anonymous wrote:Will take on the second part of the question. Outside of the highly enlightened folks on DCUM no one cares about diversity. People are tribal and want to be with people like themselves.

This is why you will see schools like Wake Forest and others that have tumbled in the USNWR stay the course because they know an ever growing number of students will seek out the traditional college experience over the current trend to have a highly “diversified” campus.

Wow, your post sounds really bad and I think you were trying to be honest which great and I don't think you intended for it sounds so bad (or so I hope)

People are tribal and want to be with people like themselves.

I agree with this part, I do believe people get with their tribe which is why I think have all diversity on campus is important.

This is why you will see schools like Wake Forest and others that have tumbled in the USNWR stay the course because they know an ever growing number of students will seek out the traditional college experience over the current trend to have a highly “diversified” campus.