<p>Xiggi, I know that a number of Catholic colleges are concerned about this issue. This has been a topic of discussion for a number of them. Providence college had their minutes available on line one year and this was an area of great concern. Catholic educators here in the NY area talk about this as well. Some are saying that is the reason that some CAtholic Us are stubbornly hanging onto D1 athletic status so that they can keep the male ratios from shrinking.</p>
<p>I don’t think the concern is so much for those schools with ratios that have stabilized, those with so many applicants that they can afford to be ultra selective, and those schools that are just reflecting the number of college eligible females that now exceed males. It is those schools that are having enrollment issues anyways, that fear that when the ratio goes too far one way, that it affects the entire enrollment. </p>
<p>Of the schools mentioned, we visited Dickinson, Gettysburg, Catholic, Loyola, Washington College, and the not mentioned Mary Washington. All of these schools did say straight out that the odds are better for a male due to the imbalance in applicants. </p>
<p>And I can see why a school like Mary Washington would have problems attracting males. As wonderful as the school was; I give high points in just about every pertinent area for us, it was a bit discomfitting tome when I perused some college magazines and noted that the older alums were all female. Yeah, I guess it is prejudice, but I did not like that. The other way around would not have bothered me as much. Pragmatically, males tend to be in better positions, job wise.</p>
<p>There is no problem about having a college with a lopsided gender ratio unless it threatens applicantions as a whole.</p>