<p>My S LOVED Harvard sooooo much. He still has his roomies from Sophomore year with whom he has made such great friends. He has been in Upteen wedding parties, visits them regularly, crossed country with two of them in a small VOLVO...and still regularly attends "CHADO" the Japanese Tea Ceremony Society to which he became enamored in his freshman year. Needless to say..Harvard is NOT for everybody. You need to have a passion, a love, and a desire, and be a self-starter. No one is going to hold your hand and nurture you. You have to be self-driven and know what you want. There is really no great need for advising at the freshman level. These undergrads have their own passions and intellectual pursuits. If there are students at Harvard that are NOT happy, it is a personal thing...they haven't found the right environment for themselves. Your freshmen colleagues will leave you by the wayside if you can't muster up the fortitude and perseverance to stick with the curriculum. Happens all the time! Though their freshman attrition rate is quite low. Most people who are accepted to HARVARD do finally graduate from HARVARD albeit not in four years or less.</p>