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