If I'm being brutally honest, I don't have much formal education, so I don't really know what "esoteric nonsense" means, but this is the most amusing bit of the thread in many, many moons.
If 2.93 vs 3.42 doesn't interest you, save yourself the aggro of applying, dude, cuz that's the kind of $hit that battles are fought over at BA.
Best wishes with your application and your career.
Cheers
Buter