Harvard prospective students

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 …

I have been such a try hard in school since elementary. I stared high school this year and my life has gone to hell. I became really depressed since the beginning of the school year. My grades have su …

Hello! I'm currently a Sophomore in high school and have a 4.0 unweighted GPA until this point. In my algebra 2 honors class, I received a D. I received straight A's in every other class, and I'm taki …

I submitted my resume as a supplemental document and noticed that the formatting was off. All of the information was clear but I’m worried that the formatting errors will make me look unprofessional. …

Hello! I am an international student from India, and I have REA'd Harvard. Has anyone intl received interviews yet?? Let me know. Thanks!

When applying to prestigious colleges like Harvard do they care more about PSAT/SAT scores or the Transcript?

I haven’t yet complete it but if I do end up finishing it, would it be a good extracurricular to put on my application or is it not a strong or useful to mention extracurricular?

I want to write an additional essay in my Harvard application. I'm struggling with which prompt to choose. I want to tell them how I came to love the stream in which I would like to major from harvard …

I'm a sophmore in highschool, and I'm quite unsure on whether schools like Harvard look at your PSAT score and if we fail are we able to retake it? Also how should I motivate myself to study for it? E …

I took the SAT in June and got a 1320. My reading & writing score was 720, which is decent, but I ended up getting 600 on the math section because I had a medical issue that occurred during the math s …

studying in 11 grade and want tom add smt to my extracurriculars, can you advice me something else to improve my extracurricular activities

List of schools and if you can guide me through the process of applying for financial aid for Nigerians

Hello. Does anybody know what should I do because we don t have GPA in Romania, we grade with numbers from 1-10. My average so far is between 9.8-9.9. Is there a site that tells what this means in GPA …

Hi, I'm currently moving into high school junior and would just like to know about what can I add into my application to make it standout for Harvard and top tier colleges.

Academics:

1. 4.0 unweighted …

Hello, I am an Asian homeschooler from Nebraska who is interested in applying for Harvard University. I am also going to be entering my senior year of high school. Due to my background, it's been diff …

Hi! Rising junior here. Mainly I just want to know what I can do to make my application stand out in the next year or so.

Academics:

- 3.8 unweighted GPA at one of the top 20 best private schools in t …

I got some medals in NSO and Space Olympiads.

In NSO I got a gold in a class of 65 and in Space Olympiad I got a gold in the whole school in class 5th. What's the value of these medals or I should aim …

When i am in senior year, Multi Variable Calculus is the highest you can go if you are taking the Calculus Path. Its in a few years, but I want advice which is better, the Multivariable Calculus(After …

I’m a 7th grader, and I already know that I want to become a psychologist when I get older. I want to get into Harvard, but I know that’s very difficult. I want to know what I can do now, so that I’l …

So basically my 10th grade GPA was 4.1 but in my 11th Grade it dropped down to a 3.2 i had my reasons and i didn't give my 9th grade finals as I broke my finger but my EC are fairly decent so do i sti …

I'm a sophomore who wants to attend Harvard. I know Harvard isn't only looking for people with high gpas and that I need a good list of extra curricular activities and accomplishments to make it in, a …