HOW TO GET INTO HARVARD: Application & Essay Guide (+Tips & Tricks)

[@makennajturner]

✨What questions do YOU have about the college application process? What college do you want to see next??✨ *COMMENT BELOW*

[@georgejake]

For the extracurricular elaboration prompt, is it fine if we're elaborating on one from our Common App activities section? And as for another college, Columbia

[@wavysaige]

Hii

[@jackwhitney26]

what classes to take in high school

[@tonyaleander4497]

Thanks for the advice, I'm not applying to Harvard but alot of what u said can be applied to my college supplementals. I would like to see advice on answering UCLA and UPenn supplementals.

[@owenpaul2755]

Guide to Princeton

[@joseph_i256]

This video helped me get accepted REA last month in December!! Thank you so much Makenna, I really appreciate it

[@radhika4557]

omg CONGRATS!!!

[@godblessyou4068]

Hi Makenna! Thank you a million for this super informative video! I'm and international student from Armenia, and I want to apply to a college in the US. Your videos really encourage me to move forward and to believe that there is nothing impossible

[@justgxbbyy]

Please add a Columbia, Stanford and Princeton one next😁

[@nahida2572]

yesss !! columbia please :)

[@erikitalj]

@@nahida2572 The college application processes are pretty similar for each school. If you are a qualified for Harvard and can successfully complete their application, you will be able to for the other ivies as well.

[@nahida2572]

Erika Januario thank you🥰

[@summerboi4988]

I love the way you explained everything in great detail, the other day I was looking at the Harvard's common app and I got so confused but now you're here as my saviour!

[@Lila-mk2xm]

This is so helpful! I’m in New Zealand but love these videos to see how others apply and what American systems are like haha

[@zeez1452]

Hey makenna!!! You may not know me but my name is Azeez Richardson, a LEDA scholar from cohort 16, and I’m looking at Harvard as a top school (I’m applying REA there🧍🏾). Nonetheless, watching you and your story has been very uplifting and I really look up to you as a figure of excellence and integrity. You give me hope throughout this whole process. I’ve been pretty on top of my stuff when it comes to college apps, but there’s always that feeling of uncertainty when it comes to these schools. I really appreciated your words of advice. Keep doing what you’re doing and you’ll be successful no matter what. Stanford is extremely lucky to have you!! ❤️❤️

[@Dj-ob9vg]

I hope you get in!

[@SancturarySubliminals]

LOL i'm applying too !! best of luck :)

[@omotunde1982]

Any tips for LEDA prospective applicants?

[@makennajturner]

This is so sweet! Thank you Azeez and best of luck to you with Harvard!!

[@hebaelkouraichi3546]

Do Yale next pls

[@fearbxndo398]

Please make a freshmen in high school advice video🙏

[@anamikab417]

Yes

[@hermelashimelis5957]

YES PLEASE MAKENA

[@aspiringking5000]

I’m a freshman too!!!

[@daniellecrystal9961]

Get Straight As ! Don’t mess up! Try to do your best! There’s no going back or or any regrading. You can always improve your SAT. Try to be involved in school as much as you can but as a leader.

[@KayKay.1615]

Danielle Crystal thx 😊

[@Nosoyyo7]

This is the best video I found. So perfect!

[@pidge8408]

this was incredibly helpful, i’ve watched so many of these but this rlly stood out ty

[@nooorawr]

wooo, 1000th view 😜 congrats! my dream uni is northwestern; hope to see you flourish at your top pick

[@zhibekkubatova5884]

Thank you so much for such a great video! opened my eyes 🤩 I’m from Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia and truly watch every of your videos!

[@mcstuffins]

Please do Princeton next!❤

[@rekhasrivastava241]

Plz share ur essay of Harvard...🥺🥺 Secondly, ur videos r amazing.😊

[@alishakalley9203]

Thank you! For the "how you hope to use college education" prompt, I was wondering if it's okay to mention how we hope to use a Harvard education in specific?

[@aarna7128]

Can you do a video on how you created your fitness tracker? Or maybe something related to CS? You are an inspiration to me! Thank you so much!!!

[@leilaniryang8523]

Hi! I just watched ur scholarship video, and I have a few questions....yes I am in 7th grade but I wanna be as comfortable as possible with highl school and going into college! One question I have is Do the scholarships work with ivy league schools? And what do u recommend to win the scholarships? Also one last question, I think, where or what is the best thing to do for extracurriculars and to get volunteer work done?

[@taichai5346]

I have this same question too

[@IzukuMidoriya-ly8hh]

I know I’m only 12, but I’m really interested in astronomy and astrophysics 😅 I am deciding if I’d want to go somewhere like Harvard or Stanford. It says that Harvard is #2 in astronomy, while Stanford is #3. I think my decision will also focus on my college experience. So thank you for this really helpful video.

[@lucasalfred1909]

Brooooooo saaaaaaaameeeee, except I'm 14

[@justhuman1722]

I wish i were as curious when i was younger.... Welldone guys!!

[@mirlinemerisier3180]

Same 13

[@mira9667]

haha I was 12 too when I began with my interest, just applied to Harvard this year. Keep it up but don't be overwhelmed!

