@diwnd2345 , I’m sure the Harvard Alumni Association wants to provide a better interview experience than you had. But for some perspective, I would be willing to bet that if you posted your GPA, class rank, ECs, and test scores on College Confidential, and explained why you were applying to Harvard, (a) dozens of people would tell you not to bother, (b) many of them would suggest other colleges they thought were better fits, © any number of them would tell you to go to an in-state public university wherever you are to save money, (d) several would tell you that if you were not a recruited athlete or a member of an underrepresented (and politically favored) minority you were out of luck, (e) a number would excoriate you as a prestige-chaser for even wanting to apply to Harvard, and (f) many would opine that only your essays and written recommendations could give you a chance. No one would tell you your interview was critical.
In other words, what you got may have been honest, if impolitic, advice, not presented well, but reasonably well-meaning. Maybe inaccurate and unjustified, but maybe not.