<p>twocollege - you made this point:
“The one I think is more interesting is pure
speculation. I am predicting that along with the more balanced male to female
ratio there will also be a shift in choice of majors.”</p>
<p>And you think the shift will be towards bio & chem. Do you think this is a factor of an increase in women enrolling at HMC? It sounds that way, but you might just think that more students mean more diverse major choices. However, HMC isn’t known for its biology dept. I think that those who are looking at HMC are aware of this and might not choose to apply. Anyway, an informal survey of my D’s female friends, all finishing their freshman year -the year of 51% female enrollment netted these majors (including my D):
1 chem
1 Physics
3 Math
2 CS
3 Eng
1 Bio
1 Bio/CS</p>
<p>I’m not sure what that says, but no overwhelming skew towards bio or chem…</p>
<p>cheers.</p>