McClintock akatanga zvidzidzo zvake paCornell's College of Agriculture muna 1919. Ikoko, akapinda muhurumende yevadzidzi uye akakokwa kuti apinde musangano, kunyange zvazvo akakurumidza kuona kuti aisada kujoina masangano ehurumende. Panzvimbo pezvo, McClintock akatora mimhanzi, kunyanya jazz. Akadzidza botany, achiwana BSc muna 1923. Kufarira kwake genetics kwakatanga paakatora kosi yake yekutanga mumunda iwoyo muna 1921. Kosi iyi yaive yakavakirwa pane imwe yakafanana yakapihwa paHarvard University, uye yakadzidziswa naC. B. Hutchison, murimi wezvirimwa uye geneticist. Hutchison akafadzwa nekufarira kwaMcClintock, uye akafonera kuti amukoke kuti apinde mukosi yekupedza kudzidza genetics kuCornell muna 1922. McClintock akataura nezvekukokwa kwaMcClintock sechikonzero chekuti akumbire madhigirii aya mu genetics: "Cornell akaramba achidaidza foni iyi, kunyanya yejazz.
Lewis Stadler