I go to Georgetown and know fellow hoyas that considered options like northeastern and tufts as well they’re all really great schools! Some even turned down Harvard and Yale it’s really not about the name it’s about where you truly fit in and are offered the best resources.
YES! i love this!! i’m a rising junior and i’ve been looking at a lot of top schools and been struggling with the fact that nearly all of the schools i like are extreme reaches (i.e princeton, columbia) and i also agree so much i wish people knew more about tufts!!! i knew nothing about it when i went to visit and absolutely fell in love with it.
"UC Berkeley is known as a hard STEM school" Berkeley is the only University to have a top 10 US ranking for every department. Berkeley is elite at everything, not just stem. Languages, literature, philosophy, business, law, social sciences. . . Not only that, but a major thing that makes Berkeley distinct is the social and political culture. I'd recommend Reed in that regard.
I would personally add oberlin as a similar school to brown, they have a liberal arts focus, their curriculum is pretty open and flexible, and they are liberal, eccentric and artsy like Brown (but probably more so)
Ok sorry I'm commenting so much but my family just moved to Wake County in NC and for anyone who hasn't been there and is considering Duke or Wake Forest (or anything in the RTP area) it is absolutely amazing, everything is flourishing and new, the economy is thriving, and there's TONS of internship availability because of RTP. It is seriously such a great area to live and has lots of forests, lakes, hiking, and natural beauty.
I have been watching your videos for the past couple of months, and I love all of your content. I don’t ever comment, but I thought this video was a genius idea. All the information was extremely helpful. I hope you have a wonderful year at Dartmouth.
It's super selective but still underrated! However, I mentioned the school briefly, but I meant more so to consider the rest of the Claremonts which aren't as selective
@Tito Adesanya even the worst at anything in the top 15 in the country is still better than most places. They're not going to be the best at everything 😹
I went to Princeton. You can't double major is because every student has to write a senior thesis (basically an undergraduate version of a PhD dissertation). We don't have a med school or law school, so the education is very undergrad focused.
NC State is an excellent engineering school with a lot of sports culture and a city campus. They're definitely one to consider, and they are also in a consortium with UNC and Duke where they all share resources. As for Wake Forest, I actually toured Wake Forest and Duke and I definitely preferred Wake. The academics are just as good, and you don't get a slit-your-throat vibe. Wake also has a great study abroad program, so that's another thing to consider as well. TL;DR NC State is good for engineering, Wake Forest and Duke are basically the same academically
Georgetown University is also comparable to UChicago and Columbia, it has a well-rounded core curriculum with access to a metropolitan city in Washington DC.
Im going to Colgate! Also I think a good sub for some of those engineering schools is university of Illinois. I think some of these substitutions might not be safety schools for everyone lol. Great vid!
I'm not going to say my exact stats but I would say that Colgate really considers a unique and well thought out essay, and a high test score because my GPA wasn't strong at all but all the people I know who are going to Colgate had really good essays that a lot of the time had to do with social justice issues, and ACT scores in the high 30s. (usually between a 32 and 35) hope this helps!
Cal Poly is a great engineering and architecture school! Also, it's a great career focused school because you are in major specific classes from day 1 and they emphasize hands on labs. (you have to choose a major coming in)
idk why I didn't put this in cal poly slo is great esp for engineering/architecture! also it's relatively cheap out of state like even tho it doesn't give financial aid, the total cost of attendance i think is 35k/year (including room+board)
If you're considering Auburn or University of Alabama at Huntsville as an alternative STEM school to Stanford or MIT, you're much better off at Georgia Institute of Technology, which is on every top ten STEM school list.
@pandaangry1267 Sorry, couldn't help it, got all exicited. But, you're right, it doesn't fit into the "underrated" category. ☆ _But I'd like to amend my comment, nonetheless. GT is on the _*_top 5 list_*_ of great STEM schools-and it has a top-rated quant MS degree, Quantitative and Computational Finance (QCF)._ Sorry, can't control myself, I just love GT.
omg YES this is exactly the vid i needed but didn't know how to put into words!! not getting into my dream schools is obviously a huge fear but i keep trying to breathe and remind myself that it's okay no matter what happens; feeling like i have comparable back up options is a huge help
St. John’s College is also extremely easy to get into (80% acceptance rate), so it’s a great safety school :) Coming from somebody who lives 10 minutes away from the Annapolis, MD campus, it’s a really good liberal arts school who only has a high acceptance rate because very few people actually apply.
