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I am absolutely sure that Harvard is my top choice. The guy I am working under at the Clinic is a Harvard alumnus and has been encouraging me to apply EA.
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I visited while I was in Boston, and I fell in love with the campus and the housing system. I also love that a language citation is an option and that there are a ton of opportunities to get involved in research.
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The opportunities you get from going there, Harvard’s history, and its location. On a more personal note, while we’ve sent kids to Yale and Princeton, no one from my high school has gone to Harvard.
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Brown, Penn, Hopkins, Case, Ohio State.
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I have a good GPA and took the most rigorous course load available. In a stroke of luck, I got a 36 on the ACT, and I have a handful of ECs that I have pursued in depth (leadership positions, local/state recognition).
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I was a counselor at a string camp at the very beginning of the summer. I’m also working as a lab assistant at the Cleveland Clinic and have a mini-internship at the ACLU. On the weekends, I work as a cashier at Burger King.
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Chemistry
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Violin takes most of my time (concertmaster at school, local auditioned orchestra, pit orchestra, a chamber music group I started, and teaching lessons). I’m also involved in science club (VP), student government (school board rep), YDA (president), and volunteering (at the Clinic and NHS).
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You will hear it endlessly, but scores and grades are not everything. Harvard’s website even says, “There is no single academic path we expect all students to follow…” Spend time on your essays. Write several drafts, and have people read them over. Most importantly, know that it really is a crapshoot, and don’t get your hopes up. You may be 100% qualified to attend Harvard and not get in.