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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s interesting to me how openly cynical the founder of Crimson is.  I suppose it’s capitalism at work,  but turning a kid into a luxury good to be purchased does feel icky to me,  personally.  And a bit sad.  [/quote]

I know.  That was the worst thing about the article.

The founder seemed like a really motivated bright guy and all he's doing with his talent is groom rich kids to get into Ivies with maybe a small pro bono angle along the way.

It's sad to think about how structured these kids' lives must be.  I spent a lot of my youth reading about anything and everything I was interested in.  This process turns kids into mini-adults before they are done growing.[/quote]

The founder said he didn’t go to a single party during his time at Harvard.  What was he chasing?  What kind of life are these kids chasing?  What is the point of living like that?[/quote]

He was running his business in College and it was grossing over $1MM per year.

Unfortunately, his business probably required he graduate (though maybe just acceptance would work?).  Not sure how it is different from Dell dropping out of UT after one year, or the Facebook origin story or Alexandr Wang founding Scale AI and dropping out of MIT.[/quote]

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