<p>actually.. im REALLY excited about the weather. I love snow and i think the cold would be tight.</p>
<p>Make sure you keep that thought warm in your mind as you make your twice daily half mile trek from the quad through feet of snow, blistering wind, and cold. Or better yet, from Allston!</p>
<p>Most ppl take the shuttles and avoid the trek...although, if you're into that, I guess its cool. <a href="http://www.shuttletime.harvard.edu%5B/url%5D">www.shuttletime.harvard.edu</a> :P</p>
<p>Of course Columbia's going to have that more exciting city enviornment, it's in New York after all. However, I'm from a small town and before coming here was convinced that I really wanted to be in a school that is right in the middle of the city (think Columbia or NYU) but I've ended up loving Cambridge.</p>
<p>I also disagree on #2, although that's obviously a personal thing. If you came here looking to party, you probably wouldn't like the people, and you might think it's not exciting here. On the other hand, I've run into some of the best people I've ever met here.</p>
<p>The curfew and ID being taken away is a legitimate complaint though. SSP would suck as a rising junior. As a rising senior here now, the rules are essentially nonexistant. Our proctor isn't out to get us but is helpful... i'm sorry taffyluchia's friend's experience is so different. I don't understand why Harvard makes such a large difference between rising juniors and seniors. Rising seniors have no curfew but should let their proctors know where they'll be after 1AM - in my case, our proctor gave us her AIM and cell phone and either of those or just leaving a sticky on her door is enough. It's not like she's going to say "no, you can't go," but rather it's just so she can contact us if necessary.</p>
<p>Of course none of this is relevent to Harvard undergrad, except if you did SSP you'd realize that Harvard rocks and it'd be your first choice :D</p>
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<p>Ironically, she doesn't like Harvard because she thinks people here party too hard. Bad for us, whom happens to live in the party dorm -- Hollis South. She thinks Harvard 'buildings' and 'surronding areas' are not exciting.</p>
<p>living in the party dorm would suck... luckily straus B is calmer</p>
<p>It does suck. I happen to be sharing a wall with the room where all the partying is going on, so I have to go to one of the libraries whenever I want to study in the afternoon (my dorm's quiet in the mornings).</p>
<p>It's good to see that very few people seem to have the stories that the OP was asking about...
As for me: I applied to Princeton ED, got deferred, spent the second semester in London, loved the city environment/museums (a big plus for Harvard), researched my college choices, did some 'soul-searching,' and ultimately became a Harvard convert.
If I have any regrets I'll share them, but right now I couldn't be happier. I'm even looking forward to the Bostonian weather (?).</p>
<p>Be happy you're not at Yale summer school then--there is a small area of downtown, including the campus, that the summer school students aren't allowed to leave. This is policed by having the students wear large ID tags around their necks at all times. Being caught outside the perimeter or without an ID tag is grounds for expulsion (according to my friend, whose friend was a proctor there. Seems a little harsh to me.) These rules apply even to rising college freshmen.</p>
<p>Summer school has nothing to do with an actual college experience for undergrads. It's under the control of entirely different people, I believe. In any case, I think the best summer camp to go to is Brown Summer Program - I went twice and they don't have any curfews and few rules, which you can get around. The courses and professors were amazing too.</p>
<p>crimsonbulldog- i was born and raised in manchuria (about 15-20 minutes away from SIBERIAN BORDER).. so i'm pretty sure i'll be able to cope with the cold.</p>