「為什麼這本書的主人翁各項條件都沒有，卻能申請到哈佛博班呢？」

一個月前，我看到批踢踢留學版上有人讀完《翻轉過動人生：從中輟生，到哈佛博士的重生之旅》之後上來發問說：

覺得很奇怪的點在於，印象中哈佛申請不是要求gpa要極高、研究超多、 大咖推薦信、財力證明 ..等等要件缺一不可嗎 

為什麼這本書的主人翁各項條件都沒有，卻能申請到哈佛博班呢？ 

還是他採用的不是正常入學管道？

我覺得挺有趣的，就順手 PO 了 Quora。 ──然後，當然，作者本人就來回答了。 Quora is amazing. One month ago, in a Taiwan on-line forum (studyabroad@ptt.cc), I saw a student asked "How did Todd Rose get in Harvard PhD?" after reading his book (Chinese Edition of "Square Peg"). I thought it was an interesting question (well, a little bit rude though). So I translated the question to English and posted it on Quora. -- And, of course, Todd Rose came to answer it himself.