Harvard University

In an article about Harvard, college students of primarily BIPOC identities stand outside the campus gates.

The Link Between Affirmative Action and Legacy Admissions

Olivia Hinck, Siena College

One of the top schools in the country has an acceptance rate of 4 percent…unless your parents can get you in.…

August 21, 2023

"The Idiot" by Batuman is shown in a drawing of a person reading.

Every Young Writer Should Read Elif Batuman

Alina Edwards, Wellesley College

The author's two novels introduce us to a heroine unlike any other, one who can inspire and guide aspiring writers in their own journeys of self-discovery.…

July 3, 2022

Harvard University Unveils Plans to Implement Gender-Neutral Housing

Dominique Bander, Loyola University Maryland

The Ivy League college will allow all gender identities to room together in whatever combination the individuals choose.…

March 1, 2018

A Poem in This Place

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

A conversation with Harvard’s Amanda Gorman, America’s first youth poet laureate.…

February 1, 2018

The Process of Admissions

Joiya Reid, Georgia Southern University

Cole Scanlon and Luke Heine created the Fair Opportunity Project after realizing how improbable their acceptance into Harvard was going to be.…

December 1, 2017

Meet Amanda Gorman, America’s Inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate

Brittany Sodic, University of North Texas

At nineteen years old, the Harvard student has turned her childhood, intersectionality and politics into a wealth of stunning feminist poetry.…

August 10, 2017

This Undocumented Harvard Student Is the Co-Director of ‘Act on a Dream’

Phillip Bugajski, Loyola University Chicago

Daishi Tanaka and his organization have been critical in combatting the 'single-story narrative' of illegal immigration, especially at Harvard.…

April 24, 2017

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