<p>Back when I was at Harvard you could choose to live in mixed class dorms at Radcliffe or all Freshmen dorms in the Yard. I asked for the mixed class dorms and have no regrets - though I’m not sure how much useful mentoring I actually got from the older classmates! The only reason Harvard now does all freshman dorms is that they think that it creates a cohesive class that is more likely to donate big bucks.</p>