What is TRULY necessary to get into Harvard?

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<p>Monepo, if you’re at the NVa #2 US hs, do you have any idea how many of your peers applied to H? How many seem identical rather than unique? H admissions is holistic- not all about stats. And the URMs who get in are usually fabulous. You can blame Asian admit “problems” on “race,” but you do not read applications, do not see how many “top performers” come across as same, not special. How many write lame essays and get same old LoRs. And, you missed the part about the freshman class at about 20% Asian kids when their proportion in the US pop is roughly 4%. </p>

<p>When you’re in hs, your sole perspective is hs- but the colleges are looking for more than another hs kid or top dog or stu govt prez. Have fun with this link:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/835055-calculate-your-chances-admission-harvard.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/835055-calculate-your-chances-admission-harvard.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Btw, Berkely is also holistic, though on a different level. And, I hope the kid who posted the names of wealthy families knows not all sent their kids to H.</p>