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<p>Data I’ve seen indicates that male and female college-bound seniors have very similar mean GPAs, but males have higher mean SATs (with a narrow advantage in CR and a wider one in Math).</p>
<p>Other data I’ve seen suggests that SAT scores are more strongly correlated with success in college for women than for men. I don’t know if SAT scores also are more strongly correlated with high school grades among girls than among boys.</p>
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<a href=“http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pd...n_allspach.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pd...n_allspach.pdf</a>
[SAT</a> and Gender Differences](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/cb/sat-gender-differences]SAT”>Higher Education Professionals | College Board)</p>
<p>I’m sure there is much about these differences that is simply not well understood. However, I suspect attitudinal differences play a significant part in any higher incidence of males whose grades don’t measure up to their test scores.</p>