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[quote=Anonymous]So much of this discussion is so ridiculously narrowly focused on a single model of 'success' that very few people want or aim for -- that Harvard to "top internship" to high paying "consulting job." If you offered whatever version of that is in your head to any kid in my extended family right now, particularly the actual geniuses, they would laugh at you. They have their own goal and vision of happiness and success, and they have achieved it from many different colleges where they were also happy and successful.

Also, thinking about the up or out model a few posters mention, particularly in law (which I know best as a former partner on a hiring committee), what you see more often than those who "don't make it" are those who self-opt-out. They were taught that success means being first and best, so they worked hard for it, then when they saw where it got them, they realized it was not a good life for them (or they weren't willing to sell their soul for the money). Most have the courage and financial ability to change tracks at that point. Some never grow from the mind set, some have golden handcuffs by that point and feel stuck, and a much smaller number actually love the work and have a mission unrelated to the money.  [/quote]

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