Harvard 2016 Hopeful (evaluation)

Koharvard
Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:41:28 +0000

Self-study: I self studied 3 of them, and it’s definitely time consuming. Try Barron’s, Kaplan, and princeton review. Best one to self-study is psychology (although I failed because I studied exactly for one week). AP Music theory - I self-studied, and it’s a killer. You need to be a musical genius or ver very capable and experienced to get a 5. (Please do not see this as arrogance, 12 years of music got me through this exam and it was damn difficult)

UBC - I had 8 AP’s when I went for the concurrent studies. For me, it wasn’t a problem, especially with a generous rec. from my fatherly headmaster.

You need to write a statement of intent for UBC, and make sure to sound ambitious and that you harbor tremendous academic potential/curiosity.

Hope this helps. Best of luck to your endeavors - good to see a fellow BCer here.