<p>thought you were “out”?
it definitely boggles my mind to see people bickering over similar schools.
vanderbilt and emory are in all academic senses, peer universities…both “great”, as i’ve mentioned a couple times in this thread.</p>
<p>brand, in the post you’ve referenced of mine in which i stated that vanderbilt is “significantly” better overall, i preceded the “argument” with a statement that i believe…both are very similar. i enjoy developing arguments no matter what my personal belief is. hell, i think abortion is wrong, but i could sit down with an uber christian and leave them speechless because i have more facts, just as i could sit down with a vanderbilt maniac and argue that emory is a better school…with a different set of numbers. maybe that extreme example can help you get a better feel for this whole statistics thing.</p>
<p>the point of this thread is (if you were to read it, wouldn’t be very hard to pick up on) to predict that vanderbilt will rank above emory in your favorite publication. i love statistics and i am having a look at that possibility as these are indeed two very similar schools.</p>
<p>like all ranking obsessed kids these days, you seem to have chosen your school based off its ranking (if i’m mistaken, well, you’ve given off that signal, which surely isn’t a good sign to begin with)…i had no trouble choosing vanderbilt over both nat.unis and lacs ranked in the “top 5” of usnwr</p>
<p>why don’t you all just settle down a tad…you chose great schools that were fits for you and you’ll have a great time</p>