I’m from New England so anytime you listed these bigger schools like northeastern I wondered why they were categorized as “lesser known”, other than that great video!
I mean people know about them but they don't know why they should apply to them u feel like if I didn't do a lot of research/have good friends going to Northeastern I never would've known about the co-op program
You don't know how much this helps, really. Thank you (Simultaneously sharing this video with friends)!! 💛 And your quick talking is totally fine. Maybe because I hate listening to the "likes" and "ums" in between speech lol. Keep it up :)
i put so much time trying to cut those words out haha (and i am now incapable of watching any video under 1.5x speed) be sure to check out my part 2 with safety schools!
My advice about Auburn and Huntsville is don't go to Alabama if you are from the East or West Coast UNLESS you are super into greek life. This is from the perspective of someone from California who goes to school in Alabama. It's honestly so boring since idgaf about greek life. If that's your thing tho, you will have an amazing experience since greek life is HUGE in the south.
This is so helpful I'm so clueless about all the ivy leagues/competitive schools so it's really nice to learn which ones are similar and easier to get into!
Penn is definitely pre-professional, but a LOT of people pursue more than one major. There are even dual-degree programs across the four undergraduate schools
This list is spot on! UCLA would be my dream school but very selective and I ended up getting into Lehigh and I plan on going for their Engineering school!
I always thought that Princeton is the polar opposite to UPenn. UPenn is really business heavy while Princeton doesn't even have a business (as well as med and law) school. Princeton seems very not career-oriented.
I’m going to Case Western next year and I completely agree with putting it as an alternative to Berkeley as an engineering/stem heavy school. I was expecting to see it as an alternative to Johns Hopkins tho because I’ve met sooooooo many pre med & nursing students and as a nursing major its relationship with the Cleveland Clinic definitely adds lots of appeal to students going into the medical field. Still a really accurate list tho
Hi! I'm a current high school senior who was pre-admitted into Case Western and received a half-tuition scholarship and was wondering what the pros and cons were about this school! I have been deciding whether or not I want to commit to this school and wanted to get your perspective as a possible current student there! I am curious about grading/class rigor/academic competition vs. collaboration, social culture, the number of realistic research opportunities, stress/balancing schoolwork, school population attractiveness (I've heard that everyone looks mid lol), dorms, dining halls, and clubs in general. Thanks!
i would add hampshire college to the brown list, it's super hippy dippy liberal; it's study exactly what you want, no majors, no grades, no tests. it had the most open curriculum/unique approach to higher education of any college i really was exposed to. at hampshire education is focused on personalized, independent work in collaboration with faculty, and hands-on experiences (study abroad, field studies, internships, volunteer work, advanced independent projects). really really cool school and would totally recommend to any independent, driven, bold high schoolers looking for something off the beaten path. not to mention they don't accept test scores as a method of admissions (so if you're concerned about your standardized test scores) & the acceptance rate is like 70% or something crazy like that.
I actually commented that somewhere in pt. 2 with the safety schools because I forgot to include it (again lol)! but yes great school and i forgot bc it didn't show up on any rankings lists really so i totally forgot about it until i finished filming
yea it doesn't get put on many ranking lists (despite it being a great school, imo) because they don't consider standardized test scores in admissions.
well done! Creative topic and very accurate from what I know about schools. I particularly liked info on University of Utah in-state tuition deal. I can see a similar survey of European universities, also Canadian. Other excellent schools that can be mentioned: University of Texas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State. U Cal, San Diego also first rate alternative as is UNC, Chapel Hill.
I graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, and it was a fantastic experience, intellectually and socially. One of the best liberal arts colleges in the country.
