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Sure, but how many people dropped out of college with aspirations to do something great and then failed?

More to the point, does college really have any particular impact on such matters? If Bill Gates had finished his degree, would he have still been as successful? If Don Knuth had dropped out, would he have still been as successful?

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And how many people didn't go to college with aspirations of doing something great and failed?

I wasn't really trying to make a point past pointing out that the comment I was replying to didn't really say much.

I think if you're in college, and you drop out with aspirations. You have greater motivation to meet them then your peers who stayed in.

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