Immigrants a URM at Harvard?

tokenadult
Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:26:21 +0000

Yes, if that is the question, of course you should mention the life experience of moving from one country to another. I say, as the husband of a first-generation immigrant, that it’s not un-American at all to experience being first in one country, and only later in America. This could be a very interesting aspect of your application, and appealing too.

Because the figures are not reported this way, I have NO IDEA how commonplace it is at Harvard for applicants to have been born in one country before applying to another. My guess is that this is more common in Harvard’s applicant pool than in the general population of college applicants in the United States, certainly not unique in any admission cycle, but maybe it’s still rare enough to be noticeable. As always, many other issues will also be considered in each admission decision.