<p>Any advice on where to set up a bank account?
Also how much advising is available for incoming freshmen interested in engineering. Is it department based or does it come from your freshman advisor? Thx</p>
<p>^Are you over 18? If so, with a driver’s license you can easily stop by any of the banks in the Square and ask for an account to be set up in minutes. The banks most accessible to the Yard are Bank of America, Citizens Bank, Cambridge Savings, Citibank, and Sovereign (hope I didn’t miss any). </p>
<p>Because you haven’t yet declared concentration, advising will come from your freshman adviser, but for some people, the academic adviser may be someone in the department of interest. You can also set up an appointment with the department adviser on your own if you like.</p>
<p>How do international students go about setting up a bank account?</p>
<p>How competitive is the try-out process for the mock trial team? It’s Harvard and the campus is obviously chock-full of talent, but do they have an “A” team and “B” team?</p>
<p>Hi. I am thinking of applying to grad school and scouring for scholarship possibilities. Singapore has a rich roster of scholarships, but that is mostly for undergrad. Nothing much for grad studies yet that I could find. Been googling for possibilities but most American schools have stuff for women or minority races etc, not much for Singapore or South East Asia. Any pointers from your experience? I’m specifically interested in KSG. Thanks!</p>
<p>When or how do the freshman obtain the freshman advisors ?</p>
<p>If your daughter or son goes to the Harvard Advising Portal, where they found out the name of their proctor, they’ll also see who’s been assigned to be their freshman advisor. I think that information is up by now; if not, the advising information will be up at the same time. Google Harvard Advising Portal to get there most quickly, since I don’t know whether any other sites link to it internally.</p>
<p>Also, a question of my own; does anyone know when the location information for fall classes go up? I want to start planning my shopping routes.</p>
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<p>The Mock Trial team is very good, and tryouts are fairly competitive. I don’t think they have an “A” and “B” team, just one, but this was a few years ago so I can’t say with certainty. There will be an activities fair during your first few days at which they will be present for sure.</p>
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<p>My recollection is that classroom locations usually go up pretty late, maybe a day or two before the registration deadline. I’ve never not been at campus when I found out classroom locations.</p>
<p>Hey there! First of all, thanks everyone for posting helpful questions, especially to the Harvard students for answering them. </p>
<p>As in international student currently attending one of the most selective country’s English private boarding schools, I certainly want to give studying at an US college a try in a couple of years. Not only do I maintain good academic results, I also love the ECs I am doing and want to continue with the work I began a few years ago to the very end of high school.</p>
<p>But, as I am a rising sophomore only, there is no point really in stressing over GPA, exams etc. I am about to start with a little bit of prep for the SATs this year when there is time. Nevertheless, I am fully aware that everything could pretty much change in the years to come and, as a result, I might not be attending any of the Ivies or the kind. Before I get to the question itself, let me tell you something about my background and why I think I might be interesting for some of the schools I dream about (sorry if it sounds little too confident):</p>
<p>I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy right after my birth - luckily the kind that effects the lower limbs and movement “only”. As a result, my childhood was almost purely devoted to seeing a huge variety of doctors, undergoing many surgeries etc. In hindsight, I am more than gretaful that my parents actually decided to embark on this difficult way of life that helped me to get where I am now. To put a long story short, while about ten years ago I would not even have dreamed about going to a school farther than a mile from my house, usually being accompanied by somebody else taking caring nothing would happen to me while en route, now I am more or less fully independent and commuting to my present school twice a week (it is about a half of the country, even though for Europe that’s nothing compared to the States :))… </p>
<p>And the reason why I decided to give it a try and to achieve something regardless of what the doctors say was that I was literally ousted out of the school I went to before this one. It was just then that the last surgery, a fairly complicated one, was ahead of me. I had two choices - either do it later (it would have meant not spending so much time in the new class), or do it over the summer. I went for the latter. Despite the fact I was on crutches (I neglected the suggested convalescence in favor of the new school) I started the semester on a regular date… But the staff did not like the idea of them helping me out from time to time… They eventually pushed me to make a great leap ahead to independence and even better education, which I am grateful for, not taking the psychological pressure put on me by the teachers into account…</p>
<p>Now, I am about to do another leap as I progress with my high school education. The question is - thanks if you’ve read to this point, by the way 
- whether to write something like this - my story - as part of the application, maybe the essay? The thing is whether or not to write it fow I feel it or to make a better story out of it? I do not want to come across as someone who begs the AC for mercy and hopes to get it based on a seemingly sad story, I would love them to know this part of my life on the other hand…</p>
<p>Any suggestions?
PS: I am really sorry for the messy stream-of-consciousness-like style. I needed to share it with someone.</p>
<p>How well do lower income kids blend in with everyone else? Do students from two extremely different social classes usually become friends? I’m talk about kids who got full rides because of need based aid and have parents making <40k</p>
<p>Also, how are engineering students regarded? Is it possible to do some kind of double major/dual degree in CS and EE and graduate in 4 years?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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They’re just doing room assignments with faculty now – many courses probably don’t have assigned rooms yet at all.</p>
<p>I hope you’ll all forgive me if I’ve repeated a question, but one can only read so much of a 37-page CC thread, however insightful the topic may be. In any case, I’d be willing to bet my question is somewhat cliche to begin with. Would SCEA allow for any benefit in admissions, or would RA be a better choice? I feel like RA would give me more time to make sure my application is as airtight as possible, and possibly give me the time to prepare a supplementary arts recording or something like that.</p>
<p>What did you do your sophomore year of high school? How did you prepare?</p>
<p>Sound-
That’s a good question to call the bank and ask. They usually want some form of proof that you’ll be a resident in the U.S.</p>
<p>Pentupenguin-
As someone who’s on full financial aid, I’ve never felt out of place on campus. As for the feasibility of a dual degree in CS and EE, check to see if both departments would allow the setup of a joint concentration.</p>
<p>Do you know how selective the process is for the undergraduate visiting student program is ? I think i might want to do that next year.</p>
<p>I was chatting with my mother and learned that she was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club as an undergrad. Does this mean I’ll get punched automatically? How does that whole process work?</p>
<p>Is this fall schedule manageable for an incoming freshman (anticipated physics concentrator):</p>
<p>Physics 16
Math 25a
CS 50 (I have taken courses in OOP and Data Structures with Java and am really interested in CS 61, but the prerequisites explicitly mention knowledge of C… advice?)
Introductory Language (probably German or Latin)</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice!</p>
<p>TAKE LATIN.</p>
<p>Sent from my LG-P509 using CC App</p>
<p>Just in case anybody’s still wondering, faculty members got emails with their course locations today, and assignments will allegedly be available on course sites and in the shopping tool on August 15.</p>
<p>…also, if you shop SCRB 180, say hi to me! :)</p>
<p>As a sidenote, does anybody want to sound off on what kinds of information you’d like to see on websites of courses you’re shopping? I’m putting together the website for the course, and I want it to be useful for people who aren’t sure whether they want to take the course or not. Right now I have a draft syllabus, the readings for section, and a cool picture of neurons. Anything I’m missing?</p>
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<p>Thanks!</p>
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<p>That sounds like enough, I think.</p>