“Live Everyday like It’s Your Last”
Steven Wang on the joys of dropping out to build his investment startup
Passionate, decisive, and gritty. These are the three words Steven Wang ’24, CEO and co-founder of investment startup Dub, uses to describe himself. “You have to have a vicious belief, to know what you’re doing to drop out. It’s dedicating your life to what I’m doing right now. My life is essentially my company. To […]
Student Startups
Three Harvard students and their experience starting businesses during college
Harvard students are often characterized by their potential to change the world. World leaders, innovators, business leaders, and countless other prominent figures have all graduated from Harvard, paving the way for future generations of notable individuals to come. There are numerous examples throughout history of Harvard students who have famously conceived world-changing companies from their […]
Temporary Dropouts
International travel and pre-professional internships give gap year students the advantage of unconventional learning before college
Harvard College encourages all students to take a gap year. From traveling across the country to working pre-professionally, COVID-19 drove students to take time off and explore through different environments. A year beyond academic restrictions gives gap year students more maturity and clarity towards how to maximize their undergraduate experience. Chris Kim ’26 explained his […]
The Power of God is in this Telephone Company
Patriot Mobile ensures that God reigns supreme in Grapevine-Colleyville School District.
When my little brother moved into North Texas’ Grapevine-Colleyville School District (GCISD), he had a hard time making friends. Of course, that’s normal for any tween moving schools, but his trouble had less to do with his personality, and more to do with his new friend’s parents disliking his name. My sweet brother is named […]
The Care Gap
HUHS fails to equitably provide reproductive and maternal care
The recent overturning of Roe v. Wade has made maternal and reproductive health care even more essential in places where it remains legalized such as within Harvard campus. Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) promises to provide reproductive care services for its students, but they fail to do so in an equitable fashion, creating burdens and […]
The Gift Horse’s Mouth
Facebook’s evils should disqualify Mark Zuckerberg’s money and name from being projected around campus
On September 22, 2022, one of Harvard’s most well-known dropouts Mark Zuckerberg ’06 and wife Priscilla Chan ’07 unveiled the Kempner Institute, a human and artificial intelligence research facility, and an accompanying $500 million grant. This gift was prorated over fifteen years and comprises over 10% of the total private research funding that Harvard receives […]
The Loneliness We Feel Together
How elite institutions like Harvard trigger collective feelings of isolation—and what we can do about it
College admission reaction videos never fail to make me cry. When I was applying to college, I would watch them surreptitiously in the dark of my bedroom, as if pressing repeat on the shaky glow of my phone screen would will my own acceptance into existence. Even now, it’s cliché, but I find them cathartic—in […]
What’s the Cost of Opportunity?
A Harvard dropout building a blockchain startup encourages others to take hold of their futures
A Harvard diploma is the golden ticket to career success—at least that’s what many people on campus believe. But dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg have paved a new path, as more and more students are pausing their college careers to pursue innovative ideas and create companies that just can’t wait till after graduation. One example is […]
The Harvard Student that Could
Historical success stories of students who left Harvard
Considering the amount of work required for students to enter the Harvard bubble, those who step away from the College before graduation are often regarded with a sort of mystified confusion. However, the stories of success remind us that sometimes stepping away from one world is the only way to excel in another. Examining surprising […]