Yale's Gender Gap (Not What You Might Expect)

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<p>So here's the official tally of all Yale's applications for the Class of 2013:</p>

<p>Yale</a> Daily News - Record number of applications for class of 2013</p>

<p>Most interesting to me was the 10% gap between female and male applications (55% and 45%, respectively). I know more girls than boys are applying to college these days, but even that cannot fully explain these data. Harvard, for comparison, had a slight male majority (50.7%). </p>

<p>Anyone want to hypothesize why Yale in particular attracts girls? Other than the obvious charm and dashing good looks of 2013's Yale Men?</p>

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<p>I'm JUST as interested in the gap in the acceptance rates.</p>

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<p>Because Yale's known for its strength in the humanities and other usually female-majority areas (and stereotyped as "artsy").</p>

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<p>Gilmore Girls? </p>

<p>Just kidding.</p>

<p>Because I love it too. </p>

<p>Anywho, I'm not really sure what would explain it. I think it's just the nature of the place, to be honest. </p>

<p>Hopefully this means a male applying as a humanities-related major is a good thing...</p>

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<p>What findis said.</p>

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<p>I know several girls who applied because of Gossip Girl/Gilmore Girls. I also agree with findis.</p>

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<p>i am still roadtripping</p>

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<p>because c-hope and i have a larger population from which to sample.</p>

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<p>like sample studies. statistics. we're majoring in statistics. after all -- tutoring emma watson with her "maths" is no minor task:</p>

<p>emma: "so like i have to plug this in there? oh! blimey, this is so bloody confusing!"</p>

<p>i: "yes, right there. do it slower, it helps to see where you have to put things. once you have the x, you add the the y's, observe the correlation, and then we multiply."</p>

<p>emma: "haha. we multiply. you're a goof."</p>

<p>i: "..."</p>

<p>emma: "..."</p>

<p>i: "what are you doing tonight? we should go see harry potter -- then chill afterwards."</p>

<p>i can see it now, crew.</p>

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<p>You STOLE my hypothetical macking on Emma Watson scenario, you....you.....YOU, CAD!</p>

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<p>haha i was almost tempted to apply to yale just to be like rory gilmore or blair.. then i realized yale didn't really have what i wanted anyway... damn i could so be rory gilmore</p>

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<p>My hypothesis is that Yale's gap is representative of nearly all university applicant pools, whereas Harvard is viewed as a "masculine" school.</p>

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<p>^^</p>

<p>Caltech? MIT? Engineering/Sciences in general? :)</p>

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<p>Yale is "in" right now. The big H will always be the bigger deal, but Yale is definitely the more hip younger sibling. I think that's part of it. I know a lot of girls reaching for Yale because it seems less severe than the more aristocratic Princeton and ultra-competitive Harvard.</p>

<p>I also agree with Cato91 and eating food.</p>

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<p>c-hope my boy, not stole -- perfected. haha nah, buddy, i will give due credit where it is due: it was your thought i based i on. don't want to get the boot from yale because of plagiarism. have to cite those sources.</p>

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<p>This is the best news I've heard all day. Higher male acceptance rate FTW!</p>

<p>hehehe excited male English major here.....</p>

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<p>Awww shucks....Math/Linguistics.....does the Math cancel out my humanity?</p>

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<p>no, collegehopefull, it just makes your odds better at Smith</p>

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<p>That makes no sense. I have a dick, and that almost certainly precludes me from going to a women's college.</p>

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<p>The TV show influences are very girly. Gossip Girl and Gilmore Girls were mentioned, but Cody from the Suite Life on Deck also chose Yale :)</p>

<p>Although I don't expect a show like that to be an especially cogent case for Yale...</p>