<p>ok lillifer,</p>
<p>first off, you may be right that i am an ahole, that designation doesn’t affect me one way or the other, but how does my criticism of someone trying to slither out of ed make me appear spoiled, elite or snobby. mind you, i am not denying nor embracing the validity of any of those characterizations, i just want a clarification.</p>
<p>secondly, you are correct that i should have made a stronger effort to actually get to know pmurry personally before commenting on his post. we could have sat down, had a couple of brewski’s, smoked a joint, maybe shot up together, then i would have had a clearer understanding of why the op would apply ed when he couldn’t afford the school. what was i thinking? btw, if the op really really wanted to attend swat, he still could have applied rd and when accepted, he could have waited for the financial aid offer then he could have made a more informed choice. he didn’t have to apply ed II with its better acceptance rate. as you say, he was extremely qualified to get into swat, so why did he need to apply ed II (hmmm, maybe it was the higher acceptance rate after all.) with regard to withdrawing applications, i thought that edII was binding, so why withdraw other applications “until he was absolutely certain he was going there”? when pmurray applied ed II, wasn’t he absolutely certain he was coming here?</p>
<p>next, i don’t think the absolute worst of people, i only think the worse of people who post that they want to renege on a binding agreement. i only think the worst of people that try to take advantage of a system when others play within the lines. i only think the worst of people that whine about the reason for their poor behaviour was a result of others when they could have done something about it beforehand to have avoided the situation entirely.</p>
<p>maybe if you actually knew me instead of just assuming and making up complete ********, you’d know I was extremely qualified for swarthmore…at least at the time i applied. i’m not as certain anymore. “is this what you did to get into swarthmore so you just accuse other people of doing this to justify yourself?” lillifer, your head must have been spinning when you wrote this because it is nonsensical. what did i do to get into swat that i am accusing the op of doing? if you’re referring to applying ed, then yes, i did apply ed, got in, withdrew all my other apps immediately and sent in the deposit, all within a day of acceptance, no cc postings in between.</p>
<p>furthermore, i have never been accused of having self esteem issues, but i may agree with you. i have always said that i have extreme self esteem issues, but my folks, friends and sibs always said too much esteem is not what the phrase “self esteem issues” actually refer to, but heck, what do they know, as long as you and i are at least on the same page. finally, there is someone out there that understands me.</p>
<p>in terms of pmurray and welcoming him, didn’t i apologize to him in my prior posting? also the advocation of violence is so unbecoming, even for someone relegated to the nether regions of america such as yourself. maybe the reason you are in maine is your inability to function within the constructs of civilized society where a difference of opinion is not settled with violence. when you learn to play nice with other humans, then and only then should you be allowed to drive your little self all the way down from maine and interact with folk that have a full set of teeth. if that ever happens, i will be here for you with a bucket in hand.</p>