HOW I PICKED THE PERFECT SCHOOL | Why I Chose to ED UChicago

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  • @asynchloe
    @asynchloe  4 года назад +96

    ☀️ T I M E S T A M P S ☀️
    - Important disclaimer 0:59
    - 4 things I wanted in a school 2:42
    - 3 things I did NOT want in a school 4:04
    - List of all colleges I considered 6:41
    - Colleges I rejected as options:
    Northwestern 7:05
    Duke 7:13
    Johns Hopkins 7:41
    Harvard 8:06
    Stanford 9:05
    Princeton 10:07
    UPenn 11:53
    - My top 3 colleges I rejected as options:
    Yale 12:53
    MIT 14:50
    Columbia 16:19
    - Conclusion and my final reminders 19:40

  • @rubikashree7724
    @rubikashree7724 4 года назад +321

    0% beating around the bush
    100% useful points

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  4 года назад +17

      honestly the biggest compliment - thanks!

  • @isadora5826
    @isadora5826 3 года назад +314

    You're so wise. You're treating the college application process as it should be treated. YOU have to measure which college fits YOUR needs, which college you're going to gift with your presence. After all, we spend 4-5 years in there - we have to like where we are and most aspects of it. People are too blinded my the Ivy charm they can't even acknowledge they might hate the campus life or stuff they never researched.

  • @joondochang742
    @joondochang742 3 года назад +38

    Now pursuing my phD in math but back when I applied to college, I got REJECTED to all of my schools. Penn even said "we were humbled by your application"... I still remember those days.

  • @Jenny-cx4ll
    @Jenny-cx4ll 4 года назад +129

    Your thought process was very thoroughly researched and explained - thank you!

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  4 года назад +12

      my pleasure!! i was worried that i was sounding not researched enough the whole time hehe :-;

    • @shen7728
      @shen7728 4 года назад

      ItsChloeTan kind of like a UC material tbh

  • @yutianfeng
    @yutianfeng 3 года назад +20

    I honestly didn't think I would be this invested when I first clicked into the video! Wow, it was overall really helpful.

  • @graceyang9607
    @graceyang9607 3 года назад +24

    i was just accepted to uchi ed2 a few days ago and this video is only affirming my earlier decision to ed!! super glad haha. i'd done my own research and decided uchi was the best school fit for me and all the points you bring up in this video only add to that :DD

    • @katetyson7045
      @katetyson7045 3 года назад +1

      hello fellow army 💜🙃

    • @mr.muhammad5605
      @mr.muhammad5605 3 года назад

      @@katetyson7045 heeeeeeeeeeey, are you still on youtube? i have to ask you some questions! :)

  • @justiceyoo1628
    @justiceyoo1628 4 года назад +112

    lmfao as an incoming first-year at uchicago the last part Hurt me inside, yale and columbia were my other top two choices

    • @layan808
      @layan808 4 года назад +3

      Justice Yoo Uchicago, Yale, and Columbia are my top schools llolll

    • @williamrobertson797
      @williamrobertson797 4 года назад +7

      HAHA i'm in the exact same situation. This video was the validation i didn't know i needed

  • @bhav7539
    @bhav7539 3 года назад +186

    Your high school seems to be hella competitive 👀

  • @alixnight5318
    @alixnight5318 3 года назад +28

    This makes me feel like my decision to ED was throwing a dart at a board. I’m Impressed by how much thought you put in this decision

  • @doubled7302
    @doubled7302 3 года назад +6

    UChicago is lucky to have you! You really did your research well and made the right decision for your needs and goals. Bravo!

  • @rochile6001
    @rochile6001 3 года назад +9

    this was an informative video, even as an American in nyc, I can definitely cross reference the generalizations you made about specific schools and confirm that you made the correct deductions about admissions process and campus culture.

  • @graceb9905
    @graceb9905 3 года назад +2

    The fact that you knew what you wanted AND what you didn’t want👌Love your videos!

