Why you didn't get into Harvard

Your disgusting shallowness, ignorance and lack of substance will make you unable to accomplish anything remarkable other than being (hopefully) a Harvard alumnus.

No university in the world has ever had a truly effective way of identifying and admitting the candidates with the highest intellectual ability or potential.

A few examples: Évariste Galois(not a Harvard alumnus, therefore a boring mediocrity) was rejected 4 times (!) by the Ecole Polytechnique, the best university in Europe at that time. Another “pitiable” guy, Niels Abel was rejected by the same institution. Srinivasa Ramanajun sent his mathematical notebooks to English teachers at Cambridge, who concluded that the guy had “some ability”, but far less than Cambridge requires. Only one man(!), G.H. Hardy sensed Ramanujan’s talent and convinced the others to admit him.

All these obscure and mediocre guys I’m stupidly bringing into discussion were some of the greatest mathematicians who ever lived. Ever. To you, they are incredibly boring, and I cannot be surprised.

You define your worth, and others’ worth, based on what some admission officers thought. If you think that a lack of internal values is a sign of a great personality, well, I think the exact opposite. In fact, show me ONE SINGLE accomplished person, in any field, which is known to have defined their worth based on others’ opinions. I just hope you’re not doing that in order to cope with your(maybe justified, who knows) feelings of inferiority.

Sad fact, these admission officers only got a glance of you, and of me, and of everybody, therefore no reasonable person expects them to admit only the BEST, or the great, or the good . Have you ever heard about a Harvard officer being fired for admitting an utter, hopeless idiot? :slight_smile: