<p>"How are the weight facilities/gyms? I go to a Gold's Gym around here and I was wondering if there were any decent weightrooms on campus or nearby?"</p>
<p>There are two major gyms on campus - the MAC (south of the yard) and the Law School gym (north of the yard) which is brand new; both are great facilities and anyone with a Harvard ID has access to them for free.</p>
<p>Right family? Haha, guess not.</p>
<p>Don't worry about it NewYorker. Even FDR was turned down by Porcellian. :-)</p>
<p>Speaking of food...there's a new restaurant in the Square called "B. Good" that advertises itself as healthy fast-food. It is pretty healthy--it has like turkey burgers/oven baked fries/healthy fruit shakes--and it is AMAZING. I definitely recommend it. Sooooo good. Mmm.</p>
<p>Does Harvard prefer people who are amazing at one thing or ok/good at a number of things?</p>
<p>And do all Americans play football?</p>
<p>The Ace is Back: We have both. Everyone is amazing in some way or another. They might have been community service stars or was the first one in his/her county to go to Harvard, which is definitely an achievement in its own right. Some are balanced and some are not. And no, not all play football.</p>
<p>Ok, so if you're not amazing at any one thing you won't get in?</p>
<p>And football doesn't play that big a part in your uni experience?</p>
<p>Also, how is the accomodation and is it dorms/individual rooms?</p>
<p>What is a 'hook' and what are 'legacies'?</p>
<p>And have you met any internationals yet? How are they finding Harvard?</p>
<p>thanks for answering. when i visited (on a sunday), i dropped in on a class that was holding a review session. it was a biochem class and a TF was teaching-not very well...is that typical?</p>
<p>Does Harvard have any student run comedy shows/ SNL-type skit clubs?</p>
<p>The Ace is Back -</p>
<p>A legacy is an applicant whose parent(s) also attended the same college. They are often given extra consideration when making admissions decisions. </p>
<p>A "hook" is a term that is often (mis)used to mean the same the thing as an EC, which it is not. A true hook is something about the applicant, some quality or something they have, that is of BENEFIT TO THE SCHOOL and therefore makes them more desirable to admit. Some hooks: legacy, URM, wealthy, famous, child of someone wealthy, famous, or politically connected.</p>
<p>ECs are the more ordinary achievements: music, art, athletics, drama, community service, etc. They are nice and will be in your favor on the application, but it won't particularly help the school to have you enrolled.</p>
<p>An EC can become a hook if you are so accomplished at it that it makes you famous. E.g. winning an Olympic gold medal or publishing a best seller.</p>
<p>And on football - most American boys play football at sometime in their lives, even if it's just pick-up games when you are a little kid. But at the college level, football is a serious business - only very talented athletes play college-level football.</p>
<p>"And have you met any internationals yet? How are they finding Harvard?"</p>
<p>I've met four internationals (six if you count Hawaii) and they all say they like the school. I only communicate with them every few months so I can't tell you much more than that.</p>
<p>I've met many many internationals. They make up a large part of our class in comparison with classes before us, and it's really really fun to be friends with them.</p>
<p>yea can someone talk more about the TFs...</p>
<p>Many of my friends are international students and they have all adjusted easily and enjoy it here. About 11% of the class is made up of Intl students from all over the world - my personal friends are from such places as England, France, South Africa, Greece, China, Kuwait, Syria, and Azerbaijan just to name a few.</p>
<p>As far as TFs go, many classes have big lectures with full professors and then they break up into sections in which a TF teaches the actual material and assigns the papers etc. TFs vary widely in quality - and most of the time it really is luck of the draw as to who you will get.</p>
<p>For most gov classes you will have lecture 2-3 times a week with the full prof and section 1 time a week with a TF. For gov classes section serves primarily as a review.</p>
<p>For economics (specifically ec 10) you will only have a few lectures in the entire semester (with hundreds of students in Sanders) by the full prof (Mankiw) and all the material is taught in section (with about 25 students). Higher level ec courses work differently probably.</p>
<p>Languages are taught entirely in section - in my case Arabic meets everyday, the prof teaches the material 3 times a week MWF and the TF reviews TTh.
Some languages meet less often. Language sections usually range from 10-15 people; mine has 12. </p>
<p>Freshmen seminars are taught by full professors (unless otherwise noted) and are capped at 12 students meeting either 1 or 2 times a week. You must apply to get into a freshmen seminar (essay and possibly interview).</p>
<p>Someone else can speak of math and science courses since I didn't take any this semester.</p>
<p>wow alot of discussion....</p>
<p>first of all in my experience, food in annenberg...bleh. however, like sunglasses said that B.good place is really good.i mean there are tons of great options on harvard square(border, pinnochios, felipes, the kong,etc) but if you are looking for the $1 burger you wont find it. </p>
<p>the MAC and the Law School Gym- veeerrryy nice. and big. </p>
<p>internationals- being an "international" myself (dual citizen) i would say most us tend to find harvard amazing in many respects. internationals tend to also be really integrated -probably because of the Freshman International Program and woodbridge society.</p>
<p>ohhh the subject of TF's...
like chewy said, it really depends on who you get. Ive gotten both good and reaallly really bad TF's this semester. I got a great TF for my science core course, an OK one for arabic, and a dreadful one for Justice. It really depends .
However, all in all TFs are great resources: they help review the material, initiate discussions, grade your papers (something i dont particularly like about the TF system), answer your questions etc</p>
<p>What were the names of the running mates involved in the scandal in the Harvard elections?</p>
<p>My question: What's the link to the website that rates all the professors on teaching style, grading procedure, etc.? Or is it not a website and an actual handbood distributed unofficially on the campus? Thanks!</p>
<p>Both. I would give you the link, but it wouldn't do you any good because you have to have a pin to log in. But yeah, it's also distributed to freshmen during freshmen week in book form.</p>
<p>Thanks for answering. Few more questions - </p>
<p>What is the woodbridge society?</p>
<p>Can you 'major' in Economics + Chinese or can you only end up majoring in one thing?</p>
<p>How's the accomodation?</p>
<p>If I get in, I won't have done English Lit for 2 years - could I still take it up again?</p>
<p>Can you get in without a hook?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>