Why Harvard?
Harvard Law School students tend to be an ambitious bunch. So it is no surprise to see that so many members of Congress graduated from this law school. Though we all groan whenever the umpteenth classmate at HLS speaks of wanting to run for political office, there is something extraordinary about being at a place where students who speak of such things will likely go on and do them. What is it about Harvard Law School that draws together such a talented bunch of people and enables them to succeed so magnificently? The name certainly doesn’t hurt. Many students choose HLS over other schools because there is no other school that has quite the same aura as Harvard. Yale Law School may edge Harvard out in the rankings, but ask any non-legal person what they consider to be the “best” school and the answer will inevitably be Harvard. Yale sounds great-Harvard is mythic. Being able to return home to states where Harvard students aren’t a dime a dozen helps graduates to use their degrees as a
Studying engineering, applied science, and technology at Harvard allows you to be a part of … One of the greatest intellectual centers of the world Put simply, few, if any, institutions can match or build what we have: stellar faculty, world-class facilities, and some of the brightest students in the world. We offer undergraduates a first-rate environment for learning: • more than 40 fields of concentration • an undergraduate/faculty ration of 5.
