<p>“This isn’t critizing me?” Correct, it wasn’t. I addressed it to the comments of ArarVen, who IIRC is trying to get off the waitlist. It wasn’t addressed to you at all, and I referred to Ararven explicitly in my post. I wasn’t criticizing him either. I aassume he was joking.</p>
<p>When you posted “what facts could explain the cut throat competition?”
I read that too quickly out of context, and responded to that. I apologize.</p>
<p>But you found fault with the posters on this thread prior to my post, and you concluded that they were criticizing you too. If you attend Cornell, I am quite certain you will encounter other people who disagree with you on some point or other.It is a very diverse university, and people have many diverse views. If you are inclined to take the type of views expressed in post #2- 9 as if they were personal criticisms then perhaps the best match for you is elsewhere.
Because it is not unusual to encounter disagreement there.</p>