BlackStars
BlackStars,
Harvard
B.S., Political Science and Government, , Foreign Languages and Literatures
I am from Ghana and I want to be your next President.
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Background

Hometown Elmina, Ghana
GenderMale
AdmissionRegular Decision
Class of
English First Language No
Other Language(s) Spoken Spanish, Akan, Suriname Creole

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  • Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
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Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)

Applied for a B.S. in Political Science and Government

Accepted and Enrolled Legacy: No

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An African proverb says, “It takes a village to raise a child”;for me it took several continents. I grew up in a small village in West Africa near Elmina, Cape Coast. Everyone knew everyone, and everyone shared everything. There were a couple of wells from which we got our drinking water and several stores located in the homes of certain individuals. There was one school with very few classrooms and limited teachers who carried whips to discipline the troublemakers....
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High School Performance

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Top 5%
 
High School TypeBoarding

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Highest SAT
2050
 
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SportsBasketball, Soccer

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ActivitiesNursing Home Volunteer
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