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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not all Power 4 schools are created equal. Some are worth attending for free (vs. Harvard), others not so much.[/quote]

Well…it depends on how good a football player you are because if you are NFL material then nobody gives a f**k how good the school is academically, yes?

Just so happens if you are smart enough to get recruited for football to Harvard (which can still be scores hundreds less than the average Harvard student)…and you are great at football…then guess what, you are smart enough for Duke, Stanford, Vandy, Michigan, ND, etc.

So…logic would dictate that a 5 star 1400 SAT kid might go to say Alabama because they have the potential to go Pro or pick Michigan or ND…while the 3 star 1400 SAT kid will go to Duke or Stanford…and one star 1400 kid may go to Harvard.[/quote]
Under 10 percent of Power 4 players are NFL material. Your chances are certainly higher from Alabama/Michigan, but still the odds are heavily against it.

The more important point here is that the "5 star 1400 SAT kid" is a unicorn. There are only like 30 five-star recruits in any given year.  In the past decade, I'd be surprised if more than one or two of them had a 1400 SAT score, if any.
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None of which you say supports any choosing Harvard over equally elite Power 4 schools that are 100% free…hence the reference to 3 star recruits who are still much better players than the Harvard recruits who are one star at best.

Stanford, Duke, Vandy, Michigan and Notre Dame all have plenty of sub-1400 SAT players.

It’s generally absurd to even think any kid able to play at these types of schools are even considering Harvard at all[/quote]
You're shifting the goalposts. This all started as Alabama vs. Harvard. I'm the one who first brought up Stanford, and agree 100% that any football player with the choice should be going there instead of Harvard.

Duke and Vanderbilt is a closer call, but I'd pick them over Harvard too for most.

Michigan and ND is where it becomes 50/50 for me. Depending on your background/interests, either option seems fine.

No chance would I pick Alabama though, unless you were a five-star recruit. Even four-star recruits are facing uphill battles to make enough NIL over four years (or NFL money) to outweigh the financial advantage over 40 years of attending Harvard. Don't forget, Harvard is tuition-free for families making under $200K and completely free for those making under $100K.

There is no Big 12 school I'd pick over Harvard, even as a 5-star recruit.[/quote]

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