VocabularyMaturity?the?state?or?quality?of?being?mature;?full?developmentEstablishtocause(aninstitution,forexample)tocomeintoexistenceorbeginoperatingFlunktofailinacourseorexaminationWithFlyingColorseasilyandexcellentlyIconicveryfamousorpopular,especiallybeingconsideredtorepresentparticularopinionsoraparticulartimeExtracurricularbeingoutsidetheregularcurriculumofaschoolorcollege

NAMINGThenameHarvardcomesfromthecollege’sfirstbenefactor,theyoungministerJohnHarvardofCharlestown.Uponhisdeathin1638,helefthislibraryandhalfhisestatetotheinstitutionestablishedin1636byvoteoftheGreatandGeneralCourtoftheMassachusettsBayColony.MOTTOVeritas(Latinfor“truth”)ESTABLISHEDSeptember8,1636,Cambridge,Massachusetts,UnitedStates

LIVINGALUMNIMorethan323,000,over271,000intheU.S.,nearly52,000insome201othercountries.SCHOOLCOLORCrimsonSTUDENTSHarvardCollege–About6,700

Graduateandprofessionalstudents–About14,500

Total–About21,000

MYTH??????????Harvardisonlyforgeniuses.FACT90%ofthepassershavethesecombinations:intellectualabilityunusualattractivenessofpersonalityoutstandingcapacityforleadershipcreativeabilityathleticabilitymaturityandmotivation?????????DoyouthinkyouhavewhatittakestobeaHarvardUniversitystudent?

FACT????????????EverystudentadmittedtoHarvardwhoisjudgedtobeinfinancialneedisgivenassistance.MYTH??????????Ican’taffordHarvard.

FACT??????????98%ofallstudentsadmittedtoHarvardeventuallygraduatefromHarvard;flunkingoutisrare.?Astudentisnotadmittedunlessthecollegeisconvincedthatheorshecanhandlethework–infact,closeto70%ofrecentgraduatingclasseshavereceivedhonors.MYTH:???????????ThepressureatHarvardmustbeterrific.Whatdoesastudentneedtodoinordertograduatewithflyingcolors?

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