What stats can’t tell us about baseball or life
As Yale accepted another class of students this week, I thought back to when I was an applicant, and to my college essay. I remembered again that I’m here thanks to 500 words I wrote about baseball statistics. In my essay, I detailed how my appreciation for statistical analysis had helped me grow and what statistics had taught me about the world. I began the essay with what I thought was a powerful hook: Baseball stats had shown me the meaning of life.
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