The reason he got rejected from most of them is because colleges want a balanced race ratio, gender ratio, etc. (BASICALLY STUFF YOU CANNOT CONTROL). Not tryna be stereotypical but most Asians are very smart and get selected to top schools so he probably got rejected because of the ratio
@@rishinarang9966I just got in this year. I was in my school's string ensemble, chamber orchestra, jazz ensemble, and captain of pit orchestra. I also got an A+ on LVL 6 NYSSMA (new york music evaluation thingy) for piano. I was on varsity tennis for 3 years and did fencing for 1 year. I was in my school's peer educators and SADD program. In other words, I just did things I liked which happened to mostly be music. I'll also mention I had a ≈4.3 GPA and took 10 APs with all 5s save for one, so a little better than the guy in the vid in that regard but probably not enough to balance out our profiles. I also had a pretty good personal statement, which people always forget about but could make or break your application. These stats got me into Georgetown and Johns Hopkins, but rejected from the other 7 Ivy Leagues. (Protip: don't apply to all 8 ivies)
I work at Cornell and I can hands down tell you that there’s people there with way less diverse experiences then this person who go to school there so don’t be afraid to apply to any of these schools you never know 🤷🏼♂️
Facts; any of these experiences, while impressive, are only available to a more financially privileged student who likely also resides in the Northeast. I got into Cornell without any of these experiences at top universities, and I live in the Southeast.
That's kind of the point. There seems to be a trend with the "type"of people that are getting into the ivy leagues and top schools (read: money, color, legacy...). In what universe would schools not want this student unless it comes down to not wanting to be diverse?
I got into Cornell… I had none of that. That shows that you should be yourself and live in the moment. Enjoy your life is because tomorrow is never a guarantee. Don’t let this intimate you
why did he get rejected from almost all of em? i would think with the strong and unique extra curricular (researching for that disease) plus strong academics would get him into almost every ivy
@@xij3505 not exactly, but they can tell if you actually want to go to their school really badly, or if you’re just looking for a top school to get into.
Possible explanations: We didn’t read their essay and that could have the weakest part of their application. Yield protection: some of those schools realized that student could get into a better school and probably wouldn’t attend if accepted.
Clearly it wasn’t yield protection because he was literally rejected everywhere else lmao. Unless you are heads above every single other applicant, it’s never yield protection. Any of the top 20 schools will accept you if they want you.
If he took weekly classes at Columbia, why didn't he apply there? maybe the classes convinced him he didn't want to go there or he just wanted distance.
Weird I don't see Columbia there. Maybe all the other ivies thought he'd go to Columbia anyways so they rejected him. Maybe removing that line about classes at Columbia would have helped get into other ivies....that'd be my only guess....
My dads toxic trait is that he thinks I can get into Columbia with a 3.0 and not submitting test scores bc his friend had bad test scores and a 3.2 when he got in in the 60s
His application was too perfect. No fault application is doomed to fail. How one failed and made a come back is the new norm of successful application.
I was addicted to narcotics while I was doing a research study on howler monkies in Venezuela. The howler monkies bit my hands off and I am writing this application with my feet. P.S. I'm still addicted to narcotics, let me in Harvard.
You should meet some of the students at these schools. His application was not "too perfect" lol there are thousands of students just like this every year at these schools
Except, that's BS. Quotas are illegal and there's no evidence standards are higher and lower for other groups. Graduation rates are generally around the same for people at top universities regardless of race and dropouts from the university were usually the result of outside responsibilities and issues rather than academics so no, it's not like Asians are given higher standards due to Affirmative Action. It's the personality tests and legacy student programs designed to help rich White families that predominantly decrease the amount of non-White students going to these universities and inflate the number of White kids entering these universities. Almost half of all White students in Harvard got in through a legacy or athletics program, more than any other race, but people want to focus on Latinos and Black people who have the same graduation rates and met the requirements. Why? Because some wealthy White kids don't want to lose their privileges and they've already failed to prove that Affirmative Action discriminates against White people so they're pretending to care about discrimination against Asians while not fighting the programs like Legacy admissions and personality tests that actually attack Asians(because those specifically favor rich White kids). Affirmative Action paved the way for more Asian American students to get in and it still does, especially for disadvantaged East and South Asian groups, such as the children of refugees from those areas or general low income kids. You're being deceived and redirected from attacking what's actually hurting you to what's helping you. www.npr.org/2023/07/02/1183981097/affirmative-action-asian-americans-poc
Ivies are ALL about diversity, meaning they want the smartest from each ethnic race (sadly). Even though affirmative action is illegal, it will still continue to be practiced. That said, all the Asians will be compared against each other to admit the strongest ones. That way, not only Asians makesl up the school and that there is a good split between different ethnic groups for "diversity". It pisses me off as an Asian Male but it will continue to exist.@@tylersmith3139
Nah bro I had a 4.0 and 1590 sat but I got rejected from Cornell, and I applied early decision (which means if they accepted me I would have to go), so it's not that.
