<p>my bad;</p>
<p>sakky actually said:</p>
<p>
[quote]
the undeniable fact that the Northeast just happens to have a disproportionate number of the best schools in the country.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>So, by definition, the RP study MUST survey a 'disproportionate' number of students who attend those colleges. And, those students would primarily be residents of, hmmmm, what region [sakky].......? </p>
<p>btw: your basketball analogy really stretches your crediblity.</p>
<p>they dont though...not really.
Just some of the best known ones.</p>
<p>Lots of great ones in the south, lots in the midwest, and tons in california.</p>
<p>Columbiahopeful is really annoying me. She got rejected from every school she's applied to in the last two years including Duke but got into Penn and now all of a sudden in her eyes Penn is the P in HYP. Stupid.</p>
<p>The truth is that historically Duke split admits slightly above Penn and below Dartmouth, Brown, and Columbia. With Penn's recent rise and Duke's recent (short term) fall Duke is the least desirable (in terms of cross admits) of this group. Big deal. These minor shifts happen all the time and Duke has years of placing its grads into top schools and has all the best recruiters come to their campus. If you choose between any of these very equal schools for any reason other than fit I pity you.</p>
<p>
[quote]
Perhaps you should follow your own advice. READ the posts. Bluedevilmike invoked NEJM.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Uh, first of all, that comment was directed at BDM.</p>
<p>But that's irrelevant. BDM invoked it. You re-invoked. Invoking, re-invoking, honestly, what's the difference? </p>
<p>
[quote]
your argument about replicability is specious.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Tell me how. In particular, I would like to know exactly how you would go about replicating a statistical preference study. </p>
<p>If you can't, then I would argue that your objections are specious. </p>
<p>
[quote]
I am NOT applying any criteria to this ranking that that I don't apply to others. I've posted frequently that they are ALL crap. But, you seem to think RP is best of breed.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Why not? You haven't demonstrated any reason to believe that the others are better, or even equal. Therefore, by definition, RP is probably the best. QED. </p>
<p>
[quote]
my bad;</p>
<p>sakky actually said:</p>
<p>Quote:
the undeniable fact that the Northeast just happens to have a disproportionate number of the best schools in the country. </p>
<p>So, by definition, the RP study MUST survey a 'disproportionate' number of students who attend those colleges. And, those students would primarily be residents of, hmmmm, what region [sakky].......?
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Uh, well, shouldn't they be. It's simple logic. </p>
<p>
[quote]
btw: your basketball analogy really stretches your crediblity.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>I would argue that your quibbles stretch * your * credibility. If you have particular objections, enumerate them. If you cannot, then that just means that you have nothing worthwhile to say.</p>
<p>I brought up NEJM because it's the only journal I read. Apologies all around.</p>