Upon arrival to Skidmore I was promptly made aware of two percentages. First that a hundred percent of the squirrels on this campus are nuts, and secondly 60%-40%. If I have to tell what these percentages mean then clearly you do not go to Skidmore, or you go to Skidmore and are Helen Keller. How is it that everyone from science and English majors to theater and sociology majors can know one percentage? The answer is simple; it is the most important percentage on campus. The percentage of 60% female to 40% male student body on campus makes the girls mad and the men hopeful. Now the precise science up picking up females is not a game of numbers but instead ratios. The way I saw it when I came into this school is the student body isn’t that large but there are approximately 1.5 females for every guy on campus. A date with one girl is awkward enough imagine the additional .5. What this ratio combined with college really results in is a crazy hook-up culture. I know I am some sort of freak because I am a male that likes dating and a relationship. Lets just say being a relationship guy in a hook up world is like a (insert metaphor). It turns out, for me at least, the ratio isn’t everything it is cracked up to be. My point is my first impression of 60%-40% was wrong.
Numbers man... they'll get ya. They'll get ya EVERY time...
ReplyDeleteI completely agree -the ratio isn't as glamourous for guys as it appears to be. There are plenty of unattractive people as well or just girls with boyfriends or just whatever. I've talked to a lot of guys who said the same thing, that this ratio is awesome for them, but then after spending time here they realize it really isn't all that and a bag of chips.
ReplyDeletekeep relying on the those ratios....
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ReplyDeletehey so I think this post needs a girls input... this ratio isnt really the best for girls either. I'm used to having a very numerically balanced group of girls and guys as friends- something that isnt really as easy to achieve here at skidmore. girls are hard to get along with all the time... let alone coming from living with two brothers
ReplyDeletealso we have to deal with hooking up with guys our friends or someone we know already have or probably will- and be okay with that.
I'd rather go watch The Bachelor, but well analyzed, everyone.
ReplyDeleteit might not be as great as it may have seemed originally....but trust me you still have it way better than girls. and probably better than guys at other, more equally distributed schools.
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