If the kid in band wants to be a touring rock musician, then he absolutely should get in the van and go on tour. Or maybe get a degree as a back up and then go

If the kid in band wants to be a touring rock musician, then he absolutely should get in the van and go on tour. Or maybe get a degree as a back up and then go on tour - but I probably wouldn't recommend spending Harvard money on that degree. My daughter is an officer in 4H - a horse club. I'm quite familiar with the organization. My point was that for those kids that fit the stereotype that the authors were picking on, high achievers with interests that don't fit the "elite" school stereotype, the admissions folks may have a point. The Harvards of the worlds may not be the best school for those kids. It's not necessarily evidence of bigotry.