RPI is a direct copy of MIT in the most ironic way you can imagine. The fact is MIT was structured and created to emulate RPI when it was first founded. RPI was the first polytechnic university in the united states in 1824. When MIT was founded it was hoping to copy RPI in every way and somehow through reputation and it's great location in the middle of Boston Massachusettes, it became more well known. RPI on the otherhand had always been in a bad neighborhood in Troy NY which lends to prospective applications choosing other accepted offers when given the option. RPI's rigor is still live and well and having two sons graduating from there I honestly don't think they would have gotten their Faang jobs or salary if they went anywhere else.
Saint Joesph's University is another very good school! My brother goes there for International Business, and he really loves it. It's right outside of Philly (literally. One side of the street is Philly and the other is Lower Merion) so it's an urban neighborhood but it's not loud or anything. The campus is beautiful as well. I'd recommend it to anyone!
I would personally have put Tulane in the Duke/Dartmouth/Vanderbilt bin... in that you should be applying to Wake Forest, Colgate or CMC if Tulane (ca. 10% acceptance rate post-pandemic) is your dream school (provided you're out-of-state at Tulane; while private, in-state status counts for quite a bit at Tulane)
I've never thought this would be on my page but I enjoyed a different perspective on college from a more positive point of view. I'd prefer my cuny school for money purposes but to each their own.
If you are going to consider Purdue, you should also consider UIUC. Similarly ranked in engineering and computer science albeit with slightly higher tuition than Purdue.
Great video as always! I heard that Penn has a lot of undergraduates who enter coordinated duel-degree programs or choose to double major. Not sure if this is true but they are my dream schools!
I can't seem to find the statistic anymore of the percentage of students who double major at penn (page looks like it was moved), but I do remember that it's a smaller proportion of students who do compared to other schools But yes there is the option to do dual degree programs! They're super competitive to get into though
Go to community college for 2 years, then transfer to the cheapest state school near your home. Work hard and get good grades. You will be far ahead financially over your friends who drank the Kollege Kool-Aid and got suckered into $200,00 of student debt. Trust me as one who took the smart money route. After 5 or more years out of college, nobody gives a tinker's damn where you went to college. The documented experience on your resume' vastly overshadows your academic credentials.
I’m highkey triggered by some of these “easier” schools to get into because I got into a number of the top school including NYU and BU and got waitlisted from GW. That really triggered me because I liked the fact that it is like NYU/BU but in DC. 🤦🏾♀️ I’m not mad or anything I was just confused when it happened but the college admissions process is crazy on its own
Honestly, Duke is more of a Penn and Princeton vibe than Vandy and Dartmouth. I understand the school spirit thing, but it seems that the most criteria you are basing this on which is not accurate
PART 2 (SAFETY SCHOOLS): th-cam.com/video/RtnwB1k6SOQ/w-d-xo.html
heyitsjoshco I’m actually from Worcester, so mentioning WPI was kinda interesting. It’s pronounced “Wuh-Ster” btw😂
i got close enough
If you're looking for timestamps:
Harvard/Yale: 1:18
UChicago/Columbia: 2:13
Stanford/UCLA/UMich: 3:27
MIT/CalTech: 4:40
UPenn/Princeton: 5:39
Duke/Dartmouth/Vanderbilt: 7:20
JH/Cornell: 8:13
Northwestern/Notre Dame: 9:15
Brown: 10:00
UC Berkeley: 11:34
USC/WashU/Emory/Rice: 12:00
NYU/BU: 13:01
I hope these are accurate....
wow I was about to do this but you beat me to it (really appreciate it though!)
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Soooo helpful
This idea is so unique and helpful🙌🏼
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I go to Georgetown and know fellow hoyas that considered options like northeastern and tufts as well they’re all really great schools! Some even turned down Harvard and Yale it’s really not about the name it’s about where you truly fit in and are offered the best resources.
Agreed! Can’t just do it for the name.
mackyronni "truly fit in" and "best resources" are the key words! I couldn't agree more.
YES! i love this!! i’m a rising junior and i’ve been looking at a lot of top schools and been struggling with the fact that nearly all of the schools i like are extreme reaches (i.e princeton, columbia) and i also agree so much i wish people knew more about tufts!!! i knew nothing about it when i went to visit and absolutely fell in love with it.
