<p>While the curiosity generated by the many threads started by DadII is understandable, the final decision by DadII’s daughter is absolutely irrelevant. This is not a puzzle that needs to be solved through clues such as Stanford’s acceptance of NMF or the cost for 3 people to travel to the admitted weekend. The bottom line is that, as far as we should be concerned, the lessons from which this community could learn have nothing to do with OSU, WUSTL, Cornell, or Duke being the “chosen” one. </p>
<p>All good tragedies require catharsis. Of course, this one was more Chekhov than Aristotle. :)</p>