How do parents get their children into grad school?

sakky
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:12:32 +0000

Your story was nice but I’m sure the Curie’s daughter earned her way into school



I guess we’ll never know.

However, it would have been strange indeed if the Curie Institute would have rejected Irene Curie. Especially because it was her own mother who founded the place.

Similarly, George Paget Thompson studied at Trinity College, Cambridge University. His father was JJ Thompson - who just so happened to hold the title of Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University. Father and son won Nobel Prizes in Physics in 1906 and 1937 respectively. Niels Bohr was a Professor at the University of Copenhagen, which is also where his son, Aage, went to graduate school. Niels Bohr won the Nobel in 1922, Aage won in 1975.

Those are just the Nobel stories. Surely there are plenty of other stories that do not involve the Nobel.