<p>I live in NY, and I am trying to decide which program I should do. Stanford is really far away, but it seems like it might be good for math and science. Harvard also looks fun and interesting, but I am really in between which one I should go to. I am leaning toward Harvard, but what do you guys think? What have you heard about either of these programs, and how hard is it to get in?</p>
<p>Everyone gets into both.</p>
<p>Stanford is nicer, so I'd personally rather go there.</p>
<p>I'm applying to Harvard SSP, and I heard it's not difficult at all to get in. I don't know much about the Stanford program, but it's too far away for me anyway. I'm looking forward to what it's like to be taught by Harvard professors, especially in the course I want to take.</p>
<p>Oh, I heard Stanford was selective. Well, I think that I am going to go to Harvard. It looks like fun, and I think I might get some math credits while I am there.</p>
<p>Stanford's really expensive...</p>
<p>Both are very expensive.</p>
<p>ew. i live near stanford and uggghh. lets just say that it deserves its nickname "the farm"</p>
<p>cambridge on the other hand.... :-D. all of boston is easily accessible by the T. and boston is way better than suburban norcal.</p>
<p>Harvard provides financial aid - I'm not sure about Stanford though.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks for your input. I think I will probably go to Harvard since it is closer, and most people here say that it is good.</p>
<p>I went to Harvard this past summer, and it was the best summer of my life!</p>
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I'm looking forward to what it's like to be taught by Harvard professors, especially in the course I want to take.
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Look up your professor before registering for the course... they're not all Harvard regulars. In fact, most of them aren't I think.</p>
<p>Yeah I figured that out a few days ago, haha. Did you attend SSP? Are the professors great even if they aren't Harvard profs?</p>
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Yeah I figured that out a few days ago, haha. Did you attend SSP? Are the professors great even if they aren't Harvard profs?
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I did attend SSP last summer. My Macroeconomics professor was an Amherst regular and he was great, so you shouldn't drop the class just because they're not Harvard regulars.
ratemyprofessor.com is a great resource for this situation.</p>
<p>All of the almost-open-admission programs tend to be expensive, simply because they can take however many students they like. RSI or TASP can only take a few because individual attention is key, not padding th endowment. (Columbia practorials? Waste of time IME.)</p>
<p>gzhang - I looked up the professor for Intro to Political Philosophy, and it looks like he graduated from Oxford University and currently teaches at Cardiff in the UK. Haha, not too shabby? But you're right, I'm not going to drop the class just because he's not a Harvard regular.</p>
<p>-sigh- I hope I get accepted...</p>
<p>I went to Stanford Summer College this past summer, and also had the best summer of my life.</p>
<p>hahaha i went to harvard the past summer (2006) and i have to say it was the most aweeeesome summer of my lifee! i don't know much about stanford one (are you talking about the EPGY one?). i think i will apply to the EPGY one this year.
and it's not really hard to get in. although everyone there were really interesting and intelligent, their GPAs were not as outstanding as I have imagined (I personally didn't expect myself to get in).
hahaha go for it, i totally recommend it.
but, if you do get in make sure you do the "course shopping." this is when you get to go around and check out classrooms for the first two weeks. i didn't know about it and ended up sticking to a class with an overly boring professor. almost everyone fell asleep hahaha.</p>
<p>Hey nijnaw, what course did you take that was so boring, and what were some courses that AREN'T boring? lol. :)</p>
<p>I went to the SSP last summer and, God willing, I'll go back for this one if my app is approved. It was an amazing summer, but not in the way that I thought it would be; it was just an amazingly broadening experience, and it combined perfectly a great group of friends with a stunning degree of independence, even as a rising junior. I'll comment on the classes thing, for what it's worth...</p>
<p>Research your courses carefully before you come, but, and they don't emphasize this enough, remember that you have a one-week shopping period. All you have to do is be registered for something. A LOT of people switch courses their first week, and it's no big deal. (3 days for Short Sessions)</p>
<p>I took two courses -- one taught by a Harvard professor, and the other not. Both were equally well taught, and my understanding is that it's extremely difficult to find a Summer School instructor who's not a superb teacher, whether visiting or not.</p>
<p>did anybody take general chemistry? if so, what was the level of difficulty in comparison to like AP chem.</p>
<p>and did anyone take multivar calc or diff eq? and how was it</p>