It's safe to say it didn't hurt him. We don't know how much of his success is due to Harvard because another survey showed students with Ivy credentials fared just as well going to other schools.We can label DePodesta an outlier, but the fact of the matter is that he went to Harvard. I looked up his high school, Episcopal, located in Alexandria. The tuition is over $50,000 a year. I think it's safe to say that was probably a pretty solid investment for their family.