I am an Asian female, so whenever I talk to my White American friends they think I have a hook for being a "minority" and whenever I talk to my any of my male friends they think I have an advantage for being "female."
Now. I really hate when people assume these things that just because of my gender or ethnicity that I had the upper hand during admissions. Even after we've all been admitted. I don't think being Asian is helpful in college admissions because it's an "overrepresented minority" but I think this has been discussed enough.
Just to ease my soul a bit, I guess, is being female really that big of an advantage? I understand in Engineering and Computer Science, where it's largely saturated with males, that being female is helpful in admissions. But for just general admission, is it more helpful being female than male? My inner feminist gets a tinge offended whenever a male friend says, "But you're female," and I just need some other opinions.
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