While Housing Day is governed by a centralized algorithm, Houses’ upperclassman lotteries are far from standardized.

But Chatri won a place at Harvard University, and took his homeless Mum to live with him in his dorm room. He set out on a business career that has seen him sell his Silicon Valley start-up ...

"I got a chance to be a student at Harvard, stayed in a dorm room, and went to class. And what's dope about it is that it's interactive. So even though I have these thoughts on this particular ...