<p>In fairness, it should be said that the reverse is now happening at non-engineering programs: due to the ever-increasing imbalance of girls academically outperforming boys in high school, colleges are now enacting affirmative action in favor of the boys.</p>
<p>*…many universities now are rejecting women at higher rates than men. Facing more applications from women than men, many of the selective, “second tier” universities are trying to achieve gender balance by, in effect, practicing affirmative action. For men.</p>
<p>While in the last year, I had read suggestions that this “gender balancing” was going on, US News, using data from its infamous annual college rankings survey, actually produced the hard numbers. And the statistics are appalling. At the College of William and Mary, admission rates for men were 40 percent in 2006, compared to just 26 percent for women. At Pomona College, the admissions rate for women was an average of 9 percent lower than that of men, while at Wheaton, it was a staggering 21 percent lower, U.S. News found.</p>
<p>What that means is young women who have worked hard to achieve may be passed over by lesser-qualified male applicants – simply because of their gender. *</p>
<p>[Pamela</a> Kruger: Affirmative Action – For Men](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>Affirmative Action -- For Men | HuffPost Latest News)</p>
<p>*What does all of this mean for applicants? For girls, making the cut might come down to something as simple as the expected field of study. As an admissions officer from a small midwestern liberal arts college puts it: “God help the female English majors who apply to this school.”…</p>
<p>Some colleges, like Lake Erie College in Ohio and Husson College in Maine, are making extra efforts to attract male applicants by creating football teams. Others are emphasizing hands-on learning on college tours, tweaking their advertising brochures, and reaching out to all-male high schools. Common recruiting practices like writing personalized notes or having alumni call interested students are not as effective at landing students with a Y chromosome, schools have found.</p>
<p>Male applicants are often in an advantaged position—so much so that college counselors have begun advising some boys to “emphasize their maleness,” says Steve Goodman, a longtime independent college counselor. He encourages male students to submit pictures or trumpet their sports activities. “Anything to catch an admissions officer’s eye.” *</p>
<p>[Education:</a> Many Colleges Reject Women at Higher Rates Than for Men - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/articles/070617/25gender_4.htm]Education:”>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/articles/070617/25gender_4.htm)</p>
<p>What can I say? Life is not fair. Some women may be enjoying admissions preference at engineering programs. On the other hand, some men may be enjoying preference at non-engineering programs. </p>
<p>But of course the ones who seem to always get screwed over the most when it comes to affirmative action are the Asians and the Jews. They never get preference for anything.</p>