<p>@guineagirl96,</p>
<p>I don’t know whether “cutthroat” is really all that true. My son, entering his junior year, hasn’t experienced much of that. But the curriculum can be extremely rigorous, and the school expects students, often, to find their own way through things.</p>
<p>When my son interviewed for Harvard. his interviewer remarked that Harvard has many resources, and many people happy to help the individual student, but that the individual must ask, must assert him/herself; no one is going to seek the student out to see how he/she is doing, or whether he/she needs help. Harvard, above all else, expects students who can make their own way, who have an advanced level of maturity, and the ability to navigate for themselves.</p>