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pregnant chad

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A quick definition of pregnant chad:

A pregnant chad is a small piece of paper that is attached to a punch-card ballot by several points. When a voter punches out the chad to cast a vote, it must be completely separated from the ballot for the vote to be counted. A pregnant chad is a type of chad that is bulging but not pierced, with all its points attached to the ballot. The closely contested 2000 presidential election was delayed for several weeks because more than 40,000 ballots with partially attached chads had to be hand-counted.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: A pregnant chad is a type of chad that is bulging but not pierced, with all its points attached to the ballot. It is similar to a dimpled chad, which is also attached to the ballot but not fully punched through. Both types of chads can cause issues with machine-read punch-card ballots, as the chad must be completely separated from the ballot for the vote to be counted.

Example: In the 2000 presidential election, more than 40,000 ballots with partially attached chads had to be hand-counted, causing delays in the election results. Some of these chads were pregnant or dimpled, meaning that they were not fully detached from the ballot and could not be read by the voting machines.

Explanation: The example illustrates how pregnant chads can cause issues with punch-card ballots and lead to delays in election results. When a chad is not fully detached from the ballot, it can be difficult for voting machines to accurately read the voter's intent. In the case of the 2000 presidential election, the presence of thousands of partially attached chads led to a controversial and closely contested outcome.

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texaslawhopefully
12:09
So what exactly does the index number mean
depends on which type of urm you are plus how the schools feel about urm that given cycle
12:10
lol so are the constant index values -169.98 to 267.167 variance
12:10
range*
12:11
also, idk who needs to hear this but working with 2+ monitors is suck a game changer
12:16
i love my 2 monitors at work
12:16
such* fuck my fat fingers
12:17
if i was Tex I wouldn’t worry about index numbers. they’re just LSAT and GPA reformulated into an index. you’re above them. end of story
texaslawhopefully
12:17
Yeah, that’s fair. And clearly being above them is meaningless
texaslawhopefully
12:18
I just want Chicago to accept me at this point. I feel like it’s such a good fit, my whole narrative is free expression and whatnot
12:20
the index seems applicable for splitters or low score ppl.
12:20
to assess their value to each school
12:20
Index numbers seem useful mostly to help you see how soon your app might be reviewed after submitting, since admissions officers are incentivized to make decisions on high performers early. But I’m not actually sure how useful that is in reality lol. It could also give some hints on how much a school weighs gpa vs lsat
12:20
yeah tldr mathy astrology for admissions lmfao
12:21
but but but correlation within the data set always is causation. -155 scorer be like
12:22
I definitely made a copy of that sheet out of curiosity. I love how it’s formatted
12:24
does the status "File under review" or "Review In Progress" count as UR?
12:24
I’d count both of those as UR
12:24
ok tyyy
There is a guy an admitted students group chat plugging his book and offering to send signed copies, like fuck bro this is not the place and I now know who I want to avoid
12:50
she split on my median
JumpySubsequentDolphin
12:55
omg bunny
JumpySubsequentDolphin
12:55
did you end up liking the curve love jeans from Abercrombie
killjoyace
13:12
@llama: i think the user index (column R) formula for columbia is wrong (mistyped probably) but other than that this is a spectacular spreadsheet
killjoyace
13:13
SORRY stanford
killjoyace
13:13
not columbia
13:28
@killjoyace: yep u were 100% correct thankya
killjoyace
13:30
no problem!! really really great work with the spreadsheet btw it's amazing
14:48
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