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@EliasMiller graduated from Harvard in …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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((

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 …

Grade-:9

Graduating highschool in -: 2027

GPA-: 3.6(4.0 weight scale)

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 …

like what else from community service and good scores

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 …

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 …

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

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

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 …

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 …

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?