<p>What’s dating like at harvard…common? more of a longterm relationship culture or mainly hookups…?</p>
<p>come on, anyone???</p>
<p>My son met his girlfriend at Harvard and she’s wonderful 
Lot’s to do in Boston and the campus has activities to enjoy as well.</p>
<p>There’s not a lot of dating. People either end up in hardcore, time consuming relationships, hook up, or just don’t do anything. Search the Crimson. There are numerous articles on this subject.</p>
<p>Some rather depressing data: [The</a> Harvard Crimson :: News :: Surveying the Class](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=528363]The”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=528363)</p>
<p>I’ll (over)share my personal history:</p>
<p>I got in a serious (“hardcore”) relationship at the beginning of freshman year that lasted until the beginning of junior year. A few months later I got into a less intense relationship that lasted a little less than six months. Senior year I dated and “hooked up” to some degree.</p>
<p>I feel like a lot of Harvard students don’t make relationships a priority. Girls like to complain about guys not wanting to commit. Guys like to complain about girls being stuck up / entitled. Both sides should stop complaining - Boston has the world’s largest college-aged dating pool!</p>
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<p>Story of relationships everywhere.</p>
<p>I married a desk in the science library during reading period, there was plenty of commitment…</p>
<p>but more seriously. Of my 34ish people I lived in close proximity with this year, a few already had relationships coming in, the freshman girls hooked up with older guys, the recruited athletes hooked up with other athletes, and the rest of us complained/played video games/got good grades.</p>
<p>Check out this video. It kind of talks about relationships at Harvard. </p>
<p>YouTube - theU.com - Harvard: “The Crowd”</p>
<p>hmm, that no-good two timing desk at Cabot ;)</p>
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<p>This is remarkably accurate.</p>
<p>yep, that seemed to be the consensus from everyone else I talked to as well.</p>
<p>I knew of a lot of freshman guys with Harvard girlfriends my freshman year!</p>
<p>I find those statistics really hard to believe… especially about the number of sexual partners??? are we going to Brigham Young or something?</p>
<p>I am really really really surprsied that a majority of students have had 0 or 1 sexual partner over the course of their years at Cambridge…</p>
<p>"I am really really really surprsied that a majority of students have had 0 or 1 sexual partner over the course of their years at Cambridge… "</p>
<p>Perhaps there isn’t much to pick from</p>
<p>There are plenty of attractive girls in my opinion. I just think that a majority of people are too focused on their academic goals to want a relationship of any sort. There just isn’t enough time in the day as it is.</p>
<p>“I am really really really surprsied that a majority of students have had 0 or 1 sexual partner over the course of their years at Cambridge…”</p>
<p>I’ve read that the average is two, by the time one graduates, and that only 2 out of 9 Harvard College graduates are married ten years out.</p>
<p>I’ve heard statistics that well over half of students come to Harvard as virgins.</p>
<p>This was semi-confirmed by a (very unscientific) poll of 100 prefrosh in the class of 2009, where only 26% said they had had intercourse.</p>
<p>In addition to what white_rabbit said (“People are too busy to date”), there may also be a perception of entitlement among Harvard students (both male + female), that because they’re so desirable, people should be coming to them, rather than the other way around.</p>
<p>In any case, I strongly believe that if you are willing to put time + effort into relationships, Harvard can be a great place to date. After all, it is the “World’s Most Elite Dating Agency” ([Greg</a> Mankiw’s Blog: Assortative Mating](<a href=“http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2006/11/assortative-mating.html]Greg”>Greg Mankiw's Blog: Assortative Mating)).</p>
<p>“There are plenty of attractive girls in my opinion. I just think that a majority of people are too focused on their academic goals to want a relationship of any sort. There just isn’t enough time in the day as it is.”</p>
<p>The statement that maybe there isn’t much too pick from was not referring to the girls on campus.</p>
<p>“The statement that maybe there isn’t much too pick from was not referring to the girls on campus.”</p>
<p>Touch</p>