Johnson says his company tries to drive home that message to students.
"One of the lines we use is, if you're not using the Princeton Review, you're competing against students who are," he says. "You are competing against the kid sitting next to you. You are competing against your classmates."
In individual classes, students say they experience bonds with classmates who are going through the same draining experience.
"There's more camaraderie because you're all in the same class together," Keon says. "People tend to help one another out."
But other students say they are intimidated when they consider their Harvard classmates as a whole.
"Harvard people tend to be really intense, comparing scores or blurting out the amount of time you've been studying," Marquez says.
Amber J. Musser '02, who has been studying for the MCAT without taking a course, says the level of competition makes her feel pressure to enroll in a study program.
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