<p>Sifat:</p>
<p>Just to provide a more pithy explication of just why you are stupid, stupid, stupid: </p>
<p>Having a high GPA is a necessary condition for admission in to Harvard, but it is not a sufficient one.</p>
<p>I'm sure you know the distinction.</p>
<p>Not.</p>
<p>lol i didnt post here to argue with you, just to let you and others know that your huge ego and protruding arrogance makes you a waste of time to discuss anything with (and im sayign this even though i've never had a discussion with you before...what you do with others is enough of a hint). and i remember someone here saying you were a debater...i really doubt that since you dont know the first rule of debating: to not use ad hominem. especially to the extent that you do with constructive insults such as "stupid, stupid, stupid".</p>
<p>p.s-i loved how you completely ignored the contradiction i pointed to and instead started blabbing about obvious things to make an argument:</p>
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<p>no $h!t. that's why we have ECs and essays. </p>
<p>now please, chill out.</p>
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lol i didnt post here to argue with you, just to let you and others know that your huge ego and protruding arrogance makes you a waste of time to discuss anything with (and im sayign this even though i've never had a discussion with you before...what you do with others is enough of a hint).
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<p>I love it when people argue that I am so arrogant, because they usually make themselves so arrogant in the process. But please, continue: inferiors have a way of not realizing their own faults. I'd love to see you persist in your ignorance.</p>
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i really doubt that since you dont know the first rule of debating: to not use ad hominem. especially to the extent that you do with constructive insults such as "stupid, stupid, stupid".
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<p>Wow, not only have you demonstrated your ostensible incapacity for logical reasoning, but you do not even know what an informal fallacy is. The ad hominem fallacy is not what committed: </p>
<p>I do hope that after reading that, and looking beyond your inferiority, you will be able to see the distinction.</p>
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i loved how you completely ignored the contradiction i pointed to
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<p>Contradiction?</p>
<p>Let us look at this again, and I'll put it in baby terms for you this time:</p>
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so first you brush him off saying his gpa is too low (and dont say its an exception to the rule....harvard doesnt admit drone 4.0/1600 students...everyone is an exception),
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<p>There is nothing wrong with my brushing of her GPA as too low. It is. I never said a 4.0 was required, but you are clearly incapable of drawing th proper implication from statements, so I won't hold it against you.</p>
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BY THE WAY, when you said bluedevil's statement assumes GPA is everything, you clearly didnt use your SAT critical reading skills. in fact it assumes the exact opposite of what you said.
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<p>Not if you really think about it: the argument was that Harvard admitted two students with a 3.6 or lower GPA, and that this attests to the notion that they somehow accept students with lower GPAs from good schools. My argument was that, looking at it only from that perspective, one cannot conclude one has a shot simply because one comes from a good school, and to assume that the Duke students were admitted because they had decent GPAs from Duke fails to recognize that they could have been admitted because of other factors, factors that the OP failed to delineate.</p>
<p>Notice the shift in scope? You really shouldn't take the LSAT. It doesn't bode well for you, I'm afraid.</p>
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ego stroking and intellectual masturbation
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<p>By the way, I don't need to "stroke my ego" to intellectual inferiors. I do not care about your respect, or your opinion, or whatever. I do not care at all. If I needed to stroke my ego, there would be far better places for me to do this, aside from speaking with a bunch of idiots about admissions process with which I am over for the rest of my life.</p>
<p>You are simply too easy. Proving my intellectual superiority over you will do nothing for me. The task, in my opinion, is not really much of a challenge, and not worh any effort. Simply declaring you to be an idiot is sufficient, with your failure to reason analytically as a paradigm example of your inferiority.</p>
<p>Yea, I definitely agree with nspeds here. From what I’ve read he has done nothing but try to help the OP. Just because he gave a realistic answer to the posed question does not mean he should be attacked.</p>
<p>lol aww im flattered that you made such a long post for me. i'd write up a long reply too if a larger portion of it actually consisted of arguments rather than invectives on how inferior i am to you.</p>
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I love it when people argue that I am so arrogant, because they usually make themselves so arrogant in the process.
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<p>hmm. so how am i arrogant? did i....call you inferior by any chance?</p>
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<p>they both basically say the same thing, except the blog uses "reject" with an extreme tone. anyways, you did attack. but because by calling him an idiot/intellectually inferior as an attempt to lessen his credibility, you did indeed commit ad hominem.</p>
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My argument was that, looking at it only from that perspective, one cannot conclude one has a shot simply because one comes from a good school
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<p>no one concluded that. only you did.</p>
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and to assume that the Duke students were admitted because they had decent GPAs from Duke fails to recognize that they could have been admitted because of other factors, factors that the OP failed to delineate.
