Stereotypical students at Brown

Byerly
Sat, 14 May 2005 22:00:43 +0000

The freshman class at Brown may end up 55/45 female, but the admit rate was only 52/48 female, and the ED applicants at least were, I think, 60/40 female. So Brown is attracting females disproportionarely, and only partially succeeding in redressing the imbalance by admitting males at a higher rate.

We see pretty much the mirror image of this situation at Princeton.

I am not quite sure what effect stereotypes have to do with creating these imbalances.

Certainly the explanation is not as clear as it is at, say. MIT and Caltech, where the applicant pools are heavily male, and what can only be termed “affirmative action” admissions policies are utilized to partially redress the gender imbalance.