How can i get into Harvard?

Question

how can i get into harvard, i have 3 AP classes right now(chemistry,english,APUS history),and will have AP calculus next year, anything else PLEASE AND THANKYOU!

Answer 1

Take as many AP classes and honor classes as you can and get high grades in all of them

Try to get some leadership positions

Participate in clubs that you truly care about and will show (QUALITY OVER QUANTITY!)

Have some community service

Win some awards (is a plus)

Have a high SAT score (Study, study, study!)

Get great recommendations

Write a stellar essay

None of this will guarantee acceptance into top schools like Harvard. It really is a crapshoot. You can be valecdictorian and travel to 3rd world countries to volunteer, and still be rejected! But no matter what try your best. Don't tie a prestigious school to your self-confidence. If you are rejected from Yale or Stanford, it doesn't make you a failure. You are still an intelligent and hard-working person, and any decent university would be happy to have you. Good luck!

Answer 2

Keep your unweighted GPA above 3.8 and keep your weighted GPA above 4.5... which means make straight A's in your AP classes, and blow all your lower level courses out of the water. Write fluent essays for the application, and make sure you have great SAT/ACT scores.  

Answer 3

Thousands of very qualified applicants are turned away from Harvard every year--it's sometimes just a matter of the numbers.  You should have a VERY high AP as noted, very high SAT scores, good extra-curriculars that show leadership (exp impt at Harvard) and initiative.  You need very good essays that explain what you can contribute to the freshman class you wish to enter, and how your past accomplishments show that you can do the work.  

There are many factors out of your control:  

- geographic and school distribution (they take kids from all over, so no one school has very many acceptances except for a few feeder prep academies)

- interest areas, the number of applicants with certain types of extra-curriculars (they don't want all sports jocks or math whizzes), etc.  

Have a list of 7-11 schools to consider, including Harvard as a stretch goal.  Work on individual essays as each school wants an individual application, not a carbon copy generic application.  

Answer 4

Anything else dept.:

School activities that reflect leadership & commitment

Church attendance & participation

Civic involvement (help pass out lit. for politicians)

Volunteerism

Have you ever been to Harvard? Why not make an appointment, perhaps through your school counselor, to meet in person with an admissions counselor there and ask him the same question.