If Harvard wants its students to serve the world, it must require them to serve their community first. As students stress through club comp season or begin coffee-chatting their way into finance internships, it’s easy to become entranced with the many doors Harvard opens. Large salaries, influential connections, and all-expense paid trips to tropical climates seem to be hallmarks of the so-called “Harvard dream.” Yet these paths are antithetical to the idealised purpose of a Harvard education.
