I am writing to seek your guidance. My child got accepted to SHAPE at Columbia University and at Harvard’s pre-college program.
Please guide which one is better in terms of building my child’s profile and keeping them in the fray for Ivy league admission.
Neither will be helpful for college admissions. Both are considered to be “pay-to-play” programs which are not useful for admissions as they don’t differentiate a student in any meaningful way.
That fact doesn’t mean that a program can’t be helpful to your child in learning to live in a college environment, meeting new friends, and getting exposed to subjects they may like, but these programs should not be viewed as helpful in any way for admissions, including at the universities that hold them.