Non-specific and versatile

[see: New Yorker article on Ivy League selection criteria]

This article cites a study conducted on boys who were offered a place a particular school. And it followed the academic success of those who went to that school, compared with those who declined the offer and went elsewhere. It found out that the 'good' students who chose to go to the 'poorer' schools did as well in their careers as the 'good' students who went to the 'good' schools. Thus suggesting that if you are a hardworking and intelligent person you’ll end up doing well regardless of where you went to school.

This is another example to add to the suite of comments suggesting that success isn't the result of a specific indicators. In this case: your school. In Coffield's learning styles inventory critique: the versatile learner. In evolutionary psychology: the plastic/adaptive brain. In human cognition studies: continuous processing.

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