<p>what will help me in guaranteeing a spot at harvard. what is that key crucial element?</p>
<p>There is no such thing- this is an important fact about Harvard admissions. All the factors of your application contribute, and nothing, NOTHING, "guarantees" a spot. (It's a boring answer, I know).</p>
<p>On the plus side, in my experience, no one factor eliminates your chances. A lot of people I talk to think that Harvard is actively looking for an excuse to eliminate you, like a test score below 700 or a B in one's freshman year. This isn't the way it works either.</p>
<p>ok. thanks. what tests do you recommend i take? (tell me all sat II's, AP's, and others). Im not really too strong in math!</p>
<p>We can't tell you exactly. It's good to have a range of SAT II tests. Take as many AP tests as you want and can handle; have a challenging but feasible curriculum.</p>
<p>what do you mean by a challenging, but feasible curriculum?</p>
<p>I have a tip on how to get into Harvard (despite the fact I haven't been accepted anywhere yet)</p>
<p>Stop wasting all of your time on CC (like me) and work your ass off!</p>
<p>cc meaning college confidential?</p>
<p>would working in a senior/nursing home be a good thing? Would it be okay/good if i got a recommendation from a senior?</p>
<p>not so sure i shoudl believe you. whether or not a student wrote their own essay.</p>
<p>student is singular so its his or her...</p>
<p>hi i'm emmi from pittsburgh
i just wanted to ask if you could tell me some thing about the campus life in harverd
that would be awesome
thanks a lot
emmi</p>
<p>i'm a freshman in a private all girls high school
so far my first semester gpa is a 3.39
is this a rough start in getting into harvard?</p>
<p>I would like to know if I am on track to being accepted in to Harvard, or any other schools of such merit:</p>
<p>I attend a public program that is hosted district-wide in my area. Even though I am technically registered at a ‘base’ high school, I attend all my classes with this program, contrary to a Magnet School or Governor’s School where students no longer belong to their original base high school. Students from throughout the district apply to this program, but the program accepts only the top 40 to 50 from the applying class (last year, around 250 applied). This program is hosted at Coastal Carolina University, and students that attend the program have the privilege to take classes from the university with the college students. These college-level classes have an AP-level weight in determining GPA. To clear things up, the program has a building on the university’s campus where the top high school teachers from the district teach the program’s students their needed high school classes (so that the program’s students are on Coastal’s campus throughout the whole school day). In said building, students take only AP-level and honors level classes from the high school teachers. I am also a part of the student government at this program, as a representative for my grade level.</p>
<p>Since we attend school on a university’s campus, we have a semester class schedule, which means we can take more ‘core’ classes than the average high school student. This means that by the end of my tenth grade year (which I just finished), I have taken Honors Physical Science, Honors Biology, Honors Physics, Honors Chemistry, math including Honors Pre-Calculus (I’m taking AP BC Calculus my junior year), all required English classes including AP Literature, College Spanish 110, College Spanish 120, College Spanish 130, AP World History, AP US Government and Politics, Honors Economics, Honors Journalism/Yearbook, and Honors Discrete Math. So far (as of the end of my sophomore year), I have received all A’s in my classes except for College Spanish 130, in which I received a B+. I plan on taking 9 or 10 AP classes in total by the time I graduate high school in all four of the core subject areas (Math, English, History/Government, and Science).</p>
<p>I play a sport, tennis, at my base high school where I am registered. I’m also a part of NSHS, NEHS, NMHS, NHS, Beta Club, and National Society of High School Scholars at my base school. I maintain active commitment to my local church, where I do many community service projects in addition to the ones I participate in at my base school.</p>
<p>I know it’s hard to understand the situation I am in, but any advice would be greatly appreciated! I can answer any questions that will clear up my particular situation! Thanks!</p>
