Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:49
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid is a senior. Accepted to Harvard, Yale, other Ivys, Duke, T20s (some full merit scholarships), a few WASPs. Likes the LACs for focus on undergrads and close relationships with Professors without much effort. As a premed, Harvard is hard to beat for many reasons. But, when it comes down to it, premed or not, it's very hard to turn down Harvard.
Which merit scholarships
WashU - Signature Scholarship, Vanderbilt - Cornelius Vanderbilt and Rice - Trustee's Distinguished (almost full mert at $60k/year)
Congratulations to the kid. I have kids at two of these schools. Those merit scholarships are tough to get.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:48
Subject: Re:Recent Experiences at Harvard
My son is at Harvard and loving it. His classes are engaging, he knows and likes his professors, enjoys a number of extracurriculars, and the people he has met through them, and has a good group of friends. Like anything, there are moments of frustration or where he might want something on the edges to be different about the university, but it’s been terrific for him overall.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:42
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid is a senior. Accepted to Harvard, Yale, other Ivys, Duke, T20s (some full merit scholarships), a few WASPs. Likes the LACs for focus on undergrads and close relationships with Professors without much effort. As a premed, Harvard is hard to beat for many reasons. But, when it comes down to it, premed or not, it's very hard to turn down Harvard.
Agreed, the grade inflation makes it much, much easier than other schools to get the grades needed for med school.
Um, not in STEM. They enforce the curves.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:36
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid recently chose Harvard over Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton and more. Absolutely loves being at Harvard. It's hard for me to say this as a Yale alum, but Harvard truly is an amazing school. And Cambridge/Boston is a great area to be a college student.
Why would a student interested in MIT even apply to Harvard? No one interested in engineering or science would choose Harvard over MIT for undergrad.
Harvard is world class for science.
+1. DS's friend wanted Harvard (premed), but had to "settle" for MIT. He was Regeneron top 10. They're both great schools with MIT stronger in engineering and Harvard for the sciences/premed. Students can cross-register.
Harvard is easier for sciences, not better. I, personally, didn't take classes there but a lot of MIT students would cross register for science classes to get easy As.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:35
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
Anonymous wrote:My kid is a senior. Accepted to Harvard, Yale, other Ivys, Duke, T20s (some full merit scholarships), a few WASPs. Likes the LACs for focus on undergrads and close relationships with Professors without much effort. As a premed, Harvard is hard to beat for many reasons. But, when it comes down to it, premed or not, it's very hard to turn down Harvard.
Agreed, the grade inflation makes it much, much easier than other schools to get the grades needed for med school.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:33
Subject: Re:Recent Experiences at Harvard
Harvard lost its way.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:31
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid recently chose Harvard over Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton and more. Absolutely loves being at Harvard. It's hard for me to say this as a Yale alum, but Harvard truly is an amazing school. And Cambridge/Boston is a great area to be a college student.
Why would a student interested in MIT even apply to Harvard? No one interested in engineering or science would choose Harvard over MIT for undergrad.
Harvard is world class for science.
+1. DS's friend wanted Harvard (premed), but had to "settle" for MIT. He was Regeneron top 10. They're both great schools with MIT stronger in engineering and Harvard for the sciences/premed. Students can cross-register.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:28
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
Anonymous wrote:Is there a chance that DC may decline Harvard?
my friend's kid is on the Harvard waitlist and would love to get off.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:25
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid is a senior. Accepted to Harvard, Yale, other Ivys, Duke, T20s (some full merit scholarships), a few WASPs. Likes the LACs for focus on undergrads and close relationships with Professors without much effort. As a premed, Harvard is hard to beat for many reasons. But, when it comes down to it, premed or not, it's very hard to turn down Harvard.
Which merit scholarships
WashU - Signature Scholarship, Vanderbilt - Cornelius Vanderbilt and Rice - Trustee's Distinguished (almost full mert at $60k/year)
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:18
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
Anonymous wrote:My kid is a senior. Accepted to Harvard, Yale, other Ivys, Duke, T20s (some full merit scholarships), a few WASPs. Likes the LACs for focus on undergrads and close relationships with Professors without much effort. As a premed, Harvard is hard to beat for many reasons. But, when it comes down to it, premed or not, it's very hard to turn down Harvard.
Which merit scholarships
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:18
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid recently chose Harvard over Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton and more. Absolutely loves being at Harvard. It's hard for me to say this as a Yale alum, but Harvard truly is an amazing school. And Cambridge/Boston is a great area to be a college student.
Why would a student interested in MIT even apply to Harvard? No one interested in engineering or science would choose Harvard over MIT for undergrad.
Harvard is world class for science.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:16
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
My kid is a senior. Accepted to Harvard, Yale, other Ivys, Duke, T20s (some full merit scholarships), a few WASPs. Likes the LACs for focus on undergrads and close relationships with Professors without much effort. As a premed, Harvard is hard to beat for many reasons. But, when it comes down to it, premed or not, it's very hard to turn down Harvard.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:09
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
Anonymous wrote:My kid recently chose Harvard over Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton and more. Absolutely loves being at Harvard. It's hard for me to say this as a Yale alum, but Harvard truly is an amazing school. And Cambridge/Boston is a great area to be a college student.
Why would a student interested in MIT even apply to Harvard? No one interested in engineering or science would choose Harvard over MIT for undergrad.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 17:02
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
My kid recently chose Harvard over Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton and more. Absolutely loves being at Harvard. It's hard for me to say this as a Yale alum, but Harvard truly is an amazing school. And Cambridge/Boston is a great area to be a college student.
Anonymous
04/12/2026 14:32
Subject: Recent Experiences at Harvard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is there a chance that DC may decline Harvard?
This. Stupid
Why is it stupid? I know a Yalie who turned down Harvard. Was waitlisted at Yale but eventually got in and took it over Harvard. Yale is a much nicer place to go to college. But I'm biased.
Yeah, and that kid knew when applying he wanted yale over harvard which is why he didn’t accept harvard immediately.
In the Op’s case, she’s pretending to know nothing about nothing.
I know someone who turned harvard down for a full ride at an ivy+ - turning harvard down is believable…not bc you really don’t know much about it though after you got in
As I said: troll
I'm the poster that doesn't like Harvard for a number of reasons and New Haven sucks. I don't know that'd I encourage a kid to go to Yale over Harvard either. I say this as someone that went to school in Baltimore.