@@GhoullKageTexts You have to meet the academic needs every semester to get and keep a scholarship, a 2.9 GPA Isn’t anywhere near meeting it at any university I’ve heard of, his daddy just cut a check call it what it is…
@@Movement_44 Specifically if you're black because they give you bonus points. If you're Asian, you have to get extra points to be accepted. Asians sued Harvard because of that but sadly lost. Everyone should get treated the same.
that's pretty much how it's been for the children of presidents forever. Look up JFK's essay. Then if you want to laugh, even more, look up Bush jr's and then look up his grades. The man bragged about being a C student.
@@Jacob-sb3su im a division 2 athlete and was literally told by my travel coach that i could get into schools as an below average student if the coaches wanted me and he's had it happen to his past players but i mean go off i guess
Either: 1. It's one of those gifted kids who really sucked at school because they couldn't be bothered. 2. It's someone with parents who bought them their way in. 3. It's someone who was predominantly focused with other spheres of their life (Sports, Handling Poverty, Business, Charity Work) and got recognized for it. 4. It's a combination of one of the above to varying lesser degrees.
mate why would a rich person let's say a very dumb rich person wanna go to an ivy. Their dad has pretty much everything but that person wouldn't really be wanting to compete with the actually smart people. If they do have gotten in havard with money as you say they might stand somewhere in academics and not just average
@@sodapopy turns out a lot of rich people bribe their way into ivy. i think it was 2019 when 50 rich people were caught including Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. I remember this was a pretty big thing back then
2.9 could have been someone who sucked at English, Environmental Science, Physical Education, and Foreign Language but was a GOD in math and took 2 AP math courses
Ap classes are bullshit. Had a classes tought by the teachers who tought ap classes, we had the same homework and test every night I just didn't get the free GPA boost like they did.
I understand that there have been scandals where people were buying themselves into prestigious colleges, but in nearly all those cases the students weren’t academically poor just average. What’s interesting about this is that for whatever reason they were admitted, it wasn’t because of money. While very rare it’s not unorthodox to see a few outliers with bad GPAs get into Ivy Leagues. This is because the student most likely showed tremendous accomplishments outside of class (ex: sports, entrepreneurship, leadership, etc.)
It could be because of a specific state test score. I specifically have a very high score for a particular test, and had earned my Master's of Science my sophomore year in high school.
Even the rich kids with high accolades in sports and academics cheated. One of those dads that bought his kid into Princeton made him look like some tennis all star. Kid had never played tennis in his life but got a full ride tennis scholarship because his dad and a few other people paid to forge his accolades. Also one of those kids went to Georgetown and didn't even want to go. She had decent grades but her celebrity parents bought her way in but she wanted to do Tik Tok videos instead. It's outrageous. I don't even encourage college for my kids anymore. I tell them to look into trade schools instead. Cheaper and you can land a perfectly good career that way.
@@85irie yeah I can see why since college is expensive in some countries, in where i live, uni is a lot cheaper (1.50$ / 200 dzd) so i dont really have to worry but yeah if uni might put you in endless debt i can see how you risky it could be. Either way i wish your kids good luck in life no matter what they chose.
@@herrforehead3745 in the US college can and will put you in debt. Sometimes it can be worth it but more so as time goes by it seems less appealing to most people. Also thank you for your kind words. I too wish you the best!
@@AmandaDixson it is literally impossible to earn your masters while in highschool. Thats not how it works. Even the smartest people in the world haven't done this.
Y’all forget people who work also go to Harvard. They might not achieved much in their old schools, but they might’ve made significant impacts in their line of work.
@@deenanthekemoni5567 who said anything about free? I think they meant after people already start working and accomplish stuff there, they can go back to school and gpa isn’t as important.
They could be athletes, artists, musicians, adults who have been working, or showed exceptional leadership skills etc. Its not just about grade you nerds.
@@crossinu3342 why? over 90% of Harvard students live in households of incomes 100k or more. While Harvard (for that un represented minority part) is 8% black and 9% Latino.
it would be lower. check out the survery from 97' someone there said they have a 1.8 GPA (its hard to find but someone took a picture of the survey, and its verified and everything.)
@@thefriendlydeadguy154 No, what they mean is there’s 0 way of telling if the information is true. Surveys are the single most unreliable form of data collection because people lie, make mistakes, change their answers based on perception of the form, and good old malicious compliance (aka trolling the shit out of the surveyors). The 1.9 you’re referring to was definitely just trolling.
What a lot of people don't get is colleges also care about what high-school you went to. I had a 2.5 GPA, was not in any clubs or sports, and was not top anything, yet I was accepted at a 3.5 minimum GPA school and I had a 920 on my sat and I didn't didn't show them my sat. Covid helped considering it made many colleges no longer ask for an sat but yeah, I learned that apparently my high-school was really rich and had a lot of renown so I was accepted over 1000 4.0 and above GPA kids. It's stupid and I don't deserve it honestly
Interestingly, looking at the chart you can see that they got 2300 on the SAT which is in the 99th percentile. There is a chance that they were smart, but just had shitty grades for some reason.
That's somewhat wrong if they let in bad students it lowers the rate at which people get hired and avg pay of graduates reducing the number that will apply.
@Jake Smith because they still need to have a imagine to show to people. It's better for them to have people who pay them riches and have a name than a mast of people who can pay the same amount together but are nobodies...
