<p>I went to visit its website. Why does it seems Harvard couldn't care less about it? I mean, a ten year old could make a similar looking website with Frontpage!</p>
<p>Yeah, it looks like crap</p>
<p>Are looks everything? </p>
<p><a href="http://www.useit.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.useit.com</a></p>
<p>i agree its not the best looking website around, but its HARVARD, the name covers for all its flaws</p>
<p>The name can't cover for everything, especially glaring flaws in the undergraduate education.</p>
<p>Hey, give an example of a spectacular, professional-looking website then. FYI, at least the Harvard webmaster didn't misspell, while Columbia's did.</p>
<p>Or, more to the point, give an example of a USABLE Web site on which pertinent information is easily found. After all, a lot of the poorly informed questions and comments on college discussion Web sites (no examples will be given ;) ) could be taken care of by college Web sites that are easy to use for looking up information. What's an example of a college Web site where it is easy to look up the information that you want to know about that college?</p>
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<p>Get lost, Stanford Troll.</p>
<p>Tokenadult: yeah right, never seen too many usable school sites. But I do know a couple of UNusable sites. Take a look at <a href="http://www.wellesley.edu%5B/url%5D">www.wellesley.edu</a>. I spent like half an hour browsing, and still I could't find the place where it states which tests, SATs or TOEFLs it wants me to take. Anyone interested, please give me the link, please.</p>
<p>donno what you're looking for exactly...but </p>
<p><a href="http://www.wellesley.edu/admission/admission/testinginfo.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.wellesley.edu/admission/admission/testinginfo.html</a> </p>
<p>-found that in 4 seconds? but mayb thats not what ur looking for</p>
<p>Hello there, thanks for the link; it worked (although it didn't mention int'l kids). Somehow I was clicking links like mad but cound locate it, but there it was all the same. But then I was blocking all images, so the webmaster shouldn't be blamed after all:)</p>
<p>I like the Harvard website.</p>
<p>College websites in general are insanely complex. Everything is compartmentalized (departmentalized?), so there is never a central system to make it easier to find what you need. The search feature usually isn't too helpful either. Who cares about reimbursements for travelling abroad for faculty when you're trying to find directions to get to the college?</p>
<p>Why not use the search feature, and type in "directions to get to Harvard"? Should get you what you need.</p>
<p>"What's an example of a college Web site where it is easy to look up the information that you want to know about that college?"</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mit.edu%5B/url%5D">www.mit.edu</a></p>
<p>I actually like the Harvard site except the search feature. I prefer that there be a search box on the main page instead of having to go somewhere else to do a search. Further, when you go to the search page at Harvard there are 2 choices, a google search of the Harvard sites or a Verity search of the Harvard sites. Not sure why they do this but it makes the experience less than optimal.</p>
<p>What I like about the Harvard site is the Harvard News feeds on the front page and the links at the top that take you elsewhere.</p>
<p>I think the Princeton site is awesome....very easy to use and looks great.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.princeton.edu%5B/url%5D">www.princeton.edu</a></p>
<p>The best thing to do for browsing college websites is to ignore links and use the search tools instead, I find. The names for links can be tricky, like where to go: "admissions," "academics," or "about"? Yale's website doesn't even work right for mac Safari users (but they kindly provide a note that says so).</p>