<p>We know that Vassar has a 40/60 male/female ratio.</p>
<p>So let's be honest here: how much of an edge do guys have over girls in applying? Surely there's a big difference in acceptance rates?</p>
<p>They've been co-ed for a long goddaamn time; does Vassar intend on improving the infamous ratio?</p>
<p>My daughter originally did not want to apply to Vassar because she thought it was an ALL girls school. Vassar needs to do a better job at promoting the fact it is coed (Most parents of current applicants probably assume it is still all girls) and then more boys will apply and subsequently be accepted.</p>
<p>I would be surprised if most parents of current applicants think that it is still an all women's college, actually. My H graduated from Vassar in 1972! It's been coed over 35 years...</p>
<p>actually they don't plan on improving it much because the 60/40 ratio is fairly standard for LACS. I spoke with Vassar and Wheaton (MA) on the issue and they both said very similar things. Male students usually have a slight advantage but hardly enough to make a large difference. Vassar will most likely be staying at 60/40 for a long time.</p>
<p>To add on to AdamM412's post...</p>
<p>Another reason Vassar probably doesn't plan on changing the 60:40 ratio is because of the presence of Strong, the all female dorm on campus. If the college became 50:50 and Strong stayed female, there could potentially be housing issues. Seeing as there's a strong (no pun intended) tradition of having an all-female dorm on campus, I doubt the school plans to change this. </p>
<p>Also, considering how many more females apply to the college than males each year, trying to create a 50:50 class would mean accepting a lot more guys with potentially lower qualifications than the girls being accepted. Seeing as this could create issues of sexism, it thus makes more sense to keep the 60:40 ratio.</p>
<p>And lastly, yes, even with this ratio, guys do seem to have a bit of an advantage (but as AdamM412 mentions, not as much as one might expect). This is because the gender ratio of students accepted is 60:40, but the ratio of those who apply is closer to 70:30 (I believe that's what I remember seeing about last year's statistics, at least).</p>
<p>"Also, considering how many more females apply to the college than males each year, trying to create a 50:50 class would mean accepting a lot more guys with potentially lower qualifications than the girls being accepted. Seeing as this could create issues of sexism, it thus makes more sense to keep the 60:40 ratio."</p>
<p>Yes, well, this is different than a school like Wesleyan, where the admissions office is fairly concerned with maintaining a ratio no less balanced than 53/47. Despite the fact that well over 53% of applicants are female. Thus, males have a bit of an advantage in applying. Sexist in the same sense that affirmative action is racist.</p>
<p>But I suppose Vassar is quite fine with the ratio the way it is. It is true that the older generation tends to view Vassar as an all-girls school, no matter how long it's been co-ed. Hell, way more than 60% of my tour was female (big tour).</p>
<p>yes, I think there was only one other male who took the same campus tour. there were probably about 20 females. I think I was the only prospective transfer on the tour as well.</p>
<p>Hmm.</p>
<p>Did you tour Friday, 3/21?</p>