elephant in the room ...

Somnambulant
Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:00:17 +0000

Apparently many posters don’t understand what a positive correlation is, as contrasted with an absolute rule. The OP didn’t suggest that applying for financial aid precluded an acceptance letter, but rather that there was a relationship between not applying for aid and being accepted. Therefore, any arguments that “X and Y users applied for aid and were accepted” are completely invalid anecdotes.

No one should claim that they can answer this question without a rigorous analysis of the infor we have.