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Back in the ps2 days I would have gotten a booklet with game instructions and lore, a booklet on how to not have a seizure while playing the system, and a coupon for a gaming magazine that doesn’t exist anymore.  

Honestly. the more people I meet who went to Harvard, the lower my opinion of it as an educational institution.

Just to clarify, it’s not that I think that it’s a *bad* university! It’s clearly quite good. But the thing is that the alumni that I know don’t seem to be appreciably more knowledgeable or any more skillful thinkers than people who did their education entirely at public unis. They are, however, vastly more employable, especially in elite, high-paying positions, **even when they only have a bachelor’s degree**. And that’s what gets at the heart of the problem: the primary role of places like Harvard isn’t to educate; it’s to gatekeep membership in the elite. The Ivies in general are primarily about rich people scratching each other’s balls.

Ivy league colleges exist to launder privilege

Don’t forget about the alumni networks and wealth hoarding! Harvard and other ivies are better hedge funds and Rolodexes than other schools, not better at educating students.