As someone who got into one of the schools he was denied from, college admissions at the top is essentially random. I didn’t have the stats he did, but colleges have institutional priorities that they need to fill, so it almost appears random who gets in and who doesn’t from the outside.
Meanwhile i as Native American got cornell and brown for 3.8 gpa in school shit is not fair sometimes I chose NAU though because they actually help me financially and that school is the same but much cheaper
@@shrigga5089 act tho 22 I suck at that test. The only reason I think I even got any offers was because I had all A’s in school. And I did Navajo for a little bit which made me seem a little bit more interesting honestly, though if I was white, I probably wouldn’t have even gotten anything.
This does not look unfair. The ones who get opportunities like this from a very young age are generally lucky with their family and socioeconomic background. Dude got into Cornell. His token disease, which didn’t stop him from basketball may I add, doesn’t mean shit here.
oxford and imperial makes sense because they are much more education based, however in the American system super/extra curriculars are way more important so I'm very shocked...
@@fm1798no they aren’t? A majority of my tests are open ended. Plus you can’t be complaining cuz a 70-100 for you is an A, that’s literally our passing grade.
💀 kinda comforting that throwing your early life into academic achievement to throw at the feet of a bunch of admissions officers doesn’t always pay off. sometimes just being a normal person who stumbled made mistakes and got back up can be enough
ppl r saying he didn’t show enough personality but i personally see it. he went into the disease research field due to it being present in his family. i feel that it shows his determination and willingness to dedicate himself for his family-which could be extended to community (something colleges like). he chose that path and stuck with it to the point that he’s already working on publishing. tbh… this seems more like a race issue 😭
Admissions standard varies depending on the race the the applicant. For the under represented races, a much lower GPA and test scores are needed vs over represented races.
thats the thing, this applicant didnt actually have a high gpa. it says they took 5 AP classes if you pause the video, so technically his gpa could have been even higher than a 4.0 if he had gotten straight As. this means he probably had some Bs to bring it down to a 4.0. edit: he look 6 AP classes and still only managed a 4.0. yeah he had bad grades. also the extra curriculurs are basic (parents have genetic disease? ok, what does that have to do with you, can you even prove it. volunteering at a club isnt even that verifiable or impressive , probably minimal work, the club he made sounds too niche to have other students join, debate teams are also kind of basic. the data science thing is potentially interesting but probably had a leg up from a family member to bring him on board so not that great, was probably just doing the most laborious tasks because no one would trust a high schooler with actual research jobs.
I feel like some of the rejections may have had to do with the Rare Disease and 4 year varsity basketball. What rare disease would you be able to have that would still allow you to be physically capable of making varsity for basketball all 4 years? Sounds a little to good to be true
I was a class rank of 17/86 with a 3.45 gpa, 28 ACT, and some clubs, and I was accepted into Michigan. Its not about numbers its about what you write about and what your interested major is. Odds of trying to get in if you say you want to go into one of the holy trinity: Pre-med/Law/Business are so much worse, then if say you want to study Math like I did.
Huh?????? Law is not an undergrad first of all. How can you not mention engineering/computer science, that is most competitive field by fa(maybe other than pre-med)
Any high school kids watching this: relax. Do your best and take academics seriously, and do extracurriculars that you enjoy and that make you more well rounded, but you're only in high school once. Have fun. Even if you don't get into your dream school, you can have a great education and a great experience at any number of state schools. You're gonna be fine.
People get so stressed out about college admissions because they are looking at the requirements for top schools like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc. You have to be a mega nerd (or rich with connections) to get into these schools, but if you work hard and are reasonably smart, you can get into a good state college, pay lower fees and still get access to more education than you can possibly fully take advantage of.
Just a reminder, if you don't get excepted to an Ivy League school it's not the end of the world. Especially because you won't have to pay 300k+ and most likely be in debt for your whole life
1. Youre not paying that much at most ivies after financial aid and 2. Youll get a really high paying job afterwards so paying off the debt isnt impossible. But yeah you can end up in similar places even going to lower ranked schools, you just need to work harder in college if its not a t20.
i feel like some of this has to be fake unless his essay was entirely crap. those are insane extra curriculars i’m a little worried he didn’t enjoy high school
Universities not only look at applications but also do interviews with their applicants. The student might have not done well in other criteria that’s not related to extra curriculars such as his/her essay.
