About Harvard

• Cambridge, MA
• Founded in 1636
• Private institution
• Urban campus
• 3% acceptance rate

School Is Known For 

• Scientific and technological research 
• Among the oldest colleges in the U.S.; founded in 1636 colonial America
• Top-ranked Business School and Medical School
• Highly ranked School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Law School and John F. Kennedy School of Government
• Harvard’s extensive library system houses the oldest collection in the U.S. and the largest academic library in the world
• Eight U.S. presidents graduated from Harvard, including Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy
• Other notable alumni include Henry David Thoreau and Helen Keller
• Largest endowment of any school in the world

Culture 

• About 70% of all undergraduates live on campus; freshmen are required to live on campus
• Harvard’s athletic teams compete in the Ivy League
• Annual football match-up against rival Yale
• On-campus residential housing is an integral part of student life: freshmen live at the center of campus and upperclassmen live in 12 undergraduate houses
• Housing Day: An annual Harvard tradition that takes place on the Thursday before spring break, when first-year students learn which of the school’s 12 upperclassmen residential houses they’ll be assigned to for the next three years
• Strong sense of community at the level of the Houses and student organizations