<p>Hi Guitars - we have a son who’s also in 11th grade and who is unlike his sisters - as in your family, he could look at H but it doesn’t seem like his cup of tea. For one thing, he needs a marching band opportunity. It’ll be an interesting next couple of years.</p>
<p>Hi all, Thanks for the dates for Parents Weekend, don’t know how that snuck up, can’t believe our kids are juniors! I was actually reading this and said “oh how nice they have a juniors parents weekend, then shocked myself by thinking, Oh wow thats us-we have to go!”
Guitars 101 Child #3 is a senior this year and we are currently going through the agony of filling out applications! Older daughter is jr and son is sophomore at Harvard so I think 3# is feeling a bit of pressure. (not from us but from herself and siblings!) She is applying to Harvard, but has a few other schools she is interested in as well. Not sure where she would really like to go but she is a lot more artsy than the older two. We shall see! On the Bed Bug issue, haven’t heard much but then I am a bit out the loop but just thinking about it makes me itch.<br>
I want to thank you again for starting this thread two years ago, its been a nice way to keep connected with other parents. Ronsard-m’aimait is headed to my house tonite so that we can go to my towns monthly “Floh-markt” (flea market) in the morning. Its been a nice friendship, one made possible by this thread. So thank you, I hope I get the opportunity to meet some more of you in the next two years!</p>
<p>For those of us with juniors, it might be nice to know each of our juniors’ Houses since part of Junior Parents Weekend involves a luncheon at the House. I’d hate to later find that I was sitting in the same small room with one of you and didn’t realize it! Our D is in Currier House - how about other CC juniors?</p>
<p>Our son is in Eliot. We are planning to go to Junior Parents Weekend. We went last year because son had a solo with Glee Club and we couldn’t miss it. We attended a few activities around campus, but nothing at Eliot. Looking forward to that part.</p>
<p>@gadad Harvard has a marching band!</p>
<p>EAO, You’re welcome. That was exactly my intent on starting this thread. I’ve have learned so much from everyone. I appreciate the wonderful advice and suggestions given. </p>
<p>My son is in Quincy. It would be fun to meet at Junior parents weekend, even if it’s just for coffee on campus somewhere.</p>
<p>I ordered the mattress cover from QVC.</p>
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<p>All I can say, based on one football game attended last year, is that although Harvard’s marching band is MUCH better than Brown’s, it’s not as good as my HS marching band (I wasn’t a member). Of course we were in Big 10 territory, and lots of folks went on to U of M and MSU.</p>
<p>D is in Dunster. We’ve already made reservations at the Residence Inn by MIT.</p>
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<p>If your idea of a good marching band includes colorful, military-style uniforms and close-order drill, Harvard will come up short, but “marching” is not part of the Harvard band’s name or identity. The blazers that are the standard uniform communicate a more blas</p>
<p>^^For what it is worth, Columbia also claims to have pioneered the scatter band concept in the Ivy League. Whichver started it, I think Stanford’s similar band has achieved th most national fame.</p>
<p>Stanford’s may have the most national fame, but I’ve always loved the name of Rice’s Marching Owl Band (the MOB) because it is so descriptive of their style.</p>
<p>and I’m happy to announce that my freshman grandson is a member of HUB!
Illegitimum non Carborundum!</p>
<p>lousyanamom, are your reservations for Junior Parents weekend in March? If so, then I better get a move on and make our reservations. Thanks!</p>
<p>Yes, guitars I’ve already made our reservations at the Residence Inn by MIT for Jr Parents weekend. I’ve been looking for flights but might wait a month or two before making reservations.</p>
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<p>A few weeks ago, I posted on this thread with questions about move-in day. My intention was to stay more than just a day.
Some here suggested that this would be a bad idea as it would prevent my daughter from integrating properly in her new environment.
For those who might read this in the future, I really would like to say that it is perfectly fine and actually quite useful for both your student and her/his roommates that some parents hang around for a few days after move-in day.
We stayed until monday evening before flying back home. Our daughter could attend all the events she was interested into, go to all the parties that were organized and still have time to see us sometimes for lunch or dinner. We could help all the girls to settle properly, purchase pieces of furniture for them etc. It was also quite an interesting experience for us as we could attend some of the events such as “love story” and its hilarious comments.
I am glad we stayed, the girls where thankful, and we knew when we left that our daughter was properly settled.</p>
<p>We will go back for parents week-end, although this time, I do not feel the urge to stay beyond the week-end</p>
<p>Papedelilou- Glad staying worked out for you. We were a little nervous to head immediately home too, so we went over to the coast and stayed for a couple of days in case there were any calls for help. We didn’t hear a word from our daughter, but we did have a wonderful weekend since the weather was absolutely perfect (a welcome change from some of the days we had in Cambridge the previous week). I thought the move-in was very well organized and went off well; I was worried about the waits and lines and such, but this was really not bad at all, and the older students were really, really nice and helpful. My daughter seems so happy so far–I just wish she had more free time to tell me about it. Seems that she is always at a meeting or a “study break” or Lamont. Hopefully we will get to catch up at Parents’ Weekend, which I am really looking forward to.</p>
<p>We keep hearing that two major downsides of attending Harvard are: 1) that the 1st year courses are huge and 2) that the classes are taught by grad students & the profs have nothing to do w/ the undergrad kids. What have you heard from your freshman kids about their current classes?</p>
<p>My daughter is a sophomore. First semester freshmen are limited to taking only four classes. For my daughter those were a freshman seminar with 12 students, a physics class with 47 students, a gen ed class with 120 students and a math class with 316 students. Spring semester she had the required expository writing class with 15 students, another gen ed with 12 students, physics with 85 and math with 231. She also took an individual research class (by definition, one student). The classes were taught by profs with grad students teaching the break out sections which typically have only about 20 students in them. I think the expository writing class is an exception in that it is taught by grad students. So depending upon what you take, there will be some large classes. But those classes always have the small sections. My daughter has found her professors to be very interested in their undergrad students. They have been very accessible, but it is up to the student to seek them out. They always have office hours and it is not unusual for her to also contact them outside of those hours by e-mail. From what she reports, we have been very happy with the scholastic experience (and the whole experience).</p>
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<p>Do you hear this from people who actually went to Harvard, or from Harvard critics from rival schools, or from people quoting vague, distant relatives or friends who supposedly went there?</p>
<p>Harvard is not perfect, but we found that nearly all problems people not connected with the school say is wrong with it turned out to be either greatly exaggerated or flat out false.</p>