I’m an international student from Syria, I would like to apply to either Harvard or Stanford under early action, but I can’t decide which one. A big part of my extracurricular activities are online courses and Harvard has a seperate section for online courses in their specific common app section, but I think that stanford describtion of what kind of student they want (a student with intellectual vitality and great academics) fits me more. Harvard early action acceptance rate is higher but I don’t know if it is the same for internationl students. Another think is that my SAT is a little bit low and I’ve been told that Stanford doesn’t consider the SAT as important as Harvard does. Can anybody help me?
Both schools are exceedingly competitive in terms of admissions. Apply early to whichever school you would prefer to attend.