<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>In March, I'm visiting Harvard from Canada.</p>
<p>Do you think it's a good idea to go find the admission officers and talk to them? Just to introduce yourself?</p>
<p>Thanks for advice</p>
<p>Won't hurt. You can hear the little presentation at Byerly Hall and take the guided tour. (Check to see the times.)</p>
<p>I suggest you attend an information session and take the admissions tour. There's information on the website, I presume. In that case, you can speak to the officer leading the info session after it's over.</p>
<p>Best Advice: Don't touch John Harvard's Shoe! The statue in harvard yard is a place where a lot of tourists like to pose with and get pictures taken. Everyone likes to touch his foot for "good luck." Of course drunk frat boys like to urinate on his foot quite frequently. I thought it was a different color because so many people touch it...guess not. So don't touch it.</p>
<p>Tens of thousands of Harvard applicants over the years can attest: those who did not rub John Harvard's shoe when visiting Cambridge WERE NEVER ADMITTED!!</p>
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Of course drunk frat boys like to urinate on his foot quite frequently.
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A dubious claim, given that there are no frats at Harvard. :)</p>
<p>To the OP: it's worth visiting the admissions office for the information session and the tour, but if you're asking whether talking to an admissions officer on your visit will help your chances for admission, the answer is no. The sessions and discussion are for you to learn about the school. They learn about you through your application materials and alumni interview.</p>
<p>I would find out who is the adcom for your area. Then send him/her an email before you go, saying when you'll be there and you'd like the chance to stop by and say hi to them. Chances are he/she will email you back saying, sure, stop by.</p>
<p>Ah, I stand corrected, just drunk non-frat boys then. Oh well, I rubbed the foot, maybe I now have some magical boost in admissions. Ha I figured if I'm stupid enough to rub the foot, I most likely don't even have a shot at admission. Oh well, If you really want to rub the foot, without the germs, I'd just get a disinfectant wipe and clean it off. Then rub it.</p>
<p>(Wow someone on this site told me they urinated on it about 20 min to half an hour after I touched it.)</p>
<p>Drunken MIT frat boys and Harvad non-frat boys pee on John Harvard's foot. Harvard students won't touch it. Only tourists do.</p>
<p>yea my alumni interview said to not touch it either. :P</p>
<p>The battle of the "urban legends" - John Harvard's boot department! </p>
<p>I said TOUCH it --- don't LICK it, for chrissakes!</p>
<p>A satirical take on the subject:</p>
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<p>I never touched it. :P</p>
<p>The guide told us about the whole **** thing while we were about a hundred yards away watching a family pose in front of it.</p>
<p>Having been tipped off, my daughter did not touch the foot when we toured. </p>
<p>She still got in.</p>
<p>There are frats at Harvard, just not official ones. S's suitemate is in one.</p>
<p>I told my daughter to rub his foot while we were on the tour (never having heard the stories...)</p>
<p>She was reluctant to do so in front of everyone, but did, after everyone walked way, just to humor me.</p>
<p>She got in ... SCEA.</p>