<p>exactly balance is key. but oh man. it was just so much fun. def don't go into this thinking that you're just going to study all the time. because if you do, u're not going to get the full experience out of it.</p>
<p>With regards to balance, I think the main thing is to avoid staying up till 3-4 in the morning when you have "early" morning classes.</p>
<p>No Chancellor you have to do that for the first week until you realize you need more that 3 hours of sleep and your roommates are unsure if/when you exist in the room.</p>
<p>lol. the way to fix that problem is NOT to have early classes =). but yeah, i was really sleep deprived this summer just because we always would hang out at night. even tho i was a rising junior and had curfew, i was still up and down in my dorm. lol and even then we could still manage to sneak out b/c they really weren't THAT strict about it. although they are really strict about alcohol and drugs and stuff. i think two people were kicked out like the first weekend b/c they had alcohol.</p>
<p>On of the kids kicked out the first day was a girl from across the hall from me. She was from England, and it was amusing because everyone had heard all these rumors.
Being a rising Senior had its definite advantages. Getting sprinkled on at 2 AM was great. Playing Frisbee in the yard with no tourists.
I second the no morning classes. Noon would have been an amazing time for my first class.</p>
<p>I had morning classes two days a week... and it was VERY hard to wake up for it. The class (american foreign policy) was awesome, so I guess the HUGE bags under my eyes by the end of the summer were worth it.</p>
<p>yeah.. i had a 9:30 class on mondays and wednesdays. and it sucked</p>
<p>What's the college fair looks like?
Does admission office give some people interviews?
How's the weather in Boston between June through August?
And........ There is a bunch of more questions.........</p>
<p>The college fair isn't much. Basically a lot of colleges have a rep come and give out information and get a bit of info on you as well. The admissions office does give interviews if you live far away. Go to the SSP office rather quickly because the interview slots fill up quickly. If you go on any trips to colleges then they also have some interviews set up there, at least at Yale they did. My recommendation is wear something sort of nice to your trips, I got an interview at Yale, but had just woken up so I joked around with the interviewer a bit about my possibly disheveled appearance.
The weather is absolutely gorgeous. The past summer the tempratures were below average so despite sometimes getting rather warm in the dorms you could manage pretty easily with a far or so. Bring a couple light jackets because the nights get chilly, and do NOT forget an umbrella.
Pose as many questions as you would like, I am willing to answer any and all that I am capable of answering.</p>
<p>i second laurenemma on the college fair thing...</p>
<p>It rained a lot in Boston...and there were one or two horribly humid icky days...but otherwise the weather was lovely</p>
<p>Did you guys attend any public lectures hold by graduate schools like architecture, international affair and literature etc?</p>
<p>How far is the distance between MIT and Harvard?</p>
<p>Last one, can SSPers check books out from their liabraies?</p>
<p>MIT is two stops away on the T...</p>
<p>Did you guys get recommendation letters from your professors?
That will helps you alot!</p>
<p>Yes, both my professor and TA wrote me excellent recommendation letters.</p>
<p>yes i think u can check out books from the libraries. the weather was fine. and even if it did rain, it wasn't that bad. because i remember one night it POURED, but it was really warm outside, so everyone in my dorm and some of the other dorms just frolicked outside in the rain. good times =)</p>
<p>You guys didn't study hard at all?
I want to play hard if I can keep doing well and manage my life well.</p>
<p>I do remember running around in pouring rain, slipping way too many times and playing tag. Ahh the good times.</p>
<p>But Fallinwater I did study hard. I kept fairly on top of my homework, or at least got it done by the time it was due. For one of my classes we didn't really have much homework, just reading assignments which I didn't fully do. The day or two before the midterm and final I just buckled down and studied hardcore, but other than that I could get away with sort of floating.</p>
<p>I second laurenemma there, the Harvard SSP experience is not solely academic! Make friends, hang out, shop, eat (not just at Annenburg!), and have fun in general! </p>
<p>I also kept on top of my homework...it wasn't that hard...reading assignments are meant to be skimmed! My prof even told my class so! One of my roommates chose not to go to class somedays (it was philosophy lectures), and she still passed the class, but I don't suggest this. Class is only a few hours a week anyways, so go, and then go play frisbee in the rain if you really want to :) (or sit inside with your hot chocolate and mutter about them crazy people outside ;) )</p>
<p>i took a US history course while at harvard... there were probably 5 high schoolers in a class of about 30... the other 25 ranging from guys getting ready to go to grad school and teachers. it was pretty cut throat... A LOT of reading, a one page essay due every week, 2 and half hour classes twice a week... hmm for me it wasn't that fun probably because I wasn't interested in it at all. but yeah, i still passed easily.
i think the harvard experience is definitely worth the 8000 price tag plus the 2000 more one will probably spend there. like ppl have said, the friends you make, the people you meet and getting to be a part of the harvard community (albeit for a really short time) are things you will probably never regret having. some people are scared because its for two months... but really, time flies so fast when you're having fun!</p>
<p>I thought I was the only person who ran around in the rain and went "mud sledding" down the hill in front of Memorial Hall! Ahhh, the memories</p>