<p>The problem with tour guides showing their own rooms, at least in the case of Harvard and Yale, is that almost all of the tour guides are not freshmen, and parents want to see freshman dorms.</p>
<p>GFG, I lived extremely well in dorms at Harvard, but the best way I can describe my House experience at Harvard is to show you an email I got from my House master a minute ago. The rooms were nice, but it’s all about the community:</p>
<p>Dear Leverett Alum,</p>
<pre><code>I apologize for intruding on your email, but I would like to invite you to a special event – breakfast at Leverett House on Saturday Nov 22 from 7:30-9AM. We will have a bigger than usual selection of hearty fare in the beautiful Leverett dining hall to fortify you for THE GAME before we go off to watch the Harvard team (with a large and talented Leverett contingent, I might add) smash the Elis. I am afraid that we have to charge you a nominal sum of $8 for this repast but I hope this will not deter you. We would love to see you back at the House. If you do plan to attend, I would appreciate an email to REDACTED@fas.harvard.edu just so I can keep a rough count. But I would rather have you appear without emailing than not to appear at all. Also, I am not sure I can reach everyone, so if you can pass the word to your Leverett classmates, I would be grateful.
I hope to see you before THE GAME!
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<p>Leverett Love,</p>
<p>Howard Georgi
Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics
and Harvard College Professor
Master of Leverett House</p>