How does Harvard mold future world leaders?

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<p>Hi guys, it's a conclusion that's widely accepted and one that I have no doubt in. We all know that Harvard is a breeding ground for future world leaders, that any Harvard batch is bound to have a couple US senators, dare I say a future US president, as well as future presidents and prime ministers from whatever distant country elsewhere in the world.</p>

<p>But what then does a Harvard education offer to make future leaders that other colleges (not even Yale, Princeton or Stanford) do not? Is it just that Harvard ATTRACTS future world leaders 100x more than any other school? Or, alongside that, does a Harvard education focus on leadership? Or does the Government or Social Studies major feature something special in that sense?</p>

<p>I'm an international and a Junior dreaming of attending Harvard for this reason, but it just struck me to consider, why is it such a hotbed for future leaders in the first place? :O</p>

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<p>Maybe better resources, the right environment, and amazing opportunities. </p>

<p>But when it gets right down to it, none of that really matters. It’s the people that choose to go there that make Harvard what it is. A University is not an abstract institution, but only the sum of the individual men and women that populate it.</p>

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<p>Oh internationals, yet to be disillusioned by the Harv.</p>

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<p>Oh Yalies…Do I even need to qualify that? :)</p>

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<p>So what does set Harvard apart from Yale, et al. in this respect? Can’t be the water they drink, is it? <_<</p>

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<p>^Yale didn’t educate Theodore John Kaczynski; Harvard did :-)</p>

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<p>^ How did I know before even looking up the dude’s name that you were talking about the Unabomber? -.-</p>