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True but that kid is still running around sporting an unearned degree. He will meet many people from all walks of life over the course of his life. The smart k
by FredPret 3y ago
True but that kid is still running around sporting an unearned degree. He will meet many people from all walks of life over the course of his life.
The smart kids can tell that this is a dumb kid with a Stanford degree. It does not look good.
Also, there's a smart poor kid out there should've been in his place.
- pfannkuchen 3y agoSo I’m not 100% sure that the motives are pure all around. But! I think it’s very plausible that network-mixing with wealthy families, who collectively have some significant control over the economy because that’s what wealth fundamentally is in our society, may actually be critical to the value of attending elite universities for the merit-based-selection group.