Or Stage 0: Have rich parents who make large donations and are alumni of said Ivies , thus allowing you to get in with no other effort, even if you have a sub 3.0 GPA. All jokes aside though, this was a pretty comprehensive and well put together video. Your view count and subscriber numbers are criminally low for how high quality this is.
You're awesome man. I heard that people pay thousands of $ to get information like this, and the fact you do it here is so cool and helpful. Thank you so much!
This is something that I used when applying. I tried to write a compelling story and used the essays to show my fit. I also made sure to have good descriptions for my activities. My most notable was fundraising $3000 for autism speaks and starting a team. However my grades and test scores definitely held me back in T20 acceptances and big scholarships. While I took 7 AP’s my grades were around an A- range or 3.5-3.6 unweighted. My SAT was also only a 1360. Luckily I was able to get into Boston University. While it isn’t an Ivy or similar caliber, I’m still happy with how my college process went. I was also able to get a Cornell transfer option.
Listner from Japan. This was actually great video! The quality of the viedeo is way beyound the amount of viwers/subs you have. I beleive the channel WILL GROW if you keep this quality. Good luck to your journey! Last but not least, thanks for the very helpful tips!
International applicant! I started a bit late due to exceptional circumstances but I think my ECs are solid! They might not be "good" enough for a school like Harvard, but I really think I can sell it with my SAT, GPA and Essays as well as working on my profile this summer :)
This is an excellent video with completely true/good advise. Quick to the point and effective. I find it very sad that the college admissions process has come to a point where schools expect students to know what they want to do freshman year, indecisiveness and exploring legitimate career options is integral/natural the teenage years/the high experience. Paraphrasing here but “just start doing something, with enough time you’ll get good at it and you can always change your major later” rubs me the wrong way even though it is true that once you get good at something/you do it enough you will usually enjoy it. But maybe that’s what separates the average high school student to the “elite college” student, the truly phenomenal people in this world know their life trajectory from day 1. I hope people focus on exploring what interests them - if they’ve found it alr, that’s great - rather than worry about largely inconsequential things such as which college they go to.
I got the idea of "do it enough and you'll eventually love it" from a documentary called "Jiro Dreams of Sushi". It's about the best Sushi restaurant in Japan, but it also spends a considerable amount of time covering Jiro's family dynamic, and how he forced his sons to also take up the elite sushi restaurant business. At first the boys didn't want anything to do with sushi, but before long they had gotten so good at it, and their skills were so rewarding, they cared about nothing else but sushi. They ended up being extremely happy and successful. That's the philosophy I was going for
Transfers are tough. Based on what I know, successfully transferring to an elite school mostly relies on whether or not you have a genuine reason to transfer. Wanting to go there is not a genuine reason. Keep up near-perfect grades to show that you can handle a college education, and go insanely out of your way to accomplish great things during the time you have at your current college. Get creative and maximize every opportunity
awesome and helpful video- just wanted to point out at 1:06 that religion and level of interest seem to be in the not considered category, so I think that means it’s not looked at
Yes, that's just for Harvard though. Most elite schools do consider the level of interest, and if the school is a religious institution they will strongly consider your religion.
"My Everyday Life with an Economist Monk" is my essay topic for common app. Focus on : Monk + curiosity+ resilience/peace+ leadership I chose it because I'm volunteering in ISKCON, and my mentor there is a monk who was previously an economist/banker. I've learned a lot from him. Should I write about this? Also, please give me tips for my essay.
It depends on a lot of factors. If this is for your personal statement on common app, I would focus on maximizing how this story describes who you are as a person and how that makes you unique, not just the unique experience that you had. If it's not for the personal statement - like for example I know a lot of colleges ask to elaborate on one of your extracurriculars - then I would focus on how this activity fit into your overall goal for your education and how you made an impact through this unique experience.
Or just go to a school with over a 50% acceptance rate and have basically the same experience. I'm going to Stevens and feel it is overall a better school for me than an Ivy.