My first thought was “they’re probably a music/art prodigy or got in the news for starting a charity organization or something” meanwhile everyone else in the comments decided on nepotism 😅
It's because they lack the ability to look at f'ing graphs clearly shown to them in a video apparently. The 2.9 GPA student scored a 2290 SAT which when you look at the 3.5-4.0 students' scores it is better than half of them. Pretty sure that alone would be impressive enough to accept them.
@@porcupineparty7056 scholarship pays for you to go not let you in, you would still need to be exceptional in some category beside your race/gender to enter because their are tons of people who have the same race and gender
1 million ain't cutting it you gotta be super generous like build them a new wing or stadium type of generous min 15-20mil thats what the rich kids are giving.
@@melonwho8141 I think talent matters the most,there are so many rich people out there why all of them aren't in Harvard,you need to be smart to be there which I am not.my gk sucks
@@rumanfurqan1097 because not all rich people want to be associated with Harvard simply. Only a few want to be, either people who themselves went there at some life point their life or wanted to go or know the benefits of network. It's the same as why don't all rich people drive Lamborghinis, because some people don't like it, can they not afford it? Absolutely they can but chose to differ.
I’d like to remind everyone that while being rich is a possibility of how they got in, there may have also been extenuating circumstances for the student such as a death in the family, illness or disability, a rough home life, homelessness, or immigrating from a country where they were really struggling. While I’m not trying to say Harvard is a morally good institution by any means, they do prioritize getting to know students who had extenuating circumstances outside of their GPA. So if a student’s GPA was unfair based on their circumstances, they’ll look more at SATs, extra curriculars, not count a year or two toward their GPA for admissions, or get to know the student outside those numbers. Another thing that can help people get admitted is if they invent something, are an outstanding activist, or have some kind of public notoriety. Take Greta Thunberg, she could be an F student and institutions would be fighting to get her in. In fact she has been on many school strikes so that may well happen when or if she chooses to go to a university. While being rich gives anyone an advantage, more and more colleges are prioritizing diversity both in terms of identities and in terms of backgrounds. It looks better if colleges are admitting more students who have experienced homelessness, etc., in fact a friend of mine got a really great deal for college because of this.
Maybe because I’m still a little bitter about college admissions myself currently, but I really doubt any Ivy League puts as much effort as you’re supposing they do. They get so many applications every year I barely got even an interview from almost any place despite having (In my opinion) a pretty solid set of extracurriculars and academic scores. If they don’t spend time on people like that, why would they spend even more extra effort on anyone else? They just have so many people apply I’m not sure they could even give this consideration if they wanted to.
Can we just talk about how literally the 2 lowest scores isn’t even in the average spectrum and are literally just 2 strayed dots on the graph?? That means everyone except for those 2 has at least a 3.4 GPA (although this is prbly not the real number since not all students took the survey but still super impressive).
Wouldn’t it also depend on which major you’re going into too? I think having a high gpa would be beneficial for more competitive majors, unlikes the less popular ones? Idk
Definitely. The more competitive a major is, it's most likely you'll have to work even harder cause they'll probably pick the best of the best candidates. Especially for courses like Medicine, Dentistry and health related courses
Depends on the school too, at the college I’m at you don’t declare a major of any kind when you apply. You can put a projected major, but they won’t take it into consideration, as we can take classes in any school (school meaning school of business, school of communications, college of arts and sciences, etc, all built into my university) and double major/minor in any too. Harvard, yeah that may be important, schools like mine, not so much
Think all colleges should take outliers as an experiment. I knew a few people in high school that were not the brightest but somehow became A students in college. I recently saw one of them and he is an associate at a law firm and co-founder of a charity.
2.9 was a track athlete just not quite Usain Bolt…..brilliant at math and science but dyslexic so grades looked like a mix of As and C- in anything not math, science or sports…. If your GPA sucks you must have ”something else” and this track athlete was one the the top in the country and was very good at certain academic subjects and unfortunately just weak on the language arts sides of school work.
@Rav Reality is the fact that Ivy league schools take URM students with lower stats that have faced tremendous adversity. That's their diversity initiative. You're living in a fairy tale.
I honestly feel for low-income students that work their asses off, participate in many clubs/extracurriculars/internships, maintain 4.0+ GPAs, and still aren’t admitted to top schools because they can't use daddy's money to pour money into the school. I bet the kid with the 2.9 GPA was a spoiled rich brat who was only admitted because their parents could afford every penny of tuition.
They do, but if ur gpa and/or sat score is too low they won't even read it. Still, don't get discouraged on applying. You might get in with a good score instead of an amazing Score as long as you have some other good qualities.
I go to Cambridge uni and there are also some outliers here but often it’s not “daddy’s money” in these extreme cases (although it happens sometimes with more middling grades) but rather they excel very strongly (I mean VERY strong) in their given major while not doing so well in other subjects reducing their average score or there are circumstances which mean they have struggled with normal education (eg very autistic have a SPLD or struggled with health/poverty/other difficult situation ) but are very very bright
I actually personally knew of an ASIAN coworker who got accepted to Harvard with a 3.8 ...BUT ..... half his HS courses were dual Precollege credits that were relevant to his major , AND he took part in a successful project with a highly reputable HARVARD Alumni ...PLUS letter of recommendation from an actual HARVARD FACULTY member...AND the project had everything to do with the betterment of society and that particular industry
@@BaoNguyen-tw4kj it wasn't cumulative. senior year he was already 18 and was doing training camp. U get 0 if u don't show up. He got .2 from showing up during days he was off camp.
