<p>I know both schools are very selective, but which one is less selective than the other? Which one cares less about class rank and gpa?</p>
<p>This may sound odd, but the relative selectivity of these two schools may depend, to a large extent, on whether an applicant happens to be male or female. Dartmouth may be more selective for men, Brown may be more selective for women.</p>
<p>Dartmouth attracts applications almost equally from men and women. But Brown (for whatever reason) appeals much more strongly to women: the number of women in Brown’s applicant pool exceeds the number of men by more than 50%. Since Brown wants a balanced enrollment, they accept female applicants at a significantly lower rate than male applicants. </p>
<p>Acceptance rates for each school, as per 2008-09 Common Data Sets :</p>
<p>Male applicants at Brown: 16.9 %
Male applicants at Dartmouth: 13.6 %</p>
<p>Female applicants at Dartmouth: 13.3 %
Female applicants at Brown: 11.7 %</p>
<p>Is there anyway to look up the credentials of the students that have been accepted?</p>
<p>[Brown</a> Admission: Facts & Figures](<a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University)</p>
<p>Fascinating Corbett, I’ve never seen that broken out before. Great info.</p>
<p>Look at common data sets to see who they accept. Factor in that 40% plus have hooks and they can have lower stats.</p>
<p>Here are some figures for Brown:</p>
<p>[Brown</a> Admission: Facts & Figures](<a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University)</p>
<p>Key stats for Dartmouth:
–median SAT score 2200
–40% of ranked students are val or sal
–95% in top 10% of class</p>
<p>
The situation in a nutshell, based on last year’s data:</p>
<p>8,149 male applicants, Dartmouth
8,369 female applicants, Dartmouth
8,115 male applicants, Brown
…
12,518 female applicants, Brown</p>
<p>“I’ve never seen that broken out before.”</p>
<p>The sad thing, is, when I was applying to colleges, all data was broken out, not only by gender but by college of multi-college universities, in the college guides of the day. Take out any of the old Cass & Birnbaum college guides, and that is what you will see. At least for my alma mater, this data is still available. I imagine the practice of lumping of everything together was caused by US News.</p>
<p>It’s my conjecture, that females seem more attracted to urban colleges, but not sure why. In addition to Brown, USC, NYU, Georgetown, Boston College, Emory etc have a plethora of female applicants in contrast to the rural colleges like Dartmouth, which is closer to 50:50. Of course, statistically, girls are stronger, so they should have more apps on a % basis.</p>
<p>For example, even with a strong undergrad biz program (which tends towards guy dominant), last year NYU recieved 14,905 apps from guys and 22,340 apps from gals. The % admit was 31% guys and 33% female, yielding a Frosh class that is 60% female.</p>