The Average Student's College Application Process
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GPA (U.W/W): 3.29/3.51
Applied as Civil Engineer
Arizona State University: Accepted with a 40k scholarship
University of Arizona: Accepted With a 60k scholarship
Michigan State University: Accepted
New York University: Rejected
Temple University: Accepted with a 40k scholarship
Purdue University (EA): Rejected
University of Colorado Boulder (EA): Accepted for Exploratory Studies
University of Connecticut: Rejected
University of Delaware: Deferred/Accepted
University of Miami (EA): Rejected But Offered Guaranteed Transfer Admission
University of South Carolina Columbia: Accepted
San Francisco State University: Accepted
San Jose State University : Accepted
Cal Poly Pomona: Waitlist
Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach: Deferred/Accepted with a 40k scholarship
Rutgers University (EA): Accepted
Applied as Food/Nutritional Science
Florida State University : Rejected
Penn State University : Accepted
Pepperdine University : Accepted
The Ohio State University (EA): Rejected
University of Massachusetts Amherst: Accepted with a 40k scholarship
University of Wisconsin Madison: Rejected
San Diego State University : Rejected
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo: Rejected
Texas Tech University: Accepted
Texas A&M University: Rejected
Clemson University: Waitlisted
University of Tennessee Knoxville: Accepted
Applied as Business Administration/Global Management
University of Pittsburgh: Deferred/Denied
University of Southern California: Rejected
Northeastern University:Rejected
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Hey I want to get into ASU. I'm a senior and currently have a total unweighted GPA of 3.67 and SAT score of 1230. How were you able to get that 40k scholarship? I am middle class and don't have a lot of money and will have to pay for my own college, so the scholarship money would help a lot. Thank you.
“I only had a 3.96 gpa with 12 APs 😫😫😫😖😖😖😖😖” Finally a normal video
The whole video: “WOO! Stanford!”, “MOM I GOT INTO MIT😭🤣”
Hahahah, thats why I made the video
@@luminouskiwi1104 wdym?
@@nerdynobody1721 ive done this
@@nerdynobody1721 I’ve done all those things, I’m just too good for college😎
finally a realistic one that’s not just ivy’s & prestigious schools.
He had a couple prestigious ones in there
@@atrbulldog5955 they said "not just." They didn't say "without." read bruh
i see 3.29 gpa and i click.
Finally someone normal thank you so much
LOL...
Exactly not an Asian with perfect everything
@@creamsilver2513 bruh
@@whatthefuckiswrongwithyou as an Asian, he’s not wrong lol
@@bennyren980 bruh wtf are you talking about.
Great video. Finally someone I can relate to cause some people are like “my gpa isn’t the best lol” and have a 4.0. Anyways you’re fine asf.
“Anyways you’re fine asf” 💀💀 I’m SCREAMING
Bluey308 I had to shoot my shot
@@audiliaa.6056 LMFAOO yeah he's really cute
I AGREE
OMG I'M SCREAMING 😭
Just got rejected from my dream school. Thank you for making this video. Sick of seeing these Ivy League reactions. Glad to see someone who is more down to earth.
What school?
Hey don’t worry we just need to get a job
@@s.n2269at the end of the day, thats the real purpose of college, not to flex, but to get a job (at least for most people)
@@arjunchandrasekaran6883 True thats why i said it doesnt matter what college you go to at end of the day u will get a job and obv going to better colleges will provide a more high paying jobs
@@s.n2269 pretty much, but ofc like u said the better the college the better and more high paying jobs u can choose from
A lot of respect for producing a video that is directed to the majority of college applicants, who aren’t Ivy League bound.
Of course, it's natural to want to watch college reaction videos with a variety of applicants making them, especially when the video-makers tend to lean top-heavy.
This guy woke up and decided to spit facts for 14 minutes straight 💀💀
As a parent and a college counselor, I want to let you know that you demonstrate an amazing amount of maturity and wisdom. I expect you will have a happy, healthy, and rewarding future.
