I agree that women shouldn’t be put on pedestal because the backlash will be at work later on. My daughter didn’t get any plus applying to college, unless got wait list at school such as MIT is considered a plus. She got in based on her strong grades and test scores, purely academics.
But I worry that CC often references to female getting a leg up in college admission, that’s not true. In college my kid has to do more work then the next guy because a lot of guys are slackers. So the college was right in picking her in the first place over some male candidate. Her work ethic out stands out against any advantage the males might have. Same with me when I was in college, I worked my tutu off. So it’s not surprised I got good grades better than my brothers. They were distracted with girls in college.