summer programs?

brittnayy16x
Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:29:31 +0000

Harvard SSP is easy to get into

As far as how the programs reflect on your application, I spoke to a senior admissions officer about them and she stressed that you do what you WANT to be doing during the summer, not what you think Columbia wants you to be doing.

Obviously, if you’re choosing to take college courses and live on a university campus during your free time, that can weigh positively on your app
But also, if you choose to work at an inner-city homeless shelter in your town, that can weigh positively on your app as well

Basically, do what you want to spend your time doing and enjoy it, rather than preoccupy yourself with the image that your choices will make (advice from both myself and the Columbia adcom)