"To be clear, it wasn't the quality of my essays that got me kicked out so much as the assignments I didn't do at all. I disliked Harvard's rigid conception of the liberal arts and struggled to care about the courses I was required to take, preferring small classes in departments like Black studies and creative writing"
Yea, you didn't do the work and flunked out.
Super valuable, name brand education wasted because you're a dick. That's on you...
I don't even want to think about how many deserving students were denied a spot only for this gem of a dude to saunter in, scoff at the whole thing, and leave with a feeling of superiority. But I am thinking about it.