[Spiny_Norman]

So I have this friend who is a U.S.C. graduate alum.  He can't get over the fact his team is under Stanford control, so he claims the fact he's worked with former Stanford football players he finds intellectually unimpressive is proof Stanford's high admissions standards are a myth.

OutsiderFan, your friend with the graduate U.S.C. degree should have the academic training to recognize that a few anecdotal data points are not a sound basis for drawing broad conclusions.

However if all of the data provided here is not sufficient to counter his "proof that Stanford's high admission standards are a myth," I would just shrug my shoulders and say "scoreboard."

[Spiny_Norman]

So I have this friend who is a U.S.C. graduate alum.  He can't get over the fact his team is under Stanford control, so he claims the fact he's worked with former Stanford football players he finds intellectually unimpressive is proof Stanford's high admissions standards are a myth.

OutsiderFan, your friend with the graduate U.S.C. degree should have the academic training to recognize that a few anecdotal data points are not a sound basis for drawing broad conclusions.

However if all of the data provided here is not sufficient to counter his "proof that Stanford's high admission standards are a myth," I would just shrug my shoulders and say "scoreboard."