Admitted! It feels unreal.

mrwnt10
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:44:08 +0000

Sylvie really did a great job of explaining what I found and what worried me. The stuff about a lot of classes not being taught by the professors struck me. I also just seem to get the feeling that Harvard is extremely serious and that the social life kind of blows, while Princeton seems to be just as academically impressive while being a little more laid-back and easy-going.

Sylvie, the only thing that worries me is that those negative things are a huge part of what determines your college experience. I honestly don’t think I will care that much how big of an endowment or how much research funding there is at Harvard when I get there. I will care about faculty interaction, small classes, what type of people my classmates are, whether I’m happy there.

I know what you mean. Suddenly I’m worried about choosing Harvard just because of the name and false perceptions that come with it. I mean, it’s four years of your life haha