Why the Gender Differential?

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• The last line of the table is absolutely clear: on average, a male applicant is 50% more likely to be admitted than a female one.
• Can this be attributed to gender bias on the part of admission committees?
  • No: In no major are men as much as 20% more likely to be admitted, and in half of the majors women are more likely to be admitted, sometimes dramatically so.
• There is a gender bias: the majors that men are likely to apply to have a higher admission rate than those that women are more likely to apply to.
  • This is free choice by the "victims," not discrimination by the faculty.

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