*_Bro's dad is the principal. Bro's mom donated 50 million to the school. Bro's ancestors founded Harvard. Bro is amazing at sports. Bro's essay said "my daddy will fire you if you don't accept me." Bro cheated on the SAT and still got a 420, but bro's mom is in the College Board and rigged the results so he didn't get a 400_*
My teacher told us about one student who was supposedly a genius and didn't care for high school. So he systematically attempted to get straight D's all year. He succeeded for the most part, until one teacher found out and refused to give him a D, so he had a C. He ended up going to Harvard.
I graduated from Harvard and most of my colleagues were very unique individuals with very specific and concentrated skill sets. Legacy is literally on the application, so yes, that is taken into account, however it should be noted that being an interesting person is almost required for admission.
I can't imagine wanting to go to Harvard or any Ivy League school. Being a big fish in a small pond was way less stressful for me and my level of ambition. Not like you can't be a doctor or lawyer by going to a different school.
Doctor yeah you could become that anywhere and don’t need to go to an ivy but I feel like it’s more important for lawyers to go to a top university because of connections and stuff
@@sadsader100yearsago9 Perhaps, but it really depends on what your goals are and how an ivy league will fit into that plan. Don't just go because you think it might help. The only Harvard grads we hear about are the ones who did things afterwards.
Those students could of done something amazing that is what some students have done and they get in no matter what their GPA is. Like one guy build a supersonic rc plane and got a full scholarship into standford. Stanford even contacted them
What even is GPA and how is it calculated. In the UK we have UCAS points that are added up collectively and as a whole from the grades you get. I assume GPA is calculated the same?
@@m1a1abramstank49 “We aren’t Bsians we’re Asians. Now go to piano practice and work your part time job as a calculator. Don’t bother coming home we’ll all be at our jobs as doctors.”
people with a lower GPA can get into schools with low acceptance rates by owning a successful business, creating something innovative and getting endorsements for it, or showing some extreme skill. a 4.0, 1500 sat, and some ap classes aren't getting you into Harvard, its either money or being extremely intelligence and applying that intelligence into the real world rather than just to your schoolwork.
I would imagine someone with such a low GPA would have some other extraordinary skills besides GPA and or extenuating circumstances that they can demonstrate to an admissions board. Harvard is obviously very selective and they're going to pick and choose who they want
Look on Harvard’s football roster. They list all of the academic accolades of their players. Almost every one of those kids were in the National Honors Society and did a ton of volunteer work. They are still really good students
Lol it doesn't matter, the son of our country's dictator Bong bong marcos who didn't even graduated in Oxford was given a special diploma just because her mother came to visit and gave a hefty donation.
Yeah true. Though that donation has really halted our economy in later years since it involved Filipino taxpayer money. Remember that they stole from our country's treasury and laundered it like it was merely nothing.
Everyone is talking about money getting you into an Ivy which is extremely true -!: sadly common, but these students also could’ve stood out with incredible extracurriculars like athletics, community service, volunteer work, personal projects, etc.
Or they could've been black or Hispanic. They have much lower standards for getting into college. If you are white or Asian you are held to a higher expectation.
Honestly I think if the school thinks you have enough potential to bring their school a good name they will want you, which for some is enough funding 👀
Many people on here have zero understanding of the admissions process. The answer is NO having a 2.9 GPA will not get you into Harvard. And NO, your parent's bank account don't either (btw many of these students get on a full ride). The admission procedure is holistic which means every other metrics and qualities are considered. I have served on admissions committee and that's how it works. This person could have gone thru circumstances that they overcame which showed their strength and resiliency and had other parts of the application aka test scores and extracurricular to near perfect. Very rare to happen but in holistic admissions GPA and test scores are not everything and we cannot base someone's fate just on these alone. It's so common to find a 4.0 person who can ace every test but fail procedural intelligence. The vice versa can also happen. Being a straight A student doesn't equal intelligence always.
Yet black ppl weren’t apart of the college admission scandal. They were ALL white. If there were white why did they have to pay to get in. Ur just a racist. Seek therapy.
2.9 GPA kid on his essay: My dad's the chairman, my mom is on the board, my ancestors founded the school.
And My name is Harvard
He probably got a sports scholarship or/and his parents also must've paid a good amount of money to buy their way
@@GhoullKageTexts You have to meet the academic needs every semester to get and keep a scholarship, a 2.9 GPA Isn’t anywhere near meeting it at any university I’ve heard of, his daddy just cut a check call it what it is…
dont forget im not asian
@@345funnyboy 😐
With 2.9 you probably have to donate new stadium to the school plus all the sports equipment for a good measure.
Or they were a minority… the amount of scholarships minorities get is crazy
@@Movement_44 scholarship is nothing if you don’t get in lol
@@Movement_44 Specifically if you're black because they give you bonus points. If you're Asian, you have to get extra points to be accepted. Asians sued Harvard because of that but sadly lost. Everyone should get treated the same.
2.9 gpa moment
@@NaudVanDalen So as Indian it's hard to get into Harvard Right?
“Daddy, I WANT TO GO TO HARVARD!!!”
“Anything for u dear.”
