{"id":250,"date":"2011-09-18T14:02:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T18:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2011\/09\/18\/au-pair-in-america-at-harvard-university\/"},"modified":"2011-09-18T14:02:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-18T18:02:29","slug":"au-pair-in-america-at-harvard-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2011\/09\/18\/au-pair-in-america-at-harvard-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pair in America at Harvard University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Harvard%20Tour%202011\/HarvardTour2011087.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each September, Au Pair in America organizes a group tour at Harvard University for its Boston area au pairs.\u00a0 Yesterday, over 60 au pairs participated on a lovely sunny day.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We split up into two groups, led by Harvard students.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Harvard&#8217;s history, we always learn interesting facts from the tour leaders.\u00a0 Yesterday we learned that Harvard is the only university which is &#8220;needs blind&#8221; which means that they will accept students based on their scholarly value no matter how much money they have to contribute to their education.\u00a0 Harvard will then supplement the rest,\u00a0 even if it means paying 100%.\u00a0 We also learned that each dorm on campus reflects the total makeup of the Harvard student population.\u00a0 So if Harvard has 20% international students, each dorm will have 20% international students.\u00a0 A true tribute to diversity!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Harvard%20Tour%202011\/HarvardTour2011088.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For more photos of our tour go to <a href=\"http:\/\/s975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Harvard%20Tour%202011\/\">Harvard Tour<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/s1044.photobucket.com\/albums\/b442\/hkriszun\/Harvard%20campus%20tour%202011\/\">Harvard Tour 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each September, Au Pair in America organizes a group tour at Harvard University for its Boston area au pairs.\u00a0 Yesterday, over 60 au pairs participated on a lovely sunny day.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We split up into two groups, led by Harvard students. 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