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Readers Respond: Tell Us About Your Harvard University Experience

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Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University is frequently ranked #1 among all colleges and universities in the United States. It is the most selective university in the country, and with an endowment in the tens of billions of dollars, Harvard has more financial resources than any other university in the world.

Are you familiar with Harvard University? Have you visited or attended Harvard? If so, please share your impressions with prospective students. Share Your Impressions

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This seems like a really great school. Like judging by the the pictures it seems really nice. And also by looking over Harvard University's profile. I'm a 7th grader that goes to a middle school in North Carolina, and I'm doing a project saying really what I want to do in the future, and this is one of the schools I would LOVE to go to!
—Guest briannah

A Parent's Perspective

My eldest daughter transferred from Smith to Harvard. (Being a McGill grad myself I thought that was pretty cool as we considered McGill the Harvard of Canada back then in the 60s.) She majored in English, graduated with honors and received her commission as well as her A.B. degree. (She had done ROTC at MIT simultaneously.) We loved visiting her in Boston. Cambridge is full of lovely shops and eateries. While our daughter claimed she had worked harder at her boarding school than she did at Harvard, she did enjoy her experience there, made a lot of friends and got a fine start on her career. Time and money well spent.
—privateschool

Harvard University's Location

I didn't go to Harvard (I'm a BU grad), but Harvard Square is such a great location--shopping, music, street performers, theatre... I found myself hanging out there most weekends. It's also a quick subway ride to downtown Boston, or a pretty walk to the Charles River. The greater Boston area is such a fabulous place to be a college student, and Harvard sits on some of the best real estate in the area.
—Guest James

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