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<p>the OP does not need to state the obvious, nor does anyone else. this is transfer admissions, so of course everyone knows other factors are weighed in more heavily than in freshman admissions, especially essays. but you dont think they know this because you are the superior being with superior intellect.</p>
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If I needed to stroke my ego, there would be far better places for me to do this, aside from speaking with a bunch of idiots about admissions process with which I am over for the rest of my life.
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<p>and this is why you have 4700 posts on CC.</p>
<p>peace.</p>
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but because by calling him an idiot/intellectually inferior as an attempt to lessen his credibility, you did indeed commit ad hominem.
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<p>1) You misquoted the title of the blog. It is in fact endorsed by Brian Leiter, a tenured professor at the University of Texas Law School. I think he would rely on his endorsment of a characterization of the ad hominem attack, rather than some wikipedia article. Evidently, your subpar school hasn't taught you about which sources are reputable.
2) Since you read the article, apparently, and since you drew the wrong conclusion, I can only conclude that you cannot read. Insults are not ad hominem arguments. I didn't draw a conclusion from this insult, so it is unfair for one to argue that my conclusion was based on faulty reasoning.</p>
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no one concluded that. only you did.
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<p>Yes... and I was trying to prevent that point from being made.</p>
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so of course everyone knows other factors are weighed in more heavily than in freshman admissions, especially essays.
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<p>Really? You evidently haven't been reading the posts here. </p>
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and this is why you have 4700 posts on CC.
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<p>This doesn't make any sense. So because I have a lot of posts here, I am trying to stroke my ego? So wait, every poster here with more than 4699 posts here on CC is trying to stroke their ego? Think about that for a second.</p>
<p>I hate intellectual inferiors. I hope you have fun at SUNY Geneseo. Good luck with Harvard, hahahahaha.</p>
<p>funny how you emphasize so much on concentrating on the message instead of the messenger (i.e. "who cares if i insulted you! just read my message biatch!!"), but here you revere the author of the blog, dismiss wikipedia, and have once again have performed an attempt to lessen one's credibility (i.e. "you go to a subpar college you intellectually inferior child, i dont wanna listen to you!")</p>
<p>by the way, your author describes the primary definition of ad hominem. however, as i pointed out, ad hominem does not need to be that strict. consistent invectives on the messenger will no doubt make you look bad. </p>
<p>and another thing. you need to stop using the words 'superiority' and 'inferiority' like that. i haven't seen anyone use those words like that since i stumbled upon a white supremacist website. </p>
<p>good luck with harvard law.</p>
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but here you revere the author of the blog, dismiss wikipedia, and have once again have performed an attempt to lessen one's credibility
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<p>Hmm... last time I checked, a tenured professor at a top law school was more credible than a wikipedia article. That's just me... and pretty much the preponderance of academia, but perhaps my views are anachronistic. I don't care either way.</p>
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consistent invectives on the messenger will no doubt make you look bad.
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<p>I don't care whether they make me "look bad." They do neither detract from nor support my point, so unless the author cannot read and decides to point them out, hoping that he has somehow defeated my point, my insults are irrelevant. Of course, they are relevant to me. I think you're an idiot, end of story.</p>
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you need to stop using the words 'superiority' and 'inferiority' like that.
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<p>You need to stop telling people what to do. For some reason, that is vaguely reminiscant of authoritarian governments and parenting, neither of which constitutes your position at this moment, thank god.</p>
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good luck with harvard law.
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<p>Yeah, but for some reason, all things being equal, one has an easier chance of getting into Harvard Law School from Georgetown than of getting into Harvard FAS from SUNY Geneseo. I was glib in my previous post, and I wanted to emphasize that your chances of admission at Harvard are poor, and I am rather amused at your being so sanguine and complacent. It is hilarious.</p>
<p>I have nothing else to do here but argue against someone who is no longer contributing something positive in this discussion. Of course, you will accuse me of the same, but since I wish to end such activity, I will stop now.</p>
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Hmm... last time I checked, a tenured professor at a top law school was more credible than a wikipedia article.
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<p>i never said anything about who's more credible or not. just pointing out that while you tell me to concentrate on the message instead of the messenger, you are being hypocritical by assigning credibility to sources and people. and you did it again in the quote above. uh oh. did i hear something about credibility? do i hear ad hominem being committed? </p>
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Yeah, but for some reason, all things being equal, one has an easier chance of getting into Harvard Law School from Georgetown than of getting into Harvard FAS from SUNY Geneseo. I was glib in my previous post, and I wanted to emphasize that your chances of admission at Harvard are poor, and I am rather amused at your being so sanguine and complacent. It is hilarious.
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<p>erm...when i said good luck i didn't attribute anything cynical to it. sorry but i'm not a tool. </p>
<p>and i don't stoop to your level. </p>
<p>good luck :)</p>