I know and agree with everything you say. I was just replying to my parent who was trying to spin this as an advantage for Marissa, under the context of "all el

I know and agree with everything you say. I was just replying to my parent who was trying to spin this as an advantage for Marissa, under the context of "all else being equal". Under your context, which is indeed the reality, both my comment and my parent's comment are irrelevant.