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The best thing about Harvard is the prestige. Let's be honest, your paying for a name and a diploma. Classes are fine but are you really going to ever use them? Probably not. The people are interesting and talented, which is a double edged sword in a sense.

Cambridge is nice but probably much better once you're 21, then you can really utilize the surroundings. You spend most of your time there, not in Boston like everyone thinks.

There is not a lot of school pride because everyone is busy.

People study a lot in order to do well. The curve usually sucks. Classes are hard. Professors are generally decent, but most of the time I find myself just studying the book and doing just fine. I don't see professors outside of class. The academic requirements are reasonable.

Ugh.

Lots of clubs and activities, but the social scene is lacking, focused mainly around final clubs. Also lots of people are either not interested in going out or too busy to do so.

That they are all nerdy and study all the time. That they are awkward and cannot communicate with other "regular" people.

There certainly are a lot of people that fit that mold. Not everyone is like that. The atheletes certainly aren't, but even aside from them there are regular people at Harvard (you wouldn't know they went to Harvard unless they told you kind of people).

It's alright, not everything it's cracked up to be, but does offer a lot of opportunities. That you can't deny.