Why did Mark Zuckerberg choose Harvard University?

My 2 cents…: He had already created a successful music recommendation application and Microsoft had offered him lots of money for it (it was a million dollars if I remember correctly). He obviously knew he had the computer skills and I think went to Harvard because it would make him more marketable later on. read more

Maybe because Harvard is the best ranked university in the world. You cite universities with better technology background like Stanford or MIT, but he was first interested in psychology. read more

F acebook founder Mark Zuckerberg features in a long line of university dropouts who became millionaires after founding technology companies - Bill Gates and Steve Jobs among them. But 12 years after leaving Harvard to work on Facebook full time, he has returned to pick up his degree. read more

Once at college, Zuckerberg's Facebook started off as just a "Harvard thing" until Zuckerberg decided to spread it to other schools, enlisting the help of roommate Dustin Moskovitz. They began with Columbia University, New York University, Stanford, Dartmouth, Cornell, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, and Yale. read more