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<p>Right now I am 5 foot 6. My dad is around 5 foot 8 and my mom is around 5 foot. I just turned 18 and my one and only growth spurt (thus far) has been when i was 14. I believe i grew 5 or so inches. However, I do look very young as some people mistaken me for a sophmore. Other parts of my body have not entirely developed. So i think i may be a late bloomer. Do you think I still have a chance of being taller? One of my cousins is 5'10" ish...so there is some tallness in our family. Help!</p>

<p>I hate being a shortie</p>

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<p>i just got my growth spurt recently, and im 16 but people dont mistake me as younger as much as last year when i was 4’11. now im 5’4. so dont feel bad, cuz i dont feel short anymore</p>

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<p>So you’re saying that i shouldn’t feel bad because YOU are shorter than me? </p>

<p>what a narcissist. I’m looking at the average height sir. U and I both are SHORT to varying degrees. I don’t care what you feel.</p>

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<p>Relax. Do you expect us to tell you your future?</p>

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<p>predicting height is more tangible than predicting, lets say, a career.</p>

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<p>Really? Please enlighten me on how that is so.</p>

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<p>I see what you are doing…</p>

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<p>I don’t. I’m merely asking you to explain to me how height can be predicted more easily than a future career.</p>

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<p>oh nvm…i was thinking of something else…and ever heard of genetics? genetics work by defined rules as opposed to the relative uncertainty of predicting a career, which does not have a frame to work on.</p>

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<p>Actually, height is considered a polygenic trait. Therefore, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact height a person will be. Also influential on height are environment and diet. </p>

<p>Yes, I have not only heard of genetics, but am knowledgeable about it. Clearly, you’ve only heard about genetics.</p>

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<p>You avoided my entire argument, which was “predicting height is more tangible than, lets say, a career”. You clearly know the factors. How many factors are involved in deciding a career? You should know the answer to this question–ALOT. In fact, a lot more. So height is more predictable and predictable itself.</p>

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<p>No, actually it’s not. I already got accepted to med school, so I think I can predict my career in the next 11+ years more than I can my height in the next 11+ years. Regardless, let’s get back on topic. How to you expect me to predict your height for you?</p>

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<p>but if it feeds to your narcissism that you know more about genetics than me (which by the way i knew about polygenic traits too…in fact, i could’ve have just quoted wikipedia’s entire definition and would have shut you up), then fine. Who cares lol</p>

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<p>I wasn’t talking about you. I was talking about the general trend.</p>

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<p>Really, so now everyone who is correct is a narcissist?</p>

<p>Oh, and if you knew about polygenic traits you wouldn’t have brought up the fact that genetics uses defined rules.</p>

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<p>Besides, if you don’t know the answer, or an estimate, then don’t answer. Jeez, for medical acceptees, u would think this would be common sense.</p>

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<p>But please, tell me how I can help you predict your height. This was, after all, the subject of your thread.</p>

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<p>Okay, fine, you will grow to be 6 feet, 9 inches tall. Happy?</p>

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<p>By defined rules, I didn’t mean “equation-styled” rules. lol of course not…but to some degree, the distribution of the height allele that is acquired by you is dependent on the parents alleles for height…</p>

<p>What is this? a memory lane to AP Bio?</p>

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<p>i think the OP is the one who cares too much about things he can’t control. seriously, i’m 5’5 and i don’t go around asking people if i’ll ever grow taller.</p>

<p>and hold on just a minute… this thread is HILARIOUS. the OP’s ridiculously a**holish topic is actually quite funny.</p>