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<p>While Meursalt certainly is rather combative, it is often helpful to have someone around willing to take the other side of an argument to provide detailed clarity of the issues for undecided readers.</p>
<p>Let’s cut Meursalt some slack: he apparently had some fairly decent stats, but missed getting into any of his target schools (perhaps a similar tone was reflected in his essays?). It was a brutal year and there are a lot of students like him, frustrated, in a panic, or praying to still get accepted off of some school’s waitlist. Meursalt’s biggest mistake was to not ladder his range of schools down to a more-reasonable acceptance rate in the 25-35% range. If you’re applying next year, don’t make that same mistake!</p>