Bloomberg Reports: Tiger Mom Kid Gets Into Harvard

Hanna
Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:51:00 +0000

“many, many qualified students were rejected from Harvard”

Not many prep school seniors who played Carnegie Hall at age 14 get rejected from Harvard. There really is an echelon of applicant where a denial would be shocking, and that’s what we’re talking about here. This is Olympic gold medal territory – it means you’re among the very best in the world at your skill. Combine achievement at that level in ANY skill with consistent performance at an excellent high school and you’re pretty much in (and rightly so, in my opinion). Legacy/famous parents is irrelevant in that situation.