Does Brown have affirmative action for male applicants?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>The "girls do better academically" argument only applies relative to the average non-gender specific student, and in fact the best males on an aggregate basis will typically outperform the best females.</p>

<p>Since the Ivy's attract the best male and best female students in the United States and in some cases the world - this is absolutely applicable in this case</p>

<p>This should hold true not just with grades, class rank etc but will various aptitude and intelligence tests, including the SATs and similar tests</p>

<p>Correspondingly on the low end, the least intelligent males in an aggregate sense tends to be less intelligent than the least intelligent women</p>

<p>This is a well documented phenomenon</p>

<p>Add to this the earlier described science factor - and it could explain why such a gap exists at Brown</p>

<p>Larry Summers at Harvard made some of these same points, which proved to be spectacularly unpopular</p>

<p>Another reason for Brown University and the Admissions Committee to keep any relevant statistics on these matters to themselves</p>

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<p>There is no doubt that Brown (and other Ivies) go to great lengths to avoid revealing admissions data broken down by race, sex, ethnic group etc - easpecially when it comes to SAT scores, GPA, class standing, etc. - because such numbers would graphically reveal the extent to which they do - in fact - "discriminate" , and substantially so, when it comes to admissions. </p>

<p>While they never exactly <em>deny</em> that this is so, they go to great lengths to avoid revealing data that would demonstrate it.</p>

<p>In the case of Brown, we very likely have the Ivies' greatest level of gender discrimination. Other types of discrimination may exist to a greater degree elsewhere.</p>