Harvard University Top Questions

Before coming to this school, I wish I'd really know that I'd need to work a lot harder than I have.

I wish I had known how hard I would be expected to work in the classes I chose, and that it isn't always necessary to challenge yourself for the sake of challenging yourself.

How difficult classes were going to be.

I wish I had known how important ethnic/racial social groups are. I also wish I had known how important doing research is.

That the Final Clubs dominate the social scene and if you don't play a sport or attend a rich prep school then you will not have a lot of venues for having a quality nightlife on the weekends.

That there are more resources out there than you know and that you should take advantage of everything!

I wish I had known how important it is to make many friends early on in your college career, because it gets harder to do the further along you are.

That the economy was going to be hurting when I was looking for a job afterwards.

I wish I had known how large the amount of workload is.

I wish I knew how hard it was to have a social life here because that is very important to me. I am academically focused but at the same time it is good to have friends.