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- stats and extracurriculars that got me accepted to an ivy league (upenn)
under 2 week house quarantine right now so thought I'd give a shot at youtube videos!
I applied to the university of pennsylvania way back in november for early decision and got accepted late december! still feels like im in a dream :)
Hopefully, this video shows that you dont have a "spike" to get in to a great school! sometimes, persistence and hardwork (and some luck) does the trick.
like and suscribe if you want to see another video about my essays!
if you'll be going to penn in the fall, comment too! I would love to meet my fellow quakers :)
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I need a break from these videos it's consuming my life and I can't get my mind off of essays. Lol I love you tho
haha love you too;)
Congratulations on getting into upenn.... Upenn is my dream university and I hope that I'll be able to go there in 4 years.
thanks :)) it was my dream school too. hope the vid helped you. gl!!
How ya doin? Hoping I get into one of deez too...
You are only a year away now! I hope you do well (Upenn is my dream school now as well, and I hope to get in 4 years from now!)
it’s been 4 , i hope u make it or made it!!
Oh my god the AP scores 😳 my jaw is still on the floor
haha thanks
thank you so much for filming this! this is so helpful!!
i love you so much, you’re so motivating, thank you so so much!!!!
Congrats! I got into Penn too this year, so hopefully I'll see you on campus!
aw yay cant wait :)
Congrats Haley!! 💙 My brother goes to UPenn now and is a junior at Wharton. I hope you make the most of your Penn experience! I will apply to Harvard or Yale early in a year, and this video gives me so much hope. Have fun for the next four! ❤
thanks sm!!! im glad the video helped lol. i hoped it would helps someone. gl on applying to colleges next year! im sure it'll work out great for you :)
Did you get in girly pop???
congrats! yess i like these videos and your personality. you're so cute!! see u in the fall
aw thanks sm :')) that means so much. excited for penn!!!
these have been helping me so much these last couple of days
ahh thank you!!
omg! u seem so nice haha I rly like watching u it’s like talking to a friend. Also ur so pretty 🥰❤️
congrats! I'm applying ED to Penn next yr and honestly I'm soooo scared!!!!
gl! im sure everything will work out great. i was scared too last year :')
haley kang wow, little did you know that this person is an actual youtuber. I listen to the music on they have on their channel, it's pretty good
@@haleykang8156 haha i'm not too sure if this would necessarily help my application? The narrative I'm trying to portray is different and this seems to be standalone item in my activities list as others are all related to my intended major/career goals and things I could bring to the Penn community.
@@JustinLiu-pt7nl thanks!
hey, i think itd be great to put in! almsot none of my ecs had anything to do with my major/career goals. i think what matters is that you show commitment and passion towards everything you do and you seem to be doing that on youtube!
Loved the vid!
You’re stats are amazing!! Will you be making a video reading out your essays that got you in UPenn (it’s literally my dream school)
thanks so much!! I already made a video of my common app essay thats on my channel and im going to make another video on my supplemental essays in the next few days. hope you enjoy it :)))
13:54 gives me so much relief 😌
haha glad it did
Great job! UPenn is lucky to have you!
thank you :)
Congrats! I plan on getting into UPENN for my masters!
ah thats so cool!!!
Also korean at a boarding school aspiring for upenn..thanks for the video! Helped me alot
ah yay youre welcome!
congrats on penn!!! hope to see you on campus🥰
ah thanksss im so excited :)))
love to see the content also your eyes r cute! :)
I'm prepping for Penn's ED now, hope I get in! TAT
good luck!!!
Can you please make a video or a quick blurb in the comments about ap lang and self-studying? I'm intrigued lol :)
TY and Congrats on UPenn
sure! so my high school didn't offer a ap lang course and instead everyone took american literature but since i went to a college prep school, weve been learning how to write analysis/compare and contrast essays since freshmen year. because of that, my school let anyone who wanted to take the ap lang exam sign up and held two review sessions leading up to it. i was busy so i couldn't make it but since the exam was just two essays (i think?) and a mc portion i felt pretty prepared going in to it since the mc was a lot like the act or sat writing section where it was mostly grammar stuff. overall, if you feel decent about writing compare/contrast essays (also like the act essay portion) and grammar skills, it shouldn't be that hard. i don't think there's a lot of outside material most people need to study specifically for. hope this helps!
