No, Harvard's not the best school... "best" is subjective but even objectively depends on what you value. It's not the best for, say, Engineering. Or English. Or Visual and Environmental Studies (Art). It's the best for Government (PoliSci), though, and pretty close for everything else I care for, so that's where I'm going.
Overrated by whom? I don't think Harvard students are blind to its shortcomings. If anything, they're (we're) pretty critical. Yalies, on the other hand...
