The title of the post makes you happy? Read on..
Girls are better at cramming. Right from the KG classes to graduate exams girls top in the class, of course with some exceptions. In my 8 years of co-education, barring the KG classes, girls were the toppers in 4-5 years. The exception being in the engineering, where one guy did better than the closely matched 2nd ranked girl. On an average girls got more marks in the exams than boys. Does this mean girls cram better? Hell ya for the way the tests are conducted, testing nothing but how well one could read and remember without understanding.
I was in my college last week, the congratulation message on the notice board were for the toppers, all girls. 3rd, 5th and 7th semester toppers were all girls!
Girls seem to have a natural tendency to read more, remember better, and reproduce faithfully without actually trying to figure out how it works. Where as boys are more inquisitive. The pass percentage of girls in board exams of 10th, and 12th is higher than boys in all these years i have seen. But the entrance exams like CET, JEE, AIEEE and others are cracked better by boys. The nature of these exams tends to make a point. Since the entrance exams are more analytical/logical than theoretical boys do better? The first rankers in these tests are the boys, unmistakably year after year. Does it mean girls have lesser inclination to analytical stuff? I don’t need to answer that, isn’t it?
I’ll take my class of engineering as a sample set, constituted by 40% girls roughly. At least 75% of them would score more marks than 85% of the guys in my class every semester. The top ten list would have at least 7 girls each semester. They tend to cram better. I’m sure almost all of my classmates would agree that the tests and exams tested nothing but cramming. The campus placements gives a hint that girls can cram better and boys can solve problems better. The companies would test your problem solving abilities, and logical reasoning capabilities for recruitment. More boys got better offers than girls.
There are plethora of cases to prove that girls cram better. The admission to BITS was based on the board exam scores for many years. In all those years there were more girls in a class than boys, and since the mode for admission has been changed to an entrance exam, BITSAT, there has been a gradual decline in the percentage of girls getting in to BITS.
Learning new languages also comes easy for girls as it does not have any logic but only remembering stuff. I have seen this in my French language class. More girls would do better than boys, be it in remembering the meaning of a word, forms of a verb or the pronunciation. More over, most of the teachers for these courses are women. :)
Another example, i have seen so many girls performing better in Verbal part of GRE than the Math. No other exam would require more cramming than the verbal GRE. Learning all the 3000+ words for GRE comes easy for girls than guys. On an average, among the people i know, guys have scored 750-800 in GRE Math, and 450-550 in GRE verbal. Girls have scored 680-750 in Math and 550-700 in verbal. I don’t need to say more.
There are exceptions to almost everything i have mentioned above, but on an average the cramming comes easy for girls. I admit, girls are better than guys. :)
Damn smart.
In the end you say “girls are better than guys.” …. in cramming !
I’ve seen this too. After class 10, suddenly all boys start scoring such good marks. Esp in entrance exams. Girls still do well at school and stuff.
I thought I’d argue, scream, bawl out, but some how its something that everyone’s seen.
But there are exceptions everywhere !
Is there some scientific reason for this ? :O
hehe..
scientific reason huh.. may be evolutionary….
women are weak (oh c’mon don’t say sexist), and so have been over hundreds of years… men would venture out, create opportunities and get food for the family..
This could have not let the logical/problem solving part of their brain grow as much as men..
but they know how to get things done, isn’t it? :)
thats damn true…guess we need to have creative stuff in schools more…besides guys don’t like monotony that much….
Ah-ah !! Evolutionary ? Bull shit !! Going after goats and foxes for food or fishing would’ve increased men’s logical part of the brain eh ?? ROFL !! What about womens housing skills or deciding about utensils and stuff ?? Don’t say thats all about reasoning and remembering !!
But yeah, we do know how to get things done :)
@Priya
hunting ain’t a easy thing sweetheart :)
you need to have strategy, logic (as to what to try a shot at and what not to).. also may be in building houses for protection.. /)
women remember what utensils to use.. (once someone tells you what to use) :P
@Vishesh
i’m happy the way things are..
why do you wanna try and make women smarter? :P
male chauvinistic pig
this post just gave u a much needed ego massage !
loser :)
Got anything to contradict my views?
don’t just vent your frustration on unexpecting noble souls :P
noble !!!! hahahhaha.havent heard that in a long time now,boy ,u r in dream land
too tired to argue now,will counter attack soon :)
waiting with shields and helmets
More than reading the post, I rather enjoyed the comments! Meghana will attack with everything she’s got and Sandeep will try to defend in vain… If there’s anything I’ve learnt in life, its never to pick a fight/argument with women! They will not sleep until they’ve beaten u! I’m sure even now, Meghana is busy sharpening her arrow heads and cleaning out her AK47s… Beware Sandeep… Girls are better at not only scoring marks – they’re better hunters! Evolution proves it! Lions prove it every day! If you don’t want to fall victim to evolution and prove Darwin’s theory of “The Fittest Survive” then please back out… :D
(Jeez! This is FUN..!!)
:D
dude this is my territory… i’ll give my heart and soul to defend it :P
remember tigers mark and defend their territories ;)
I’m pessimistically wishing you, “All the best!”
