Hello guys! I just went out from Harvard university admissions office
I was talking to admissions about how to apply to Harvard as Freshman
And now I'm going to tell you about it
You will probably not be surprised,
but there's no magic pill that will help you to get admited to Harvard
Every year this university accepts around 2000 freshman students
But the amount of applicants is much bigger, that's why they have rather low acceptance rate
And they in accept, on average, depending on the year,
from 4 to 6 percent of all students, who have applied
After talking with Harvard's admissions office, I realized one thing
The main thing that every student, who applies here
for the first year, should have is versatile development.
The applicant's selection process is performed in four stages.
First, every day each member of the admissions committee
randomly picks 4-5 applications from general stack
reads the application, the essays, examines the profile, and everything comprehensively:
tests, grade point average, your extracurricular activities.
Everything is considered comprehensively, that is, you are reviewed as a personality
Each member of the admissions committee selects the best applications
and... brings to general council and then the best candidates
are selected in several stages at a general meeting
It means the selection is done by the whole committee, not the one person
Several things are required to apply for Harvard first year
First of all, you need to pass the SAT or ACT tests.
The admissions office told me that they do not prioritize any of the tests,
so you can pass any of them.
Let me assure you that your results should be as close to the highest score as possible.
Because if you look at the average SAT or ACT score
of the students who enrolled, you will see that it's very high.
What..is it wrong? Have seen it somewhere else?
The next thing is of course your grade point average, your school performance.
It is determined by the last two-three years of high school study.
This is a very important component. What do they rate with tests and average grade?
They are evaluating your ability to study at such a challenging university.
That's why these results must be as high as possible
The next thing that the university assesses when you enroll in the first year
is your extracurricular activity,
your contribution to the community, that is, how you'll behave in society
They want to see not just.. brilliant students, but they want the students who can cooperate
who can.. help society, who can change the world together, and not alone
Because you know that it is quite difficult to change the world alone.
Accordingly, when the admissions office selects students, they try to create
a community that will help each other as much as possible and complement each other
How can you show that you are suitable for Harvard community?
You can show it through your achievements in extracurricular activities,
volunteer projects, scientific works, engineering studies, business projects,
anything that interests you.
And the most important thing, you need to do it not because you want to go to Harvard,
but because you just like it.
So is this your entire job?
Your parents must be so proud
What conclusions can be drawn from this? Be yourself, self-develop as much as possible
develop your personality, develop in those things that are interesting to you, that you really like.
It can be sports, music, business or computer science
If you were able to show yourself as a person, Harvard would probably accept your application
and you would become a student of such an outstanding university
and become part of its community.
In this video, I tried to show you what students Harvard wants to see in general.
If you want a little more detailed and structured information on how to apply,
I recommend you downloading a checklist for admission
to the top US universities under this video
There you will find the tools to prepare for admission and all the necessary information,
more details of what you need to enter a top university and where to start.
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Well, since you've watched this video till the end
now I'm gonna tell you a secret way to get into Harvard
for this you need to rub John Harvard's leg.