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<p>Thanks for letting us know! I’ll probably shop SCRB180 and I’ll make sure to say hi if the opportunity comes up :).</p>
<p>Sferics- Sounds like a lot of work, but manageable I think if you have a good background in all of these subject. I’ve never taken a language course, but from what I’ve been hearing they’re not any less time consuming than other classes.</p>
<p>I’m reading the Q Guide description for Life Science 1b and it’s terrifying. More than half the students would not recommend it, and many say to find another course if you can help it. </p>
<p>Is there another course that fulfills concentration requirements for life sciences? Or do we just suck it up?</p>
<p>^I didn’t think it was that bad, for what it’s worth.</p>
<p>I have a question in regard to Harvard’s supplemental essay. Having been born in and primarily grown up in Germany while periodically living in Nigeria, Ghana, Venezuela, and Belize, would I be able to stand out more through my essay? Do you know any students at Harvard that have lived in a few foreign countries?</p>
<p>^There are boatloads of students who come from unique backgrounds like yours, such that at Harvard it may be hard to say it’s “unique.” The background alone is not what Harvard wants. You need to write a compelling essay that reveals your character and implicitly (not explicitly) makes a case for why Harvard should accept you, and perhaps your background is a good vehicle for doing that. Perhaps not.</p>
<p>I’m not too sure if you had a question like this because i have not seen one in this thread yet but i want to enroll as a non-degree student at my local community college while going to high school and my question is that will harvard accept my college credits if i were to attend?</p>
<p>You may place into a higher level class if needed, but courses taken at another university cannot count towards your Harvard graduation credits if you enter as a freshman. Not even extension school credits can transfer, I believe.</p>
<p>There isn’t a finance concentration, as DwightEisenhower said, but there IS a finance track within the statistics concentration. It involves a mixture of statistics, econ, and finance courses.</p>
<p>Hi i’m a 14 year old student from California. My family and I recently took a trip to Boston and toured the Harvard campus. I fell in love with the campus, the scenery, the life, and architecture every building has. I knew once i stepped through those gates this is where i want to go to college. Now what was your GPA when you applied? What was your essay written about? What are the dorms like? What do i need to do to be like you?</p>
<p>For your first few questions, you can look at the accepted student threads that are stickied at the top of the Harvard forum. As for the dorms, I believe there are some threads around here too; try using the search function at the top.</p>
<p>Question about textbooks: I’m taking Ec10 this semester and am torn between buying the sixth or fifth edition of Principles of Economics. The sixth just came out in 2011 and includes “extensively updated coverage of areas affected by the financial crisis,” but the fifth (from 2008) costs much less-- $50 vs. $180. </p>
<p>Could I resell the sixth edition book for around the same price next year, assuming no new edition comes out, or is this inflated price just for the first year of release? Will the content of the two books likely be significantly different? </p>
<p>Which one should I buy?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>^Depends on the class. If the class asks you to buy the sixth edition (and I’m assuming it does, since Mankiw wrote it…), then anything new on the sixth edition is fair game. And whether the price is “inflated” or not, you’ll never be able to sell a used book for the price you got it. The coop won’t give you anywhere near that price obviously and there’ll be plenty of people selling their Ec10 books next year to other students as well.</p>
<p>What I would do is: Take both books out from the library on 3 hour reserve loans and flip through them them to see what the major differences are. If the additional content is in one place, e.g. an extra chapter, you can always just borrow someone’s new book for that chapter. But if the extra content is distributed throughout, it might be worthwhile to get the new edition as to not make completing your assignments a hassle all year.</p>
<p>Usually new editions aren’t worth the extra cost even if the course requires them, but it’s a good idea to check to make sure.</p>
<p>Hello,
As I’m going to High School next year, I’d like to know what kinds of things, like tests, I will have to do from next year.
Beyond SAT, what tests will I have to do?
In what year of high school is it recommended to do these tests and other things?
I know my questions are not really clear, because I’d like to know the more you can tell me about when it’s the right time to do the tests.
Thank you so much!
BrunaHarvard.</p>
<p>You need to take the SAT or ACT, along with two subject tests. The SAT is usually taken at the end of your junior year or the beginning of senior year. The subject tests can be taken as soon as you finish learning the subject in school. </p>
<p>For more information, please head over to the CC [SAT</a> and ACT Tests & Test Preparation - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/]SAT”>Test Preparation - College Confidential Forums) forum, where you’ll get much more helpful responses for this question.</p>
<p>Hello,
Thanks for the answer.
I was reading some threads here in College Confidential and I have some other questions:
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<p>Some students know five languages, and others only know one. It depends, but more can’t hurt.</p>
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<p>That depends on the background of the student. Due to the foreign language requirement, the majority of students know English and have some degree of familiarity with another language.</p>
<p>My son is perfectly fluent in 4 foreign languages and can speak 2 more quite well. He also has a diploma certifying his good knowledge of Latin. Would this language knowledge be a “hook” for Harvard?</p>
<p>It’s a great skill set and a boon to his application, but not a “hook” in the strictest sense. Hooks are recruited athlete, legacy, URM and developmental (someone in your family is going to donate an obscene amount of money to the school) applicants. Your son’s language skills are probably more akin to a perfect SAT score or valedictorian of class.</p>
<p>I’m from mainland China. Will Harvard compare scores (SAT, APs) among candidates from a same high school? I mean, if applicants from one high school generally have a very high range of test scores, like around 2340 or something and a lot of APs, will I be at a disadvantage if I get a bit low within this score range and I am without AP? (Normal high schools in China don’t offer AP course, but many of my peers somehow get a lot by their own.)</p>
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<p>I’m no expert in international admissions…actually I’m no expert in anything whatsoever. But I would say that generally one does not compete against his/her high school peers. The school might compare your GPAs to get a sense of what the standard is. For example, if you both have 3.5 / 4.0 and you both are at the top of your class, that means your school grades tough. But if you have a 3.5 and your peer has a 4.0, that means something else entirely.</p>
<p>But no, what your peers get for stats generally won’t affect your candidacy in any meaningful way. If you don’t get in, it’s because your scores are low…not because your scores were lower than those of that kid in history class. The obvious exception is class rank, where being #2 is obviously worse than being #1 by some degree.</p>