RESEARCH – Leading Harvard recruits very little non-American talent. Five tricolor exceptions have crossed the famous gate and are eagerly engaged in this extraordinary experience.
They call it “The H bomb», like a bomb they feel drop when they say they study at Harvard. This brief, generally frozen moment when the interlocutor’s gaze changes… before they start talking again, but suddenly in a more special way. Harvard. The word fascinates because it translates both to American excellence and unattainable elite, but also to large tree-lined lawns, red brick dormitories, and secret fraternities. Harvard College is the most prestigious university in the world, where Bill Gates, Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg studied. With an acceptance rate of just 3.2% in 2022, it is also the most selective; Out of 61,221 applicants, 1,984 were admitted, 85% of whom were Americans, leaving little room for international profiles. Despite several reminders, the university did not tell us the number of French people currently on campus; Five of the chosen few…
Source: Le Figaro
