<p>I’m not sure who to believe. In several books, they give an example of a student who transferred from Harvard to Cornell because she wasn’t satisfied with Harvard’s academics. But then my friend knows someone at Cornell who’s breezing through.</p>
<p>Is it different according to departments or is it all the same, hard-core difficult?</p>
<p>departments, definitely.</p>
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<p>In several books, the same one example is cited? How commonplace is the phenomenon in general? Harvard graduates with Harvard degrees the great majority of all students it admits.</p>
<p>you generally get out what you put in. if you show up to class and do the bare minimum you’ll pass and for most people (except pre-meds) that’s enough. don’t worry about failing out because of the “notoriously difficult academics.” people just like to keep up that hype because it makes us look good.</p>