Eight luminaries who didn’t get into their dream college
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8 luminaries who didn’t get into their dream college
James Grebey, BusinessInsider.in
Plenty of successful people have had their Ivy League dreams dashed, but turned out just fine. Here are eight achievers who found acceptance after rejection -
Plenty of successful people have had their Ivy League dreams dashed, but turned out just fine. Here are eight achievers who found acceptance after rejection -
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Warren Buffett
Buffett was initially crushed when he was rejected from the Harvard Business School. But, as he told The Wall Street Journal, "Everything that has happened in my life ... that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better." Buffett went to Columbia instead. "You learn that a temporary defeat is not a permanent one. In the end, it can be an opportunity."
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Sergey Brin
The Google co-founder wanted to attend MIT for graduate school, but his application was denied. He ended up getting a master’s degree at Stanford University, where he met Larry Page. The two would soon change the Internet.
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Matt Groening
The creator of The Simpsons is a member of the Rejected-From-Harvard Club too, according to a magazine published by two Harvard alums.
Groening ended up attending The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
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Groening ended up attending The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
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Jerry Greenfield
One half of the ice cream duo behind Ben & Jerry’s — was pre-med at Oberlin College, but when it came time to move on to medical school, he applied to 20, and was rejected from every one.
Even after he got a lab technician job to boost his resume and re-applied, he was met with another 20 rejection letters. So instead he partnered with his junior high school friend to make ice cream. The rest is delicious history.
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Even after he got a lab technician job to boost his resume and re-applied, he was met with another 20 rejection letters. So instead he partnered with his junior high school friend to make ice cream. The rest is delicious history.
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