Everyone has heard of it, every student secretly dreams of getting in, and every parent wishes their child could go there. The good, the bad, the ugly and everything else about Harvard is in this book. Get the low down on Harvard admissions, financial aid, student life, available facilities, extracurriculars, sports, professors, academic life, and life after graduation. Written by a current student, recently accepted as a Rhodes Scholar, and with an amazing amount of research, this guide answers questions you didn't even know you had. Prospective college students who read this book will be prepared for almost anything whether they apply to Harvard or not.
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This book told me EXACTLY what I wanted to know. I had an impression that Harvard's reputation was so internationally impressive to people who were not alumni that it would attract a student body of careerists and those hungry for elitism. Well, it doesn't sound that bad from this book but this is definitely a work towards future payoffs school and not a school spirit school. But Harvard sounds so well run that it's not about alumni connections but the school taking really good care of its students past and present. Also worth knowing is that the students tend to be emotionally and financially well fed so kids who have had abusive parents or grew up impoverished despite having intellectual ability may feel isolated. But I think everyone who gets all A's should apply to Harvard and see if they will get in since the admissions process is needs-blind although legacies are a tie-breaker. The school's reputation is basically international kevlar - like a law degree - if you have it in your pocket, you basically at least turn the Machiavellian point of the sword away from you if not outward from you. Even though this book was written a few years ago, I didn't feel that I had made a bad purchase.
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Gather `round, children of Crimson, and pay homage to the name. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
other top colleges, concentration department, freshman dean, final clubs, academic rating, academic dishonesty, one undergraduate, freshman seminars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Harvard Square, Harvard Yard, The Harvard Crimson, African American, Asian American, Ivy League, Reading Period, Bok Center, Charles River, Early Action, Native American, Science Center, United States, Loker Commons, New England, Shopping Period, University Health Services, John Harvard, Mather House, Office of Career Services, River Houses, Target Management, Dudley Co-op, Dunster House, Harvard Student Agencies New!
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Gather `round, children of Crimson, and pay homage to the name. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
other top colleges, concentration department, freshman dean, final clubs, academic rating, academic dishonesty, one undergraduate, freshman seminars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Harvard Square, Harvard Yard, The Harvard Crimson, African American, Asian American, Ivy League, Reading Period, Bok Center, Charles River, Early Action, Native American, Science Center, United States, Loker Commons, New England, Shopping Period, University Health Services, John Harvard, Mather House, Office of Career Services, River Houses, Target Management, Dudley Co-op, Dunster House, Harvard Student Agencies New!
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- Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder by Melanie Thernstrom on 4 pages
- Harvard: An Architectural History (Belknap Press) by Bainbridge Bunting on page 28, and Back Matter
- History of science, (Service Center for Teachers of History. Publication) by Marie Boas Hall on page 68
- Queen Latifah (Who's Hot!) by Bobby Washington on page 103
- You Can by George Matthews Adams in Back Matter
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