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I got put in RavenClaw in one fun April 1st Discord prank...
...my hubbie shook his head and was like "which is funny because you're a Hufflepuff!"
(This interaction is hilarious for multiple reasons, now that I'm typing it out & thinking about it.)
An example is having a bunch of insightful theories about social dynamics, but when actually in a situation where they could put those theories into practice, there is some kind of block. The models are not acting like felt models.
I think i've lived this one before as well!! (i mean... everyone has, maybe, either on a large scale or small.)
I have a X-ian example i want to share, but I don't want to be seen as a pushy person "trying to convert people." (I do think it's an interesting and useful example though, and actually not-uncritical of Christianity, at least as practiced, anyway.)
I also had a block around "convincing other people of anything."
Aughhh, yes. That rings true!
What I ended up doing that gave me a big breakthrough was HAMMER the person repeatedly; whenever the other person (for example, my aspie husband) was like "this is wrong because of X" and they hadn't accounted something, I could be like "No, I don't think so because of Y."
(or, funnier, "Actually, I think it MIGHT be wrong because of X, but I want to make sure you know about Y, because I think you don't.")
Also remain very ready to turn around, and not be afraid of people's threats of anger. (This required extensive community formation to get... (read more)
It appears you're doing what amounts to "rolling applications," where you make a decision on each application about 10 days after it's submitted. You might want to publish your list of accepted applicants here as they are admitted.
NOTE: Of course, that's with permission. You probably want to have a thoughtful conversation with each applicant about if they want to be published to this, (and under what name or pseudonym) given that anonymous online writing is deeply tied to the norms & history of the community.. and this would break the IRL/online identity separation.