Dear Harvard,

As you often like to imply, you are  #1.  Congrats.

But this means, as you know, that beyond the thousands of kids who apply to Harvard and do not get in are tens of thousands who do not apply (but might) as well as millions who barely know what the Ivy League is but attend schools that mold themselves to serve your funnel, a funnel shaped by your admissions office which itself shapes kids.