Legally Blonde except the dad was unsupportive
**Proceeds to pay BAZILLIONS of dollars**
that one kid from charlie and the chocolate factory 9 years after they went to the factory:
Hey, they could have done really good in the SAT/ACT. Don’t judge a person before you know the whole story
@@Turtle_lover.1it’s Harvard everybody does good on the SAT/ACT it still wouldn’t be enough probably athletes
Reality:
GPA and test scores don’t mean 💩, if daddy’s bank account makes an appearance on campus.
Thats a universal fact so tell me something I don't know
Wrong
exactly. there’s even a documentary that covers this shady crap
Or your black
@@dominickjustave3558 found the Harvard student
“Yale could use an international airport.”
I'm not made of airports
Why
TikTok?
_ehhhxcellent_
At that point, he told me to "relax"
2.9 GPA kid in his essay : My name is John Harvard....😂😂
that's pretty much how it's been for the children of presidents forever. Look up JFK's essay. Then if you want to laugh, even more, look up Bush jr's and then look up his grades. The man bragged about being a C student.
@@dianeyoung8130 JFK wasn't a dummy though, he did make the dean's list at Harvard.
@@cityboyashatl The deans list is only a 3.5 gpa for a year
@@shawnmondol5456
Yeah, a gpa of 3.5/4.0 is good at any accredited school, and I imagine Harvard classes are at least a little more rigorous
Mewing😊
everyone's talking about money but y'all forgetting that athletes can get in no matter how much worse their gpa is than the rest of the students lmao
Not necessarily. Athletes still have to show some level of academic competency. That usually means above 3 gpa
Not at Harvard
Thats straight up just not true. You obviously never played at a high level in highschool
@@Jacob-sb3su teachers would just give the kids C’s so they could play. Then the dumb meatheads do the same thing in college
@@Jacob-sb3su im a division 2 athlete and was literally told by my travel coach that i could get into schools as an below average student if the coaches wanted me and he's had it happen to his past players but i mean go off i guess
He either has rich parents or he lied to troll with statistics lmao
Idiot
If I went to Harvard, I'll have the lowest GPA in the history of Harvard
You will write your name in history, your name will be legendary lol 😆.
Same here, We’ll compete for it, 🤣
Thats not something to be proud of 💀
@@aamateur-artist yes it is
Only IF you get into harvard. 😂😂🤣🤣
No, *I'LL* have the lowest GPA in the history of Harvard. 😒
Either:
1. It's one of those gifted kids who really sucked at school because they couldn't be bothered.
2. It's someone with parents who bought them their way in.
3. It's someone who was predominantly focused with other spheres of their life (Sports, Handling Poverty, Business, Charity Work) and got recognized for it.
4. It's a combination of one of the above to varying lesser degrees.
Funny how u forgot affirmative action. Oh well...
@@samwhither9457 That actually fits into category #3, at least from the perspective of whoever wrote that Harvard policy.
ik a kid who got into a decent school with a 2.5 gpa, im pretty sure it cause he started his own business, and sold stuff to Ryan Reynolds
mate why would a rich person let's say a very dumb rich person wanna go to an ivy. Their dad has pretty much everything but that person wouldn't really be wanting to compete with the actually smart people.
If they do have gotten in havard with money as you say they might stand somewhere in academics and not just average
@@sodapopy turns out a lot of rich people bribe their way into ivy. i think it was 2019 when 50 rich people were caught including Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. I remember this was a pretty big thing back then
2.9 could have been someone who sucked at English, Environmental Science, Physical Education, and Foreign Language but was a GOD in math and took 2 AP math courses
@Jump Jack how is calculus so easy
@@swiftlefttoe2046 calc AB isn’t that hard. Tbh pre calc is a lot harder imo
@Jump Jack oh because i’m taking ab calc next year as a sophmore
Ap classes are bullshit.
Had a classes tought by the teachers who tought ap classes, we had the same homework and test every night I just didn't get the free GPA boost like they did.
@@johnschwalb fr tho ap calc is like on a sale of 1-10 like a 3-4 in difficulty. calc is fun, though.
I understand that there have been scandals where people were buying themselves into prestigious colleges, but in nearly all those cases the students weren’t academically poor just average. What’s interesting about this is that for whatever reason they were admitted, it wasn’t because of money. While very rare it’s not unorthodox to see a few outliers with bad GPAs get into Ivy Leagues. This is because the student most likely showed tremendous accomplishments outside of class (ex: sports, entrepreneurship, leadership, etc.)
It could be because of a specific state test score.
I specifically have a very high score for a particular test, and had earned my Master's of Science my sophomore year in high school.
Even the rich kids with high accolades in sports and academics cheated. One of those dads that bought his kid into Princeton made him look like some tennis all star. Kid had never played tennis in his life but got a full ride tennis scholarship because his dad and a few other people paid to forge his accolades. Also one of those kids went to Georgetown and didn't even want to go. She had decent grades but her celebrity parents bought her way in but she wanted to do Tik Tok videos instead. It's outrageous. I don't even encourage college for my kids anymore. I tell them to look into trade schools instead. Cheaper and you can land a perfectly good career that way.
@@85irie yeah I can see why since college is expensive in some countries, in where i live, uni is a lot cheaper (1.50$ / 200 dzd) so i dont really have to worry but yeah if uni might put you in endless debt i can see how you risky it could be. Either way i wish your kids good luck in life no matter what they chose.
@@herrforehead3745 in the US college can and will put you in debt. Sometimes it can be worth it but more so as time goes by it seems less appealing to most people. Also thank you for your kind words. I too wish you the best!