  • @patrickthaw6797
    @patrickthaw6797 2 года назад +6

    I'm just like an international student like you; honestly, my college choices are similar to yours. Even though Yale was my ride or die from elementary school until my early years of high school, UChicago quickly became one of the top universities I wanted to attend after finding out about them. Now I am EDing to UChicago (thanks to your videos) and I honestly am nervous to tackle their supplemental essays but at the same time, I am very eager to submit my application and see if I get in or not. Hopefully, all goes well because I don't think I want to go to other universities 💀💀

  • @lucydoe1334
    @lucydoe1334 Год назад

    Thank you for this. I appreciated all the purpose and thoughts you put into choosing schools. My daughter is considering all these schools right now and will fwd her this video to help her narrow down schools for the right reasons.

  • @thomasrichards1969
    @thomasrichards1969 4 года назад +7

    You are way too awesome Chloe! Such a great video on your thought process. I am applying to the UChicago grad program this year in CS and Math, and your videos are so helpful.

  • @JourneyWithAjah
    @JourneyWithAjah 3 года назад +1

    I'm probably like 10 years older than you but goodness I'm inspired. I've been just marathon-ing your videos lately. I was this motivated when I started college and IDK what happened but I think your work ethic is contagious.

  • @kevinhong9868
    @kevinhong9868 4 года назад +13

    not sure how you ended up on my feed, but great choice. Glad to have you at our school (current MBA student)

  • @alexarcely4187
    @alexarcely4187 2 года назад +1

    Finding this late, but fantastic video! I'm actually torn between Columbia and UChicago so it was very cool to see that you had the same conundrum of which to ED.

  • @yufengxiao3202
    @yufengxiao3202 4 года назад +4

    I am 100% resonates with your experience of eliminating schools one by one lol!!! Thanks soooo much!! One of my friend from SHSID recommended your channel to me and I find out that your contents really help a lot! I am currently a rising senior and I am swaying between ED Uchicago / ED Pomona, they both frequently admit kids from my school and they both offer an ED2 option. I think I may check out them more and do my final decision after my PS is finished.

    • @alpdurgun7108
      @alpdurgun7108 Год назад

      What did you end up doing? This year, I got rejected from ED1 pomona and I highly consider UChicago ED2

  • @hannahzhou7537
    @hannahzhou7537 3 года назад +38

    Although the choice between Northwestern and UChicago was pretty easy for you, do you think you could do a comparison between UChicago and Northwestern by inviting someone from Northwestern into your video? I know that would be really helpful for me and likely others who are trying to decide between the two. Thanks!

  • @jasminejones3448
    @jasminejones3448 4 года назад +8

    Thank you soooo much!!! I got in EA to Uchicago and I applied rd to Yale and Columbia (I applied to other places EA and RD but those are the only two that rival Uchicago) and this helped a TON!!!

    • @ish01
      @ish01 Год назад

      how did rd go for you

  • @neilthepeel
    @neilthepeel 2 года назад +3

    Wow you put in a ton of effort, for me I applied to UChicago ED because I didn’t even know if I wanted to go to college. Welp now I’m in the class of 2027 cause I wrote a hell of a strong essay.

  • @nn-rp9yg
    @nn-rp9yg 4 года назад +9

    Love this video! I really like your insights into each school :)

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  4 года назад +2

      thank you!! glad you found it useful :)

    • @nn-rp9yg
      @nn-rp9yg 4 года назад

      @@asynchloe You're welcome! I'm currently a rising freshman, so your videos give me an idea of what to look at when selecting colleges and such.

  • @valeriac2383
    @valeriac2383 4 года назад +4

    This video could not come at a better time! Thank you:)

  • @CosmoExplosion
    @CosmoExplosion 4 года назад +1

    thanks for sharing your thought process, I feel super glad that you made the choice your heart and mind were both content with :)
    as for what video I'd love to see next is on the kinds of books you read and really resonate with

  • @xiaonixu5611
    @xiaonixu5611 4 года назад +13

    ED'd UChicago and ruled out Columbia at the very last moment of deciding which school I should choose to ED, I can't agree more on the points you've given in the video :D Also applying from the East Asia area, Harvard, MIT, and Princeton were the first ones I ruled out. Also why am I watching this during finals week of my freshman year lol

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  4 года назад +3

      HAHAH Why am I making this during finals week of my second year 😷 -- best of luck we will survive

  • @Lost_In_LA
    @Lost_In_LA 4 года назад +2

    Amherst College would not have any shortage of resources. Besides having a large endowment it is part of a five college consortium anchored by UMass. So, you get all the benefits of a small college and access to a large public research institution.

