# Adult success is inversely proportional to high school popularity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-success-is-inversely-proportional-to-high-school-popularity/581611>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 12, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-success-is-inversely-proportional-to-high-school-popularity/581611 "2011-05-12T03:06:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-success-is-inversely-proportional-to-high-school-popularity/581611/61 "2015-10-01T19:36:29Z")

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If that’s the case, I’m owed a house made out of solid gold.

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-success-is-inversely-proportional-to-high-school-popularity/581611/62 "2015-10-01T19:38:13Z")

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The most popular kids at my high school weren’t athletes or musicians (at least not by primary identification). They were well-off kids, got good grades (while maybe playing football or having a band), and went off to outstanding colleges. Judging from my Facebook feed, they’ve pretty uniformly done well for themselves.

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