<p>That is fascinating, Periwinkle. I estimate that there are 36,000 high schools in the US (without even considering foreign schools) and yet 5% of Harvard’s class comes from just 7 schools. Broadening opportunities is great. There is probably evidence elsewhere that opportunities are being broadened. Yet each student ought to be evaluated on his/her own merits, in my opinion, and not on an I-am-tired-of-students-from-Andover basis.</p>