[lbo-talk] Getting into Harvard, 1869

123hop at comcast.net 123hop at comcast.net
Thu Apr 28 22:25:20 PDT 2011


Some commentator at zerohedge was going on about how much harder it used to be to get into Harvard in 1869, and posted the entrance exam.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/education/harvardexam.pdf

I looked at it. Basically, you had to know some Latin and Greek, less math than most applicants know today, and some geography.

Big fucking deal. I mean anyone who was going to go to Harvard learned the necessary amount of Latin and Greek. So, I have no idea why this represents a higher bar ....

J.



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