Harvard University
Breakdown of “Extracurricular Activities” at Harvard
By Gender
| Males | B |
| Females | B+ |
By Major
| Aerospace Engineering | C- |
| Anthropology | A- |
| Archaeology | C |
| Art & Design Department | F |
| Biology | B+ |
| Business - Management and Administration | C+ |
| Chemistry | B+ |
| Communications | B- |
| Computer Engineering | A- |
| Computer Science | B- |
| Economics | B+ |
| Engineering Department | C+ |
| English | A- |
| Finance | A |
| Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc | A+ |
| History/Histories (art history/etc.) | A+ |
| Journalism | A- |
| Language - French/Spanish/etc. | B |
| Math | A- |
| Music - Composition/Theory | A |
| Music - Performance | A- |
| Neuroscience/Cognitive Science | A |
| Other | B |
| Perfomance Arts | F |
| Philosophy | A |
| Physics | C+ |
| Political Science | B- |
| PreLaw and Legal | A- |
| PreMed and Medical | B+ |
| Psychology | C+ |
| Religion/Religious | A+ |
| Sociology | A |
| Undecided | B+ |
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Extracurricular Activities
“... Harvard College has its pros and cons, but mostly the advantages outweight the lack of great social activities ...Read full comment
“... Definitely a hard-working school and socializing takes place mostly in extracurricular activities, rather than other means ...Read full comment
“... The extracurriculars are abundant, good quality, and of great variety, which is really good, especially if you want to try a new activity or were...Read full comment
“... What makes Harvard even more incredible is the breadth of activities that are available ...Read full comment
“... Extracurriculars were awesome, got involved heavily with PBHA and did volunteer work at shelters- getting involved really helped me to ground my...Read full comment
“... It gave me the opportunity to pursue accustomed and new extra-curriculur activities--wrestling, student newspaper, community service ...Read full comment
“... find things that you like to do, take the time away from academics and extracurriculars to make good friends, explore the surrounding area, don't ...Read full comment
“... I did very hard in my high school and i have my perfect grades and my extracurricular activities in depth ...Read full comment
“... Also, just because it's Harvard does not mean that you can't do extremely well here, either in terms of grades or extracurriculars ...Read full comment
“... My only regret is being unable to take part in many extracurriculars because of having to work 15-20 hours per week ...Read full comment
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