What Differentiates Opportunities for HYPSM graduates vs. Graduates from Next 10-15 schools

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At the very top schools, you can rub shoulders with the Xi Mingzes of the world.

Not likely.

Of the 30,000+ students/faculty at Harvard, less than 10 even knew her assumed name.

She had studied psychology and English and lived under an assumed name, her identity known only to a limited number of faculty and close friends—“less than ten,” according to Kenji Minemura, a correspondent for the Asahi Shimbun, who attended the commencement and wrote about Xi’s experience in America.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-did-chinas-first-daughter-find-in-america