<p>I heard from someone that the type of person Harvard looks for is LEADER-TYPES. If it's so, people like myself, who are tended to be reserved?
One thing is that it is impossible to change one's personality, it's so very true.</p>
<p>i am kinda reserved too. but only with some people.
it is impossible to change a persons core. true. but then who said reserved people cant be effective leaders.</p>
<p>A person who is reserved can be a leader. One also can be shy and be a leader.</p>
<p>I agree, this summer, I read a book about person who is reserved can be a leader. The book is written by HBS and is called "Leading quietly," by Joseph L. Badaracco, JR. I recommend you read it, in case if an interviewer ask you those questions, then, you use this book to your advantage since is wrriten by HBS.</p>
<p>There are a lot of different ways to lead. Maybe you are a great leader in chemistry because you are making incredible discoveries in the lab and publishing revolutionary research. You don't need to leave your Bunsen burner to become that kind of leader.</p>
<p>I don't have any national accomplishments or anything, but I'm a leader. I've had several positions in ROTC, I'm first chair cellist, my friends and I started our own band, and I own my own business. In class, I usually lead discussions and am not afraid to introduce bold ideas. When meeting someone, I'm usually the first to put my hand out for shaking (this is weird, but I read somewhere that if you put your hand out first when meeting someone, you're more aggressive and more likely to be a good leader).</p>
<p>They look for people with potential--that's it.</p>
<p>"I don't have any national accomplishments or anything, but I'm a leader. I've had several positions in ROTC, I'm first chair cellist, my friends and I started our own band, and I own my own business. In class, I usually lead discussions and am not afraid to introduce bold ideas. When meeting someone, I'm usually the first to put my hand out for shaking (this is weird, but I read somewhere that if you put your hand out first when meeting someone, you're more aggressive and more likely to be a good leader). "</p>
<p>dont brag. :)</p>
<p>seriously, what is it about owning your own buisness? What do you do? i dont understand how a high school student owns his (or her) own business. i mean wouldnt you need to understand rules of economics etc? tell me about it. its cool, i just dont see what people are doing.</p>
<p>also, being a leader in the high school sense seems more like winning some class elections etc. lol im the pres of a club, and i dont even know when our meetings are. other then that though, im pretty active. i dont know how you can get leader out of small elections or even larger scale leadership roles. i mean, i founded 2 clubs, and im making them work. i guess that makes me a leader. even so, i dont think harvard is looking for all leaders. after all, someone has to take the radio controls or the heavy gun (yeah its a ww2/vietnam reference) basically im saying you dont have to be a leader, you just have to be good at what you love doing.</p>
<p>I don't have a conventional business, but I'm self-employed. I'm a classical musician, and I gig a lot, so I guess I have a "business," of sorts. I'm not sure about anyone else.</p>
<p>Yeah, the business thing. I actually do have a good grasp on economics (I plan on majoring in it in college). I just fix computers for people. It's highly demanded since many people are idiots at them (no offense people). Though I do it for ALOT less than other computer repair stores (maybe $30-40$ FLAT, no per hour charge) I still take in a good profit with the amount of business I get. I get so much business, actually, that I had to hire some help lately (someone to help me in my garage and someone to put flyers on mailboxes). Sometimes, I make clothes and sell them for fundraisers at school; I've thought of venturing out into that field and selling to small clothing stores since people seem to like them. That would be cool... two businesses before graduating. You know what's shocking? I want an MBA! You'd never think that if I didn't tell you :-P. I actually made my own business because I got kicked out of the house during that unemployment crisis (6.4% unemployment, 7+% in large states and northern states) and couldn't find a job. When my mom let me back and she had a severe paycut, I needed a job to help with bills (we didn't even have enough before). I decided why the hell not make my own. So, that's how I got into it. </p>
<p>Wow, that was long.</p>
<p>"It's highly demanded since many people are idiots at them "
AND SOME PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS AT GRAMMAR.
:D
just kidding.
NO OFFENSE
:D
<em>PAT ON THE BACK</em>
nice work. i mean you really are motivated. :)</p>
<p>BTW i am one of those idiots. i am really bad when it comes to technology.</p>
<p>Hehe. Hey, we can't be great at everything. If we were, there would be no purpose to jobs and specialization. We would depend on ourselves, and market systems would be non-existent.</p>
<p>"I got kicked out of the house during that unemployment crisis (6.4% unemployment, 7+% in large states and northern states) and couldn't find a job."</p>
<p>how old were you??</p>
<p>Fourteen. <em>ten chars</em></p>
<p>and what exactly does kicked out of the house mean??
your parents didnt leave you to fend for yourself, did they?</p>
<p>14!!
sorry to hear that.</p>
<p>It means I told my mom I was gay, she was a bit upset (she didn't want to throw me out, though), but when my stepdad found out he decided "it was best." Friggin nut, he is.</p>
<p>you must really be motivated and hard working :)
keep it up.
best of luck for getting into harvard</p>
<p>Yeah, fend for myself. I lived in a movie theatre for a month.</p>