Re:A college student’s individual analysis of productivity o...
by WalterBright on Saturday January 28, 2017 @08:53PM
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> High school students work their asses off to get into highly selective colleges.
Not necessarily true. I never worked hard at anything in high school, and was accepted by several ivy league colleges. My experience was not unusual. I did not work all that hard in college, but was accepted at Stanford for grad school.
(I averaged maybe 30-40hrs a week on schoolwork in college, leaving plenty of time for other activities.)
There were some who did work their asses off, but they were in the minority and I felt rather sorry for them. Either they were working inefficiently, or just weren't cut out for that career path. It'd be like me trying to be a pro athlete. I could work my ass off, and never get anywhere, as I have worse than no aptitude for it.
Some also did no perceptible work and got straight As. I was a bit envious of them :-) they were amazing people.
Not necessarily true. I never worked hard at anything in high school, and was accepted by several ivy league colleges. My experience was not unusual. I did not work all that hard in college, but was accepted at Stanford for grad school.
(I averaged maybe 30-40hrs a week on schoolwork in college, leaving plenty of time for other activities.)
There were some who did work their asses off, but they were in the minority and I felt rather sorry for them. Either they were working inefficiently, or just weren't cut out for that career path. It'd be like me trying to be a pro athlete. I could work my ass off, and never get anywhere, as I have worse than no aptitude for it.
Some also did no perceptible work and got straight As. I was a bit envious of them :-) they were amazing people.