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12 Post author: lukeprog 21 September 2011 01:28AM

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Comment author: pedanterrific 21 September 2011 04:41:11PM 0 points [-]

you would have to be supremely confident in how well-thought out and coherent you were

This is pretty much the whole point, isn't it?

(And this is ignoring the other obvious factor, which is how much you care about what professors appreciate.)