Harvard VP?
Hi, I’d love to hear any impressions people have of the Harvard VP, Robert Iuliano. I’ve heard he’s the incoming president at Gettysburg College. Thanks!
View ArticleGetting Into Harvard For Asian Studies
I have a goal of attending Harvard's Asian Studies program. I studied Korean for two years in 8th and 9th grade (but I haven't retained much) and I am currently studying Mandarin. It has mostly been...
View ArticleDoes Harvard Send Non-Athlete Likely Letters?
I know Yale sends around 100 STEM likely letters to high-interest students every year, but does Harvard send out likely letters to non athletes? 1. if so, how many? 2. are they usually concentrated in...
View ArticleWhat would be the overall rating?
Note:I'm going strictly by the Official Reading Procedures of Harvard Class of 2023 (not sure if I can post a link here but google if needed). The direct source. In essence, an overall rating, scaling...
View ArticleWhat are my chances at Harvard?
Disclaimer: sophomore in a non-competitive high school in the Bay Area. GPA will definitely go up; bad 1st sem freshman year. F=ma/USAPhO, ACT, and AMC/AIME predictions are pretty solid. My school only...
View ArticleHigh School Plan
Sorry for the bad format but this is my 4 year plan, I will be a sophomore next year and I was wondering if this would be a good plan if my goal was to be in law/economics/politics English Language...
View ArticleHarvard Swim test???
Does Harvard currently make you do a swim test and fulfill physical education requirements? If there is one, what's the swim test like? I did some online research and could not find anywhere that...
View ArticleBenchmark for art supplement's "substantial talent beyond standard...
I was considering sending an art supplement with photography to Harvard, but they say you should have substantial talent beyond standard high-school level accomplishment for photography. What would...
View ArticleHarvard International Interview
Hey Guys, Has any international student had an adcom interview with Harvard for ED, yet? If yes, when did you apply to Harvard? How did the interview go? if you've been accepted in the previous years,...
View ArticleWhat It’s Like To Apply To The Ivy League Under The Cloud Of The Harvard...
This HBO report takes a look at the role of race and identity in admissions to elite colleges from the viewpoint of 3 high achieving boys and their parents at Glen Ridge HS in NJ. The report follows...
View ArticleHarvard International Interview
Hey Guys, Has any international student had an adcom interview with Harvard for ED, yet? If yes, when did you apply to Harvard? How did the interview go? if you've been accepted in the previous years,...
View ArticleHarvard Transfer 2019 advice from a 2017 Harvard Transfer
Hi I transferred to Harvard fall 2017, and I'd love to help you anyone applying/clarify any questions you might have about transferring (and/or advice about transferring colleges in general). This is...
View ArticleHarvard Application Checklist Missing Writing Supplement
A student submitted his Harvard writing supplement on a different date from the rest of his application. He received an email confirming they received the supplement over a month ago however the essays...
View ArticleHarvard University raised more than $1.4 billion in fiscal 2018.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/giving-to-colleges-jumps-7-2-to-record-46-7-billion-11549861260?mod=hp_lead_pos9 Top ten in 2018 in billions: Harvard . 1.42 Stanford . 1.10 Columbia . 1.01 UCLA . 0.79...
View ArticleInterview Resume
How should I make a resume? My interviewer blindsided me and asked me to send a resume the day before. I haven’t made an official one because all of my other interviews stated not to bring anything...
View ArticleThank You Carolyn Hughes Alumni Interviewer Extraordinaire (Long island)
My son has finished all the alumni interviews. He had the worst and best of experiences. School X a top 5 school had an alumni who works at a school district and forgot about the interview with my son....
View ArticleWhy does Harvard ask me why how I've learnt about them (i.e. by asking me to...
On the transfer application, it asks me how I've learnt about Harvard and list them in order of influence. But if you've learnt about Harvard through an alumni or harvard student contact, it asks you...
View ArticleMusic director invitation to attend a concert for an applicant and family
Invitation to attend a concert by music director means anything for an appliicant who applied to the college? Director wants to meet kid and want to meet family also. Does it mean anything?
View ArticleHarvard Parent Thread
I thought it would be good to have a parents thread. Any questions/comments/concerns related to parents.
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