Anonymous wrote:Went to a "W" school. All the straight-A kids ended up going to Ivy League schools and ended up as lawyers and doctors. They followed the standard path, worked hard, and studied well.
The most successful people money-wise were the B students. They were the hustlers who started companies and got into risky careers like private equity. I know of at least 5 multi-millionaires among the B-crowd. None in the A-crowd.
Most of the rich private equity and hedge fund and entrepreneur kids at my school were "A" students, they either did the Ivy League Econ/Gov track or something quantitative (e.g., engineering at Berkeley).