me watching this while already being in college also a sidenote on the geography thing: i go to upenn and 98% of everyone here is from jersey, california, new york or a philly suburb😭😭😭 definitely not true for every school
It sucks how top jobs are gatekept at top unis for no reason. Like quant trading or high finance careers like private equity - going to have to add tens of thousands of more debt and grind through undergrad even to stand a chance for quant roles, and unless I get into a top uni, I'll basically have no shot at IB/PE. It's not a meritocracy; it’s an autocracy that gives false hope.
Hey Brooke …. Another awesome vid …. Like always… Apologies for requesting again - PLZ MAKE A VID ON “ How to get Into top schools for international students” thank you , hv a great Sunday 😀
@@212ntruesdale In general, I can't stand the modern holistic admissions setup. It's a facade designed to look like a meritocracy (I'm mean, who doesn't want to be judged and be admitted on merit). But, it's not a meritocracy at all. Meritocracy is just a new version of aristocracy, where the wealthy have all of the advantage. Holistic admissions is not a meritocracy, but it's called that to make elite institutions feel good. What it is, and what it has created, is a race for high school kids to have as many incredible extracuricular activities as possible (like little johnnie working at a university at age 16 trying to cure cancer), all at the expense of a normal kid life. A few of these kids do have "passions" (the new buzz word), but most, rest assured, are doing all of those carefully selected activities due to parental prodding and arrangment. And how do you suppose those kids have access to all of those amazing extracuriculars? Here's a clue - wealth and connections. A regular middle class kid has no real chance. And for all of the warts of SATs and ACTs, the fact is if you take that away today you take away one of the few ways a poor or middle class kid can have a shot to standout. Doing well on the SAT and ACT really only depends on studying hard in high school and getting your hands on 5-10 practice exams and working them (and understanding and learning from mistakes). More over, standardized tests have value in putting some context into different high schools. A 4.0 in a poor little town is in many cases not the same as a 4.0 in a large, affluent public high school or private school. [Having said all of that, I get that holistic admissions is almost necessary since there are so many kids with 4.0s and 1500+ SATs applying to elite colleges. They need a way to differentiate and choose applicants. But, it's an unfair, imperfect system, simple as that.]
@@212ntruesdale I don't think we disagree all that much - a lot of the same points. Parenting is the key (and always will be) and is where it all starts. But, when one is talking about elite colleges, that's where money, connections and privilege really provide the kicker to enable kids to win at the extracurricular arms race. Great parenting can produce the GPA and test scores. Case in point - our kids, like yours. Son had a 1560 (in college now), graduated as a Valed. at a large public high school. He had no test prep other than the one book with official past SAT's in it. Daughter, a Senior in HS, has a 1530 SAT, 35 ACT, will likely graduate as a Valed and has the 221 PSAT so she'll be national merit too here shortly (same deal, worked a half dozen practice tests or so). That all started with involved parenting at an early age. Wife and I are attorneys - upper middle class, nothing more. Even so, it would be a struggle for us to find or get access to some of the absurd extracurriculars you hear about.
@@Toutuu98 Well, he didn't have the extracurriculars (outside of baseball, and most top college don't care much about sports unless you are a recruited athlete / superstar). We didn't really wise-up to the extracurricular game until he was too far down the road. So, he only applied to a hand-ful of good state schools with engineering (Texas A&M, UT, Purdue, and a few others). He's at A&M as an Elec. Eng. major. That was probably his favorite school of what he applied to, so I suppose the answer to your question is yes, more or less.
@@212ntruesdale Privilege can be and is an advantage that is not always innate, nor is it usually innate. Your son has the privilege of attending what I presume is an Ivy Feeder. No matter how much you want to delude yourself into thinking it’s not, based on the premise of “sacrificing deluxe vacations” it is. Accept it and move on, rather than masquerading said aristocratic privilege under its definition, because it makes you feel less guilty of your superposition over the average layperson lol.
Can being first from your high school or even county to apply to a school also be a benefit? Not in Wyoming, just Maryland, but folks here haven’t even heard of Claremont McKenna and CMC admissions tour doesn’t even visit the east coast, I’m guessing because Maryland top students all go Ivy, Duke, Vandy, northeast LACs, etc.
hey brooke! i recently learned that i received collegeboard’s national african american recognition award, and i’m trying to get a sense of how “prestigious” it is and i can’t find that much information online. or if anyone else knows i would appreciate it! thank you, love your videos :)
I did research on it because my son received it also but for Hispanic. It means you're in the top 2 % of African Americans that took the PSAT or SO exams. Universities will see your award and it will separate you from most applicants. Any National award is prestigious. Congrats because 98% of African Americans did NOT get that award but you did.
H! Is it possible to ask my counselor from a school I went to to work on my common app even if I do not attend the school at the moment? I had to change to do doing homeschool for the rest of my high school so I am not sure what to do for my commonapp.
Hello, for instance if our SAT score is 1400+ then what are the other essential requirements to know before getting admissions in US. If we're not an O/A level student and scored 1400+ in SAT then can we get admission in US universities?
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I'm a first-year at Harvard and my personal essay was about taking care of my siblings 😊
Is there any possibility that I can read it
@@timia9981Sure, I'll check with my dean first just to make sure it's okay to share my essay on social media.
It would be really helpful if you could share it, and your stats too. Thank you !
I’d like it as well if you could send! Would help me a lot!
Were you at the top of your graduating class and take the most challenging curriculum at your school?
now i want to move to wyoming for that admissions boost
Facts
luckily i live in wyoming lmao so i get that admissions boost :)
WY not?
