Why is Harvard so unique?
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It's an Ivy League school. It's very highly selective, and the people that go there are all very intelligent. They have some wonderful, world-renowned professors, too. \nPlus, it's expensive.
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Like anything else in life, you get out of it what you put in.  There are many, many successful people who didn't go to ivy league schools.  But they're also the ones who did more than what was expected of them.  The people that go the extra mile are the ones that tend to excel in whatever they wish to do.  Besides most of the folks who got into ivy league schools are there because of that extra 110 percent!
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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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I think they recurit, but i dont think they can recieve full scholarships, probably half ones. I had a friend who went to harvard she made a perfect 1600 and had like a 4.4 gpa and harvad said they dont give out scholarships for merit. Only need based scholarships are given out
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cause they have unique beliefs
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why do they need to be from Harvard yes it is prestigious but there are plenty of good lawyers who did not go there.  interview some lawyers and go the BAR ASSOCIATION and see if they have any complaints.  Also see what their track record is like.
874906
Be famous or be born into lots of money. I just watched a special last night about all those colleges, Yale, Harvard, Brown, etc. They said it matters not what kind of grades you make, you can have a perfect GPA, but they favor those certain individuals that already have had everything handed over to them in life. They said they have an image to uphold...what kind of sh!t is that? It's true...
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Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Stanford.
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I'd make Harvard my 1st choice. Yale, Princeton, and Stanford would be close runners-up, in that order.
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All those things are important: grades, standing, SAT scores, extracurricular activities. But there are a lot of students who do outstanding in all those areas and are not accepted to Ivy League schools. I've been told by someone who reviews applications at a well-known Ivy that what they look for is something really unique in addition to those qualificaitons -- They look for students who are passionate about something.
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Sorbonne doesn't even come close. The other three are really close; but, I have to say Harvard.
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Well, it's not one school system, it's many.  Some are very poor, and some are very good.  I graduated from a school system that sends many students on to Ivy League schools and has a very strong academic reputation.  I taught in a school system that has a very poor reputation and has many students who struggle with remedial classes at the local colleges.
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Obviously, this is an opinion question.  In my opinion, Harvard is it.  I think they've done a lot in the last decade to open up to new ideas and creativity, and that increases their standing in my estimation.
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I'm amazed an American hasn't answered this question, but from all reports I've ever heard Harvard University has a high standard of education - particularly in business studies.  Some of the top 500 entrepreneurs in the USA graduated from this establishment.  Certainly it would do you no hard whatsoever to have it recorded in your Curriculum Vitae (Resume).\n\nHarvard - founded on the 8th September 1636 - is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League.  It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Their motto is VERITAS (truth).  You can view their web site at:\n\nhttp://www.harvard.edu\n\nAlso there is information on:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/harvard_university
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Officially, Harvard Business School accepts people that show some sort of talent for future success in business. But, the real reasons are the following:\n\n1) He attended an elite Ivy League school, i.e Yale.\n2) His father was a Yale alumnus, a former fighter pilot in World War II, a former CIA agent, and a senator from Connecticut. Like someone else said, he comes from pedigree.\n3)His family made money in the oil business.\n\nThe some of the reasons why he got into Yale is because of the following reasons:\n\n1) Refer to reason 2 for Harvard Business School\n2) He attended one of the most elite preparatory schools in America, Phillips Andover Academy, which sends a lot of students to HYP, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.\n3) His grandfather is a Yale alumnus.\n\nBut, being completely unbiased, though it is true that Bush had a C average from Yale, he had a B average in the subjects in his major(history).\n\nEven though, the average GPA of Harvard Business School's entering students in the past three to four years have been a 3.78 GPA.
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Boston U = located in Boston.  MIT = located in Cambridge, across the Charles River.\n\nMIT = far better school than BU.  BU is NOT an "Ivy Plus" - it is barely good enough to be a Tier 2 school in US News and World Report.  That doesn't mean it's a bad school, but it is not in the same league as even the "Public Ivies" like Virginia, Michigan, and Berkeley.  UCLA has a better rep than BU.
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It is quite a gamble applying to Harvard becuse they only admit a small percentage of their applicants. If you do want to try, you'll need very good grades, very good test scores, good references, extra curricular activities and write a very good essay. Don't get your heart broken if you are not admitted. There are MANY very good schools out there and truthfully, Harvard is just a name. There are several really good books written about HArvard that may make you change your mind about even wanting to go there.\n\nRead Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class \nby Ross Gregory Douthat \n\nand then read Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Finding the College That's Right for You -- by Loren Pope and Colleges That Change Lives : 40 Schools You Should Know About Even If You're Not a Straight-A Student -- by Loren Pope