@@AmandaDixson it is literally impossible to earn your masters while in highschool. Thats not how it works. Even the smartest people in the world haven't done this.
Two ways to get into any prestigious school: Your a genius or super rich.
Or you play sports
@@ArtwithariThechannelofart youre not getting into a top school just off sports unless you're number one in the nation
@@zzzzzzzjsjyue2175 yep.
@@zzzzzzzjsjyue2175 Yeah but that still gives you a good boost if you're very good at it
I think the super rich thing is wrong . If you are an intelligent person actually seeking knowledge, then you are worthy .
I like how no one is mentioning that he could of lied for shts and giggles
He cited his sources
@@lorcha1237 he said it’s self reported. How is no one realising people can just lie
"I got a perfect 4.0 but let's do a funny and let's see how low they're gonna let me report"
@@theaviationbeeif I had a 4.0 I would do that too
Y’all forget people who work also go to Harvard. They might not achieved much in their old schools, but they might’ve made significant impacts in their line of work.
@Joe Smith Good to know, Jared.
@@deenanthekemoni5567 it’s good you know that’s not how they work because literally no one said that was how they work
@@deenanthekemoni5567 who said anything about free? I think they meant after people already start working and accomplish stuff there, they can go back to school and gpa isn’t as important.
You are right
@Joe Smith I know I'm 5 months late but I gotta agree with Joe Smith lol. These two sentences were not a pleasant read.
i wonder how much of a generous donation their parents made
If there is a new library or computer lab named after someone then it probably that’s kid parent
I wonder what underrepresented minority they were
They could be athletes, artists, musicians, adults who have been working, or showed exceptional leadership skills etc. Its not just about grade you nerds.
Bro, do you want to do a bible study ,?
@@crossinu3342 why? over 90% of Harvard students live in households of incomes 100k or more. While Harvard (for that un represented minority part) is 8% black and 9% Latino.
Key word "self-reported." While it is likely that there is an outlier with a 2.9 GPA this cannot be known for certain.
yeah, in reality it was probably some kid who got in with a 3.9 who mistyped.
it would be lower. check out the survery from 97' someone there said they have a 1.8 GPA (its hard to find but someone took a picture of the survey, and its verified and everything.)
Someone prob trolled
@@thefriendlydeadguy154 No, what they mean is there’s 0 way of telling if the information is true. Surveys are the single most unreliable form of data collection because people lie, make mistakes, change their answers based on perception of the form, and good old malicious compliance (aka trolling the shit out of the surveyors). The 1.9 you’re referring to was definitely just trolling.
What a lot of people don't get is colleges also care about what high-school you went to. I had a 2.5 GPA, was not in any clubs or sports, and was not top anything, yet I was accepted at a 3.5 minimum GPA school and I had a 920 on my sat and I didn't didn't show them my sat. Covid helped considering it made many colleges no longer ask for an sat but yeah, I learned that apparently my high-school was really rich and had a lot of renown so I was accepted over 1000 4.0 and above GPA kids. It's stupid and I don't deserve it honestly
LMFAO that’s fuc shit
‘’4.0and above’’
Affirmative Action?
920 out of 1600?
hahahaha that's funny
2.9 probably an athlete. Athletes can always get by academic requirements.
not at harvard
@@xogiIbert oh sorry ur a special boy going to special school
Interestingly, looking at the chart you can see that they got 2300 on the SAT which is in the 99th percentile. There is a chance that they were smart, but just had shitty grades for some reason.
@@echoptic775 bruh no lo quit being dense you're not getting into Harvard off sports alone. You need to be rich on top of that to stand chance
@@xogiIbertThat is correct. I'm sure Duke will recruit men's basketball players with that GPA but not Stanford and Harvard.
"Education is a human right"
"Education is the most gatekeeped resource"
Colleges are businesses, they don’t care about your grade, they want your money.
Well said
That's somewhat wrong if they let in bad students it lowers the rate at which people get hired and avg pay of graduates reducing the number that will apply.
@Jake Smith because they still need to have a imagine to show to people. It's better for them to have people who pay them riches and have a name than a mast of people who can pay the same amount together but are nobodies...
I applied in 2017 with a 4.1/4.0 and they rejected me but accepted the valedictorian from my school. They had a 4.2
Valedictorian at my school had a 4.9, I was on the lower spectrum with a 4.0
Sadge
The max is 4.0 why u lyin
@@joesus3529 If you take advanced or AP classes.. it can actually boost your GPA above regular 4.0
@@kaiupnxt says the one who probably isnt even in Middle school get a life kid
Bro I graduated with a 3.2, I wouldn’t wanna go to Harvard but still. Their SAT scores must have been PERFECT. Or daddy must’ve donated a stadium
Or sports scholarship or some other extracurricular accomplishment
where did you end up going?
It’s the essay TRUST. Ivys do not care about academics as much as people believe.
@@BoujeeBlackBabe hey, are you sure?
@@yakshishah7073 It’s more what you do, one person who went to my highschool got into Harvard with a 3.7 GPA, but also went on Sharktank.
Lowest SELF REPORTED gpa lmao
My first thought was “they’re probably a music/art prodigy or got in the news for starting a charity organization or something” meanwhile everyone else in the comments decided on nepotism 😅
It's well known that the bulk of slots go to applicants based on them having alumni in the family that contribute to the endowment.