Congrats! A2H was such a struggle haha
lol prolly did better than me. legit wasn't even in the top 50 percent of my class:/
I think Algebra 2 Honors is just like Algebra 2 but with two units of trig than 1 unit which is Algebra 2 because Algebra 2 the not honors takes identities and functions and put them into one chapter.
This is an amazing video and it was very helpful, thanks! Also congrats on getting into UPenn. Do you think you could make a video about improving debate skills? Thanks
aw thanks sm!!! means so much that you thought it was helpful :) idk if id be a good source for debating advice though. i debated in michigan which didnt really have a competitive circuit for pf debate so it made it a little easier for me.
I know I'm late to the video but I'm a Freshman who is taking Algebra 2 Honors and I would've ended the year with a B+ too if it wasn't for coronavirus. It is sooo difficult!! This gives me hope and makes me feel so much better.
aw glad it helped :) one class wont make or break your app i promise. i was wayy sadder about my b+ than i should have been looking back on it. gl!
Hey! Your videos are very helpful) You mention that you did one of your activities only for senior year. Can you please share whether you wrote the amount of weeks you've spent on it by the time you submitted your application or did you write estimated amount of weeks you planned to participate during the whole year. That would really help me, thanks.
i reported the hours i expected to spend for the entire year. it was easier for the activity i did since i already knew beforehand how much time i would put into it throughout the whole year
Thank you so much for this amazing video! It’s very inspiring and helpful. Are you an international student?
im glad it helped :') and yeah, i live in korea rn but i lived in michigan up until high school!
Hi! Thank you for sharing your stats! It was so helpful. Can I ask you whether you were offered to have an interview? I have not received an offer and I'm getting really nervous.
out off topic but you're so pretty!!
Bro the stress this is overwhelming
The classes I took were
1) US History
2) Chemistry
3)Honors Microbiology
4) Algebra 2 Common Core
5) English III
6) Health Occupations
7) Physical Education
8) Dual Credit Psychology- over the summer
9) Dual Credit Biology 101 for science majors- Over the summer
Edit: Got 4.0 GPA in College and the classes were equivalent to MCB150 and Intro to Psychology at UIUC
o shit :o
I’d love to get into upenn. My gpa is a 4.0, but I only got to take the SAT once before the rest got cancelled and rescheduled. It’s about time that I start applying to colleges, but I’m not pleased with my score. Hopefully colleges will be more lenient this year!
whats ur score?
Congrats on getting into Penn, and it is my dream university so I hope I can get in next year! Did Penn accept all of your AP exams?
i self reported my ap scored so i still have to officially send it to them to get credit but i think im getting credit for all of them except ap lang. also gl!!
i think my grades are fine but im worried that i wont take enough ap classes and i wont do enough meaningful extracurricular activities and it might be too late bc im a rising junior :/ none of them are really available for me so i really hope i can get into upenn.
Your high school had dorms? So cool!
yup!!! i went to a boarding school
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, so helpful!! Could you offer advice on how to research for colleges? Also how does applying to UPenn work haha? For example, I am interested in the huntsman program, would I first need to be accepted into a specific school?
thanks so much!!! also, regarding the huntsman program, i’m pretty sure that you can apply to it and also state on your app that if you dont get into huntsman you still want to be considered for the college or wharton separately. or at least that’s how their other dual degree M&T works. hope this helped!
congrats! did you apply to any other schools early?
yup! i applied to michigan, michigan state, and case western but i withdrew all my apps when i got into penn so i never actually got a decision from them.
I'm going to be a junior in hs this fall and I really want to get into a selective school like UPenn but I currently have a gpa of 3.6 and idk if I'll be able to improve it ;(
3.6 isn't bad at all and you have two years left! I think junior and senior grades will count a lot more than your underclassmen ones!
