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The Harvard Prize Book, Scholarship, and Essay Award 2024

Schools select and submit three winners based on ranked order.

• Exceptional English ability and overall academic excellence
• Possess exceptional personal qualities
• Make significant contributions to the school/community

For winners of the Harvard Prize Book, please press the “Scholarship and Essay Award Application” button below to downland the application form.

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Harvard Book Prize

The Harvard Book Prize is awarded to outstanding students in the next-to-graduating class selected by the Executive Board of the Harvard Club of Ghana, based on academic excellence, exceptional personal qualities, significant contribution to school or community and a written response to an essay prompt. 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 1,900 high schools around the world and are made available through generous donations from individual Harvard Club members. Harvard Prize Books are awarded without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, or political beliefs. Through the Harvard Book Prize program, we, at the Harvard Club of Ghana hope to raise the visibility of Harvard University among local secondary schools in Ghana, and to encourage outstanding students throughout Ghana to consider applying to Harvard

Essay Prompt for the Academic Year 2023-2024

"As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly sophisticated, distinguishing between what is real and what is generated by AI has become more challenging. Reflect on a personal experience where you or someone you know was directly impacted by AI, particularly in a situation that blurred the lines between reality and artificiality. Discuss the implications of this experience on your understanding of truth and authenticity in the digital age. What did this experience teach you about the possible role of young people in helping society navigate these challenges?"

Note: You are welcome to use AI / GPT as a starting point or editor for your responses. However, the successful Prize Book awardees will be creative in demonstrating their capacity to express their own thoughts and their own voice, using technology as an aid.

Please submit an essay, no more than 250 words, responding to the above prompt. Your essay may be either written (PDF, MS Word or other Text File) or recorded on video (MP4 preferred <25MB).

• 19 Feb 2024: Applications open
• 22 Mar 2024: Application deadline
• 25-29 Mar 2024: Interviews for shortlisted candidates by video call Monday
• 02 Apr 2024: Awardees will be announced. They will receive their book awards during their school's graduation ceremony.

Application Instructions

• Your response to the prompt. Please pay attention to the word limit, longer essays will be disqualified. Your submission must be your own work. Plagiarism will result in an automatic disqualification.
• Transcript from the Most Recently Completed Semester or Term
• Transcript from the Most Recently Completed Full School Year
• List of any significant extracurricular activities, where you have held an executive or leadership position (Name of Club or Activity, Your Position, and the website or social media page of the activity (if any))
• List any awards or recognitions you have won for academics, community service, artistry, sports, or other achievements (Name of Award, Date of Award, Achievement Recognized by Award)
• Angelica Marie Joseph (Ghana International School)
• Danica Damoah (Ghana International School)
• Joanita Sallah (The Roman Ridge School)
• Khamil Mogtari (The Roman Ridge School)
• Nigel Akwasi Sarpong (Ghana International School)
• Kwabena Adom Oteng-Agyei Kankam (Faith Montessori School)
• Damini Ahuja (The Roman Ridge School)
• Jharna Budhrani (Ghana International School)
• Carmila Owusu-Ansah (SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College)
• Brianna Boafo (Roman Ridge School)
• Kofi Darko (Morgan International School)
• Shambhavi Verma (Ghana International School)
• Valerie Ackon (Wesley Girls School)
• Katelyn Owusu (Roman Ridge School)
• Carl Awuku (Roman Ridge School)
• Afua Ansah (Achimota School)

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The Harvard Prize Book program, which may also be known as the Harvard Book Award , is an annual award given out to high-performing high school students in the U.S. Several other colleges in the northeast have a similar book award program. There is more information available on the Harvard Alumni Association Clubs & Shared Interest Groups website, as it is a program that they run. There should be specific contact information at the bottom of that page, but you may also contact the Harvard Alumni Association Clubs and SIGs generally via phone at (617) 495-3070, toll free in the U.S. and Canada at (800) 654-6494, and by email at [email protected] .

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Harvard Prize Book Program

Award Harvard Prize Books to outstanding high school students. In recognizing their scholastic and personal achievements, you inspire their future academic studies and introduce them to the opportunities available at Harvard.

Donated by Harvard Clubs and Shared Interest Groups (SIGs), Prize Books are presented annually in more than 1,000 high schools around the world. Prize Books may be awarded to students in a high school of the Club or SIG’s choosing. Recipients are exemplary students in the next-to-graduating high school class who display excellence in scholarship and achievement in nonacademic fields. Outstanding high school teachers who inspire curiosity and excellence in their students can also receive the award.

