Happy People at Harvard?

h-bomber
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:22:17 +0000

I know that I’m incredibly happy here, as are most of the other kids I know. I’m a pred-med and do research, but I sing a cappella, shoot photo for the Crimson, play a ton of IMs, I’m running the Boston Marathon, and I’m also hooked into the final club scene (so I know a ton of the i-banking type kids as well). What I’m trying to say is that I know a lot of kids from a lot of different scenes on campus, and I really don’t find my peers to be unhappy here.

As was pointed out in a different thread, however, apparently “just coming here for the name” (and the unhappiness that comes with making a decision for a silly reason like that) is more prevalent in some of the ethnic organizations on campus. That is one sector I’m not really tapped into, so I can’t comment.

At the end of the day, Harvard has been hands-down the best choice for me. The resources are incredible (they gave me twice as much money as I asked for to go to West Africa for 8 weeks last summer), the students are all top-notch, and the social scene (contrary to popular belief) is actually pretty damn fun.