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		ta92929 on June 23, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I spent the last 15 years trying to become an Amer... That top performer category is hard to get. It's for world class people, like professional athletes, world renown artists, or Nobel Prize winners.

scott_s on June 23, 2015 [–]

It is hard to get, but I don't think you need to be literally a Nobel Prize winner: http://www.curranberger.com/eb1_niw/eb-1a-frequently-asked-q...

I believe it's the category my colleagues have gone for, but meeting 3-5 items in that list comes as a result of graduating from a PhD program.

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