So, i was THRILLED to get into Harvard SCEA last October. I decided to take a gap year in Africa that i'm enjoying immensely. Two of my best friends from high school also got in and I communicate with them almost daily. I'm also in touch with friends who are at Yale and Princeton. It has been fascinating (and unnerving) to follow my ex-classmates trials and tribulations.
I know it's still early in my contemporaries' college careers, and everyone's experiences are completely different, but my friends at Harvard are significantly unhappier than those at Yale and Princeton.
While my friends at Y&P already feel enmeshed in the fabric of their schools, my Harvard chums are floundering. They describe wandering around campus aimlessly, listening for any evidence of merriment, and an administration tone deaf to the social needs of its students.
These two particular friends were extremely popular in hs, good looking, fun-loving folks, not antisocial loners in the least.
I know i'm incredibly fortunate to win the Harvard lottery, but is it crazy to begin to strategize a potential transfer to Y or P? I realize i would need to show compelling reasons (not social reasons) to switch: maybe talk about my interest in The Woodrow Wilson School?
I will give H a chance for a year, but my friends make it sound absolutely awful!
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