<p>Think about it this way–what percentage of Harvard’s applicants come from Andover, as opposed to 30 years ago? I’ll bet it’s much, much smaller now. Now, Andover may still have a relatively high percentage of really, really competitive applicants–but I’ll bet even that is smaller now. There are kids from dinky high schools all over the country with really impressive achievements, and these days a lot more of them are applying to Harvard than in the past.</p>