Why a lot more females than males in McGill?

<p>Female population is 1.5 times of male. What's up with that?</p>

<p>Well, there are a bunch of reasons for that. However, a major one is that Quebec, at the moment, is dealing with a relatively high High School dropout rates among males. It was somewhat of an issue at the last election.</p>

<p>Since more males than females are dropping out of the educational system at an earlier level, fewer males overall make it to the University level. Thus, more women than men.</p>

<p>How is that a bad thing :D?</p>

<p>/besides, if you go into math/cs/physics or engineering, you won't get to see that ratio...</p>

<p>Also, a 60-40 split is (according to Statistics Canada) typical of most institutions of higher education that don't have strict quotas. In fact, even getting 60-40 requires some rationing in many cases. Women just do better in school these days.</p>

<p>yay for girl power!
though it is a shame to hear about the male drop out rates...</p>

<p>This is a phenomena across all colleges in the US and Canada where
schools that admit based upon quantitative factors are struggling to
have a diverse community. My alma mater, the University of North Carolina is
approaching 65/70% female, for example. There is nothing wrong with the split,
it represents accurately how the genders are performing in school and on standardized tests. The real question is "are standardized tests or school tests gender neutral." Do boys learn differently than girls?</p>

<p>I will point out that this was not an issue when men made up a large majority of the entering classes. It is only brought up now.</p>

<p>its fine with me
but im a guy so whatever</p>

<p>Maybe because Montreal boys are hot? Haha, I have no idea why. But Montreal boys ARE hot, regardless.</p>

<p>omg agreed!</p>

<p>regarding boys learning differently than girls...
i read once that the peak learning age for girls (or however you'd phrase it) is actually in middle school or high school where as the age for boys is much later.
i think it was actually towards college?</p>