Visit to Harvard University in July 2006 by Jeremybeach
(Student, HS Class of 2007)
(Member since May 11 2006 with 1598 posts)
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Visit Activities:
Campus Tour:
Yes - The campus tour was so boring that I left 5 minutes into it...omg, I have never been so bored in my life!! There were like 200 people and he was just whispering at the front, so nobody could hear, and everybody was splitting off anyways. he was sort of a
Campus:
Friendliness/Courtesy of Students:
3 - Good
Yeah, Harvard WILL be harvard, of course. It has a reputation to kill yeah, everybody knows this. Being as such, the people are quite self-absorbed and stuckup! I mean, it's like conquering the worl dif you get in, apparently, you just have an ego
Appearance of Campus:
5 - Excellent
Harvard's campus is unbelievably long, it's at least 1 mile, The buildings are unbelievable, though i have seen prettier (like McGill in Canada and Northwestern!) Though, i found out that in this building, the chapel where the top looks pointe
Building/Facilities Maintenance/Cleanliness:
4 - Very Good
Dormitories:
2 - Fair
they are standard, nothing spoofy or special, which was a disappointment, being HArvard and all, you know you'd think they had freaking palaces for the best and brightest people that could get in. But, no, they have boxes lol.
Security/Safety:
4 - Very Good
Overall Campus Impression:
3 - Good
Though beautiful indeed, horror stories abound. Those who are so fortunate as to get in are not so fortunate as to succeed in Harvard. It's so hard to get a 3.0, people have failed out, actually it's not completely unheard of. But, the people
Off-Campus:
Area Immediately Around Campus:
5 - Excellent
the area around harvard, deemed "harvard square," is astounding. amazing shopping, great food, and thankfully rid of all the snobs lol.
City/Town/Community:
5 - Excellent
Campus Visit Notes for Harvard University
Visit Description:
Well, as I said before, Harvard is a very well known, famous, world-renowned university. Being such, people are going to have steroidal egoes, it's part of the package I'm assuming. See for yourself; go there and see if anybody looks and smiles at you, it's pretty much stuckup ville. But not to worry, there are other excellent excellent universities that don't pride themselves with being freaking #1 in the world, and still maintain an aura of down-to-earthness :D. McGill, CMU, Northwestern, it's just a bit to look. My opinion of Harvard is actually different than a lot of peoples...i mean, the buildings are so colonial and you stop and say to yourself, "who REALLY gets in here? like cleopatrian princes?" it's so hard to think of yourself at a scohol like that, how can we deal with all the snobbishness? but anyways, the food is really good on campus, that's about all i liked..yeah lol