How do people get into Harvard?

[Shaywood]

<p>I'm not asking this as a Harvard hopeful. I am just curious. Do those who get into Harvard plan their whole lives or are they extraordinary students who happen to fit the bill?</p>

[Sikorsky]

<p>It’s the latter much more often than the former.</p>

[entomom]

<p>Please repost on the H forum.</p>