I don't think so. I got the impression he went to or watched a baseball game and airshow, hated them (as might be expected since hobbies and interests are often acquired tastes), and somehow managed to turn it into some kind of cultural commentary on Americans. Look out Tocqueville! Maybe we...
Yeah - the United States is highly multicultural, and there's not one big unifying activity that really brings Americans together, like football does in Spain.
Can't you imagine your stereotypical boorish and obnoxious middle-aged American tourist and his wife coming back from their European vacation, and him telling all his buddies: "Let me tell you, them Europeans really like to do small and stupid things"?
Man, I gots to get me one of them All-Clad braisers. BTW - you can get cheaper All-Clad stuff (factory irregulars) here:
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For a grill pan - it seems like a cheap cast iron pan should suffice most of the time.
Given that the GRE has quite a bit of correlation with the SAT, I would venture to guess that you didn't do that well on the SAT and are probably not in a top-ranked undergrad program?
If your ultimate goal is to get a job in finance after you get out of undergrad, NYU seems like a pretty decent choice. You haven't really mentioned what your alternatives or long-term goals are.
You might also want to ask your question over at the Wilmott forums (the career one...
There's a prof at Harvard in the applied math dept (maybe he's retired now) who had no control over his gas during class. Ripped some while we were taking our final too. Acted like nothing happened.