<p>Don’t overload on activities. It looks much better if you have one or two activities that you are wholeheartedly invested in rather than 100 activities you barely spend any time a week at. I got into Harvard this year, and I had maybe three main activities but I spent hours and hours every day working at each and I had been doing each activity for at least three years.</p>
<p>Also, don’t rely on honors societies. I was never a member of one and I did fine in admissions.</p>
<p>Is it a problem if I’m only in two main EC’s, but I’m the President of both and have won state-wide awards for one of them? I also do a lot over the summers.</p>
<p>Hello all! I see some very helpful information up there, But I just wanted to know if somebody knew what I should be doing from the very start of high school. In August of this year, I will officially be a freshman. I’m 14 and college is really starting to work its way into my every thought! Harvard especially! It feels so unachieveable, But that only makes me want it more! Am I aiming to high? I make decent grades, All A’s, maybe one B. I’ve taken the SAT’s already in 7th grade, I don’t remember what I scored but I did better than 25% of the seniors that took it. I was in band for 3 years, 6th, 7th, 8th. My high school offers so many extra curricular activities that I plan on dedicating myself to. My heart is set on being a very successful dentist. I’ve researched many, many other schools, and I can’t get my mind off Harvard! I know, I know, EVERYBODY AND THEIR BROTHER wants to go to Harvard… Well,… So do I. As well as fair grades, I have a variety of sports under my belt. I played soccer for 3 years, basketball for 3 years, and tennis for 1 year. What extras that will set me apart from the crowd at such a young age, 14, should I be focusing on. </p>
<p>Please help!</p>
<p>future.dentist!</p>
<p>furture dentist, just work hard, enjoy yourself, and do ur best. when it comes time to apply, do it and see what happens. dont worry about getting into certain schools because its completely out of your control. so dont waste your time.</p>
<p>here’s another of the legions that want to know if they’ll be accepted…or if they have a shot. thing is, i have pretty decent academics but my extracurricular i’m unsure of. </p>
<p>SAT: 800 reading, 800 writing, 770 math
SAT II: 760 literature, 740 math II (retaking), and i have yet to take a third.</p>
<p>i’ve been a member of the school’s academic team since freshman year, i’ve been doing track and field since 7th grade (one year manager due to injury), and i’m also involved in a host of other clubs (model UN which i’ve been president of 11th and now 12th grade, american teen cancer society). i was accepted into my high school’s school of art which i was forced to drop after sophomore year because i didn’t have room in my schedule. so i’m a good artist, and i’ve been teaching myself piano for a few years. </p>
<p>i haven’t done much over the summers, though, just one volunteering program where i taught the elderly how to operate computers at the local library. i’m planning to volunteer at a hospice this summer.</p>
<p>and that’s basically my credentials. do you think my extracurriculars are enough to pull me through? is there anything i should focus on this summer? any advice at all would be appreciated. thanks!</p>
<p>oh right. i’m a female asian, for the whole minority aspect. i think this hurts my chances for applying, though. and i go to a small, rural high school in the middle of nowhere. i’m also pretty loaded up on AP classes- 4.0 unweighted GPA (4.59 weighted). ranked 3rd in a class of 300 something.</p>
<p>What would my chances be at getting into Harvard if:</p>
<p>-Straight 7’s on all IB high level classes and 2400 on SAT’s
-Student Council President, Chess Club President
-Perfect Scores on Pascal, Fryer…Euclid (national math comps., I’m in Canada)
-Numerous Newspaper Publications + Volunteer hours as Research Assistant U of T</p>
<p>Since I’m in Canada, my school isn’t a feeder to the Ivies.
NOTE: I have yet to accomplish the points stated above, I’m just asking if I worked extremely hard and managed to accomplish the above would I be accepted.</p>
<p>did anyone who is not a URM make it to harvard with a GPA lower than 3.9 and one or two Bs?</p>
<p>^Yes, there were probably a significant number of people (non-URMs) with a 3.8-3.9 GPA who got in (I’m assuming the average GPA of accepted applicants is around 3.85 – that’s what it is for Princeton, so I assume that the same goes for Harvard since it is of the same caliber).</p>