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HIGHER EDUCATION: ?As for the difference between the Harvard undergraduate pool and those at Evergr?

By Glenn Reynolds

HIGHER EDUCATION: “As for the difference between the Harvard undergraduate pool and those at Evergreen or Ole Miss, we’re not so sure. We’ve met students at all three, and once one gets underneath the polish, they’re much the same. Harvard kids have a nice suburban veneer, burnished by professional parents. By age 35, in a blind test, don’t be so sure you can identify who is who. In our book, as you know, we looked at a Princeton class as they entered middle-age. Nice enough; but really very ordinary.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 15, 2010 (boomark / email).