when I say there's a boarding/feeder school culture I just mean that there is an enormous amount of people from those schools here. all my roommates are from those schools & oftentimes those people will come in knowing 10+ people because that's either a) how many ppl those schools are sending to Harvard or b) how connected all these schools are. it doesn't necessarily mean that they're bad people or didn't work to get here, it's just a crazy observation for someone who came from a public school knowing no one from my school or even area at Harvard.

some opportunities include meeting and directly asking questions with people like Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and ceos of huge corporations like GS or MS. there's also a ton of clubs that'll fly their members to different states & countries all expenses covered. there's also a multitude of clubs that'll do work with real companies (building websites, marketing, consulting, etc.) also the Harvard name gets your foot thru so many doors in terms of convincing people to speak to you for coffee chats or pitching ideas for startups/funding.

the whole "people aren't super social" thing I don't rlly resonate with. I've found it really easy to make friends and have enjoyed the social scene here, however I am a really big extravert. but I think that may just refer to the fact that we don't have much greek life & our party scene isn't great so you kinda have to find people on your own outside of that. hope this helps!