Meeting Harvard Representatives before the Admission Deadline

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@crazymom

Actually, my son cannot easily attend an overnight visit during the school year. His school requires his attendance for his grades and he has a job, plus we can't afford to fly him there. We spent our available funds to visit Harvard already. It is almost 1400 miles away.

I never said your son could easily attend an overnight visit, I said he can easily sign up. It takes one phone call the the admissions office, and then he's set. I never mentioned his ability to get there, so if you guys can't afford it, that's really none of my business.</p>

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@crazymom

And no, I don't mind taking people's pictures and interacting with the world. I remember how happy I was to see little kids around instead of young adults and old professors all of the time when I was a student. Are the same students that are so fussed about picture taking putting every picture imaginable on Facebook and the like? College is a time to expose yourself to people who are different from yourself. It is really the only way to find out who you are.

I interact with the world on a daily basis, I do go to school in a slightly urban area with 6000 other people. My only issue is with adult and young adult tourists stopping me every second on the way to class to take a picture. And, I have never seen little kids touring the Yard. It's one thing to take your own pictures and put them on facebook, but it's another thing to have tourist after tourist ask to be in a picture with you simply because you go to Harvard. It really makes one feel like a zoo animal or circus attraction. Also, since when is interacting with the tourists the key to having a fulfilling college experience? Harvard does a great job of admittting all kinds of students, so we do have the opportunity to to interact with people different from ourselves.</p>

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@crazymom

This elitist attitude probably explains the lack of any student interest in being helpful to those from the evil outside. Also why Cambridge has no street signs, to keep people from finding the place.

I'm sorry that you find me elitist. You're probably the only person who's ever told me that. I only commented on this thread to explain why Harvard does what it does. But as Hanna said, it is clear you already had your mind made up that Harvard is this crazy place where the students don't interact with anyone who is not privileged enough to go to Harvard and where the school fosters this type of environment. And both of those things are completely untrue. I don't think outsiders are evil. I don't even think of the tourists as outsiders. I gladly give directions and help to any tourist who asks. It's the excessive picture taking (if I am in the picture) that I'm not a fan of. </p>

<p>And, btw, Cambridge streets do have street signs.</p>