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HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Harvard University
Undergraduate Admissions Office, Byerly Hall, 8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Official telephone: (617) 495-1000

Website: www.harvard.edu


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Screen last updated on: September 1, 2006
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 3,401 men, 3,248 women, 6,649 total
Full-time undergraduates: 3,401 men, 3,248 women, 6,649 total
Total graduate students: 5,225 men, 4,735 women, 9,960 total
Full-time graduate students: 4,924 men, 4,338 women, 9,262 total
Part-time graduate students: 301 men, 397 women, 698 total
Average age of full-time undergraduates: 20
U.S. region where majority of students come from: Northeast, Middle Atlantic
Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: 86%
First-year student breakdown:
9.3% Black (non-Hispanic)
0.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native
18.5% Asian or Pacific Islander
7.4% Hispanic
46.6% White (non-Hispanic)
9.4% total international (nonresident aliens)
7.9% race/ethnicity unreported/unknown
Undergraduate breakdown:
8.4% Black (non-Hispanic)
0.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native
18.0% Asian or Pacific Islander
7.6% Hispanic
48.3% White (non-Hispanic)
8.9% total international (nonresident aliens)
7.9% race/ethnicity unreported/unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 4,938 acres
City or town school is located in: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Population of city/town: 101,355
Nearest major city: Boston, Massachusetts
Distance of nearest major city: 2 miles
Population of nearest major city: 589,141
Online campus map: www.fas.harvard.edu/map/

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
  • cooperative housing
Students required to live on campus: All freshmen must live on campus unless living with family.
Student conduct policies:
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: yes

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Every student is required to take a computer course: no
Computer equipment is provided in: residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s), student center
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 242
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, health insurance
Counseling services:
career, personal, academic
Career placement services:
on-campus job interviews, alumni services
Services for students with disabilities:
note-taking services, tape recorders, tutors, reader services, interpreters for hearing-impaired, special transportation, special housing, adaptive equipment, braille services
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: partially

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Number of social fraternities on campus: 0
Number of social sororities on campus: 0
Student activities:
student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, radio station, television station
School newspaper(s): Harvard Crimson (daily); Harvard Independent (weekly)
Total number of registered organizations: 369
Campus-based religious organizations:
Several religious groups
Minority student organizations:
Asian-American Association, Black Student Association, Raza, La Organizacion Boricua de Harvard/Radcliffe, Native American group, International Assembly, International Student Association
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
choral societies, glee club, marching band, orchestra, house musical societies, drama groups, magazines, debating, chess club, ad hoc committees, team managers, political, social service, and special-interest groups

ATHLETICS
School has an athletic program: yes
Athletic director: Robert L. Scalise,
Athletic Director
Director of women's athletics: Patricia W. Henry,
Women's Athletic Director/SWA
Athletic department's mailing address: Athletic Director
Robert L. Scalise
Harvard University
Athletic Department
60 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
School mascot: Crimson
Athletic conference memberships: Collegiate Water Polo Association (Division I);Eastern College Athletic Conference (Division I, Football I-AA);Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (Division I);Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (Division I);Ivy Group (Division I, Football I-AA)

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballno 
Men's basketballno 
Men's cross-countryno 
Men's fencingno 
Men's footballno 
Men's golfno 
Men's ice hockeyno 
Men's lacrosseno 
Men's sailingno 
Men's soccerno 
Men's squashno 
Men's swimmingno 
Men's tennisno 
Men's track and field (indoor)no 
Men's track and field (outdoor)no 
Men's volleyballno 
Men's water polono 
Men's wrestlingno 
Women's basketballno 
Women's cross-countryno 
Women's fencingno 
Women's field hockeyno 
Women's golfno 
Women's ice hockeyno 
Women's lacrosseno 
Women's sailingno 
Women's soccerno 
Women's softballno 
Women's squashno 
Women's swimmingno 
Women's tennisno 
Women's track and field (indoor)no 
Women's track and field (outdoor)no 
Women's volleyballno 
Women's water polono 

Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: 40%

GETTING AWAY
Public transportation serves campus: yes
Nearest international airport: Boston (8 miles)
Nearest other airport: Boston (8 miles)
Nearest passenger train service: Boston (3 miles)
Nearest passenger bus service: Boston (3 miles)

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: excellent
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: no



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