Yeah man, I'm totally on board. I was also thinking about going to a local state school. But, I enjoyed the process of doing my very best every day, and thought I'd give a shot at a competitive school. There's nothing wrong with schools like that, and in a previous version of this video, I added a section talking about those schools, and how you still can get an exceptional education as long as you don't slack off completely. I cut it for time
just curious.. getting a 4.0 gpa from a public/private school is quite different from getting that from andover/phillips exeter..in fact i've heard that nobody gets 4.0 from those schools (this is what i heard). Is the comparison process the same ? like there is no differentiation ..
What if, during your freshman year of high school, you drove a dirt bike on the street prior to getting a license,shacked up with your girlfriend (who dropped acid), skipped school at least weekly, saw Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, and Ten Years After in concert, and sampled magic mushrooms? Would that constitute taking advantage of your opportunities? 😅
Really helpful no BS video tysm. I am just so scared cuz I got a 1500 on my SAT and I don’t have any more opportunities for an act or sat near me before the EA deadline for some schools. I think the rest of my application is/will be strong but I am scared my 1500 will just ruin my chances completely from any of the top schools im applying to cuz its well below the 50th percentile haha
EA isn’t necessary to get into elite schools. I recommend you apply to your safeties and matches early, that way you will have your fallback plan before applying to the elites, and in the meantime you can take the november and december SATs
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@@APEtutoring thank you for the reply, I will def consider that route. Ive already taken 3 SATs so I would dread taking another lol but maybe
Hey, I've low score in maths in senior high school year because of my health issues. But I've 790 (maths) in SAT. I'm an international student and also have good ECs with international work. What you think, should I apply to ivies or to top universities.
On the Common App, there is a section for "Additional Information", which is a good place to put unconventional and unfortunate circumstances that could have affected aspects of your application. If your health issues were the main cause of a grade drop, I find it likely that colleges will be able to look past certain individual letter grades.
Wow, clicking on this video was definitely a productive use of my time. I’m a bit concerned about my application though, could someone reply here? I’m in grade 9, wanting to be a Software Engineer or Physicist (not sure yet). But, in my first exam, I didn’t do as well as I could compared to my previous grades aswell, I’m scared that I no longer have a chance to get in an elite school. Would I still have a chance to get in if I didn’t get too good of grades for my first exam (still way more than passing grades)?
Some schools don’t even look at freshman year. You have a ton of time. I recommend watching some of Gohar Khan’s content for study tips and how to live like a valedictorian. Keep your grades up, find what activities you like doing (not videogames) and do those activities as often and with as much impact as possible. Like physics? join science olympiad. make a physics club. Software engineer? Hackathons, clubs, AP classes, private projects, everything. Whatever it is make the most out of it
Who says you need to go to an 'elite' college? 99.99% comes from how hard you are willing to learn/work. Not once looking at resumes did I give a second thought to the school someone attended.
im currently a rising soph and I honestly have no idea what to do this summer to really prepare for the college admissions process next summer. I havent really done anything freshman year other than research schools, summer programs and attend college campus tours, what should I do?? Should I prepare for PSAT10 or should I focus more on what I would like my extracurriculars to be to shape who I am?
Rising senior here. You still haven't entered sophmore year, so you have plenty of time. Even what you did freshman year would be considered alot by many people (I still haven't toured any colleges yet lol), so your in a really good spot. You shouldn't really be worrying about college admissions this early. Instead, try to find things to do that you genuinely enjoy. Once you've found it, go all out with your passion. Like you even said, try and focus more on what you would like your extracurriculars to be to shape who you are. Also btw, the PSAT10 doesn't really matter for anything. The PSAT 11/NMSQT is the one you take junior years thats much more important, since achieving a high score can qualify for scholarships and other stuff.
Figure out what opportunities you have. If your school has great STEM resources, but not much else, then consider going into STEM. If you have a few well-established business clubs/classes, consider what a career in business would look like for you. If your school has good computer science programs, think about that. You get the gist. For extracurriculars, make sure you have joined clubs that actually matter to the path that you choose, become a leader in those clubs, and record your actual impact on the organization. You should be able to quantify this impact. For example, if it's a team competition, keep track of the team's placement last year, and compare it to the year you were in charge. Then, once you have a better idea of what you want to do moving forward into college, think of a unique passion project that you could realistically pull off that you would have fun doing. In between get perfect grades and get a 1500+ SAT score, and you'll do just fine.