I think these admissions are so arbitrary sometimes like I don’t even think it really matters sometimes, it’s just whatever they pull out of their asses
A major problem with college acceptance over the years is the number of admissions for each class (year) is ridiculously small when you compare that number to those ivy/more prestigious college’s endowments. I think Harvard has an endowment of like $51 billion and only accepted 3.4% of applicants of 2023 applicants. They had an almost 20% increase in their direct public portfolio in the 1st qtr of this year. That’s insane and I bet if they accepted say 10-15% they still wouldn’t have accepted anyone with less than perfect GPA/test scores. Then add on top of that….legacies.
Lmao "super rare disease, so I'm gonna start a club at my high school. I am currently the only member and I spend most meets talking to myself in the mirror."
writing matters. I had nowhere near the same level of ecs as him and my stats were a little lower and I was accepted to Yale's class of 2028 early with a likely letter last week. my AO said my essay made her cry, writing TRULY matters
@@worldinluv honestly just write genuinely and don't be afraid to show your true self. if you write about something important to you and make it specific, it makes for a unique essay
These poor kids need to be kids. I understand that some need accelerated and more challenging work, but this is becoming the norm among some students. Insanity.
Honestly if he took weekly classes at Columbia, I don’t know why he didn’t just apply there. Seems like they would’ve been more likely to accept them thinking they were very interested in the school itself
I heard a lot of colleges and universities assume that your application is so good that another better school would accept you already, so they dont accept you because it would be a waste of their spot. Idk if that eases some peoples minds lmao
This type of guy is either 1. Stretching what any of this means 2. Had no social life 3. Had an insane spawn Or some combination. I mean… deciding to do the most for an ivy league is not a natural concept.
Either this guys essays were trash, or he did all of those extracurricular songs a very surface level and didn't go really into any because I got waitlisted and then accepted to Cornell with way way less impressive extracurriculars, but I feel my essay was good and the depth of my extracurriculars were good
"research" at high school level in any lab is basically "okay now pipette this amount into different tubes". And adcoms know that. Reagents are expensive, why the hell would we trust high school kids to use them to produce data when it's our bread and butter on the line? From a scientist who works with high school kids in the lab during the summer
The moral of the story is don’t lie and embellish what u actually do, so many people do stuff like make clubs, do research, or things like that but it’s all busy work or no work. It’s better to just focus on one thing and actually make an impact. If he’s working on publishing a paper on the disease after 3 years that should be a red flag since 1st off there’s no chance that he has the medical knowledge to actually publish a paper on microbiology and 2nd off he didn’t actually publish it. The club was worth nothing and everything else is just things u sign up and apply for. It also depends on what u apply for, his college list seems more CS heavy than biology heavy where he put all his efforts into.
We need to know more, like which major did he apply for a popular one or unpopular, was he the top student in his school, was he a legacy student, what did he talk about in his letter, was he only successful because of his parents, prep courses, and tutors or did he decide to do all this on his own, was seeking to be a student athlete etc. GPA and SAT just get your application read.
I really don’t understand college admissions atp. There were people at my school who graduated this year with lower scores and less intense ECs who got into Michigan and stuff. College admissions is such a stressful and cruel joke
Bro his hs must be HUGE or something. At my school its only 10 guys out of 400 that are even into doing good in school and leadership. But none of them never heard of college classes or research stuff💀. Inequity in my school is sad.
I'm always confused by this need to get into these schools. My kid went to a state school. Because of her stats,she got a full scholarship. Double major molecular bio and bio and bio technology and played a sport and did a semester abroad. Went Tulane for Masters. You can do whatever you want if you work at it.
Yes, I won’t get into an ivy, I know already… I feel like every time I watch one of these videos I get it rubbed all over my face, but, who tf cares? I’m trying to learn that the institution you go to doesn’t matter as much as the experience you get out of it. Would getting a job be easier if I attend said or said college? Probably, but that doesn’t mean I won’t make it. Guys, don’t put all your worth on your academics and live your life
I imagine they had more... well, interesting backgrounds? Maybe better essays, too. He could've had a bad essay. But his achievements are relatively basic and expected. Those schools probably see a lot of people with almost identical applications
@@HiIAmSpirit2 exactly. I went to Harvard. I am tired of this typical sob story. The guy running this channel clearly wants some pity party of Asians, as if life is so unfair. It's BS. I'm part Asian. Choose a more diverse path to stand out.
Remember, comparing yourself to this person is a bad idea. everyone has their narrative and ends up where they need to be. There are people with more and less impressive stats at almost every top school, doesn't mean you cant get in, also you only need 1 school to accept you, not 10
İm from turkey and want to study at usa in the future but does this mean he fucked up his essay or something else? Because from what i know what he got here should have been enough to get into somwhere like columbia i think.
