<p>Hey, guise, so I am a junior looking at colleges right now. Harvard is one of the schools I think I'll apply to. I know its undergrad sucks, but still, undergrad doesn't really matter, does it? I'll prob major in bio or physics..I honestly don't know what I'm going to major specifically in yet though. physics..biology..math..neuroscience..these are all interesting.
But besides that, I have a few questions on other aspects of Harvard.
I know a lot of CC'ers think of harvard applicants as "prestige-whores" though I'm def. not applying for prestige. I'm looking at its med program (I'm thinking of being a doctor..maybe)
so...anyways, does being a low-minority student increase my chances of getting in? (even though harvard is not a QB school).
and other facts/hints/advice/tips/knowledge about harvard will be helpful, im trying to learn as much as I can about it before I consider applying. thanks!</p>
<p>if harvard undergrad sucks then why would someone applying there for undergrad be a prestige whore</p>
<p>So you're not applying for prestige, but you're also not applying for the undergraduate education apparently because it "sucks". So why are you applying? Don't apply just because it's Harvard.</p>
<p>TJitm - If you get into Harvard, it'll be because you've convinced the Admissions Committee that undergrad matters more than anything in the world, and that you're going to go for everything you can in the undergrad experience with all you've got, and bring special assets to enhance everyone else's undergrad experience. Frankly, having spent over 30 years in higher education, I can say that the undergrad experience at Harvard is among the most remarkable I've ever seen - where does the persisting notion come from that H favors its grad programs over the one that's been its centerpiece for four centuries? Do people similarly assume that Oberlin's undergraduate programs are tainted by the fact that its Conservatory is so acclaimed?</p>
<p>Guys, you're posting in a troll thread!</p>
<p>Trolls gotta eat too!</p>
<p>The subsequent posters payoff is not necessarily related to the validity of the OP but to the quality of the ensuant intellectual discourse. </p>
<p>gadad made some good points which enhanced my understanding of undergraduate education. This will enable me to offer more informed advice to my kids, which is my primary purpose. They will ignore me, but I will have tried to do well. LOL</p>
<p>Being a Freshman here, I also find it hard to believe that anyone could attend and come away with the impression that undergraduates take a backseat to graduate departments. I actually know several graduates students who feel the opposite, that there are so many amazing opportunities here for undergraduates and that graduate students get marginalized.</p>
<p>But from personal experience I can promise that all of the professors that I've had so far are excited by engaged undergraduates and love having long discussions with us. They aren't going to come find you, maybe that happens at other schools, but they will always be happy to work with you!</p>
<p>i'm looking at you, tom jones.</p>
<p>Yale, Princeton, and Stanford are all much higher quality institutions, academically.</p>
<p>The name and the prestige both help, though.
The young men and women who enroll at Harvard over its peers aren't necessarily "whores" they're just exceedingly practical.</p>
<p>"Yale, Princeton, and Stanford are all much higher quality institutions, academically."</p>
<p>I'm constantly amazed at how many of the CC posters have attended multiple top universities and are able to compare them to one another! :)</p>
<p>^you made a statement above -- H experience is the most remarkable. could you expand on that. did you compare experiences at other schools - yours of from your knowledge of others - what aspects etc. i may have a choice to make between Stanford (already in) and H or P (if i get an offer). i would like to have an experienced perspective. thanks.</p>