Someone in the “day in the life” video said that though Eliot House is beautiful,
the dorms aren't as beautiful
I agree and that’s why I’m showing a view from Leverett tower
In my opinion, a few houses in Harvard have pretty good views and Leverett is one of them
In today's video, I’m going to show the tour of the Harvard campus. Hope you’ll like it
While recording, I have my graduation in a week.
This year we had to leave the Harvard campus
before the graduation ceremony because of the pandemic
As I was requested the Harvard campus tour video a lot after leaving the campus,
I thought of filming my trip to Harvard Square from Porter square, where I’m staying temporarily.
Cambridge in Massachusetts, where Harvard is located and its nearing areas
are easily accessible to trains The name of the train is the red line
and I generally use the red line to travel to Harvard Square from Porter Square
We’ll be traveling to Harvard Square from Porter Square for the next 1-2 minutes in the video
If you want to skip this trip, you can use the timestamps in the video!
We generally understand the Harvard Square and Harvard Yard tour as the Harvard Campus tour
because these regions can portray undergraduate life well.
The graduate schools Harvard University has i.e. Harvard Business School, Medical School,
Harvard Law School, etc are generally located 10-15 minutes away
from the Harvard Yard
and we won’t include them in the campus tour
I’m going to cover the sites Harvard paid campus tours usually include in this video
Came to Harvard Square from Porter Square in 5 minutes
We’ll arrive at Harvard Square after we leave this underground train station
where our campus tour will start
This is the famous Harvard Square
where every year thousands of tourists come to visit, spending their money
The massive building over there is named Smith Campus Center
which holds many types of offices related to student life and study spaces
There are a lot of spots to sit outside the Harvard Smith Campus Center
where people come to hang out, eat and play chess!
This is Massachusetts Avenue which has Harvard Yard at the left
and different shops on the right side
Before starting the tour I’ll have a coffee from my favorite coffee shop Tatte!
If you visit Harvard Square, you can visit these amazing shops
Got out from Tatte and Widener Gate is just across the street
where we’ll start the tour!
The Widener library is just behind this famous Widener Gate
which will be covered in this video later
Usually, people enter the Harvard Yard through Widener Gate
There are 24 more gates across Harvard Yard
This is the first-year dorm Wigglesworth
Bill Gates used to stay near the entryway at the end
First-year students at Harvard are placed in any of the 17 first-year dorms by lottery
I was also a member of the Wigglesworth Dorm!
This was my entryway
Every dorm has small entryways to maintain the community where students live
With Wigglesworth Dorm behind, let’s go to the rest of the yard
This is the Boylston Hall where different language classes are held
You can have a view of the entire Harvard Yard from this Hall
These buildings at Harvard Yard are mostly freshmen dorms
This is the Weld Hall
I stayed here for the International Student Orientation when I came to Harvard
And it’s been 4 years and I’ll be graduating in a week
Feels very nostalgic but I'm glad that
I can record this campus tour at last
This is the Weld Hall and Johnston Gate is opposite to it
Just beside the Johnston Gate, we have the Harvard Hal
where classes are held in different lecture halls
This is the Johnston Gate
Amongst the 25 gates Harvard has, there is no main gate
But if there was a main gate, that would be Johnston Gate
There are two small gates at each side of Johnston Gate
Legend says if anyone uses Johnston Gate before graduation, they won’t be able to graduate
So, you’ll have to use Johnston Gate on the day of your graduation
At the complete opposite of Johnston Gate
we have the world-famous John Harvard statue
This is the famous John Harvard statue
where thousands of tourists visit to click photos
A very common pose to click photo here is to touch this golden shoe of John Harvard
But I would never recommend you to do this!
