After the talk with a prominent private equity investor and finance professor at Freshman:

—“Guys, I hope that my talk today was not too challenging. For example, what do you do?” he asked the youngest-looking participant, who was 13.

—“I research radiation shielding.”

The entire room laughed.

—“Impressive. And what do you do?” he asked, pointing to a different student.

—“I am a 10th grader. I am researching mortgage markets and will present my research in the Czech Republic soon.”

The laughter intensified.

Our alumni are next-level.