Admittance harder for girls?

[Corbett]

<p>A 53/47 ratio may not sound like a huge difference, but it means that men outnumber women by nearly 13%.</p>

<p>The point is simply that JHU is probably not one of the schools that gets many more female applicants than male applicants, and is probably not one of the schools that discriminates against female applicants. However, this can’t be confirmed conclusively, since JHU does not appear to release its CDS or other relevant data.</p>

<p>A recent News-Letter [url=<a href=“http://media.www.jhunewsletter.com/media/storage/paper932/news/2007/04/05/News/Selectivity.Intensifies.With.Record.Increase.In.Applications-2827584.shtml]article[/url”>http://media.www.jhunewsletter.com/media/storage/paper932/news/2007/04/05/News/Selectivity.Intensifies.With.Record.Increase.In.Applications-2827584.shtml]article[/url</a>] about the Class of 2011 noted the following:

This year’s accepted pool is composed of 48 percent women and 52 percent men. Traditionally, Hopkins’ student population has had a gender imbalance – 10 years ago, Latting [the director of Undergraduate Admissions] says, an incoming freshman class would contain only 40 percent women. Over the past few years, however, the gender gap has closed, and the 48/52 divide has remained steady over the past few years.

At 48/52, there are about 8% more men than women. If JHU practices gender discrimination in admission, they most likely discriminate against male applicants, in order to reduce the traditional imbalance mentioned in the article.</p>