It was always crazy for me that americans do all this shit to get into college AND STILL GET DENIED meanwhile I just have to get to the finale of national competition in subject related to what I want to study or just write my exams very well and I have getting into univerity almost guaranteed
We dont have a full image. What Div size school did he come from what was his GPA and test scores? When your side gig looks like that there has to be a skeleton somewhere.
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I can't comprehend how bro has any sort of personal life.
He doesn’t
This stuff is his personal life
They don't, I work at Cornell and its really hard to make small talk with them.
He doesn’t. All the Ivys and top schools like that expect you to have no life in order to get in. It’s a joke.
Exactly my thoughts. That was pre-college experiences.....like, is that fr???
What do this colleges actually want at this point💀
The reason he got rejected from most of them is because colleges want a balanced race ratio, gender ratio, etc. (BASICALLY STUFF YOU CANNOT CONTROL). Not tryna be stereotypical but most Asians are very smart and get selected to top schools so he probably got rejected because of the ratio
@Casey Ripps ok mb but there are also other factors like gender, wealth
@Casey Ripps It's true however. Asians are much less likely to be accepted.
@@Bloxyash23 they also have to save room for a couple thousand legacies so mommy and daddy won’t get angry.
@@genericperson1002 lol there’s so much to consider
Bro if this guy got waitlisted at Cornell I might actually be fucked ngl
Lol well there's a lot of room to succeed in life no matter where you go to school or what you do
If it makes you feel better I also got waitlisted/accepted but with way lamer extracurriculars
@@amarena_ Thank you. What were your extra curricular and what year did you get accepted?
@@rishinarang9966I just got in this year. I was in my school's string ensemble, chamber orchestra, jazz ensemble, and captain of pit orchestra. I also got an A+ on LVL 6 NYSSMA (new york music evaluation thingy) for piano. I was on varsity tennis for 3 years and did fencing for 1 year. I was in my school's peer educators and SADD program. In other words, I just did things I liked which happened to mostly be music.
I'll also mention I had a ≈4.3 GPA and took 10 APs with all 5s save for one, so a little better than the guy in the vid in that regard but probably not enough to balance out our profiles. I also had a pretty good personal statement, which people always forget about but could make or break your application.
These stats got me into Georgetown and Johns Hopkins, but rejected from the other 7 Ivy Leagues. (Protip: don't apply to all 8 ivies)
@@amarena_ Your essay or test score must've been insane.
That club dedicated to discuss wte rare disease theybhad was definitely a one man club
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I work at Cornell and I can hands down tell you that there’s people there with way less diverse experiences then this person who go to school there so don’t be afraid to apply to any of these schools you never know 🤷🏼♂️
Facts; any of these experiences, while impressive, are only available to a more financially privileged student who likely also resides in the Northeast. I got into Cornell without any of these experiences at top universities, and I live in the Southeast.
That's kind of the point. There seems to be a trend with the "type"of people that are getting into the ivy leagues and top schools (read: money, color, legacy...). In what universe would schools not want this student unless it comes down to not wanting to be diverse?
Because they want students who have lives? Normal people? Nobody wants a work robot with basically no presented personality.
You “work” at Cornell yet don’t know the difference between: “then” and “than?”🙄
I got into Cornell… I had none of that. That shows that you should be yourself and live in the moment. Enjoy your life is because tomorrow is never a guarantee. Don’t let this intimate you
How’d you get into Cornell❓that’s my dream school
Cornell overrrate d
@@shrigga5089 yeah you’re saying that because you can’t get in 😂
@@cczsus6513 wow
@@cczsus6513 no other extracurriculars? Ty for the info thooo
why did he get rejected from almost all of em? i would think with the strong and unique extra curricular (researching for that disease) plus strong academics would get him into almost every ivy
Ikr that is beyond me
Probably because a school doesn’t want to accept someone who applied to 19 other schools
I presume his essay wasn't satisfying to the Administrators
@@will_mcdermott Can they tell he applied to all of them??
@@xij3505 not exactly, but they can tell if you actually want to go to their school really badly, or if you’re just looking for a top school to get into.
Possible explanations:
We didn’t read their essay and that could have the weakest part of their application.
Yield protection: some of those schools realized that student could get into a better school and probably wouldn’t attend if accepted.
Not with ivies. No way
Prob cuz he was asian
Clearly it wasn’t yield protection because he was literally rejected everywhere else lmao. Unless you are heads above every single other applicant, it’s never yield protection. Any of the top 20 schools will accept you if they want you.
