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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]West Pointers and Navy grads are better than anything the Ivys produce? Why? They are taught to be leaders? They also are taught to realize that success or failure will come from how well you work with the man or woman to your left or right. I've heard at the Ivies, esp. Harvard, there is a degree of cutthroat competition where students will actually engage in a bit of schadenfreude at the failure of a classmate or friend. We did a tour of Harvard and one student said she loves the school but hates her classmates.[/quote]

I had a different experience. At Harvard, I was very close with, and still have wonderful relationships with, a good number of my classmates.  I  did not feel at all competitive with my friends, but rather felt that we were in it together, and that we would float or sink together and our classes. We worked together and study groups,  bounced ideas off of each other, and generally supported each other both academically and personally.   This may have been because we had the luxury  of not really having to compete with each other for limited spots in the top graduate and professional schools. Many, many of us went on to graduate or professional education together, and even continued on with the same study groups we had in college.  I hope that students are able to find these types of supportive friendships wherever they go to college or beyond. [/quote]

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