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By the same token, the top 10% 'stars' of architecture schools aren't necessarily the ones who have the best design careers. In my single data point world, the second tier talent has had a higher percentage of turning their inate talent into career-long design opportunities.
The top tier students were stymied by unreal expectations. They went into the workforce believing the professional world would fawn over them as the professors did. Instead they had to scramble to re-establish recognition, often losing out to savvier competition who went into offices with no such expectations. |