<p>A recent news [url=<a href=“Peninsula news | The Mercury News and Palo Alto Daily News”>Peninsula news | The Mercury News and Palo Alto Daily News]column[/url</a>] listed Wesleyan, along with William & Mary, Pomona, Tufts, Boston College, Kenyon College, and the University of Richmond, as prominent schools that are particularly affected by this issue.</p>
<p>According to the conventional wisdom, female applicants are less likely to face discrimination at more rural schools (e.g. Williams, Dartmouth), or at schools known for science and engineering (e.g. Johns Hopkins, MIT). </p>
<p>You can determine the acceptance rates for men vs. women by looking at the numbers in a school’s “Common Data Set” (CDS), which is usually posted online. Based on the latest CDS, Williams, Dartmouth, and MIT all have higher (not lower) acceptance rates for women. In the case of MIT, the acceptance rate for women is more than double the rate for men. JHU doesn’t post its CDS online, but its enrollment is predominantly male, so there should be no need to discriminate against female applicants in this case either.</p>