"I just have a standard pair of black shiny shoes I wear" said Evans. "I polish my shoes when they need shining."
Nevertheless, for most first-years who feel less pressure to get jobs, shoe care is low on the list of priorities.
When asked if he had a shoe care routine, Ansel A. Payne '04 leaned over to look at his shoes and grimaced.
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"Apparently, not so much" he said. "They don't look so hot. I don't do anything to my shoes, that's the first step."
Still, Payne said that despite his scruffy shoes, he is confident that he'll be able to get a job one day.
"My hope is that the Harvard degree will balance out my shoddy shoe care" Payne said.