Class Report Writing Help
Experiencing writer’s block or looking for inspiration on how to start your Red Book essay? Check out these writing prompts!
Submitting Your Class Report Entry
Submitting your update is easy. You have two options to participate: (1) using the online Class Report form with your HarvardKey or (2) by email.
- Note the Class Report Office will accept only one submission for printing in the book. If multiple entries are received, only the most recent submission will be printed in the book and your earlier versions will be automatically removed.
- Participation in the Class Report is “opt-in only.” If you do not provide an update, your listing will consist of your name, Harvard or Radcliffe undergraduate degree, and House or dorm affiliation—no address or phone number will be published.
Option 1: Participate Using the Online Form
Log in to the Class Report website and complete the online form. You will need your HarvardKey credentials to log in. For additional help with your HarvardKey, please email haa_alumnihelp@harvard.edu or call 617-496-0559.
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Option 2: Participate by Email
If you prefer to submit by email without using HarvardKey, please click the button below to email your Class Report entry.
To make a voluntary contribution to support production costs for the Class Report, please click the button below:
Message from Your Class Report Chair
Hey Class of 2012,
With our 15th Reunion (June 4–6, 2027) in under a year, I don’t know about you, but I feel like graduation was both yesterday and a lifetime ago. No time to ball up and cry, though, because it's time to write your entry for the 2012 Class Report. Yes, the Red Book is back!
The Red Book is exactly what it sounds like: a physical book, arriving in your mailbox next spring, packed with updates from everyone in our class. It's a chance to tell your real story before we all get together in person.
Extended deadline to submit: November 19, 2026—but there's no reason to wait! Just like with any Expos essay deadline it will feel both like a year from now and tomorrow until you get it done, so see how far you’ve come since undergrad and beat that deadline!
Not sure what to write? Start with your contact info and go from there. There are genuinely no wrong answers here. Career pivots, side hustles, big moves, hard years, new loves, new losses, what's changed, what hasn't: we want all of it. Essays typically run 500–750 words, but go over, go under, do you.
We can't publish a complete picture of this class without your entry in it.
A quick note on privacy: Just like our 10th Report, nothing gets published without your explicit participation. If you sit this one out, your listing will only include your name, Harvard undergrad degree, and House. And, yes, everyone in the class gets a copy regardless of whether they submit.
See you in the Red Book,
Teddy Tiab
Class Secretary & Class Report Chair
HarvardKey Support
Claiming Your HarvardKey
HarvardKey is the secure login name and password you will use to submit your Class Report, register for your Reunion, access the Alumni Directory, and more. You only need to register for your HarvardKey once, and your login name and password will remain valid indefinitely. If you need to, you can reset your password at any time after registering.
I have not yet claimed my HarvardKey.
To claim your HarvardKey, visit key.harvard.edu/find-alumni-record and follow the prompts. You will be asked for:
- Your last name
- Your HAA ID number—you can find this in the footer of any Class Report email you have received. Please make sure to copy and paste your entire HAA ID number, including any zeros.
- The year you graduated from Harvard or Radcliffe (if you have multiple degrees from Harvard, then any graduation year will work).
I think I claimed my HarvardKey, but I don’t remember it.
To recover your password: Visit key.harvard.edu/account-recovery/forgot-password and follow the prompts to reset your password.
To be reminded of your login name: Visit key.harvard.edu/account-recovery/request-login-name-reminder.
You will need your HAA ID number, which you can find in the footer of any Class Report email you have received, to be reminded of your login name. Please make sure to copy and paste your entire HAA ID number, including any zeros.
If you experience any issues claiming or logging in with HarvardKey, this step-by-step guide may be helpful. You can also email haa_alumnihelp@harvard.edu for assistance.
Data Privacy
If you have concerns about including some or all of your contact information in your Class Report, then you may opt out by checking the relevant boxes on each page of the Report form. Please contact the Class Report Office with any additional questions or concerns about the way you will be listed in the book. The contact information that you choose to provide in the biographical questionnaire will be both printed in the Class Report book and incorporated into your record in the Harvard alumni database. Read the Terms of Use Data Disclosure here: https://alumni.harvard.edu/classreports/termsofuse.
Please note: if you choose not to provide a Class Report update, then your listing in the book will consist only of your name, Harvard or Radcliffe undergraduate degree, and House or dorm affiliation. No contact information will be published without your express intention through participation in the book.