John F. Kennedy's Admission Of Harvard

The oldest out of the three universities is Harvard, which was officially established in 1636 by The Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Harvard, being the first and only university in the United States for approximately the next 57 years received a good financial upbringing through its benefactors. Its most remembered benefactor is also its namesake, John Harvard. Harvard was a Cambridge-educated puritan who, in his will, gave eight hundred dollars and his library to the newly founded university, reinforcing his puritanical beliefs of the importance of education, and thereby setting a precedent for many more generous endorsements to come. These large endorsements to Harvard gave it a stable foundation as an institute and attracted many hard-working, ambitious students.

Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy; and, more recently, successful entrepreneurs such as Bill gates and Mark Zuckerberg, whom are now billionaires. Harvard’s attraction of bright students who will later reach tremendous success in their country raised their reputation as reputable college in America. Harvard’s attraction of so many bright academics is a testament to their quality education system and their early upbringing and financial support is a tremendous reason as to why Harvard is looked upon as one of the greatest universities in America and in the world. Harvard’s prestige has linked it with many other high-tier colleges in New England. In 1land 954, the term “Ivy League” was coined “when the NCAA athletic conference for Division I was formed”. Today, hundreds of thousands of hopefuls wish to make it into one of the renowned Ivy League schools, the most popular being