The competition has come full circle.

CNBC reports.

Move over, Mark Zuckerberg. These college start-ups want to be the next big thing

Dreams can advance well beyond a college dorm room, and Xperii proves it.

On Thursday night in Los Angeles, the start-up won the Recess national pitch competition among some of the country’s most innovative college entrepreneurs from a sea of 500 applicants.

Launched by 22-year-old MIT Ph.D.— student Evan Ehrenberg and 21-year-old Cynthia Chen, who’s currently on leave from Brown University, the company connects individuals looking for paid opportunities and clinical trials with researchers who need subjects.