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Of the applicant pool, it is likely that the top 5% of males and females (the category in which the 500 USAMO qualifiers fall) are roughly equal. Today, it might actually be the case that this is tipped slightly in favor of men.</p>
<p>However, I’m almost positive that the bottom 50% of guys will be far less qualified than their female counterpart. Guys are more likely to apply “for the hell of it”. Guys are more likely to have an inflated self-esteem. The percentage of admissible females in the applicant pool is probably near a 100, I don’t know what the figure would be for guys but I think it will be a good deal less.
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<p>Wrong. </p>
<p>Go on google, you’ll see 498 were men 2 were women. MIT is practicing affirmative action by admitting a higher frequency of women than would be natural.</p>