I put your reply in Google Translate to see if it could be read in any of the other 5 languages in which I am fluent, but alas, your particular patois wasn't recognized as coherent in any of them. Nevertheless, I shall do my best to interpret and respond to your erudite retort.
1. I am not acting like a sissy, I am acting like a early 20th century dandy, and frankly I don't appreciate the insult. I attended Old Nassau on a fencing scholarship; be thankful I do not challenge you to a duel.
2. Fascinating. Irrelevant, but fascinating.
3. I don't remember making any "reciprocity" argument, but a possible (likely) reason why Wisconsin residents choose to "[cross] the border to pay more expensive tuition" could be that those students didn't get accepted into Wisconsin. Doesn't really help your point, as it were.
4. I have no doubt you were "careless about ACT." I used ACT because
93% of applicants to Minnesota provided an ACT score versus 13% SAT, so I tip my hat to you, Mr. Iconoclast.
5, 6. I like toast with orange marmalade. Oh wait, we aren't discussing things completely unrelated to college admissions? My apologies.
7. The only "fluid situation" is the drool leaking from the corner of your mouth as you strain to make a relevant point.
Keep your pecker up,
Archie
You may be fluent in five different languages but you’re not that good at making valid arguments.
Sounds like it is ok for you to insult other people but it is not ok to insult you. How poetic? Didn’t your parents teach you how to behave when you’re guest? You’re behavior is defiantly not appreciated in civil society. How about Newton’s Third Law? Respect is mutual. If you want to be respected, show some respect to other people. Don’t expect something different.
1. Larger student body usually translate more students are admitted each year. Here is an example
School A 5000 out of 20,00 25%
School B 2000 out of 20,00 10%
But you can’t see the point because you’re either too inapt to make some research or too conceited to admit the fact. If I were you, I would try to make an effort before I rebuff any clue as irrelevant fact. It is sad to see that your fascination did not translate into meaningful research. I hope your google translate tool can help you. You don’t need five different languages to connect the dots. You just need to have common sense to figure that one out.
2. Remember “ Possibly, likely, maybe, hypothetically, could be” are not the good words to support your point or argument. If you can come up with irrefutable statistic, please let us know. As Benjamin Disraeli once said statistic doesn’t lie. How many UW rejected or UM rejected are crossing the border? I expected you to question the situation, but you disappointingly jumped to the ill-judged conclusion.
3. I, Mr. Icnoclast, love the fact that I took SAT which is more difficult than ACT. If you want to start name calling game, please let me know. SAT verbal test did prepare for me on that one. I can come up with more intriguing names. I didn’t feel I’m too offended or insulted as I’m not a hypersensitive person.
By the way, I love the word icon which has very important role in art history. It is indeed a very beautiful Greek word. Some people will learn five different languages, but deep down in their heart they don’t appreciate them. Passion is a big difference here. Is superficial a good word choice for this situation?
4. & 6 are the best examples of denying just for the sake of denying. Not a wise admission officer, a cautious student and knowledgeable parents will say job opportunity, connection, networking, internship opportunity, and facility are things completely unrelated to college admission process. I’m speechless. I didn’t know that you’re that far from reality. Just Wow.
5. Going back to point No. 1. I, Archie, don’t appreciate the insult but I like to insult. Pinnacle of hypocrisy.
Try harder next time.
Prado