There was a time you observed many smart Americans walking the grounds of tHarvard Yard. Now, it is like the United Nations and Leave It to Beaver is no where to be found. There are plenty of young smart Bostonians with high SAT scores. But Harvard appears to educate the outsiders from the middle east and Asia, and return them... More

Because as far as I know so many great minds, presidents, bigwigs, celebrities, political people and great lawyers of the country and known around the world studied there. The education cost is expensive and only those who can really afford can study there, of course even scholars need to have their own personal expense, too. When we entered the grounds,... More

Great for a visit (and education - i have heard...). Would definitely take a tour. awesome place to see one of the oldest institutions of learning (in America).

We visited Harvard twice on our vacation. The first time we walked through on the way to the Peabody Museum but the second time we took the 1 hr tour. It was led by one of the students who was very entertaining. Brent, Bret, Brad (sorry I can't remember his name) gave us some very interesting information on the history... More

If you're a tourist in Boston, Harvard University is definitely worth a visit even if it's just to walk around the square to take the history in. It's a good way from the centre of Boston but easily accessible by T line or bus. We were there when it was pouring with rain so ran for shelter into the church.... More

Our family walked around the campus while in Cambridge to cheer our son in the Boston Marathon. Amazing architecture, lovely grounds and tons of history. A pleasant afternoon

It is worth a visit primarily because it is so famous throughout the world. It is good to see what it is all about and has some pretty (if slightly plain) buildings. It certainly is no where near as pretty as the likes of Cambridge and Oxford in the UK. We visited the Natural History Museum which was quite good... More

Our son was cross admitted to Yale and Harvard. We visited Yale 1st and Harvard just couldn't live up to the beauty. The people there also lacked the warm and welcoming attitude that seemed to ooze from the folks at Yale. Guess which college he will be attending in the fall???

Would have been nice if there were more on campus for visiting parents to do, like even an open coffee shop. The museum is great but there really wasn't any place to duck in and relax.