Buying a Harvard yearbook?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>We just got a solicitation regarding our senior D's yearbook. It wants us to pay between $170 - $1,600 for a "sponsorship" which includes anywhere from a listing of your name up to a full-page congratulatory ad, and the yearbook is part of the package. Will it be possible to buy a yearbook later without doing one of these "sponsorships?"</p>

<p>The letter says not to wait because they'll use the response to this letter to determine how many yearbooks to print, so that would suggest that this is your only opportunity. But then it goes on to offer you copies of back issues from other years, so . . . ?</p>

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<p>I’d go for the $170. It is so cool that your D is at Harvard so you absolutely MUST get the book! FYI - we just got billed for our son’s high school yearbook…$90</p>

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<p>You don’t need to sponsor anything. We bought just the yearbook. The sponsorships mostly take the form of congratulatory ads from parent to child in the back of the book - showing baby pictures or poetry or whatever you want. It’s very similar to what many high school yearbooks do except more polished-looking. </p>

<p>If you have a graduating senior, I highly recommend buying a yearbook. It’s very cool. Unlike high school yearbooks, only the seniors are included in the identified portraits sections, and they are shown by House rather than in one big alphabetized section.</p>

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<p>GADad: Did you just receive this in the mail at home? I haven’t received anything yet.</p>

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<p>S graduated from Tufts last year. They had the same sort of stuff. We ordered the plain yearbook - no sponsorship. It was either $90 or $100. I don’t remember which.</p>

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<p>Should we expect to get a plain yearbook order form later, then?</p>

<p>Twinmom - It came in yesterday’s mail at our home address, addressed to our daughter.</p>

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<p>We haven’t gotten that solicitation yet either, twinmom.</p>

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<p>Lots of chances to buy a yearbook during senior spring, no need to get it this early or to buy a sponsorship. You do want to buy the yearbook before May/June though, as they end up selling out.</p>

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<p>OK - there’s the answer. Thanks all!</p>

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<p>Just<em>forget</em>me :</p>

<p>thanks for the info :)</p>

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<p>Still no solicitation here.</p>

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<p>I can see the differnce in following category</p>

<ol>
<li>John Harvard Patron</li>
<li>Crimson patron</li>
<li>Platinum patron</li>
<li>Silver patron</li>
</ol>

<p>But I am not sure the cheapest $170 Brattle Street Sonsor - that mean you get the year book only and no picture for your kid - Am I right to assume it.</p>

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<p>Finally got our solicitation here in NC. It was only postmarked the 29th, so they must have been sending them out in batches.</p>

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<p>Ours arrived today too.</p>