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I'm Kristen and graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor's in Computational Neuroscience. I'm here to help you perfect your college application process. 😊
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Tips from former College Lead student Sonal Aggarwal (accepted to UCLA, Cornell, NYU & more)
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🕒 TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
1:34 - How Sonal started college apps?
6:11 - Time to prepare the first application
10:24 - When to stick with or change an essay topic?
12:34 - Avoiding cliche topics
13:25 - Common App essay
17:32 - College Lead experience
19:26 - Choosing a college
23:40 - Underselling vs overselling
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🕒 TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
1:34 - How Sonal started college apps?
6:11 - Time to prepare the first application
10:24 - When to stick with or change an essay topic?
12:34 - Avoiding cliche topics
13:25 - Common App essay
17:32 - College Lead experience
19:26 - Choosing a college
23:40 - Underselling vs overselling
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End card photo by bongkarn thanyakij from Pexels
#ucla #internships #collegeessay #activitydescription #commonapp #collgelead #collegeapplication
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The FASTEST & MOST EFFECTIVE strategy for Common Application ACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONS | College Lead
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💻 Activity Description Must-know Tips → ruclips.net/video/AKqj59h5vDw/видео.html 🤝🏻 Become my student → www.mycollegelead.com/ Get ✨Grammarly✨: Eliminate grammar errors. grammarly.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=182&aff_id=66484 *affiliate link provided 🕒 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Introduction 1:08 - Common App refresher 3:36 - Step 1: Bullet point 5:02 - Step 2: Position/Leadership description 6:21 - Step...
Ex-Harvard interviewer reveals the top 6 interview questions & how to ace them | College Lead
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💻 Mock college interview → ruclips.net/video/mOrhRSSuYCE/видео.html 🤝🏻 Become my student → www.mycollegelead.com/ Get ✨Grammarly✨: Easily improve any text. Eliminate grammar errors. grammarly.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=182&aff_id=66484 *affiliate link provided 🕒 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Introduction 0:40 - Overview of the interview process 3:07 - Top 6 interview questions & how to answer them 6:28 - ...
Creating my own high school RESEARCH PROJECT & competing in science fair 🧪 | College Lead
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.3 года назад
🤝🏻 Connect with Ayushi → www.linkedin.com/in/ayushisinhahaha/ 📔 Become my student → www.mycollegelead.com/ Get ✨Grammarly✨: Easily improve any text. Eliminate grammar errors. grammarly.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=182&aff_id=66484 *affiliate link provided 🕒 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Introduction 1:43 - Research project on zebra mussels 5:10 - Starting the project 8:20 - Growing the project 11:44 - Scien...
I didn't have a spike. Here's the essay that Harvard admission officers LOVED. | College Lead
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🙏🏻 Thank you for bearing with Zoom video and sound issues! 🤝🏻 Connect with Raymond → www.linkedin.com/in/raymondtang97/ 📔 Become my student → www.mycollegelead.com/ Get ✨Grammarly✨: Easily improve any text. Eliminate grammar errors. grammarly.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=182&aff_id=66484 *affiliate link provided 🕒 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Introduction 1:15 - extracurriculars (no spike) 4:31 - standing ...
College Apps Part 2: College App Checklist & Where to Submit | College Lead
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📔 Become my student → www.mycollegeead.com/get-my-help ➡️ Join my Slack channel → www.mycollegelead.com 📸 Instagram → collegelead ✨ Submit essays without GRAMMATICAL ERRORS✨ grammarly.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=182&aff_id=66484 End card photo by bongkarn thanyakij from Pexels #collegedeadlines #earlyactionvsearlydecision #collegeapps101
College Apps Part 1: Types of Deadlines and Application Cycles | College Lead
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✨ Submit essays without GRAMMATICAL ERRORS✨ grammarly.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=182&aff_id=66484 Connect with College Lead! 📔 Become my student → www.mycollegeead.com/get-my-help ➡️ Join my Slack channel → www.mycollegelead.com 📸 Instagram → collegelead End card photo by bongkarn thanyakij from Pexels #collegedeadlines #earlyactionvsearlydecision #collegeapps101
Top 5 ways you can pay for a $320k+ college tuition 💸 | College Lead
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Using an old photo for the thumbnail since I forgot to take one 😂 ✨ Submit essays without GRAMMATICAL ERRORS✨ grammarly.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=182&aff_id=66484 Resources I mentioned in the video: National scholarships to consider → www.mycollegelead.com/post/resources-for-low-income-students Scholarship search sites → pCE4E0sbny-Z/ Colleges with great financial aid programs ...
