Thursday, March 24, 2011

The College Admission Quotas Everyone Ignores: Why universities are quietly favoring white males once again.

The Weekly Standard reports:
Since the early 1980s, when a brief period of parity was reached after generations of male dominance, more girls than boys have applied to college each year; in 2011, 60 percent of college applicants will be women. Girls—sorry, fellas—are by any objective measure more attractive applicants than boys, with higher average GPAs and test scores. They have fewer behavioral problems. They write better application essays. They have a wider range of extracurricular interests. They clean up better for interviews.

On any fairly balanced scale, the acceptance rate for women at selective colleges should be far higher than for men. Instead it’s the other way around. The reason is “affirmative action,” sometimes called preferences, sometimes called quotas—though never publicly.
The white , suburban , female is now the most discriminated group in college admissions. Instead of the marketplace working things out, we are getting outright discrimination. You might ask how would the marketplace work this out? A certain percentage of women over time might not want to go to a de facto women's college.