Where did your high achieving students end up after college?
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Anonymous
| I was one of these kids. Summa Cum Laude humanities at an Ivy, now C-Suite exec at a company that is not in any of the fields named in this thread that aligns with my passions, just grazing seven figures in total comp. My family background was working class and my parents wanted me to go to law school. Paths like mine are still available but I don’t think it’s what tippy top stats kids aspire to now. |
Anonymous
| Roommates mother told him on day 1. I expect you to make Phi Beta Kappa . He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude with a peptic ulcer. My mother said ‘just pass . |
Anonymous
| I was that person. Graduated in 2010 with 20 Aps and 4.0, fgli before that was the big phase, and went to a good liberal arts college. I am lucky to be a director for a biopharma lab after taking a few years after college undergoing a Rhodes Scholarship. Most people in my situation went to Law or med school. |
Anonymous
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Top stats
Val Top 10 undergrad Top 5 med school Leadership mentality was established well before college |
Anonymous
| A gap year and now second year of medical school |
Anonymous
| I saw many med school and law school. The C-suite PP stands out. |
Anonymous
| That describes my two nephews, both went to Ivies. One works for an IB firm in LA (family lives in CA). The other had a great job with the USDA in Hawaii but got fired along with all the other probationary workers. Looking at grad school now. |
Anonymous
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Two kids.
Similar stats (1540 and 1520). Similar GPA (3.85 and 3.9 UW). Interesting but not great ECs. Great Essays. DS got into his top choice (Ivy) and is now at the same Ivy’s Law School. DD didnt get in any Ivy. Ended up at a Southern SEC State School. Graduated near top of her class and is now at the same Law School as DS… End result was the same….just different avenues….the high achiever will succeed regardless of undergraduate university…. |
Anonymous
Daughter - perfect SAT’s - 13 5’s on AP’s, straight A’s at TJ. Now an exec at a bank in Northern Europe. Dual citizenship too so Europe works for her - multi-lingual - Princeton grad - I always worry about her being happy. |
Anonymous
Yup. I guess it could be worse. They could be working for the Trump Administration, Tesla, Fox News or in private equity. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
I don’t know why this is sad. Most college grads have always gone to work for big companies…just that now it’s FAANG vs GE or Proctor & Gamble. |
Anonymous
+1. And really sad to see all the brilliant math kids we knew end up in finance. My high-achieving kid is in a PhD program that will feel the effects of Trump’s war on science research. |
Anonymous
| DS: Chicago undergrad (Comp Sci), UMD grad (MEng., Project Management), Deputy Project Manager @ NASA Goddard. (And thankfully, not threatened by the chaos in Washington - well, yet, anyway.) |
Anonymous
| Geologist, very happy in her job with the US government until a couple of months ago when she had to wonder every day if her program would be cut and she'd be fired. Still has a job, but is actively job hunting and even considering going to law school as she thinks she might make a bigger difference working in policy/government. |