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madaboutharry

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1. I have known 3 people from different times in my life
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 11:28 AM
Sep 2017

who were either students at or graduates of Ivy League schools. Two were from Princeton and one from Harvard. They didn't know each other and I knew them years apart. They all told me THE SAME EXACT STORY. The hardest part of going to Princeton or Harvard or any of the Ivy League schools was the "getting in part" and once you were there, No Worries!

One of these women said to me "Going to Harvard is like being in the mob..they don't let you leave." If you are failing, they will have a tutor hold your hand the entire semester to make sure you pass and then your grade will get inflated.

They all seemed to believe that students going to U.C.L.A. or The University of Michigan or a number of other highly ranked state institutions were getting a better education then the students at Princeton or Harvard because these other students had to actually work hard for their grades.

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