“I really want to play Human Foosball,” Kip P. McDaniel ’04 said. “It’s so anti-Harvard, it’s perfect.”

Alejandra Guzman ’07 said she thought the rides were geared towards Harvard students more than to younger children.

“With something like boxing, you can vent all your frustrations on your professors on your fellow students,” she said.

Male prospective students seemed particularly enthused by the carnival-like atmosphere.

Kyle D. Basques of Great Falls, Va. tackled his new friend, Julian Han of London, in a rough game of Bouncy Boxing.

“This is so exhausting,” complained Basques, who had been wielding three-foot-long boxing gloves in the direction of Han’s head.

“You forget about the crowd of people staring and you just want to fight,” said Basques, who added that he will be matriculating at Harvard in the Fall.

Like Basques, Han said he was accepted via early action, and felt confident in his choice to attend Harvard next year.

“It’s good to see Harvard students not studying for a change. I’ve enjoyed [Springfest] so much,” Han said.

Pedestal Joust also attracted a crowd of male pre-frosh.

Sam J. Lewallen and Robert D. Cecot, classmates at Stuyvesant High School in New York City, laughed as they battled each other with three-foot-long padded staffs.

“The energy, the life of the people are just really crazy. It’s so fun,” Cecot said after the battle, which ended with both competitors flat on their backs.

Liz H. Bayliss looked on and laughed at the pair.

“I’ve loved having the chance to hang out with my future classmates and get to know them,” she said.

Bayliss, of Greenwich, Conn., said she is still deciding between Harvard and Duke.