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You keep mentioning Rhodes scholars. I think you have a very different idea about the purpose of a Rhodes scholarship than most of the scholars.
by SamBam 3y ago
You keep mentioning Rhodes scholars. I think you have a very different idea about the purpose of a Rhodes scholarship than most of the scholars.
- smelendez 3y agoYeah, most aspiring entrepreneurs don’t want to pause for graduate study at Oxford. It’s like saying Y Combinator has failed to produce a single National Book Award nominee, or judging Juilliard by how many future dentists studied there.
- NovemberWhiskey 3y agoCurrent criteria for Rhodes Scholarship selection, which I think rather makes the point: # literary and scholastic attainments # energy to use one's talents to the full # truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship # moral force of character and instincts to lead, and to take an interest in one's fellow beings