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I am absolutely sure that Harvard is my top choice. The guy I am working under at the Clinic is a Harvard alumnus and has been encouraging me to apply EA.
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I visited while I was in Boston, and I fell in love with the campus and the housing system. I also love that a language citation is an option and that there are a ton of opportunities to get involved in research.
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The opportunities you get from going there, Harvard’s history, and its location. On a more personal note, while we’ve sent kids to Yale and Princeton, no one from my high school has gone to Harvard.
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Brown, Penn, Hopkins, Case, Ohio State.
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I have a good GPA and took the most rigorous course load available. In a stroke of luck, I got a 36 on the ACT, and I have a handful of ECs that I have pursued in depth (leadership positions, local/state recognition).
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I was a counselor at a string camp at the very beginning of the summer. I’m also working as a lab assistant at the Cleveland Clinic and have a mini-internship at the ACLU. On the weekends, I work as a cashier at Burger King.
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Chemistry
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Violin takes most of my time (concertmaster at school, local auditioned orchestra, pit orchestra, a chamber music group I started, and teaching lessons). I’m also involved in science club (VP), student government (school board rep), YDA (president), and volunteering (at the Clinic and NHS).
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You will hear it endlessly, but scores and grades are not everything. Harvard’s website even says, “There is no single academic path we expect all students to follow…” Spend time on your essays. Write several drafts, and have people read them over. Most importantly, know that it really is a crapshoot, and don’t get your hopes up. You may be 100% qualified to attend Harvard and not get in.
^^ I particularly like this quote from one of Harvard’s webpages
What that means is that a student could be academically well prepared for college, but get rejected because they lack “future promise to society.” College’s learn about an applicant’s future promise or their potential to make a contribution to our world through their teacher recommendations, which is why, IMHO, after a student’s transcript, GPA and test scores, the next most important element of a student’s file are their teacher recommendations. If your teachers don’t go to bat for you, then your chances are significantly reduced – so student’s need to choose their teachers wisely!
I’ll take a stab at the questions. Someone should seriously consider making an FB group. Please let me know if anyone ever makes one and I’ll join.
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Harvard is, and has been my top choice for as long as I can remember. If at all I do manage to get in, I will save a lot of time on the applications and my time and energy can be better spent on studying for the state level final examinations.
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Everything! The atmosphere on the campus, the housing system… everything. I find it hard to dislike even a single thing.
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Its history, the culture and the opportunities available to Harvard students/alumni. For me, the math program at Harvard is top notch. It cannot really get any better than that. And the cut-throat competitive environment is something that I believe I will thrive in.
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The usual - Ivies, MIT, Stanford, Williams, UChicago, Harvey Mudd and a few safeties. But if I get into Harvard, I will not be applying anywhere else (maybe except MIT).
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Good standardised test scores, near perfect grades, unique and not to brag, but amazing ECs. I think that my entire package as a whole is what sets me apart.
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I carried out research with a PhD candidate at a top 5 university (in the US) in math. I’ll work on that paper and send it for publication. I’ll also continue expanding the reach of my non-profit and I’m working on developing a certain product that is in stealth mode for now. I’ll also work on my essays and prepare for the informatics olympiad
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Applied math. I would also like to study economics or classics.
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card magic, learning languages, developing games, reading Cyanide and Happiness and Xkcd comics :-p
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I love this phrase - ‘ex nihilo nihil fit’. You can use it as a reminder that hard work is always required in order to achieve something. Also, believe in yourself no matter what everyone else says.
@mumbai98 I think there is already a 2020 harvard applicant Facebook group
I can’t find the Facebook group for 2020. Do you have a link?
@Academic07 I will message you the link since it isn’t working in the main thread
Has Harvard released its supplementary essays?
My friend is going to finish his ALs in Sri Lanka this August and the results will only be released in the end of December or the start of January.He wants to apply for the 2020 batch but can he send the results after the deadline?
Does Harvard give one the opportunity to double major?
Harvard does not change their supplementary essays very often. For the past 3 years, Harvard’s
Supplementary essays have been
I highly doubt Admissions will change their supplemental essays for 2015-2016.
@verizonwireless i’m in the exact same boat as you. Very torn between the two!
I’m applying to UChicago. It has a more flexible plan. Harvard’s still me first love though.
SCEA gives you some advantage, especially if you are passionate applicant. I believe that large colleges look for passion, not squeaky clean applications or thesis-long resumes (aka bragsheets). Keep that in mind.
In some cases, Harvard permits joint concentrations.
I remember going through this process last year! It was stressful to say the least, but you learn a lot about yourself in the process. Hopefully I’ll see some of you on campus in a year!
I’m applying SCEA because I like the culture of Harvard. They have a lot of entrepreneurial spirit around as well as some qwerkiness. Also, the small class sizes and excellent professors make it 10/10. Just worried at this point. I know I could get in, but will I? I don’t know.
I’m also applying to Princeton, Columbia, Penn, and some low match/safeties
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Any updates on applying SCEA at Harvard? So quiet …where is everybody??
Is there any place on the application to indicate that you took a specific tour on the campus (the SEAS tour, for example)? I’d just like to show how dedicated and serious I am about attending Harvard.
@Stephiey, It is common opinion that Harvard doesn’t care about applicant level of interest. With an 80% yield, they figure just about everyone who is admitted wants to come to Harvard.