Harvard may be under federal investigation and cost over $87,000 a year—but it’s still Gen Z’s No. 1 ‘dream college’

Harvard University has had a turbulent few months. The school has faced leadership turmoil, renewed scrutiny over its former president Larry Summers’ past ties to Jeffery Epstein, and an escalating clash with the Trump administration—including a federal lawsuit filed just last week alleging antisemitism on campus. 

None of it has knocked it off its perch. The Ivy league institution was once again deemed the No. 1 “dream school” among college applicants, according to a new survey by The Princeton Review.