Student Life
There is fairly universal agreement that much of the value of a Harvard education lies in things learned outside the classroom and in the relationships established with others in the community, especially with fellow students.
Extracurricular and co-curricular opportunities at Harvard are virtually unlimited. There are more than 350 official student organizations at the College, and the number and nature of organizations change constantly as students' interests evolve. Harvard College provides an unprecedented amount of support and space to student organizations through the Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH). Casual beginners to accomplished practitioners find opportunities at all levels. Although you do not have to study music in order to play in an orchestra, nor must you have had experience in drama or journalism to act in a play or to write for a student publication, opportunities for growth and learning in these and other areas are available.
At Harvard, you will find...
...in music
- five orchestras
- myriad chamber music ensembles
- several jazz combos and a band
- a concert band (wind ensemble)
- large and small choral groups
- a gospel choir
- a glee club
- many close harmony (a cappella) groups
- chamber and madrigal vocal ensembles
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...in the visual arts
- art studios
- a print workshop
- ceramics studios
- darkrooms
- woodworking shops
- workshops in drawing, painting, pottery, photography, sculpture, and filmmaking
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...in media and journalism
- a daily student newspaper
- a weekly newspaper, several political newspapers and
- magazines
- two humor magazines
- ethnic-group publications
- a student-run radio station
- television programs
- a yearbook
- countless web-based projects
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...in public service
- after school tutoring
- summer camps for inner-city youth
- refugee projects
- heath awareness and drug prevention programs
- mentoring
- adult education programs
- advocacy programs
- Habitat for Humanity
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...in drama and dance
- more than 60 student productions a year
- the Loeb Drama Center, home to the American Repertory Theater and the Harvard-Radcliffe Drama Club, offers credit and non-credit courses in acting, directing, playwriting, dramaturgy, and design
- the Harvard College Dance Center, home to the Office for the Arts Dance Program, offers noncredit classes in modern dance, ballet, jazz, tap, choreography, and improvisation
- 19 Student dance companies
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...in addition to
- student government
- speech and debate
- ethnic and cultural student organizations
- religious groups
- political groups
- pre-professional groups
- special-interest clubs
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For specific clubs and organizations search the Harvard College Clubs and Organizations List.
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