Doing very boring tasks whose only purpose is to have something to brag about is not very glamorous—it doesn’t sound like the kind of thing either employers or employees would want to be associated to.
The idea could probably be tweaked though (replace the multiplications by something equally challenging but that at least looks kinda useful), but it seems that a tweaked version is pretty close to what a lot of people do: an unpaid internship at a prestigious company.
Also, you make no mention of social/leadership skills, and college extracurricular activities are important indicators of those, whereas your proposal very clearly isn’t.
My program would only work if lots of people who had high IQs would be unwilling to finish the program even if graduating from the program would significantly benefit your career so it wouldn’t be comparable to an unpaid internship.
Leadership/social activities don’t have to be tied to academics. Given that my graduates would save a huge amount of time and money they would have even more opportunities for “extracurriculars” than traditional college students do.
Also, you make no mention of social/leadership skills, and college extracurricular activities are important indicators of those, whereas your proposal very clearly isn’t.
Oh, I don’t know… the first participant to lead a successful revolt against the stultifying curriculum might earn some reputation that way.
Doing very boring tasks whose only purpose is to have something to brag about is not very glamorous—it doesn’t sound like the kind of thing either employers or employees would want to be associated to.
The idea could probably be tweaked though (replace the multiplications by something equally challenging but that at least looks kinda useful), but it seems that a tweaked version is pretty close to what a lot of people do: an unpaid internship at a prestigious company.
Also, you make no mention of social/leadership skills, and college extracurricular activities are important indicators of those, whereas your proposal very clearly isn’t.
My program would only work if lots of people who had high IQs would be unwilling to finish the program even if graduating from the program would significantly benefit your career so it wouldn’t be comparable to an unpaid internship.
Leadership/social activities don’t have to be tied to academics. Given that my graduates would save a huge amount of time and money they would have even more opportunities for “extracurriculars” than traditional college students do.
Oh, I don’t know… the first participant to lead a successful revolt against the stultifying curriculum might earn some reputation that way.