&gt;Who would you think is smarter off the cuff, a Harvard graduate, or someone who attended an accredited community college and followed it with a masters from an accredited online school?<p>&quot;Smarter off the cuff&quot;? After reading about Harvard&#x27;s interview and admissions process, combined with their <i>98%</i> 6-year graduation rate, I wouldn&#x27;t think much about a Harvard graduate without speaking to them.<p>&gt;I&#x27;m sad to say that I&#x27;ve been programmed to assume that the Harvard graduate is smarter.<p>Programmed by who?<p>&gt;It is just a bias that we are all taught as we are young.<p>Whom are &quot;we&quot;?