Harvard students or ivy league students. how did you do it?

Application Question

I am 13 (Turning 14 this year). So some people tell me that I am not worrying enough about my college (my parents and family because I grew up from a small village in India) and some say I should just enjoy life. For me I do both... But for the past few years I have been so clueless and everyone just seems to know what they are going to do with their life. My parents and my best friend (who also grew up from a bit more middle class family) constantly tell me to start finding careers and passions. I am not sure of anything else I want to do when I grow up but one thing I am sure of is I REALLY REALLY REALLLYYY want to go to harvard, But I really don't know how to even start my application. I have recently been interested in psychology and I decided to start a passion project. But I don't know what I should do, nothing clicks to me. And there are so many other things that I need to do to enhance and make my application stand out but I don't know where to start. I follow almost all of the famous ivy league advisors and it just seems like I should've done so much and I haven't even started yet. I DONT EVEN HAVE THAT GOOD GRADES! There are so many people with better grade than me. I don't know where to start or what to do.
Another reason I really need to get into harvard is to because my whole life has been dedicated to getting into harvard and that too I will need a scholarship to go. Am I just spiraling now????
So all of the Harvard students or Ivy League students... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEE help me out and tell me how to get into harvard.

Posted Apr 7, 2026, 11:25 AM UTC

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