If he took weekly classes at Columbia, why didn't he apply there? maybe the classes convinced him he didn't want to go there or he just wanted distance.
Weird I don't see Columbia there. Maybe all the other ivies thought he'd go to Columbia anyways so they rejected him. Maybe removing that line about classes at Columbia would have helped get into other ivies....that'd be my only guess....
My dads toxic trait is that he thinks I can get into Columbia with a 3.0 and not submitting test scores bc his friend had bad test scores and a 3.2 when he got in in the 60s
His application was too perfect. No fault application is doomed to fail. How one failed and made a come back is the new norm of successful application.
Nah, he's probably just an Asian guy. The non Asians will never understand the difficulty of getting into Ivy schools.
I was addicted to narcotics while I was doing a research study on howler monkies in Venezuela. The howler monkies bit my hands off and I am writing this application with my feet. P.S. I'm still addicted to narcotics, let me in Harvard.
@@kenadams3306😂
You should meet some of the students at these schools. His application was not "too perfect" lol there are thousands of students just like this every year at these schools
Nah. They just had to make room for the 2.0 gpa legacies.
For Asian applicants to Top Tier Schools gotta practically win both the Pulitzer & Nobel , while curing cancer and bringing World Peace
Except, that's BS. Quotas are illegal and there's no evidence standards are higher and lower for other groups. Graduation rates are generally around the same for people at top universities regardless of race and dropouts from the university were usually the result of outside responsibilities and issues rather than academics so no, it's not like Asians are given higher standards due to Affirmative Action.
It's the personality tests and legacy student programs designed to help rich White families that predominantly decrease the amount of non-White students going to these universities and inflate the number of White kids entering these universities.
Almost half of all White students in Harvard got in through a legacy or athletics program, more than any other race, but people want to focus on Latinos and Black people who have the same graduation rates and met the requirements. Why? Because some wealthy White kids don't want to lose their privileges and they've already failed to prove that Affirmative Action discriminates against White people so they're pretending to care about discrimination against Asians while not fighting the programs like Legacy admissions and personality tests that actually attack Asians(because those specifically favor rich White kids). Affirmative Action paved the way for more Asian American students to get in and it still does, especially for disadvantaged East and South Asian groups, such as the children of refugees from those areas or general low income kids. You're being deceived and redirected from attacking what's actually hurting you to what's helping you.
www.npr.org/2023/07/02/1183981097/affirmative-action-asian-americans-poc
@@tylersmith3139 respectfully, have you read the Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard lawsuit?
Ivies are ALL about diversity, meaning they want the smartest from each ethnic race (sadly). Even though affirmative action is illegal, it will still continue to be practiced. That said, all the Asians will be compared against each other to admit the strongest ones. That way, not only Asians makesl up the school and that there is a good split between different ethnic groups for "diversity". It pisses me off as an Asian Male but it will continue to exist.@@tylersmith3139
I’m shitting bricks now
He got rejected by a lot of these colleges because his stats were too good for them. They knew that he was going to pick a better school.
@Bemes are these not like the best schools for our nation? what better schools can there be?
Nah bro I had a 4.0 and 1590 sat but I got rejected from Cornell, and I applied early decision (which means if they accepted me I would have to go), so it's not that.
@@spiderduckpig my problem isn’t the academic stats but the ec’s
@@instinx9154 My ECs were decent too, I know someone with insane ECs and they were still accepted
As someone who got into one of the schools he was denied from, college admissions at the top is essentially random. I didn’t have the stats he did, but colleges have institutional priorities that they need to fill, so it almost appears random who gets in and who doesn’t from the outside.
Could also be that his essays werent as good
Or he is one of those highly privileged feeder school kids and had a bad essay (no clear interest, too emotional)
Meanwhile i as Native American got cornell and brown for 3.8 gpa in school shit is not fair sometimes I chose NAU though because they actually help me financially and that school is the same but much cheaper
ayo another Native American !!
Native Americans get more opportunities for colleges for sure
What’s ur sat
@@shrigga5089 didn’t take it
@@shrigga5089 act tho 22 I suck at that test. The only reason I think I even got any offers was because I had all A’s in school. And I did Navajo for a little bit which made me seem a little bit more interesting honestly, though if I was white, I probably wouldn’t have even gotten anything.
Life is so unfair for some people
This does not look unfair. The ones who get opportunities like this from a very young age are generally lucky with their family and socioeconomic background.
Dude got into Cornell. His token disease, which didn’t stop him from basketball may I add, doesn’t mean shit here.
My school was so poor and underfunded that they didnt allow team captains it was assumed you werent going to enter a college that cared about that.
oxford and imperial makes sense because they are much more education based, however in the American system super/extra curriculars are way more important so I'm very shocked...
