College Admissions Argumentative Analysis

Many students when applying college always think of what they accomplish in high school. However, after reading this article I would not imagine how even after many years that women have not accomplish equal rights yet. I could never imagined that higher education after high school will choose men over women even when they have not shown more accomplishments because of the demographics reality. Admission office suppose to not choose favors and suppose to see what student is perfect for the college where they have a higher chance to graduate and make that university look successful. On the other hand, admissions instead chooses men over women because the demographer predicted that by 2009, only 42 percent of all baccalaureate degrees will be

awarded in the United States will be given to men. Jennifer Delahunty Britz who wrote this article called "To All The Girls I've Rejected", has only convince me even with her apology that there is a major problem in our society where the demographic reality has impacted all students who are female to not get accepted because they are not male.
In regards to pathos, she keeps bringing up her daughter and I personally believe that is what made her think of her actions when she is deciding who gets accepted to college.She said "she is smart, well-meaning, hard working teenage girl." She brought up the accomplishment her daughter has gotten. She expresses the situation with, "but in this day and age of swollen applicant pools has are decidedly female, that wasn't enough." Then she says at the end of the essay how many other females are very successful on their accomplishment and she understands how the parents can hate the admission. She even apologize to the students and parents. Although this situation is how she feels she tells the students and parents of why decisions are making it this way. I wonder how many male has gotten accepted with not as much accomplishments as other females. If society was not like this would many males not get accepted to college because they do not have many accomplishments? The school ratio and percentage of women's graduating with their bachelor's degree will increase greatly I believe.
Another reason pathos comes into play is the fact that the author criticizes colleges for the fact that gender should be more of an issue rather than education.

During her time as an admissions officer, she should know what colleges are looking for most, especially the more elite in education. Ergo, bringing up gender in this argument is more leaning towards pathos than logos, and ethos. She gives emotional feelings towards how democracy impacts the admissions greatly and she gives certain facts for example, she wrote, "two-thirds of colleges and universities report that they get more female than male applicants, and more than 56 percent of undergraduates nationwide are women." Britz discussed the resulting struggles of the College's admissions officers, who in marathon sessions look at applicants individually, weighing factors ranging from high school grades and SAT scores to extracurricular activities and leadership

experiences.
Lastly regarding the argument of pathos, since this incident revolves at how females are apparently not as well off as males is particularly wrong.

Upon inspecting the article more carefully, the author criticizes college admission offices of how exclusive they can be when it comes to admitting males and females. My reason for this is how the author predicts that more females than males with graduate with a certain degree by a whopping 14 percent. What it seems to me is that colleges are more interested in gender equality at this point rather than quality of its students if they're accepting more unqualified males for the cost of qualified females. So many years that women has fought for equal rights has not succeeded 100 percent yet because now in college admissions they are making unfair choices because of the demographics reality.

Following the author's main points in the article, she brings up a multitude of convincing arguments as to how the current education system is flawed and should be changed in regards to more of a handicap for women rather than allowing men gain. Also, she too admits how having a larger female student body isn't necessarily a good thing. In which formal gatherings and school events are too skewed in the gender spectrum. Therefore, the author criticizes herself in which schools should allow more female acceptances but in doing so, will also bring those prestigious colleges

down.