How did Harvard gain its reputation and prestige?

AuroraInLaLaLand
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:02:47 +0000

^^ haha I love your school pride but for the life of me I never understood the attraction to Yale:p harvard has, what I like to call, a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy in propagating it’s prestige. By selecting only some of the brightest and most talented students, compounded with a history and endowment to make heads spin, it continues to maintain it’s cushy #1 spot. Also, Harvard is well known worldwide as one of the top universities because of this. For example, my Nigerian grandfather ( before he passed away) always fantasized about one of his children going to Harvard or Cambridge. When your college is well known across the world, it opens more opportunities, more occasions to shine, which reflects right back on the university:) just my 2 cents;)