<p>“it is possible to get through Harvard and a number of other high-price universities acing your computer science classes and devoting very little effort to anything else.”</p>
<p>Anybody who is “acing” (getting straight A’s) computer science classes at Harvard is either very smart AND working hard in those classes, or a truly remarkable intellectual talent. Anything is a breeze if you are sufficiently gifted. My GPA was in the top 5% or so of my Harvard class, but I never took CS, and it would have kicked my butt if I had. That’s a demanding field and decidedly not where my gifts lie.</p>