<p>“Why do I have a feeling noone’s going to read this post?”</p>
<p>Because there are no spaces between your lines and no paragraphs.</p>
<p>@ OP
For the interview, I would first go to Harvard’s website or go through a viewbook and see what you actually like about the university. If the reasons you want to go are prestige, name, rankings, etc. you might want to reconsider, or at least not mention those when you are getting interviewed.</p>
<p>As far as this whole debate goes, some have said that Ivies provide more guidance, opportunity, diversity, intellectualism, learning, etc. than state schools. In my opinion, you can find much of this at public schools just as well and find just as good students.</p>
<p>In general I think people have it wrong. You shouldn’t see this as a “which is better than the rest” but rather “which fits me best”. The best for you is not the best for everyone else. There is no best University.</p>
<p>Of course there some Universities with vastly different tiers of resources than others, but seriously, if more people actually took the time to find a good match rather than sycophantically follow the prestige, this would be a better world.</p>