"For my Harvard favorite memory, I'm going to ask you to be flexible with me with the singularity implied by the definition of memory. Throughout my time, it has been the collection of mornings at Annenberg that I look back on with the strongest sense of nostalgia. Although I can't deny fluffy eggs and all the accompaniments that come with hot breakfast, it's not necessarily the food that brought me in every morning at 8. From admin meetings, to roommate debriefs, and from my PSET sessions to PAF talks, breakfast at the berg has been so closely connected with the meaningful relationships I have made at Harvard. Munching on crunchy homemade granola and sipping vanilla coffee, I have learned to embrace the morning hours in college and plan to carry this routine through in post-grad life. The majestic furniture and artwork in Annenberg has made my morning routine feel like a royal practice. There are very few spaces that can have that effect, and leaving Harvard, I know the sum of my Annenberg breakfasts will bring me back into nostalgia."
Joey Longstreet
"My favorite memory is when the TV show Smash got cancelled freshman year and me and two friends had a wake for it at 2 am in Harvard Yard."
Sarah Schachman
"I will always remember the first time I walked into Annenberg, I was dumbstruck. I never imagined a dining hall could be so grand, and I half expected to see floating candles and owls swooping down from the rafters. I remember thinking that 11-year- old-me didn't need to be so disappointed when I didn't receive my Hogwarts letter -- because seven years later, I pretty much made it. And that seemed magical in itself."
Daniel Windham
"Favorite memory: midnight May Day Waltz on Weeks Bridge in the rain."
Adela Kim
"It's hard to pick out one single favorite memory-- the particularities of them all blur with time. What I can say, though, is that many of the special moments have transpired in Lowell Dining Hall. Surrounded by the cozy yellow walls, my friends and I have had countless hours of wonderful conversation: from the minute to the life-changing, from the silly to the challenging."
Lance Katigbak
"The summer before senior year, my friends from the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) came to my hometown in the Philippines for a conference that we were organizing. I showed them around, invited them for dinner in my house, and just had a blast allowing both of my worlds to meet in the middle."
Tiffany Minors
"Harvard Undergrad is an incredible place, and what it really all comes down to is the community. I have met leaders (future astronauts, actors, doctors, presidents, just to name a few), but what is most impressive about them is their drive to serve the greater Boston community and give back. I will miss having such a diverse group of people to support me and to work alongside of, and can only pray that I will find that outside of college. Quick shoutout to Harvard College Faith and Action, Under Construction, and Quincy House, a few of the communities I have been blessed to be a part of!"
Vanessa Pham
"On a blissful spring day, I sat with a new friend on a bench by the Charles River, experiencing great trust, vulnerability, and care as we spoke. I will always hold onto the meaningful and inspiring conversations I've shared on this campus."
Molly Alter
"We played a lot of pranks freshman year. One time my best friend put a chocolate bunny in our other friend's pillowcase. It melted, the kid thought he had thrown up something weird in the night, but just flipped his pillow over and didn't change the sheets for a month."
Garrett Lam
"My peak experiences and my worst days all happened while I was here, but Harvard had nearly everything—and more importantly, everyone—I could have hoped for during the past four years."
James Watkins
"The thing that I think I will miss most about Harvard is Lowell dining hall. Not HUDS, don't get me wrong, I can't wait to never have to see swai again in my life, but the community of friends, peers and tutors that I could count on seeing in the dhall 3 times a day is something that I really value. Whether about sport, politics, or the previous night's antics, daily conversations in Lowell dhall with a large group of friends is something that I don't think I'll ever be able to recreate."
Andi Mirviss
"I’ve been on the Blues department on the radio for the past four years, which means waking up really early (sometimes 5am on Saturdays) several times a semester to get on air. I almost always dread waking up, but once I get to the station and start playing music, I’m always glad I did it. We get callers from all over the Boston area, and sometimes even the country, thanking us for playing songs they haven’t heard in 20 years. It’s amazing to be able to connect with the Boston community in this way—some callers had seen many of the musicians perform in Harvard Square in the sixties. Hearing their stories and providing this kind of service has been, in addition to totally fun, a very profound way to connect with Boston."
Joy Wang
"What I’ll miss most about Harvard is being somewhere where anything can happen anytime, where I’m always surrounded by amazing people and adventures I haven’t had yet. I’ll miss being able to stumble into unexpected 6+ hour conversations, or take spontaneous trips with friends, or learn something brilliant and thought-provoking in class. I’ll miss the place of infinite possibility and growth that is Harvard."
Daniela Feingold
"It’s impossible to describe my favorite memory of my time here, or select only one from the many. I can definitely say, though, that my favorite times at Harvard were the nights my blockmates and I decided to stay in, to watch bad tv, order pizza and laugh about silly things we did freshman year. My blockmates have really made this school feel like home to me, and it’s those nights I’ll miss most when I graduate."
Laura Ottinger
"I'll miss the people at Harvard most. People here have challenged me daily for the past four years and I could not be more grateful."
Tessie McGough
"During freshman year, my friends threw me my first-ever surprise birthday party. I’ll never forget how they made me an ice cream cake comprised of my favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavors."
Gary Castellanos
"One of my favorite memories is from Freshman Year—the night in which various entryways played whack the saltine in the Yard against each other."
Indrani Guzmán Das
"My favorite Harvard memory is standing on the banks of the Bosporus river with the other members to the Istanbul delegation for the Harvard College in Asia Program and realizing that I was standing where "East meets West" with people I loved to represent Harvard University around the world."
Garrett Allen
"Favorites stress me out so here is just a memory: At the beginning of freshman spring, I was unfortunate enough to get mono. This was also around the time that I thought it would be a cool idea to bleach my hair, which turned it into a gross, yellow mess. My throat was basically swollen shut and I barely had enough energy to walk to Annenberg from my room in Wigglesworth. So I would hobble down the street to Adams where the checker would nicely let me eat as I cried while I ate because of the pain. But I powered through and caught up eventually because THE WORLD GOES ON WITHOUT YOU."
Meghan Hind
"One of my favorite memories from my time at Harvard is the snowstorm freshman year - I remember feeling the excitement in Annenberg, stealing dining hall trays and sledding down the steps of Widener, having a snowball fight with my dorm, and climbing mounds of snow with my roommates. I also remember walking home from dinner a few nights later in a slight snow flurry and seeing the door to Lionel in the warm glow of the lantern above it and really feeling like that was home. I've thought about that snow storm every winter I've walked through the yard in the snow since then."