Visitas
Visitas Activities Fair
Prospective students attend the Extracurricular Activities Fair at the SOCH as part of Visitas.
The Harvard College Experience
Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67, right, discuss the benefits of attending Harvard College, its research facilities, and its close proximity to the city of Boston to prospective students' parents.
Yardfest Will Be Closed to Most Visiting Prefrosh
Only prospective students who received permission based on religious or medical reasons to arrive a day early for Visitas will be allowed to attend Yardfest.
Yard Renovations
In a sign of the University’s preparation for spring, areas of Harvard Yard are cordoned off to protect newly planted grass seeds.
UC Reps Discuss Visitas Event Fair Application
"Check In" will allow admitted students to use the camera on their smartphones to scan barcodes assigned to individual clubs, which will automatically register them for emails.
Theater Concentration Courts Potential Concentrators
The professor who spearheaded the initiative to create the Theater, Dance, and Media concentration is turning his efforts to attracting both current students and admitted members of the Class of 2019.
Record Number of African Americans, Latinos Matriculate as Yield Increases
Roughly 82 percent of the 2,023 students admitted to the Class of 2018 have decided to matriculate—a figure that represents the College’s highest yield in 45 years.
During Visitas, Student Groups Stage Demonstrations on Race, Sexual Assault
In efforts to raise awareness about campus issues, representatives from The Diversity Report and Our Harvard Can Do Better staged demonstrations for admitted students.
THUD knocks it out of the park
The members of THUD rock out during their fifth number, "Metric Lips."
Harvard Today: Visitas Weekend - April 25-27, 2014
Happy Friday! You’ve made it to the weekend, and as we all know, it’s not just any weekend– it’s Visitas! Whether you’re excited for a prefrosh-filled weekend or not, here’s Flyby’s guide to handling Visitas:
1285 Prefrosh To Descend Upon Cambridge This Weekend
Some students said that because of the late timing of Visitas, they will have already decided where they will attend college before the visit weekend.
Prefrosh: Disguise Yourself During Visitas
Visitas is a unique, once in a lifetime experience. And if you can avoid looking like a prefrosh, you’ll enjoy it even more.
#tbt: Admissions Website Vandalized During Prefrosh Weekend
We can’t imagine the fallout was actually that huge. This was 2001, back when most Harvard-bound high schoolers only logged on when they wanted to ask SmarterChild why they didn’t have any real friends.
Learn How to Pronounce "Pfister" and More in this Harvard Pronunciation Guide
Hooked On Phonics was a long time ago for most of us, and to be honest there are a few people and places that even current Harvard students can’t pronounce. Luckily, you have this guide to help you navigate the perils of phonetics!
Pack it for Visitas? Or Leave It in High School?
To help prefrosh prepare for this year’s festivities, we’ve put together a list of things to put on or take off of your packing list for this weekend of campus exploration.
Despite Cancellation of Visitas, Yield for Class of 2017 Hits 44-Year High
Eighty-two percent of students accepted into Harvard’s class of 2017 have decided to attend Harvard—the highest yield in 44 years.
Harvard Helpers
"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'" You've heard this quote from Mr. Rogers so many times over the past week—over television, the radio, and on Facebook and Instagram and Twitter. Surely it would've gotten stale by now if only it weren't so true, and here at Harvard, we've gotten to see firsthand the power of "helpers" throughout the crazy mess that was last week. Flyby thinks they deserve some recognition—so here, in no particular order, is a list of some of our favorite "Harvard Helpers."
Without Visitas, Harvard Bands Together To Welcome Prefrosh
Hundreds of prospective Harvard freshmen, many eager to see the College for the first time, had their plans interrupted by the lockdown in the Boston area Friday which forced Harvard officials to cancel the annual spring weekend for admitted students.
Harvard Cancels Visitas Weekend Programming
With greater Boston on lockdown as law enforcement officers hunt down the Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Harvard has canceled programming for Visitas weekend.
Getting Down & Nerdy: Undercover @ MIT’s Prefrosh Weekend
The three of us rolled down Mass. Ave., maps in hand, surrounded by high school seniors. It didn’t matter that we had never applied to MIT and never would. It definitely didn’t matter that we were sophomores at Harvard; nothing was keeping us from MIT’s Campus Prefrosh Weekend, fondly titled CPW. We wanted free shit.