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Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:48 am
by mallard
doyleoil wrote:mallard wrote:
3. Several posters, including doyleoil and myself, note its similarity to the supposedly discredited critical badger list.
always love a good shout-out, mallard....particularly when i'm dead wrong
Don't be too hard on yourself.
1. The list did indeed correspond with the badger scan.
2. The badger scan did have some noteworthy dissimilarities to data published by schools.
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:48 am
by doyleoil
xeoh85 wrote:Why didn't mandelbaum just buy the book himself?
he didn't know it was gonna be that big a deal - some people aren't quite as obsessed/jaded as the rest of us - oh, to go back.....
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:48 am
by coolkatz321
The only reason I remained on the waitlist at GW was to say I got into a T20 school, if accepted. Time to withdraw from there! Not moving from the Wisconsin WL, though
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:49 am
by lmb
OperaSoprano wrote:I am about to scan the rankings, because I love you guys so much. I am at kinkos now.
man, you rock, OS! I don't even have a dog in the fight and yet I was just as riveted by the thrill of the chase as everyone else!
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:49 am
by MrKappus
veritas85 wrote:mallard wrote:panda wrote:one question...how did she know it was going to be at Penn Station..how did this whole thing happen...go figure I miss the part where everything is actually explained and makes sense..
or maybe because its a quarter to 3am ..nothing really makes sense ...
1. Mandelbaum posts a list of schools he texted to himself after paging through a copy at Penn Station.
2. Ken says it looks like it might be a real list.
3. Several posters, including doyleoil and myself, note its similarity to the supposedly discredited critical badger list.
4. Arguments ensue.
5. OperaSoprano gets a cab to Penn Station and buys the book.
6. A Legend is Born.
7. PROFIT
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:49 am
by jcwilsn1
coolkatz321 wrote:The only reason I remained on the waitlist at GW was to say I got into a T20 school, if accepted. Time to withdraw from there! Not moving from the Wisconsin WL, though
You will be going to a top 25 institution now. must feel good.
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:49 am
by danielfgator
veritas85 wrote:xeoh85 wrote:Why didn't mandelbaum just buy the book himself?
too cheap
+1. Is the only explanation really.
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:49 am
by coolkatz321
MrKappus wrote:veritas85 wrote:mallard wrote:panda wrote:one question...how did she know it was going to be at Penn Station..how did this whole thing happen...go figure I miss the part where everything is actually explained and makes sense..
or maybe because its a quarter to 3am ..nothing really makes sense ...
1. Mandelbaum posts a list of schools he texted to himself after paging through a copy at Penn Station.
2. Ken says it looks like it might be a real list.
3. Several posters, including doyleoil and myself, note its similarity to the supposedly discredited critical badger list.
4. Arguments ensue.
5. OperaSoprano gets a cab to Penn Station and buys the book.
6. A Legend is Born.
7. ???
8. PROFIT
Fixed.
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:49 am
by gilchristh
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Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:50 am
by Jones, Dow
he was four bucks short, and that four bucks cost him superstar legend status...
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:50 am
by BobDole34
I just can't believe that critical badger guy is in undergrad and got it first!
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:51 am
by danielfgator
MrKappus wrote:veritas85 wrote:mallard wrote:panda wrote:one question...how did she know it was going to be at Penn Station..how did this whole thing happen...go figure I miss the part where everything is actually explained and makes sense..
or maybe because its a quarter to 3am ..nothing really makes sense ...
1. Mandelbaum posts a list of schools he texted to himself after paging through a copy at Penn Station.
2. Ken says it looks like it might be a real list.
3. Several posters, including doyleoil and myself, note its similarity to the supposedly discredited critical badger list.
4. Arguments ensue.
5. OperaSoprano gets a cab to Penn Station and buys the book.
6. A Legend is Born.
7. PROFIT
Hey, this is America. Making a profit is never a sin....
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:51 am
by dextermorgan
Well my skepticism bit me in the ass. Ouch on UVA.
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:51 am
by coolkatz321
jcwilsn1 wrote:coolkatz321 wrote:The only reason I remained on the waitlist at GW was to say I got into a T20 school, if accepted. Time to withdraw from there! Not moving from the Wisconsin WL, though
You will be going to a top 25 institution now. must feel good.
It's pretty cool, but I'm not that big of a rankings whore (prob. why Wisconsin is still tops on my list)
Still THRILLED about Illinois though!
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:52 am
by gilchristh
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Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:53 am
by RVP11
gilchristh wrote:dextermorgan wrote:Well my skepticism bit me in the ass. Ouch on UVA.
It wasn't the skepticism; it was the cockiness... not yours, per se, but oh-so-many others. Have I mentioned lately how good it feels to be vindicated?
Does this seriously make you feel good?
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:53 am
by OperaSoprano
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Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:53 am
by Veritas
gilchristh wrote:dextermorgan wrote:Well my skepticism bit me in the ass. Ouch on UVA.
It wasn't the skepticism; it was the cockiness... not yours, per se, but oh-so-many others. Have I mentioned lately how good it feels to be vindicated?
yea, now go to bed.
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:53 am
by coolkatz321
OperaSoprano wrote:
You're AWESOME!
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:54 am
by flhealth
in their defense, the data was right but the format was soooooo bad it looked like a flame
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:54 am
by OperaSoprano
Can you guys read it? I need a confirm
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:54 am
by RVP11
Yuck.
Ugly formatting is intact.
Looks as if the leak was someone getting a hold of a mockup.
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:54 am
by coolkatz321
OperaSoprano wrote:Can you guys read it? I need a confirm
First one looks good, albeit being a bit crooked.
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:54 am
by dextermorgan
I just want to say thank you to Opera. Now I won't be sitting in front of a computer on my GFs birthday.
Re: Opera goes to Penn Station in search of Rankings!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:55 am
by Veritas
OperaSoprano wrote:Can you guys read it? I need a confirm
it's small, but it is legible!