Trevor
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And that is what the Supreme Court decision did. You cannot take race into account. Harvard had some weird thing, Friedberg, where personality was one of the vectors.
Trevor, what's your take on this? You know, moving back to a meritocracy and a colorblind application process. Not being able to use race in admissions.
Trevor, what's your take on this? You know, moving back to a meritocracy and a colorblind application process. Not being able to use race in admissions.
Sax, any thoughts from you on this?
Sax, any thoughts from you on this?
Yeah, there might be the most notable schools historically, but they're not necessarily the ones that are... They're the biggest brands.
Yeah, there might be the most notable schools historically, but they're not necessarily the ones that are... They're the biggest brands.
Wait, Berkeley's Ivy League? You went to Berkeley?
Wait, Berkeley's Ivy League? You went to Berkeley?
Yeah, it's very interesting.
Yeah, it's very interesting.
I went to Fordham University at night. I got in three weeks before. Did you get an undergrad degree from Fordham? Yeah, Fordham. I was going to either, I had taken the New York. What was your degree in? Psychology. I was going to go into the NYPD. I was about to get accepted at 18 years old, 17 years old, 18 years old. And then I decided at the last minute to go to Fordham at night.
I went to Fordham University at night. I got in three weeks before. Did you get an undergrad degree from Fordham? Yeah, Fordham. I was going to either, I had taken the New York. What was your degree in? Psychology. I was going to go into the NYPD. I was about to get accepted at 18 years old, 17 years old, 18 years old. And then I decided at the last minute to go to Fordham at night.
I had to work in order to pay for it. So it took me four and a half years, but I did like almost a full credit load at night. And then I was going to go into John Jay for criminal justice and get my forensic degree and then join the FBI.
I had to work in order to pay for it. So it took me four and a half years, but I did like almost a full credit load at night. And then I was going to go into John Jay for criminal justice and get my forensic degree and then join the FBI.
So I was in the process of applying to the FBI and then the internet happened and I started a magazine about the internet and it went in a totally different direction. But the co-op stuff, I remember when we went to Waterloo, we did a speaking gig there years ago, Chamath, and I was very taken with the students there and their drive. And so I think that's the key piece.
So I was in the process of applying to the FBI and then the internet happened and I started a magazine about the internet and it went in a totally different direction. But the co-op stuff, I remember when we went to Waterloo, we did a speaking gig there years ago, Chamath, and I was very taken with the students there and their drive. And so I think that's the key piece.
And what I did in venture capital, because I needed to have a team of about eight people screening all the companies we get and the applications. So I just made my own training program and I hire a lot of people in Canada. to do it and basically they do five meetings a day. They write up coverage.
And what I did in venture capital, because I needed to have a team of about eight people screening all the companies we get and the applications. So I just made my own training program and I hire a lot of people in Canada. to do it and basically they do five meetings a day. They write up coverage.
I made an entire framework and I'm doing professional development because I found a lot of the top people from these brand name schools were entitled. They didn't want to do 25, 35 meetings a week with founders. And I just found these other students from Waterloo and other colleges like that.