It’s the biggest name and the most prestigious place to be. Whether you’re rich and famous or you yearn to be, it’s where you want to go. If you get in, it will be a part of your bio forever.

What am I referring to?

Here’s another hint: Its first black female leader recently stepped down in the wake of a free speech-related controversy.

Of course, I’m talking about Harvard. And the Harvard of Movies, the Sundance Film Festival, which starts this week.

[Read it all, especially Ted’s four ways in which Harvard and Sundance are twins. And not in a good way. — Ed]