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Bill Gates was accepted into Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. He says he treated each application like a 'performance.'
Bill Gates is a well-known Harvard dropout, but his applications to Ivy League universities as a teen are just as interesting as his decision not to finish his degree. In his memoir, "Source Code ...
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Bill Gates says he got into every Ivy League school he applied to, but tailored a different ‘persona’ for each application: ‘Each was a performance’
Bill Gates applied to three different Ivy League colleges and experimented with his persona, emphasizing different experiences and career goals for each one. The Microsoft cofounder would later ...
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Bill Gates says Microsoft might not have taken off if he hadn’t dropped out of Harvard—or spent his nights sneaking out to code until 2 a.m. at 13
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates used to sneak out of the house ... the then-20-year-old entrepreneur dropped out of the Ivy League to chase his dreams. “I had to give in to the inevitable ...
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Bill Gates says Microsoft's $3 trillion success is a blend of — youthful late-night coding escapades, a premature Harvard departure, and a sprinkle of "laissez-faire ...
Bill Gates seemingly enjoyed his short time at the Ivy League learning institution, but in hindsight, he admits he'd have fumbled his opportunity with Microsoft.