John F Kennedy's Harvard Application

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<p>LOL, if only it was this easy today. His one essay he had to write was</p>

<p>""The reasons that I have for wanting to go to Harvard are several," "I feel that Harvard can give me a better background and a better liberal education than any other university. I have always wanted to go there, as I have felt that it is not just another college, but is a university with something definite to offer. Then to[?], I would like to go to the same college as my father. To be a 'Harvard man' is an enviable distinction, and one that I sincerely hope I shall attain."</p>

<p>The full app is here
Jfk</a> Harvard Application Materials</p>

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<p>This is fascinating. I’m definitely looking through this tomorrow.</p>

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<p>Wow other than having the last name of Kennedy he did not really have much else going for him when it came to the admissions process.</p>

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<p>Woah, he has bad grades.</p>

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<p>He was pretty f***ing well-connected. lol.</p>

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<p>Ranked 65 out of 110, but then again, he went to Choate.</p>

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<p>“Xeroxed by Kennedy library” lol</p>

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<p>I’m glad someone else took note of that,too. hahaha.</p>

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<p>Folks should be aware that back then, it really wasn’t that hard to get into Harvard. Admissions rate was somewhere around 50%, I believe (maybe as low as 35). Most Brahmins who applied got in.
A friend, somewhat younger than JFK, said to me “I didn’t particularly want to go to Harvard, but the head of the school and my father thought I should, so I did.”</p>

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<p>OUCH. damn i wish i was well connected</p>

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<p>Fascinating - bear in mind though, that pre-WWII, only 4% of Americans attended college. It’s safe to say that ALL Choate grads did.</p>

<p>When you check into your freshman room at Harvard, you get a chronological list of all the students who lived there before you. My older D’s room in Weld Hall indicated that JFK had lived there. I’ve also seen assertions to the fact that his first-year room was where the Weld Hall elevator shaft is now. But D’s suite was the only one on the hall with its own internal bathroom - albeit a dated one - so I like to think that perhaps Rose had it installed for her boy. :)</p>