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"I think Harvard's interests are best served by keeping the admissions process rigorous enough that only those students who really want to go to Harvard will complete it," he says. "Let other schools that are scrambling for students make the process as easy as possible."
Like the QRR or Expository Writing, many students could not imagine preparation for the real world without going through the rigorous interviewing which screens those seeking access to the high-paid, highstress world of investment banking.
Abbott also defended the Lampoon's rigorous comp. "People running the Lampoon take it seriously, they don't want the high level of quality to drop". Murdoch added that the Lampoon was "the last meritocracy at Harvard."
"The reason [women don't do well] is that girlstend to take courses that award higher grades,like art, music and languages, and men tend totake more rigorous science and math courses,"Busby said. "Historically speaking, women havebeen encouraged to take classes like home ec,music and languages rather than...
The Harvard myth has a certain amount of truth to it. Harvard's rigorous admissions process guarantees that its students will be among the best and the brightest. After leaving Harvard, many graduates go on to do great things for their community and their country.