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Most students benefit from getting admitted to prestigious institutions, even when they are unprepared. Because education is not about persistent, transferable
by Siira 5y ago
Most students benefit from getting admitted to prestigious institutions, even when they are unprepared. Because education is not about persistent, transferable learning, it's a signalling game where you can learn some skills on the side, and the hardest part of the game is the admission. It's really hard to not get your creds if you're just decent, and there are a loot of decent students.
- b9a2cab5 5y agoCertain most students would benefit. That much is obvious. But would the institution and the country benefit? Would the other students going there benefit? All of the smartest people I know went to prestigious institutions. The learning taking place there has never been the big draw; it's the student body and associated ecosystem of alumni, corporations, faculty, etc. You can learn anything by yourself off YouTube but you can't meet a large body of very intelligent people anywhere other than a prestigious college. The level of ambition, drive, and intelligence is incomparable to any corporation short of probably DeepMind or an early stage startup.