The assumption underlying your point is that Harvard does a good job selecting people who have the qualities to be successful and would be successful anyway. That&#x27;s probably true. But the catch is that lots of employers make the same assumption, and use the Harvard credential to <i>screen the candidate pool</i>. Which makes total sense if the assumption is true, but also makes it risky to forgo the credential on the reasoning that if you are smart enough to get into Harvard, you&#x27;ll be successful anyway.