While seniors and first-years may not share childhood memories of Atari and Teddy Ruxpin, their experiences at Harvard will also be radically different.

They may take the same classes and join the same student organizations, but this year's first-years will never go to a Strawberry Tea or eat late night burgers at the Tasty.

First-years, listen up: when seniors were in your place, they had to buy textbooks at the Coop.

"It's so much more convenient just to log on, rather than dealing with those crazy lines at the Coop and carrying the heavy shopping bin," says Maura M. Pelham '00.

Not that the last few years have seen only improvements. The jury is still out on the fundamental changes.

Some seniors laud--while others curse--randomization and the effects it has had on their Harvard lives. But the Class of '03 won't have anything to compare it to.

When seniors entered their Houses, there was one non-randomized class in residency and the Houses' distinct personalities were still evident.

"Now no one really has any idea of what the pre-randomization system was," said Noah Z. Seton '00, Undergraduate Council president.

Jeffrey R. Gu '00 voiced the divided opinion about randomization.