What luck to be a girl of Arts and to take the Selectivity exam at the Autonomous University! (Some statistical data about the Entrance Tests)

Abstract

In this article we comment some data that help us understand the complexity of the University entrance exams in general, and also the results of the exams at the Autonomous University compared to those of the rest of the country and, in particular, compared to the results obtained by students in the rest of the Madrilian universities. We also compare the distribution and the results of both male and female students according to the different options chosen, and studying these data we come to the conclusion that the female students of Humanities at the Autonomous University obtain a percentage of pass grades significantly higher than the mean grade obtained by the students in general.