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No college is perfect. No matter what school you ultimately attend, there will be some people who don’t like the school, or people who have mixed feelings, or people who say negative things about the school.</p>
<p>May I suggest that you ask the question again AFTER being accepted, as right now it’s a purely academic question that you may never have to answer because Harvard says no to 95% of applicants. </p>
<p>Harvard has an entire department devoted to history and literature, I’ve heard it’s small and close-knit. No need to double major, at Harvard there are a lot of these types of interdisciplinary concentrations.
Why not apply to Dartmouth? </p>
<p>@brm114341 I am actually probably going to apply to Dartmouth 
thanks for your response!</p>
<p>@WasatchWriter I know you posted your recommendation a while ago, but I just wanted to let you know that I was on a college visit near Vassar (Bard), so I stopped by for a tour and info session, and I absolutely loved it. May even be a new top choice, despite the greater distance from home… Anyway, thanks so much for suggesting it!</p>
<p>If you’re socialist/communist, you’ll love Cambridge.</p>
<p>Harvard is overwhelmingly typical liberal/secular. It’s a huge school and so there are all types, but it’s definitely that.</p>
<p>I’m a Republican and active churchgoer and I definitely found my niche there, but don’t let that scare you off; I was definitely in a tiny minority there.</p>
<p>I don’t believe Harvard to be elitist economically. Are there some students there from incredibly wealthy families? Yes, of course. Sixty to seventy percent of students are receiving some amount of financial aid. There is significant diversity there from every perspective.
You clearly are a bright person, apply where you feel most comfortable. It should not be necessary to talk yourself in to reasons to apply, or reasons to like an environment that doesn’t suit you.
Cambridge is vibrant but is clearly urban.
A lot of your preferences scream Middlebury to me. Best Wishes!</p>
<p>I live literally down the street from Vassar and the area is nice, the campus AMAZING. Lots of “hippie” type people.</p>