There is a Harvard professor and mom of two boys who is a neuroscientist, and she wrote extensively about this. Boys develop at a later age than girls. The college admissions process favors things where girls are stronger. That is what you are seeing in admissions results.

I have a son and a girl and see this difference. The current trend is that in areas where girls are weak it is taken as sign of discrimination and there a tons of programs that encourage girls. Same DEI nonsense.

Take math for example, even after so many pink this and girl that programs, girls are not even remotely close to boys in math competitions.

Now, take emotional maturity, planning, and introspection. Girls are about 10 years ahead of boys in these skills. These skills are just as important as math; however, these skills are critical for college admissions and boys have a tough time due to this.

It is ok, given enough time it would just normalize.

So much whining here!

I have two energetic boys on sports teams. They study hard and play hard. No complaints that girls or minorities are taking their opportunities. They just work harder for fewer spots at the table. For centuries, others had to do the same thing. So much whining!

All of these "bros" admire Elon, but if they had to work half as hard as he had to, they would give up in a week.

Anonymous wrote:Boys were never good at sitting down, shutting up, and following directions. It has gotten worse, where they students must use correct pronouns and follow other arbitrary rules. Title IX wiped out men's sports scholarships, other than football and basketball. Obama's "Dear Colleague" letter encouraged colleges to abandon due process to expel men. College has become hostile to men.

https://www.amazon.com/War-Against-Boys-Misguided-Policies/dp/1501125427

Boys used to do just fine in the classroom. They were head of the class, won academic awards, led clubs. And this was back when school was much harder. Teachers were far more strict. And yet boys did fine.

It’s not a school problem; it’s a home problem.

Boys were never good at sitting down, shutting up, and following directions. It has gotten worse, where they students must use correct pronouns and follow other arbitrary rules. Title IX wiped out men's sports scholarships, other than football and basketball. Obama's "Dear Colleague" letter encouraged colleges to abandon due process to expel men. College has become hostile to men.

https://www.amazon.com/War-Against-Boys-Misguided-Policies/dp/1501125427

Let’s admit it - boys suffer from low expectations. They’re allowed to play video games for hours on end and waste away their minds. How many boys read for pleasure?

Sorry parents. You’re culpable in this problem.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the point of going to college when they can’t get a job?
DS did his degree in microbiology. Hasn’t found a job in his field even though he applied to 100’s of positions.
The same is true with his classmates. There are those who went to grad school. The others are working minimum wage jobs that don’t require any degree.
DS is now attending a trade school to make decent money.

How is this possible? Is he trying to get a job in remote Alaska? There are so many unfilled jobs out there.

There aren't that many open jobs in the sciences, especially for white and Asian males who have to stand behind less qualified women and DEI hires when applying.

DEI includes women if they’re a minority in the field.

Girls are coddled now. In math, they are behind boys, but there are a gazillion programs trying to get girls to 50% of math programs. Similar story in many STEM fields.

Boys are behind girls in some areas, but there are no equivalent programs where they are encouraged to go into those fields.

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Anonymous wrote:Losers

They want to be a stay at home parent like you. Your daughter can support them.

Women created this problem. So much girl focus since “bring your daughters to work”, girls on the run, girls in STEM blah blah. Laura Bush is the only one that tried to invest in young boys with reading initiatives aimed at them. Feminization of the American education system happened. It did nor speak to boys developmental differences and needs early on.

Agree. And the toxic masculinity crap didn’t help.

Unlike past generations we don't have a war doing the culling.

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Anonymous wrote:Losers

They want to be a stay at home parent like you. Your daughter can support them.

Women created this problem. So much girl focus since “bring your daughters to work”, girls on the run, girls in STEM blah blah. Laura Bush is the only one that tried to invest in young boys with reading initiatives aimed at them. Feminization of the American education system happened. It did nor speak to boys developmental differences and needs early on.

Agree. And the toxic masculinity crap didn’t help.

Anonymous wrote:The average man can get a lot farther than the average women without going to college.

There are A lot of high paying careers and trades attracting more Men that don’t even require a college degree. The non-college careers and trades that attract more women pays lot less.

Agree.

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Anonymous wrote:Show me success at third grade - and I will show you a college grad.

But think about a boys life by third grade.

- His anatomy makes it harder to sit than girls
- the war on recess and gym makes it even harder
-he has not had a single male teacher (with few exceptions even if there IS a male in the school he is likely to be in administration
-the entire past 10 years it has been female focused in school

-girls in STEM
-girls on the run
-grrrrrl power

We get what we project.

