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Zuckerberg and Gates either had good enough high school GPAs and SATs to get into Harvard or got in on legacy (George W. Bush Yale style).

• uiri 9y ago
  They didn't get in on legacy. Their fathers went to local public universities instead respectively.
  • sjg007 9y ago
    Both had rich parents though. I think that makes it slightly easier to get into Harvard. They could live in good neighborhoods, attend the best public or private schools and also try entrepreneurial activities with a safety net. Now maybe that safety is overrated in general but it is still there nonetheless.
  • dna_polymerase 9y ago
    Gates also left a mark or two at Harvard for actual academic stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake_sorting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake_sorting