However, Tufts is famous for putting a lot of weight on demonstrated interest, hence the so-called syndrome...
You talk as fast as James Charles but I'm living for it
Jessie Lin here’s a secret: i speed up my videos 110% and pitch the audio so it sounds normal so they’re not super slow/long
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"UC Berkeley is known as a hard STEM school"
Berkeley is the only University to have a top 10 US ranking for every department. Berkeley is elite at everything, not just stem. Languages, literature, philosophy, business, law, social sciences. . .
Not only that, but a major thing that makes Berkeley distinct is the social and political culture. I'd recommend Reed in that regard.
Eric Deck umm what about Stanford?
The major thing that makes Berkeley unique is the degree to which liberal indoctrination permeates their society.
@@SS-cc2cv exactly
Berkeley is a liberal anti-free speech hellhole
Carbon Echo what about UPenn
I would personally add oberlin as a similar school to brown, they have a liberal arts focus, their curriculum is pretty open and flexible, and they are liberal, eccentric and artsy like Brown (but probably more so)
one of the best college videos i've ever seen, super freakin helpful!!!!!!
Omg you always post exactly what I need to hear the moment I need to hear it. Thanks for all your advice and keep the awesome content coming!
Ok sorry I'm commenting so much but my family just moved to Wake County in NC and for anyone who hasn't been there and is considering Duke or Wake Forest (or anything in the RTP area) it is absolutely amazing, everything is flourishing and new, the economy is thriving, and there's TONS of internship availability because of RTP. It is seriously such a great area to live and has lots of forests, lakes, hiking, and natural beauty.
I don't know why I'm watching this, I'm already in college
Ellie-ish lmfaooo what college and what are you in their for? (You absolutely don’t have to answer I was just curious :)
Great video that helps a diverse group of kids (not everyone has 4+ GPA).
what a unique video topic!! Loved this one, Josh :))
Living for that shade at white collar crime 😂
I have been watching your videos for the past couple of months, and I love all of your content. I don’t ever comment, but I thought this video was a genius idea. All the information was extremely helpful. I hope you have a wonderful year at Dartmouth.
isn't pomona acceptance rate 7% making it equal to yale in terms of selectivity and harder to get into than dartmouth lol
just feel like this is a bit misleading
It's super selective but still underrated! However, I mentioned the school briefly, but I meant more so to consider the rest of the Claremonts which aren't as selective
@Tito Adesanya even the worst at anything in the top 15 in the country is still better than most places. They're not going to be the best at everything 😹
I went to Princeton. You can't double major is because every student has to write a senior thesis (basically an undergraduate version of a PhD dissertation). We don't have a med school or law school, so the education is very undergrad focused.
Brown and Vassar have very similar characteristics as well
Similar to Brown I would add Colorado College, look into their style of curriculum if you haven’t
But excellent video great suggestions
love this video idea, super unique! for anyone who loves NYU I would suggest looking into The New School (also in NYC) :)
NC State is an excellent engineering school with a lot of sports culture and a city campus. They're definitely one to consider, and they are also in a consortium with UNC and Duke where they all share resources. As for Wake Forest, I actually toured Wake Forest and Duke and I definitely preferred Wake. The academics are just as good, and you don't get a slit-your-throat vibe. Wake also has a great study abroad program, so that's another thing to consider as well. TL;DR NC State is good for engineering, Wake Forest and Duke are basically the same academically
Georgetown University is also comparable to UChicago and Columbia, it has a well-rounded core curriculum with access to a metropolitan city in Washington DC.
Wow those new glasses you're wearing! Love them!
Im going to Colgate! Also I think a good sub for some of those engineering schools is university of Illinois. I think some of these substitutions might not be safety schools for everyone lol. Great vid!
Congrats! Do you mind telling me your stats and/or the process of applying to Colgate? I would appreciate it very much.
I'm not going to say my exact stats but I would say that Colgate really considers a unique and well thought out essay, and a high test score because my GPA wasn't strong at all but all the people I know who are going to Colgate had really good essays that a lot of the time had to do with social justice issues, and ACT scores in the high 30s. (usually between a 32 and 35) hope this helps!