High School Capstone Projects 101 with 💻 COMPUTER SCIENCE EXAMPLE | College Lead
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Get ✨Grammarly✨: Submit essays without regret. Eliminate grammar errors.* grammarly.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=182&aff_id=66484 Videos I referenced: 3 ways to level up your current extracurriculars → ruclips.net/video/UEzFTYgcx7Q/видео.html Common app activity descriptions → ruclips.net/video/AKqj59h5vDw/видео.html How to plan extracurriculars → ruclips.net/video/K3tCsvQy2oQ/видео.html Resourc...
How to make your extracurriculars IMPRESS TOP COLLEGES even as a freshman 🤯 | College Lead
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Get ✨Grammarly✨: Submit essays without regret. Eliminate grammar errors.* grammarly.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=182&aff_id=66484 How to get a research internship → ruclips.net/video/MAlhlbeN5sY/видео.html How to land an internship that doesn't exist → ruclips.net/video/dID7Y5eGg9o/видео.html Connect with College Lead! 📔 Become my student → www.mycollegeead.com/get-my-help ➡️ Join my Slack chann...
How to get a RESEARCH INTERNSHIP 🧪 in high school and college | College Lead
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Get ✨Grammarly✨: Easily improve any text. Eliminate grammar errors.* grammarly.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=182&aff_id=66484 📚 Online Courses* 📚 Learn to code online from Harvard → www.awin1.com/cread.php?s=2325653&v=6798&q=295495&r=711615 edX courses from Harvard, MIT, and more → www.awin1.com/cread.php?s=600161&v=6798&q=295583&r=711615 The Human Brain → click.linksynergy.com/link?id=nKunGf1xgd...
Ace the AP Essay Section with 15 minutes per day!! (LEQ & DBQ) | College Lead
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Connect with College Lead! 📔 Become my student → www.mycollegelead.com/get-my-help ➡️ Join my Slack channel → www.mycollegelead.com 📸 Instagram → collegelead Get ✨Grammarly✨: Easily improve any text. Eliminate grammar errors. grammarly.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=182&aff_id=66484 *affiliate link provided 🕒 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Introduction 0:53 - Study plan overview 2:36 - Consistenc...
How to self study for AP exams and get a perfect score | College Lead
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Sorry about the audio sync issues at the beginning! It gets better later in the video. I'll see if I can better configure my video editing tool to avoid this issue in the future. Thanks for your patience!! Connect with College Lead! 📔 Become my student → www.mycollegelead.com/get-my-help ➡️ Join my Slack channel → www.mycollegelead.com 📸 Instagram → collegelead 🎵 TikTok → vm.tikto...
Top 5 Most Common Personal Essay Mistakes | College Lead
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Connect with College Lead! 📔 Become my student! → www.mycollegelead.com/get-my-help ➡️ Join my Slack channel → www.mycollegelead.com 📸 Instagram → collegelead 🎵 TikTok → vm.tiktok.com/JFuwSJs/ Get ✨Grammarly✨: Easily improve any text. Eliminate grammar errors. grammarly.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=182&aff_id=66484 *affiliate link provided 🕒 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Introduction Coming so...
How to land a HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP that DOESN'T EXIST | College Lead
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*INTERNSHIP Resources to consider* Remember that asking a coach, teacher, or parent is always an option :) *Search Sites* Chegg Internships → www.internships.com/ Nonprofit internships → www.idealist.org/en/internships?q=&searchMode=true Ask your high school college counselor for any local internship opportunities! *STEM Internships* BRAINYAC → zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/brainyac Geoscienc...
MOCK COLLEGE INTERVIEW + DO's and DONT's of Zoom w/@avantinagral | College Lead
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MOCK COLLEGE INTERVIEW DO's and DONT's of Zoom w/@avantinagral | College Lead
IS HARVARD WORTH IT? Student loans and more 😵 | College Lead in 5 mins
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IS HARVARD WORTH IT? Student loans and more 😵 | College Lead in 5 mins
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DELETE THESE SENTENCES: Be Concise | College Lead in 5 mins
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HARVARD'S ADMISSION PROCESS EXPLAINED | College Lead TikTok
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My high school STARTUP - SUCCESS and FAILURES | College Lead
WHY YALE? How to edit your college essay Part 2 | College Lead
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WHY YALE? How to edit your college essay Part 2 | College Lead
PROMPT CHECK: How to edit your Common App essay part I | College Lead
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PROMPT CHECK: How to edit your Common App essay part I | College Lead
How to write the Common App activities section with examples | College Lead
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How to write the Common App activities section with examples | College Lead
How to get financial aid as an international student + my extracurriculars | College Lead
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How to get financial aid as an international student my extracurriculars | College Lead
I didn't have a spike. Here's the essay that Stanford admission officers LOVED | College Lead
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I didn't have a spike. Here's the essay that Stanford admission officers LOVED | College Lead
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How I got into tech: Girls Who Code & Facebook University | College Lead
Hello there, is it significant to take the AP courses without taking the exam because of a family financial status? Will that be a reason for universities?
