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...we’re congratulating you, however, we’d like to remind you of the new realities you??€™ll face as a Harvard student. The first of these is, of course, tuition.  You may have been accepted into Harvard, but, as with any college, the balance on your term bill will determine whether or not you actually get to live within the gates of Harvard Yard. After all, a world-class education does cost money. Tuition increased 3.5 percent this past year—that?...
...that’s not all. You should probably buy textbooks, which can cost hundreds of dollars each semester. You may also want some food to snack on when you??€™re churning out a paper at 2 a.m., and fortunately overpriced burritos from Harvard Square are always available to substitute the money you??€™re losing with a few extra pounds. On that note, you may also want to look into a gym membership—it may be expensive, but you have to avoid that freshman fifteen, right...
...life? We’re sure you have every intention of working hard and spending your free time in the library (although, why would you want to go to a library? There’s no food allowed, you can’t talk with anyone, and you??€™re forced to sit at uncomfortable tables). However, on Friday nights, you will probably want to get out of your dorm. You could see a concert, but ticket prices add up. You could go out to dinner, but do you really want to spend...
Fortunately, that school is Harvard. While we’re sure you??€™ve heard of Harvard’s $26 billion endowment, the majority of it is restricted, so funding for much of what we’ve described depends on unrestricted alumni donations...
...wondering why we’re talking about alumni giving—after all, you??€™re not even a student here, let alone an alumnus. But while you??€™re getting ready to start your four years at Harvard, we’re getting ready to leave. And we depart with the knowledge that Harvard has provided opportunities we couldn’t have gotten anywhere else. Yet we—like the majority of seniors in our class—will graduate debt-free. We know that this...