Stanford vs. Harvard vs. Yale
Hi everybody! I am very humbled and blessed to be accepted into Harvard last month and received my Yale and Stanford likely letters yesterday! As a first-generation college student, having this...
View ArticleThe Asian Collapse at Harvard
The chart details below the student numbers enrolled at Harvard College from various countries in Asia for the 7 year period for the academic years 2009 - 2016. It shows that admissions from Asia are...
View ArticleFinancial Aid NCP family
Hello, If there are any remarried NCP that have been through Harvards financial aid process out there, I would be very interested in hearing about your experience. I am interested in how they treat the...
View ArticleProblem with Interview, who to contact?
I had my interview for Harvard RD today, and my interviewer asked me a lot of questions that I thought were pretty inappropriate. He asked what other schools I was applying to, why I was applying to...
View ArticleSo i was wondering which to submit? to prove my worth-i'm a fifteen year old...
I have a photography portfolio (I'm only into human and nature photography). I also have a summary of my two books plus my new book(which has been called the next godfather of our time by the few...
View ArticleDoes a request for supplemental material mean anything?
So Harvard is my first choice, and I was really excited to get an email today from the admissions officer for my school. She asked if I have any research papers or the sort because one of my major...
View ArticleHow much do extracurricular activities affect application acceptances to...
Hello!! So recently I had my Harvard interview. Everything was going really well until my interviewer out of the blue said "your extracurricular activities aren't showing me anything at all about what...
View ArticleVast digitizing project will put Harvard’s colonial archives online
"Harvard University has launched a project to digitize almost half a million items from its 17th and 18th century archives – the largest digitizing effort the university has ever undertaken. The...
View ArticleWhat does my gpa, sat, act have to be to get into Harvard? at least Columbia...
I am a sophomore in high school right now, and I'm not sure what I need to do to get into one of these colleges. I've been working my butt off just to at least have a gpa of 3.89 and planning on taking...
View ArticleAccolades Listed on CommonApp vs. Resume
Hi All, When I submitted my CommonApp to Harvard, I listed several regional awards and several national ones but did not mention one international award that I currently hold because I achieved it...
View ArticleWhat do you think?
My friend just called to tell me she had been emailed by Harvard for an interview. The best guy in our state hasn't. Neither have I. That got me wondering....... She well she isn't the most...
View Article39,044 Apply for Class of 2020
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/2/9/record-applicants-class-of-2020/ The increased number of applications was accompanied by deepening interest in a variety of academic areas. Director of...
View ArticleWhat do you think my chances of ever getting into Harvard are?
I know calculating your chances based on your GPA is incredibly inaccurate, but I still really want to know what others think my chances are of getting into Harvard are. It's always been a life dream...
View ArticleSafe to assume I won't get interviewed?
Long story short my job isn't the most cooperative with schedules (I work only Saturday and Sunday and have soccer every other day of the week) so I tried to keep one day open in February just in case...
View Article***Official Harvard University Class of 2020 SCEA Decisions***
SCEA decisions are released this week. I wish the best of luck to everyone that applied. This is for results only, no comments or discussion will be allowed. If you think there is something wrong with...
View ArticleOMG - I got deferred. Now What?
Five-years ago, about this time of year, my daughter was anxiously awaiting her SCEA application. When the decision finally came down, she was deferred by her first choice school (Yale). This was...
View ArticleWhy do so many try for Harvard?
I can't understand why so many talented teens try for Harvard- I get that they have the finest professors and best peer group, but why would brilliant individuals decide to go to a top school and...
View Articleharvard class of 2021 SCEA applicants discussion
Hey! I just thought it would be great to have '21 forum. Hope to see you all in fall 2017.
View ArticleWhy is SCEA Acceptance Rate so much Higher?
The SCEA Acceptance rate is over 5 times ashigh as regular decision. Harvard's peers such as Yale and Stanford are more like 2 or 3 times as high in the early round. Why is harvards so high? I know...
View ArticleHarvard Transfer Fall 2015
Who's on the bandwagon? I know I won't make it but writing the apps made me more and more inclined to think I might have a teeny tiny bit of a chance...
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