I remember thinking when I graduated high school the college doesn't matter because knowledge is knowledge, so unless it's MIT who cares? How idealistically wr

I remember thinking when I graduated high school the college doesn't matter because knowledge is knowledge, so unless it's MIT who cares? How idealistically wrong. Your college affects initial conditions, and life being the chaotic system that it is, has tremendous integral effects over the trajectory. Networking, who you know, peer group...all that stuff I heard from my dad and thought was bullshit and peripheral turns out to be of ultimate consequence. Get into and associate with the most elite groups as early as your ability allows.