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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid at another Ivy. Friends from HS that are at Harvard, “are never there”. Skiing now (break), or in Florida a lot on the fall or traveling to London. It’s definitely a thing. Most unintellectual experience of all the kids who went Ivy.

Weird. [/quote]

I'm also mystified by what Harvard is doing. The number of applicants to Harvard has been declining for years. It's known as a school that is indifferent to the undergrad experience. Its undergrad students are largely hooked or Z list or wealthy. Very few are admitted for their smarts. Students glide for four years. Maybe they attend class. Maybe they don't. Employers have all noticed a significant decline in the quality of Harvard grads over the past thirty years. I guess mandating that students actually attend classes is a start to addressing the problems at Harvard undergrad. But it's pathetic that it's come to that.

I have two kids at T20 universities. Among their cohort, it was only legacies and the offspring of prominent names that applied to Harvard. The genuinely smart and accomplished kids didn't even look in Harvard's direction. It does have the reputation for being a country club school these days. I'm referring to undergrad. Grad school is different.    [/quote]

agree with all of this from what I've seen.
non-DMV private.
Sends 2-3 kids to harvard every year.[/quote]
Harvard continuously makes terrible admissions decisions for DC’s school. They’re rejected a Coolidge scholar now at Princeton, multiple top stem students now at MIT, a student who actually ran a really successful non profit now at Wharton, many strong performing humanities students at top LACs (a few in STEM too).

Who’s been accepted? A black double legacy, a subpar middle of the class student who’s a legacy, a professor’s child, and various other wealthy families likely connected to the school. My child isn’t even bothering applying and is gunning for other ivies.[/quote]

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