Bad Harvard Tour Experience

danstearns
Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:12:43 +0000

The official Harvard campus tour has a weird vibe that didn’t seem at all indicative of real life at Harvard. For starters, Harvard is a tourist destination - you come across lots of other groups and commercial tours full of people snapping pics of John Harvard’s statue and rubbing his foot (yikes!) Due to the sheer volume of people that want to take the tour, a lot of stuff is off-limits. No dining hall, no residence halls, etc.
I suppose the guides can get kind of bored and will say things like ‘i wish I went to Yale’ just to keep it interesting