The Prize Book is often presented at the chosen school’s award or graduation ceremony, sometimes with appropriate remarks by a local alum.

All orders for the 2023-2024 school year should be placed by 4/30/2024. 

How To Participate

1. Establish a Prize Book award: A Harvard Club/SIG or affiliate of Harvard need only contribute the cost of one book.

2.  Select a school: Prize Books may be awarded to students in the next-to-graduating class in a high school of the Club or SIG’s choosing. Contact the local high school principal and/or guidance counselor to introduce the program and to arrange for a student to be selected by the high school to receive the award.

3. Choose a book: A list of book titles is available through the Harvard Coop , although Clubs and SIGs may choose other books not on this list. All books presented by an officially recognized Club or SIG come with an official Harvard bookplate to record the names of the donor and award recipient.

4. Order the book: Click on images of the book to learn more about each title. At checkout, select free ground shipping and enter discount code: HVDBP2024 to be eligible for free shipping.

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Harvard Book Prize books are eligible for free shipping in the continental U.S.

If other items are included in your COOP order of Harvard Prize Book(s), applicable shipping fees will be applied.  

If shipping to multiple addresses in the continental U.S., a fee of $4.95 per address will be applied. 

International shipments are based on current U.S. Postal rates and air charges.

Orders will begin shipping 3-4 weeks after purchase. If you have any other questions regarding ordering or shipping, contact Corissa Williams at  [email protected] . 

Award Guidelines

Prize Books are awarded without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, or political beliefs.

It is at the discretion of the secondary school to determine the recipient of a Prize Book. Selection cannot be done through an application process.

The Harvard Prize Book Program is not offered in New York City.

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We look back on the scholarship, breakthroughs, innovations, and awards from the Harvard community in 2023.

As a nation, we are collectively waking up to the importance of caregiving, to its value, for the present and for future generations.” Claudia Goldin, professor of economics and the winner of the 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences   From her book “ Career and Family: Women’s Century-long Journey Toward Equity ” Learn more about her work

Alleviating depression with yoga

In a trial of adults with moderate-to-severe depression, those who participated in heated yoga sessions experienced significantly greater reductions in symptoms.

Upgrading quantum computing

Harvard researchers created the first demonstration of a large-scale algorithm execution on an error-corrected quantum computer, a major leap in the new field.

Exploring connections between oral health and cancer treatments

A team of researchers highlighted the potential to improve cancer treatment outcomes and decrease related adverse events by treating periodontitis.

The head-scratching mystery of the itch

For the first time, scientists showed that bacteria can cause itches by activating nerve cells in the skin.

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Healing muscle injuries

Researchers found that combining mechanotherapy, like massage, with anti-inflammatory treatment significantly improved healing in aged muscles.

Exploring the fate of Earth

For the first time, astronomers observed a star consuming a planet, bolstering the theory that Earth will meet the same fate—in about 5 billion years.

Learning to listen to whales

Visiting researcher David Gruber and his colleagues are using state-of-the-art robotics and machine learning to listen to and translate sperm whale communication.

Our research represents the first empirical attempt to characterize the relationships between charisma and facial features.” Shunyuan Zhang, assistant professor Harvard Business School Read more about the research

Considering the genetics of musical ability

A study by a Harvard Graduate School of Education alum was the first to uncover neurobiological predispositions for musical talent in infancy.

Reimagining how we stay cool

A Harvard collaboration has led to the development of a prototype for a more efficient and eco-friendly air conditioner.

Investigating life expectancy

Researchers found the difference between how long American men and women live increased to 5.8 years in 2021, the largest it’s been since 1996.

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2023 Harvard Prize Book Award

Three Grade 11 students, namely 11A LAM Kin Ching Sophie, 11E HE Si Han and 11E POON Yeuk, have been chosen to receive the 2023 Harvard Prize Book Award and the prize presentation ceremony took place last Friday on June 2, 2023.

The Harvard Prize Book is awarded by the Harvard Club of Hong Kong to outstanding students in the next-to-graduating class who possess exceptional personal qualities, have achieved academic excellence and made a significant contribution to school or community. Congratulations to the three recipients, who serve as excellent examples for their peers, demonstrating what can be accomplished by putting effort and determination into it.