| Harvard is one of the most famous and prestigious | | | | is important to understand that the exact quantity of |
| schools in the world and it is not a secret that every | | | | hours matters the least to Admission officers at |
| year hundreds, if not thousands, of students try to | | | | Harvard. A good practice is that instead of focusing |
| get accepted in their programs. However it is also not | | | | on the volume of work you should focus on the |
| a secret that getting into Harvard can be a very hard | | | | type of work and how does it fulfills the overall |
| task, especially for International students. | | | | image of you. You must look confident and |
| Let's say that you are a student in US community | | | | comfortable to talk about your volunteer activities in |
| college. Your dream is to continue your education in | | | | order to convince the Admission officers at Ivy |
| top-level educational institution like Harvard. Your | | | | League schools that you did not put too much hope |
| grades are as good as they come and you have | | | | in that asset. |
| over 300 hours of community and volunteer work. | | | | Focus on quality, not on quantity. Be yourself and |
| This are all great advantages and you might be | | | | show the Admission staff that you have a life, that |
| considered worthy enough to get admitted in | | | | you are a personality. This is important because they |
| Harvard. However it is good to have something in | | | | get an enormous amount of applications every year |
| mind when mentioning your community or volunteer | | | | and it is up to you to distinct yourself from the pack |
| service. Applicants often tend to overrate the | | | | - to show them that you are worthy of admittance. |
| amount of hours and think about them too much. It | | | | |