What was the worst academic advice you got freshman year?

"I was going to be Af-Am and I was also thinking of Social Studies. They suggested that I take summer school. I wasted a summer and after I had to take some time off.

--Peter C. N. Bright '01-'02

"I don't think I got any."

--Abby A. Donaldson '00

"I went to find out about special concentrations because I was interested in drama or theater. And they said to me, 'Well, you know Harvard isn't the right place for everybody.'"

--Colleen M. Gargan '02

"Somebody told me saving things to the last minute allows people to be more efficient."

--Keith J. Santiago '00

"Freshman year grades don't matter."

--Travis St. Clair '01

"No one told me Lit and Arts wasn't a concentration."

--Maisa A. Badawy '01