When I tell u that I’m so happy about this video. Like every video is saying they got a 1500 and had a 4.0+ gpa. But this right here is really gonna inspire people with not the best stats to apply to more better schools! Do great where you go
Holy shit someone with realistic grades! Not someone saying ooohh im average and they got like a single b and 3.9gpa and 1550 sat lol
Is that gooooood?🥴🤓
Or an Asian with no flaws
@@creamsilver2513 hey! I did pretty well myself with some bad grades, feel free to check them out
@@creamsilver2513 No need to bring up race bruh... come on man
@@creamsilver2513 Well, is that his blame for trying harder than you didi
"... how it changed me as a person."
There you go... that phrase - not your GPA, your test scores or your extracurricular activities - was how you got accepted. You have the proper attitude. That phrase shows you are capable of learning and growing, which is supposed to be the purpose of college.
College need all 3. High GPA, extra circulars AND success in them, and uniqueness to top it all off.
I had a similar GPA and situation to you. I generally got decent grades in the other years of HS but I really badly fucked up my sophomore year also and that brought my GPA way down. I watched this video before I started applying last year and it really calmed my nerves seeing someone I could relate to as my friends with 4.3 gpas were talking about applying to Harvard and Northwestern. I just wanted to tell you that I took your advice on the Pepperdine essay and I got in today on early action! Thank you so much for this video and giving us normal kids hope!
Hey, you dont know how happy it makes me to hear that . congrats on your accomplishment, I wish you the best moving forward. Please let me know if you have any other questions as I am in college and i can answer some questions about that topic aswell!
Same, I’m currently a junior in high school but in sophomore year, I got 2 D’s and an F in an AP class. Freshman year I did good and currently I’m doing good but I really messed up last year. If it weren’t for the grading system when the pandemic started, I would’ve for sure not passed😅I also relate to the friend thing so much. Most got over 1100 on the PSAT and acted like it was bad when I could barely make 900. I enjoy videos like this:)
Hello I’m in hs sophmore year and this year I did shit. I had good in freshman year 3:92 gpa but now my gpa is 3.42. I’m also from California. Got any tips to get into UC colleges?
I want to become a data scientist
@@rohitchivukula481 hey I’m not firm California but I had a good gpa freshman year and did bad sophomore year so I took a bunch of hard classes and was able to bring both my weighted and unweighted up too I wasn’t able to bring my unweighted up to what I wanted but close enough if you try your best you got this also extracurriculars and other things matter too so focus on that and take classes related to data science I want to go into cybersecurity so I took classes that were offered to me related to that
Honestly, this is one of the most thoughtful and heartfelt videos I have ever seen. This kid has a mindset that many "Ivy Leaguers" will never even achieve. Keep it up and it will take you far in life.
You have no idea how badly I needed this. I keep finding videos of people going to the craziest schools with the craziest stats. I went to a summer program recently at UMASS Amherst and I just felt dumb compared to so many people there with crazy high scores and aspirations to get into ivy league schools. It was seriously wearing down on me emotionally and made me feel like I was destined for failure. I know I'm not but the amount of geniuses around me and on the internet was really starting to weigh me down a lot. Thank you a ton for this video and good luck with senior year!
I've been feeling the same, I'm an international student and my school has over the top expectations. I really like UMASS Amherst but feel like I won't get in compared to all the other applicants for Umass in my school.
congrats on pepperdine and all of your acceptances! thank you so much for this video. i've been watching so many college videos from people who got into harvard and they decided they wanted to be a doctor when they were like 10 years old. i have no idea what i want to do but this video was really helpful :)
Thank you Teanna, lmk if you have any questions. Wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors
Finally someone who doesn’t get into like 3 ivy’s
Thank you so much for posting this!! I’m a sophomore rn but I did HORRIBLY first semester and I thought it was the end of my future but this makes me feel a lot better thank you so much
As someone who is also tanked their sophomore year, this video has been really reassuring. I feel like I had this golden child thing growing up and that a lot of people expected me to go to an ivy league school, but my stats really aren't there. Instead I chose to have decent mental health, pretty good grades, and a really great social life. Essentially I chose happiness. But now as I'm looking at colleges I'm having regret about how maybe I shouldn't pushed myself more, but it's reassuring to see another semi-average student making one of these videos. Thank you for sharing your experience!
