<p>The highest you can, which shouldn’t be lower than a 6, I’d say.</p>
<p>I think class rank will be as important as averages, since it tells the adcoms where you are. If someone has a 90 average, but is ranked in the top 1%, then it looks like the curriculum and marking at that school is tough. Sure, it may seem possible that they aren’t smart and that they come from a tiny rural public school and stand out, but in most cases if you are from a medium sized city and don’t have the crazy average, the ranking will help you out if you are ranked high</p>
<p>btw what programs are all of you guys looking into at Harvard? If I apply it’ll be for a biology major. Wait, do you indicate what program you are applying to, or is that after you are accepted? lol</p>
<p>I don’t think any of us have specifically applied to programs (although I could be wrong about the engineering folks); we just declare our probable field(s) of interest in the supplement.</p>
<p>Sorry to revive a dead thread, but I’m kinda freaking out. I’m a Canadian student and I know that the recommended outline for Harvard would find it ideal to have 4 credits in one foreign language and 3 in History.</p>
<p>I only have 1 french credit and 1 spanish credit. And grade 10 history. That’s it. </p>
<p>How much of a disadvantage am I at? Should I try to drop a course next semester to make room for spanish? Then take spanish in gr.12 too? (I’ll have 3 spanish courses taken after that). </p>
<p>How much does 1 History credit hurt me? </p>
<p>Also, I know Harvard doesn’t have a statement saying they REQUIRE all these courses, but other schools do. So if another school said they require 2 years of a foreign language, do i NEED 2 years since I am an international applicant? Or does that only apply to US applicants? How much of a role do the recommended courses play in admissions? </p>
<p>Thanks so much. I need advice relatively soon to be able to drop a course next semester for spanish.</p>
<p>BIG BUUUMMPPP</p>
<p>any Canadians applying to Ivies this year? :)</p>
<p>I’m a Canadian citizen living in the U.S., and I submitted my Common App, supplement, and fees to Harvard back in September :D</p>
<p>(yes, I was done early lol)</p>
<p>^lol were you applying ED? because I don’t think Harvard has ED (maybe I’m wrong). If you just applied early, then wow, that’s pretty early haha</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Ivy Leagues like/dislike Canadian students because we’re Canadian? Is there a stereotype with Canadian students.</p>
<p>I’ve heard from some that they think the Canadian education system is harder, but I’ve also heard that they don’t like us because we’re Canadian</p>
<p>Who’s right?</p>
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<p>Harvard has no ED or EA program. I just happened to send in my app much earlier than usual (September 18th, to be precise) since I figured that there was nothing else about it that I wanted to change. :)</p>
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<p>Why would they think that? Here’s what’s written at the end of the Common Application (the part where the applicant’s personal signature is required):</p>
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<p>^Yes, I know that’s how it’s SUPPOSED to be, but it isn’t always the case. Every school has a certain amount of people from each race or country, so that there is greater cultural diversity. I was just wondering if there was stigma around Canadian students in general</p>
<p>one of the admission officers from Yale came to my school one month ago
and she said that there were around 10000-20000 people who applied from ontario
so the competition is tough lol</p>
<p>for the record I am from Quebec, guess theres less competition from here =)</p>
<p>That doesn’t sound right at all. Even though HYP have massive applicant pools, Harvard has 30,000+ applications from people applying from ALL OVER. It’s definitely not Ontario alone.</p>
<p>^Yes, fledgling is correct.</p>
<p>I’m applying this year. Here’s to hoping I can make it two in a row for my school.</p>
<p>^And check out my noobish post from 10 months ago…:P</p>
<p>I’m Canadian and I have a slight problem. The grading in my school,(i’m from Ontario) is extremely rough. And by rough, I don’t mean difficult because i’m aware that being 1/400 accounts for something. What I mean is, there are two programs running at my school, and “enriched program” and an “academic program”. The academic program learns from the normal Ontario curriculum, but the enriched students’ courses are mostly AP level.
The problem is that the teachers who teach the enriched course mark hard. The highest gpa ever has been around 92, as opposed to 99 from the academic program. The school, however, ranks everybody on the same list.
This means that this 92 student is 20+ place already. </p>
<p>What can I do? (I take enriched)</p>
<p>Hey everyone,
Just to add some perspective, last year I spoke to the Harvard admissions officer in charge of BC, and she told me that they usually accept around 20 people from BC each year. Just thought I’d add my bit. :)</p>