Lots of research on subject - great book called Raising Cain if you want to know more

Do you mean anatomy or do you actually mean physiology? Because what I’m getting from your comment is that boys can’t sit because of their external sex organs getting in the way, and I really hope that’s not the latest excuse boy parents are trotting out!

This is screamingly funny but I think maybe the person meant more just the wiring than the hardware if you get my drift.

Anonymous wrote:Show me success at third grade - and I will show you a college grad.

But think about a boys life by third grade.

- His anatomy makes it harder to sit than girls
- the war on recess and gym makes it even harder
-he has not had a single male teacher (with few exceptions even if there IS a male in the school he is likely to be in administration
-the entire past 10 years it has been female focused in school

-girls in STEM
-girls on the run
-grrrrrl power

We get what we project.

Lots of research on subject - great book called Raising Cain if you want to know more

Do you mean anatomy or do you actually mean physiology? Because what I’m getting from your comment is that boys can’t sit because of their external sex organs getting in the way, and I really hope that’s not the latest excuse boy parents are trotting out!

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is an engineering major and is surrounded by a sea of guys. It’s maybe 10-15% girls in most of her classes. But yeah damn those girls for taking 10-15% of the spots that should go to boys. Girls who code is clearly an awful, anti boy club. Girls should be cooking and cleaning.

My son is a humanities major and the stats for boys in those majors is less competitive than the stats for girls which likely helped him. There are more girls but no where near the gap in the engineering majors.

I'm sure your daughter earned her spot in engineering. Absolutely no one is suggesting she should be cooking and cleaning. You are diminishing her by making things about gender.

The OP’s post is claiming there is a gender imbalance favoring girls. Other posts bemoaned programs to support girls going into male dominated fields. Engineering is still 90% male dominated.

Who cares?

I don't think this is true at the college level. Just look at MIT - almost 50-50.

50/50? The asian population is about 50/50 the other groups are lopsided.

MIT undergrad is 51% male overall.

A lot of excellent schools are more male than female. Just off my daughter’s list: UIUC, Penn State, Maryland, Purdue, Boulder, and UW. All have big engineering programs and reasonably high admissions rates. The highly rejective schools that want kids to be finished like a debutante, with all the right ECs and essays and perfectly curated “authentic” personalities—well, they get the debutantes they are looking for.

UW is 57% female
UMD is 51% female
Penn state is 45% female
UC Boulder is 57% female

I didn’t check the others.

I got my numbers from USNWR. They say UW is 47% female. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-washington-3798/student-life#:~:text=University%20of%20Washington%20has%20a,part%20of%20the%20NCAA%20I.

Where are you getting your numbers?

Wait, holy smokes, USNWR says both in different places on the same page. Shows what I get for trusting them!

Well gee only males will be allowed by 2026

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is an engineering major and is surrounded by a sea of guys. It’s maybe 10-15% girls in most of her classes. But yeah damn those girls for taking 10-15% of the spots that should go to boys. Girls who code is clearly an awful, anti boy club. Girls should be cooking and cleaning.

My son is a humanities major and the stats for boys in those majors is less competitive than the stats for girls which likely helped him. There are more girls but no where near the gap in the engineering majors.

I'm sure your daughter earned her spot in engineering. Absolutely no one is suggesting she should be cooking and cleaning. You are diminishing her by making things about gender.

The OP’s post is claiming there is a gender imbalance favoring girls. Other posts bemoaned programs to support girls going into male dominated fields. Engineering is still 90% male dominated.

Who cares?

I don't think this is true at the college level. Just look at MIT - almost 50-50.

50/50? The asian population is about 50/50 the other groups are lopsided.

MIT undergrad is 51% male overall.

A lot of excellent schools are more male than female. Just off my daughter’s list: UIUC, Penn State, Maryland, Purdue, Boulder, and UW. All have big engineering programs and reasonably high admissions rates. The highly rejective schools that want kids to be finished like a debutante, with all the right ECs and essays and perfectly curated “authentic” personalities—well, they get the debutantes they are looking for.

UW is 57% female
UMD is 51% female
Penn state is 45% female
UC Boulder is 57% female

I didn’t check the others.

I got my numbers from USNWR. They say UW is 47% female. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-washington-3798/student-life#:~:text=University%20of%20Washington%20has%20a,part%20of%20the%20NCAA%20I.

Where are you getting your numbers?