"In both places the caliber of student was high, and I was rather disappointed to find university less so."
I have to say that my experience in a similar situation (many years ago) was similar and I agree.
But in your other comment where you said this:
"tens of former and current Stanford attendees while at Google"
You are taking a group of "Stanford attendees" who ended up with jobs at google. So I'm wondering to what extent that group is representative of Stanford attendees and not google's hiring practices. Was there a difference that you could tell with those working at google who didn't go to Stanford?
> But in your other comment where you said this:
> "tens of former and current Stanford attendees while at Google"
I stated that rather poorly. I am interning at Google in Mountain View for the Summer, but not all of the Stanford attendees I have met and spoken with at length are working there, though most at Google are certainly bright.
Regardless of whether they are working at Google, Facebook, hacking away in a SOMA loft, or hunkered down in their parents' garage all of them have been highly intelligent and fun to be around. Whether that's more representative of who I choose to befriend with than the university's admission practices is another question altogether ;)
I have to say that my experience in a similar situation (many years ago) was similar and I agree.
But in your other comment where you said this:
"tens of former and current Stanford attendees while at Google"
You are taking a group of "Stanford attendees" who ended up with jobs at google. So I'm wondering to what extent that group is representative of Stanford attendees and not google's hiring practices. Was there a difference that you could tell with those working at google who didn't go to Stanford?