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<p>This aligns with my repeated observation that when a student is really miserable at a college (any college, not just Harvard) it is almost always for social (haven’t made any close friends, doesn’t fit in with the dominant social scene, etc.) rather than academic reasons: </p>
<p>Having professors they don’t like, or having trouble getting the course they want, or being hassled by the school administration, or having a long walk to class, etc. will cause students to be annoyed. By contrast, having no close friends will cause students to be miserable.</p>
<p>Gibby - has your daughter looked outside her House for friendships? When she was at Harvard, my elder daughter found her life-long close friends right there in her freshman dorm. They became block mates and have remained close friends to this day. But my younger daughter (at another Ivy) found her close friends from EC organizations rather than from her room and dorm mates. And until she found them, she was pretty miserable.</p>