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Take the 1899 Harvard entrance exam

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pizzaskier4life
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http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/harvardexam.pdf

http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/harvardexam.pdf

http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/harvardexam.pdf
Sep 21 2011 8:47PM
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ORDEAL
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http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/harvardexam.pdf
Sep 21 2011 8:50PM
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CassiusClay
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The math portion doesn't look too bad. Translating into latin? I would have just written 'fuck off'
Sep 21 2011 8:53PM
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BlakeLively
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i could almost handle the math and the geography/ history. fuck the greek and latin
Sep 21 2011 8:58PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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math is easy if you know calc. lol at the latin.
Sep 21 2011 9:02PM
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RileyZap
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I came into this thread thinking, "I cant wait to show off, showing i can get accepted into harvard as a grade 10 student.. " only to realize im no where close.
Sep 21 2011 9:11PM
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pizzaskier4life
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:D
Sep 21 2011 9:21PM
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SkiThe603
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nah

Sep 21 2011 9:24PM
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AWALLRUS.
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THAT ALL LOOKED KINDA HARD
Sep 21 2011 9:37PM
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TOAST.
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Was expecting to be really easy.
Sep 21 2011 9:39PM
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crab_pretzel
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pretty much this. the math just looked really really time consuming (im assuming you cant use a calculator)
Sep 21 2011 9:44PM
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Slippery_Gypsy
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I actually have studied some Latin, but it still was all Greek to me.
Sep 21 2011 9:52PM
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blatt
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calculators didnt exist til like the 70's haha
Sep 21 2011 9:52PM
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Skittle.
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i love you. no homo.
Sep 21 2011 9:54PM
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b.utters
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I think if you were using a calculator when doing this exam, you probably wouldn't need to go to Harvard.
Sep 21 2011 9:55PM
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corona
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everyone saying the math portion isn't that bad, try doing it completely without a calculator. It's a little more difficult. for instance #13 in logarithms and trig. takes 2 seconds with a calculator. try it without.
Sep 21 2011 9:57PM
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extravert
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wow, actually harder than I expected.
Sep 21 2011 9:58PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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well, a calculator would be useless anyway for some of that.
Sep 21 2011 9:58PM
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RICK_ROSS
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i could hardly even read it.
Sep 21 2011 10:10PM
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zues
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holy fuck no way...
Sep 21 2011 10:35PM
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comeatmebro
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meh, math was definitely doable. that other shit was not possible at all haha.
Sep 21 2011 10:55PM
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PON3
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And I thought I was smart for going to one of the best schools in the Midwest. But I would totally fail the fuck out of it.
Sep 21 2011 11:02PM
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smallmtskier
Posts: 254 - Karma: 41

math i could do. but translate latin.... wut...

craziest test ive ever seen for sure

Sep 21 2011 11:32PM
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BE..
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I knew the Latin kinda.
Sep 22 2011 12:10AM
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sampsihoyos
Posts: 1939 - Karma: 910
1869 yo
Sep 22 2011 12:37AM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
Posts: 2309 - Karma: 120
you guys serious about the Latin? It was only the numbered words they had to translate.
Sep 22 2011 1:56AM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
Posts: 2309 - Karma: 120
oops, didnt see the grammar part hello
Sep 22 2011 1:58AM
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Campeador
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They really cared about the Classics back then
Sep 22 2011 2:12AM
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icyburr
Posts: 455 - Karma: 1,576
dam, I wonder what it's like now.
Sep 22 2011 3:06AM
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ryantheconnolly
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thats not how colleges work anymore...
Sep 22 2011 3:12AM
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Gnarwall
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The math was at least recognizable. I couldn't do it now, but at some point in my highschool carrer I could have bullshitted my way through it well enough.
Sep 22 2011 3:22AM
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icyburr
Posts: 455 - Karma: 1,576
Yea, i know. I feel dumb right now.
Sep 22 2011 3:32AM
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I_Am_Mod
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also something to consider, they probably didn't just care about correct answers, but also writing and answering style, that would make the exam a whole lot more intense imho


Sep 22 2011 4:31AM
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Kotke
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holy shit
Sep 22 2011 5:01AM
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no_steeze
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math and some other stuff was doable, the rest was ummm DA FUCK?
Sep 22 2011 5:35AM
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B.Aussie
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Am I the only one that thought maths was the only do-able part?
Sep 22 2011 6:06AM
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B-runge
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hahahahahahahahahaha

fucking retard
Sep 22 2011 9:12AM
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midwestpowhunter
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I would just write harvard is for pussies where ur name goes and walked out
Sep 22 2011 10:10AM
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