{"id":1890,"date":"2011-09-17T19:39:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T23:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/2011\/09\/17\/harvard-campus-tour\/"},"modified":"2011-09-17T19:39:47","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T23:39:47","slug":"harvard-campus-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/2011\/09\/17\/harvard-campus-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Campus Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each September, Au Pair in America organizes a group tour at Harvard  University for its Boston area au pairs.\u00a0 Over 60 au pairs  participated on a lovely sunny day.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Harvard\u2019s history, we always learn interesting facts from  the tour leaders.\u00a0 Yesterday we learned that Harvard is the only  university which is \u201cneeds blind\u201d 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<div id=\"attachment_412\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-412\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-412\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/09\/P1030822-Copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Our tour guide with some of our cluster \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/09\/P1030822-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/09\/P1030822-Copy-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/09\/P1030822-Copy.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our tour guide with some of our cluster <\/p><\/div>\n<p>We heard that even the statue of Mr. Harvard tells three lies:<\/p>\n<p>1. It was not Mr. Harvard who founded the Harvard University<\/p>\n<p>2. It was not founded in the year written on the statue<\/p>\n<p>3. It&#8217;s not Mr. Harvard himself since nobody really knew how he looked like.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_413\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-413\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-413\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/09\/P1030820-Copy-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Staue of Mr. Harvard....\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/09\/P1030820-Copy-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/09\/P1030820-Copy-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/09\/P1030820-Copy.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Statue of Mr. Harvard....<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many more stories our tour guide has told us and this was an impressive way to introduce all aupairs to this famous\u00a0 Harvard University.<\/p>\n<p>Many of our aupairs continue to sign up for classes at the Harvard extension school as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_414\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-414\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-414\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/09\/P1030818-Copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Theresa from Austria, Aurelie from France, Sabine from Austria, Hannah from South Africa and Jane from Germany\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/09\/P1030818-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/09\/P1030818-Copy-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/09\/P1030818-Copy.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theresa from Austria, Aurelie from France, Sabine from Austria, Hannah from South Africa and Jane from Germany<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To see more pictures please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/s1044.photobucket.com\/albums\/b442\/hkriszun\/Harvard%20campus%20tour%202011\/\">Harvard campus tour 2011<\/a> and<a href=\"http:\/\/s975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Harvard%20Tour%202011\/\"> Harvard tour 2<\/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 Over 60 au pairs participated on a lovely sunny day. 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