<p>Are they very fussy about the dress code? Sometimes I like to dress nice but more often than not, I don’t really care and just wear shorts or whatever pair of jeans I can get hold of. </p>
<p>Could someone elaborate more on these “politics clubs”? What exactly goes on in there? </p>
<p>I also read a few posts on another forum, where a guy said he took a few classes at Harvard (the business school, I think) while he was at MIT, and that he hated the “culture” there, saying that despite the two schools being so close, the way the people there did things and the way the people were in general, was very different to that of MIT. He took it a step further and said how at the 'tute, they don’t really try to mould their students into anything too specific (implying there was some “moulding” going on) but that at Harvard, the school moulding its students was more specific. What are your thoughts on this?</p>
<p>I’ve only conversed with two Harvard grads and both are/were math professors - one was on a forum, the current prof was because of something I was participating in and was done via video call. I thought they were pretty cool but I couldn’t really see any of the things the guy was talking about. As for MIT, I’ve read their admissions blogs on occasion and when I had my interview last year (I withdrew the app and am applying for next fall), I did get the same impression the guy was referring to and was able to easily connect to the interviewer. But maybe that’s just a coincidence. Anyway, I’m just curious to know if you, Harvard alums or parents, feel the same way or not.</p>