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<p>If you read my post, I told you that it comes from the data reported by schools like Stanford on med school admissions, the med schools students most commonly apply to and attend. These aren’t assumptions. They’re just facts about what happens. I’ve done my homework–time for you to do yours.</p>
<p>Notice, also, Dungareedoll, that I explicitly said I wasn’t trying to put you out by making contrary statements, and even wholeheartedly agreed with your intent to mention Tulane. But you made a baseless assumption about Stanford being more competitive–“The competition is just tougher”–(really doesn’t make sense, since you aren’t a student here) and thus other options could be better if you want to go to med school. I asked you about your reasoning, and you replied with a simple ‘common sense,’ which isn’t a valid argument. Then you followed it up with a bunch of statements in defense of Tulane, most of which I wasn’t even disputing.</p>
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<p>It’s like you didn’t even read my post–I’m not speaking on their behalf, but reporting to you what they tend to do, based on data from Stanford.</p>
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<p>And I followed that up with the admission that it might not have been the right word–instead, they show disinterest (see post #27).</p>
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<p>You are so quick to defend Tulane that you are actually inferring your *own *assumptions–methinks thou dost protest too much. The reason I didn’t say what it meant? Because it doesn’t matter whether it’s indicative of actual quality. I was just making the point that students at top schools, like Stanford, tend to apply to top med schools (with the implication being that perhaps they apply to Tulane less frequently because it’s unranked). The end–there’s no meaning to be inferred beyond that. Don’t worry, I personally am not making judgments about Tulane, you or your kid’s choice of college (as much as you seem to want to think).</p>
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<p>…except for your posting history, where you seem to post in other schools’ forums whenever Tulane is mentioned, and you subsequently ‘come to its rescue.’ (When Berkeley fanatics do this, people tend to reply with, “Stop ■■■■■■■■ for your school.”)</p>
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<p>Well, it raises a red flag, because students wonder why the data wouldn’t be reported. They think, “are they hiding something?” People have the same line of thought about many schools, like Harvard, that don’t put out a common data set.</p>
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<p>Are these the jibes that you’re resorting to now?</p>
<p>Honestly, between you, Dungareedoll, and Dad2, it’s getting really tiresome to hear all you parents shamelessly promoting your schools on other forums (though Dungareedoll, I know, isn’t tied to one right now). There’s really no getting through to you, so if you’re done completely derailing yet another thread in favor of your school, we can let the topic turn back to the schools the OP asked about.</p>