<p>Harvard is full of hard-driven types? I have a few friends there and frankly… it goes both ways. There are a few students who are insanely motivated but most students aren’t nearly at that level, especially all of the saudi oil princes, etc.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that your college experience depends largely on which group of friends you choose to stick with.</p>
<p>PS - I haven’t found Penn to be cut-throat competitive. Competitive, yes, very, but not cutthroat. Usually, people are competing against themselves or the market, there are some people at any school who would sabotage others but mostly people fret more about their own issues than how other people are doing.</p>