<p>That’s not a fair indictment either. MIT is probably better for tech entrepreneurship, and has a clearly different academic outlook, but I think you’re being unfairly harsh on Harvard.</p>
<p>For one, many MIT grads do go on to becoming quants on Wall Street. That’s one of the several clear pathways for people who excel in EECS or Math, and students do avail that opportunity.</p>
<p>Secondly, having lawyers and financiers is still a crucial backbone of our economy. A bunch of scientists won’t be able to create something meaningful alone. Facebook needed Goldman Sachs. Google needed Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse.</p>
<p>I don’t agree with the sentiment of this thread, either, nor at all that behind the idea of “University A > University B”, especially between MIT and Harvard.</p>
<p>The Boston Globe article quite aptly captures the cultural divide between the schools, but I think it’s unfair at best and dishonest at worst to group Harvard with the “damned bankers”.</p>