<p>LOL I'm 17 and I still haven't decided where I want to go. And it's not like if I DO decide it's Harvard that I'll get in. So I can't refer to it as..."it" as this thread title describes. Referring to Harvard as "it" or "the one" just sort of...I don't know...romanticizes everything. If you refer to your beau as "the one" then, fine. But to a college? Nope...sorry. And someone pointed out that you're in eighth grade. Please just go to an ice cream store with your friends and listen to old school NSync songs and have fun!!!! Trust me, you'll regret torturing yourself now as you will torture yourself later anyway. Wise words from your elder.
and ditto to what harvardEAadmit said. get off these forums. obliterate your username and password from your memory, both physical and harddrive. come back in three years and then maybe we'll talk!!</p>
<p>Well it was July 2006.. I was 16 and I knew what I wanted for real: “Want to work, no college! I have been studying all my life for nothing.. No more.. gonna be a musician, play the piano".. I used to force myself to think THAT way but inside I wanted to keep learning, loved math, loved being a leader, loved staying awake reading about college... but I wasn't able to accept it.. Until.. oh yeah I decided I was gonna do what I really wanted...
I wanted a different environment where everyone going to college really wanted to be in college.. not a place where u go, stay in class, go back to home, and meet with ur old high school friends.. I wanted a challenging place that provided me with the tools to grow not only academically but also as a human being.. I decided that I needed a college full of different people but with the same goal..
I want to get to know different perspectives and I want to share my perspectives.. I want to work with a team where everyone really wants to be in the team... (not just because they are gonna get some credit).. it was very difficult to find "that" college.. I remember I didn't even know how to spell "harvard" (not kidding!!..).. it was a dream school, impossible for me - a middle class girl-“it was an elite school full of rich, arrogant people”.. I wasn't even thinking to apply, but of course, u always have someone that is telling u that u can pursue what u want no matter how difficult it seems.. I was at first pushing myself to think I didn't worth enough to go to the college I wanted.. I should confess I was intimidated for all ur excellent stats!.., but after reading about Harvard ( it was pretty easy to spell huh? :P), its students, its professors, its environment, I have realized I can contribute with it and that I really wanted to go there.. I don't even know if I am gonna be accepted, since I was not really preparing myself in high school; everything I did was because I wanted to do it... I have a 4.00 gpa just because I like learning and getting good grades, even though this 4.00 gpa is useless here. I decided to be the leader of a campaign promoting people to realize the significance of democracy, even though my name appears nowhere. I join my church group to collect money to help children because I believed it was an excellent action and that spending all the weekend that way was not “a waste of time” as many people said… I enjoyed playing the piano, dancing, going to parties and hanging out with my friends.
I know can say that Harvard would be an excellent place to keep learning and teaching…. I will have to wait 2 months to know if I will gothere, but all the experiences I have gained in the process are invaluable for me.. I can truly say that I don’t regret spending months looking for the right place to me.</p>
<p>Ohh, don't get your heart set on a college this young! When I was a frosh I KNEW Princeton was "it," then during summer visits, I thought "it" was Harvard...it wasn't until I stayed overnight that I realized "it" was Yale (where I'm headed next year). So just tell yourself you want to get into a "good" college, work hard, and then revisit the idea of specific schools sometime during junior year. Good luck!</p>
<p>Interesting posts. After looking at Tufts during my daughter's junior year in high school, we drove through Harvard Square. She had loved Tufts! I suggested that for the fun of it, we walk around Harvard. She refused to even get out of the car - absolutely hated the idea of going to Harvard. Then during her senior year in high school, a friend of hers who had graduated from another high school in ct, invited her to the freshman formal at Harvard. She's now getting ready for her freshman formal at Harvard. High school students can and should change their minds to where they ultimately should go.</p>
<p>otter, i agree with you...don't kill yourself during high school worrying about getting into harvard (or any other school you have your dreams on), and make sure you enjoy yourself and do what you love, but you are much better off striving for success than "getting drunk" or "getting you car crashed"</p>
<p>I wanted to go to MIT when I was in elementary school. Harvard didn't become my first choice till I was about 21.</p>
<p>Hi I'm around 22 and I want to get into college, I think Harvard is the perfect fit for me.</p>
<p>To spiffystars and all others who think that dreaming of going to H from an early age will prevent you from having a social life/having fun in high school, I beg to differ! As I posted earlier, I'd wanted to go there from an early age. But that, by no means, prevented me from having fun, going out with friends, going on dates, prom, etc...basically enjoying all the typical silly h.s. stuff. But I also managed to balance my fun with challenging classes + extracurriculars.
Yes, it's true that you must be successful in academics/community service/extracurriculars/etc, that shouldn't prevent you from having fun! There's no way you can be doing something productive every Friday and Saturday evening. High school is what you make of it, whether or not you have an end goal.</p>
<p>some of these posts sound like Chorus Line
;~)</p>
<p>Ever since the generous financial aid offers started. (60,000 and below...) Before that, I wouldn't have even considered it.</p>
<p>I'll decide it's it if I get in, lol.</p>
<p>April of Junior Year (17) when I visited for the first time. I loved the feel of the campus and I felt that I had a chance of getting in and the Early Action option and the financial aid initiative all made Harvard very appealing after my visit.</p>