<p>^^ "It makes them look even more amazing!" </p>
<p>What it's doing is it's saying, "Look at all these successful people who didn't get into/go to Harvard. They were still phenomenally successful." </p>
<p>The article says two things:</p>
<p>1) Being denied admission to Harvard doesn't mean you're a failure, and Harvard's little 'formula' for selecting really awesome applicants isn't perfect.</p>
<p>2) Just because you didn't go to Harvard doesn't mean you can't be successful. As this article points out, many other less selective universities selected these students and they were highly successful.</p>