Transfer Supplement

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Hi guys, I have a couple questions on Harvard’s Transfer Supplement. There are 5 essay questions to be answered, but there is not a word limit on any of them. How much should I write? (300-500 words for each). Questions are as followed:

Briefly, please indicate the most influential factors in your original decision to attend your present college, such as location, cost, size of student body, only option, special program offered, Early Decision plan, etc.

What alternatives to transferring to Harvard are you considering? (Also, what do they mean by this? Other schools or what I would do if I do not transfer at all?)

Please indicate your field of specialization and briefly outline your academic plans at Harvard College.

What are your current postgraduate/career plans?

Briefly discuss one book that has strongly influenced you.

Thanks!

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Write as much as you need to answer the question completely. I would think that could be as simple as a 25-word sentence for a question like “What are your current postgraduate/career plans” and maybe 300 to 500 words for the “Briefly, please indicate the most influential factors . . . Early Decision plan, etc.”