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#EmoryGirlProblems: The Male Shortage

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Ronni Shalem
Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Jessica Leigh
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Emory chapter.

57:43. Believe it or not, this is the ratio of girls to boys here at Emory University. With our student population around 5300, this means there are 742 fewer guys than girls roaming around campus. Rough? I’d say.
So when you walk to class, study in the library, go to a party, or hang out at Maggie’s, you can expect to see 14% more girls than guys. This is great for the guys, but not so great for the ladies. Just when we thought we had things hard enough, to top everything off, we’re faced with this statistical disadvantage.

Between the mentally stimulating environment, the Dali Lama’s visit, great weather (well, maybe not so much this year), and new campus facilities, it is hard to believe that anything at Emory could be less than satisfactory. Though Emory may not be lacking overall, it is lacking strength in numbers among the male population, and this single problem accounts for a million other problems! As a female, this is a huge deal!

But is this guy shortage really such a surprise? With no football team to get excited about or tailgates to rally, what kinds of guys are attracted to Emory? Boys who aspire to be future businessmen and doctors? Well… perhaps this isn’t such a bad deal: beat the odds and get a boyfriend who might be successful within the next decade…

“I chose to come to Emory because it’s a top 20 school and has a great premed program,” explains Alex Hoberman, a sophomore on the premed track. Case in point? 

Okay, maybe I am being a little bit harsh.  Good academics are not the only reason boys choose to come to Emory. According to James Rabinowitz, another sophomore at Emory, “One of the main reasons why I chose Emory was for a move from the cold weather in New York to warmer weather in Atlanta. It is near a great city, yet has a campus feel I wanted.” Some boys mentioned choosing to come to Emory because they knew of older people from their towns who were thrilled at Emory.  Others expressed that upon visiting, they felt that our campus was a comfortable place to spend the next four years of their lives.

So there happens to be more girls than guys? Plenty of great guys still exist on this campus. Perhaps within this (small) pool of guys is your future man. While dining at the DUC, approach that guy at the pizza stand. When walking into your Psychology class, sit next to the boy wearing a shirt that you think is cute. At a party, ask that guy you’ve been eyeing if he knows where the bowl of punch is. The best thing you can do is to always make yourself available.

And available you will be. But don’t be disappointed or discouraged. Perhaps your guy is waiting for you out of college. In the meantime, you might have to put in a little extra effort here at Emory until you land yourself in a more gender-balanced community. The odds here may be fighting against you, but don’t ever give up!
 

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Jessica lives her life at several speeds. She talks too fast, eats too slow and over-analyzes too much.  When she’s not telling long-winded stories, sitting alone at the dinner table, or staring off into space, Jessica loves all things creative. Screenwriter, play director and poet at age 9, songwriter and choreographer at age 16, now, at 23, all she really wants to do is write, help others, and post Instagrams.  As a social media coordinator for multiple fashion brands, and a post-grad writer for Her Campus, she gets to do just that. Jessica is a Midwestern girl from the suburbs of Chicago, but she fell in love with city living during a summer internship in the Big Apple, and now calls NYC home. Jessica loves chocolate milkshakes, dance parties, Chippewa Ranch Camp, Friends re-runs, Chuck Bass and of course, spending time with her fans (read: family and friends).