It's because they lack the ability to look at f'ing graphs clearly shown to them in a video apparently. The 2.9 GPA student scored a 2290 SAT which when you look at the 3.5-4.0 students' scores it is better than half of them. Pretty sure that alone would be impressive enough to accept them.
@@YuYuYuna_ if the S.A.T score got him in why even bother with the GPA?
@@xXJ4FARGAMERXx incase you dont have the sat score?
@@YuYuYuna_ thats probably the reason, ig the dude broke his neck studying for the SATs
Money or grades, the more of one you have, the less you need the other
Skin color maters in admissions too.
@@randomelephant4476 not really because of you would still need one of the two to get in or just be good at a sport
@@porcupineparty7056 scholarship pays for you to go not let you in, you would still need to be exceptional in some category beside your race/gender to enter because their are tons of people who have the same race and gender
They were def a test subject
Harvard: why would we put a student on blast like that?
Harvard in reality: why would we unwittingly admit that money can get you into this school?
Lies again? KP TH
Their parents have deep pockets and connections.
Could also be athletes instead of rich parents
Parents of the kid with a 2.9 GPA: “remember that time we donated 1 million dollars?”
1 million ain't cutting it you gotta be super generous like build them a new wing or stadium type of generous min 15-20mil thats what the rich kids are giving.
I don't think you need father's money to get into Harvard..
@@rumanfurqan1097welcome to the world where things occur beyond your expectations 🙏
@@melonwho8141 I think talent matters the most,there are so many rich people out there why all of them aren't in Harvard,you need to be smart to be there which I am not.my gk sucks
@@rumanfurqan1097 because not all rich people want to be associated with Harvard simply. Only a few want to be, either people who themselves went there at some life point their life or wanted to go or know the benefits of network.
It's the same as why don't all rich people drive Lamborghinis, because some people don't like it, can they not afford it? Absolutely they can but chose to differ.
The lower the GPA, the more the parents bribed the admission office.
2.9 GPA kid probably donated millions to harvard
"Daddy bought the Eiffel Tower for Harvard"
I’d like to remind everyone that while being rich is a possibility of how they got in, there may have also been extenuating circumstances for the student such as a death in the family, illness or disability, a rough home life, homelessness, or immigrating from a country where they were really struggling.
While I’m not trying to say Harvard is a morally good institution by any means, they do prioritize getting to know students who had extenuating circumstances outside of their GPA. So if a student’s GPA was unfair based on their circumstances, they’ll look more at SATs, extra curriculars, not count a year or two toward their GPA for admissions, or get to know the student outside those numbers.
Another thing that can help people get admitted is if they invent something, are an outstanding activist, or have some kind of public notoriety. Take Greta Thunberg, she could be an F student and institutions would be fighting to get her in. In fact she has been on many school strikes so that may well happen when or if she chooses to go to a university.
While being rich gives anyone an advantage, more and more colleges are prioritizing diversity both in terms of identities and in terms of backgrounds. It looks better if colleges are admitting more students who have experienced homelessness, etc., in fact a friend of mine got a really great deal for college because of this.
Very insightful!
nice, an informed comment
What’s her problem? o _ o
@@jitsusingh1601 Who?
Maybe because I’m still a little bitter about college admissions myself currently, but I really doubt any Ivy League puts as much effort as you’re supposing they do.
They get so many applications every year I barely got even an interview from almost any place despite having (In my opinion) a pretty solid set of extracurriculars and academic scores. If they don’t spend time on people like that, why would they spend even more extra effort on anyone else?
They just have so many people apply I’m not sure they could even give this consideration if they wanted to.
GPAs of 2.9 and 3.3 are definitely legacies from a family of donors.
Can we just talk about how literally the 2 lowest scores isn’t even in the average spectrum and are literally just 2 strayed dots on the graph?? That means everyone except for those 2 has at least a 3.4 GPA (although this is prbly not the real number since not all students took the survey but still super impressive).
It's self reported. Most people lie.
@@charlespentz3690 no lol, most had more than 3.4. You’re not getting into an Ivy with less than that unless you’re a phenom or cure cancer
could be that ppl who had the lowest gpas did not want to do the survey because of embarrassment, even if its anonymous
3.4 is kinda bad tho, that's like a little above average which u should be the best in your grade if u get inyo Harvard.
@@scarce3336 3.4 is mostly for underrepresented minorities, if your not it’s near perfect gpa and sat or out.
so you're telling me theres a chance
Well yes, but Daddy has to donate a building
More like 2.9 billion dollar net worth
Me with 4.7 GPA not being able to go to Harvard: 🙂
my gpa was actually so low compared to that and I just manifsetted it lmao
Don't GPAs only go up to 4.0?
@@Dashie- If you do well in some higher level classes, you can theoretically get all the way up to five.
As someone who also has a 4.7 GPA, this hit me like a truck 💀
@@Dashie-5.0 scale
No one:
Admission Committee: “Good stuff homie”
The 2.9 GPA either didn’t try in H.S and was taking uni courses with insane ECs & essays, or mummy daddy donated a building 💀
Connections. It's called connections.
Or affirmative action
Really? I thought that happens only in India 😅
@Been Man but especially affirmative action and holding back white and Asian students.
