What to Do in 9th Grade to get into Harvard

UCLAri
Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:40:14 +0000

Also, would going to live in Japan for a year increase my chances of getting into Harvard and inpress the admissions staff.



If you can do something constructive and worthwhile, and maintain an excellent curriculum, then maybe. However, if you just go and goof off at some high school and spend more time in club activities than studying something applicable, then not really.

Besides, how will you expect to mesh the two? As a first year high school student in Japan (remember that sophomore in high school in the US is ichinensei in Japan), you’ll have to do some hardcore reading and writing in Japanese, take awful English classes, and study math that’s probably a bit advanced for your age as an American.

Unless of course you plan on going to a private school that caters to expatriate Americans…