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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Believe what you want.  If it helps you sleep at night too think you're JMU great can work his way up from loan officer at capital one to equity trader at Jane Street, don't let me stop you.  But you are lying to yourself if you think these organizations ain't care about your academic performance when they hire you.

This is true at every elite employer from law firms to investment banks to consulting companies to tech.  If you're not smart in the traditional ways, you will have a hard time getting opportunities to show that you are smart in traditional ways.[/quote]

1) Equity trader at Jane Street is not a position to aspire to. Congratulations - you’re going to make a ton of money helping other people make a ton of money. At best, you will complete your life with minimal impact and set your kids up to be trust fund babies.

2) JMU grads can absolutely work their way up into meaningful positions of impact - but I appreciate your acknowledgment that access to elite educational opportunities can make an impact on how seriously one is taken in some fields due to backwards thinking. [b]As long as this type of thinking persists in legacy industries, there is a need for programs that allow qualified students from non traditional backgrounds to have access.[/b][/quote]
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Why?

The non-traditional kid had their opportunity to show they were smart in non-traditional ways during the first 18 years of their life.  The fact is there are almost ZERO kids that are smart in non-traditional ways that are not ALSO smart in traditional ways.  The number of kids who are exceptionally smart and "just don't test well" This phenomenon is far more common among average to above average kids who don't present at average or above average.  For really smart kids, they pretty much all test well.

That JMU kid simply didn't earn a spot at harvard and we shouldn't bend over backwards to shoehorn them in there.[/quote]

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