Where did your most impressive young colleague (graduated within the past 10 yrs) go to college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One went somewhere in India for undergrad. Another went to MIT. Another went to William & Mary.

Oh and we have some great USD people too.

[Anonymous]

Pomona

[Anonymous]

One Maryland--physicist.

One Catholic U--biomedical engineering.

[Anonymous]

Brown - killer smart and massively creative.

[Anonymous]

SUNY Buffalo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is all very interesting anecdotal data, but someone who is stand-out impressive would probably be so regardless of the college they attended.

That's really why the chasing prestige and "trauma" over college admissions is ridiculous. A really smart, motivated student will excel anywhere. Where you go is not nearly as important as what you do while there.

[Anonymous]

I work at a place that 20 years ago mainly hired only Ivy and near Ivys. The most impressive person on my team didn’t even go to college. She was hired as a temp when she moved to a city seeking adventure because her family was too poor to send her to college. Her supervisor saw talent and hired her permanently and she was on a steep promotion trajectory. I recruited her (internally) to my team and didn’t even know she didn’t go to college until she had been on my team for almost a year. She’s now a Director. She’s got amazing initiative and willingness to just take responsibility for whatever we throw her way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is all very interesting anecdotal data, but someone who is stand-out impressive would probably be so regardless of the college they attended.

That's really why the chasing prestige and "trauma" over college admissions is ridiculous. A really smart, motivated student will excel anywhere. Where you go is not nearly as important as what you do while there.

Completely agree.
DP

[Anonymous]

In tech:
UW Madison (CS & stats)
Smith (CS)
Roanoke (CS & math)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In tech:
UW Madison (CS & stats)
Smith (CS)
Roanoke (CS & math)

Also:
Rowan (math)
Pitt (CS)
OSU (math)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is all very interesting anecdotal data, but someone who is stand-out impressive would probably be so regardless of the college they attended.

That's really why the chasing prestige and "trauma" over college admissions is ridiculous. A really smart, motivated student will excel anywhere. Where you go is not nearly as important as what you do while there.

100%

[Anonymous]

MIT

[Anonymous]

Penn, by a long shot. (Policy field not Wharton.)

Just because smart people come from all kinds of institutions does not mean top tier institutions don't also graduate very smart people....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Penn, by a long shot. (Policy field not Wharton.)

Just because smart people come from all kinds of institutions does not mean top tier institutions don't also graduate very smart people....

The sky is blue.

[Anonymous]

Case Western. CS major, just absolutely top notch.