<p>Ok Starbuck, I need to do this in list format:</p>
<p>1) The thread is entitled, “Lets Talk About Race Some More, Because That’s Always Fun.” If you look at my first post in the thread, it says “So we can keep it out of our decisions thread.” That being the intent: to keep our decisions thread from becoming a debate about affirmative action (this was before the admins began moving the chatter out of the decisions thread). If you look through my posts, I reject the idea that I lost my spot to a URM. Virtually everything I’ve said in there has been obviously sarcastic.</p>
<p>2) I actually support AA. If you dig through the Yale threads, you’ll find my justification.</p>
<p>3) They are not “random stats and numbers.” A person (me) earned them. Most of the people on this board should be proud of what they’ve done, and I’m no exception.</p>
<p>4) I don’t ever recall bragging about my facebook status. I don’t think most of the stuff I do on fb is particularly interesting. I remember somebody (maybe you) criticizing my reaction to my deferral from Yale, and responding that I was angry, as plenty of people are when things don’t turn out the way they want.</p>
<p>5) I have never blamed anything on anyone with respect to my admissions (or lack thereof).</p>
<p>6) There are three main defense mechanisms used when you ask a girl out and get rejected. There’s the get really sad and depressed and think you’re not good enough (that’s not me). There’s the plenty of other fish in the sea (also not me). And there’s the angry “She should have said yes. I’d be a great boyfriend. She’ll regret it some day.” That’s me. It’s probably not the most gracious reaction, but I don’t think it’s unhealthy or arrogant in the extreme.</p>
<p>7) In the future, you’re free to vent your frustrations with me on formspring.</p>
<p>8) You’d be jumpy too if two of your best friends had gotten likely letters from Stanford and Yale and you kept getting deferred/waitlisted/(in the case of scholarships) rejected. And don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for them. I’m just antsy about me.</p>
<p>9) If you are still reading this, you’re crazy, because you shouldn’t read so much by a guy who annoys you. You’ll give yourself an aneurysm.</p>