Students say that the kids and dogs running around make them feel more at home at cold, impersonal Harvard.
Even the large size of the House does not dampen the community feeling.
"We are certainly among the biggest Houses, but we feel like just one big family," Georgi says.
The House does not lack in creature comforts either, as it offers a student-run kitchen and a weight room which is rumored to house more free weights than the Malkin Athletic Center.
While some consider the Leverett towers--built in the early 1960's--a blight on the campus skyline, residents enjoy astonishing views of the Charles and the Boston skyline. And sophomores in the towers happily compare their large, light rooms in the towers to the small, cramped suites of Winthrop, Eliot and Kirkland Houses.