Stanford results usually consistent with HYP?

[jamesford]

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-MIT attracts many math, science, and engineering people, the majority of which are males. If you agree with that, then admissions has to be easier for females in order to achieve an equal male/female ratio. What evidence have you to say it is not true?

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<p>See admission officers’ posts in the MIT forum.</p>

<p>Engineering/science-related fields have been traditionally dominated by males, so when a female wishes to enter such a field, she’s essentially “going against the grain” and will likely be a more qualified applicant as a result of what she wishes to accomplish. Think about it - any male can apply to an engineering school without a second thought. But when a female is doing something that girls in general do not do, she will be more motivated to carry out her dream. It’s not that females have less competition and thus get in at higher rates, but that females in general tend to be more qualified and thus get in at higher rates. Self-selection at work.</p>

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Oh and it is much easier for girls to get into MIT. There’s a larger pool of strong math/ science oriented males than females which automatically means females have less competition. I know many females who applied to HYPS but most didn’t apply to MIT because it was too math/sciencey for them.

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<p>See above</p>