That is because you are not as smart as they, according to those who ascribe to the school of the devil who seeks to “climb up some other way:”
Harvard alumnus and author Ross Douthat attributed this problem partly to socioeconomic differences, and noted that “Harvard students are creatively lazy, gifted at working smarter rather than harder”, being brilliant largely in their tactics “to achieve a maximal GPA in return for minimal effort.” - http://www.conservapedia.com/Harvard_University#cite_ref-17
So Douthat actually wrote something I agree with? He’s got them pretty well pegged IMO.