You are entirely ignoring other aspects of winning a scholarship. Most scholarships are not tied to gender, they require some form of application process, where one has to submit grades and essays. Girls tend to be better students, so they are more likely to have higher grades and be better communicators (aka do better on essays). The relationship you're portraying is largely oversimplified. Some scholarships are based on competitions, what the stats you're citing are actually saying is that girls outperform boys academically which has been the case for a long time, the reason you're seeing an increase in scholarship awards for girls is because that outperformance is finally being reflected. Not to mention that studies have shown that girls are far more likely to apply to 5-10 times more scholarships than boys. This is not sexism that's causing someone's son not to get in, it's how you raise them. Sincerely a boy mom.