Thank you so much.
Pomona is just as hard, if not more, to get into as the ivies now 😂
get into pitzer and then take classes at pomona
chrisrockslol pitzer’s acceptance rate is still 13% 😬😬
Cal Poly is a great engineering and architecture school! Also, it's a great career focused school because you are in major specific classes from day 1 and they emphasize hands on labs. (you have to choose a major coming in)
idk why I didn't put this in cal poly slo is great esp for engineering/architecture!
also it's relatively cheap out of state like even tho it doesn't give financial aid, the total cost of attendance i think is 35k/year (including room+board)
If you're considering Auburn or University of Alabama at Huntsville as an alternative STEM school to Stanford or MIT, you're much better off at Georgia Institute of Technology, which is on every top ten STEM school list.
@pandaangry1267 Sorry, couldn't help it, got all exicited. But, you're right, it doesn't fit into the "underrated" category.
☆ _But I'd like to amend my comment, nonetheless. GT is on the _*_top 5 list_*_ of great STEM schools-and it has a top-rated quant MS degree, Quantitative and Computational Finance (QCF)._
Sorry, can't control myself, I just love GT.
This video was so helpful!!! My dream school is Dartmouth but I am also applying to Colgate in the fall.
omg YES this is exactly the vid i needed but didn't know how to put into words!! not getting into my dream schools is obviously a huge fear but i keep trying to breathe and remind myself that it's okay no matter what happens; feeling like i have comparable back up options is a huge help
Loving those new glasses!
Mustve taken a while to research all of these! Quality content right here!
St. John’s College is also extremely easy to get into (80% acceptance rate), so it’s a great safety school :) Coming from somebody who lives 10 minutes away from the Annapolis, MD campus, it’s a really good liberal arts school who only has a high acceptance rate because very few people actually apply.
WOW! WOW! WOW! WHAT A FANTASTIC VIDEO! SHOWING STUDENTS ALTERNATIVES! FANTASTIC!
I had to come back and just say again...GREAT VIDEO!
I’m from New England so anytime you listed these bigger schools like northeastern I wondered why they were categorized as “lesser known”, other than that great video!
I mean people know about them but they don't know why they should apply to them u feel like if I didn't do a lot of research/have good friends going to Northeastern I never would've known about the co-op program
You don't know how much this helps, really. Thank you (Simultaneously sharing this video with friends)!! 💛 And your quick talking is totally fine. Maybe because I hate listening to the "likes" and "ums" in between speech lol. Keep it up :)
i put so much time trying to cut those words out haha (and i am now incapable of watching any video under 1.5x speed)
be sure to check out my part 2 with safety schools!
heyitsjoshco 😂Wow...will do :)
My advice about Auburn and Huntsville is don't go to Alabama if you are from the East or West Coast UNLESS you are super into greek life. This is from the perspective of someone from California who goes to school in Alabama. It's honestly so boring since idgaf about greek life. If that's your thing tho, you will have an amazing experience since greek life is HUGE in the south.
WPI I get, but Auburn and UA-Huntsville with no mention of Georgia Tech? And what about Virginia Tech?
This is so true the south is insane with their spirit and Greek life.. (former northerner moved to Texas)
Yea that is true for most south eastern schools. Also don’t go to a state college unless you like college football
For engineering, I would recommend Clemson University. Especially the honors college at Clemson if you’re thinking about MIT
Add Bowdoin to the Brown alternatives list!!!!
This is so helpful I'm so clueless about all the ivy leagues/competitive schools so it's really nice to learn which ones are similar and easier to get into!
Penn is definitely pre-professional, but a LOT of people pursue more than one major. There are even dual-degree programs across the four undergraduate schools
Rather than Purdue, I think UW-Madison and UIUC are good STEM schools
uiuc is also pretty tough to get into though for stem
Alex I agree but they don’t help much financially
Also Virginia tech kinda bias lol go Hokies
I'm already in college lol but this is such an awesome and important topic so I clicked anyway out of curiosity!
Wow this was super helpful tysm!! My college list just expanded massively haha
This is such a good idea for a video and super helpful!
