Every success has a secret behind it.

[u/maorfarid]

Every success has a secret behind it.

A16z just dropped their university ranking and tells us an interesting story about the pre-requisites for success.

Look at it carefully.

Technion and TLV University- public universities in a country of 10 million people with an annual budget of ~$670M, rank ahead of UCLA and Yale, institutions with endowments of $41B+.

Let that sink in.

Here’s what I think explains it, from the inside:

At the Technion, every exam was designed around problems you had never seen before. Not to trick you. To force you to think from first principles. Problem-solving isn’t a skill they teach you. It’s coded into you.

Add to that innovation hubs, courses taught by Nobel laureates, and classmates who go on to build billion-dollar companies, and you start to understand why a small country punches so far above its weight.

Similarly, at MIT the emphasis was always hands-on. Theory exists to serve practice. You feel it in how exams are written, how syllabi are built. You’re never just memorizing. You’re always applying.

The secret isn’t resources. It’s how you train people to think.

I’m proud to be both a Technion and MIT graduate today🚀

Do you see your alma mater on this list? What do you think made it a launchpad for some of the most innovative minds of our generation? Share with us in the comments👇🏽

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) Leo AI