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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an alum and I have started giving to Harvard again. 
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From the perspective of an outside, unconnected person, this seems like a time when Harvard can actually show the leadership that its brand automatically connotes. I'm more used to hearing things about Harvard that are negatives.  Like Larry Summers mouthing off about women.

I like to see institutions prove their value and not coast on wealth and history.

Every major institution in American life can be criticized for racism, sexism, political missteps, etc.  But retrospectively, one can tell that there are moments in history where institutions truly lead.

I believe t5his is such a moment for Harvard.

I wouldn't care if it looks messy on the ground.  Even if I were a student and had to live through the messiness.[/quote]

My kid is a rising senior.  We were talking about his college list this past weekend.  He is a good student (high rigor, high GPA) and a decent athlete (but not recruitable). No special awards or activities. He showed me his list of schools and I was impressed. It was well balanced and he had thought about it.  Then he said “I also plan to get rejected from Harvard”. I asked him to explain and he said he had never had any interest in Harvard and also knew he wasn’t the kind of kid they admitted. However, seeing them stand up to presidential bullying gave him respect for the school. Non political, mildly left leaning straight white guy who is big into sports and probably seems like many other boys in America. He is going to put an app into Harvard next year that he hadn’t been planning on doing before all this.  [/quote]

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