@drC88888 - I’m quite sure the FUP leaders (who are also Harvard students) review the FUP applications. I don’t believe it is that competitive - between the various pre-orientation programs, there are plenty of spaces available. It might be advisable to also apply to one of the other programs, just in case.
Parents- just a reminder- if your son/daughter is planning on attending Visitas, the confirmation deadline is tomorrow (April 7) at noon.
BldrDad , thank you for your insights.
@CrimSon2019 My daughter says she has registered for Visitas on the applicant portal. Is there an additional confirmation step she needs to complete? Thank you!
Hi @DrC88888 ! Just asked my son- he said he just registered on the portal.
@CrimSon2019 Thanks. We just got the visitas schedule. Are parents invited to all visitas events or just ones indicated parents? N
Sorry if this has been covered before. I am a little lost. I’m trying to order graduation announcements for my son (Class of 2015) from the COOP. What should the announcement say?
Harvard University (Or college? I didn’t see that choice)
announces the graduation of
Curiousmother’s DS
with a
Bachelor of Arts
[what here?..with a Concentration in Statistics? or a major in Statistics]
Can any parent whose student already tell me how they wording they used?
Thank you!
The announcements we used said: The Faculty of Arts and Sciences announces the graduation of Fanny* Filopena* Fauve with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Harvard University. (*nom de plume, of course)
The date and location followed. The inclusion of FAS indicates it is Harvard College, not a grad program. If you are using a different company, the format could be different.
Thanks, Fauve! So nothing about the concentration?
Oh, got it, Fauve! (I was running out the door when I saw your reply before and missed the Economics part) So just Bachelor of Arts in xxx. Thanks again!!
@DrC88888- Hi! Not sure about parents attending Visitas events (other than those presented specifically for parents). Are there any parents out there who could give us some info? Much appreciated!
I searched for the Facebook page and could not find it? Any assistance would be much appreciated! My family and I are so excited to start this journey with our son! Go Crimson!
Try searching for: Harvard 2019: Parents/Guardians
Thanks! Just sent a request!
So, I need some advice from other Harvard parents. When people hear my DD has been admitted to Harvard, rather than congratulating her they say something along the lines of “Can you afford it?” Or “How are you going to pay for it?” Or “Did she get a big fat scholarship?” Most people are genuinely concerned since they know we are of modest means–but some people are just nosey and others are clearly trying to devalue the fact that she got in by assuming that we could not possibly pay for it so why did she bother to apply. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, how did you handle it? At first it didn’t bother me so much but after weeks of hearing these comments over and over it is getting harder to bite my tongue.
@CoMoMom, My DS goes to Yale. There are a variety of reactions when people hear that, only a few good. He’s been there a year, and by now it takes a crowbar to get out of me where he’s attending. Except for on CC, of course.
Eventually I settled on something like, “Let’s just say that Harvard is very generous with financial aid.”
I just tell 'em that Harvard has very generous financial aid, and that it would be difficult for me to afford a lesser school.
I tell people that Harvard is incredibly generous with Financial Aid even though we are full pay. I am pretty guarded about telling people where our daughter attends college. You receive the gamut of responses. Our daughter purchased a Harvard Dad hat for me that I will not wear in public, or if I do it is only when we are visiting her in Cambridge.
People are curious about the expense, and some make negative assumptions or comments. It would be so nice to hear “that’s great, congratulations to her” more often, versus inquiries about the financial side of it or being asked about her standardized test scores.
I’m also guarded. Most of the parents I know send there kids to the community college where I teach – if their kids go to college at all, and as far as anyone knows, no one in the county has ever sent a kid to an Ivy before. So Harvard is the “ultimate brag,” and I just don’t want to be that person. I say it straight up if I’m asked. But I never volunteer the information, even if it would be natural to do so.