Hi! Great video, its very informative! I just want to ask if financial aid is immediately considered by admissions if you submit the common app? Thank you!
thanks! penn is need blind so when the application readers see your application, they won't know your financial situation so it isn't factored into the decision. penn also promises to meet 100% of financial need so if you get in, you most likely won't have to worry about it being wayyyy too expensive for you.
oh okay, thank you! 🤗
@@haleykang8156 Hey Haley, I thought you applied as an international student? Love your videos! Applying to Penn this fall
@@zilingzhong9213 nope! i applied as living in Michigan because i have a green card
algebra 2 honors struggles i felt that too hard
i fucking hated it. almost convinced me i hated math
Did you take any SAT Subject tests (if you did, would you mind sharing which you did?)
yup! i took chem and i thing i got a 750 and i took math 2 and got an 800! hope this helps!
@Riley Turbow hope it went well for you!
This is a nice little confidence boost. I’m applying ED to Cornell and I have similar stats and ECs so as long as my essays are good than I should have a pretty good chance. Hopefully.
Did you get your results yet?
Not yet. They come out mid-December.
@@szymongwozdz2338 please keep me updated! I'll keep replying soon so you can remember? Btw, it's perfectly fine if you don't get in.
I got innnnnnn!!!
@@szymongwozdz2338 CONGRATS!!!
I'm taking Calc BC as a junior next year, so I don't know what to take Senior Year. You said you took Multivar/Lin. Alg. Is there a syllabus you can share or an online class that covers the material in a school year? I honestly might learn the BC topics over the summer, so I can start with Multi during Junior year. Thoughts?
Congrats on Penn! Def one of my favorite schools.
I took multi first semester and lin. alg second semester as a class my school offered!i don't have a syllabus but from what my friends in college told me, the class was pretty much the same as their college course so maybe you can find one online? Also, if I were you, I wouldn't have taken bc over the summer simply because I don't think I would have been prepared for the ap exam by the time may rolled around. in the case of penn, they only accepted 5 for credit so it might be disadvantageous for you if you dont do as well on the ap exam. junior year was so hectic for me that i wouldn't have had time to review as much either. however, if you think you know the material really well, go ahead! just plan out what you would take after multi and lin. alg too because at my school, that was the highest level math course offered. also, another thing to consider -- a lot of colleges don't accept multi /linalg hs school classes for credit and you would have to take the college's final in the fall to get credit. so if you take it junior year, just keep in mind you would have to retain that knowledge till the fall. hope this helps!
@@haleykang8156 Thank you! Sry if I confused you. I'm still taking Calc BC as a class next year (for the transcript), but just wanna get a head-start. BC is the highest class offered at my school. I wanted to take it this year (sophomore), but my teacher explained that it wouldn't be on the transcript because I'd be self-studying it. My usual classes I'm taking are Geometry Hon and Pre-Calc Hon, but I'm self-studying Calc AB now (not on my transcript). No one at my school really self-studies anything, but I enjoy self-studying. I'm taking 5 APs in school next year, but I want to self-study one. I'm not sure yet, but which would you recommend: AP Stat or AP Physics 1?
For Multi, I'm thinking of getting a textbook and using the free MIT-OCW lectures.
Thank you so much!
i recommend ap physics in my opinion. i didn't take ap stat personally but from what i have heard, its a lot of memorization and reading like a history class. for me, the time commitment just wasn't worth it for me. also, i think physics is a lot more challenging than stats and also a lot of colleges accept physics for credit!
u penn is my dream shcool and I am applying Ed, but i am kind of scared since im not taking the SAT's, since I take the IB diploma I'm kind of leaning on that, but even know they're being test blind this year, Im still kind of worried that it isn't enough
So Submitting your SAT for Penn isn't required? Also congrats!
nope! i submitted the ACT. Thanks!
so sorry if i missed it in the video, but what did you decide to major in? congrats!! 🥳💗
biomedical engineering! also thanks :)
is your scrunchie from urban cuz i swear i have the same one haha. also fellow penn '24 see u on campus next yr!!
yuppp lol. excited for the fall :))
Haley, could you write your extracurriculares, please? I still don't listen well in English.
Thank you thank you
Oh, my friend's sister is Class of 2024! Her name is Allyson Lu!
