Day 10: Harvard

This day by far was the best day in Boston, and probably one of the best days from this vacation. Why was it so great? Because I got to see my dream school, Harvard. Harvard really needs no introduction, #1 undergraduate school in the world, 60+ billion dollars in endowments, best faculty in the world and getting a degree from there almost guarantees a stable income for your whole life.

On this day, we actually wanted to visit MIT and Harvard but because of unfortunate circumstances MIT was cut off the to-do list. Once we arrived at Harvard we went to an information session where a guy from the Harvard Board of Admissions gave us a lot of tips about applying to Harvard, what they are looking for, what we should expect, etc. It was a really really informative session and I’m not going to tell you anything about it :)

After the information session we were put into groups and assigned a tour guide and commenced our tour of the campus. Enough words, picture time.

This is the Kodak (I think that was the company) Building. Supposedly it’s built with the intention to resemble a camera. It also the mathematics and science building. The building has 10 or so floors and it is said that the higher up you go on the floors, the tougher the classes get. Our tour guide only made it to floor #3.

This building is the Harvard Church or at least one would think so. This building is actually the main dining hall at Harvard. It’s really quite impressive. Oh and speaking of food, I think I’ll describe the food system at Harvard. Basically, Harvard has every type of food that you can think of. And in the rare case that they don’t have what you want, you can go up to a chef and he’ll make whatever you want. Oh and of course, all for free. Here’s the dining hall.

Another big part of life at Harvard is the housing system. There are 12 houses and there is major competition amongst them. When you introduce yourself at Harvard, if you’re a student there, you first say your house name, your name, and finally what you are currently studying. Oh and each house has it’s own gym, mini-restaurant, library and some even have movie theaters, squash courts, tennis courts and lots of other goodies.. You can’t see very well from this picture, but the red buildings in the back are the freshman dorms.

And finally here is a picture of the famous statue at Harvard. I have no idea why he’s important, but it’s okay because the students at Harvard also don’t know why he’s important. No one really knows.

That’s all from Harvard. Doing my Undergrad at Harvard is out of the question because I was an idiot and just about threw away all my chances at getting into there. Hopefully 4 years from now I’ll be going to Harvard for Law school but only time will tell.