  • @andrewveghte5027
    @andrewveghte5027 3 года назад +2

    You should have considered Cornell - it doesn’t fit your city criteria but it excels at having 4 seasons and a choice of pre-business or economics and liberal arts.

  • @SA-sc3kj
    @SA-sc3kj Год назад

    I really liked your clarity.
    Keep it up.

  • @jeffma1704
    @jeffma1704 4 года назад +9

    lmaooo i was your exact opposite. Northwestern and UChicago were in my final ED/EA list, I compared the two, liked northwestern more academically and socially, and applied there !!

  • @scarlettts748
    @scarlettts748 3 года назад

    Thanks Chloe!! Your videos have been rlly rlly helpful!!

  • @genesisvargas1399
    @genesisvargas1399 4 года назад +6

    I loved this video! I'm trying to decide on my college list at the moment. Could you please make a video expanding on why you didn't want to go to a liberal arts college?

  • @tubeyou89119
    @tubeyou89119 4 года назад +6

    I found it's interesting that you are using one or two other persons your know to be the reference and decide whether to go to a certain schools.

  • @gilbydog7350
    @gilbydog7350 11 месяцев назад

    You made the right decision to ED to University of Chicago. I would have thought New York University would have been a consideration for you as well. UPenn does sound like it would have suited you as well. But comparing EDing to University of Chicago vs EDing to Columbia you had better chances of getting into University of Chicago, and it's a very good school. Although MIT was your dream school as a middle schooler it honestly doesn't sound like it would have suited you as much, although you might have had very strong Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology results at school.

  • @jefftok7293
    @jefftok7293 3 года назад +12

    Not sure how I got here....PhD '96 from U-Chicago and now in Stanford.
    You will long to be embraced by CA weather when it's winter/summer in Chicago. Trust me :)

  • @Laurie-v1y
    @Laurie-v1y Год назад +1

    Northwestern vs U Chicago: you just said you compared them and concluded U Chicago was better. It would be helpful to know why

    • @sherlyn.a
      @sherlyn.a Год назад

      Like comparing Columbia vs NYU

  • @idoru6441
    @idoru6441 3 года назад +4

    idk what i expected in this video but it just made me realize that i’m poor

    • @johnwig285
      @johnwig285 3 года назад +1

      That's why there's full ride and partial scholarships available

  • @fai-choiwu818
    @fai-choiwu818 10 месяцев назад

    My daughter, Jennifer, attended the U. of Chicago during the 1993 school year. She went as a Dolan Scholar with a full ride plus stipend. She did not possess the level of sophistication regarding school choices as you do (obviously I was to blame). She would have benefited from your wisdom if she were a few years younger. Best wishes,

  • @shibainu9969
    @shibainu9969 4 года назад +11

    Hi Chloe! I really love your videos! I’m a incoming freshman student and also plan to major in econ. Can you make a video about book recommendations? Books about econ or any book in general you like or find useful. Thank you so much and hope you have a great day!

  • @riedelfamily9032
    @riedelfamily9032 4 года назад +3

    That's an awful lot of thought put in! Most of your future success is probably going to depend more on your own talent than what particular school you went to. The companies that recruit from these schools are mainly interested in if you competed against the best students and you excelled. Ever since the 80"s, when the US baby boomer generation's kids got past college age, the US birthrate declined - generally - and colleges have had to scramble for customers overseas. In order to please them, for example,WesCiv class requirements were eliminated.(Yale recently turned down $20 mil from a donor to fund the class). A professor told me Georgetown -against the will of their students - refused to put up crosses in the classrooms(normal in a Catholic school) so as not to offend some wealthy (let's just say non-Catholic)donors. I understand your reason for not wanting to attend schools like Duke and Georgetown, but the admissions departments(hopefully the students, too) would actually appreciate having more students like you. On the negative side, international students, until recently, were expected to foot the bill themselves.

