<p>I understand at H you are not assigned a house until sophomore year.Do the Harvard houses have similar ammenties to the Yale colleges, for instance, is there a library in each house, a work out room, or an activity room ( ex: rock climbing)? Are there interesting guest speakers at the master teas? How involved are the counsellors in each house?Is there someone who knows you well at H, like Yale claims to have? Additionally, the students I met at H last week were bogged down with work.(I visited after Bulldog days). As Yale requires more credits to graduate than Harvard, I was surprised that the Yale students seemed less stressed. Maybe it was the Bulldog day atmosphere, and things at H will be more relaxed next week. It is difficult to make a decision, and others I met are in a similar quandry. Also, can someone comment on the night life at both schools. Some of us were a little put off by some of the parties at Y which made us feel like we were in scene of Animal House----we were sticking to the floors, and there were beer bogs and kids in the trees. (I think that they were outlooks). Is that the typical party scene or are there more civil parties at both schools?</p>