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Let's say you like economics, business, and finance (a good portion of applicants). What could you talk about when applying to Harvard?

You could mention Harvard Student Agencies, the world's largest student-run business organization that lets you as a freshman manage retail stores and get practical hands-on management experience.

You could talk about the unique Statistics with Quantitative Finance track. This was introduced in the last decade as the interest in students going into quantitative trading has grown enormously. Very few other universities offer anything like this.

It might be nice to mention the legendary Professor Blitzstein who teaches the wildly popular Statistics 110 who makes even the most abstract statistics concept fun and understandable with his thought experiments.

You might want to mention the Harvard i-Lab. This is an entrepreneurial launchpad that lets students launch their own company, find mentors, gives them an office space to work from, and opportunities to meet investors. It is a relatively well developed incubator compared to most colleges.