Any advantage to a female Chem/Math applicant?

lowdenf23c
Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:51:24 +0000

Although my daughter knows that Amherst is a stretch school for virtually everyone, she is very interested in applying. She hasn’t made up her mind about her field of study in college, but it’s safe to say (for now, anyway) that it will be either Bio, Chemistry or Math.

I thought I had heard or read somewhere that Chemistry and Math are under-represented by females. If true, would majoring in Chem or Math give her any advantage in applying to Amherst?

Thanks for any and all advice or comments.

regards…