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<li><p>Terrific networks can get you internships as well. Also, if they have success, recruiters will come to you. Williams, Cornell, and PSU do not have less internship opportunities compared to peer schools located in cities.</p></li>
<li><p>Do not count on the world getting ever more competitive. Read Peter Turchin. Intra-elite competition and inequality ebb and flow through generations-long megacycles. US society and higher ed in 2030 will look a lot different from now.</p></li>
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