  • @wensanyin6734
    @wensanyin6734 3 года назад +2

    You have presented nice reasoning throughout, but being someone who's been to both and a current Northwestern student, I think your were wrong to claim that UChicago is better than Northwestern.

    • @johnwig285
      @johnwig285 3 года назад

      It'll be great if u can add on and tell us why

  • @shravanivak8898
    @shravanivak8898 4 года назад +2

    Most of the Econ departments of the IVY unis are famous for their PhD programmes than undergrad!

  • @MitchellZia
    @MitchellZia 4 года назад +1

    go UChicago!! Starting classes in a few weeks!!

  • @abdulhamidalfani
    @abdulhamidalfani 4 года назад +21

    I can't stop smiling altho I feel envy 😂

  • @NotJamie
    @NotJamie 4 года назад +13

    Thanks for making this video! I'm about to be a senior and have been stressing out where to apply early decision. I'm between UChicago, UPenn (Wharton), and Harvard. Also interested in other schools like Northwestern, Columbia, Vanderbilt, etc. The thing is I've only visited UChicago, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt (and by far liked UChicago the best) and I'm not sure if I should ED to a school I've never visited before... I'm scared of how much math is involved in the UChicago business econ major (any input on that?) I'm wondering if ED applicants will be down this year since a lot of people haven't been able to go on visits.

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  4 года назад +2

      for business econ there isn't really much math! usually for econ majors the requirement is a series of calc (core) + another series of mathematical modelling and stats stuff, but i think for the business econ major one don't need the latter one! If you did AP Calc BC, you should be perfectly fine with the math here! ☻

  • @laurenwuzhere4914
    @laurenwuzhere4914 4 года назад +1

    This was so helpful! Thank you so much!!

  • @frankfeng936
    @frankfeng936 2 года назад

    Like your videos, especially the ones on your essay and college choice. 👍👍👍

  • @fcsolis
    @fcsolis Год назад

    Very helpful video. My son wants to study economics, too. He's in 9th grade.

  • @庞城
    @庞城 4 года назад +3

    I am so curious that which Shanghai IB high school you were in, since I am also a students study in Shanghai IB school but I never notice a high school which is good as you described. (may sound aggressive but actually really not, I love your videos!!!!)

  • @yashvardhansharma4224
    @yashvardhansharma4224 4 года назад +2

    What about Dartmouth College? That should tick almost all of your criterias.

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  4 года назад +2

      hahah I think I mentioned that I eliminated it bc of my 4 things I wanted in a school #2 (near or in a city!) though Dartmouth is quite lovely and I did end up writing an application to it ☻

  • @claudiadacapo
    @claudiadacapo 4 года назад +4

    can you include oxford for future videos, too? every video on oxford that you made has been suuuper helpful and trust me i would watch every video on university decision in Europe or England - like... france, switzerlan, and britain. eg. LSE or Oxford etc.

  • @theoshouse8215
    @theoshouse8215 4 года назад +1

    I'm not even from Baltimore, but how does Johns Hopkins not fill the city criterion? Baltimore's a giant, interesting, cosmopolitan city-much more so than Amherst, anyway.

  • @qiancisu1544
    @qiancisu1544 4 месяца назад

    How did you reach out to that many people and asked questions? Are they all connections from real life? Or did you ask people online?

  • @leonawang9379
    @leonawang9379 4 года назад +4

    Hi Chloe! The video is especially helpful for juniors!! How did you reach out to current students/alumni?

  • @vinvin7r
    @vinvin7r 4 года назад +1

    Great perspectives. Thanks!

  • @UnknownUser.ar1
    @UnknownUser.ar1 4 года назад +1

    What is the list of all the universities you got accepted to?
    One thing I share with you is that the US universities is way better than the best universities in the UK or Singapore .. I applied to US, UK universities and NUS but I sincerely want to have an American education, I think they are on the cutting edge while the rest are just trying to catch up with them. I hate when I am taught outdated ideas and concepts.

