<p>I´m 16 years old and would like to become an investment banker sin New York City. Therefore, I would like to attend the Economics course at Harvard.</p>
<p>Please rate my chance to get admission to the Economics course at Harvard:</p>
<p>Academic performance:</p>
<p>AP´s:
Economics 5
Mathematics 5
German 5</p>
<p>the following subjects include as well an AP test in the German school system but don´t count as much as the other ones.</p>
<p>English 5
Chemistry 5</p>
<p>The total mark will be around 4.6</p>
<p>Extracurricular/perspectives formed by unusual personal circumstances
- two internships at Lufthansa City Line and a advertising agency with the best assessment in all categories<br>
- two weeks English course at Oxford University
- fluent in four languages (German, Spanish, English, French)
- dual citizenship (Spanish and German) (shows multicultural background)
- lived in two foreign countries (Hungary and now Belgium) (proves that I managed to get clear with new cultures, especially in Hungary; gaining experience)
- I´ve visited more than 20 countries on three continents
- member of a golf club (I am playing at least 2 hours a week)</p>
<p>Important: Please give reasons for your rating and some tips on how to improve my chances!</p>
<p>You rely too much on your “cultural backgrounds” and wherever you traveled. Great, you have “lots of culture”. It’s just a nice plus. That’s it.</p>
<p>You have a pernicious dearth of extracurricular endeavors, unless you simply neglected to mention them, which is lugubriously asinine. I was just like you, until I discovered that you have to be:</p>
<p>At the start of this school year, I had almost nothing. 2 months later, I already have an abundance of leadership and passion, more than the average applicant, I’d say.</p>
<p>You got a 5 on AP English? I would make sure that you have an incredibly strong grasp of the language, make sure that your writing is superb. If you want to get into Harvard, your essays need to be flawless, in addition to being truly insightful. Just looking at the your grammar on your posts, I’m quite a bit wary…</p>
<p>Also, you really don’t have many ECs–everything that you’ve done has been for an incredibly short period of time. 2 hours of golf per week really does not cut it. I would also definitely try to get a lot of volunteer hours in (maybe tutoring kids different languages).</p>
<p>As an international, competition is beyond fierce, and you have a very steep uphill battle.</p>
<p>“You have a pernicious dearth of extracurricular endeavors, unless you simply neglected to mention them, which is lugubriously asinine.” </p>
<p>“At the start of this school year, I had almost nothing. 2 months later, I already have an abundance of leadership and passion, more than the average applicant, I’d say.”</p>
<p>hahahahahahahahaha. Two outrageously funny comments. In the same post, no less.</p>
I vote for this one as more entertaining. Real leadership and passion does not come from nothing in two months. Sounds like paper leadership and passion.</p>
<p>let’s not insult each other. remember, we’re all in this together. i agree with the others, you need more extracurricular achievement with more leadership. however, you’re only 16, and it’s not too late to get that.</p>
<p>Nice grade-point average. Make sure to get your school to highlight especially challenging or high-quality aspects of its curriculum. Talk about your leadership. Service is great to have and I suggest you get some more, but even if your internships and activities didn’t last really long, as long as you show you learned something and took on leadership and responsibility, they should like what you have.</p>
<p>The Oxford course and getting a 5 on the English AP (I’m assuming English isn’t your first language) is impressive, to say the least. See if you can get the Oxford professor or Lufthansa CityLine boss to write a great recommendation for you.</p>
<p>Travel is great. I love traveling, too, and so do many people who are in charge at Harvard. However, don’t just say you’ve travelled to these many countries, or you’ll sound like you’re just showing off how rich or lucky you are. Instead, tell them why it matters. Explain what you learned in countries you’ve been in. Third World especially helps, especially if you didn’t do traditional tourist stuff and saw how life really is there. Definitely mention any service you have done in the Third World. If none, then maybe start something up as a service project related to what you saw in the Third World and talk about how it made an impression on you that led you to start a service.</p>
<p>Like the others said, post your SATs and other standardized tests.</p>
<p>Why do you want to be in banking? Make sure to be able to explain this well.</p>
<p>Hope this helps. Can you chance me? Mine is called Crossing My Fingers. Thanks.</p>