Harvard Freshman Dates More, Worries Less Than Other Ivies

Harvard freshmen are less concerned about the competition for grades, are more confident that they can bluff their way through courses, and claim to date twice as much as their Ivy League counterparts, according to a survey of six Ivy colleges taken last May.

Eighty-three per cent of the students polled here said Harvard was their first choice when they applied for admission, while only six per cent of the freshmen wished they had gone to a different college. Fourteen per cent of all Ivy freshmen polled wished they had gone else where.

Only one out of four Harvard freshmen considered competition for high grades "extreme". Forty-one per cent cited this competition in other schools.

Happy Social Life

While almost half the freshmen feel they can bluff their way through courses, only half are happy with their social life. One Ivy freshman out of seven said he dated more than four times a month. At Harvard, however, one out of four made that claim. Eight per cent had at least ten dates a month, and a lucky one per cent claimed to have dated more than fifteen times each lunation.

Attitude Unchanged

The Freshman President's Council, which conducted the survey in six Ivy League schools, concludes that the freshmen are satisfied with their colleges and have not drastically altered their attitudes toward politics, sex and drinking. Over three fourths of them want to enter either law, medicine, business management, education, engineering or research. Seven out of eight plan to go on to graduate school.