Wow, outstanding! Thank you so much for this grouping.
True! Duke, Dartmouth, WFU, and CMC are indeed the first ones I put onto my college list :)
so happy you mentioned colgate !!! an amazing school and my top choice over brown :)
I'm barely 1 minute in and I love you already cause you remind me of someone Subscribed 😥❤
Also. I needed this so much. You're a life saver ❤❤
"underrated" all top rated schools lol
This was such a creative video idea and really helpful, thanks!
Great job young man! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Thanks for the info
Why am I here I'm only 14
A.L.Moylan never to early to start thinking about it
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You are very lucky that you are only 14
This list is spot on! UCLA would be my dream school but very selective and I ended up getting into Lehigh and I plan on going for their Engineering school!
I'd say for Stanford or UMich Bucknell is also good, it's sporty and has a good engineering and business. However it is smaller.
This is a great video! Thank you for your information it still applies 4 years later lol :D
I always thought that Princeton is the polar opposite to UPenn. UPenn is really business heavy while Princeton doesn't even have a business (as well as med and law) school. Princeton seems very not career-oriented.
I’m going to Case Western next year and I completely agree with putting it as an alternative to Berkeley as an engineering/stem heavy school. I was expecting to see it as an alternative to Johns Hopkins tho because I’ve met sooooooo many pre med & nursing students and as a nursing major its relationship with the Cleveland Clinic definitely adds lots of appeal to students going into the medical field. Still a really accurate list tho
Hi! I'm a current high school senior who was pre-admitted into Case Western and received a half-tuition scholarship and was wondering what the pros and cons were about this school! I have been deciding whether or not I want to commit to this school and wanted to get your perspective as a possible current student there! I am curious about grading/class rigor/academic competition vs. collaboration, social culture, the number of realistic research opportunities, stress/balancing schoolwork, school population attractiveness (I've heard that everyone looks mid lol), dorms, dining halls, and clubs in general. Thanks!
Your videos are literally so helpful and great so thank you so much! Just turned on my notifications
Great video idea and video! Love your content as always
This is such an amazing idea!! So helpful!
You’re amazing this is exactly what I needed thank you
Santa Clara U. is actually in San Jose! Figured I’d point that out bc you’d be experiencing very different city vibes ☺️
Theresa yep! Are you from here too??
Ethan Nguyen yeah I’m from sj!!!! bay area pride 😗
While bordering *right* on the boundary of San Jose, Santa Clara University is, in fact, in Santa Clara. 🤷🏽 Go figure! 😅
beat me to it! :-)
This is such a great help. Thank you!
Just found your channel it’s so HELPFUL
People forget that Berkeley has one of the best Bus programs in the country. It isn’t just an engineering school!
i would add hampshire college to the brown list, it's super hippy dippy liberal; it's study exactly what you want, no majors, no grades, no tests. it had the most open curriculum/unique approach to higher education of any college i really was exposed to. at hampshire education is focused on personalized, independent work in collaboration with faculty, and hands-on experiences (study abroad, field studies, internships, volunteer work, advanced independent projects). really really cool school and would totally recommend to any independent, driven, bold high schoolers looking for something off the beaten path. not to mention they don't accept test scores as a method of admissions (so if you're concerned about your standardized test scores) & the acceptance rate is like 70% or something crazy like that.
I actually commented that somewhere in pt. 2 with the safety schools because I forgot to include it (again lol)! but yes great school and i forgot bc it didn't show up on any rankings lists really so i totally forgot about it until i finished filming
yea it doesn't get put on many ranking lists (despite it being a great school, imo) because they don't consider standardized test scores in admissions.
i know this was 4 years ago but, honestly, Brown and Hampshire should never be in the same sentence - you are delusional at best :)
well done! Creative topic and very accurate from what I know about schools. I particularly liked info on University of Utah in-state tuition deal. I can see a similar survey of European universities, also Canadian. Other excellent schools that can be mentioned: University of Texas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State. U Cal, San Diego also first rate alternative as is UNC, Chapel Hill.
i knew st johns would be somewhere on this list!
holy hekk this is so helpful, thank you sm!!
