<p>There are some students who are admitted to many top colleges. These students are
in some sense low yield students for all colleges. Other students who although strong are
admitted to only one or two very strong colleges. These students are higher yield students.
I am guessing that the drop in the number of male students is likely to result in a larger fraction who are low yield students. These students could be students who get into
Caltech, MIT, Stanford, Harvey Mudd and Berkeley. There will be fewer male students for whom Harvey Mudd is clearly the best choice. </p>
<p>At least this is the logic I am using. I am thus guessing that there will be almost the same number of male and female entering students next year.</p>