    • @johnwig285
      @johnwig285 3 года назад +1

      Better than UK? Yes. Better than Singapore? Hmm not really. I went on an exchange program to SMU. i learnt that SG colleges dont waste their whole freshman yr studying general, intro or refresher subjects like chemistry, they dive straight into the field. Their curriculum, classroom experience and research output is solid. The difference is just marketing and branding which makes colleges in Singapore seem inferior. Was a good trip.

  • @SBee18
    @SBee18 4 года назад +1

    It was helpful now that I am in the process of selecting colleges.

  • @zohargrinvald7200
    @zohargrinvald7200 4 года назад +2

    choosing between Yale (deferred SCEA :/) and EDII to UChicago ahhhhhhh

  • @ian5804
    @ian5804 2 года назад

    Damn this was a lot more structure and thought than I put into my apps this year. I, unlike you, ignored logic and reason and threw away the opportunity to ED Cornell because I genuinely thought I had a shot at MIT. It all worked out in the end though, I got into Northwestern RD. Now I’m legally obligated to disagree with you about your UC vs NU comparison

  • @Juanito212
    @Juanito212 3 года назад

    Ty for sharing, very thoughtful. I wish my kids were so thorough. fyi Columbia is not in Harlem.

  • @foggycraw6758
    @foggycraw6758 3 года назад +2

    Is there a reason you didn't apply to NYU?

  • @carrot5427
    @carrot5427 4 года назад +2

    What necklace are you wearing? It looks super cool!

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  4 года назад

      it's a small gold chain i got online in China!! ☻

  • @jessicamassey6663
    @jessicamassey6663 4 года назад +4

    columbia used to be my dream school, but you're making me reconsider LMFAO thx!

    • @camillalovesoatmeal
      @camillalovesoatmeal 3 года назад

      Noooooo it’s honestly so great! And I disagree with her commentary on Econ majors as a Financial Econ major myself. But I totally understand why she chose uchicago based off of her preferences.

  • @Mikebuddy2229
    @Mikebuddy2229 10 месяцев назад

    If you're looking at these schools based on you majoring economics, Chicago is a no Brainer. They have more Nobel prize winning economists than any university in the world. In addition, Chicago has the most rigorous curriculum than most of the universities on your list.

  • @atanumandal3586
    @atanumandal3586 7 месяцев назад

    It's the other way round... *The College Chose You!* You are simply joining them... 😆
    *"They can't reject your application if you don't apply"* - That is the only thing you can do from your side about choosing a College!

  • @bosssloth7233
    @bosssloth7233 3 года назад

    Wait. Does this mean she got into all these schools and chose UChicago?? Or is she talking about how she decided to apply to certain schools??

  • @jjnojam886
    @jjnojam886 3 года назад +2

    me EDing a school simply becuase i like the campus: 👁👄👁

  • @dieulinhhoang1561
    @dieulinhhoang1561 3 года назад

    Where did you find the international students' us college admission stats?

  • @malianiuatoa7456
    @malianiuatoa7456 4 года назад +1

    Yeah, I don’t enjoy California weather either. Lol. I’ve lived here my whole life.

  • @RaNdOmPlAyS
    @RaNdOmPlAyS 4 года назад +4

    Omfg i'd love it you'd do the same with uk unis.

  • @anithaselvaraj7917
    @anithaselvaraj7917 2 года назад

    Did u do ED1 or ED2. Thanks

  • @johnwig285
    @johnwig285 3 года назад +2

    Daughter of Huawei's founder? Meanwhile here I am going to the same school that Andrew Ng attended yet I'm a nobody 😭

  • @abdunnoorawsaf4080
    @abdunnoorawsaf4080 3 года назад +1

    In order that ye may not despair over matters that pass you by, nor exult over favours bestowed upon you. For Allah loveth not any vainglorious boaster,- Know ye (all), that the life of this world is but play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting and multiplying, (in rivalry) among yourselves, riches and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth which it brings forth, delight (the hearts of) the tillers; soon it withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and crumbles away. But in the Hereafter is a Penalty severe (for the devotees of wrong). And Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the devotees of Allah). And what is the life of this world, but goods and chattels of deception?