I'm interested in biology and I've done many extracurriculars revolving around different fields of biology like genetics, neurology, and animal behavior. Is this too sporadic to create a cohesive story? Mostly I've just tried to take advantage of whatever opportunity I get even if it's not primarily what I'm interested in, in general, I find all science interesting. Should I try harder to focus on one field?
Being interested in science is still compelling. You don't have to literally know exactly what you want to do, you just need to give the admissions officers evidence that you take your education seriously and you know what direction you want their university to take you.
I’m screwed. I decided what I wanted to do end of sophomore year, and got mostly a minuses and b pluses so I have an unweighted gpa lower than a 3.9. What can I do to increase my chances?
Elite colleges are not for everyone. For one of my clubs I had a field trip to a local state college right before application season, and while I was there a student gave a presentation on his life at that school, and I realized that student had everything that i was hoping for at an elite college. It made me super calm about my decisions, because I knew that I could still be happy anywhere. Moral of the story, the admissions process is unfair, and if you don’t fit the mold, don’t worry about it, because you can still do great things.
I want to pursue environmental science and public policy and I got a special leadership position given to one person in the grade and I got a 5 on APES.
@@Ilovethe1975alot If anything, I would focus on getting into a decent college for as cheap as possible, maybe even free. With outstanding extracurriculars like that, you could be able to get a bunch of scholarships. Most people underestimate how impactful a full ride really is.
Hey I’m planning to graduate sophomore year and apply to Princeton to start a degree in Math or Physics (still deciding). It’s my freshman summer now and I’m trying to do everything I can to be prepared when application time comes around. Do you think there is something different I’ll need to do in order to offset any disadvantage my age might give me? I’m academically ahead of most seniors, but I don’t have the time in high school to take all the classes and take a major part in clubs.
I skipped 2 grades in math from 8th to freshman year, and then another 3 this summer-in terms of self-taught content; I could have taken AP Lit, the highest ELA class offered at my high school, freshman year but I wasn’t allowed to due to graduation requirement's. I’ve been struggling to be challenged in high school, so when my high school opens up again I’m going to push very hard for some sort of proficiency test, or early graduation program (whether that involves some sort of test at the end of the year, or fulfilling the remainder of the credit requirements independently along with my normal course load). In short, I mean I plan to just graduate high school this year, instead of trying to find in-high school, loophole alternatives for academic rigor.
Alternatively, depending on the advice from college experts, I might find a program through a local university that allows me to be challenged in math, English, computer science, and maybe even physics, but stay in high school and do the “high school things” which one normally puts on an application. Depends on whether or not, in my personal case, I can make my application stronger because of my age/precocity.
I would say that highlighting the uniqueness of your background is always a good idea, especially when coming from another country. Don't just focus on culture, as a lot of students overemphasize what their culture means to them, instead focus on the lessons that you learned from your experiences (preferably experiences that most Americans wouldn't have) and how those lessons are reflected in your own personality.
For psychology, a good passion project could be a research paper. It also doesn't have to be about your desired profession, you can do passion projects that simply help people, or do something impressive that you actually want to do. That's because actually completing the passion project is more important than what it's about. Having something that is insanely impressive is better than not having anything. The project aligning with your story would be a way to magnify the effect of it. Also, if you see two messages from me, I'm sorry I don't know what's going on with my phone. I replied to this message earlier but now I don't see it, so I'm responding again.
hey brother could you advice me a bit i am an international student want to go to Harvard my academics are not good of recent year but i will be reappearing my sat is above 1450-1510 range on practice final score to come my extracurriculars are good but i am scared they will reject me as they see my GPA of last few years i was not well
If there were factors out of your control that prevented you from maintaining a near-perfect GPA, Colleges will understand, but they will also take it into consideration. Your unique challenge with your application will be proving without a shadow of a doubt that you are of the academic caliber of a Harvard student. Things like a near perfect SAT score, published research papers, and impressive letters of recommendation from teachers who see your academic excellence in the classroom would all be very beneficial for you.
