Harvard tries to recruit these students, but obviously isn&#x27;t doing a good enough job of it. As a Harvard alum, this is somewhere that I&#x27;d particularly like to see them improve in terms of undergraduate education. When a majority of students are on financial aid, I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s fair to say that &quot;few will take it&quot;. Also, Harvard&#x27;s graduation rates are so high that even if failing and dropping out are much more common among particular demographic groups, the graduation rate is still extremely high across the board (some would claim that it&#x27;s too high and indicative of the extent of grade inflation.) There&#x27;s a general philosophy at Harvard that while it may be hard to get in as an undergraduate they&#x27;ll do everything they can to make sure you graduate.<p>&gt;Amherst has gone a long way toward solving these problems<p>They have, but I don&#x27;t think they have a massive lead over Harvard. If I recall correctly, both have similar aid profiles, are giving aid to a similar percentage of their students, have a similar percentage from low-income families, and have a similar percentage of students of color. I believe the graduation rates are also similar. Amherst has been a real leader in this area, so I&#x27;m sure there are areas where they&#x27;re leading Harvard, and please let me know if my memory (or bias) is deceiving me or my information is out of date.