Share your Harvard Experience

[DwightEisenhower]

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^Amen. I’d agree with everything except point 2. If you’re a low-income kid, (I’m talking sub-20), you can easily feel put-off by the ridiculous things that Harvard kids seem to take for granted. The population is (or pretends to be) overwhelmingly upper-middle class or upper class. Statistically, as well, income distribution at the school vs. America at large is quite different. I might be overly sensitive to class issues, but there are plenty of types who play up their wealth and connections for various reasons.

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<p>Maybe your experience was different from mine. I am a low income (under the federal poverty line) student and I’ve never felt out of place. I mean I don’t think I drop $7 on burritos for desert as much as a lot of people seem to do, but I’ve never had to politely turn down an invitation to yacht show-and-tell or something.</p>

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Dwight, assuming you could have the opportunity to re-live your college experience, would you pick Harvard again?

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<p>Maybe, though it’s more for the stupid reason that there are less classes/professors in Middle Eastern history at Harvard than there are at Yale, where I was also accepted. I don’t think my overall experience would have been too different, and I’m happy enough with Harvard that I wouldn’t want to gamble on switching if I had the chance. Ask me again when I graduate.</p>