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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're way off base. No one has bragged about Sidwell or tried to suggest Sidwell is better than Gonzaga or any other school. Indeed, I made clear at the very beginning of this discussion that I don't care one bit about Sidwell's admission percentage, or Gonzaga's either for that matter. Please don't drag any emotional reactions about particular schools into this discussion, because it will only serve to distract everyone.

For me at least, this is all an abstract discussion about how best to evaluate applicants' preferences, and using limited data to discern underlying motivations. Perhaps some of you have an ulterior agenda, let's try to check that at the door, OK?[/quote]

I'm one of the PPs above. Frankly, from the repeated attempts to promote data that favor Sidwell over a school that gets lots more applicants, it looks like you, or at least someone else here, is the one with the agenda.[/quote]

Oh for chrissakes, I give up. I'm trying to have an actual discussion about methodology, and you just want to bicker about which school is better. Forget it. I'm done with this. You can have the floor to level whatever accusations you want.

If anyone wants to have a meaningful exchange, start a new thread.

Goodnight. [/quote]

This has devolved into such horrible math, it's hard to read. So more applicants, and ignoring any factors that might influence that, makes a school most desirable? The math is so easy to break down, especially considering the number of applicants per slot, and the fact that Gonzaga has 6 times as many open slots for Freshmen. How many kids that got into both schools do you think picked Gonzaga?

The only actual methodology posted in this thread was in the Wharton paper that was posted. The rest of it is just people trying to make random numbers fit their arguments.

Here's an easy one when it comes to the plurality preference: What school gets the most threads on here and people the most riled up? That's Sidwell for sure. And there's a reason that "Big 3" thread has Sidwell included in everyone's "Big (whatever number you want".[/quote]

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