should the descriptions be complete sentences (do bullet points come off as unprofessional?) Thanks a lot!
PLEASE SHARE THE ESSAY
Would a solo at Carnegie Hall be considered an honor?
How do you sign up for these exams? As a self study
The process is probably different from when I did this process years ago. I contacted local public and private schools to see if they would allow me to register for the exam with their students who were taking the test already. I'd recommend researching online and contacting the College Board to explore what your options might be. Good luck!
i give you perfect 1s across the board. how much does harvard pay per year? admissions seems pretty subjective, like they should probably just use a computer to calculate test scores/academic performance and go from there. it's basically impossible to judge someone's personality IMO especially just out of high school.
could you please review my college essay for me
happy to help. send me a message through my website: mycollegelead.com/
Do we include the position that was held...such as president of a club, etc.
Two well balanced individual who attended the ivy's
it is all great but the absence of the essay itself cutts like of usability, unfortunately. cause her essay Acustek sounds interesting
AMAZING!!!
im not sure if I should write my essay on my experience of being overweight. Do you think its kinda bad since its sort of predictable how its going to end?
Give it a different ending, surprise the admissions officer
I simply asked the actual visual performing arts Instructor at my school, and they will confirm to submit or not to submit ...for definate opinion you can just head over to the local City College and ask Professor of specific medium
If only All the interviewers were like that…
i had 1580 on sat but my gpa is 3.0 because of Corona. And i have national degree on basketball. Can i still have chance?
👍👍👍👍
There are always only 30 days in November.
Thank you
Hey! I’m new to the channel and a high school freshman. I havent won any yet, but if I win a national or international rubik’s cubing competition, could I list that as an honor, or would it have to be academic?
That does count as an honor!!!
I love this, Thank you it's insightslful
Please add part 2
Really helpful
As an alumni interviewer, I'd like to praise the interviewer and interviewer. Both are passionate and interesting persons and together produced evidence for a highly favorable recommendation.
Amazing , thanks
Likability!!! Is it not the subject of lawsuit against Harvard pending in US SC? Do interviewers still report that infamous attribute? BTW, Isaac Newton did more for humanity than all the Harvard grads from the beginning till today put together. Don’t be prejudiced with your opinions and destroy a brilliant potential future Newton with your privilege as an alumni interviewer.
Thank you! The video is so good!!!!!!!
thank you a lot! i have a Columbia interview today for which i made a SUPER huge research. hope it is going to be good!
Hello. How did it go? I have mine in 2 days. And am so nervous. Can you please share your experience and what you researched about?
@@raihans2991 absolutely ! Columbia was quite official, but my interlocutor was a pleasant person to talk to from my geographical region; nothing extremely special, just basic stuff like «why do you want to study in columbia » // « tell me about yourself ». princeton, however, was SO enjoyable! i had an alumni of 1979, he was super old and SCOTTISH (i am european myself), but we had a casual friendly dialogue about pretty everything in the world without any mediocre basic questions
For my Harvard interview, I was asked to draw an elephant based on my taking AP Art Studio (among dozens of other AP courses and a bunch of other extracurriculars). Not a joke.
No way what’d else were you asked to do? 😭
Thank you so much you help me a lot
Hello! Im an arab 14 year old girl, who would die to get into yale one day. I've done 4 clubs by myself, including criminology business history and bullet journal club all by myself w no staff like co president or secretaries. I organized meetings and prepapred lessons and simulated cases for my criminology clubs. I also do video editing on after effects and im in an MUN club at my school. I am interested poli sci, and since do i a lot of speaking in my clubs, is there any ecs you see fit for me? Im currently a sophomore and I plan to run for student counil president/secretary in junior year.
hi! I was wondering if you could maybe explain more on what you do at your criminology club? My sister's a freshman and she's interested in starting something like this her Junior year
hi! I was wondering if you could maybe explain more on what you do at your criminology club? My sister's a freshman and she's interested in starting something like this her Junior year
me too i’m intrested
Hello. My school isn't that much popular. But government School (12th grade) 1.High School coding competition 1st 2. High school Debate competition champion (Not National) 3. Science club president in school 4. Teaching 250+ students Poor street kids and including paid. And so on including volunteering. Is that a good ECA for computer science/Cyber Security major? Ivy League SAT optional. GPA 4.6 out of 5. Is that good enough.
