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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"The most successful people I know did not go to college."

Give me a break. [/quote]

DP. I know two self-made billionaires who did not attend college. I’ve met a third (Bill Gates) who attended but did not graduate. That’s in addition to quite a few more run of the mill millionaires that I know. Most college graduates are salary workers who won’t take the risks necessary to get really rich. [/quote]

How many are women and how many are URM? It’s not just being willing to take the risk yourself to be an entrepreneur, you have to convince people to take a risk on you to pick your product/service or invest in your company.  I know this is taking the conversation in a slightly different direction that OP intended but I feel like this “oh you don’t need college” and “it’s okay to be average”  isn’t the message I can give my kids because as a minority woman it would make their road 10x harder.

I will say to my kids that there are many different paths to success and what success looks like isn’t the same for every person.   There are certain things that can close certain doors or makes things harder but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t another way to get there.  So a B in math doesn’t mean you can’t be an engineer but it could change how you get there, what school you go to, if you look into a transfer into the engineering  program versus direct admit etc.  Also know wherever you go, you need to do well if you are competing for internships and jobs at employers that are popular.  Again, there may be another pathway where it may take working at a smaller, not as well known company and prove yourself there to move to a bigger company.  So it’s not fixed, but at some point once they figure out what they want to do, they do have to work hard in that area and work for what they want and be good enough to make a living in that area. [/quote]

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