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11 acceptances from Harvard-Westlake School to Columbia University? (from the link C02 put up) That is outrageous. I've never even heard of that high school. Pfft.
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<p>The only thing that's outrageous is your ignorance. So because you haven't heard of the school (who the heck are you to know?) therefore it's an outrage that it managed to send 11 people to CU?</p>
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justbelieve - Harvard-Westlake is the big-time private school of Los Angeles. Or at least one of them. They're a bunch of geniuses.
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<p>No, not a bunch of geniuses. H-W isn't unique in its Ivy placement success. You'll find similar results at any of the other elite private schools like Andover, Exeter, etc. All these schools handful of geniuses and mostly everyone else is reasonably smart and just did all the right things and jumped through the right hoops due to proper guidance from the school and proper support from their parents.</p>
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Ahaha, well the reasons I listed were legitimate words from the admissions guy's mouth (though not one from Columbia) so I'm inclined to believe him...
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<p>Well, it's irrelevant for purposes of Columbia</p>
<p>Suppose college admissions was like seat-belt laws (bear with me). People might have some questions about them, they can be a bit nebulous and vary from location to location, and it's a reasonable topic of conversation at certain points in your life. It's a topic of some worth to society, but on the whole, not a crucial aspect of our existence. Fair enough?</p>
<p>Most posters on this board and and the rest of CC tend to be like informational websites or hotlines, telling you that your kid has to be in a seatbelt if he's under X years old, or you can't do this or have to do that, but in a fairly straightforward, informative manner.</p>
<p>Moderators on this board are like the cops who stop you and give you a ticket if you're violating seatbelt laws. Harsh, perhaps, but performing a necessary function, without necessarily taking pleasure in it.</p>
<p>Columbia2002 would be like if a guy was wandering the streets, going up to cars who are stopped at stoplights, and screaming in rage at everyone who he spotted who wasn't wearing a seatbelt. I mean, really working up a lather, foaming at the mouth, over the simple situation of someone not wearing a seatbelt. On the face of it, he's right, but it doesn't affect anyone but the violator. So, he's still a jerk, of questionable mental stability, who nobody would want to have at a party of theirs. Plus, where the heck is he getting all this time to wander the streets in search of the violators of seatbelt laws? Isn't he employed? One thing we can all agree on is that he's taking what should be simple matters and taking them way too freaking seriously.</p>
<p>Your analogy fails at least because it takes a similar amount of time for me to post something in my own way that's correct as it does for you to post something in your own way that's also correct. Thus, the spending time wandering the streets hyperbole doesn't fly.</p>
<p>Actually, it is you Col2002 who fails to understand the point of the analogy. After reading this board for months, it is clear to me that you have a good information base and often provide a useful perspective. Unfortunately, your social judgment is questionable. Your need to criticize often outweighs any value you might be able to add to the discussion. Has anyone ever commented to you that you that they think you are insensitive, or sometimes have difficulty perceiving social cues, or over-react emotionally in a way that is offputting to others? I think you have something to add to the board but you should think a minute before posting. Otherwise, most of us think you are just showing your ass.</p>
<p>It's amusing, but it's getting tiresome to have to put C2002 'in context' with a big apologetic explanation every time he offends another new forum poster with his attitude..</p>
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Your analogy fails at least because it takes a similar amount of time for me to post something in my own way that's correct as it does for you to post something in your own way that's also correct. Thus, the spending time wandering the streets hyperbole doesn't fly.
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My post wasn't a commentary on keyboarding speed. It was describing the general attitude which you bring to posting, and the exasperation many around here feel as a result of that posting.</p>
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rude comments from C02 is like 30% of the reason I still come to this board. he's a straight talker.
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the fact of the matter is, regardless of what I said above, I agree with you. There is a time and place for being dismissively condescending. It's just that his view is that the time is all the time, and that place is everywhere.</p>
<p>note: male pronouns used out of ignorance. At least one Columbia admissions officer believes C02 to be female.</p>
<p>Columbia 2002 is really a troll. He posts obnoxiously to deter high quality applicants from applying to Columbia by trying to make them think that Columbia is full of people like him. Ignore what he says -- don't respond.</p>