Easier for boys or girls?

[housecat1234]

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On the other hand girls graduate HS and apply to college in significantly larger numbers than boys, and significantly more girls applying to college have high HS GPAs and are vals/sals/top 10% of their HS class. So it kind of balances out—more boys have top test scores (especially pronounced in math), more girls have top grades/class rank. Because more girls apply to college, on balance girls probably have it a little tougher.

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<p>I still don’t think that would make any difference at the top schools. First, a student who wanted to go to a top school would need at least a 700 on the math and verbal sections of the SAT. That requirement would immediately disqualify 95% of boys and 98% of girls. So all of the girls who are valedictorians but have SATs below 1400 are irrelevant. Second, I find it hard to believe that among students who score above 1400 on the SAT there would be a significant difference in GPA between genders.</p>