Have you read the articles on grade inflation in the Ivy Leagues?
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Nope, havenât been bothered to involve myself with the educational elitesâ politics.
Man, I dunno lol. The thing is I would not have partnered up with her but for the fact that we could use the âStanfordâ credentials as a selling point. And although this is a small school to help students pursuing music at a higher to professional level, the word âStanfordâ far outweighed the credentials of the REAL TALENT. The guy running it, who was another partner at that time, and a close friend of mine, was the youngest kid who was accepted into a world-renowned conservatory at the time.
To top things off, her degree was in FINANCE. So, since I was working 12 hour days, I left the finances to her. That shit wasnât very hard. And you know what I studied. My knowledge of accounting and finance was on a higher corporate level and commercial crime and since they were mainly abstract in nature, they werenât applicable to even my main business and the only thing I knew was from experience from having to fucking pick up BASIC ACCOUNTING at the start for my own business and I was so burnt out when I could afford a good corporate secretary with accounting services and filing of annual returns, I just left it to them. FUCK. The financial statements were a FUCKING HORROR SHOW. There was completely no dishonesty involved, just STUPIDITY.
In short, it was a case of âpennywise and pound foolishâ ON ROIDS.
Fuck.
Anyway, @anna_5588 and other people studying in the Southern Continent, this is why your mothers are giving you so much shit when it comes to getting into good schools. Even in a MUSIC SCHOOL, one of the key values I took into consideration was the ability to use the word âStanfordâ in our marketing paraphernalia when my other partner has credentials in music that will blow the minds of students at diploma level and above. Why? Because itâs the PARENTS making the buying decision, and you can toss around all the conservatory stuff you want but they have no idea of the kind of achievements it requires. All students came with their mothers.
TL:DR - tip or life hack or whatever:
Stanford is a brand name that everyone in the world knows. I do not have describe ANYTHING ELSE for the advertising part because the key decision makers are NOT musicians. If I write my other partnerâs credentials with the world-renowned conservatory name, no one knows it, which means additional copy has to state more shit, which requires a longer attention span from the audience. âStanford? Alright Iâll bite!â. No need to expand any further.
While we branded ourselves as a school for advanced students, which my guy is more than capable of teaching, we knew our main audience would be higher income parents with kids at BEGINNER LEVEL.
Hence, our choice of location was in an area where higher income families lived since geographical proximity for BEGINNERS is a very important consideration and we were able to charge higher fees due to our point of differentiation, which is why other schools stupid enough to set up even branches around there offering generic music lessons really tanked as the fucking RENT alone is fucking high.
For advanced students. if they are really serious and can afford the fees, will travel an hour to get there. But they were NOT, and still arenât our main source of income.
And Crazy Rich Asians living around the area will insist on getting him for the fucking 5 year old beginner kids just for the bragging rights even though itâs not required UNLESS their kids are savants like him, and his fees are fucking high but they can afford it.
Itâs all about the brand.
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YeahâŠâŠ
I guess Iâm lucky in that my parents how the system works and have accepted that if I got into my top choice school and Harvard business school, Iâd go with my top choice programme.
However, that didnât stop them from offering a very very generous sum of money if I get into and go to Harvard.
With that said, going to Harvard would significantly improve my prospects if ever want a job in China
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The biggest moron I have ever met in the legal profession was a Harvard law graduate. Not only was he extremely arrogant and openly / vocally looked down on anyone that wasnât a Harvard law graduate - he was an absolute moron.
It was fun telling him offhandedly that I made more in a week in my businesses than he did in a year though. That really stuck in his craw.
I have seen him out and about a few times and he avoids me like the plague.
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My brother went to Stanford. Undergrad is a different story from grad school as far as admissions - much harder. My brother was the Valedictorian from our HS and had smoking SATâs. He entered as a Sophomore because he went to a German Summer School for college credit, and he had a bunch of AP credits.
He got a 3.2 GPA his first term and it scared the shit out of him. He realized everybody was smart (or rich).
He got a straight 4.0 from thereon and graduated with a double major (Bio and German) in three years.
I got accepted at Samford.
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I bought a sandwich
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Pic?
Too late, I eat it.
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What kinda sandwich?
Confession: I ate all of next weeks cashews this afternoon in about 10 minutes.
Theyâre just too good. Way too easy to eat.
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Iâve noticed that most of my classmates eat and drink unhealthy things (Ie fried foods, sweets, fancy latte things) or stay in bed all day without a second thought.
I sometimes wonder what it would feel like to be able to indulge without having to think about the consequences
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Whatâs the worst that could happen if you slept in on a day off?
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I confess I just got a Starbucks decaf. It was $3.69
I confess that I am in a great f*cking mood today for no particular reason.
I feel like I can fight 10,000 evil @SvenG clones using only one finger.
I feel like how someone should feel if they saw @boilerman in real life
I am how @throwawayfitness feels after he casually lifts 1000000 lbs with his tongue every hour
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It would feel healthy
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Yeah, Starbucks coffee isnât even tasty. Find a local roaster nearby (gotta be one in the college town youâre in).
Or drink tea. I prefer white tea, earl grey, and black teas from Nepal.
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