<p>This definitely needs to stay at the top of the page. And become a featured thread.</p>
<p>there are about 50 chance threads posted after this thread…so i dont think the message was delivered</p>
<p>Are Harvard students/alum proud of their snobbish reputation?</p>
<p>I think that in general, Harvard students/alum are proud of being regarded as the snobbish elite even though Harvard students/alum don’t really view themselves as being snobbish. We tend to be proud of having gone to the school that many people around the world view as the best in the world and consequently feel insecure around us even though we’re not looking down on them.</p>
<p>Being regarded as snobbish means that the public believes that Harvard students have something to be snobbish about, and that’s something to be proud of.</p>
<p>Here’s another Harvard joke I’ve heard:</p>
<p>Q: What do you call the kid who graduates at the bottom of his class at Harvard?
A: A Harvard graduate.</p>
<p>Another joke that I enjoy.</p>
<p>It’s similar to:</p>
<p>Q. “What do you call the person who graduates the last in their class from the worst med school in the country?”</p>
<p>A. “Doctor.”</p>
<p>Another Harvard joke:</p>
<p>How many Harvard students does it take to change a lightbulb? </p>
<p>Only one; he holds in in the air and waits for the world to revolve around him.</p>
<p>This is not a joke - I heard several yrs ago some harvard dudes were asked about some science questions. a bunch of them didn’t know why winter was colder than summer - they thought it was because we were closer to the sun in the summer than in the winter. lol we hs students know the reason, right?</p>
<p>What is this I don’t even.</p>
<p>This thread should be stickied… is it already?</p>
<p>I don’t see any reason for it to be stickied.</p>
<p>“they thought it was because we were closer to the sun in the summer than in the winter”</p>
<p>Relative to the southern hemisphere, we (the USA) ARE closer to the sun in the summer than in the winter.</p>
<p>^ That’s not actually the reason for it being warmer, though. At least, not on any significant scale.</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>In general, the earth’s axis is tilted relative to the earths path around the sun. This means that we are tilted towards the sun in the summer and away from the sun in the winter. It is the angle of sun’s rays striking the earth, which makes all the difference.</p>
<p>NOBLE PRICE PLEASE?</p>
<p>EDIT:<br>
nobel not noble. XO</p>
<p>Hahaha noble price</p>
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<p>There is no clearer sign of brilliance than enjoying Northstarmom’s posts. She is the epitome of everything Harvard University seeks to attain. She is “veritas.”</p>
<p>Great post NSM! All I know for sure is that your chances are 0/100 if you don’t apply.</p>
<p>My favorite Harvard joke. (Also an MIT joke - they tell it on CarTalk)</p>
<p>A young man rolls an overloaded cart to the checkout register in a Cambridge supermarket and starts to unload his many purchases.
The salesman says you must be from Harvard or MIT.
The young man proudly replies: “Harvard! How did you guess?”
Salesman points to the sign “10 items or less” and says: “Harvard students can’t count, MIT students can’t read”</p>
<p>Fewer!!!</p>
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i hope you did not choose “because we’re closer to the sun” as a reason for summer being warmer in your physical science exam. the orbit of the earth moving around the sun is an eclipse. we are at the FAR side of the egg shape relative to the sun in the summer. but because we are tilted toward the sun so we feel warmer. The question does not ask you to compare us with Australia, but compare our position relative to the sun in the winter from that in the summer. some of my classmates made the wrong choice, I clearly remember. but i got it right. 
the textbook had a good picture and clearly explained why the answer chosen by many harvard students and many people who don’t know science is wrong.</p>
<p>I had such hopes that this thread would end the chances posts on the Harvard forum, but no such luck!</p>