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Introducing Elias - Harvard 2017 Grad

Welcome to the Harvard prospective student community 🎉 This is a place for students hoping to learn more about Harvard and connect with other potential applicants.

@EliasMiller graduated from Harvard in …

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Tips on how to get into harvard as an international student please!

hi! I am a 9th grader, but I live in the netherlands. We do not have AP courses I can take, so how can I get into Harvard? My gpa is 3.88.

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Tips on how to get into harvard as an international student please!

hi! I am a 9th grader, but I live in the netherlands. We do not have AP courses I can take, so how can I get into Harvard? My gpa is 3.88.

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Tips on how to get into harvard as an international student please!

hi! I am a 9th grader, but I live in the netherlands. We do not have AP courses I can take, so how can I get into Harvard? My gpa is 3.88.

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Tips on how to get into harvard as an international student please!

hi! I am a 9th grader, but I live in the netherlands. We do not have AP courses I can take, so how can I get into Harvard? My gpa is 3.88.

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Should I take AP Art History as a Sophomore?

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Low extracurricular school

Hi I’m in 9th grade and I want to get into Harvard but I have quite a problem. My school is very limited, it only offers two APs and has very limited extracurricular opportunities. I know that taking …

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What are some of the best extra-curriculars and classes to take for a higher chance of admission?

Right now I'm in 9th grade. I'm currently playing club hockey, I am part of the non-auditioned choir at my school this year and I'm doing the intermediate choir next year. I also am part of our school …

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I am approaching the end of 11th grade. How can I improve my extracurricular portfolio?

I am nearing the end of my 11th grade year. My general academics are pretty decent, with 12 honors classes, 5 AP courses (my school only offers 7...), and 9 dual enrolled college courses either planne …

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Requesting Advice

Hi. I'm a 9th grader attending an international school in South Korea. I really want to get accepted into Harvard, and I want to ask for some advice in achieving this goal. I plan on applying as an in …

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Help with coursework

Hi, I'm a first year student and I don't know how to write course work, my teachers gave me some recommendations, but I don't know how and where to start((

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Extracircular

I am 11grader students from India and I don't have a strong extracurriculum profile I don't have any state level or national level certificates but my academics and SAT scores arr quite decent .So wit …

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I live in India and AP classes are not provided here. Can i still get into harvard?

Grade-:9

Graduating highschool in -: 2027

GPA-: 3.6(4.0 weight scale)

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Top 3 most prestigious writing programs?

Hello! I was accepted to apply for the Scholastic Arts & Writing Scholarship to an art or writing program. I am looking for the top 3 prestigious writing programs. Here is the list of eligible progra …

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what all things an individual do to go in harvard

like what else from community service and good scores

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How do I get into Harvard?

Hello everyone, I’m currently a high school junior who’s trying to play the right cards to get in to get into Harvard. I was born in Puerto Rico and moved to the U.S. six years ago. It has not been an …

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Extracurriculars

Even though I have good marks, my EC profile is very low. My parents never supported me to do ECs and always wanted me to excel academically because in my country they only consider A/L z-score for un …

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I got like 15% for Harvard, what'd ya'll get?

This is with project ECs and Stats, is this low by anychance?

 
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85 in Honors Algebra in Semester 1

I finally got my transcript and received all As in every class except Honors Algebra 2.

I got an 85. Is this a deal breaker? Am I out of contention completely?

With sadness,

Keeks

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Interviews

Hello I'm an international student applying at Harvard. I submitted my application on 1st january and waiting for interview. And my question is when are interviews assigned? And after what date should …

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I can't decide between 2 APs

AP Statistics - I've already done Calculus BC, and while I know I should do 4 years of math, I'm afraid it would just be busywork, and not add much to my transcript

AP Comp Sci - I haven't taken any te …

 
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