  • @coldnoodles99
    @coldnoodles99 3 года назад

    idk but the thumbnail seems to look like jungkook's female version during dope era.

  • @irfanbhuiyan620
    @irfanbhuiyan620 3 года назад

    Very very very useful video but I have to point out that you were surprised at stem focused students....in MIT??? The dream school for all things STEM???? The Massachusetts institute of *technology*????

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  3 года назад

      FAIR but also highkey MIT is best at econ which is not (kind of??) a STEM HAHa

  • @nerd513
    @nerd513 4 года назад +2

    Hey Chloe, my daughter is an incoming first year at UChicago. If y'all became friends that would be awesome :) Love your videos

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  4 года назад +2

      awh thank you so much!! look forward to meeting her at some point :)

    • @gisuekharrati3569
      @gisuekharrati3569 4 года назад

      My son is incoming freshman. Public policy. Thanks for your videos. They are helpful.

  • @Starinsight27
    @Starinsight27 10 месяцев назад +1

    Please don’t make an easy connection between Harvard and legacy. You should know better than that.

  • @lillyshannon8970
    @lillyshannon8970 2 года назад

    BAHHAHAHHAHAH now all I have to do is get in with a 7.3 acceptance rate

  • @tirekicking
    @tirekicking 4 года назад

    undergrad Uchicago is nice. Business school? Uchicago is the way to go

  • @valxria3529
    @valxria3529 3 года назад +1

    When you said you went to school with the daughter of the founder of Huawei it threw me so off guard 😭

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  3 года назад

      *Sina -- BRUH I WAS SHOCKED

  • @jovanal3217
    @jovanal3217 4 года назад +3

    Omg we have almost all the same schools

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  4 года назад +1

      HAHAHA fingers crossed!!

  • @junkurera1651
    @junkurera1651 3 года назад

    MIT is early action

  • @user-yg5wc2ho3v
    @user-yg5wc2ho3v 3 года назад +3

    girl do u debate u sound like u do

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  3 года назад +2

      I did do debate hehehehe

    • @Kanoealoha
      @Kanoealoha 3 года назад +3

      The lack of filler words is so nice.

  • @vivianna_li
    @vivianna_li 3 года назад

    Miss girl- 你是上外附中/世外毕业的嘛?

  • @briantian802
    @briantian802 3 года назад

    Haha, how can you say that international students pay more than others in Yale? It's private school, they charge exactly the same amount tuition/boarding money for anyone regardless where you come from.

  • @daryllman
    @daryllman 3 года назад +1

    Wow you are singaporean? Hi five!

  • @이종혁-j5y7j
    @이종혁-j5y7j 3 года назад

    cool i saw till it ended

  • @SimonCU
    @SimonCU 3 года назад +3

    You should have gone to Boston for college. It's the best place to study.

  • @inhale.exhale.2527
    @inhale.exhale.2527 3 года назад

    intellectual narcissism. 😏
    did you ping the giveaways?

  • @bucketsniper5488
    @bucketsniper5488 2 года назад

    MIT by far

  • @ebenezerlobe
    @ebenezerlobe 4 года назад +1

    👀

  • @fis673
    @fis673 4 года назад +4

    Damn i am in love with you,

  • @a.g.4843
    @a.g.4843 2 года назад +1

    🤮

  • @careosdygn6272
    @careosdygn6272 2 года назад

    Your so cute

  • @harsheensahni3927
    @harsheensahni3927 4 года назад

    Uninspiring bs.

  • @susieskor8670
    @susieskor8670 Год назад

    This is the cutest girl on RUclips I wonder if she's doing ok I haven't seen her in a minute

  • @chloecat9095
    @chloecat9095 3 года назад

    So you’re an international student? I don’t really hear too much of an accent

    • @asynchloe
      @asynchloe  3 года назад +1

      Haha yep! I grew up in Shanghai (went to an intl school - so most ppl didn’t have a strong accent) & I’m bilingual - I think it might be because i did debate and Mun since young and so never really picked up a singlish/Chinese accent from ppl

  • @jialihe3853
    @jialihe3853 3 года назад

    👀