MYTH:
A house that's hard to get into must be good.
FACT:
As the Whitla Pinck report proved, there's absolutely no correlation between a house's popularity among its applicants and among its residents. Why not? Because it's hard for applicants to separate the myths from the facts.
MYTH:
The MUSIC house is Dunster.
FACT:
Dunster owns 6 pianos, Currier 12, South 14, and North 18. Residents Yo-Yo Ma and Lynn Chang perform regular Quad concerts with the likes of Richard Kogan, Sheila Reinhold, and Lydia Artimiy. Of course, South has the college's only musical Master, Rulan Pian.
MYTH:
The Quad's up north somewhere, in Somerville.
FACT:
The Quad's closer than either Eliot or Mather to the Science Center, to William James, to the Loeb, and to the Radcliffe and Hemenway gyms. Even prestigious Lowell is only 18% closer to the Science Center than the Quad is. For this price of 18% you get to live in a whole different Harvard community.
MYTH:
The River's the place for PARTIES.
FACT:
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