"It just turns out the academic success is a good predictor for general success" It turns out that this is not the case and a myth. "Last month, accountancy f

"It just turns out the academic success is a good predictor for general success" It turns out that this is not the case and a myth. "Last month, accountancy firm Ernst & Young, one of the UK’s biggest graduate employers, announced that they were to scrap a requirement of at least a 2:1 from its graduate application process. The company claimed there was no evidence that academic success at university was linked to achievement in professional assessments." Guardian, Sep 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/careers/2015/sep/01/graduate-jobs-employers-degree-result https://www.theguardian.com/careers/2015/sep/01/graduate-job... Others like PwC followed. The one thing that Harvard is useful for are the connections you make in your time at Harvard, start something with the people you meet there and other people from Harvard you meet that help you with your career. That is what you pay for. And Harvard is in the game for the money.