<p>Harvard and universities as such don’t only require top grades; they need PERSONALITY.
And other stuff. </p>
<p>So why is it still hard for people that get +2300 on their SAT and have a 4.0 GPA to get in? What KIND of people make it there? </p>
<p>I’m expecting to get “there isn’t only 1 kind of people that make it there” kind of answers, so what do the admissions office look for in a student? How do they see “the spark” in a girl/guy?</p>
<p>Do they want confidence and high speaking ability? Leadership? A genius mind? </p>
They do. Personality alone is not enough.
From what I heard, it is hard for everyone to get into schools like Harvard. But for people who have >2300 SAT, it’s not as hard as for someone with a bare 2000. I think they do reject 2400s, however, but that may be because of luck: These people got their profile read at the end of the day; the adcoms are tired; they have voted to accepted 20 people with identical stats. So these people might be voted out, while the luckier ones got in.</p>
<p>Where you quoted me, I hope you noticed I said “don’t ONLY require top grades”. I’m very sure they need the top grades, but I’m asking about those that do get the top grades. What else do they need?</p>