<p>wow, flame<em>of</em>wrath is under siege! lol…but flame, I do have to say a few things regarding some of the issues you brought up. (And I’m afraid that, though being a guy, I have to disagree with a few things you said–hope you can spare me…lol)</p>
<p>First, I don’t really believe in something called the “SAT”. (Even though my score wasn’t bad at all.) The CollegeBoard said that the correlation between high SAT scores and good first year uni grades is about .6 (even them!), when public (neutral) analysts say it’s only about a .4. So maybe in some cases, high scorers indeed match great attitude, work ethics and what not. But it’s just as equally likely that a high score doens’t have all that much to do with anything else! I remember when I prepared for the analogy section on the old SAT, the book (Princeton Review, wasn’t it?) told me all these tricks about not knowing what the heck the words in the question mean, but still figure out the answer just by looking at the choices. And something like “go with the flow, is it positive or negative?” makes me feel like I’m in physics class. My point is, SAT is way too highly overrated, and that’s why a lot of universities do not take them as seriously (to the slightest extent) as people may think (or hope?). And THAT is a good thing.</p>
<p>Regarding your attitude towards the affirmative action, and why some girls (one?) you know got into MIT with (seemingly) lower stats than some guys you know. (Sorry I have to put things in brackets because I don’t know the credibility of these sources, not doubting you, of course, :D) The affirmative action, if any, has been going on since the late 1980s, and quite frankly, if it’s that much of a factor in admissions into these elites, which aren’t doing all that bad (both academically and otherwise when compared to 20 years ago, you know, maybe girls perform better in universities than boys PERIOD. Besides, you REALLY think that the universities will be so single-minded as to be bounded on what, eliminating gender inequality? Come on! They (the elites) don’t care about gender, ethnicity, religion, class as NEARLY as they do in the individual (how can he/she contribute to the university? are they ready? do they really love the uni?) And in case you didn’t know, people with “higher” stats don’t get in, but people with “lower” stats get in ALL THE TIME! Are you saying it never existed when it was “all boy” hundreds of years ago? If stats were the only thing that mattered (it’s not!), why do you think there are things called “teacher recs” and “personal essays” on the application? Maybe I will see this whole thing differently after this year’s admissions (let’s just hope I get into my first choice, lol), and maybe then I will be swayed by this wave of irrationality/jealousy? But as it stands now, I believe it’s totally ludicrous to think that university admissions process is tainted by some affirmative action on genders, at least not to the extent you were expressing discontent to…not ever!</p>
<p>So guys, don’t blame it on the girls. If you are really good, I don’t think you’d care. (btw, I’m certainly not that good, so I was half speaking to myself, you know, just mentally prepared if I get rejected…:D)</p>