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by LudwigNagasena
1894 days ago
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It is really uncomfortable to see how much in life depends on the choice of university and how much they have a say in arbitrarily selecting their students. It would really be much better if lots of activities could be decoupled from universities instead of making them mini-nations where people live, find friends, do extracurriculares and everything else. |
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In the US, this just isn’t the case.
Elite schools produce a lot of elite people because many of the students were already running around in elite circles before they entered the school. They were going to succeed regardless of where they went to school.
Folks from low-SES can achieve wild success through a state school just as much as an elite school. The hard part is putting together the skill set (work habits, study skills, communication skills, social skills, etc.) that leads to wild success when one was not born into it.