<p>The reputation is the reality. More people want to go there. More people have heard of it. And because everyone knows it’s hard to get in, it is a ready label for graduates (frankly it’s less that someone went to college than that they were admitted to Harvard).</p>
<p>Our experience with the tour was poor as well. The other schools talk about what they’re passionate about, what makes them great, etc. The gist of the Harvard tour was “we’re Harvard.”</p>