Saturday, December 11, 2010

Harvard University - PROS

Academics:
  • Professors - incredible
  • Freshmen can apply for advanced standing if they have enough AP credits
  • Cross registration with graduate schools and MIT if you can't find a class you are looking for
  • Hard to flunk out
  • Ranked #1 - best college library
  • Student-faculty ratio - 7:1
  • 80% of classes have fewer than 20 students

Student Life:
  • Boston (Cambridge) = great city
  • Students randomly assigned to a co-ed house
  • Awesome housing
  • Red Sox
  • There are lots of well rounded kids who aren't geniuses but pretty good at most things
  • Ranked #10 - dorms like palaces
  • Ranked #4 - best college newspaper
  • 96% of students live on campus
  • The T - incredibly convenient public transportation system

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