Here you go with your ad hominem attacks again. Yes, I’m 18. Probably the same age as your son. I hope after he enters Princeton he doesn’t ever face an adult who mischaracterizes what they say (reread your first attack on me) and then goes on personal attacks instead of sticking to the issues.
You haven’t succeeded in stopping the “myth building” on this thread, you’ve succeeded in shutting down completely anyone wanting to say anything positive about Stanford that might actually be useful to “high school seniors” because they’re afraid you will go all psycho on them like you are on me with rude personal attacks and jabs. Well, I’m fighting back as I hope your son would also do.
Because you perceive that I do not understand the difference between Stanford puffery and honest opinions about Stanford you say that you don’t know how I “got myself into Stanford”. Nice, very mature and certainly germaine to this discussion. It’s more like if I don’t side with your railroading of everyone that doesn’t agree with your methods I’m an idiot.
Yes, I somehow fooled Stanford (and Harvard and Yale for that matter to accept me) despite being a complete ignoramus. I also started working in a highly theoretical field at your vaunted Princeton while in middle school so they were the first to be fooled. I know the school much better than you or your son. Period. I did not even apply to Princeton because although it’s a fine school (as I said to you earlier) the truth is I like many, many things about Stanford better (gasp!). I am allowed to have my own opinions that places Stanford over Princeton - or is that just another example of my rudimentary comprehension for that too?
Anyway, I was going to go on writing a rebuttal but now I’ve just decided to quit while I’m behind (letting you win, okay?). I’m already very upset myself for getting into it this far with you. You can find someone else to beat up.
I’m retiring from posting for a while because this has left such a bad taste in my mouth.