I belonged to the “mediocre student” demographic coming out of high school. I managed to get into a state university, but I graduated with honors from that college in 3 years and was admitted to Stanford (and Brown) for graduate school. I also have M.S. in IT from Johns Hopkins University. I’m glad I spent my high school years having fun instead of starting a non-profit, taking 15 AP classes, and playing oboe. I get tired just thinking about that treadmill.
I think the key here is to only apply to schools that you really have an interest in. Schools' admission people can tell if you genuinely interested or just another application. So, decide beforehand which school(s) you're really interested in and only apply to those. Don't waste your time applying to Ivy schools just for the sake of seeing if you can be admitted.
yea! The only thing I would add is if your interest schools *are* ivy schools, still apply to at least a guaranteed safety, as well as a few more schools with higher acceptance rates for your application. That being said I don't think it's about whether or not the admission officers see how interested you are in their school... personally I think it's more like the school sees whether or not you're a fit for them
always fascinating how many ppl apply to colleges as opposed to applying to programs - one is to stroke your ego the other is to get a job when you graduate
By the end of the day, the school that accepted you may not have accepted you next year or the year before. It's a crap shoot because like an admission officer once said once she read the first 16 applications, all the rest looked the same, the other 20-40 thousand or so applications, for the top schools. There are also many other moving parts involved in accepting students. For example, a top west coast school like Stanford would most likely not accept an applicant from the East Coast knowing that the applicant would most likely accept entry to an Ivy, and vise versa. My son was rejected by the Ivy's he applied to but accepted to Stanford which was his first choice in the first place.
This is so funny because I am literally in the same situation, I applied to 10 schools and got rejected from all of them except Northwestern, which I will be attending this fall! lol but hey I’m happy, I just hope they don’t realize they made a mistake and don’t let me in! 😭
My God! And I thought the college application process was stressful on my day. To have to be "professional" at the age of 17? That's insane. Anyway, Northwestern is an excellent school, so you did OK.
I'm a senior trying to apply for colleges early I hope I can get into the airforce academy. I have been binge watching college videos and college essay videos
There is an agreement between UC and junior college where your chances getting in are much higher after finishing the first 2 years at JC. Talk with you HS advisor before jumping in.
It's in the about section in the channel I won't be looking at essays just yet, but just send me your common app's activity list and your honor's sections. Again I might not make a video unless there are quite a few profiles yall send to me, but we'll see :)
i personally think its a bit closed-minded for you to say they don't care about creative people, and on top of that you are actually a musician (I would think you would be a little less judgemental). its more about how you craft your own unique story and in order to do that, creativity is most definitely needed.
If you're going the creative route (such as applying for film, or music) then you're totally correct. But if I was playing music on the side as a hobby- no your style doesn't play as much importance as your recognition/prestigiousness in the community (even then if your style played huge importance, winning big state and national competitions wouldn't be a huge focus, which isn't really the case I dare say for music, perhaps for film creativity plays a larger role)... I might be wrong though! Just my opinion as of the current moment. For the majority of subjects, creativity just doesn't accurately measure metrically.
wait dont even try to be well rounded, be a good students whos crazy in one thing, like if ur doing med be an excellent student who has various reasearch based ecs
LOL yes, joining international science olympiads, or hackathons was my point, but the fact I didn't know ACM existed was a problem since it kidna meant I didn't delve deep into coding competitions yk what I mean? I didn't set myself a big "goal" like training to be selected for the ACM competition in college... good eye thou
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I belonged to the “mediocre student” demographic coming out of high school. I managed to get into a state university, but I graduated with honors from that college in 3 years and was admitted to Stanford (and Brown) for graduate school. I also have M.S. in IT from Johns Hopkins University. I’m glad I spent my high school years having fun instead of starting a non-profit, taking 15 AP classes, and playing oboe. I get tired just thinking about that treadmill.
I get your point- but the oboe is one of the most beautiful instruments 😂 many people take enjoyment from playing or listening to this instrument
I've fallen into that high school trap and I'm pretty much stuck. Sucks balls.
