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    1. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Oct 1

      https://twitter.com/profmusgrave/status/1443974122552401937 …pic.twitter.com/i8rlCYczp1

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    2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Oct 1

      fwiw i went to my state school this guys gonna be fine. probably better than if hed done HPY tbh

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    3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Oct 1

      i personally view GPA vs SATs as mapping onto the von Hammerstein-Equord axes https://twitter.com/wastetime/status/1444041913775140865?s=19 …pic.twitter.com/eFFN62eZ30

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    4. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Oct 1

      i guess elaborating an advantage to going to a state R0 school (UMN) was that there were plenty of opportunities for me to pursue outside of the classroom, so i was able to get some publications and also outshine other people in my labs, get good student jobs, etc

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    5. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Oct 1

      but basically undergrads are all terrible everywhere, but at a big state school its easy to do well and stand out relative to other undergrads without actually being a brain genious, and there were tons of opportunities

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    6. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Oct 1

      also it was cheap enough that i was able to add a second major totally unrelated to my first major and take a fifth year of courses without taking on debt and big enough that no one bothered to keep track of what i was doing overall just a lot of fun

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      eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Oct 1

      there are probably some careers (bulge brackets, management consulting) where your gonna have a hard time breaking in outside of ivies but frankly those careers are shit compared to tech and getting worse, and not worth pursuing in most cases

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        2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Oct 1

          basically the combination of the 08 crisis and the rise of tech imo absolutely ruined the old east coast overachiever career path in both absolute and relative terms i think this is underdiscussed

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        3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Oct 1

          but my *hunch* is the ivies have never recovered and pivoted hard to their comparative advantage (rent-seeking and burning legacy brand prestige until people realize its gone)

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        2. roon ( 🔄,  🔄)‏ @tszzl Oct 1
          Replying to @eigenrobot

          there is and will continue to be value in these schools even in tech not to get into faang necessarily but to get into the trading cos or biotech or VC which all tends to be a bit more conservative/ selective

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        3. pùjz‏ @mahhnav Oct 1
          Replying to @tszzl @eigenrobot

          How do you feel about med as an in to biotech Does the vocation-level prestige carry over? Is the cost/benefit too high

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