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<p>I suppose there may be a small number of applicants, perhaps in the dozens, who are shoo-ins every year. But I think if you have to ask whether you’re a shoo-in, you’re probably not.</p>
<p>And I also know that, as good as schoolgirl1023 is–and she’s certainly good enough to get into Harvard–there are nevertheless way more applicants who are equally good in the applicant pool than there are beds in the freshman dorms. </p>
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<p>This trait persists years after college. You can see it still in the Class Reports that they publish around reunion time. “Imagine my surprise when the [pick one: Nobel Committee/MacArthur Foundation/Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences/Pope/etc.] selected me as…”</p>