But his stats are almost perfect anyway
@@MCart1215yes but American high school exams are multiple choice 😂😂 MASSIVE difference over here in the UK
@@fm1798no they aren’t? A majority of my tests are open ended. Plus you can’t be complaining cuz a 70-100 for you is an A, that’s literally our passing grade.
@@Apoctiri don’t think you realise how that a 70% over here is equivalent to a 90%+ in the states.
@@Apoctir You can get a 95/100 raw score and it will get rescaled to a 75 - the UK system is quite obfuscated
Bro I honestly can’t imagine working for that many years and not even getting 50% of the colleges I apply to
💀 kinda comforting that throwing your early life into academic achievement to throw at the feet of a bunch of admissions officers doesn’t always pay off.
sometimes just being a normal person who stumbled made mistakes and got back up can be enough
Being average is depressing, but working 24/7 on school is depressing too. Life is just depressing
When life becomes about hyper-optimization and min/max character builds, you forget the most essential element of life: Living.
Living is different for everybody.
ppl r saying he didn’t show enough personality but i personally see it. he went into the disease research field due to it being present in his family. i feel that it shows his determination and willingness to dedicate himself for his family-which could be extended to community (something colleges like). he chose that path and stuck with it to the point that he’s already working on publishing. tbh… this seems more like a race issue 😭
Admissions standard varies depending on the race the the applicant.
For the under represented races, a much lower GPA and test scores are needed vs over represented races.
thats the thing, this applicant didnt actually have a high gpa. it says they took 5 AP classes if you pause the video, so technically his gpa could have been even higher than a 4.0 if he had gotten straight As. this means he probably had some Bs to bring it down to a 4.0.
edit: he look 6 AP classes and still only managed a 4.0. yeah he had bad grades. also the extra curriculurs are basic (parents have genetic disease? ok, what does that have to do with you, can you even prove it. volunteering at a club isnt even that verifiable or impressive , probably minimal work, the club he made sounds too niche to have other students join, debate teams are also kind of basic. the data science thing is potentially interesting but probably had a leg up from a family member to bring him on board so not that great, was probably just doing the most laborious tasks because no one would trust a high schooler with actual research jobs.
@@yuzurugold3874how does a student stand out when it comes to extracurriculars in your opinion?
The fact he got rejected from almost all of these schools with that type of resume honestly baffles me
Idk man, maybe they realized it was cap or thought it was cap
I feel like some of the rejections may have had to do with the Rare Disease and 4 year varsity basketball. What rare disease would you be able to have that would still allow you to be physically capable of making varsity for basketball all 4 years? Sounds a little to good to be true
yea ik it seems too good to be true
It’s probably some bullshit meaningless struggle token he had to chuck in there to hide the fact his family is probably wealthy asf lmfao
He did say his family and not him, so I guess he didn't have it
I was a class rank of 17/86 with a 3.45 gpa, 28 ACT, and some clubs, and I was accepted into Michigan.
Its not about numbers its about what you write about and what your interested major is. Odds of trying to get in if you say you want to go into one of the holy trinity: Pre-med/Law/Business are so much worse, then if say you want to study Math like I did.
Huh?????? Law is not an undergrad first of all. How can you not mention engineering/computer science, that is most competitive field by fa(maybe other than pre-med)
The real question is if you're an Asian guy. Like universities are super racist. I legit don't think Math would've worked.
CS is the most competitive field by far rn, business and law aren't even that competitive
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Any high school kids watching this: relax. Do your best and take academics seriously, and do extracurriculars that you enjoy and that make you more well rounded, but you're only in high school once. Have fun. Even if you don't get into your dream school, you can have a great education and a great experience at any number of state schools. You're gonna be fine.
People get so stressed out about college admissions because they are looking at the requirements for top schools like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc. You have to be a mega nerd (or rich with connections) to get into these schools, but if you work hard and are reasonably smart, you can get into a good state college, pay lower fees and still get access to more education than you can possibly fully take advantage of.
Can you also reveal the applicants’ demographics in the future? Awesome videos btw!
I never got why Americans got so many chances to apply like in the uk it’s a max of 4 for med school and 5 in total. I now get it the stats are grim.
What i can comprehend is that i got absolutely 0 chance of getting into a good college.
that’s not true you can get into pretty much any normal college with passing grades. You get the same degree from a different school
Probably asian
If he was Asian he would've been denied numbnuts
i was gonna say cause a normal applicant would easily get into 1/2 of these colleges with those stats
@mangss what do you mean "normal applicants???!?
