Harvard prospective students

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@EliasMiller graduated from Harvard in …

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I'm an international student from Russia. I am from a very average russian school, do I even have chances to get into Harvard? Every person that got into Harvard seems to attend some international …

I'm an international student in Australia from an Asian country (meaning I'm studying internationally right now in Australia).

I graduate this year. I take all IB courses, with a unweighted GPA of aro …

I'm currently an estimated IB 39/40 but I think I can stretch it to become a IB 42/43.

I've been dreaming about studying in Harvard but, I'm still a bit confused about what should I prepare and what should I put in my essays. I'm from Indonesia and the curriculum in here and USA is very …

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The common app is still showing:-

NOV 2020 DEADLINE HAS PASSED!

When will the admission form submission period begin in 2021? I want to apply for the session from 2022.

I am a student from India and have completed my high school from a very average high school and I don't have any extracurricular activies or awards due to this pandemic, all my extracurricular plans g …

Due to COVID-19 regulations in Brazil, my school had to cancel most ECs and Competitions in both 2020 and 2021. Even though I kept doing my out of school ECs, I'm worried that my profile won't have en …

Hi, I live in Europe and am wondering how I could apply for Harvard?

I'm currently in my sophomore year of high school, and I really want to apply for Harvard when I'm in my Senior year. Could someone …

can a student with poor background

enroll into harvard?

Hello, I am about to start writing the common app essay prompt #1. I actually have two main passions and I am confused about which one to choose. I have passion for teaching and also invention. I just …

During my high school career I have managed to accumulate one B in one semester every year 9th-11th grade. Can I still get in Harvard with this GPA of 3.85-3.9 and an ACT of 35?

During my freshman year, about all of my classes were the highest grade possible; however, I received an A- during my second semester in a mathematics course called Advanced Geometry. I was unmotivate …

I would like to go to Harvard business school

I would be applying for financial aid

I live out of state

What should I do to boost my chances?

Hi, I am a sophomore and my freshman year was a lot harder so my GPA was pretty low, but I spent most of my Sophomore trying to improve my GPA and it was moved up to 3.5, but I don't think this would …

the main query is about extracurricular spikes.

so far I have done.

. National service scheme under this program we've done relief funds, covid helpline and other social works like "SAFE DRIVE SAVE LIVE …

What is the hardest major to get into? (Which major has the least acceptance rate?)

Please tell me, when i will apply for admission or what is a deadline to take admission in Harvard because I'm bit confused in Harvard website. I want to take admission in MBA but I'm not get any spec …

What can be great ECs that impress the admission officers? I have a passion for Computer Science. And I was thinking to start learning more over the summer.

Hi! My name is Xavier and I'm from Indonesia. My high school is a Cambridge curriculum school. My grades have been A, B, C, or D since first grade and it has changed to mostly A's, B's, and C's now. I …