<p>Blah2009 is attempting a rhetorical ploy called “poisoning the well”.
<a href=“Poisoning the well - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well</a>
My background is irrelevant. His evidence and mine should speak for itself.
If the only people qualified and entitled to discuss these issues were adcoms and faculty at the target schools, this forum hardly would have a reason to exist. </p>