Harvard SCEA Class of 2020 Applicant Thread

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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  1. the doors that a Harvard diploma can open. Furthermore, no one from my school has ever gotten into Harvard and I want to be the first. (still didn’t decide whether Ill be applying to Harvard or UPENN early because I want to do business.)

  2. The people! Harvard picks wonderful students that make a college experience. When I was at HMUN, the students seemed so cool and I really wanted to get to know them and share classes and my college experience with them. Even the dean of Harvard admissions said that it is the personality which triumphs grades and test scores.

  3. The people, the campus, the name, the tradition, and the close “home” feeling you get at Harvard.

  4. Cornell, Penn, Bing, Brandeis, not really sure

  5. Good average (with the MOST rigorous course load), Good ECs (with leadership), Potentially good essays and hopefully good recs.

  6. Interning for a senator in Vermont

  7. Humanities

  8. Debate, MC, MUN, SG, Student fund raising committee, Newspaper, and charity.

  9. Honestly, don’t base what you see off of college confidential… this site attracts the top HS students. Scores aren’t everything nor is any one part of your application. Be the best applicant… Sell yourself amongst your shortcomings, and most importantly… Tell a good story. Make an admissions officer want to take you in. The reason why scores are of the matter is because they need to ensure that you can handle the schools curriculum. The reason why grades are important is because they need to ensure that you’ll stay consistent with your studies (NOTHING! looks worse than if a college has a high dropout rate (Harvard has the lowest)). Those two factors (grades and scores) almost never get you in… (ASSUMING YOU HAVE A 4.0 (taking challenging courses) AND A 2200+). What gets the student in is the “human” side of the application (the essay, recs, and achievements)… Harvard is admitting a human being not a test score, not a gpa so sell yourself well!

Best of luck potential 2020ers, hopefully we can take a stroll through Harvard yard in the fall of 2016 (bs’'d)(iyh)