hello so i heard about how colleges want more diverse people like Harvard, & i was wondering is being egyptian and wearing a hijab and being muslim diverse enough? cause ive heard of people with hijabs getting into harvard. also ive heard sometimes colleges(esp.harvard) gets sick of a race so they stop accepting people within that race? so im nervous maybe thatll happen if there is too many hijabis one year?? i know i am very confused right now :-/
First, what are your grades and test scores? Unless they’re top-notch, you’re not getting into Harvard and so this question would be more of a general one that is not Harvard-specific.
Second, why are you asking a question based on something you’ve “heard”? Have you researched the topic extensively? If you don’t carefully analyze things, you’re not Harvard material.
@YaraHarvardLyfe: Your nervousness is felt by every Asian American when they apply to college. Your nervousness is felt by every high school musician, who fears they won’t be admitted because the college already has enough violin players, or flutists, or piano players in their orchestra’s. Your nervousness is felt by every top student applying from a feeder high school – after all, how many student’s can a college admit from Boston Latin, Phillips Academy, Stuyvesant, Noble and Greenough, Phillips Exeter, Trinity, or Lexington high school? Certainly not every top student who applies. Your nervousness is felt by every student who has done traditional EC’s throughout high school — debate, school newspaper, sports, theater, dance. After all, how many editors of a student newspaper can a college admit? They certainly don’t want an entire freshman class of year-book editors. That’s just one of the unknowns and uncertainties that every student faces when they apply to college.
My guess is that because religious muslim women on U.S. college campuses are in the minority, your particular fear is unwarranted. May I suggest you not rely on what you have heard and contact the Harvard Islamic Society for their opinion: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/his/contact-us/
OP You’re a bit premature, seeing as you’ve not started HS yet. Search this forum for some advice given to eighth graders. Please read those and follow the advice given. Please don’t fetishize Harvard or any single college when you haven’t even started HS yet. Good luck to you.