"You learn pretty quickly that the intellectual life of Princeton, Yale, and Harvard is different from the real world."

In earning degrees from three prestigious Ivy League universities, Mel Masuda learned valuable lessons that went far beyond the curriculum-from ethics to dealing with intolerance to the value of his working-class roots. Now, in this concise, candid primer, Masuda reveals the "Lucky 7 Lessons" they don't teach in the classrooms of Princeton, Yale, and Harvard.