Something tells me that's actually just GPA at the college
Wouldn’t it also depend on which major you’re going into too? I think having a high gpa would be beneficial for more competitive majors, unlikes the less popular ones? Idk
Definitely. The more competitive a major is, it's most likely you'll have to work even harder cause they'll probably pick the best of the best candidates. Especially for courses like Medicine, Dentistry and health related courses
Depends on the school too, at the college I’m at you don’t declare a major of any kind when you apply. You can put a projected major, but they won’t take it into consideration, as we can take classes in any school (school meaning school of business, school of communications, college of arts and sciences, etc, all built into my university) and double major/minor in any too. Harvard, yeah that may be important, schools like mine, not so much
Think all colleges should take outliers as an experiment. I knew a few people in high school that were not the brightest but somehow became A students in college. I recently saw one of them and he is an associate at a law firm and co-founder of a charity.
Bullshiters always go very far in life.
Affirmative action goes brrrrrrrrr
Easy way to get in Harvard : have daddy donate a building
The 2.9 kid has a rich daddy and a celebrity mom whom has all attended the institution.
The 3.3 kid is the next Usain Bolt of the world.
2.9 was a track athlete just not quite Usain Bolt…..brilliant at math and science but dyslexic so grades looked like a mix of As and C- in anything not math, science or sports…. If your GPA sucks you must have ”something else” and this track athlete was one the the top in the country and was very good at certain academic subjects and unfortunately just weak on the language arts sides of school work.
Getting into Harvard with a 2.9 gives off a lot of “daddy has a building named after him” energy
What y’all are not noticing is their SAT score was phenomenal..
SAT alone doesn't mean shit lol. These people either had connections or were athletes.
@@viktorepifanov7138 Or... They faced extraordinary adversity. Stop being salty.
@@Irisicaaa Or they were a minority athlete and got a free ride lol
@Rav Reality is the fact that Ivy league schools take URM students with lower stats that have faced tremendous adversity. That's their diversity initiative.
You're living in a fairy tale.
@@viktorepifanov7138 you clearly know nothing about college.
“Why would we put a student on blast like that?”
Protect the person who programmed that website at all costs 😭✨
2.9 GPA Athlete
GREAT to know that my gpa is someone’s lowest in Harvard 🤯😂
These shorts are so entertaining they always make my day better💕
I honestly feel for low-income students that work their asses off, participate in many clubs/extracurriculars/internships, maintain 4.0+ GPAs, and still aren’t admitted to top schools because they can't use daddy's money to pour money into the school. I bet the kid with the 2.9 GPA was a spoiled rich brat who was only admitted because their parents could afford every penny of tuition.
i hear the essays are what really matter
but idk might be a hoax
They do, but if ur gpa and/or sat score is too low they won't even read it.
Still, don't get discouraged on applying. You might get in with a good score instead of an amazing Score as long as you have some other good qualities.
I go to Cambridge uni and there are also some outliers here but often it’s not “daddy’s money” in these extreme cases (although it happens sometimes with more middling grades) but rather they excel very strongly (I mean VERY strong) in their given major while not doing so well in other subjects reducing their average score or there are circumstances which mean they have struggled with normal education (eg very autistic have a SPLD or struggled with health/poverty/other difficult situation ) but are very very bright
So you're saying there's a chance
Its like more impressing going to Harvard with such grades than actually beeing pretty good at school
They were PROLLY slept with the dean
I would too to get into Harvard. No limits 😳
pov: daddy donated a building
Nagito going to hopes peak be like
I actually personally knew of an ASIAN coworker who got accepted to Harvard with a 3.8 ...BUT ..... half his HS courses were dual Precollege credits that were relevant to his major , AND he took part in a successful project with a highly reputable HARVARD Alumni ...PLUS letter of recommendation from an actual HARVARD FACULTY member...AND the project had everything to do with the betterment of society and that particular industry
They got in because they were really good at sports and stuff
I'd rather have someone with a 2.9 GPA and a rich dad at my uni than having to pay 5k extra tuition
Someone from my high school got in to Stanford with a 0.2 GPA. Football or basketball Scholarship forgot which one.
Cap bro
Stop lying for internet clout
0.2- is that possible?
@@BaoNguyen-tw4kj it wasn't cumulative. senior year he was already 18 and was doing training camp. U get 0 if u don't show up. He got .2 from showing up during days he was off camp.
@@rainzer0 Oh okay. Thanks.
Never let bro cook again
I heard from a guy who was 63 years old who said he got in to Harvard with a 2.3 GPA who would have known🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂
I wonder what they did to get in
Extracurriculars of course it's effects so much
@@xkururin yea but what about them made them special
Have a rich daddy
Affirmative action
@@werr3222werrr Either their family made donations or they are talented in a special field
*_Bro's dad is the principal. Bro's mom donated 50 million to the school. Bro's ancestors founded Harvard. Bro is amazing at sports. Bro's essay said "my daddy will fire you if you don't accept me." Bro cheated on the SAT and still got a 420, but bro's mom is in the College Board and rigged the results so he didn't get a 400_*
Me with a 3.2 reading the comments.
“Guess I’ll die.”
My teacher told us about one student who was supposedly a genius and didn't care for high school. So he systematically attempted to get straight D's all year. He succeeded for the most part, until one teacher found out and refused to give him a D, so he had a C.
He ended up going to Harvard.
Poor guy
Me with 9.85:🗿
I graduated from Harvard and most of my colleagues were very unique individuals with very specific and concentrated skill sets. Legacy is literally on the application, so yes, that is taken into account, however it should be noted that being an interesting person is almost required for admission.
Great job
My teachers don’t bother to change my grades so I’ll never get in
Dont you need to do something about that
Why you calling them “colleagues”… you not have any friends 😂
@@ethanjones2008 “…you not have any friends.”
