Why has almost every notable man in science gone to an Ivy League

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Plenty of notable people didn't go to some mega respected Uni. Also bear in mind that the reason those Universities are respected are because of the people that came from there, so obviously notable people come from respected unis, notable Alumni help make it respected

>>8745657
>Am I a brainlet for going to an non Ivy League school?
you can contribute to the yeoman's work of science, but you'll never be one of the greats

>why did every great scientist go to an outstanding school?

to be top of your field, you need to be exceptional in pretty much every way, making it into a top tier school is fucking trivial for this sort of person

>>8745657
Not if you go to MIT.

>>8745657
>Am I a brainlet for going to an non Ivy League school?
Do you go to Stanford, Berkely, Cal Tech, MIT, Duke, or UCLA?

>>8746087
Found the Duke graduate

>>8746146
Cornell, actually, but I just got accepted into a grad program at Duke.

>>8746146
Do you mean Duke is inferior to the other schools listed?

>>8746183
Biology related?

Why are people so impressed by Duke? I went there and undergrad classmates didn't impress me that much. Durham, NC is a cool place though. Doubt any of you guys ever went to Duke / have experience in Durham.

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>>8745657
The world is a business Mr Beale.

>>8746327
It has a good genetics program. I don't know about other fields.

<spoiler>degrees don't magically let you solve math problems</spoiler>

>>8746395
No, but getting into a top school means you're already good at it.