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📣 surprisetalk

In hindsight, what would you change about you education?


In hindsight, what would you change about you education?


  👤 moomoo11 Accepted Answer ✓
I’d aim to go to Stanford.

I was immigrant here. Not a rich kid at all. I got scholarship to our state college based on my SATs but couldn’t accept because I was international student. I got my GC when I was in 3rd year.

I could have gone to NYU at full cost. Maybe I should have.

The network, caliber of people I met at my state college were so average. It kind of knee capped me as well because I think if I had gone to a “better” college I’d have met smart risk takers right off the rip.


👤 caprock
Several ideas off the cuff:

* More work semesters like Waterloo

* A class on career planning

* A class on financial planning

* Philosophy of science and engineering course


👤 Poomba
I would focus less on getting good grades, and more about finding like-minded students, or students who could complement my strengths so I could work with them in the future