Thank you for making this youtube video on your college application process and stats! This is actually a more realistic and relatable college application video that is not one that just gloats about getting into prestige university with a ''decent'' stats (1400-1600 SAT, 3.7-4.0 GPA). A lot of respect for you coming out on this video and not being ashamed of your stats and college acceptance/rejection. I hope this video can inspire other students to not give up their goals.
As someone who works for an organization that hires from Ivies, top state schools, and traditionally non-target schools, here's a little secret - after a while (it's surprisingly not that long), very few people will actually care what college you attended, and will care more about the values you hold as a person and the skill driven impact you're able to make. I'm personally not a fan of "College Decision" videos - it's a quick train to Depression City if you're someone who suffers from comparison anxiety/syndrome. Also, a lot of these "acceptance" moments seem immensely intimate - between children and their parents. So, I'm not sure why anyone would record that and put it on TH-cam apart from the obvious flex. I guess that's a "me problem". Sure, these videos help students that are trying to break into these schools, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend watching a dramatic vlog for information - better outlets exist.
All that said, if it is your DREAM to attend an Ivy School/(Insert Brand Name School) and you don't get in at the collegiate level, don't get disheartened. You can always apply to said school for graduate studies - I've seen quite a few people from non-Ivy collegiate backgrounds at Ivy Schools for graduate studies.
Congratulations on Penn State and Temple!
you can easily tell most of the decision reaction videos are fake. This one is a genuine one.
Outstanding video...Covered so many key points...Great advice for everyone..Best wishes!
Very honest and transparent take. My daughter is in the middle of applying and has her first acceptance, I'll pass this reflection on to her as I'm sure it will add perspective. Good look on your future endeavors.
People can grow so much beyond high school. The fact that you had the courage to apply to so many schools and the foresight to document this process on YT shows that you are quite gutsy; I think this is a great trait.
My parents only wanted me to apply to tough Cali schools, but I wish I applied to interesting out of state schools as well
thank you so much for the advice. as a rising senior, the whole college admissions process has been giving me a lot of anxiety and hearing your advice gave me lots of hope for the future
dude same heree i feel as id everyone has their shit together and im behind but my grades are not perfect although still above average 😓
This was so real an down to earth. Thanks for sharing what the actual application process looks like.
Thank you so much for this! It gives me some hope
I have very similar stats. You’re not alone. Thank you so much for making this video for people like us.
Nice to find a normal dude. I’ve got a 3.3 unweighted and. 3.776 Weighted headed into my senior year. I’m taking dual credit courses at my local community college and I plan to apply regular decision because I plan to retake my ACT well into October to get an optimal score. I really want to go to Indiana University but I’m worried about not getting in because I was relatively a B student throughout high school. I definitely plan to use my seniors grades (hopefully all A’s) to strengthen my application
Seeing this video gave me hope. Thanks
Hey, hopefully this isn't too late but I would encourage you to apply early action to schools that care about/ are are able to, especially if they are test optional (as many are this year). The earlier you apply, the more money the schools have to offer, so usually earlier applicants get better offers. Wish you the best of luck just thought give a little advice.
How did it go?
Same situation here. I hope everything went as you expected
@@therealbomb_com8774I got in. Got a 27 on my ACT. Thankful everything worked out
Thank you, this actually was very motivating. All the videos I watched were kind of just de- motivating for me and made me feel even worse about myself. But yours actually helped and made me realize a lot of things. Thank you
Hearing comments like this makes me happier than anything. Im glad to have been able to inspire and help you. Lmk of any video ideas you have
Just came across this video. You got into some pretty damn good schools even with what you thought of as a less stellar GPA and test scores! It’s all about casting your net wide, being realistic, and the essays!
