<p>This is JC. I have a bachelor's and I am thinking about getting a master's degree from Harvard, possibly beginning next academic year. I was wondering if anybody knows which majors are Harvard's best, and which majors are Harvard's most competitive? The only one I know that's Harvard's best is Law.</p>
<p>I came from a very strange background, majoring in the social sciences, but minored in engineering, so I guess I can do either.</p>
<p>Do anyone know what GRE scores are required for these majors?</p>
<p>Harvard has ten separate graduate and professional schools, each with its own set of degrees and entrance requirements. If you don’t know what you want to study, you are not ready for graduate school.</p>
<p>Although first seemingly rude, however after much thought, I agree with you, Hanna.</p>
<p>I now know the major in which I wish to pursue my master’s degree.</p>
<p>I was wondering if Harvard is similar to most schools in that international applicants are evaluated under stricter inspection
than their domestic counterpart, i.e. higher requirements for GPA,
extracurricular involvement, GRE scores, etc.</p>
<p>No, it was not brutal, it was just frank. Hanna is a Harvard alum and frequent poster on this forum and her council is wise. Going to graduate school should be done with purpose which should be well thought out. It is difficult to get into any top graduate program and if you cannot convince the admissions committee that you have a good reason to enter their program it is nearly impossible.</p>
<p>A terminal master’s would be a program where there is normally no PhD that would be considered the ultimate degree. However, Harvard does have a number of master’s degree students pursuing degrees such as MBAs at HBS or MPP at Kennedy. I have a cousin who just completed a Masters in Urban Planning as the Harvard Graduate School of Design.</p>
<p>I think the OP may be an international who doesn’t have a clear grasp of the graduate education system in the U.S. I would suggest spending some time on the websites of a few U.S. universities reading about their programs in order to understand it better.</p>
<p>Fair point, cltdad. I should have said that Harvard has very few terminal master’s programs in arts and sciences. I’m pretty sure you can also get a terminal master’s degree in the Ed School and the Div School and the Design School, among others. (And, in fact, it does have terminal master’s programs in engineering.)</p>