> What happens after you want to progress to the next environment?
It does sound odd, or just wrong. But from Gladwell's example [0], and others, top students in their class, regardless of the school, perform better than expected following graduation. From my experience, that's at least partially due to the increased attention (and better training) that top students receive. The lower ranked students are more-or-less ignored and pushed out.
> Is it realistic to be in the top 1% anywhere?
No. But you may have a higher chance of being a top student at a cheap in-school school than at Harvard.
It does sound odd, or just wrong. But from Gladwell's example [0], and others, top students in their class, regardless of the school, perform better than expected following graduation. From my experience, that's at least partially due to the increased attention (and better training) that top students receive. The lower ranked students are more-or-less ignored and pushed out.
> Is it realistic to be in the top 1% anywhere?
No. But you may have a higher chance of being a top student at a cheap in-school school than at Harvard.
[0] https://ideas.repec.org/p/van/wpaper/vuecon-sub-13-00009.htm...