This is the most helpful video I’ve seen on the college application process. And it gave me a lot of hope for the future.
this is the least defeated i've felt in this entire admissions process. thank you so much!
Very good comments about the essays! Yes, it has to be about you and your experiences. A professor told me that my college essay that it was not the best. However, it literally made a few of my friends cry. It was somewhat sentimental. Later, I talked to my admissions officer, and he said that there was no question that I was getting in. There were people who got in to this same school with much stronger experiences. Suffice to say, they did not perform as well academically in college. I believe that my essays were partially responsible for that admission, especially the big one. They told my story of exploration with languages, people, and study abroad,
I started your video very apprehensive because I’m not doing so well and I’m in my senior year and college stuff just make me so sick right now. But I stuck around and I don’t regret it. Thank you very much for the advice at the end and sharing your two cents... I’m convinced you’re waaayyyy older because your advice is soooo good. Thanks again. This video definitely helped reduce my anxiety.
I really appreciate you making this video! It’s so refreshing to see a realistic student go through this process, and it definitely makes me feel more confident about the colleges I’m applying to. Thanks!
Bro, I’m kinda in the same scenario as you I want to thank u my guy. I will be applying to colleges from 9-10 months from now. I’m rlly stressed out and your college acceptance is by far the most realistic one thx a lot my guy, you reduced my stress a bit. 🙏🏽🙏🏽
I'm a current USC grad student, and I will definitely be showing this video to my younger brother who is a current sophomore in high school!! You KILLED it my man, you have a great outlook on life, and you're going places!!👏👏👏
Hey my dream school is USC, could you possibly tell me your stats if your comfortable with it?
hi! what’s your major if you don’t mind me asking?
This is the best video I have seen on this topic. Thank you 🙏🏻
One of the realest videos I’ve seen regarding these topics. Thank you for uploading this masterpiece. 🙏🏿
thank you for this. All the videos on TH-cam are like omg mom I got into Stanford, and they make me feel like garbage. It is not the reality, thank you for showing the reality.
My man, when I tell you I was ACTUALLY planning on being a plastic surgeon and was going to try to pursue it just because of the money...your words touched me wth, I think I gotta keep thinking about it lol. THANK YOU.
You r amazing champ.
It's so serene to listen to you.
You are a down to earth personality and you deserve everything you have.
This one sounded like the most honest video on the internet
Thank you for this video!!! honestly so insanely helpful and refreshing to see a realistic and honest video
Thank you so much for this. Not only can I relate to being imperfect (in terms of stats), but you also give your honest advice on life and perspective. This helped my nerves today cuz I just "failed" my SATs *sigh
this really gave me hope thank you for keeping it real
Finally, a relatable one that gives hope
As someone who goes to a school in the Bay Area this helped a lot. Everyone in my school is so competitive and I always felt dumb even though I don’t even have that bad of a gpa
This is a great video, very telling and useful for the regular person
I really wish I had seen this video back in 2020, it would have seriously help me. But for those applying to college right now, I wish you luck and don't overly stress.
I've learned from these videos that there are only two types of pain in this world. The pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Thank you for making this video Berkay. Makes me feel better knowing that I'm not alone going through this.
I think a 28 ACT score is the bomb unless you're trying to get into Harvard.
in my state, the average is like a 20 and they treat anyone who gets above that like a genius lol.
I love how honest you were in this video... thanks for all of the great advice 👍
Thank you man for an average student video finally
You are definitely motivating me I’m going into my senior year and just failed my first class that’s was important and I have a 3.5 gpa now when previously I had a 4.0 so this really lifted my spirit
Applying as a very very average academic student. Thank you for this perspective and I wish you all the best brother!!
Congrats on ur acceptances! :)
I also had similar relatively "low" stats like you and overkilled over 50 college apps and made essays with those same tips in mind. It's really nice to other like-minded students... I'm going to document my process with this in mind.
did u get accepted into any? update us
did you get in?
how did it go with you?
