Happy Singles Awareness Day

My friend greeted me this Valentines Day morning saying "Happy Singles Awareness Day!" I got a good laugh out of it, because it's the truth! The odds for women at BU are not in our favor. But how bad are those odds?

According to the US Census Bureau, 89.8 million Americans are single, which is 44% of all US residents above the age of 15. And of that 44%, 53% of those singles are women. That means there are about 86 single men to every 100 single women. So the odds overall are already against us.

Analysis of the east coast makes it sound even worse. Many colleges are located on the east coast, which on average, boast a female population of 58%. So many of the major college towns have a female majority, like Boston, which has 24,000 more single women than men.

Within the BU student body, 60% of the student body is female. And, as many of us know, in comparison to most universities around the country, BU has a larger male homosexual population, reducing the already slim number of available men.

Ok, enough number crunching. My conclusion -- BU women are S.O.L. But although the odds aren't in our favor for dating, we're part of a small percentage of the US population that earn a degree and go on to receive well paying jobs. So to all you BU single women, Happy Singles Awareness Day, even though you are far from alone in this situation.