Episode Title: Athena Lao on Harvard: Studying Classics, Teaching Abroad and Wanting to Make Things Better. Episode summary introduction: The mere mention of “Harvard” is intriguing. A good fraction of the high school students have Harvard on their list of Colleges they aspire to. Athena Lao is a graduate of Harvard University with a Bachelor’s degree in Classics. In particular, we discuss the following with her: Why Harvard? The Academic and Campus Experience at Harvard Advice to Aspiring Students Topics discussed in this episode: “Loved going to Harvard” [2:01] Why Harvard? [5:26] From Athens, Georgia to Harvard [13:15] Incredible Academics! [16:40] Amazing Peers! [19:07] Choosing Classics as a Major [23:09] Living in “Halls” and Brain Breaks [26:02] Campus Activities [33:50] Int’l Sojourns during Summers [36:32] “Life Changing” Fulbright Grant [39:08] Advice to Aspiring Students [43:30] Forward Thinking Passion at Harvard [48:09] Our Guest: Athena Lao is a graduate of Harvard University with a Bachelor’s degree in Classics. Athena then went on to get a Master’s degree in International Education Development Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Memorable Quote: Athena to aspiring Harvard applicants “Don’t want it so much.” Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript. Calls-to-action: To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email podcast@almamatters.io. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. To Make a List of Colleges to Explore Visit almamatters.io and signup. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.