<p>BENLEY - "Do you think Columbia taught him how to become a billionaire? "
YES YES YES !!!</p>
<p>Warren Buffett went to Columbia to study under Ben Graham his mentor whom he sought out and worked for after school.
This is a good read if anyone else is interested in the Prophet of Omaha:
[Warren</a> Buffett Biography](<a href=“http://beginnersinvest.about.com/cs/warrenbuffett/a/aawarrenbio.htm]Warren”>How Did Warren Buffett Become So Rich?)</p>
<p>This is also a valid argument to try and press your high school student into deciding what he/she wants to study in college, contrary to the values of the AYSO generation parents. I would argue it does give them a leg up, even if once there they choose to pursue another course, I know it did me.</p>
<p>Rejection at a young age is tough and cruel, but if you have some idea what you want to study, and who with, there are a ton of alternatives to peruse.</p>