Honors College Invitations - Class of 2021

Not sure if this is the right forum for this question, but does anyone know about the “peer pressure” in the Honors College? Is it a competitive environment? The HC students take classes together so there may be some pressure there. UVM has a reputation of being less intense but is the HC unique? I also saw that they have a hard time keeping guys in the program. If you look at the videos, the social gatherings do seem to have a higher proportion of women (ie the social gathering where the supervisor baked the gluten free cookies).