Without knowing your entire application it’s difficult to determine - but from my perspective your ECs might a bit weak. I don’t know what coursework you took but a 4.6 is pretty decent.
Your black lives matters donations bought those multimillion dollar mansions for the founders. You were suckered.
Awesome interview! Loved the feedback
Thank you for sharing these steps!! I have been struggling to find a video to help me where to start and this video just highlights what I’ve been looking for!
How did you find a high school that excepted homeschool credits?
This was incredibly helpful. And I’m so impressed by your communication skills! Thank you Kristen ❤️
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I took AP Physics 1, AP Calculus AB, and AP Computer Science Principles. It did help me for Aerospace Engineering!
hello, this video was really helpful, but can you please provide us with some of the most trusted and best online courses or classes that we can find on RUclips as a reference or a guidance to study from? I would really appreciate it!
I'm not sure if you still respond, but prep books are for studying after learning things right? or does it teach you from the beginning?
I still respond! I don't have time to make another video, since I'm focused on helping my students through the college application cycle. It really depends on the book. Some books (the thicker/longer ones) have more explanations, while others (typically shorter/condensed) expect a certain level of familiarity. Generally, I recommend starting earlier (~December) rather than later. Try to target getting through at least have of a prep book over winter break. If your teacher hasn't covered a topic yet, then search that topic in your textbook, watch online videos about it, and then reread that section in the prep book. Good luck!
EXCELLENT video. Thank you, short, straightforward, and to the point.
I'm so glad to hear that!
He learned life skills at a boarding school?? the rest of us live in the real world where we have crappy teachers and mediocre parents and middle class wealth. LOL
really helpful. thank-you.
I’m currently 11 years old, and Harvard has always been my dream. Do you think the most important part is the interview, essay, extracurriculars, or grades? Thank you!
Hello as a senior currently applying for college here is what i’ve been told :) they kinda all work together harvard expects you to have good grades but making sure to have a strong extracurricular schedule will only strengthen your application as well as having a strong essay and interview so they can get to know you a bit and
GPA is the most important, but a good GPA won't get you in by itself. The interview is definitely the least important of those 4. Yale for example does not use the interview at all when deciding to admit you or not.
extracurriculars and grades
Going along with what everyone else said, it's a conglomeration of all those things. Grades are good, but so is everything else. The essay alone can actually count for 10-30% of your application, so that kind of goes to show that it's not just academics. As for ECs, spike or no spike, the thing they are looking for there is passion, intellectual curiosity, as well as how you've personally spent your time. Serving your community, demonstrating leadership, and self-motivation are all good qualities to aim for. Also, coming from someone applying this fall, just remember that it's very much a lottery and that *if* you don't get in, it's not a reflection of your worth, nor does it mean your hard work was for nothing. I know it's really easy to get fixated on one particular school, like Harvard, but try to keep your options open, especially since you're so young and (hopefully) your interests will change/expand. You seem like a very driven individual, so I'm sure you're going to do great things, regardless! Best of luck to you, and apologies for this being so long by the way.
@@chemicalmilkshake Thanks! This really helped and good luck:)
in a way your essay was your spike
Is it a negative on your app if you ask a sophomore teacher? What about if you think it will be worth it knowing your sophomore teacher will represent you in the best way? What about if your sophomore teacher was the club advisor in junior or senior year?
The teacher in mind taught English II Honors, which is not that rigorous.
Hey, I went through with this process but I have this one club where I have too many things on the list and lost a lot of stuff I would like to take remove. I tried grouping and generalizing but it made me sound detached. What should I do?
Hey! What do you think of doing research during the school year?
when do you think the earliest i can ask for these types of internships are? i’m only 14 and haven’t even started freshman year yet, but i think i’m interested in medicine and would love to gain some experience at a local doctors office or hospital. i’m sure i’m too young now but when should i be actively looking?
I was recruited by Harvard lacrosse and I think that made all the difference in my acceptance. It’s a great way to differentiate yourself