See how Harvard and other highly selective colleges may read your file.

Grades and course load carry the academic axis.

The rubric reads section scores, so enter both halves of an SAT if you have them.

Offices count paid work and family responsibility the same way they count clubs. The Common Application takes ten entries, so this does too.

Letters are the one part of a file you do not write. Nobody can read them from here, so answer for the teachers you have in mind — your estimate is worth more than a blank.

This axis is about the effect you have on people around you. A form cannot judge an essay, but these are the things readers look for, so say which are true.

Context is rated, not decoration. The college matters because different offices weigh different things.