<p>I’ve been doing some research, and I noticed that for the most recent data set at Brown (class of '11), the overall acceptance rate for males was 16.204%, but for females, it was 12.466%. I don’t think it was any sort of discrimination, but an inevitable variance given the fact that only 7714 males applied, compared to 11383 females.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if this changes when focusing only on early decision, i.e. do more males than females apply early decision, thus reversing the above trend? I haven’t been able to find any data exclusive to the early decision round, maybe others in the CC community have been able to do so?</p>
<p>I believe the gender gap is the same for ED applicants, although I have not seen published numbers. The only reason I could think of that could possibly affect the ratio is if more male athletes are recruited ED than female.</p>
<p>i believe there are many factors in your application that will be weighted more heavily than gender and thus you should not be concerning yourself about it</p>
<p>Well, for me, who's the kind of guy who, when it comes to college admissions, will grasp at any last delusional sense of hope of getting in, this data is a godsend.</p>
<p>Hippo724, I couldn't agree more. Hey, I'll take a 4% higher acceptance rate any day. Guys, thanks for being half-retarded! Girls, thanks for being geniuses!</p>
<p>yeah shut up. :) I have a theory that there's a finite amount of hope to be grasped, and when you take a shred of it for being male, it deflates the balloon over on our side. Like one big delusional six year old's birthday with a thumbtack. Er, party of delusional hope, not delusional six year olds. Although I would like to thank you for recognizing our gender's intellectual superiority!</p>
<p>As long as your gender's intellectual superiority allows my gender to get into college more easily, I'm ok with it! ;)</p>
<p>hippo, i definitely agree with grasping at any data set that creates the illusion of having better chances of getting in--thats why i thought to research it in the first place.
hah, but heres an interesting anecdote to put it into perspective, i just read that in 2006 at willliam and mary, the female acceptance rate was 26%, and the male one was 44%. now thats an imbalance.</p>
<p>And to that Hippo, there's a reason I'm not applying to women's colleges!</p>