College Tour = Harvard, MIT

New York City is the melting pot of immigrants from all over the world, while Boston is the melting pot of college students. Some of the finest colleges and universities locate here. College students from all over the world come here to pursue their academic career. It's not surprising to find out that it has fairly large population of Chinese students, from undergraduate to graduate and even PhDs. Besides its outstanding professors, one of the reasons the pretigious colleges can generate so much academic achievements, I believe, is because of the gorgeous campus. Among them, typical examples are Harvard University, and MIT.

Located on the redline subway station Harvard Square in Cambridge, Harvard University is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. As soon as you get off at the station, you will be greeted by an array of ethnic resaurants, coffee houses, museums, and theaters. Unlike most of the colleges in China, the college campuses in the US are totally open to the public.

I strongly recommend you to take the Hahvahd Tour by the Unofficial Tour if you are new to the campus, the tour is about 70-minute long and you pay after the tour (suggested $10/person). The tour guides are all current Harvard students who are charismatic and funny. From them you'll learn more about the rivalry between the cambridge government and the Harvard University, the statue of allegely Mr. John Harvard, and more interesting details. Here's a short clip to show you why you should join them.

Once finished touring around the Harvard campus, you can take the redline again and get off at Kendall/ MIT station, you'll be able to see around the MIT campus. For MIT campus, unfortunately, there aren't official or unofficial tours for you to sign up (I guess it's because of the pragmatic and practicable nature of it). But it doesn't prevent you from admiring both new and classic buildings on its campus. (The picture above is the famous MIT Dome, below is the new MIT Stata Center).

The beautiful and open campuses have provided students with better working and living environments, and contributing to the greater academic achievements. There are also great views across from the Charles River--BU Charles River campus. If you want a personal tour of the BU campus, feel free to leave me a message!