Eleven 4.0 last semester in my daughter’s class and only one boy, and that boy is borderline autistic (very smart, talented musician but unable to function very well socially).
Actually the girl athletes are lionized as well. You are seen as weird if you don’t participate in sports (my daughters, alas, are blessed with my genetics and have absolutely no hope in competitive sports).
I don’t know how many “bookish” boys are in my daughter’s class. She is not aware of any. At that age I was reading everything (to the detriment of my school work). My oldest has a better balance, but my youngest is just like me.
At two of our state universities they have Women in Science and Medicine conferences, and I am taking both my daughters to them, but I think they are no longer necessary (it should be open to both boys and girls). With the medical school classes being 50% women why continue the proactive steps?