My summer at Harvard was the best summer of my life. It was a much needed transition into my senior year of high school. I stayed in one of the senior houses (Eliot house) and my room over looked the beautiful Charles River. I met so many wonderful people from all over the world and learned a lot from them. I went to the New England aquarium and attended a whale watching trip. I took two classes, Introduction to Psychology and African Literature. I really enjoyed taking Introduction to Psychology because I want to study Psychology when I attend college. For my Psychology class, I had to participate in research projects. Being a participant opened my eyes to the importance of research, which is very important: in order to publish something to the public, there needs to be experiments that show how it affects people and what the researcher has observed. I enjoyed taking African Literature because the novels that we read and the movies that we watched were very eye-opening.

The campus was very beautiful and very different from NYC: trees everywhere, green grass, food trucks on campus, farmer’s markets on Tuesdays, Freecycle used item buying on campus, salsa dancing and Zumba classes outside. My friends and I went to the Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, where there were many restaurants, stores, and a lot of street performances, which I really enjoyed. In the beginning of this program, I thought I would be homesick but after the first two weeks of being at Harvard I felt right at home. I am very thankful that I was able to attend the Harvard Secondary Summer School Program; it was a very memorable experience. Thank you so very much to everyone who donated!!!

I am very excited to be attending the Harvard Secondary Summer School Program this summer! I will be taking two classes: African-American Studies and Introduction to Psychology. I am very excited about these classes because I want to study them when I go to college. I cannot wait until my classes start so that I can make new friends and learn new things. I am very grateful to partake in this experience. Thank you!