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Basic Information
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Number of Students/Ratio: 6715,
- Focus for SET: Schools with similar academic rigor
- Year founded: 1636
- Acadmic Calendar: Two-semester
- Campus Type (urban, suburban, or rural): urban
- Linked to College Town (Y/N): Y (Boston)
- Endowment: 29 Billion
- Tuition plus room/board: 45,620
- Percent in Greek System: Greek system not rocognized by Harvard College
- Admittance rate: 8.91%
- Acceptance rate: 81.07%
- Graduation rate (4 year, 5 year, 6 year): 87%, 95%, 98%
Housing Information
- Options for Housing:
Freshmen are required to room in the Freshmen dorms around Harvard Yard and eat in Annenberg Hall. From the Harvard Office of Residential Life website: "First-year students enjoy the choice location at the University. They live in the Yard, Apley Court and the Union Dormitories, at the geographic and historic center of the College. Accommodations range from eighteenth-century buildings, which housed the earliest Harvard students as well as George Washington’s troops, to Canaday Hall, the newest dormitory at the College completed in 1974. Students eat their meals in the beautiful and historic Annenberg Hall."
At the end of their Freshmen year, student lottery groups (of 8 students) are entered into the Freshmen lottery to be randomly assigned into one of the 12 upperclass houses.
Upperclassmen are typically live in the house they are assigned to until graduation. Students may, however, petition to change houses after living in their newly assigned house for at least two semesters.
Notable other housing options: Dudley co-op (approx 30 students) and DeWolfe Housing
- Number of Students in Each: 330-450 (Undergraduate Houses)
- Themed Housing, e.g. Ethnic Houses (Y/N): N
- School-owned Off-campus Housing (Y/N): Y (see Harvard Real Estate Services) Used to house undergraduates requesting special accomodations because they are married and/or have children
- Housing Allocation Methods: See Freshmen lottery above. (Random)
Quality of Academics
- Does a quick check show existance of any structure to promote high-quality teaching (Y/N): Y
- If so, briefly describe: Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
Gives seminars for Teaching Fellows (TFs) every year. There is a separate student group that runs the Q Guide (used to be called the CUE Guide). Various awards (for TFs and faculty) are offered for teaching excellence.
Administrative Structure
- Link to Org Charts for Student Affairs, Student Gov't, etc... when available
http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/budget/factbook/current_facts/central_admin_org_chart_2.html
Student/Campus Center
Loker Commons is under the freshmen dining hall. It also has been remodeled recently and has a Pub now (The Cambridge Queen's Head Pub)
- Decision-making process for allocating rooms:
- Area (in ft^2):
- Student Groups Provided Space:
Persons of Interest
Students
- Head of Student Government: (Harvard Undergraduate Council)
President: Matt Sundquist Vice President: Randall Sarafa FICOM Chair: Andrea Flores SAC Chair: Jon Staff Treasurer: Anthony Britt Secretary: Maia Usui
- Any people we know: Tons of Grad students (too many to list)
Administrators
- President: Drew Gilpin Faust
- Deans: Evelynn Hammonds, Dean of Harvard College
- Bob Doyle, Interim Associate Dean of Harvard College
- Georgene Herschbach, Associate Dean of Academic Programs
- Stephanie Kenen, Assistant Dean of Harvard College
- John Fitzgerald Gates, Associate Dean for Administration and Finance
- Jay Ellison, Assistant Dean of Harvard College and Secretary of the Administrative Board
- Monique Rinere, Associate Dean, Advising Programs
- Inge-Lise Ameer, Assistant Dean for Advising Programs
- Thomas Dingman, Dean of Freshmen
- Suzy M. Nelson, Associate Dean of Residential Life
- Joshua G. McIntosh, Assistant Dean of Residential Life
- Judith H. Kidd, Associate Dean of Harvard College (Student Activities Office)
- Paul J. McLoughlin II, Assistant Dean of Harvard College (Student Activities Office)
- Head of Student Affairs: Judith H. Kidd, Associate Dean of Harvard College (Student Activities Office)
- Head of Academic Accountability (Vice-Provost of Education here): Georgene Herschbach, Associate Dean of Academic Programs
- Head of Housing: Suzy M. Nelson (Dean of Office of Residential Life)
Follow-Up Information For Later
- Popular majors:
For Bachelor's Degrees
* Social Sciences: 38% * Biology: 12% * History: 9% * Psychology: 8% * English: 6% * Physical Sciences: 6% * Mathematics: 5%
Source: Collegeboard.com
- Happiness Rating (-3 to 3):
- "I would recommend my school to a close friend with similar interests" ratings (strongly agree, agree, no opinion, disagree, strongly disagree):
- If Y to "school-owned off-campus housing?",