<p>Our 2 Ds at Harvard have both had small classes - some under 10 - and have had close relationships with faculty. When the live-in faculty headmaster of D1’s residential House retired, she traded a Nobel Prize winner for a member of Time’s 100 Most Influential People. A year and a half out of school, she’s still a Facebook friend with the latter. Class sizes may vary dramatically by major, but D1 only had a couple of very large lecture classes in the second-largest major on campus. D2 has one of the smallest majors on campus and has never had a large class. After 6 years as Harvard parents, we’ve found just about all of the off-putting Harvard stereotypes to be inaccurate.</p>