[@reyjohnpalermo8079]

go for number 1

[@tyresewilliams4820]

Am the first seeing this,hopefully it’s good luck

[@pedrojmayol]

Omg so useful thank you very much!!

[@alemituchalesa201]

I love your pronunciation ,it is understandable for me and so good ,tell if Natural science present (Biology)

[@mateus3738]

meu deus é a patroa!!!

[@fluffernutter9420]

Your dog getting in on the action....

[@lifewithkyy5550]

i rlly want to go to harvard but idk how plus i’m only in 6th grade but if i start studying now i can get there

[@foxdaledigital]

Some HR departments reluctant to hire from Ivy’s… With the idea of helping HS students...should we be concerned about the new changes to the SAT/ACT? What has made colleges in recent years (BEFORE 2020) say that tests don't matter; meaning they're now optional!? Supposedly, some feel Finland to be the gold standard of educational systems. They have a Finnish matriculation exam at the end of High School. Their scores become the standard for which college they attend; the UK, and most countries in the world, have standardized tests-no “option out” with any of these countries. Why would HR departments do this?

[@kinshooksfraand7921]

Really useful

[@boopsea6415]

Hi Makenna, when they said an intellectual activity you haven't mentioned on your application (1st short response prompt), does that include your extracurricular list? Can I write about an activity from my common app ec list for that question?

[@hornswaggle89]

I wish we had these prompts this year. Seems they narrowed them down and shortened it?

[@bestmusic8034]

Bit im really interested im from Georgia and we have worst education system in Europe but im in specific math and physics school and i have straight As do i have a chance?

[@anamenezes3766]

Can you please teach how the American system works. Whats a major, a minor, how do you see the program's school offer, how does the common app work, and the college board has wich benefits. I'm international and much information I think people think is common knowledge. Thank you, btw I love your videos!

[@juliahigh276]

A major is your primary course of study, it’s what you graduate with a degree in. For example, if you major in Chemistry, you graduate with a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry. A minor is your secondary course of study that you dedicate less time to. You don’t get a degree in this subject, it’s more like enrichment. And you can see what programs different schools offer by visiting their websites, or searching up “[your university] majors.” Hope this helps!!

[@anamenezes3766]

@@juliahigh276 omg thank you soo much, it really helped ❤

[@kendagaanorwabwogo978]

Is it possible to go to an American uni from a Cambridge curriculum school?

[@esha6731]

i love ur videos

[@lori_2168]

Hey Mekena(sorry about the spelling) I was wondering if you used any SAT/ACT prep courses

[@memonarsh]

Do you think it is a good idea to include poetry in my Harvard personal essay

[@saleigha5558]

Hi!Do you have to make/lead in a club to go into Harvard?

[@allisonseguraruiz410]

Hello, my name is Allison, I am from Costa Rica, I hope you are well, I am committed to your KZbin channel and I must say that I love your videos, I am writing to you because recently I began to think about what I will do after school and I It seemed a very good option to study at a university in the United States, I was very interested in the Minnesota State University but I had no idea that the cost would be so high, I recently saw your video about the different scholarships offered by different institutions and I followed your advice I started looking everywhere for scholarships that could help me but I have not found anything and I am starting to get desperate and sad as I am willing to work and do whatever it takes to pay for my studies but it is still very difficult for me, I'm still a minor and I'm studying so it's not possible for me to get a real job with a fixed salary that supports me, I really don't know if you know something I could do or if you could only talk to me. I seriously feel very bad about this and I need someone I could talk to about this, I really appreciate your help and have a good day.

[@tray4ktray85]

I was wondering what is was like to date superwoman

[@darkgolden7069]

Can I write the essay in the computer and then print it out???

[@yunayang3360]

Does wanting to get a career in big tech company okay to write?

[@chickynuggie3054]

Hi Ken!! So in The future i want to study on Harvard Medical school BUT im not from america (Im from Poland). If im from Europe, does that mean I will have a different application or something? 👀

[@vydhrithireddy2464]

Everyone applying to Harvard or similar schools will have to either apply via CommonApp or the Coalition App. (Regardless of where they come from)

[@hebaelkouraichi3546]

Thanks

[@dayv3801]

Do yale 🥰

[@katerinapetrova245]

Can you have 2 majors?

[@jessicashabalala1839]

Hey, I’m doing my last year in high school and I’m from Southern part of Africa...I’d really like to get into Stanford and I think an advice from you would calm down my nervous bc wow I’m nervous!

[@PearlieCake]

Ikr me too (South Africa) I just really don't want to study over there and Stanford is my dream school

[@bgnh7963]

Can you sweetie put translation in Arabic

[@massachusettshealthnewspage]

😉👍🏼

[@zonamazing7128]

sir aap great ho main aapki sari video dekhiae ap aga tak jaoga please mere channle ko sub sub kar de😀😀😀😉😉

[@jolielo3900]

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[@jiayisong5909]

Could you please share your personal essay with us? I'm really struggling to write it rn..

[@muskets5718]

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[@jiayisong5909]

Could you please share your personal essay with us? I'm really struggling to write it rn..