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Part of the power of YC is that it's in some way collective bargaining. There's a similar phenomenon at top law schools (I was a lawyer in a previous life). W
by smalter 14y ago
Part of the power of YC is that it's in some way collective bargaining.
There's a similar phenomenon at top law schools (I was a lawyer in a previous life). When law firms come to campus to interview students, the school's goal is to obscure which students are top students and which aren't. Why? To protect the middle and bottom of the class and facilitate everyone getting jobs based on the school's brand.
The YC Demo Day format and the removal of the fundraising slide can in part be explained by the desire to obscure which companies will be hot (unlike say, if there are booths), so that everyone can raise based the YC brand versus just the hottest companies.
- akldfgj 14y agoDoesn't a law school give everyone an official rank to put on their resume?
- dmarble 14y agoThe general idea above is certainly true for most top schools. AFAIK, several (Yale, Stanford) give no rank whatsoever. A number of the top schools will only segment by one or two major divisions. For example, many give distinction for top 10% and top 30-35%. Some will publish what the actual GPA is for cutoffs, so employers do have a good idea, but many do not post such information. See, e.g., http://legalgeekery.com/2010/04/09/a-comparison-of-law-school-graduation-honors-requirements/ http://legalgeekery.com/2010/04/09/a-comparison-of-law-schoo...