I have a 2.8 gpa and I’m a junior finishing the first semester and I’ve done all the math and calculations on my current projections and I’m headed towards a 3.0 to 3.1 gpa tops. I take all ib classes but I’m not in the diploma program. This video was so helpful and I see what you mean by the internet just talks about the top 1%, you were the only video on TH-cam I could relate to. I plan on majoring in civil engineering as well and I’m hoping to get into a top 75 engineering program
I ended sophomore year with a 2.7 gpa got straight A’s this first junior semester now I have a 3.0 trust me you can reach a 3.3 or 3.4 if you wanted to
i had a 2.8 soph year, got a 3.4 jr year, giving me a 3.23 and i know i can bring my gpa up way more than that in my sr year. you’ve got this, i know you can too. good luck!
oh and i definitely did not get perfect grades jr year either i literally had like 60 absences like not kidding
hey man thank you so much for this calming and motivating video! im currently a rising senior, about to begin my summer before senior year, extremely confused and lowkey burnt out on what to do to polish my extracurriculars and catch up on studies... i think I failed physics in junior year which made me really really concerned and negative. I'm scared I couldn't get accepted to any uni. but this video made me realize that nobody's perfect. I'm not perfect, but that's "perfect"! rather than sulking on my failures and how I could've done better, I should keep my heads up and look into what I CAN do right now whilst being grateful for what I already have. 👍✨
Hey, we have very similar experience.
Wishing you the best!!!
U’re amazing. I needed that speech of urs at the end. 😭
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this I’m only a junior in high school but I’m already stressing about college applications. I have a 3.6 unweighted gpa and 4.2 weighted gpa, I’ve only taken one AP class and got a 3 on the exam, I am in two clubs at my school which I’m really passionate about and I started a book club, I volunteer at a library and plan to do more the summer before senior year and I haven’t taken the SAT but I’m prepping for it especially the math section. I got to a very competitive school and I’m very average compared to everyone else but this makes me feel so much better :) I want to be a detective and help people get justice the right way, I also don’t want to sit around in an office for the rest of my life which is something detectives don’t do thank fully☺️ Again thank you so much for this it brings me comfort that there are people like me getting into colllege☺️
I’m a junior in high school too, due to mental health and personal problems I am failing a lot of classes this year. I am rly worried that I won’t get into colleges. but my extra circulars is pretty good i think? so i hope it outweighs my grades lol
@@cococ5409 grades and test scores are a lot more important than extracurriculars
@@parkermills3183 ok i will kms now thx
@@cococ5409 Don’t ever say that you will be just fine just work hard i am a also a junior in hs wanting to get into A&M and have a decent gpa and a couple extra circular activities. Im just saying colleges want a high gpa and SAT
This is such a great video. So much advice. More people should be like you, I felt a deep connection with you :)
this video is so comforting ngl
Very helpful for most people. Thanks for sharing this!
Such an amazing young man! 🙏I will show this to my son.
Thanks for this video. Glad to see a realistic application.
This guy is truly the most real person on the internet. Like I've never related to someone so much. Where were you when I was in freshman year.
Such insight for one so young. You definitely belong in an ivy no matter your grades. This is what universities should look for in a student. I am sure you are much happier with your choice and saved more money 👏👏👏
This is SO HELPFUL, thank you
Thank you so much! I’m currently struggling as an international student, and I really needed a video like this.
Hey bro ,mee too , how can we connect?
LMAOAOA same. Struggling as a broke international student from a third world country.
I’m already in college but I appreciate this so much!
Thank you for this video, you are clearly very intelligent and full of wisdom, although you aren’t an amazing student. You don’t have to be to be successful and you demonstrated this well!
THANK YOU FOR THIS I’m so tired of seeing people who have 4.5 gpas and impossible course loads
This is the most needed video ever I wanted 🥺🥺 thanks sir.
THis young man seems very bright to me.....if he can't get into school, I'll give him a job. GOOD LUCK!
