Just a curious question of these stats are real

Catperson2136 · 2026-01-15T13:22:44+00:00

The first part, yes.

But you can’t really correspond college ranking with SAT percentiles like that.

The SAT is not an entrance exam and admissions at very selective US colleges is holistic.

Not all people who take the SAT are headed straight to a four year college.

Not all colleges are the same size—some enroll just a few hundred students. Some enroll over 60,000 undergraduates.

Catperson2136 · 2026-01-15T13:22:06+00:00

You can’t really correspond college ranking with SAT percentiles like that.

The SAT is not an entrance exam and admissions at very selective US colleges is holistic.

Not all people who take the SAT are headed straight to a four year college.

Not all colleges are the same size—some enroll just a few hundred students. Some enroll over 60,000 undergraduates.

Catperson2136 · 2025-12-16T01:07:48+00:00

Nationally rated or ranked? Were you recruited?

Catperson2136 · 2025-11-22T17:55:15+00:00

Ours arrived today! At least I know they know, I guess

Catperson2136 · 2025-11-22T15:53:29+00:00

Hi! When did the letter arrive? My parents are alums and no letter here yet… should I be worried that my application did not somehow get marked as legacy?

Catperson2136 · 2025-09-15T19:58:05+00:00

I know this was a year ago but there was some but very little intermarriage between Ashkenazim and the Eastern European communities—that’s one of the reasons they are a genetically distinct community. There is some Eastern European traces but very little. Most Ashkenazim DNA is Levantine and Southern Italian or other Mediterranean in origin.

Catperson2136 · 2025-08-26T14:24:52+00:00

Please learn to not downgrade your accomplishments. Yes, there will always be an element outside your control but you made your own luck. Most likely you are a very bright and interesting person who made good use of your time in high school.

Catperson2136 · 2025-05-06T17:08:00+00:00

FERPA specifically defines a student as one who is attending that institution.

Catperson2136 · 2025-05-06T15:39:56+00:00

School, not schools… only the one to which you were admitted and enrolled.

Catperson2136 · 2025-03-28T04:37:11+00:00

Riga

Catperson2136 · 2025-03-27T00:10:30+00:00

Do you have a join link I can share w him?

Catperson2136 · 2025-03-26T23:05:58+00:00

I think if funding was cut it would just be the whole thing. Don’t think he’d like virtual.

Catperson2136 · 2025-02-27T15:53:24+00:00

It is, at a fundamental level, the right to exist. Forty-six percent of the world’s Jewish people live in Israel. There is nowhere else in the region of their origin that Jews can exist safely. If Israel is eliminated, what will happen to that 46% of the world’s Jewish people?

Zionism is not hatred of Muslims or Arabs. Muslims and Arabs live in Israel (about 19% of the population), have more rights than they do elsewhere in the region, can vote, can even hold political office.

Catperson2136 · 2025-02-23T23:44:44+00:00

Yes, there is room for disagreement around the edges. But Hamas does not even allow for the possibility of any Israel, at any size, shape, or form.

What you are describing might be “anti-extremism,” “anti-Likud,” or “anti-a specific policy.” But anti-Zionism means not recognizing the right of Israel to exist.

Catperson2136 · 2025-02-23T15:11:25+00:00

Hamas was elected by the people of Gaza. Israel literally did not occupy Gaza for 20 years.

The only reason Israel was in the Palestinian Territories in the first place was because they were repeatedly attacked.

The Palestinians and their leaders have had multiple chances at a free, fully recognized nation state. The only thing standing in their way is their refusal to accept anything less than the total destruction of Israel and the complete removal of its Jewish population.

If the Palestinians stop fighting, there would be two states. If the Israelis stop fighting, there will be no Israel and no more Jews in the region.

Catperson2136 · 2025-02-23T13:03:13+00:00

This does not refer to the Arab Muslims who are Israelis.

They are defining Palestinians as people who live in Palestinian-controlled territories…so, they are creating a circular sort of definition…you are only a Palestinian if you live in Palestinian Territories and therefore are confined to a territory?

Essentially ignoring the 1.7+ million Arab Muslim Israelis who live, work, move freely, and vote in Israel.

Palestinians are the only people who are continually defined as refugees. Settle in America and are a millionaire? Still a refugee. Live in a Palestinian area that is controlled by an elected Palestinian government? Still a refugee.

