^HSA now offers cable TV subscriptions through your computer, which I suppose you could then hook up to a TV....but I think ima stick with netflix and megavideo.
Ah, okay, I do remember reading that email they sent out. I think I'm going to stick to Hulu and the Cambridge public library movie collection instead, since I never watched TV much anyway.
thanks for the reply. yeah I like messing around outside and all, but the real reason I asked those questions was to gauge how "casual" the student body is.
and I play a lot of video games with friends so yeah. When I go to college I will probably want to atleast talk to them online/play with them just to catch up.
and now my most burning question (most of my others have already been answered):
are there a lot of hot girls on campus? :P
thanks again for the answer
Hi There! So I'm currently a high school sophomore, and I have always wanted the chance to talk to someone about Harvard! First of all, just the fact that I'm asking an actual Harvard student a question makes me giddy. Harvard has been my dream school since I was 9 years old (without any push from my parents - I came up with the idea myself). I'm working extremely hard in school and I just hope it pays off!
So here's my first question: What advice would you give someone in high school? Im already getting good grades and I have leadership roles in some important clubs. But I'm wondering how you would advise a prospective student to go about the process. What attitude is the best to have about the application process?
My other question is about GPA. My school reports weighted GPA. Mine will probably be around 4.6 by the end of high school. But unweighted, it may be significantly lower. Which one do admissions officer look ar?
So here's my first question: What advice would you give someone in high school? Im already getting good grades and I have leadership roles in some important clubs. But I'm wondering how you would advise a prospective student to go about the process. What attitude is the best to have about the application process?
Attitude-wise, I think you should be excited enough about the idea of Harvard to keep you working hard and doing your best, but not so excited that you're not prepared to get rejected. Harvard rejects boatloads of smart, hard-working kids each year, each of whom could have certainly thrived at Harvard and end up thriving somewhere else instead. You shouldn't have your heart set on one school, especially one of the most selective schools in the country. If you think your stats put you in Harvard's range, make sure you apply to some of its peer schools as well as a bunch of less selective ones.
Keep doing what you're doing, and you can always do it better. The closer you are to the very top of your class, the more your chances improve. You have some early leadership roles and that's good, but the titles aren't the important thing. Colleges will want to know if you've made a lasting, positive impact on your team, school, community, state, etc. If you're doing ECs you're passionate about, this should happen naturally.
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My other question is about GPA. My school reports weighted GPA. Mine will probably be around 4.6 by the end of high school. But unweighted, it may be significantly lower. Which one do admissions officer look ar?
Admissions officers look at grades in the context of class rank and your school's report. The GPA number isn't important because all schools grade differently...some valedictorians graduate with a 4.0 unweighted and some graduate with a 3.6 unweighted. So, given this context, the answer to your question is probably "both." They'll look at the number, the grades themselves, your class rank, your school report, etc.
thanks for the reply. yeah I like messing around outside and all, but the real reason I asked those questions was to gauge how "casual" the student body is.
and I play a lot of video games with friends so yeah. When I go to college I will probably want to atleast talk to them online/play with them just to catch up.
You should know that the concept of "unstructured free time" is not that common at Harvard. Everyone is always busy with their billion internships and research and ECs and classes, (sometimes in that order!).
Hi,
I am going to become a business student (so obviously economics at Harvard) and was really trying to see some of the difference between studying economics at Harvard versus finance at Wharton. If you have some information to compare the two that would be great. Also I was wondering what the career recruiting was like at Harvard, especially for investment banks and consulting. I know that Wharton has an amazing recruiting network and have heard that Harvard is very close behind, but was wondering if you had any personal experience or knowledge of Harvard's network.
I saw the post about sewing your own sheets and had to say something. Even those of us that do sew a little are not going to want to sew sheets. If you get regular twin size, they will be too short for most college beds. So sewing those would not be an option. Taking a sheet from an extra long to a regular twin world not be impossible, if would be pretty quick if you had a sewing machine, but i can't think of anyone that i know that went to college and took their sewing machine with them. That is a funny idea though. you could put the sewing machine on top of the mini fridge, just in case you need it. Sheets are so cheap as well, it would just be silly to try and alter them or sew them. To be on the safe side you could buy one regular twin and one extra long, just so you have something to sleep on. Twin sheets alone are super cheap. Another idea is to go through the RHL company and order from them. They do actually have a guarantee that your stuff will last until you graduate. They are cheap too and will deliver to school. They also know your bed size because they have been doing this for a while.
That was my post, which someone misinterpreted as saying one could alter the size of one's sheets from twin to regular. As you say, that would be ridiculous, so I never recommended that! What I said was that I did not recommend HSA sheets because they kept getting holes that I had to spend a lot of time patching (by hand). And every bed at Harvard is twin extra-long, so don't get twin regular.
i was just wondering if its really true that to be accepted you have to have excellent scores in addition to amazing ECs....I know this probably gets asked a lot but I need a finite answer. My SAT currently is a 2050 and ACT 33, both Im retaking but I have seen students on decision threads who get accepted and they all have amazing research or have started foundations or their own business. Is the whole harvard student body like this? Is there hope for someone with somewhat "average" ECs to be modest. Im highly involved I just dont have a plethora of national awards and recognition. I mean Im an eagle scout so I volunteer a lot and im in Student Council and the Drum Major of my marching band. Is it enough to show a deep interest in these areas or am I shooting too high?
There's potential wiggle room on either scores or extracurriculars, but probably not on both. The one exception is that if you come from a really difficult background, there might be wiggle room on both. Some kid from a trailer park in the middle of Oklahoma who gets a 2100 SAT and has by far the best ECs his high school that sends 10% of its students to 4-year institutions has ever seen might be able to get in even if "best his high school has ever seen" would not be all that much above average at Exeter. Given where that kid started, his ECs and scores would be phenomenal, even if below average for the incoming class. If you have average ECs, average scores, and no really really compelling story, your likelihood of admittances is 1% or less. Essays that stand out are mature and reflective, or funny and amazing, or just otherwise make the adcoms sit up and go "this kid is great! he would be a wonderful addition to campus." Even that probably wouldn't redeem average everything else, though.
i just realized how long it had been since someone posted on this thread!
and i can't imagine you having time to patch holes in your sheets! while going through the rigors of Harvard! Sometimes you just have to what you can to make the little things in life easier. That would be to buy some new cheap sheets on occasion. I like those rhl packages because some also come with mattress pads, so you know there is something between you and the mattress. I think most schools now all have those extra long beds as well. It does make sense.
I have a 3 on my one AP class that I took as a freshman. I am going to be a sophomore, would this 3 kill me? It's world history, but I plan to do pre med. Also, I have 11 more ap exams planned.