Speak your truth William
Hey man I have the exact same stats(3.3/3.6) going to be attending the university of Pittsburgh . Congrats on Pepperdine!!! It’s good to know there are others like me
Pitts my dream school, what are you going there for, I'm interested in cs. I have a 3.7 as it stands as a junior.
@Goncalo Fonseca weighted is 1 to 5, uw is 1 to 4
@@uttkarshtewari2532 do you know how I can calculate my gpa
@@patrickstone9378 in cp classes: a is 4, b is 3, c is 2 and d is 1, in ap classes you get 1 more than cp classes so u can get uptil a 5 if u get an a, then u take the average between all ur classes
@@patrickstone9378 and i think honors are weighted by 0.5
Rutgers University! I'm an alum and had the best time and education. Dad went to Penn State. Hope you're doing well where ever you are.
i’m so happy for you seriously. You got into a ton of great schools, you’ll go far
Hope.
That's what your words gave.
Thank you
Very grateful to hear that, wish you the best of luck moving forward.
Finally someone who explains life and the real world without a 4.0 or above 💯🙏
Wow! This is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing
thank you so much for making this video. i hope everything worked out… i’m gonna watch the update soon
Thank you for your advice Berkay. I'm applying for fall 2023 as an international student, and I'll update this comment to inform you which Unis I get into!
Thank you for making this video. I’m a rising senior and I am more of an average student I have a 3.7 gpa and 1360 sat rn but my extracurriculars are my biggest downside. Seeing all the videos with these kids saying “I’m an average high school student” while having like 20 leadership positions and winning national awards while having perfect gpas and 1500 sat score just trying to show off paint a very unrealistic picture and made me feel so worthless in comparison I was worried I wouldn’t get accepted to any college I applied to just being hard on myself. I’m dreaming of going to Texas A&M since it is the perfect university located not too far and also being very well known and prestigious for engineering. I’m just putting that school as my target and seeing so many overachievers in all social media related to college applications just made me feel so small. I’m glad I saw this video and your advice transcends all the “advice” that those Ivy League show offs try to promote in their videos which portray very unrealistic standards for most high school students. The tips in this video are truly helpful.
Thank you for this video, I’m a senior now and this video was very encouraging!
thank u for making this video, i was freaking out for not having a 4.0 gpa
Kind and smart guy. I hope you find the success you seek
thank you for making this video! it eased my stress so much you’re awesome
Thank you for making this video, it’s really reassuring to see
THANK U SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VID, I seriously needed it
I’m still Top two-ish percent but it’s daunting to see TH-cam videos of people that got into Princeton and Harvard. Even as a good student, it worries me to see students who are just achieving so much and feeling like I’ll never match up. It’s nice to see some realistic goals and thank you for including your scholarships because I may look at those schools now
Fr, I have a 4.68 gpa and pretty high sat but some of my friends still outclass me in those, pretty nerve wracking
@@sathvikp9955 lol same my school is so competitive that even though i’m top of my class i’m nothing compared to them 😭
@@sathvikp9955 worst mistake you can make is comparing yourself to others. As long as you have done your best you should be satisfied.
The tip you gave for only take classes you can do well in is insanely important as if you simply get mostly A’s and some B’s in high school you can pretty much get into any college that isn’t an Ivy League. Another thing you should have talked about is direct admission, as colleges these days make a lot of money scamming students with the possibility that they will get into their major after getting into the college. Like yes it’s possible, but a lot of these spots in the major are already taken by freshmen who have gotten direct admission into the major, so to sell something with the possibility of it happening is extremely disingenuous from the colleges and should be watched out by high schoolers.
thank you so much for making a relatable video we have the same stats and you sir just gave me soo much hope!!
I’m a junior and just an average student, so it was refreshing to see a video like this. The other videos on TH-cam really make it seem like I’ll have no chance at my dreamschool
me having a 3.4gpa . going to a stem major, thank god there’s people that i can relate😌
i loved this!! thank you. this is very real
wow! I'm so proud of you :) congrats