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From Our Student Blog

Splash at Harvard

What do computer algorithms have in common with stand-up comedy? Nothing much, besides the fact that they were both topics of classes taught at the inaugural Splash at Harvard. This past Saturday, about 150 high school students streamed into Harvard’s Sever Hall to take classes...

Splash at Harvard
Thinking About a Joint Concentration?

My academic plans have changed drastically in the past three years. I spent my first year doing STEM before realizing my heart wasn’t really in it. I started exploring my Sophomore fall, just two months before having to declare and was lucky enough...

Thinking About a Joint Concentration?
Bridging the Gap: My Year of Deliberate Decision Making

After I accepted Harvard’s admission to the Class of 2022 and the excitement died down, my mind started to wonder. I knew without a doubt that Harvard was the right place, but was I ready to go to arguably the best university in the world...

Bridging the Gap: My Year of Deliberate Decision Making
5 Tips for Securing Summer Internships for Incoming First-Years

After my first semester of adjusting to life at Harvard, I wasn’t absolutely sure that I also wanted to spend my summer away from home this year. However, after chatting with a few of my older friends about all of the summer opportunities available as...

5 Tips for Securing Summer Internships for Incoming First-Years
10 Things I Wish I Knew as a First-Year Student

This weekend, admitted students flooded Harvard Yard for the College’s annual admitted student weekend: Visitas. For many, this was their first glimpse of the next for years of their life. In honor of Visitas, I’m sharing my tips and advice — as a rising junior...

10 Things I Wish I Knew as a First-Year Student

The Harvard College Honor Code

Harvard College is an academic and residential community devoted to learning and the creation of knowledge. We - the academic community of Harvard College, including the faculty and students - view integrity as the basis for intellectual discovery, artistic creation, independent scholarship, and meaningful collaboration. We hold honesty - in the representation of our work and in our interactions with teachers, advisers, peers, and students - as the foundation of our community. Read more about our Honor Code.