No. Unfortunately, we will not be able to welcome or look after FIPpers before arrival day (TBD). If you feel like you have an insurmountable logistical problem regarding your travel, please contact your admissions officer or the Harvard International Office to try and resolve the situation. Please email fip@fas.harvard.edu if the situation persists.
FIPpers must arrive on the first day of part two of the program. While this is not yet finalized, it will likely be late-August before first-year orientation. Programming will begin later that day and will run through until the start of first...
Unfortuantely, no. A huge part of FIP is the relationships that form among the FIPers; therefore, we want incoming students to be with each other, without their parents, for as much time as possible. The best thing your parents can do is let you enjoy FIP, unfettered, while they explore Harvard Square, Cambridge, and Boston. If you begin to miss them, encourage them to help you pack up your FIP room, load the moving trucks and unpack into your term-time room on move-in day!
While FIP is for students, the FIP leadership team love meeting parents and family and hope to...
You have a few options here. You can get a car service like Lyft or Uber, a taxi, or you can take public transportation. If you are travelling alone, you can request that a FIP leader greet you at the airport and take a bus and the T (the subway) with you back to Harvard. If this feels like the best option for you, we will send out a form later in the summer where you can indicate this.
If you are travelling alone to Boston/Harvard, yes, you should bring everything. However, if there is somewhere you can keep some of your stuff during FIP (with family or friends) that's great, too, especially if you have a huge amount of things. You will be loading and unloading your things on and off of trucks that we use at the end of FIP, so it will be a lot of carrying for you.
Move-in logistics are still yet to be determined but please check back at a later time when the College has confirmed dates and logistical plans! In a typical year, bright and early on move-in day, all FIPers will be place their belongings...Read more about How does move-out day work at the end of FIP?
Yes. On the Registration Form we will ask you about any dietary restrictions that you may have. The Food Committee will make sure to order food accordingly.
