Posted by: ashu July 11, 2005
harvard design school
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Thapap, I cannot answer your question. Personally, I know people who got into Cal Berkeley and MIT with lower GRE scores and grades; while others with higher numbers were rejected by Columbia and Stanford. On some level, the admission game appears to be all art and little science :-) My advice? 1) Get the highest possible scores that you can get, knowing fully that higher scores do NOT mean anything to admissions people used to seeing high scores all the time. 2) Focus on yourself; on what you really, really want to study based on your verifiably true strengths. 3) If you want to go to Harvard just for the prestige, your applications will make that clear to seasoned admissions people (you can't fool them!), and they'll surely reject you. 4) Make your reasons for attending believably cystal clear to admissions people who want to know you better. 5) Explain, with reasons, how the school is a strong fit for you -- academically and professionally. 6) Give them reasons to admit you. Rememer, these people work in an Office of Admission, and NOT in an Office of Rejection!! As such, they are looking for reasons to admit you, and ONLY you can supply your own reasons for your admission. Best wishes, oohi ashu
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