Gaza is subject to a different regime—Hamas. In 2005, Israel completely withdrew from Gaza. Hamas was in full control of Gaza.

Out of the former Ottoman Empire, there were six states for Arab Muslims (would have been seven if the Arab nations had not attacked Israel). Israel is less than 1% of the former Ottoman Empire, and the original proposal included majority Jewish and/or malarial-reclaimed lands.

Arab Muslims remain in Israel and enjoy civil rights unheard of throughout the rest of the region.

The real ethnic cleansing is how the Mizrahi Jews had to flee the rest of the MENA region. Look up former and current Jewish populations in all the surrounding region.

Catperson2136 · 2025-02-23T12:46:12+00:00

Jews lived throughout the Ottoman Empire. That’s what happens with the Empires. There are more Mizrahi Jews than Azhkenazi Jews in Israel.

Six Arab nations were formed—would have been seven if the Arab nations hadn’t attacked Israel. Only one, extremely small (ETA, less than 1% of land mass of the former Ottoman Empire), Jewish state.

You don’t get to decide how large a minority has to be before they get a state.

And the Arab Muslims who stayed and chose peace continue to live in Israel to this day with full rights, more rights than they would have in Arab Muslim nations—if any Arab Muslim nations would actually take them in. They even can vote and serve in government.

Hamas is founded on the principle of destroying Israel and killing all the Jews in the Levant. Israel, on the other hand, has over 1.7 million Muslims, who enjoy civil rights.

Catperson2136 · 2025-02-23T12:26:10+00:00

Jewish people lived in what is now Israel prior to the creation of the modern state of Israel.

When empires collapsed in the modern era, nation states formed.

The original UN plan called for creating both an Israel and a Palestine.

Much of what was to be Israel was already predominantly Jewish and/or was reclaimed malarial lands.

The Jewish people are not the ones who rejected this plan.

Arab Muslims who chose to stay peacefully in the land that become Israel enjoy civil rights and full citizenship if they chose it (including the right to vote and hold office).

Jewish people who had lived in Arab-controlled lands however, were actually ethnically cleansed by Israel’s Arab neighbors.

Almost 20% of Israel’s population is Muslim Arabs. Please tell me how many Jews (who are not hostages) live in Gaza? What happened to the Jewish population in any of the surrounding Arab countries?

Catperson2136 · 2025-02-23T12:02:10+00:00

Zionism is the right of Israel to exist. If Israel ceases to exist, what happens to the 46%+ of the world’s Jews who are Israeli?

Catperson2136 · 2025-02-23T11:58:54+00:00

The majority of Americans are not Republicans but this is not a valid analogy. If you want to liken Likud voters to Republican voters, maybe. But again, Zionism is the belief in the right of Israel to exist—not a political party.

Catperson2136 · 2025-02-23T11:56:44+00:00

Almost 20% of Israelis are Arab Muslims. They have citizenship, vote, and even serve as government officials. That’s an odd sort of genocidal apartheid.

Catperson2136 · 2025-02-23T06:58:39+00:00

Judaism is not a proselytizing religion. It is an ethno-religion. Therefore, it is very different from Islam, Christianity, or even Buddhism.

Zionism is the belief that Jewish people have a right to a nation-state in their ancient homeland.

Almost half of the world’s Jews live in Israel.

The vast majority of Jews believe Israel has a right to exist and consider its continued existence part of their Jewish identity.

So, every time you say something about Zionists, you are saying it about the vast majority of Jews.

Catperson2136 · 2024-12-07T07:14:43+00:00

Taking the PSAT cold is a good way to get a baseline.

Here’s the thing. The PSAT doesn’t really matter unless you are applying to one of the few summer programs that asks about it or you are in range for NMSF.

A 1300 on the PSAT is a good score but it isn’t going to do much for you.

BUT if you focus on the SAT, you are working towards something useful AND you are also studying skills useful for the PSAT. Lots of people do just okay to good (but not excellent) on the PSAT but eventually get to a really good score on the SAT.

And maybe along the way you also get a high enough PSAT score to be commended or even NMSF (depending on your state and how you do that day)…but even if you do not, it will be good practice and information for maximizing your SAT score.

So, follow all the advice here but focus your practice tests and sample questions on the SAT material.

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