True admission rate

woogzmama
Fri, 06 Jun 2014 19:54:00 +0000

You also don’t know why the outliers are outliers. Students come to Harvard from all over the world, and so some might test poorly on the verbal portions of the ACT/SAT,but have perfect Math scores and excellent TOEFL results. If your stats aren’t close to perfect, there should be a compelling narrative (or “hook,” if you will) explaining why not, in order to interest Harvard’s admissions office. I’d say that if Malala Yousafzai wants to go to Harvard, they will find a place for her, even if her standardized test scores are below the mean. A school like Harvard accepts the exceptional, and will prefer someone truly exceptional over someone who simply hits all the right numbers.