Final Verdict
0/100
A $50 billion endowment and the best you can do is a Drupal site that navigates via a 1990s 'A to Z index' while LARPing as the Continental Congress.
Impression
55
The hero section is currently obsessed with '1776 at Harvard,' presumably because that was the last time the administration felt truly unproblematic. The color palette is 'Crimson and Bureaucracy,' designed to make you feel inferior before you even click 'Apply.'
Aggressive 1776 LARPing
Performance
35
With a massive Drupal 10 footprint and 120+ requests, this site loads slower than a freshman trying to find a seat in Sanders Theatre. You’ve got enough tracking scripts to make the NSA jealous, yet you still need a 'Skip to main content' link just to bypass the bloat.
Bloated Drupal Architecture
SEO
45
Your meta title is just 'Harvard University'—congrats on optimizing for the one keyword that literally everyone on Earth already knows. Your meta description is a word salad of 'excellence' and 'global leaders' that sounds like it was generated by a committee of 400 tenured professors in 2004.
Zero-effort Meta Title
Copywriting
30
Quoting your hero text: 'Devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research.' Wow, how bold. I thought you guys were into competitive basket weaving. Also, putting 'Learn about our lawsuits' in the global notification bar is the ultimate Ivy League 'Main Character' flex.
Pretentious Academic Boilerplate
Trust
85
The copyright 'The President and Fellows of Harvard College' makes it sound like I'm browsing a site owned by an ancient secret society. You get points for the .edu TLD, but the 'Report Copyright Infringement' link in the footer is doing a lot of heavy lifting for a school that's built on 'borrowed' ideas.
Legal Disclaimer Overload