re: You be the admissions director

You're right. I was only addressing the financial aid aspect. I should have just said something like, "Once you're accepted, you're in, that's it". Smart is part of it, but not all of it, but my point was that smarter doesn't get you more financial aid at Harvard, needing more does.

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Would be worth taking another look at the scatter graph in this thread. I can tell you point blank, plenty of kids who are far beyond "smart enough to get in," do not get in. There is no question as to subjectivity of the admission process. The only question is what drives it and why?

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