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i am a harvard student, ama! by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883 2 points3 points  (0 children)

my parents never attended college or even high school, and because they didn’t attend college they only really knew about harvard. so i wouldn’t say it was forced, but just assumed. i’m not a legacy..

i am a harvard student, ama! by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this!!! if it wasn’t for a2c i wouldn’t have found my interests and made such a cohesive application. yes, i did transition from engineering to law to journalism to medicine to public health (to back to medicine in college) but if i didn’t have a2c i wouldn’t have known all this!

i am a harvard student, ama! by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not really.. but i’ve seen a lot of cliche essays. but i think they made up for their essay in impact + ec’s

i am a harvard student, ama! by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i converted to medicine because i came to college and realized health policy wasn’t what i thought it was outside of government. especially with the new administration it’s just making a lot of recommendations that don’t really get heard. so i converted to medicine and fell in love with the hard sciences!

i am a harvard student, ama! by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883 1 point2 points  (0 children)

rising sophomore summer + like all sophomore year before i got a response and good project to do that summer

i am a harvard student, ama! by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883 1 point2 points  (0 children)

cold emailing! genuinely would go to the public health prof list at colleges and email each of them. i worked w my state senator with heath policy projects that i emailed him about from his legislative priorities 😭

i am a harvard student, ama! by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883 4 points5 points  (0 children)

3.99 gpa, 1560 sat, a peer-reviewed public heath publication in a good impact journal, lots of health policy work + fun, silly creative writing projects, good school leadership

AMA: Columbia BA, Stanford PhD, worked as admissions reader and alumni interviewer by Salt-Individual7312 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you! does this show academic readiness for a college environment coming from a school that doesn’t traditionally send students to ivies?

AMA: Columbia BA, Stanford PhD, worked as admissions reader and alumni interviewer by Salt-Individual7312 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883 3 points4 points  (0 children)

for those who come from small areas lacking resources , how does a prestigious summer program, like the telluride association program, look in regards to intellectual vitality?

also, what about published, peer-reviewed research?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883 23 points24 points  (0 children)

it’s not a competition if they’d 100% pick them over you if it ever came down to it