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Here are the stellar insights that John F. Kennedy wrote in his successful application to Harvard, according to documents 

For further less-than-inspirational tidbits, r

ead the rest of JFK's Harvard application materials here.

 (And check out what his dad and principal had to say.)

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Here are the stellar insights that John F. Kennedy wrote in his successful application to Harvard, according to documents cited in The Huffington Post: “The reasons that I have for wanting to go to Harvard are several,” he wrote. “I feel that Harvard can give me a better background and a better liberal education than…

How JFK presented himself to Harvard admissions officials

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