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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The opposite of striver/grinder is entitled.

We are supposed to believe that everyone should follow our passions, and if it should come to pass that we find ourselves biglaw partners, surgeons, or in finance that it was because we always loved debate, or anatomy, or perhaps math and that we simply did what seemed reasonable at the time and it came to pass that we landed first in prestigious universities, then graduate schools, and then a succession of steps of increasing “responsibility” on the career ladder.

Of course the money is pretty good, but obviously that wasn’t what I was thinking about at the time…

When did work become unseemly?

This country used to celebrate those who made the most they could of themselves.

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No, the opposite of striver/grinder in a college admissions context is a well-adjusted individual.

Non-strivers and non-grinders exist in all of the fields you mentioned. [/quote]

Lol, “well adjusted,” that is wonderfully subjective isn’t it?

They worked hard you see, but not too hard, there is a fine line…

Take my little Sally for example, she would be a wonderful surgeon. She has always liked helping people and she is just delightful company.  She may not have the scores of some of those striver kids, but she has a social life and at least her interest is genuine.

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Well, yes, Sally wouldn’t be described as a striver.

The kid who pretends to like helping people just to boost his med school application (and probably does a dozen other things he doesn’t like but pretends to for the sake of app boosting, not to mention being sharp elbowed with others), on the other hand, would definitely be one.

It’s not about working super hard or somewhat less hard.[/quote]

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