This is a strange choice of title because Harvard is easily among the institutions that will be least affected by the pandemic. While it may be true that for t

This is a strange choice of title because Harvard is easily among the institutions that will be least affected by the pandemic. While it may be true that for the world's elite that the value prop of Harvard is rubbing elbows with other elites, it's also true that for the rest of us the value prop of Harvard is merely having it on your resume. There's no shortage of talented students who'd love Harvard on their resume even if they have to spend a year remote. Some of the opinions expressed in this article seem rather naive, such as: > Use your time to start an online business. Live at home, spend as little money as possible, and find a side job if you need to. For students in a pandemic, "live at home, spend as little money as possible" is basically implied outside of education expenses. So at this point we return to the standard debate: is a diploma worth the cost of tuition and opportunity cost on time spent? This argument has been played out a million times and is otherwise unchanged by the pandemic.