PS: It was nice knowing you! the blogging world will sorely miss you! :D
yay Mr.Nikhil :)
look,I just want to say that no matter how much we prove ourselves there are thousands of men out there who still think in the same ten cm narrow minded pathway ,i detest that ..
who manages the ghar ke accounts so well ?
who knows your family tree in and out and saves you from all embarrassing situations when you dont know anything about your family ? memory helps here ok !
i can cite a hundred more instances ….
the answer if you still havent figured out is your mom!
who who who,who i say has drilled this nonsense into your head and inspired you to write a mediocre post by just listing random facts and drawing your “Expert” conclusions !
it is stupid enough to consider academics as a sole point for success,i agree but to say that we excel at that only because we have good memory is purely bull shit.
sorry man,but if you have a daughter tomorrow and you give her this kind of gyaan,i will tell her that her daddy loves ego massages and does this on a regular basis to keep himself happy :P
and regarding the entrance exams ,dont even think boys do well in CET
The majority of top rankers have been an equal share of girls too !
and IIT n AIEEE , most of the guys take em up atleast 2-3 times in a row and succeed ,now only if we had that kind of freedom! we have to “settle” down by 23-24 only to please some MCP who will provide us all the social security we require,. supposedly !!!bah
haha..
First of all, i didn’t say having good memory is bad!
Neither did i say all women can only cram and do well.
You said – “it is stupid enough to consider academics as a sole point for success,i agree but to say that we excel at that only because we have good memory is purely bull shit…”
I didn’t talk anything about being successful!! I talked only about academics. The way tests and exams are conducted, that surely does not test anything but memory, girls excel. This is the point!
And about IITs.. a majority of the people who clear in their first attempt are guys. Now, don’t tell me no one clears in 1st attempt.
Still.. If you argue that all girls are smarter, why don’t they clear JEEs and AIEEEs in just one attempt? why do they need more attempt like the stupid and dumb boys?
come on now,gimem d percentages of people who clear it in their first attempt,very less ,and girls also clear it,u talking like we CANNOT clear it,a small % nevertheless,but we r getting there mister
and puhlease dont temme the dose of sarcasm doesnt indicate that “Neither did i say all women can only cram and do well.” is not evident from your post !
broaden your mind :P
No it does not indicate all women can only cram.
I think only the guilty feel that way :P
i agree girls do really well in boards, but we do equally well in entrance exams as well…most of the girls i have seen are very competent…and manage EVERYTHING really well, without “CRAMMING”..
hmmm.. point taken Sindhu.. no arguments on that.
but most of the girls i have seen aren’t like what you mentioned :)
well sandeep has a -minus social life :) so i am sure he doesnt know tat many girls sindhu,so let us excuse him on this one now :P
hmm ya.. may be… i’ve to agree with Meghana here.
There are more girls who know me than the number of girls i know..
So, thanks for excusing me :P
The jury has deliberated and has called a mistrial!! No one wins!! Damn!! Sandeep!! Macha!! I am disappointed!!
Meghana! Good show! But not good enough! :D
@Nikhil
I realize this..
Arguing with a girl is like wrestling with a pig in the mud. After some time, u realize that u r getting dirty, but the pig is actually enjoying.
:D
@sandeep
ahem ahem and somebody told me “MCP” is plagiarized !
@nikhil
come on now ;) i had a teenie weenie advantage,i argued better :P
@megcloud9
unfortunate (or fortunate?) that you can’t make out who ‘P’ is :D
huh ! !!! cheater ,
the MCP ,the cheater :)
Sandy – you do it again! Frankly speaking, I love reading you blog :) I have a question – how does your girl treat you after this? Has your life changed lately? Are you a different person with different thoughts now? :D
I like the post coz’ it comes with known facts and figures. I second each and every thg you produced here. Having said that, you could see a different story when you go to a medical college, architecture, arts etc.
Still second your comments here – I am not a chauvinist or a misogynist and believe women are much smarter in all they do!!
Love the “g power” in all shapes and sizes,
~RJ
http://the-connexion.blogspot.com
@RJ
:D
Life is as you think, and i think it’s beautiful :)
Thoughts change, person shouldn’t!
I’d have put in more facts and figures, but gathering so much data is a pain. It doesn’t come up on the first page of Google. Google still ain’t smart enough to serve exactly what i want!
Btw i too am neither a chauvinist nor misogynist…
some people don’t agree to takes things as they are, i ain’t one. :)
love the ‘g power’ only in certain shapes and sizes ;)
LOL! smart @$$
Thanks :P
There is a good analysis given by Allan Pease in his books on the differences of mental processes of men n women..
One more reason of girls getting higher marks esp in engineering is that they tend to submit assignments on time , pay more attention in class and hence get more sessional marks..(I dont know what its called in ur university)
@Reema
Hmm ya.. that i totally agree..
girls are more sincere at least as far as the academics are concerned :)
Allan Pease.. hmm.. what does he say? who’s better? :)
Women!!!! :D Read his books..they r fun…
:D
okie.. will try to get hold of it
I think why girls perform better in school and college exams is because the scope (the syllabus) is defined. Girls are by nature hard working (not saying guys are not) and when a territory is defined they make sure that they put their best. They also put more effort to master exam patterns (what will earn you points) and above all have a neater way of presenting the answers (hand writing). Thats why females are better managers, they have always been multi tasking also. Competitive exams may be one of the fields dominated by guys just like underworld (just popped up as an instance :D) but you all know that at the end of the day even boys are mamma’s boy!
We rock the cradle and rule the world. Who cares if a minor area is male dominated (by chance)!!! hehe
@Pragati
haha.. that was quite an interesting way to put it..
i’ll have to agree with what you’ve said, but whatever it is girls cram better :)
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