Jk, ik what you mean lol
Ok international, cuz he applied U of Toronto, which imo is random for an instates students so id assume he was from Canada maybe
The fact, if he was a legacy, he would’ve gotten in, even if he didn’t have all that for most of those schools probably
I hoped he enjoyed all that...3 of the school he got denied from, I got accepted into and didn’t have anything near those extracurriculars
I think people underrate being in the arts or a sports team. Even if you’re AWFUL, colleges love seeing people who try a ton of different things
Just a reminder, if you don't get excepted to an Ivy League school it's not the end of the world. Especially because you won't have to pay 300k+ and most likely be in debt for your whole life
1. Youre not paying that much at most ivies after financial aid and 2. Youll get a really high paying job afterwards so paying off the debt isnt impossible. But yeah you can end up in similar places even going to lower ranked schools, you just need to work harder in college if its not a t20.
i feel like some of this has to be fake unless his essay was entirely crap. those are insane extra curriculars i’m a little worried he didn’t enjoy high school
Universities not only look at applications but also do interviews with their applicants. The student might have not done well in other criteria that’s not related to extra curriculars such as his/her essay.
I think these admissions are so arbitrary sometimes like I don’t even think it really matters sometimes, it’s just whatever they pull out of their asses
A major problem with college acceptance over the years is the number of admissions for each class (year) is ridiculously small when you compare that number to those ivy/more prestigious college’s endowments. I think Harvard has an endowment of like $51 billion and only accepted 3.4% of applicants of 2023 applicants. They had an almost 20% increase in their direct public portfolio in the 1st qtr of this year. That’s insane and I bet if they accepted say 10-15% they still wouldn’t have accepted anyone with less than perfect GPA/test scores. Then add on top of that….legacies.
I thought I could make it into a good college with what I have so far, but if this is what I need
I’m screwed
Lmao "super rare disease, so I'm gonna start a club at my high school. I am currently the only member and I spend most meets talking to myself in the mirror."
writing matters. I had nowhere near the same level of ecs as him and my stats were a little lower and I was accepted to Yale's class of 2028 early with a likely letter last week. my AO said my essay made her cry, writing TRULY matters
TIPS PLEASE?? What was it about?
@@worldinluv honestly just write genuinely and don't be afraid to show your true self. if you write about something important to you and make it specific, it makes for a unique essay
I think being Chinese, was why it was so difficult to get accepted.
These poor kids need to be kids. I understand that some need accelerated and more challenging work, but this is becoming the norm among some students. Insanity.
I think the only way he couldn’t have gotten accepted is if his essays were really bad but I don’t see how they could be from a student like him
Honestly if he took weekly classes at Columbia, I don’t know why he didn’t just apply there. Seems like they would’ve been more likely to accept them thinking they were very interested in the school itself
I heard a lot of colleges and universities assume that your application is so good that another better school would accept you already, so they dont accept you because it would be a waste of their spot. Idk if that eases some peoples minds lmao
Thank you very much, I'll rather study 10 hrs a day and crack the entrance. The complexities of American system made me appreciate India 💀
This type of guy is either
1. Stretching what any of this means
2. Had no social life
3. Had an insane spawn
Or some combination. I mean… deciding to do the most for an ivy league is not a natural concept.
Either this guys essays were trash, or he did all of those extracurricular songs a very surface level and didn't go really into any because I got waitlisted and then accepted to Cornell with way way less impressive extracurriculars, but I feel my essay was good and the depth of my extracurriculars were good
"research" at high school level in any lab is basically "okay now pipette this amount into different tubes". And adcoms know that. Reagents are expensive, why the hell would we trust high school kids to use them to produce data when it's our bread and butter on the line?
From a scientist who works with high school kids in the lab during the summer
If he was rejected from that many schools with a transcript like this, I wanna see his essay
People underestimate just how much legacy admissions stifle regular admissions
Bro got rejected form Michigan 💀 to think I had a shot
Bro how is he going to high school, while also working as a data scientist at princeton and taking classes at columbia? I'm very confused.
I noticed "Holding down a job" was never mentioned once.
The guy clearly never had to work for his own food.
Bro I did none of that and got an 1130 on sat and got into UPenn. It's literally just luck.
WHAT
No u didn't. There's no way
@@ethanweimer-kopf6907 I am so dead ass, I know it seems impossible but I swear to God
Are you legacy or somn?
@@Caff-pv8fg not legacy
The moral of the story is don’t lie and embellish what u actually do, so many people do stuff like make clubs, do research, or things like that but it’s all busy work or no work. It’s better to just focus on one thing and actually make an impact. If he’s working on publishing a paper on the disease after 3 years that should be a red flag since 1st off there’s no chance that he has the medical knowledge to actually publish a paper on microbiology and 2nd off he didn’t actually publish it. The club was worth nothing and everything else is just things u sign up and apply for. It also depends on what u apply for, his college list seems more CS heavy than biology heavy where he put all his efforts into.
