How difficult is the humanities at Harvard?

Admiral
Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:15:09 +0000

Duality’s absolutely right. Government is generally considered the easiest concentration, while History and Literature, for example, is known to be considerably more difficult. And the difficulty within each concentration greatly depends on the classes you choose (not to mention the extracurriculars you involve yourself in, etc).

The old stereotype of “Once you’re in, it’s easy,” is completely wrong, though. Many, many students have a challenging time here, though most of them challenge themselves intentionally through the courses they choose.