Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-25 19:42:49 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 92A40D97C4D30F5F9C29ABFED41DD9C21F1B0A6C42601957EB79C3831D5BB6B8
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The % of older, non-elite YC founders accepted is low. Vast majority of YC founders are 24–34 y.o. 35% of YC founders went to Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, MIT and UC Berkeley. 45% of co-founders went to an Ivy League, Oxbridge, MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon or USC. https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/25/the-idea-that-university-degrees-dont-matter-is-a-silicon-valley-fantasy/
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