We need to know more, like which major did he apply for a popular one or unpopular, was he the top student in his school, was he a legacy student, what did he talk about in his letter, was he only successful because of his parents, prep courses, and tutors or did he decide to do all this on his own, was seeking to be a student athlete etc. GPA and SAT just get your application read.
I really don’t understand college admissions atp. There were people at my school who graduated this year with lower scores and less intense ECs who got into Michigan and stuff. College admissions is such a stressful and cruel joke
Bro his hs must be HUGE or something. At my school its only 10 guys out of 400 that are even into doing good in school and leadership. But none of them never heard of college classes or research stuff💀. Inequity in my school is sad.
Two guys from my school got average grades and average sat scores but both got into cornell super weird i couldnt figure out how
Since he was taking weekly classes at Columbia, they probably thought he’d want to go to Columbia.
It’s ridiculous that it’s that hard to get into a good school.
If his essay wasn’t bad then I might be cooked 😭
I'm always confused by this need to get into these schools. My kid went to a state school. Because of her stats,she got a full scholarship. Double major molecular bio and bio and bio technology and played a sport and did a semester abroad. Went Tulane for Masters. You can do whatever you want if you work at it.
just remember: major >> school
my university ranks in the top 10 for my major and NONE of the ivy’s do
Ok so I guess im never going to a good college with nerds like this guy 💀
There’s no way this is real. I had like 1/9 of the extra curriculars this dude had and I got into Berkeley this admission cycle.
Did you have more AP classes than him?
@@popn6189 i had like 4 aps and 20 community college classes. dual enrollement program
There's no way lmao
Yes, I won’t get into an ivy, I know already… I feel like every time I watch one of these videos I get it rubbed all over my face, but, who tf cares? I’m trying to learn that the institution you go to doesn’t matter as much as the experience you get out of it. Would getting a job be easier if I attend said or said college? Probably, but that doesn’t mean I won’t make it. Guys, don’t put all your worth on your academics and live your life
Wait so what did the applications look like of the kids who were accepted??!!
I imagine they had more... well, interesting backgrounds? Maybe better essays, too. He could've had a bad essay. But his achievements are relatively basic and expected. Those schools probably see a lot of people with almost identical applications
@@HiIAmSpirit2 exactly. I went to Harvard. I am tired of this typical sob story. The guy running this channel clearly wants some pity party of Asians, as if life is so unfair. It's BS. I'm part Asian. Choose a more diverse path to stand out.
Remember, comparing yourself to this person is a bad idea. everyone has their narrative and ends up where they need to be. There are people with more and less impressive stats at almost every top school, doesn't mean you cant get in, also you only need 1 school to accept you, not 10
He got into imperial
At this point i dont even think i am capable of going to college
6 APs, possibly essay and personal finances
Absolutely nuts.
Simple answer is they want to see a person through one’s essay, not an over-achieving robot.
I was too busy to do all those activities when I was in high school because I was working at McDonalds after school and on the weekends.
4.0 and 1580 is why he got denied almost everywhere
Applying costs like 75 bucks ar these sort of unis. Bro really spent 2k to just apply
It depends on if he requested for financial aid.
This is why I’m settling for state uni 💀
We are doomed at this point dont even try if this guy got rejected
i really wished he got his name written on a college campus
I don’t understand how you go through high school and get a 4.0 never getting a single thing incorrect
how much of an advantage is having your first book published at the age of fourteen
İm from turkey and want to study at usa in the future but does this mean he fucked up his essay or something else? Because from what i know what he got here should have been enough to get into somwhere like columbia i think.
If he wasn't Asian he doesn't even need those extracurriculars.
Crazy how these people get waitlisted but the kids i encounter at Cornell are braindead half the time
It was always crazy for me that americans do all this shit to get into college AND STILL GET DENIED meanwhile I just have to get to the finale of national competition in subject related to what I want to study or just write my exams very well and I have getting into univerity almost guaranteed
Bruh.... i think I'm fcked up
This is only how competitive it is for Asians. If you are not Asian, it’s leagues easier
I mean he seems more stacked then i was and I got accepted into brown 🎉
That's because you're cornman.
why go to college if he is publishing and researching anyway.
You guys do realize this is def fake right? It’s a google form and there is no way to verify this info
We dont have a full image. What Div size school did he come from what was his GPA and test scores? When your side gig looks like that there has to be a skeleton somewhere.
Bro I don’t have a life after taking APWH, how is this dude doing it?
Do colleges want 50 year olds only to apply cos the amount of extra you need 😧