MA
Maritza Acosta
how i got into harvard · stats+ecs+essays
- Major
- Government
Accepted 1
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Harvard
Stats
- GPA
- 3.99 UW / 5.4 W; rank 2
- SAT · ACT
- SAT 1470 / ACT 34
- AP courses
- 17 AP + 30 dual enrollment
Awards 2
- Founded civics nonprofit ($100k+ raised, 4,000+ students)
- Elected student advisor to Miami-Dade school board (340,000 students)
Quest log 10
- Founder, student-led civics nonprofit
- Student advisor to Miami-Dade County school board
- Student council president
- VP, Model UN
- President, Key Club (2 yrs)
- VP, Science National Honor Society
- Golf team captain
- Senior adviser for a large political campaign; local campaign manager
- Internship with superintendent
- Worked for local mayor's office (~3 yrs)
Note
name stated in-video; Cuban immigrant parents, Miami low-income public school; REA