Colorado School of Mines is a good MIT alternative
I graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, and it was a fantastic experience, intellectually and socially. One of the best liberal arts colleges in the country.
such a good and unique idea for a video! love ur channel
That was a great video and a very unique idea to talk about!!
RPI is a direct copy of MIT in the most ironic way you can imagine. The fact is MIT was structured and created to emulate RPI when it was first founded. RPI was the first polytechnic university in the united states in 1824. When MIT was founded it was hoping to copy RPI in every way and somehow through reputation and it's great location in the middle of Boston Massachusettes, it became more well known. RPI on the otherhand had always been in a bad neighborhood in Troy NY which lends to prospective applications choosing other accepted offers when given the option. RPI's rigor is still live and well and having two sons graduating from there I honestly don't think they would have gotten their Faang jobs or salary if they went anywhere else.
thanks king this was super helpful
Great content!! Keep doing what you’re doing
thank you so much for this video! this is super helpful!
still in 8th grade but i like to think about college early also yes i am focusing on high school i’m not ignoring that it’s important
Where we going now?
Been to WPI for a robotics competition and the campus is absolutely beautiful 😻
Saint Joesph's University is another very good school! My brother goes there for International Business, and he really loves it. It's right outside of Philly (literally. One side of the street is Philly and the other is Lower Merion) so it's an urban neighborhood but it's not loud or anything. The campus is beautiful as well. I'd recommend it to anyone!
This is a great video with excellent content. Thanks!
I would personally have put Tulane in the Duke/Dartmouth/Vanderbilt bin... in that you should be applying to Wake Forest, Colgate or CMC if Tulane (ca. 10% acceptance rate post-pandemic) is your dream school (provided you're out-of-state at Tulane; while private, in-state status counts for quite a bit at Tulane)
This was so helpful!! Thank you so much
I've never thought this would be on my page but I enjoyed a different perspective on college from a more positive point of view. I'd prefer my cuny school for money purposes but to each their own.
If you are going to consider Purdue, you should also consider UIUC. Similarly ranked in engineering and computer science albeit with slightly higher tuition than Purdue.
Pretty different from Brown but if anyone is looking for open curriculum U Miami has a great cluster program!
i knew i saw u at jcl nats!!! definitely not a doppelgänger. soo sad that it’s ur last year but good luck at dartmouth!!!
omg no way what state (and yes that was me! I was onstage for two GAs haha) and thanks!
Yes, I needed this!
What a very unique idea for a video!!! Other people should do this video too.
This video was really helpful!!👏💞
Great video as always! I heard that Penn has a lot of undergraduates who enter coordinated duel-degree programs or choose to double major. Not sure if this is true but they are my dream schools!
I can't seem to find the statistic anymore of the percentage of students who double major at penn (page looks like it was moved), but I do remember that it's a smaller proportion of students who do compared to other schools
But yes there is the option to do dual degree programs! They're super competitive to get into though
As a Penn student, I find that a ton of students double major/minor. A large part of Penn is in its interdisciplinary studies.
Go to community college for 2 years, then transfer to the cheapest state school near your home. Work hard and get good grades. You will be far ahead financially over your friends who drank the Kollege Kool-Aid and got suckered into $200,00 of student debt. Trust me as one who took the smart money route. After 5 or more years out of college, nobody gives a tinker's damn where you went to college. The documented experience on your resume' vastly overshadows your academic credentials.
feeling a little proud that i'm going to one of the dream schools??? really didn't think i would get in
This was so helpful!!! Thank you!!
this is sooo helpful. thank you!!
I’m highkey triggered by some of these “easier” schools to get into because I got into a number of the top school including NYU and BU and got waitlisted from GW. That really triggered me because I liked the fact that it is like NYU/BU but in DC. 🤦🏾♀️ I’m not mad or anything I was just confused when it happened but the college admissions process is crazy on its own
Outstanding. Logically constructed. Thank you.
Honestly, Duke is more of a Penn and Princeton vibe than Vandy and Dartmouth. I understand the school spirit thing, but it seems that the most criteria you are basing this on which is not accurate