does being a guy help admission chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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<p>i'm a dude applying to NYU, and last time I checked, the student body is like more than 60% female. it seems like an applicant having a y chromosome might almost be a URM. is this true? is the gender distribution of the applicant pool equal to the ratio in the actual student body?</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

<p>and by the way, i dont want to make any girls to feel bad by bringing this up! i just think it's a legit question, given the circumstances.</p>

<p>-will</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.nyu.edu/ir/cds/cds0506/cdsc.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nyu.edu/ir/cds/cds0506/cdsc.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Here are numbers for 2005.</p>

<p>The answer is no.</p>

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<p>dstark - thanks for the informative link. that completely answers the question.</p>

<p>for people too lazy to check out the link, here are the numbers:</p>

<p>13223 males applied, 4637 accepted (35%)
21286 females applied, 8025 accepted (38%)</p>