Hey Mr. Nolan Connolly, I am a New subscriber From India. Thing is that I scored 1560 in SAT and a very good score in IELTS and GPA (12th Grade - 98.6%). My Extra-Curricular activities are not so Remarkable because in India we mostly focus on Academics. So I only managed get Certificates Like CS Program from University of Michigan From Coursera and Ed-X, Harvard CS50 Program and Etc... I am very interested in Electrical Engineering. What are the Best Universities I can get into...? Please Reply and throw some Couple of Names or Any Advices If you're Free Thanks Brother
I think University of Michigan would be a great option for you, and depending on the specifics of your ECs you could likely get into some Ivys. I would recommend researching the specifics of the electrical engineering programs at schools with around 8-20% acceptance rates. When I say research, I mean pour weeks into learning about these schools. Again, I think my top recommendation for this type of application would be UofM.
@@APEtutoring I knew that but It's going to take me some time to accept it, right now my extracurriculars are alright and by the end of this year they should be pretty good. My SAT is a 1370 but imma work really hard these 6 weeks and aim for a 1590+ but settle for a 1500. I believe I can achieve this goal because my rate of improvement has been fast. I'll try to write an incredible essay and I'll see where I'll end up.
@@Mo1-o5p Personally, I would aim for a solid state-funded school, and try to go there for as cheap as possible. Focus on scholarships. If you can get a full ride, or even keep your loans under 20k for your four years, that will give you a head start on your career, and from there you can work your way up as fast as you could have with an elite education and the weight of your loans.
I am only familiar with American colleges, and I know that certain foreign schools have ridiculously low acceptance rates, like 1%, but I'm not sure if the process is any different. If you're applying to a school, check to see if they do "holistic admissions", because that is the system of admissions that I cover in this video. If they do not, then they probably list out their specific criteria for acceptance.
Obviously, do you know any other country where academic institutions care about what you do in your daily life and not about your academic performance?
Yes, AP and other advanced coursework are vital to proving to colleges that you can handle the rigor of their institution. If you do not have AP classes specifically available to you, as long as you are taking the hardest classes possible and going out of your way to find the most advanced education available to you, colleges will see that academic ambition and that will be just as good
@@APEtutoring ye funny thing about that I'm technically home schooled And ap exams are only offered to people enrolled in certain schools in my country so am I done for or what?
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Clicked on this to give it a chance and it’s actually a really helpful and well edited video. Nice job man 👌
Thanks so much!
Or Stage 0: Have rich parents who make large donations and are alumni of said Ivies , thus allowing you to get in with no other effort, even if you have a sub 3.0 GPA. All jokes aside though, this was a pretty comprehensive and well put together video. Your view count and subscriber numbers are criminally low for how high quality this is.
I appreciate it man
You're awesome man. I heard that people pay thousands of $ to get information like this, and the fact you do it here is so cool and helpful. Thank you so much!
I really appreciate that! I try to be as helpful as possible
This is something that I used when applying. I tried to write a compelling story and used the essays to show my fit. I also made sure to have good descriptions for my activities. My most notable was fundraising $3000 for autism speaks and starting a team. However my grades and test scores definitely held me back in T20 acceptances and big scholarships. While I took 7 AP’s my grades were around an A- range or 3.5-3.6 unweighted. My SAT was also only a 1360. Luckily I was able to get into Boston University. While it isn’t an Ivy or similar caliber, I’m still happy with how my college process went. I was also able to get a Cornell transfer option.
That’s awesome man!
@@APEtutoring thank you!
did you end up transfering to cornell?
This is an extremely well made video, and I really learned a lot from watching it! Thank you for spending so much effort for making this video
Thank you!
No BS!! just best advice. Thank you so much!!
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Listner from Japan. This was actually great video!
The quality of the viedeo is way beyound the amount of viwers/subs you have.
I beleive the channel WILL GROW if you keep this quality. Good luck to your journey!
Last but not least, thanks for the very helpful tips!
Thanks so much, trying my best!
Excellent video! Watching this after college decisions and its very accurate!
Thanks!
