Having watched the Gladwell talk a couple of times now - I think your experience is really the most indicative of what he was trying to say. Many self weed the

Having watched the Gladwell talk a couple of times now - I think your experience is really the most indicative of what he was trying to say. Many self weed themselves out of Engineering and into generic liberal arts studies - even though they were top of their high school class in STEM and specifically chose the highly selective school for STEM. And perhaps not all have the mental fortitude to stick with it in the background like you did - which is a net loss for society.