Nanani comments on Efficient prestige hypothesis - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nanani 18 November 2009 12:33:47AM 1 point [-]

What if their lifetime expected income is highly dependent on the connections they make in those years of education?

For example, making partner, or meeting the right people to begin a startup.

If school prestige attratcs the kind of people you need to meet, professor interest in students isn't as important.

Comment author: Psychohistorian 18 November 2009 12:51:02AM 0 points [-]

This is certainly true for some students, particularly at the high end, but I would be very surprised if it's true for your typical student making this decision. That is admittedly something that would need to be factored in to lifetime expected income, I admit.