I just saw this article by Andrew Farrell on Forbes.com called “The Billionaire Universities.”
For every one opening at Harvard’s undergraduate college, there were 14 hopeful high school applicants. Despite the daunting odds, there’s good reason to try to win one of those coveted acceptance letters.
Harvard is consistently ranked as one of the top schools in the country. Its $35 billion endowment makes it the best-funded college in the United States.
Oh, and there’s this: Harvard students are more likely to become billionaires than graduates of any other college.
Of the 469 Americans on Forbes’ most recent list of the world’s billionaires, 50 received at least one degree from Harvard. The school has produced 20 more current American billionaires than No. 2 on our list, Stanford University.
Harvard’s billionaire alumni are an accomplished group. They include Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and media tycoon Sumner Redstone.
Which is good news because I’m not so much into this poverty thing.
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