How to get into Harvard

Hunt
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:17:07 +0000

The painful truth:
Most of the students admitted by Harvard and similar schools have stellar grades and scores AND very impressive ECs.
The schools admit some students with stellar grades and scores but less impressive ECs. They also admit some students with very impressive ECs but less stellar grades and scores. They also admit some students who are weaker than most admitted applicants in these areas because they are URMs, legacies, or development cases.
What they DON’T do is randomly admit a few people with weak grades, scores, and ECs just for the heck of it.