选题自由度高，文理科“通吃”

哈佛国际评论写作竞赛鼓励学生选择任意感兴趣的话题领域(包括但不限于农业、商业、网络安全、国防、教育、就业与移民、能源与环境、金融与经济、公共健康、科学与技术、太空、贸易、交通)进行素材搜集。

对学科限制较小，无论是文科生还是理科生，都能找到自己擅长发挥的领域。

TOP大学背景加持

背靠世界顶级学府哈佛大学，哈佛大学国际专业的众多学者、编辑、学生投稿者参与了赛程的设计和评估，保证了比赛的含金量。

进入决赛轮的参赛者还有机会与评审团进行一对一的深度交流，并可为申请未来美国本科课程加持。

有利于提高综合学术能力

参加学术类写作比赛，学生将需要完成多项学术任务，包括选题、独立研究和文字写作，有利于提高综合学术能力，获得相对全面的学术体验，提前感受本科阶段学术任务的类型和要求。

Amid the noise of the United States' engagement with China, Japan and South Korea have recently engaged in their own trade war. On July 4 of this year, while Americans were celebrating their own independence and freedom, South Koreans were reminded of their own colonial history as their neighbor and former colonizer, Japan, began to impose new trade sanctions. What started off as a South Korean Supreme Court ruling has now escalated into a crippling economic war that threatens a key source of technology for Asia and the world.

Elhacen, who force-feeds young girls for a living, takes pride in her work. “I’m very strict…I beat the girls, or torture them by squeezing a stick between their toes. I isolate them and tell them that thin women are inferior,” she says. This child cruelty is the horrific product of Mauritanian beauty standards, which idealize obese bodies. According to Elhacen, a woman’s job is “to make babies and be a soft, fleshy bed for her husband to lie on.” The force feeder even enjoys additional payments for stretch marks, hailed as a crowning achievement for any Mauritanian woman trying to gain weight.

Technological change has always been one of the largest dividers between developed and developing countries. The scientific heavy-hitters have traditionally included the most economically powerful nations. According to the World Bank, every year, the United States, Germany, and Japan all spend upwards of 2.8 percent of GDP on research and development. However, global economic development in the 21st century has spurred increased investment in research and development worldwide, as science and technology have become increasingly critical in the global economy. The African continent has begun to take part in