<p>I am working really hard to get into Harvard. I'm getting straight A's, I'm doing lots of community service, i have lots of E.C's under my belt, and I'm planning to get a very high score on my SAT's and ACT's but i want know how hard it is to succeed at Harvard, at any Ivy League school for that matter. I want to know what i will be expected to do so I know that I didn't do all that hard work to get into a good school and then drop out because i cant handle the work. If you guys could help me out i would really appreciate it.</p>
<p>There is a saying that Cornell is that easiest Ivy to get into but the hardest to get out of, while Harvard’s the hardest to get into but the easiest to get out of. I can’t assess the validity of this statement, though, since I am a student at neither.</p>
<p>If you get in to Harvard, you can do the work (assuming you chart a reasonable path for yourself… i.e. no Math 55).</p>
<p>At the same time, Harvard is a place that will hopefully make you fail - be it on a test for a class that you stretched yourself in taking, or in an election for the board of a student group, or an interview with the latest hot Wall Street Firm.</p>
<p>So, you shouldn’t have a problem getting by at Harvard, but at the same time Harvard will provide challenges as difficult as you’d like them in the areas you want.</p>
<p>just<em>forget</em>me is correct that you can do the work if you can get in. Whether you can succeed depends on your definition of success. If you’re content to be somewhere in the part of the class that makes the top half possible, success won’t be very hard. If your goal is to be near the top of a super-talented group, you’ll need abundant talent and a very strong work ethic.</p>
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