Harvard University Top Questions

Describe how your school looks to someone who's never seen it.

Katelynn

Harvard University absolutely lives up to the Bostonian colloquailism of being a "hub" of cultural and academic excellence, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have room for improvement in its adminsitrative and social policies.

Claudia

Harvard is a community of friendly, multitalented, collaborative, and ambitious scholars, who treasure diversity, knowledge, and new experiences; all together, Harvard is a unique place known for its outstanding academic reputation and dedication to bettering society, but at the end, Harvard is the place it is today because of its scholars, who for four years enjoy the privilege of each others' company and the opportunity to learn and grow from each other.

Nikhat

Harvard is full of opportunities, and its greatest treasure is truly the students, faculty and rest of the community that make it up.

Abigail

Come for the diverse urban environment, unparalleled resources, and world-renowned staff, but know that students have high expectations of one another; you will have a good experience at Harvard if you come in knowing what your goals and interests are.

Sujay

Harvard University is a community where champions collaborate on the future of innovation, leaders share ideas, and everyday students enjoy themselves in an unparalleled academic setting.

Luke

Harvard is a place that draws you into the midst of the best students and professors from around the world in order to inspire you, expand you, and even push you a little bit.

Sabina

While obviously very academically-oriented, Harvard is surprisingly a very good place in every other sence--including socially.

Jessica

For the oldest, richest, greatest school in the nation, the food could be a lot better.

Harry

Harvard is best known for its name and the prestige that comes with earning the degree, but the real greatness of Harvard is its student body; a collection of uniquely talented individuals who each exert their influence on their peers in subtle yet powerfully formative ways.

Megan

Harvard is a place where you can do anything you want to do and receive the support you need to do it, but you can't do everything, or you'll be easily overwhelmed; it took me some time to learn and appreciate this.

Anna

Harvard is a school that promotes individual success, it is challenging, competitive, but supportive at the same time.

Katherine

Its a very good balance between academics and social life.

Samantha

Harvard is a big school with amazing people (faculty, students, and alumni) that will provide incredible opportunities while enrolled and as an alumnus.

Mary

The best with no rest.

Sam

It is the best school in the world, and has a better social scene than most people think.

Rohini

The best networking experience one could ever hope for.

jieliang

awesome. challenging. diverse. so many oppotunities. could be overwhelming.

J

An engaging campus full of students eager to make the most of life; Harvard is full of active and exciting (not necessarily dorky) people.

Caitlin

Harvard is intense: intense work, intense pressure, intense learning, intense thinking, intense debates, intense expectations for the future, intense people... but also intense fun; everyone really wants to be here and really wants to learn, although a few people forget to live life at the same time.

Jessie

Max tells us about the ugliest building on campus, and the cool stuff you can do nearby.

Jessie

Jen lets us in on another reason why Canaday is not the easiest place to live.

Jessie

Why do freshman at Canaday hate this church? Max will tell you.

Jessie

Jen tells us how the historic Widener Memorial Library came to be.

Jessie

The John Harvard statue and the lack of truth therein

Jessie

Max and Jen survey the scene in Harvard Yard.

Jessie

Mac Quad is at the center of one of Harvard’s upperclassmen housing “neighborhoods”

Jessie

Max and Jen survey the scene in Harvard Yard.

Francis

The bells of Harvard University plays a familiar theme.

Francis

Another shot of the Yard.

Francis

Harvard Yard, beginning with freshman dormitories and ending with the Science Center, where many classes are.