@@jhmrem di da dum di dum di dum
me watching this while already being in college
also a sidenote on the geography thing: i go to upenn and 98% of everyone here is from jersey, california, new york or a philly suburb😭😭😭 definitely not true for every school
It sucks how top jobs are gatekept at top unis for no reason. Like quant trading or high finance careers like private equity - going to have to add tens of thousands of more debt and grind through undergrad even to stand a chance for quant roles, and unless I get into a top uni, I'll basically have no shot at IB/PE. It's not a meritocracy; it’s an autocracy that gives false hope.
Hey Brooke …. Another awesome vid …. Like always… Apologies for requesting again - PLZ MAKE A VID ON “ How to get Into top schools for international students” thank you , hv a great Sunday 😀
Which is why (with 4.0s everywhere) standardized tests are useful and should not go away.
@@212ntruesdale In general, I can't stand the modern holistic admissions setup. It's a facade designed to look like a meritocracy (I'm mean, who doesn't want to be judged and be admitted on merit). But, it's not a meritocracy at all. Meritocracy is just a new version of aristocracy, where the wealthy have all of the advantage. Holistic admissions is not a meritocracy, but it's called that to make elite institutions feel good. What it is, and what it has created, is a race for high school kids to have as many incredible extracuricular activities as possible (like little johnnie working at a university at age 16 trying to cure cancer), all at the expense of a normal kid life. A few of these kids do have "passions" (the new buzz word), but most, rest assured, are doing all of those carefully selected activities due to parental prodding and arrangment. And how do you suppose those kids have access to all of those amazing extracuriculars? Here's a clue - wealth and connections. A regular middle class kid has no real chance. And for all of the warts of SATs and ACTs, the fact is if you take that away today you take away one of the few ways a poor or middle class kid can have a shot to standout. Doing well on the SAT and ACT really only depends on studying hard in high school and getting your hands on 5-10 practice exams and working them (and understanding and learning from mistakes). More over, standardized tests have value in putting some context into different high schools. A 4.0 in a poor little town is in many cases not the same as a 4.0 in a large, affluent public high school or private school. [Having said all of that, I get that holistic admissions is almost necessary since there are so many kids with 4.0s and 1500+ SATs applying to elite colleges. They need a way to differentiate and choose applicants. But, it's an unfair, imperfect system, simple as that.]
@@212ntruesdale I don't think we disagree all that much - a lot of the same points. Parenting is the key (and always will be) and is where it all starts. But, when one is talking about elite colleges, that's where money, connections and privilege really provide the kicker to enable kids to win at the extracurricular arms race. Great parenting can produce the GPA and test scores. Case in point - our kids, like yours. Son had a 1560 (in college now), graduated as a Valed. at a large public high school. He had no test prep other than the one book with official past SAT's in it. Daughter, a Senior in HS, has a 1530 SAT, 35 ACT, will likely graduate as a Valed and has the 221 PSAT so she'll be national merit too here shortly (same deal, worked a half dozen practice tests or so). That all started with involved parenting at an early age. Wife and I are attorneys - upper middle class, nothing more. Even so, it would be a struggle for us to find or get access to some of the absurd extracurriculars you hear about.
@@212ntruesdale Yes, there is always some of each; hard work/sacrifice, as well as privilege.
@@Toutuu98 Well, he didn't have the extracurriculars (outside of baseball, and most top college don't care much about sports unless you are a recruited athlete / superstar). We didn't really wise-up to the extracurricular game until he was too far down the road. So, he only applied to a hand-ful of good state schools with engineering (Texas A&M, UT, Purdue, and a few others). He's at A&M as an Elec. Eng. major. That was probably his favorite school of what he applied to, so I suppose the answer to your question is yes, more or less.
@@212ntruesdale Privilege can be and is an advantage that is not always innate, nor is it usually innate. Your son has the privilege of attending what I presume is an Ivy Feeder. No matter how much you want to delude yourself into thinking it’s not, based on the premise of “sacrificing deluxe vacations” it is. Accept it and move on, rather than masquerading said aristocratic privilege under its definition, because it makes you feel less guilty of your superposition over the average layperson lol.
Thanks for sharing 🙏
Can being first from your high school or even county to apply to a school also be a benefit? Not in Wyoming, just Maryland, but folks here haven’t even heard of Claremont McKenna and CMC admissions tour doesn’t even visit the east coast, I’m guessing because Maryland top students all go Ivy, Duke, Vandy, northeast LACs, etc.
hey brooke! i recently learned that i received collegeboard’s national african american recognition award, and i’m trying to get a sense of how “prestigious” it is and i can’t find that much information online. or if anyone else knows i would appreciate it! thank you, love your videos :)
That's very cool, Congrats! I'm not American so I'm not sure I'll be much help on the research front but best of luck to ya
@@wyzdom_king thank you! i appreciate that :)
I did research on it because my son received it also but for Hispanic. It means you're in the top 2 % of African Americans that took the PSAT or SO exams. Universities will see your award and it will separate you from most applicants. Any National award is prestigious. Congrats because 98% of African Americans did NOT get that award but you did.
H! Is it possible to ask my counselor from a school I went to to work on my common app even if I do not attend the school at the moment? I had to change to do doing homeschool for the rest of my high school so I am not sure what to do for my commonapp.
Hello, for instance if our SAT score is 1400+ then what are the other essential requirements to know before getting admissions in US.
If we're not an O/A level student and scored 1400+ in SAT then can we get admission in US universities?