Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, about 20 minutes west of downtown Boston by car.
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It's one of the most expensive schools in the nation, with tuition, room and board, and other fees costing north of $60,000 a year.
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After all, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg attended before famously dropping out — and now he runs one of the largest tech companies in the world.
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... but in reality, life at Harvard looks a lot like it does at other typical American universities.
Overall, the dormitories are decades old and weren't built to accommodate the vast amount of students that they now house.
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About 98% of students at Harvard live in housing owned, operated, or affiliated with the school.
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... so much so that students have been known to remove the doors from their closets because there isn't enough space for them to open.
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Gropius units are also some of the cheapest options on-campus, with semester prices between $3,000 and $6,000.
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Other dormitories, like the first-year house of Stoughton, feature a large single room layout with two beds.
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Over in Harvard Yard, Harvard's original campus, there's the renowned Widener Library, filled with three million books spanning 50 miles of shelves.
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And then there's the majestic Annenberg, the dining hall for first-years that looks like a Harry Potter movie set.
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There's a wide selection of food, including some of your average college meals, like meatball subs and steamed broccoli, and of course some soft serve ice cream.
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Unlike most college students, people attending Harvard have to get used to the swarms of tourists traveling to the famed school for photo opps.
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There are coffee shops, restaurants, book stores, shopping, and more in the square.
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Some students even advise against moving into first-floor units, since tourists have been known to take photos through the windows of buildings on campus.
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The intrusive photography got so bad that the university had to post signs around campus warning tourists to be respectful of students.
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Harvard students also have to battle the elements just like everybody else.
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And because Harvard is situated in the northeast, temperatures can hit below 30 degrees Fahrenheit during the coldest months of the year.
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Especially if you get a snow day — yes, Harvard has those — and you plan on taking part in the time-honored tradition of sledding down the snowy slopes of Widener Library.
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... except that its students graduate from the most reputable university in the world.
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