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<p>Going to Occidental or Columbia because Obama went there gives you the opportunity to be shaped by the same institution and perhaps even be taught by some of the same professors that taught him. Choosing a school because the quarterback once threw a famous Hail Mary touchdown pass is totally frivolous.</p>
<p>Also walking where presidents or other prominent people walked when they were in college gives you a connection to history. At Harvard they still remember which dorm rooms John Adams, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and other leaders lived in. Not because they expect the current occupants to necessarily become leaders, but because it’s a connection to history.</p>