Hey! I took 7 AP exams so far, but I haven't gotten any 5's yet, I got 4's though. Also my class rank is kind of bad( top 22%) is it still possible to get into a top 10 school?
Not sure if you’re still looking for an answer, but your rank puts you at a pretty big disadvantage. Your course rigor is good and will fill in that requirement. Your chances really depends on your SAT score, ECs, and essays since it’s a holistic process. After that, it’s just about getting lucky since the admissions process will be a crapshoot because of the students who are deferring admission to next year. Hope this helps, and good luck!
3 AP cap? interesting. but yeah UPenn is my goal school
yeah, not sure how i felt about it
your fourth activity- orchestra one... so we dont get any recognition or certificates for these right? we just do it and list it in application...am i correct? please reply,,,
you are adorable and intelligent! :)
aw thank you sooo much
Ok just asking how did you go from Alg 2 to AP Calculus AB? Don't u need to do Pre Calc or Pre Calc honors first?
i took a precalc class over the summer! my school had that option readily available for a2h people
@@haleykang8156 ok thx!
Yesterday my school counselor got an email from a penn AO asking for context of my senior year schedule. My counselor said that’s a good sign for admissions. My counselor explained the classes I was taking and attached my senior schedule with grades for the first quarter. I saw on a college confidential forum some other students got contacted the same day my counselor got contacted, but they got contacted for senior 1st quarter grades, while I got contacted for context of senior year schedule. What do you think? Did they do this when you applied ED?
i guess it's similar
korean girls are so pretty
aw thankss
im so upset because i feel that my middle school set me up for failure in math :( everyone who went to my middle school had to retake algebra 1 in high school
im sorry :( one class wont make or break anything. do the best with the cards youre handed :)
I took algebra 1 my freshman year as well and I felt really behind, but you can still get ahead! I’m currently a sophomore and I’m taking geometry and algebra 2 consecutively, and I’m taking precalculus this summer. If you plan on doing that, then you can take ap calculus ab ur junior or take ap calculus bc like I am (online bc my school doesn’t offer it😑). point is, you always have options!
Riley Chong oh thank you! i was thinking of either doubling up in math sophmore year or taking geometry this summer
For which musical did you do pit? Theatre kid here lol
My school doesn’t have extra curricular activities😰
Are you planning on rowing at penn?
lol no. i dont have the discipline or the athleticism to do college sports
What is early decision
Amazing Achievement!! Cranbrook must be a wonderful place to study!
thanks lol howd you know i go there
Are you an international student?
Haley how do you afford Upenn? I can get in the school but can’t afford it.
i made a video on financial aid!
haley kang Thanks! Also I like your hair
haha i just realized i didn't post it yet. itll be up by tomorrow! also thanks about my hair :)
haley kang No problem. Also i like your glasses
we're are the time stamps
What have I done with my life?
Do you think volunteering at a hospital would look good for med school?
are you taking about pre med? bc i don’t know anything about mes school lol but i’m sure it’s helpful
Ok thank you
Is the ACT hard? What type of stuff is on it?
personally, i thought the act was wayyyy easier than the sat (i took a practice sat at home and i stopped grading it a quarter way through because i was doing so bad lol). the act has four sections - math, reading, writing, and science - and i think most of the sections range between 35-60 minutes each. there's also an essay portion thats optional (i would recommend everyone to take it even if you're a bad writer like me lol). compared to the sat, i think the act is easier but there's more of a time crunch so i had to rush for a lot of the test. the sat is harder but from what my friends have told me, there's a lot more time to go back and look over answers and some even took a nap after they were done with some sections lol. hope this helped and best of luck!
haley kang Thanks so much for the reply. I’m going to take both and see which one works out for me. Hopefully at least one will work out.
:)
Intro song?
far away - tomppabeats on soundcloud!
Do u get financial aid?
yup! i have a video on it!
@@haleykang8156 thanks!!
Dylan or Rohan I know you’re watching this
hey dad
when u have the stats but no ec's
lol me
haley kang nooo u have so much more than i do
Howcome you always say “the classes I took was…” it throws me off 💀
漂亮
im korean lol