Watching this after college decisions 😭
Great vid, this is all very true
How did your decisions go?
International applicant! I started a bit late due to exceptional circumstances but I think my ECs are solid! They might not be "good" enough for a school like Harvard, but I really think I can sell it with my SAT, GPA and Essays as well as working on my profile this summer :)
Good luck with the applications!
this is so helpful!!! GREAT WORK, thanks, pal
Loved this video- very informative and to the point. Great message at the end too!
Thank you!!!
Not gonna leave another comment praising your content. Just remind me when the decisions reveal time comes. Good luck to everyone here.
This is an excellent video with completely true/good advise. Quick to the point and effective. I find it very sad that the college admissions process has come to a point where schools expect students to know what they want to do freshman year, indecisiveness and exploring legitimate career options is integral/natural the teenage years/the high experience. Paraphrasing here but “just start doing something, with enough time you’ll get good at it and you can always change your major later” rubs me the wrong way even though it is true that once you get good at something/you do it enough you will usually enjoy it. But maybe that’s what separates the average high school student to the “elite college” student, the truly phenomenal people in this world know their life trajectory from day 1. I hope people focus on exploring what interests them - if they’ve found it alr, that’s great - rather than worry about largely inconsequential things such as which college they go to.
Largely inconsequential is an overstatement, but it definitely matters a lot less than the effort some people put in.
I got the idea of "do it enough and you'll eventually love it" from a documentary called "Jiro Dreams of Sushi". It's about the best Sushi restaurant in Japan, but it also spends a considerable amount of time covering Jiro's family dynamic, and how he forced his sons to also take up the elite sushi restaurant business. At first the boys didn't want anything to do with sushi, but before long they had gotten so good at it, and their skills were so rewarding, they cared about nothing else but sushi. They ended up being extremely happy and successful. That's the philosophy I was going for
Great video! It’s both practical and informative. Do you have any advice for aspiring transfer students?
Transfers are tough. Based on what I know, successfully transferring to an elite school mostly relies on whether or not you have a genuine reason to transfer. Wanting to go there is not a genuine reason. Keep up near-perfect grades to show that you can handle a college education, and go insanely out of your way to accomplish great things during the time you have at your current college. Get creative and maximize every opportunity
Fantastically put!
Nice vid bro.... lookin forward to more stuff.
Thank you so much for this advice!
This is really good man, you are going to gain suscribers fast
Excellent video man
Thanks man
awesome and helpful video- just wanted to point out at 1:06 that religion and level of interest seem to be in the not considered category, so I think that means it’s not looked at
Yes, that's just for Harvard though. Most elite schools do consider the level of interest, and if the school is a religious institution they will strongly consider your religion.
"My Everyday Life with an Economist Monk" is my essay topic for common app.
Focus on : Monk + curiosity+ resilience/peace+ leadership
I chose it because I'm volunteering in ISKCON, and my mentor there is a monk who was previously an economist/banker. I've learned a lot from him. Should I write about this? Also, please give me tips for my essay.
It depends on a lot of factors. If this is for your personal statement on common app, I would focus on maximizing how this story describes who you are as a person and how that makes you unique, not just the unique experience that you had. If it's not for the personal statement - like for example I know a lot of colleges ask to elaborate on one of your extracurriculars - then I would focus on how this activity fit into your overall goal for your education and how you made an impact through this unique experience.
@@APEtutoring ahh okay, thanks. btw yes, this essay would be for my personal statement.
this is very helpful!! Thankyou
Or just go to a school with over a 50% acceptance rate and have basically the same experience. I'm going to Stevens and feel it is overall a better school for me than an Ivy.
Yeah man, I'm totally on board. I was also thinking about going to a local state school. But, I enjoyed the process of doing my very best every day, and thought I'd give a shot at a competitive school. There's nothing wrong with schools like that, and in a previous version of this video, I added a section talking about those schools, and how you still can get an exceptional education as long as you don't slack off completely. I cut it for time
not the same experience
@@-sh It's in some ways a better experience.
@@davidempire4874 and in others a worse experience
nice tips, loved it
Thanks man!
