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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This question is a lot like asking someone their definition of rich. It’s both a relative and absolute thing. For the average person, a NW of $1+ million may be rich, yet it is “only” the 90th percentile. The Top 1% in NW is around $10 million. Even still, it’s mostly the 600+ billionaires that grab the headlines. And, within the billionaires, there are differences. Before Musk hit it big, Bezos, Buffet, and Gates (BBG) were a separate club. In sum, perceptions of rich depend on one’s awareness and life opportunities, but there are also the cold facts that define exclusivity.

Now, apply that same logic to colleges. Each year, about 5 million kids start a four-year school. The top 1% or 99th percentile, includes 50k kids. If the average freshman class at an upper-tier school is 2000, that’s 25 schools or the Top 25. In the analogy to “what is rich,” these kids are very rich. However, the Top 0.1% of kids, or 5000, go to the Top 3 schools. Traditionally, the well-educated considered those to be HPY. But, like BBG, there’s been one extra-special club, which is Harvard. As in wealth, distinctions other than these are mostly noise.  [/quote]

Oh Harvard....you were doing so great with your analysis until you had to ruin it at the very end.   Did they forget to teach you voting yourself "extra-special" is not " extra-special" behavior?  As for the "extra-special" BBG club......none of them sent their kids to study at your " extra-special" club.  Strange.[/quote]

Thanks for the compliment on the analysis, but I didn’t go to Harvard. I was trying to explain the TRADITIONAL thinking about what qualifies as elite, and, for many, if they had to select ONE college that epitomizes excellence in academics across a broad range of subjects and is the beacon of American education on both the domestic AND international stage, more would choose Harvard than any other college.  [/quote]

No one is impressed by obama’s first kid at Harvard. It's his second kid at Michigan who is impressive. She is saying she doesn't need the H name brand to strike out on her own. [/quote]

The Obama girls could do nothing and still be successful.  They are Obamas![/quote]

The Obama girls school choice has nothing to do whether they are successful or not.
Status as a child or grandchild of a US President or VP gains admission to any school they desire. 
I believe Sasha was admitted to Yale but choose Michigan. Maybe because she has friends at Michigan. Maybe she wanted less academic rigor. As you know Yale is much more academically rigorous than Harvard.
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