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Committee
Share your event ideas with us! Harvard Club of Silicon Valley is a volunteer-run organization, and all events are organized by our members.
To get involved with the Activity Committee or send a suggestion, email us at activities@harvardclubsv.org. Alumni from all Harvard University schools are welcome.
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Alumni Interviewers
Want to have input in choosing future Harvardians?
Please volunteer for interviewing applicants for Harvard College. The Harvard interview provides the Admissions Office with an unbiased assessment to help them go beyond the paper record of the student, and gives the applicant a chance to ask questions about Harvard of someone who’s actually been there.
Each interview lasts 30 to 45 minutes plus the time you need to write up and submit a one to two page interview report. Interviews are conducted in December to March for applicants. While it is helpful if you have experience interviewing, we’ll provide you with current Harvard information and an annual interviewer orientation session.
We also need help in attending college fairs (where we pass out literature and answer questions from prospective students), organizing receptions for admitted students, and for making occasional presentations to local high schools on behalf of Harvard. We currently have over 200 volunteer interviewers in our area and conduct nearly 500 alumni interviews each year. If you are interested, please review the details and register here or contact our Schools Committee Chair
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HCSV Announces Public
Service Fellowship
Through the Harvard Book Prize program, we at the Harvard Club of Silicon Valley hope to raise the visibility of Harvard among local secondary schools, and to encourage outstanding students in our area to consider applying to Harvard. We especially thank our members and friends who have generously contributed, and appreciate your continued support through future donations.
| Name : | Amisha Kambath |
| Class Year : | 2022 |
| House : | Dunster |
| Concentration/ Secondary : | Social Studies and Secondary in Economics |
| Clubs/activities : | IOP Policy Program, Harvard College Project for Justice, South Asian Women’s Collective, Club Basketball |
| Fun fact : | I’m a massive Roger Federer fan! |
| Organization : | Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (Oakland, CA) |
| Organization’s Mission : | The Ella Baker Center works locally, statewide, and nationally to shift resources away from prisons and punishment and towards opportunities that make communities safe, healthy, and strong. |
| Scope of Project : | Amisha will be working as a Research Fellow and her work will include: |
Book Prize
The Harvard Book Prize is awarded to an outstanding Junior year student selected by the faculty of each participating high school, based on academic excellence, exceptional personal qualities and significant contribution to school or community. Each winner receives a personally inscribed copy of “The Harvard Book”, an anthology of essays written by Harvard alumni spanning three centuries.
Since 1910, the Harvard Book Prize has been an important way for Harvard Club members to help attract talented young people to Harvard and the opportunities in Cambridge. Harvard Book Prize books are presented annually in more than 2,000 high schools around the world, and are made available through generous donations from individual Harvard Club members.
Through the Harvard Book Prize program, we at the Harvard Club of Silicon Valley hope to raise the visibility of Harvard among local secondary schools, and to encourage outstanding students in our area to consider applying to Harvard. We especially thank our members and friends who have generously contributed, and appreciate your continued support through future donations.
2020 Winners
Audrey Chang
Los Altos High School
Christina Cheng
Woodside Priory School
Samantha Chock
Leland High School
Derek Nease
Lydian Academy
Kaitlyn Tsai
Saratoga High School
Angela Wong
Gunn High School
