[Alvin]

"Stanford has never done those things and never will. There are enough good players with good grades to make Stanford a pretty good team some of the time, but not all of the time."
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How about making an actual argument instead of an assertion?  And think about what you just said: "a pretty good team some of the time, but not all of the time"? I would fire you in a heartbeat if you told me that was the goal of your [fill in program, department, college, etc.]...to be pretty good. 

Besides, I'll bet not long ago Stanford never offered online courses, filed for patents, licensed inventions for commercialization, or allowed multi-national fast-food chains on campus. Times are changing.

[Alvin]

"Stanford has never done those things and never will. There are enough good players with good grades to make Stanford a pretty good team some of the time, but not all of the time."
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How about making an actual argument instead of an assertion?  And think about what you just said: "a pretty good team some of the time, but not all of the time"? I would fire you in a heartbeat if you told me that was the goal of your [fill in program, department, college, etc.]...to be pretty good. 

Besides, I'll bet not long ago Stanford never offered online courses, filed for patents, licensed inventions for commercialization, or allowed multi-national fast-food chains on campus. Times are changing.