<p>I’m concerned about carpal tunnel syndrome breaking out on this board, so I’ve developed this handy tool to make the perpetual H vs P threads quicker, easier, and more efficient. Below are 14 assertions for each school that are made over and over again pretty much every time this argument breaks out, which is about weekly.</p>
<p>The Harvard people should use the numbered points; the Princeton crowd should use the lettered points.</p>
<p>For Harvard Partisans:</p>
<p>1) Harvard is ranked #1 by USNWR
2) The Revealed Preferences Survey shows that when they have a choice students far prefer Harvard over Princeton
3) Princeton has elitist, exclusive eating clubs
4) Eating clubs are very expensive
5) Unlike Eating Clubs, Final Clubs have a minuscule impact on school social life
6) Princeton lacks the academic strength and enhanced research opportunities that professional schools and strong grad programs bring to a campus
7) Cambridge is a much more fun town than boring, suburban Princeton
8) Princeton is just a Harvard/Yale wannabe that can’t get over its institutional inferiority complex
9) I’m a current student at Harvard and I can tell you that all the bad things you hear about it just aren’t true
10) Princeton students are all preppy, elitist snobs
11) Harvard is free for anyone making $60K or less
12) I visited Princeton and I hated it
13) Here is an article from Princeton’s own newpaper confirming all the bad things about it
14) You are just a Harvard-bashing Princeton ■■■■■.</p>
<p>For Princeton Partisans:</p>
<p>A) Princeton is ranked #1 by USNWR
B) The COHFE survey shows that Harvard students are unhappy and dissatisfied with their school
C) Harvard has Final Clubs which unlike Eating Clubs are not single sex
D) Anyone can eat at an Eating Club
E) Eating Clubs don’t cost anything extra
F) Princeton has great undergrad focus and isn’t distracted by professional and grad schools
G) Princeton’s Gothic campus is much more beautiful than Harvard’s dreary pile of bricks
H) Harvard is just a famous brand name that doesn’t live up to the hype
I) I’m a current student at Princeton and I can tell you that all the bad things you hear about it just aren’t true
J) Harvard students are all pompous, competitive cutthroats
K) Princeton gives the most generous financial aid of any school
L) I visited Harvard and I hated it
M) Here is an article from Harvard’s own newpaper confirming all the bad things about it
N) You are just a Princeton-bashing ■■■■■</p>
<p>There it is. Now the way this works is that the next time someone starts one of these H vs P threads, save us all a lot of time and typing by simply posting the number or letter that corresponds to the argument you are making. E.g. when someone posts “F” you can quickly respond to that argument by merely typing “6”, or maybe “6!” if you are particuarly worked up about that point.</p>
<p>See? It’s easy and allows anyone to quickly join the argument without knowing anything (although not knowing anything has never stopped anybody from arguing in the past). With my new tool these tiresome threads can be brought to conclusion in just one day instead of the usual two weeks.</p>
<p>Try it. You’ll like it!</p>
Also, I think Byerly is still missing the point of this excercise…</p>