Because there is an “unofficial” trend to urinate on this shoe at night
Though the shoe is washed every morning,
I wouldn’t recommend it
A fun fact about the John Harvard statue is that
it’s called the statue of three lies
The three lies are as follows:
1. It is written on the statue is that it was founded in 1638
but the truth is that Harvard was founded in 1636
The 2nd lie is that it’s stated on the statute that John Harvard
was the founder of Harvard
but the truth is that he wasn’t the founder of Harvard
The 3rd lie is that the statue is not a statue of John Harvard
rather it’s a random model
We’re done with the John Harvard statue
Now let’s move on to the famous Widener Library and Memorial Church
World-famous Widener Library is the largest university libraryin the US
and afaik the second-largest library in the States
This library receives a book every 6 seconds
To store all of the books, there is a 6 storied underground book storage
from Widener Library to Memorial church which is known as stacks
This spot is one of my favorite spots at Harvard
We can see the famous Widener Library in the front,
University Hall in the right,
and Memorial Church behind us where Harvard commencement speeches are held
We also have Sever hall to our left where many academic classes are held
There are a lot of academic buildings throughout Harvard Yard
and Sever Hall is one of them
Different philosophy, economics, and language classes are held here
This is the famous Memorial Church and the commencement day speeches
are generally held in front of it
The church was previously known as Appleton Chapel
but in 1932 it was named Memorial Church in honor of the brave members
of Harvard who gave their lives in World War 1
You can see the tribute if you zoom in on the writing on the wall
We’ve already visited the Memorial Church, Sever Hall,
Widener Library, and John Harvard Statue
Now we’ll go to the Science Center
This is the side entrance of Memorial Church where
the congratulation message is posted on the occasion of our graduation
We’re heading towards the science center and plaza which is
fulfilled with different types of student activities in a non-pandemic time
Were near the science center
We have the Thayer Hall on my left side and Canaday on my right
These two halls are near to the science center and the first-year dining hall Annenberg
The memorial hall is being renovated over there where the Annenberg dining hall is located
This is the Science Center Plaza where in normal times
different activities like food trucks, chess games,
band party performances, etc are held
This is the science center and water fountains are created with these stones
This is the science center where in general a lot of classes and labs are held
There is an astrology tower on the top floor from where
the telescope is used to observe different views
This is the memorial hall where the famous Annenberg dining hall is located
This dining hall is for first-year students
and it looks a lot like the dining hall in the Harry Potter movie
There is a side entrance and a pub on the ground floor in Annenberg
where people come to relax or spend a good time
That’s William James hall for psychology and neuroscience
And this is Lowell Lecture Hall which hosts different art performances
We can see different geological museums and science Laboratories on this road
Throughout the Annenberg dining hall,
there are a lot of oil paintings on glasses that look amazing in the sunlight
Memorial Hall also has the sanders theater
where the world-famous CS50 is shot
We are now beside the Harvard Graduate School of Design
We can get back to Harvard Square by this road
Center for Government & International Studies is right next to GSID
where I’ve taken a lot of classes
Harvard Campus has so many things that it’s impossible to cover in just one video
There is an amazing place to sit right behind GGIS
I like this staircase of the Graduate School of Design right beside CGIS
We’ll head toward Harvard Square by this road
The Harvard Art Museum is in our way
Harvard Art Museum is pretty nice
and students have free access to it
There are different paintings, sculptures, architectural designs, etc inside
The boyfriend in the famous film kissing booth was on this road
when he receives a phone call from the actress
I’ve added the campus map in the description if you get confused
There are a few gates beside the road
This is one behind the Sever Hall
We have Emerson and Robinson academic Halls here
This is the Harvard Carpenter Center
where different physical arts are created
The design of this building is like an inversed piano
This is the Loeb Hall where the Bangladeshi Harvard conference was organized once
This is the Barker Center
and we can enter Harvard Yard with the gate right behind us
We have Lamont Library right in front of us
The last road leads to Widener Library
Lamont Library is a library, study spot, and cafe,
where a lot of student studies regularly
A lot of students had all-nighters here
We’ve completed a full circular trip in Harvard yard
We can see Memorial Church over there
If we go along the road
we’ll reach Wigglesworth
where we had started our trip
We can see the Widener Library over there
Before ending this campus tour, we’ll head towards Harvard Square
where a famous Harvard book and merch shop named Harvard Coop is located
Smith Campus Center and Harvard Square is right over there
I like Harvard Coop a lot which has two sections
The first section has clothes
and the other section has different types of merchandise and books
I find coop pretty iconic as it has merchandise
from different schools like MIT, Harvard, etc
We can see all of the Harvard logos here
Harvard College, Medical School, Dental School, Law School, Business School, etc
Became Nostalgic visiting here again
Thought of visiting Eliot House for the last time
Hope you liked the video
We’ll meet in the next video In Shaa Allah.