<p>"then for the rest of your life you will say, "I went to ________University, but I got into Harvard.""</p>
<p>If you actually say this for the rest of your life, then IMHO you did Harvard a favor by going elsewhere. ;) </p>
<p>Adults who are good company do not talk about this kind of thing unless they work in admissions or their kids are applying.</p>
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If you turn down Harvard, then for the rest of your life you will say, "I went to ________University, but I got into Harvard."
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<p>I don't know anyone like that. I don't think that's true. Just as someone said, the overwhelming majority of Harvard admits accept the offer...the minority who turn it down must have had a really good reason to do that. So they wouldn't grumble about it for the rest of their lives.</p>
<p>Ok, well I was just quoting a Harvard alum who used that line as a humorous persuasion to admitted but undecided kids. And actually, he was quite good company.</p>
<p>I'm sure he was, but, with all due respect, only someone who chose Harvard would feel the need to use that line.</p>
<p>Well, not to belabor something that was intended to be lighthearted, but as a matter of fact my own sister uses that line and she did not go to Harvard. She says that she went to Wharton... but got into Harvard. (And is admittedly somewhat remorseful about it).</p>
<p>We have two international students (high school age) who are living w/ us right now. They know Harvard but they have no clue as to any of the other Ivies. However they do also know MIT and that's it. Not even Stanford and they're Asian.</p>
<p>Harvard is globally recognized and respected. They asked my son (class of '11) if he is a genius.</p>
<p>Shiloh,</p>
<p>That is exactly what caused my sister's remorse. She ended up in an international career in Europe, where the "Harvard" credential was more widely recognized in her industry (entertainment) than Wharton.</p>
<p>would turn down harvard for stanford, yale, princeton, mit, oxford, cambridge, ETH zurich, imperial college at london, ecole polytechnique, and full ride at the rest of ivy, U of C, wastl, caltech, duke, and jhu</p>
<p>I can't believe these ppl are saying that they would turn down Harvard for all these other schools. I wonder what they would really say once they get admitted to Harvard...I feel like some ppl are just bitter.
I'm glad to turn down Stanford, and Penn's Benjamin Franklin Scholarship
for Harvard, and I don't think I'll regret it.</p>
<p>I got admitted into Harvard. For real. No bitterness, I'm turning it down for Stanford.</p>
<p>pgcokie, part of it is personal taste. Maybe "we" didn't like Cambridge, the students, the faculty, or the structure of classes, or the cold, or the campus, or the...you get the picture (note: I don't specifically profess to hold any of those views). You certainly aren't giving up much if anything in terms of prestige and connections by going to Stanford, MIT, CIT, Princeton, Yale, Cambridge, etc, etc. </p>
<p>And also, unless you are either John D. Rockefeller (ie uber rich) or REALLY don't like the school, I would think it silly to turn down a full ride at UChicago, Duke, WUSTL, etc. How much is the Ben Franklin Scholarship, anyway?</p>
<p>You guys overrate Harvard so much. It's really not that much different. I didn't like Harvard, period. If you guys want to get the best out of harvard, go to it's graduate schools. Undergraduate is really good(obviously) but what's the real difference between Harvard and other Ivies. I mean, you guys weigh the prestige too much. of course prestige is important, but you guys consider it , or at least seem to, way more important than social atmosphere or individual majors at other top schools.</p>
<p>^So true. Now, let's wait for the flamers who say we are bitter, confused, etc. haha.</p>
<p>hmmm... well back to the original question:</p>
<p>MIT!</p>
<p>would turn down harvard for stanford, yale, princeton, mit, oxford, cambridge, ETH zurich, imperial college at london, </p>
<p>ecole polytechnique </p>
<p>and full ride at the rest of ivy, U of C, wastl, caltech, duke, and jhu</p>
<p>i get your point drummerdude_07. i do understand that people have different tastes, and also i'm biased since i love Harvard. ..(i was deferred EA and i still loved the school while i thought i was going to get rejected) i think i would have loved the school even if they rejected me..... i also think that students will get a similar tier education at H Y P S M C ... i can definitely understand ppl who choose to attend Yale or Stanford over Harvard...it's a matter of taste. but i still believe some people (not most but some) on this board are saying they would "choose" to go all these other schools, even though they might have thought differently if they had been actually accepted. After all,
Harvard is great and yes it might be overrated but all that prestige doesn't come from nothing.
About the Ben Franklin Scholarship, i think they don't give you a significant amount of money for tuition and stuff like that (they have FA for that, and i didn't apply). I think they just let you take special classes with top professors, give seminars, and give you some research money as well as opportunities to work on researches with prominent professors. It's a good deal, and i had a tough choice to make, but i think i love Harvard too much to turn Harvard down.</p>
<p>and I notice some ppl here have applied to Harvard. if they were going to turn it down for all those other schools (ivies, Berkeley, Northwestern, jhu, etc etc) that they were more likely to be accepted (judging from the admission rate), why waste 65 bucks and apply? it just doesn't make sense.</p>
<p>I am turning down Harvard for U.Baghdad</p>
<p>^^^ very mature.</p>
<p>Well, I guess the original question was simple and just trying to get a feel for what some CCers are doing at this time....Who cares about the reasons? Plus this is not either what schools WOULD you turn down..... Can we go back to the original question?</p>
<p>^^^ remove stick from a ss</p>