Why are so many more women applying?

Candela2
Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:34:05 +0000

Generally speaking, more women apply to most colleges. I think this is a symptom of girls being raised not to engage in risk-taking behaviours and boys not being raised in this manner (so women will be more likely to ‘hedge their bets’ and apply to more colleges than men).

Also, since men are slightly more likely not to pursue tertiary education in favour of, say, an apprenticeship, women are simply more populous in college in general.