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[b]"You don't get famous poets, authors or inventors based on SATs and high school grades." 
  
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I wonder what the percentage is of legacies that have actually done this, done something of significance???  So many of the stories are about kids that came from nowhere and made themselves a big life.  Caltech is a very special place with kids that are rockin it.  I'm sure that the Harvard roommate tradition is very nice but is that the point of education?  Also, I am scratching my head at the comment that free tuition would lead to more endowment contributions.  I guess that assumes legacy parents would buy their way in for their kids so their tuition would be free but they have a back door price ?  And why would those kids have any incentive to work hard and achieve to get into their colleges?  Is the assumption that having it easy is the road to success or are people just leery of competition????

We were very disappointed in two tours of Harvard.  Across the board all the tour guides just kept talking about how much money there is to fund any club they want to start or trip they wanted to take.  Nothing about their professors other than they like the free lunch with a professor program.  So we are not involved in the application process there but I do find this discussion around money and Harvard really interesting.[/quote]

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