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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its not comparable to Georgetown which is fiercely competitive and recruits from all over. AU is moderately competitive and recruits mainly from the DMV and NE[/quote]

This doesn’t seem scientific. Why would it be better to recruit from “all over.” DC has population density and a lot of good students. That’s why colleges have DC-based recruiters…AU is already in DC, which is where other colleges place recruiters to get students…[/quote]

Where they come from is irrelevant as you say, but how smart they are and what they can contribute is going to be wildly different.

The professor up thread who taught at an Ivy and then at AU said the kids are smarter at the Ivy. Of course they are. AU by comparison is "average" and the poster questioning how they're average - they're an "average thinker" like you PP. Grasp that and you're onto a winning streak.[/quote]

Because everyone at an Ivy is an "above-average thinker"? I definitely know someone who doesn't quite fit that description.[/quote]

Sure, we've all met the bimbos from Columbia and the air-heads from Oxford. But are they talking with you about their specialist subject? Probably not. You can get these rare genius types who have zero common sense for instance. It's likely you've encountered that, rather than seeing any example of their intellectual abilities.[/quote]

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