Happy People at Harvard?

gadad
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:00:03 +0000

D loves it there, and all her friends seem to love it there. They have a blast and enjoy experiences and opportunities that they realize just aren’t out there for the typical college student. Here’s my take on the rumored negativity: 1) H students are by nature highly-critical people - that’s how they get to be H students; and 2) H is the only school in the country to have no aspirational peer institution. Every other university is trying to catch up to the one just above it in the pecking order, and their students eagerly join in on the spin to interpret their experiences in the best light possible so that their school appears better than their rival school. H doesn’t really have any other school to catch, so its students are perhaps more frank and realistic when assessing its pros and cons.