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Thanks for amazing amazing video
Glad you liked it
just curious.. getting a 4.0 gpa from a public/private school is quite different from getting that from andover/phillips exeter..in fact i've heard that nobody gets 4.0 from those schools (this is what i heard). Is the comparison process the same ? like there is no differentiation ..
you should make one for people who are in other colleges and want to transfer. 1 year or 2 years deep
Do one for grad school now!
What if, during your freshman year of high school, you drove a dirt bike on the street prior to getting a license,shacked up with your girlfriend (who dropped acid), skipped school at least weekly, saw Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, and Ten Years After in concert, and sampled magic mushrooms? Would that constitute taking advantage of your opportunities? 😅
no way bro sticked Rice with Harvard Princeton Stanford... lol
Just cause Rice is my school and I’m partial to it. I wanted to go to a school in Texas
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Really helpful no BS video tysm.
I am just so scared cuz I got a 1500 on my SAT and I don’t have any more opportunities for an act or sat near me before the EA deadline for some schools. I think the rest of my application is/will be strong but I am scared my 1500 will just ruin my chances completely from any of the top schools im applying to cuz its well below the 50th percentile haha
EA isn’t necessary to get into elite schools. I recommend you apply to your safeties and matches early, that way you will have your fallback plan before applying to the elites, and in the meantime you can take the november and december SATs
@@APEtutoring thank you for the reply, I will def consider that route. Ive already taken 3 SATs so I would dread taking another lol but maybe
Hey, I've low score in maths in senior high school year because of my health issues. But I've 790 (maths) in SAT.
I'm an international student and also have good ECs with international work. What you think, should I apply to ivies or to top universities.
On the Common App, there is a section for "Additional Information", which is a good place to put unconventional and unfortunate circumstances that could have affected aspects of your application. If your health issues were the main cause of a grade drop, I find it likely that colleges will be able to look past certain individual letter grades.
Wow, clicking on this video was definitely a productive use of my time.
I’m a bit concerned about my application though, could someone reply here?
I’m in grade 9, wanting to be a Software Engineer or Physicist (not sure yet). But, in my first exam, I didn’t do as well as I could compared to my previous grades aswell, I’m scared that I no longer have a chance to get in an elite school.
Would I still have a chance to get in if I didn’t get too good of grades for my first exam (still way more than passing grades)?
Some schools don’t even look at freshman year. You have a ton of time. I recommend watching some of Gohar Khan’s content for study tips and how to live like a valedictorian. Keep your grades up, find what activities you like doing (not videogames) and do those activities as often and with as much impact as possible. Like physics? join science olympiad. make a physics club. Software engineer? Hackathons, clubs, AP classes, private projects, everything. Whatever it is make the most out of it
@@APEtutoring wow, I’m really relieved to hear that I still have time to get into a good school, thanks! Your reply truly helped me out a lot!
Who says you need to go to an 'elite' college? 99.99% comes from how hard you are willing to learn/work. Not once looking at resumes did I give a second thought to the school someone attended.
im currently a rising soph and I honestly have no idea what to do this summer to really prepare for the college admissions process next summer. I havent really done anything freshman year other than research schools, summer programs and attend college campus tours, what should I do?? Should I prepare for PSAT10 or should I focus more on what I would like my extracurriculars to be to shape who I am?
Rising senior here. You still haven't entered sophmore year, so you have plenty of time. Even what you did freshman year would be considered alot by many people (I still haven't toured any colleges yet lol), so your in a really good spot. You shouldn't really be worrying about college admissions this early. Instead, try to find things to do that you genuinely enjoy. Once you've found it, go all out with your passion. Like you even said, try and focus more on what you would like your extracurriculars to be to shape who you are.
Also btw, the PSAT10 doesn't really matter for anything. The PSAT 11/NMSQT is the one you take junior years thats much more important, since achieving a high score can qualify for scholarships and other stuff.
