Harvard supplement question regarding intellectual activities

Telluric
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 04:27:51 +0000

I understand that. But wouldn’t it give the impression to the committee that I would be better off studying at MIT than at Harvard?

No. It would give the impression that you’re a resourceful, curious student who takes whatever opportunities are available to them. Admissions committees understand that different colleges have different resources available, and students learn from all kinds of different sources.

If they removed all the applicants who undertook research or high school programs or classes or summer activities at other colleges and universities while they were in high school, they would lose hundreds, even thousands of their undergraduates. Hundreds of students in every admitted class do such activities every year.