A letter from Harvard's Class of 2026 — seniors who chose public service, research, medicine, law, education, advocacy, and everything in between.
The Letter
We came to Harvard with something in mind. A problem we wanted to solve, a community we wanted to serve, a world we wanted to leave better than we found it. Four years later, we're leaving with the skills, the network, and the credentials to actually do it. And that's exactly what we're going to do.
A Harvard degree is one of the most powerful tools in the world. We're using ours in public service, research, medicine, law, education, and advocacy — in public defenders' offices, climate organizations, housing nonprofits, civil rights groups, classrooms, clinics, and labs. The work is real, the problems are urgent, and we want to spend our careers on them.
Every name on this letter makes it easier for the next person to choose moral ambition and shows what the Class of 2026 is building. There's an underclassman somewhere on campus wondering if anyone else is choosing the same path. This letter is so they can see the answer.
We're seniors who chose public service, research, medicine, law, education, advocacy, and everything in between. We're signing our names to make it visible.
"One person can make a difference, and every person should try." — John F. Kennedy, Harvard College '40
If this letter speaks for you, sign it, share it. We're making the morally ambitious visible — one name at a time.
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