@neochirp average oboe hater
I think the key here is to only apply to schools that you really have an interest in. Schools' admission people can tell if you genuinely interested or just another application. So, decide beforehand which school(s) you're really interested in and only apply to those. Don't waste your time applying to Ivy schools just for the sake of seeing if you can be admitted.
yea! The only thing I would add is if your interest schools *are* ivy schools, still apply to at least a guaranteed safety, as well as a few more schools with higher acceptance rates for your application.
That being said I don't think it's about whether or not the admission officers see how interested you are in their school... personally I think it's more like the school sees whether or not you're a fit for them
always fascinating how many ppl apply to colleges as opposed to applying to programs - one is to stroke your ego the other is to get a job when you graduate
😁Why not stroke your ego a n d graduate with a job by applying to NU
Top energy right there
By the end of the day, the school that accepted you may not have accepted you next year or the year before. It's a crap shoot because like an admission officer once said once she read the first 16 applications, all the rest looked the same, the other 20-40 thousand or so applications, for the top schools. There are also many other moving parts involved in accepting students. For example, a top west coast school like Stanford would most likely not accept an applicant from the East Coast knowing that the applicant would most likely accept entry to an Ivy, and vise versa. My son was rejected by the Ivy's he applied to but accepted to Stanford which was his first choice in the first place.
FYI, non-binding is usually called "Early Action", or "EA" for short
This is so funny because I am literally in the same situation, I applied to 10 schools and got rejected from all of them except Northwestern, which I will be attending this fall! lol but hey I’m happy, I just hope they don’t realize they made a mistake and don’t let me in! 😭
I def felt that, lol
hope to see you in the fall!
My God! And I thought the college application process was stressful on my day. To have to be "professional" at the age of 17? That's insane. Anyway, Northwestern is an excellent school, so you did OK.
We can now learn from your mistakes
ty, I just started my sophomore year in hs and I can prepare ahead by using your suggestions.
I'm glad! :)
I'm a senior trying to apply for colleges early I hope I can get into the airforce academy. I have been binge watching college videos and college essay videos
There is an agreement between UC and junior college where your chances getting in are much higher after finishing the first 2 years at JC. Talk with you HS advisor before jumping in.
Great vid bro. I'm gonna send my ECs and honors too.
You should do a series where we can send you our profile and you give tips
(If you’re up for the challenge :) )
lol if enough people comment their profiles, sure, why not?
@@vincent_yang do you have an email? easier formatting probs
It's in the about section in the channel
I won't be looking at essays just yet, but just send me your common app's activity list and your honor's sections. Again I might not make a video unless there are quite a few profiles yall send to me, but we'll see :)
@@vincent_yang maybe I’m looking in the wrong place but I don’t see your email in the about section
@@samuelt.8680 Make sure you're signed into YTB but here's the email if you still can't find it vincentyang2026@u.northwestern.edu
Thanks for sharing this info. I’m actually passing this on to my daughter.
watching this after I've applied to most of the colleges
it happens😔
i personally think its a bit closed-minded for you to say they don't care about creative people, and on top of that you are actually a musician (I would think you would be a little less judgemental). its more about how you craft your own unique story and in order to do that, creativity is most definitely needed.
If you're going the creative route (such as applying for film, or music) then you're totally correct. But if I was playing music on the side as a hobby- no your style doesn't play as much importance as your recognition/prestigiousness in the community (even then if your style played huge importance, winning big state and national competitions wouldn't be a huge focus, which isn't really the case I dare say for music, perhaps for film creativity plays a larger role)... I might be wrong though! Just my opinion as of the current moment. For the majority of subjects, creativity just doesn't accurately measure metrically.
wait dont even try to be well rounded, be a good students whos crazy in one thing, like if ur doing med be an excellent student who has various reasearch based ecs
Does Harvard give interviews (at least try) to all applicants?
I do think they try? But it isn't feasible to give it to all applicants
He actually got rejected because he's way too cute 🙂
Community College…..here I come
you got this lol
Wait... Isn't ACM ICPC a collegiate competition?
LOL yes, joining international science olympiads, or hackathons was my point, but the fact I didn't know ACM existed was a problem since it kidna meant I didn't delve deep into coding competitions yk what I mean? I didn't set myself a big "goal" like training to be selected for the ACM competition in college... good eye thou
Only one school need to get in....
MIT
So what was the reason??? WTF
Did you get into cmu?
nope only Northwestern