Get Started
Back to Index
Get Started
Four-Year Checklist

Many have tried. Most have failed. But if you manage to complete this list, you will truly have lived your four years at Harvard to the fullest.

1. Rent artwork from the art museum.

2. Be in Lamont past 3am.

3. Go to at least one sporting event.

4. Go to a student theatrical production.

5. Go to an a cappella jam.

6. Go to a major student show.

7. Get John from Annenberg to learn your name.

8. Get to know at least two members of the HUDS staff (besides John).

9. Participate in Holi.

10. Participate in the Freshman Musical (somehow). Watching counts.

11. Go to at least three study breaks.

12. Meet everyone in your entryway.

13. Volunteer through PBHA.

14. Attend an IOP Speaker Event. 

15. Sled down the steps of Widener.

16. Go to at least one college-sponsored party. 

17. Eat in all 12 house d-halls.

18. Go to First Chance Dance and/or Freshman Formal.

19. Go to office hours for every class.

20. Do an IM sport at least once. 

21. Comp something successfully.

22. Take a professor out to dinner (faculty dinner, classroom to table).

23. Spend a day in Boston. 

24. Make an upperclassman friend (besides your PAF).

25. Spend all of your BoardPlus.

Next article
Rheede Erasmus,  Editor in Chief
rheede.erasmus@hsa.net
Brammy Rajakumar, Publishing Director
brammy.rajakumar@hsa.net
Hannah Phan, Studio 67 Managing Director
hannah.phan@hsa.net
The Unofficial Guide to Harvard Copyright © 2020 by Harvard Student Agencies, Inc., Burke-McCoy Hall, 67 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from Harvard Student Agencies, Inc. Photographs reproduced with permission from Austin Eder, Ronia Hurwitz, Lance Katigbak, Mark Kelsey, Cindy Niu, Winnie Wu, and Christina Yee. Printed in Canada by Friesens Corp. The Harvard name and/or VERITAS shield are trademarks of the President and Fellows of Harvard College and are used by permission of Harvard University. LEGAL DISCLAIMER. Although every effort was made to ensure that the following information was correct at the time of going to press, the author and publisher do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any part for any loss or damage caused by errors, omissions, or any potential travel disruption due to labor or financial difficulty, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause. ADVERTISING DISCLAIMER. All advertisements appearing in Unofficial Publications are sold by an independent agency not affiliated with the editorial production of the guides. Advertisers are never given preferential treatment, and the guides are researched, written, and published independent of advertising. Advertisements do not imply endorsement of products or services by Unofficial Guides, and Unofficial Publications does not vouch for the accuracy of information provided in advertisements. If you are interested in purchasing advertising space in an HSA publication, contact: Studio 67, 67 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, or studio67.hsa.net.