Harvard alum taking questions

Veritas06
Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:49:35 +0000

My high school wasn’t adequately prepared to run the IB programme and as such I received a less than desirable score. Do you know of anyone at Harvard who has been offered a place given a similar circumstance?

Edit: I’m an international student.





Can’t speak to this situation directly without knowing more specifics, but unless your circumstances are described clearly in your counselor’s letter, GENERALLY SPEAKING, there’s not too much space for “undesirable” scores. ie, “no excuses.” Exceptions might be a death in the family, extreme personal illness, etc. If it’s a failure on the part of your high school, that should be outlined in your counselor’s letter (but unlikely it will be, since high schools are loath to write letters that make their programs appear inadequate).