Gender imbalance question

“It’s interesting, my younger D attends U Miami which is 51% Female 49% Male. I’ve heard that the overlap in students applying to Tulane and Miami is extremely high. If this is true I wonder why so many more guys end up at Miami.”

Probably due to engineering (14% of incoming freshman) and business (26%) more than football.

Some schools are essentially practicing affirmative action for men. Men are accepted at a higher rate with lower stats, ostensibly to keep the gender balance at a proportion they think is most balanced.

Now that we are supposed to consider gender “fluid” I am guessing that statisticians somewhere are perfecting a finely sliced pie chart of gender making the balance issue fraught with nuance.

Create a different thread in the College Admissions forum if you want to discuss that. It is not on point for this thread or, given the stats, Tulane.