Student review [#36549] for Applied Mathematics
at Harvard University

Academics are absolutely fantastic. They vary, of course, depending on the student’s choice. Many students just take boring, huge introductory lessons and then complain about how they’ve never met their professors. However, there are literally thousands of off the beaten track options for small seminars in countless areas. I tried to follow as many of them as possible and my average class size was around five. Eating out with professors is not uncommon, and the vast majority of professors spend a lot of time getting to know students. Each professor has extended office hours, so a complaint that professors are unreachable usually rests with the student. After my class for two last year, which often took hours, we would sometimes go for a drink. Students and professors appear to be part of the same community, not separate entities. I highly recommend that you have at least two small, obscure classes in your schedule each semester. Overall, Harvard scholars live up to their name