Word: home
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...many ways, the two of them, along with my other close friends from my first year--Roz, Vani, Hema, and Katie--gave me a family away from home, which brings me to my final piece of advice: find a home for yourself at Harvard. It can be a room, a group of friends, a favorite spot in the Yard. For some of my friends it has been the Law School Library, for others it has been 14 Plympton (The Crimson), for still others, it has been the Grille. For me, it has been the company of my blockmates. But once...
...just became part of a way of life for us," Mrs. Abrams said. She said virtually every Harvard graduate student and scholar studying the topic has visited their home and seen the collection at one time or another...
...just became part of a way of life for us," Mrs. Abrams said. She said virtually every Harvard graduate student and scholar studying the topic has visited their home and seen the collection at one time or another...
Just a few weeks ago you sat at your high school graduation and heard some minor celebrity (or, if you were home schooled, your Uncle Ed) say how important it was to make the most of your potential. Local celebrity that you probably were, you may have even given that speech yourself. It's good advice, and you will find it repeated in these pages. See the museums, try out extracurriculars, look hard for classes you'll really like and do well in them during your first year at Harvard. But Harvard students are good listeners...
...Harvard: other people. Unlike the course guide and the extracurricular fair, after orientation week you will never be presented with a chance to meet people and choose friends. I guess I thought there would be another chance, and so hung out only with people I knew from back home at the beginning of my first year. I'll meet people in lectures. Sorry in Sanders. Sections, then. Maybe, but during your first year you're still too busy actually doing the reading to socialize with people in your sections. And so I missed out, preoccupied with my studies and extracurriculars...