Figure out what opportunities you have. If your school has great STEM resources, but not much else, then consider going into STEM. If you have a few well-established business clubs/classes, consider what a career in business would look like for you. If your school has good computer science programs, think about that. You get the gist. For extracurriculars, make sure you have joined clubs that actually matter to the path that you choose, become a leader in those clubs, and record your actual impact on the organization. You should be able to quantify this impact. For example, if it's a team competition, keep track of the team's placement last year, and compare it to the year you were in charge. Then, once you have a better idea of what you want to do moving forward into college, think of a unique passion project that you could realistically pull off that you would have fun doing. In between get perfect grades and get a 1500+ SAT score, and you'll do just fine.
@@APEtutoring Thanks so much!
@@ziixon Ty!
good vid!
Thanks!
I'm interested in biology and I've done many extracurriculars revolving around different fields of biology like genetics, neurology, and animal behavior. Is this too sporadic to create a cohesive story? Mostly I've just tried to take advantage of whatever opportunity I get even if it's not primarily what I'm interested in, in general, I find all science interesting. Should I try harder to focus on one field?
Being interested in science is still compelling. You don't have to literally know exactly what you want to do, you just need to give the admissions officers evidence that you take your education seriously and you know what direction you want their university to take you.
I’m screwed. I decided what I wanted to do end of sophomore year, and got mostly a minuses and b pluses so I have an unweighted gpa lower than a 3.9. What can I do to increase my chances?
Elite colleges are not for everyone. For one of my clubs I had a field trip to a local state college right before application season, and while I was there a student gave a presentation on his life at that school, and I realized that student had everything that i was hoping for at an elite college. It made me super calm about my decisions, because I knew that I could still be happy anywhere. Moral of the story, the admissions process is unfair, and if you don’t fit the mold, don’t worry about it, because you can still do great things.
I want to pursue environmental science and public policy and I got a special leadership position given to one person in the grade and I got a 5 on APES.
@@Ilovethe1975alot If anything, I would focus on getting into a decent college for as cheap as possible, maybe even free. With outstanding extracurriculars like that, you could be able to get a bunch of scholarships. Most people underestimate how impactful a full ride really is.
Hey I’m planning to graduate sophomore year and apply to Princeton to start a degree in Math or Physics (still deciding). It’s my freshman summer now and I’m trying to do everything I can to be prepared when application time comes around. Do you think there is something different I’ll need to do in order to offset any disadvantage my age might give me? I’m academically ahead of most seniors, but I don’t have the time in high school to take all the classes and take a major part in clubs.
Also very helpful video
Sorry, could you quickly elaborate? What do you mean by "graduate sophomore year"? Did you skip grades?
I skipped 2 grades in math from 8th to freshman year, and then another 3 this summer-in terms of self-taught content; I could have taken AP Lit, the highest ELA class offered at my high school, freshman year but I wasn’t allowed to due to graduation requirement's. I’ve been struggling to be challenged in high school, so when my high school opens up again I’m going to push very hard for some sort of proficiency test, or early graduation program (whether that involves some sort of test at the end of the year, or fulfilling the remainder of the credit requirements independently along with my normal course load). In short, I mean I plan to just graduate high school this year, instead of trying to find in-high school, loophole alternatives for academic rigor.
Alternatively, depending on the advice from college experts, I might find a program through a local university that allows me to be challenged in math, English, computer science, and maybe even physics, but stay in high school and do the “high school things” which one normally puts on an application. Depends on whether or not, in my personal case, I can make my application stronger because of my age/precocity.
Do you have an specific recommendation for international students?
I would say that highlighting the uniqueness of your background is always a good idea, especially when coming from another country. Don't just focus on culture, as a lot of students overemphasize what their culture means to them, instead focus on the lessons that you learned from your experiences (preferably experiences that most Americans wouldn't have) and how those lessons are reflected in your own personality.
@@APEtutoringany idea, how to show uniqueness?
Hello! I'm planning on taking Psychology in college, what passion projects should i do? I'm a bit lost sorry
For psychology, a good passion project could be a research paper. It also doesn't have to be about your desired profession, you can do passion projects that simply help people, or do something impressive that you actually want to do. That's because actually completing the passion project is more important than what it's about. Having something that is insanely impressive is better than not having anything. The project aligning with your story would be a way to magnify the effect of it.
