Anyone heard of this?

Applying to College
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<p>I was wondering whether you heard of any successful person who didn't go to a top-tier school....</p>

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<p>No, never.</p>

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<p>I hope this is a joke thread....</p>

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<p>Ronald Reagan
Steve Jobs</p>

<p>among millions of others...</p>

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<p>I'm afraid your defn of what a successful person might need to be adjusted. While one of the HYPS schools conferred a BA to me years ago, I can completely attest to the fact that I've known many, many people whom I would gladly work under that don't come from any "named" schools.</p>

<p>This thinking that only good schools= good life, unfortunately, permeates this site.... sigh.</p>

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<p>I've heard something like... of the ceo's of the top 50 crporations in the nation, only 7 went to top-tier schools
in fact, the richest guy in OH went to OSU. (he owns abercrombie and fitch and much more)</p>

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<p>Oprah Winfrey</p>

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<p>are you serious? are you living in a shell? noob</p>

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<p>another possible question he might ask; do you become a better person by going to top tier schools?</p>

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<p>What is your definition of success? It will depend on how you define success.</p>

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<p>pffft .</p>

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<p>yea, what???????? Non-top tier and successful.. no way.. i mean come ON!!!</p>

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<p>Nah rich people who didn't go to top colleges just got lucky =)</p>

<p>Like Oprah...I could do that too</p>

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<p>Warren Buffet - University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Steve Jobs - Reed College
Bill O' Reilly - Marist College
Joyce Carol Oates - Syracuse University</p>

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<p>Nope. Who would be crazy enough to actually think that he could become successful without going to Harvard.</p>

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<p>Reed College that's top tier</p>

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<p>Of course there are no sucessful people who didn't go to top schools! Are you crazy? I mean, we all know 99.9% of Americans are failures. Not to mention the rest of the world...</p>

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<p>There are some people suggesting you can be successful without going to a top-tier school?</p>

<p>This is blasphemy! This is madness!</p>

<p>This! Is! CC!!!!!</p>

<p><em>kick</em></p>

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<p>aisgzdavinci: I'd like to hear your thoughts on the replies you've rec'd...</p>

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Yeah but Jobs never graduated. </p>

<p>You can get a good feel for some schools by checking their famous NON-graduates.</p>