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I call shenanigans!

All of the highly ranked schools provide direct access to premier consulting jobs and other superior careers, meaning that all such schools necessarily top the charts of post-graduation income.

Plus, money is how you measure your valuation in the global economy.

It's really the only objective scorecard we have.

for instance, if I make $400,000 per year, I can find my ranking on the income charts to compare myself against the other players.

Since I'm in the 1%, I can be satisfied that I am doing ok, for now. I can't relax and become complacent, since it's really only the first step to winning the game. There are a ton of people in the 1%.

I think the ultimate goal is to reach the top 0.01% in terms of both income and wealth.

http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/income-rank/

Does anyone notify you if you've won? Just curious about the process. I mean, there's actually a phone call from Stockholm, for example. I realize that this is a less elite selection process when you get right down to it (after all, loads of people win Nobel prizes, and there are several "winners" each year, even, so perhaps not the same).

Now that I consider it, maybe if you have to wonder if you've won, then you know that you have not. Thanks. That was helpful, Jon.

HowlerKarma,

Don't be silly. Of course there is no phone call, if you are "only" in the top 0.01%. There are nearly 32000 other people in the US alone that are in the same category. That's hardly exclusive!

Now, if you really want to "make it", you need to be in the top 1% of the top 0.01%. That gets you on the Forbes 400. And yes, knowing a few people that were on that list, they do get called.