Founded in 2006, AdmissionsScholars is a community service program devoted to bringing comprehensive college advising to students unfamiliar with the college process. We travel to nearby Madison Park Technical and Vocational High School in Roxbury to advise and mentor juniors and seniors. Twice a week we provide lessons on the application process, from selecting schools to writing essays, as well as SAT prep and help with the various aspects of Financial Aid. Madison Park is just one of the many schools in Boston with a real need to give students more individual attention throughout the college process. Through AdmissionsScholars, volunteers use their knowledge and experience with the college admissions process to work with students one-on-one to help them get accepted to a college or university.

Number of Members: 10-25

Involvement: Undergraduates, Graduates, Community Members

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RYTE is a weekly tutoring program that serves high school students from Boston's diverse and ever-increasing refugee populations, from Kosovo, Somalia, Vietnam, and Ethiopia. The program pairs Harvard undergraduates with high school students in need of help with English skills, SAT preparation, or other academic subjects. What makes RYTE a unique program is the type of students we cater to: high school students, ages 15-19, who have been in the U.S. anywhere from 1 month to 7 years. Many of these refugees are expected to attend college after high school by parents and family members, or to work, and so RYTE helps them prepare for college through SAT preparatory classes. Without the ability to achieve high grades in the classroom, where they are competing with native Americans, or even to speak the language, it is extremely difficult for these refugees to keep up and have chances at a bright future. Tutors and tutees meet weekly on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Friday sessions take place at English High School in Jamaica Plain from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday sessions take place here at Harvard from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. (Tutors meet their students at the Harvard Square T-stop, and then work together in campus classrooms.) RYTE also sponsors two weekend fieldtrips to help students adjust to the American lifestyle. Please contact Kay Lee (lee32@fas) with any questions. RYTE hopes to continue this tradition of guidance to the high school refugee population. We need your passion and dedication!

Number of Members: 10-25

Involvement: Undergraduates, Graduates, Community Members

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Harvards distinguished undergraduate mixed chorus, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, was founded in the fall of 1971 to coincide with the coeducational merger of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges. The repertoire of the Collegium draws on a diverse spectrum of a cappella and orchestral selections, including both sacred and secular works of composers such as Palestrina, Byrd, Dufay, Tallis, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Ravel, Britten, Barber, and more. The group garnered critical acclaim under its first conductor, F. John Adams, and in 1978, direction of the group passed to Jameson Marvin, who led the chorus to even greater heights. Currently, the Collegium flourishes under the direction of Andrew Clark. In addition to historical masterpieces such as Beethovens Symphony No. 9 and Handels Israel in Egypt, the Collegium has brought the works of modern and contemporary composers, including John Adams, Steven Stucky, Julian Wachner, to performance spaces both in Boston and abroad. In addition to its independent performances, the Collegium regularly collaborates with notable performing groups both within and outside the Harvard community, including the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and the Handel and Haydn Period Orchestra of Boston.

Number of Members: 76-100

Involvement: Undergraduates, Graduates

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Group Website: http://www.hrcm.net

The Harvard International Relations Council is dedicated to the promotion of international awareness and education. Its programs include Harvard Model United Nations for high school students and Harvard National Model United Nations for college students; the Harvard International Review, a quarterly journal on international affairs distributed worldwide; the Harvard Program for International Education, a high school teaching program run by Harvard students; Model Security Council, a one-day UN simulation for Harvard students held each September; Intercollegiate Model United Nations, Harvard's delegation to other college Model United Nations conferences; and International Relations on Campus, which hosts speaker events for members of the Harvard community.

Number of Members: 76-100

Involvement: Undergraduates

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Group Website: http://www.harvardirc.org

HAND is dedicated to involving Harvard/Radcliffe students in public service projects in the Cambridge and Greater Boston Community. Inspired by the principle of neighborhood and motivated by the desire to be good neighbors, HAND volunteers work as partners with members of the community, in the Cambridge public schools to enrich and improve the city both call home. HAND provides a model for building public service into everyday life at Harvard and beyond. Currently, the program provides an after-school Study Hall program to those enrolled at Graham and Parks School.

Number of Members: 10-25

Involvement: Undergraduates, Community Members

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Group Website: http://hcs.harvard.edu/~hand

Founded in 1955 only a decade after the United Nations, Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN), is the largest, oldest, and most prestigious conference of its kind. Staffed entirely by Harvard College undergraduates, HNMUN brings over 3,000 students and faculty together from colleges and universities around the world to simulate the activities of the United Nations. HNMUN offers a unique opportunity to experience the challenges of international negotiation and diplomacy. This year, the conference will take this tradition to a new level with numerous innovations designed to enhance the delegate experience. This session will be held at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel from Thursday, February 14, through Sunday, February 17, 2013. Throughout the conference, delegates will gain insight into the workings of the United Nations by actively participating in the resolution of important global issues. Participants will not only work with hundreds of other motivated college students with the common goals of furthering international awareness and building consensus, but will also work within a lively social setting.

Number of Members: 76-100

Involvement: Undergraduates

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Group Website: http://www.hnmun.org

ABSK is concerned with the religious, social, and cultural issues regarding Christianity and Asians. The group seeks to promote greater awareness and understanding of these issues in the Harvard community through Bible studies, small group meetings, and fellowship events.

Number of Members: 26-50

Involvement: Undergraduates, Graduates, Community Members

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Group Website: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~absk

CityServe, working in partnership with the Boston nonprofit Tenacity, provides tennis instruction and academic tutoring to Boston middle school students. It hopes to encourage self-discipline, cooperation, and fun through tennis as well as encourage academic excellence and strong mentor/mentee relationships through tutoring. It also hopes to provide Harvard students with an outlet to make a difference in the community beyond the gates of Harvard Yard.

Number of Members: 10-25

Involvement: Undergraduates, Community Members

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