<p>Well said bclintonk and also said more nicely than I would have said it. My impression was that perhaps Lemaitre1 only wanted to stir up controversy with such an ill-informed statement. </p>
<p>I would be very interested to hear how the OP heard this idea that homeschooled kids must have spelling bee experience in order to be accepted at Harvard. It is such an outrageous statement that I wondered if he really was serious.</p>