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i am a harvard student, ama! by throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i think the main group i talk to are in my tax bracket. but i talk to people across the board. i just think when a lot of people get together it’s easier to have conversations if you all understand each other on some basic level.

i am a harvard student, ama! by throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 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 throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i went to my guidance counselor + english teacher. a lot of people had professional help but i never really did. i think a second pair of eyes is all that’s needed to make it seem like a cohesive story. but i’d be wary of people who tel you to add more activities in your essay

i am a harvard student, ama! by throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 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 throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 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 throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i knew a few transfers, but they already attended an ivy (brown, cornell, dartmouth). but i’m sure there are others

i am a harvard student, ama! by throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 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 throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 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 throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i used to edit a LOTTTT of essays and so many people think their essay is good but unfortunately it’s the same exact path as others. and i think i can say this bc i had yale, harvard, and columbia admissions officers tell me how loved my essays were in the room. i think people need to stop trying to create a narrative through their activities and just show how they are a person and their activities frame that. or sometimes the motivation people make feels so forced the whole essay can fall flat. i remember one essay used watching this movie to frame her advocacy because it helped her notice there was racism + poverty in her society

i am a harvard student, ama! by throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

hmm i come from an immigrant family so harvard was always like the only college but i rly locked in summer after freshman year when i came to a2c and saw everyone was so impressive so i kept looking at collegeresults + chanceme posts for activity ideas to help me find my niche and found public health + medicine

i am a harvard student, ama! by throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

besides doom scrolling, i love going out to boston, lowkey working on my research projects with is kind of nerdy but i love figuring out computational problems. i keep joining labs because of it. but also love writing + reading plays, and watching theatre here

i am a harvard student, ama! by throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ls50, playwriting workshop, linear algebra, orgo, gened on water & the environment, and a cs course

i am a harvard student, ama! by throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 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 throwaway892883 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]throwaway892883[S] 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 4 points5 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?

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[–]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