I have a 3.5 in high school right now and that’s considered very good for my school
there is still hope yall
I can't imagine wanting to go to Harvard or any Ivy League school. Being a big fish in a small pond was way less stressful for me and my level of ambition. Not like you can't be a doctor or lawyer by going to a different school.
Exactly
Doctor yeah you could become that anywhere and don’t need to go to an ivy but I feel like it’s more important for lawyers to go to a top university because of connections and stuff
Just cause you can’t imagine it doesn’t mean it’s not worth it
@@sadsader100yearsago9 Perhaps, but it really depends on what your goals are and how an ivy league will fit into that plan. Don't just go because you think it might help. The only Harvard grads we hear about are the ones who did things afterwards.
@@jacobg8640 or, you could just look up statistics to see that a Ivy grade does better than others on average.
*Summary: Daddy's money*
So what your saying is I could get into Harvard 😏
Those students could of done something amazing that is what some students have done and they get in no matter what their GPA is. Like one guy build a supersonic rc plane and got a full scholarship into standford. Stanford even contacted them
Is there a sitford too?
Standford
Those dudes are probably prodigies keeping on the low, its like the guys who makes all their test scores 27% on purpose.
They definitely paid Harvard.
What even is GPA and how is it calculated. In the UK we have UCAS points that are added up collectively and as a whole from the grades you get. I assume GPA is calculated the same?
Yup
4.0 is perfect, it means all As
3.0 is an average of B
2.0 is C
Below that is failing
@@austinhernandez2716 for Asians:
A: Average
B: Failing
C: No food for the week
D: Forced out of the house
E: Disowned
@@m1a1abramstank49 “We aren’t Bsians we’re Asians. Now go to piano practice and work your part time job as a calculator. Don’t bother coming home we’ll all be at our jobs as doctors.”
@@austinhernandez2716 so basically 3.0+ is considered good. And 3.5+ is pretty much excellent.
people with a lower GPA can get into schools with low acceptance rates by owning a successful business, creating something innovative and getting endorsements for it, or showing some extreme skill. a 4.0, 1500 sat, and some ap classes aren't getting you into Harvard, its either money or being extremely intelligence and applying that intelligence into the real world rather than just to your schoolwork.
What about people who can’t get higher than a 4.0 GPA, but took AP classes and did an above average on the SAT
2.9 was Dr. K
I would imagine someone with such a low GPA would have some other extraordinary skills besides GPA and or extenuating circumstances that they can demonstrate to an admissions board. Harvard is obviously very selective and they're going to pick and choose who they want
extenuating circumstances: several million US$
Probably a star athlete. That can get a person into pretty much any college they want
Athletes for sure
very fucking talented athletes*
Look on Harvard’s football roster. They list all of the academic accolades of their players. Almost every one of those kids were in the National Honors Society and did a ton of volunteer work. They are still really good students
And my Mom said I would never make it in to collage ha ha ha
Man, the admissions office at Harvard might've been like, "Fuck it"
Minority admissions.
Lol it doesn't matter, the son of our country's dictator Bong bong marcos who didn't even graduated in Oxford was given a special diploma just because her mother came to visit and gave a hefty donation.
Yeah true. Though that donation has really halted our economy in later years since it involved Filipino taxpayer money. Remember that they stole from our country's treasury and laundered it like it was merely nothing.
Everyone is talking about money getting you into an Ivy which is extremely true -!: sadly common, but these students also could’ve stood out with incredible extracurriculars like athletics, community service, volunteer work, personal projects, etc.
Or they could've been black or Hispanic. They have much lower standards for getting into college. If you are white or Asian you are held to a higher expectation.
Hate to break it to you but you’re already required to have all those things on top of having an amazing gpa to even be considered for harvard
@@ineedmoresleep3728 or just be mediocre but have a higher amount of melanin in your skin and affirmative action will take care of it for you.
@@CousinBowling yeah okay buddy, any proof to your claims or are you just spouting nonsense?
@@no-dm2rr look up affirmative action
Not everyone dissing the 2.9 kid 😭
Honestly I think if the school thinks you have enough potential to bring their school a good name they will want you, which for some is enough funding 👀
Many people on here have zero understanding of the admissions process. The answer is NO having a 2.9 GPA will not get you into Harvard. And NO, your parent's bank account don't either (btw many of these students get on a full ride). The admission procedure is holistic which means every other metrics and qualities are considered. I have served on admissions committee and that's how it works. This person could have gone thru circumstances that they overcame which showed their strength and resiliency and had other parts of the application aka test scores and extracurricular to near perfect. Very rare to happen but in holistic admissions GPA and test scores are not everything and we cannot base someone's fate just on these alone. It's so common to find a 4.0 person who can ace every test but fail procedural intelligence. The vice versa can also happen. Being a straight A student doesn't equal intelligence always.
2.9 gpa: my dad is black
Yet black ppl weren’t apart of the college admission scandal. They were ALL white. If there were white why did they have to pay to get in. Ur just a racist. Seek therapy.
3.3 gpa is actually good
@@shoostV1 it's a b student dummy
i mean it’s like a decent gpa, you’re doing the least to pass the class
@@natedor7739 a b student 😑
um
garbage for us
it’s called AFFIRMATIVE ACTION and women leadership … that’s how you get in with a shit GPA
The 2.9 kid just owns the school that’s all