Also, if you see two messages from me, I'm sorry I don't know what's going on with my phone. I replied to this message earlier but now I don't see it, so I'm responding again.
@@APEtutoring omg thank you so much! I'll try with limited resources :)
Not sure if u want to dabble in helping out w therapy n stuff but theres a mental health hotline called 7 cups that u could volunteer at.
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Whats your opinion of usa unis in qatar?
Unfortunately I am uneducated on that matter but if you wanted me to look into it I'd be glad to
Great video! Hope I get into my dream college this year 😢
I believe in you you got this
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but I try study every day
hey brother could you advice me a bit i am an international student want to go to Harvard my academics are not good of recent year but i will be reappearing my sat is above 1450-1510 range on practice final score to come my extracurriculars are good but i am scared they will reject me as they see my GPA of last few years i was not well
If there were factors out of your control that prevented you from maintaining a near-perfect GPA, Colleges will understand, but they will also take it into consideration. Your unique challenge with your application will be proving without a shadow of a doubt that you are of the academic caliber of a Harvard student. Things like a near perfect SAT score, published research papers, and impressive letters of recommendation from teachers who see your academic excellence in the classroom would all be very beneficial for you.
@@APEtutoring thanks brother means a lot
bro tried slipping rice in before mit😭
It's just the school I go to, nothing against other schools
Hey Mr. Nolan Connolly,
I am a New subscriber From India. Thing is that I scored 1560 in SAT and a very good score in IELTS and GPA (12th Grade - 98.6%). My Extra-Curricular activities are not so Remarkable because in India we mostly focus on Academics. So I only managed get Certificates Like CS Program from University of Michigan From Coursera and Ed-X, Harvard CS50 Program and Etc...
I am very interested in Electrical Engineering.
What are the Best Universities I can get into...?
Please Reply and throw some Couple of Names or Any Advices If you're Free
Thanks Brother
I think University of Michigan would be a great option for you, and depending on the specifics of your ECs you could likely get into some Ivys. I would recommend researching the specifics of the electrical engineering programs at schools with around 8-20% acceptance rates. When I say research, I mean pour weeks into learning about these schools. Again, I think my top recommendation for this type of application would be UofM.
Hey hii, i also from India.
I feel doing
I guess never man
im cooked bro, i gotta 3.43 gpa as a rising senior :(
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Not saying you should just not go to college at all, but I am saying that an Ivy league education is not a prerequisite to being successful.
@@APEtutoring I knew that but It's going to take me some time to accept it, right now my extracurriculars are alright and by the end of this year they should be pretty good. My SAT is a 1370 but imma work really hard these 6 weeks and aim for a 1590+ but settle for a 1500. I believe I can achieve this goal because my rate of improvement has been fast. I'll try to write an incredible essay and I'll see where I'll end up.
@@Mo1-o5p Personally, I would aim for a solid state-funded school, and try to go there for as cheap as possible. Focus on scholarships. If you can get a full ride, or even keep your loans under 20k for your four years, that will give you a head start on your career, and from there you can work your way up as fast as you could have with an elite education and the weight of your loans.
@@APEtutoring mmmmmh ok thanks
Does this apply to only colleges in USA?
I am only familiar with American colleges, and I know that certain foreign schools have ridiculously low acceptance rates, like 1%, but I'm not sure if the process is any different. If you're applying to a school, check to see if they do "holistic admissions", because that is the system of admissions that I cover in this video. If they do not, then they probably list out their specific criteria for acceptance.
Obviously, do you know any other country where academic institutions care about what you do in your daily life and not about your academic performance?
yea I’m cooked
Elite schools sell status, not success. Success is your own story, you're not cooked if you don't get the shortcut.
do elite college care for Ap classes?
Yes, AP and other advanced coursework are vital to proving to colleges that you can handle the rigor of their institution. If you do not have AP classes specifically available to you, as long as you are taking the hardest classes possible and going out of your way to find the most advanced education available to you, colleges will see that academic ambition and that will be just as good
@@APEtutoring ye funny thing about that
I'm technically home schooled
And ap exams are only offered to people enrolled in certain schools in my country so am I done for or what?
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