College Students

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16 statements about College Students, every show

BG2 Assertion Partly supported
Baker: AI token consumption slows during summers due to student seasonality
“AI has actually been seasonal for the last three summers. Token consumption is kind of plateaued, slowed down, and that's because, you know, college kids are big AI consumers, and they don't use as much AI, you know, hopefully they're all using it to learn and…”
Gavin Baker Jun 11, 2026 ▶ 1:16:05 The SpaceX IPO, Fable 5, AI Capex Update & Market Check w/ Gavin Baker, Andrew Fox & Clark Tang · Bg2 Pod
THE PITCH Assertion Contradicted
Burton: Missing class in the first two weeks leads to failing
“If you miss any amount of time in the first two weeks of class, You are not going to complete or pass that class.”
Marquette Burton Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 4:34 #47 Can This Tiny Gadget Keep Kids in College?
THE PITCH Assertion Partly supported
Burton: Attending under 70% of credit hours gives two-thirds dropout risk
“If you attend less than 70% of credit hours, you're at risk of dropping out to two and three chance.”
Marquette Burton Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 4:41 #47 Can This Tiny Gadget Keep Kids in College?
THE PITCH Assertion Contradicted
Burton: 85% of college students use federal financial aid
“85% of all college students are able to pay for it through federal financial aid.”
Marquette Burton Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 5:38 #47 Can This Tiny Gadget Keep Kids in College?
Isenberg: A lot of college students are anti-AI
“I think so there's a really interesting trend that's happening right now, which is a lot of college students are anti-AI.”
Greg Isenberg Dec 9, 2024 ▶ 26:36 3 AI app ideas that are goldmines (and how to grow them)
SOURCERY Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Hecht: GroupMe retains 25 to 30 million monthly active users
“There have barely been any changes made to the thing over the course of the past decade, but for some reason, nearly every college student in the country uses it. It's got like 25 or thirty million monthly actives, and it just won't go away.”
Jared Hecht Apr 26, 2024 ▶ 10:36 Founder of Fundera (Nerdwallet) & GroupMe (Skype/Microsoft) Path to VC | Jared Hecht, USV · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: Over 95% of college students attend to prepare for workforce
“But I think for most college students, probably over 95% of college students are there to prepare themselves for the workforce and a four year degree to do that seems a little misplaced in In a world where the rate of change is so high, right?”
Ben Horowitz Feb 1, 2024 ▶ 13:58 The Declining State of Higher Education
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Supported
Ferguson: Surveys show 60% of students fear speaking freely
“We know this from heterodox academy surveys. These have been showing for years that 60% of students don't feel they can speak freely in class.”
Niall Ferguson Dec 13, 2023 ▶ 2:53 Ep 74: Niall Ferguson & Pano Kanelos on Building the University of Austin · Joe Lonsdale
Seibel warns college student developers are often treated as typers without equity.
“And then I guess, you know, last but not least is the college student who, like, in most cases isn't even offered equity. Like, that's like, you know, they're just the typer.”
Michael Seibel Nov 1, 2023 ▶ 6:34 How To NOT Get Screwed As A Software Engineer · Y Combinator
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Supported
Yang: Men make up only 40% of US college students
“You know that men are only 40% of college students now?”
Andrew Yang Jan 11, 2023 ▶ 19:37 Andrew Yang Will Change How You Think About Politics · Joe Lonsdale
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported
Santos: Over 40% of College Students Report Severe Functional Depression
“National statistics report that now, nowadays, over 40% of college students report being too depressed to function most days. Over 60% say that they're overwhelmingly anxious. Another over 60% report feeling lonely, extremely lonely most of the time. Over 80% …”
Laurie Santos Jun 14, 2022 ▶ 19:12 Laurie Santos: The Pursuit of Happiness
Santos: Depriving Kids of Failure Drives Rising College Student Anxiety
“I mean, I think that's right, and I think this is one of the reasons we're seeing so much more anxiety in our college students today, right, is that they've never had a chance to mess up. They've never had a chance to do it on their own, and so when they final…”
Laurie Santos Jun 14, 2022 ▶ 1:07:16 Laurie Santos: The Pursuit of Happiness
Dabachnikov: Students Need Scholarships More During College Than in High School
“The common misconception is that students need scholarships only when they're just applying to college. But the reality is that students actually need scholarships more in the first year of college and the second year than in high school, because many of the f…”
David Dabachnikov Jul 10, 2021 ▶ 2:07 ScholarshipOwl Breaks $4m Revenue Helping 15k Students Get Loans
Dabachnikov: Students need scholarships more during college than high school
“The common misconception is that students need scholarships only when they're just applying to college, but the reality is that students actually need scholarships more in the first year of college and the second year than in high school, because many of the f…”
David Dabachnikov Jan 26, 2021 ▶ 2:52 ScholarshipOwl Breaks $4m Revenue Helping 15k Students Get Loans
Lieberman: College Ambassador Programs Must Prioritize Quantity Over Quality
“The first secret, quantity over quality. It sounds counterintuitive, but being super selective in an ambassador program doesn't work. Why? Because college students, no matter how ambitious they are, no matter how impressive their resumes are, they are flaky. A…”
Alex Lieberman Jan 20, 2021 ▶ 9:35 How We Grew From 0 to 2.5 million
Wessel: Maximize cold outreach because people stop helping once you graduate
“No one doesn't want to help college students. I feel like the second you graduate, you lose this huge, Badge of pride that you get to say, I'm a college student, and the second you graduate, like, people are much less likely to help you. So use it and abuse it…”
Liz Wessel May 31, 2018 ▶ 10:03 Advice for Students and Recent Graduates on Finding Jobs – Liz Wessel of WayUp · Y Combinator

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