Re:Paul Graham: News from the Front
by pg on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @02:10PM
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[4] At the best colleges you learn more from other students than from your professors. You should be able to reproduce this at almost any college by making a conscious effort to find smart friends, instead of leaving it to chance.
I.e. the benefit of going to an elite college is that you get almost for free something you have to work at otherwise: knowing lots of smart people.
Re:Paul Graham: News from the Front
by jedberg on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @02:17PM
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Ah. I guess being in the footnote made me think it was more of an offhanded comment than a major counterpoint to the premise of the essay. Perhaps in an edited version, this should get its own paragraph.
I.e. the benefit of going to an elite college is that you get almost for free something you have to work at otherwise: knowing lots of smart people.