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Chandra Shekhar
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Students who are planning to enrolled at Harvard must have other qualities apart from meeting the admission requirements. The Harvard University Admission Committee considers many other factors such as strong personal qualities, special talents or excellences of all kinds, and the ability to take advantage of available resources and opportunities. The university looking for the profile with an outstanding personal qualities, students who excel in one or more extracurricular activities, etc.
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Chandra Shekhar
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Stanford University and Harvard University are among the top MBA universities in the USA. If we talk about the Stanford University and Harvard University placements, then Stanford offers better placement opportunities to their MBA graduates. We have compared them below in terms of MBA placement rate and average salary:UniversitiesMBA Placement RateMBA Average SalaryStanford University89%USD 189,010 or INR 1.6 CrHarvard University86%USD 175,000 or INR 1.5 Cr
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Chandra Shekhar
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There is a long list of famous Indian students who complete their degree from Harvard University. The table below includes the list of some popular Harvard Indian graduates:StudentsProfessionRatan Naval TataIndian industrialistAnand Gopal MahindraChairman of Mahindra GroupRahul BajajChairman Emeritus of the Indian conglomerate Bajaj GroupSuhel SethCo-founder of Equus Redcell Advertising Co. Ltd
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Akansha katariya
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If we compare the acceptance rates of Duke and Harvard University. The Harvard University acceptance rate is 3% and the acceptance rate of Duke is 6%. This shows getting into Harvard is way harder than Duke. However, international students have to perform their best to get into any one of the universities, both are highly competitive. They both consider an all-rounder student with the best academic history, experience, and standardized scores.
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Anushree Sinha
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Harvard University is widely renowned for their rich alumni base, which is inclusive of US presidents, noble laureates and more. Listed below are some of the most famous Harvard University alumni:John F. Kennedy: He is American Statesman and Politician who served as the 35th President of the United StatesBarack Obama: An American Politician who served as the 44th President of the United StatesRatan Tata: An Indian industrialist, who is a philanthropist and former chairman of Tata SonsNatalie Portman: An Israeli-American actressMark Zuckerberg: An American businessman and philanthropist, who is the co-founder of Facebook
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Anushree Sinha
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No, Harvard does not mandate the students to reside on-campus for all four years of their college life. However, students must live in the Harvard housing for their first-year at the university. It is noteworthy that only a certain number of students choose to live off-campus their following years. Most students and alumni consider the House system one of the hallmarks of their Harvard experiences.
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Anushree Sinha
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Harvard University is home away from home for international students. Attending the university has its own perks when it comes to the campus life. While studying in the university, students get to enjoy the perfect blend of urban living with the close community feel of a small town. Mentioned below are the facilities which make Harvard University an ideal study abroad option:ParticularsDetailsStudent ActivitiesNight discussions in the dining hall with friends, drama productions, athletic competitions, outings to Boston's museums, extra-curricular activities, and moreAthleticsVarsity sports, intramural sports, club sports, rec
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Anushree Sinha
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Yes, Harvard University offers on-campus housing opportunities to their students, that too in affordable prices. Harvard has 12 houses available on campus, which can accommodate about 350-500 students. Under the Harvard’s House system, first-year students get to ive in dorms with shared suites adjacent to Harvard Yard and eat meals in Annenberg Hall. For graduate students, the university has Harvard University Housing, also known ad Harvard-owned apartments.
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Anushree Sinha
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Harvard University comprises of a wide of range of constituent units, which includes the undergraduate Harvard College, 12 graduate and professional schools, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. All the faculties/departments of the universities are extremely prestigious and highly regarded. However, the Harvard School of Medicine as well as the Harvard Business School are the top two faculty members on the institution. Some of the factors which make these departments top class are Nobel awards, research capabilities and grants, influential graduates who lead departments, world-class teaching, rich alumni base, and more
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Anushree Sinha
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Harvard University offers a wide-number of part-time courses for their international students. In order to pursue these courses, candidates must complete an application for part-time study and meet one of the following conditions:needs to care for small children at home; orexperiences personal ill health or severe illness of other family members; oris under extreme financial strain and has dependents; oris a master’s student in their final term of enrollment.
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