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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know plenty of MIT grads who are not writers. I'm not shocked that there are Harvard kids who are top 1% in something who are not great at calc. Not everyone can be everything.[/quote]

pre-calc is not top 1% for a college student and certainly not for a student at Harvard [/quote]

Says who? This is who Harvard wants. What you want for Harvard is something else. It is your expectations that need adjustment.[/quote]

I agree.  This point seems lost based on many comments.  What a person thinks or feels a college/university should value or prioritize does not always align to the school's values and mission.  Harvard puts in place a program to educate students and people are mad it's not [b]the right[/b] students.

It is interesting that with almost 3,000 4-year colleges, folks get worked up over this one.  I mean, how many students out of their undergraduate enrollment are even taking this class?  Not sure why folks care so much.  Alum maybe?[/quote] If Harvard was even slightly satisfied with its TO class, it would not have chosen to violate it's TO-until-2030 pledge. The fact that it is willing to do so given the reputational hit indicates just how much the TO classes failed to meet Harvard's own standards.[/quote]

Not Harvard's fault.
Harvard had to copy Yale's homework. [/quote]

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