> Today we simply use college as a proxy for intelligence, so people just like to go to the highest rated college they can to be viewed as intelligent. Hmmm… I

> Today we simply use college as a proxy for intelligence, so people just like to go to the highest rated college they can to be viewed as intelligent. Hmmm… I would say college is a proxy for social currency, of which intelligence is one type. In most cases, intelligence is the least valuable (imho).