What Should I Be Doing To Get Into Harvard?

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<p>Any suggestions or sucess stories?</p>

<p>I am in the 10th grade at a competitive public high school</p>

<p>So far,</p>

<p>*weighted GPA of 3.70 (will go up)
*IB Program (all Higher level)
*Will take 10 IB/Ap classes (will take)
*volenteer at hospital 320 hours (will have)
*National Honor society
*W.E.B Dubios Honor Society
*National Merit Scholar (will be)
*No sports ( but if I should I will)
*I plan to study very hard for SAT/ACt/SAT II/ AP/IB and other tests
*Plan to get a 3.73 unweighted GPA</p>

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<p>nothing really, its a crapshoot</p>

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<p>make yourself unique...be yourself</p>

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<p>Get your (grand)parents to buy a building.</p>

<p>Other than that, there is no solid formula for admission.</p>

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<p>Don't worry about it. Don't spend your high school life trying to get into a particular college. Have fun. Realize that at the level you currently are, you'll probably get into a kickass school. IMO, going to a Northwestern or WashU type college is just as much of a success story as getting into an Ivy.</p>

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<p>"*No sports ( but if I should I will)"</p>

<p>I stopped reading there.</p>

<p>Hate people who seriously think that they should try to take everything, do as many sports, do insane amounts of EC's...</p>

<p>but the end result, the college doesn't give a Sh1zzle.</p>

<p>It's about quality/passion than quantity. </p>

<p>And hospital volunteer for 320 hrs. doesn't mean anything. I know TOO MANY people here on CC and in RL that have done it. It's too common.</p>

<p>NHS...that doesn't mean much.</p>

<p>You have not listed any EC's, if you do have any, please post them here. </p>

<p>I'm not trying to be harsh or anything. Just giving you the reality of things.</p>

<p>You should be concentrating on certain EC's that you are passionate about. </p>

<p>Don't overload yourself with quantity, since it seems that's what your doing. Am I right????</p>

<p>Btw, your fine with your courseload, looks intense with those 10 courses. Maintain your GPA. </p>

<p>Study study study...play X4!</p>

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<p>Push your father to get elected to the Senate.</p>

<p>Or, if you're 18 by the time you're applying, become the mayor of your town.</p>

<p>Otherwise I don't know. Even then, I don't know.</p>

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<p>^GENIUS</p>

<p>(10 char)</p>

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<p>thank you for bieng honest i am concentrating more on science (4 IB/Ap classes) and i am passionate about school it makes me happy
EC's
Debate team
science club
chem club
enviromental
key</p>

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<p>so just be passionate about those activities, take leadership positions</p>

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<p>If you really like science, get involved in science fairs, see if you can do research during the summer and try for the Intel</a> Science Talent Search (STS) when you are a senior.</p>

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<p>Ok the "I plan to get a 3.73 UW GPA" thing made me laugh. How can you plan to get a certain GPA? The only thing I could think of is if that would be your GPA after getting all A's for the rest of HS, and even then you can't exactly "plan" to get all A's. I think you are a little ahead of yourself, just settle down a little.</p>

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<p>Hire a college counselor to write you some really stellar college essays.</p>

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<p>This is absolutely ridiculous. </p>

<p>It seems like you "plan to" be a pretty awesome person.</p>

<p>How can you "plan to" be a national merit scholar?</p>

<p>It sounds like you just want to go to Harvard because of the name.</p>

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<p>Get really tall and play basketball.</p>

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<p>If you're a soph., I really don't recommend setting your sights on Harvard now. I'd be more interested in looking for a range of schools that fit your academic and general needs. Tbh, all these people dreaming of getting into Harvard from an "early" age are a bit ridiculous. It makes rejection all the more difficult, whereas if you don't get attached to a particular college, you're more likely to be happy whereever you end up.</p>

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<p>You should be living your life. The college you go to probably will not have a huge impact on your future sucess. Specifically do the ECs YOU are interested in bc then you will commit so much more time to it and really develop it. I am telling you this from a hotel room after a debate tournament and I am here doing this bc I enjoy it as an activity and enjoy the people who are here NOT for college and that is what a true EC should be something that YOU would do even if colleges never knew you did it.</p>

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<p>Oh, if you cure cancer, your odds nearly double. </p>

<p>So get cracking.</p>

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<p>I also had qualms with:</p>

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*National Merit Scholar (will be)

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<p>I hope you realize that Maryland always has one of the highest cutoffs and that the PSAT is harshly curved. So even if a person qualifies one year (in 10th grade) they may not get it the next (when it actually matters).</p>

<p>Also, a 3.7 GPA is not that great for a public school, so maybe you should plan for a higher one.</p>

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<p>Don't talk about public schools, some public schools are harder than privates. And just bc someone goes to a private school it does not mean that they are recieving a better education. A 3.7 at the OP's school is completely different than a 3.7 at your school or mine. At my school I have only a 3.89/4.0 but even with a low GPA I am 13/476. At my public school the math department is so hard that there is an attrition rate of almost 50 or 60% in the advanced track, but people who make C's get 4s or 5s on the AP, so don't assume that a low grade at a public school means that a person isn't capable.</p>