Less about financial and race issues that were raised in this thread: Unless I did not hear it correctly the other day when one of my colleagues said it, he basically said that from where he came from, more likely than not, it is almost always Harvard Girl that is in the spot light of the public there; it is less likely about a Harvard Boy. For the latter (i.e., boys), maybe more Caltech (or MIT) Boys because of its less holistic admission criteria & its STEM focus. (Guess from where did he come from?)