Dumb. Very dumb. People born in 1978 or earlier might remember when Stanford was about as exclusive as the University of Miami, but it would probably be considered bad form to bring that up in 2019. The elite cohort at Harvard is less than 10% of the student body; they need to make room for the athletes and the legacies and famous kids and the children of the oligarchs and the children of the dictators. There are just as many smart, hardworking kids at UMass Boston as at Harvard, measured as a percentage of the total number of students. Maybe more at UMass Boston. The difference is that most of the kids at Harvard are extremely wealthy and connected.
If you want to find out what the kids at the best college think about Harvard and Stanford and the rest, talk to some of the beautiful people at Williams.
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