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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s fine. I think this is a good thing as more people realize that Harvard and other Ivies have a mix of high and low ability students, and that there are many high ability students at other schools who didn’t get into these “elite” schools because they didn’t fit the “insitutional priorities.” These Ivy + schools will stop being thought of as the “best of the best” and just become one of many other decent schools. maybe that will decrease the insane competition to get into them. I say this as someone with two Ivy degrees. It’s just a school, going or not going is not going to determine the course of one’s life.  [/quote]

The idea of best of the best does not mean every one is equally strong. It never was that way, and Harvard never wanted it that way.
They are best of the best because there were always some from Harvard turned out to be elite.  SCOTUS, POTUS, Facebook, Microsoft, senator, congressman, etc.  Even if 99% of the incoming class turned out to be mediocre, that's fine.

They wouldn't know who would turn out to be the elite.  But they know their way works.  [/quote]

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