<p>Can't find that this thread has already been done on CC, so I thought I would start it. </p>
<p>We keep hearing that there is a gender imbalance on college campuses today, tilting too heavily towards female. Well, as the parent of a B student son, does anyone know personaly of any LAC's that are heavily fishing for more males this year?</p>
<p>Probably any school with less than 40% males. (That isn’t a woman’s school of course)</p>
<p>usually vassar is</p>
<p>You can tell something about this by looking at any LAC’s Common Data Set (usually can find by doing a google search for the LAC name and “Common Data Set”). The data does not change a lot from year to year, so looking at last year’s (2011-12) should be fine.</p>
<p>The “enrollment” section or tab will tell you something about the current ratio. For example, last year Kenyon enrolled 44% men and 56% women. Most LACs skew a bit high on the girl side, so a boy with the same stats has a better chance at any LAC in that situation. Generally the bigger the gap, the better his chances.</p>
<p>If you look at the “admissions” section, that is also useful. For example, Kenyon had 1,679 freshman men apply last year, and 2,593 freshman women. They admitted 37% of the men, but only 30% of the women.</p>
<p>From this I think you can assume that a boy with stats in the 25-50% range for Kenyon has a better chance of admission than a girl in that range. I would not use that as an assumption that he would be admitted, but you could at least put a few schools on his list where he falls beneath that 50% mark and he still could have a pretty decent shot at admissions.</p>
<p>However, do not use this approach exclusively, make sure he has some true safeties on his list where he is quite sure to be admitted (and you know you can afford to send him).</p>
<p>Hartwick- check it out.</p>
<p>Goucher (33%M)
Hampshire (41%M)
Hendrix (42%M)
Guilford (42%M)
Juniata (43%M)
Earlham (43%M)
College of Wooster (46%M)
Allegheny College (47%M)
Centre College (47%M)</p>
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<p>I have to respond to the comment on Vassar . . . yes, Vassar tends to have a slightly higher female enrollment, but I wouldn’t ever characterize it as a school that’s “fishing” for anyone. Look at the college admission results thread from prior years . . . there are plenty of highly qualified male candidates who are not admitted to Vassar!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t consider Vassar a safety for anyone - regardless of gender!</p>
<p>I would think most LACs fit this bill.
Daughters LAC has pretty close to a 50-50 male to female dynamic because they want to maintain this balance. It is easier for a male to be admitted, this said, I dont think it will help make a really big difference at a selective school.
In my opinion, it would be a hook between two equal academic candidates if one is male and the other female.</p>
<p>Wheaton College (MA) 36.4% Male</p>
<p>Kenyon, Colby and Bates.</p>
<p>Having a couple of boats might help the fishing. USNA comes to mind. ;)</p>
<p>Kenyon, Colby, Bates, and the USNA are fairly unlikely for a B student (unless it’s a high B average in a rigorous program, with strong test scores and ECs). Kenyon’s average GPA is 3.9. US News does not show an average for the other 3, but they are about as selective as Kenyon (or more so). </p>
<p>Even some of the LACs in the USNWR 50-100 range are admitting mostly A students these days. For example, Hendrix (USNWR #70 LAC) also has an average GPA of 3.9 with a 25th-75th range of 3.7-4.0.</p>
<p>Skidmore College -NY 39% male.</p>
<p>as intparent mentioned, I’d go straight to each school’s CDS. And I’d hone in on admissions stats by M-F.</p>
<p>Take Pomona for example. They have a fairly even M-F enrollment, but the number of F applicants exceeds M applicants…meaning the M’s acceptance rate is higher. Hence just looking at M-F enrollment disparity may not necessarily ID those which favor M in admissions. Indeed, some of the schools that engineer a near even M-F enrollment may be more agressive in M recruiting because they get many more F applicants.</p>
<p>Look at section C of Pomona’s latest (12-13) CDS: [Common</a> Data Set 2012-2013 - Pomona College](<a href=“http://www.pomona.edu/administration/institutional-research/common-data-set/2012-2013.aspx]Common”>http://www.pomona.edu/administration/institutional-research/common-data-set/2012-2013.aspx)</p>
<p>Males: 471 accepted / 2963 applied = 15.9%
Females: 495 accepted / 4493 applied = 11.0%</p>
<p>I have not run these CDS-based calculations for other LACs but I am sure there will be several that show a greater admissions rate disparity in favor of Males. (tough for the girls)</p>
<p>Oops, tk you are absolutely right. I was posting from an iPhone and missed the B student part. Assuming B student means 3.0, Bates and Kenyon won’t work.</p>