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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UCLA and USC tours on the same day.

Expected to prefer USC but UCLA was more impressive in every way. Blew past expectations [/quote]

Did you go inside any buildings?  That’s where UCLA fell apart for us, beautiful on the outside, government quality on the inside.[/quote]

Consistent with being a public university.[/quote]

Then why is Harvard such a dump?[/quote]
Lmao Harvard isn’t a dump. It’s clear you haven’t actually been [i]inside[/i] Harvard [/quote]

You were saying?  Disgusting.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/5/23/rundown-undergraduate-dorms-feature/[/quote]
Great, thank you for conceding you actually haven’t been inside Harvard, no need to waste anymore time [/quote]

[b]Wow... someone doesn't know how to read!  Here, let me help you.

But student frustrations with Harvard housing range from pest and maintenance issues to concerns about overcrowding and accessibility even in the College’s renovated living spaces.

“I can’t even count how many times we’ve seen them,” Sarah L. Cho ’27 said of mice in her dorm. “I, myself, in my own single within the suite have caught five.”

Though six of the Houses have undergone full or partial renovations as part of Harvard’s more than $1 billion House Renewal project, half of the College’s Houses remain in a state of disrepair. The freshmen dorms in the Yard are in a similar state, and no plan exists for their renovation.

In interviews with The Crimson, more than 20 students spoke about the state of Harvard’s undergraduate dorms. Some say they’ve grown accustomed to living with rodents and the occasional maintenance problem in dilapidated houses. But for others, housing problems raise broader concerns about how run-down living spaces may detract from quality of life at Harvard.

“There are some parts of the house that kind of look like it’s kind of falling apart — there’s a lot of holes in the walls, like, in the rooms,” Singh said.

Aside from rodents, Yoon found himself dealing with both a burst pipe and a faulty window that had “been built incorrectly.” The leaky pipe resulted in a liquid with a “really funny” smell dripping from his bathroom ceiling, while the window — which does not close properly — led to Yoon returning from winter break to “a mound of snow” on his bed.[/quote][/b]

Proof you've never been there - you just cite to whatever trash you can find online.  Go and visit and see for yourself - signed, an alum[/quote]

[b]So, actual accounts from CURRENT Harvard students are “trash” in your opinion?  Too, too funny.  If you are an actual “alum,” sounds like you’re too blinded by your own ego to admit that the state of these dorms - today - is grotesque.  You’d think a school with Harvard’s endowment would be mightily embarrassed by this.  And you’d think that arrogant ahole alums would be too.  *shrug*[/quote][/b]

Are you this petulant and nasty in real life?  Well, since you won't educate yourself before posting online, I guess I (another Harvard grad) will have to.

It is considered a great honor to be housed in Harvard Yard.  Here, on Wikipedia. are photos of the actual dorms.  As you can see, they are very nice, as they were when I attended.  It is the greatest honor to be in the house that was established in 1718.  One of my friends had a grand piano hauled up five flights of stairs in that 1718 dorm.  He is beyond famous today.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harvard_College_freshman_dormitories.

Apparently, you are unfamiliar with the history of some of these esteemed, historic schools. At UVA, for example, living on the Lawn is considered a tremendous honor; however, one must walk outdoors to the bathrooms because, when the Lawn was constructed by Thomas Jefferson, there was no indoor plumbing. You will, no doubt, deride that in your ignorance.

Yale's system is different. The new student is assigned to one of Yale's 14 residential colleges.  So you meet only the freshmen in your college.  Many live there for all four years. Yalies will say their system is better than Harvard's.

What's great about the Harvard system, as opposed to Yale, is that the 1,647 freshmen students are housed all together . . . so by the end of the first year, you have at least fleeting knowledge about everyone in your class.  At that point, you select one of the magnificent River Houses in which to live for the next three years.  There is also a wiki about those houses.  Google Harvard River Houses. Those are so plush and historical that few Harvard students move off campus.

Every system offers its benefits.  Your student, should they be so lucky to be admitted, has to decide what they prefer.  All I can say is that I am still friends with the Harvard freshmen I met that first year in the yard.  And, of course, many have gone on to do amazing things with their lives . . . which is the whole point isn't it?  Not trashing others in a mommy forum?[/quote]

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