So you do have a mysticism about what it is like to go to Harvard. Regardless of how selective they are with admissions it also doesn't mean that a large chunk

So you do have a mysticism about what it is like to go to Harvard. Regardless of how selective they are with admissions it also doesn't mean that a large chunk of the people they rejected wouldn't have also done fine there. Arguably it's much easier to get good grades at Harvard due to grade inflation if you are a good student (which you are by definition if you are at the top of your class) than at state schools.