Imagine being a international student who needs to pay a enormous amount of money to fit the US currency AND being rejected because someone in a bad mood.
Maybe if they were Obligated to write a reason for why they rejected us, they would be more cautious before they reject each student, that would be way more fair
Most colleges get several thousands of applicants, so they don't really have the time to explain to every single applicant why they didn't get accepted.
The pressure on high school students today is crazy. Just to get into college you have to take AP classes, a bunch of activities to stand out, internships, good SAT score, good grades, etc. I feel for them.
@@brawlboi2946 I mean to say the asians struggle to get in their dream places because the academic pressure there is beyond sanity. Parents willingly sacrifice the childs sanity since a young age because if you don't get into a good university it's considered being a failure. And the competition is well beyond the seats for each University.
my mom always says that if a college rejects you, it’s THEIR loss. never put yourself down or think you are any less just because a college doesn’t accept you! i guess you’re just too good for them :)
1. you dont fit into what the college sees as "fit" 2. very opinionated form of getting into these colleges 3. college isnt need blind (they will still accept international students and things such as ability to finance education will affect your application) 4. your application is too good
Yeah but what are they supposed to do? They can’t stop reading apps whenever they feel bad, and they can’t stop a bad mood from biasing their work. I guess the only thing that they could do would be to double, maybe triple their admissions team so that they have more time to read each app, but that doesn’t seem practical.
@@isabellamiller4424 getting rejected from a college won’t ruin anyone’s life. The closest thing I guess would be international students banking on a US education or financial insecure students relying on good financial aid. Even then, getting unfairly rejected can be mitigated by applying to a good mix of schools. I guess it depends on what you mean by ruining someone’s life, but a lot of students have the mindset that going to anything but an ivy or their top choice will ruin their life, which definitely is not true.
@@koig8393 If they stopped reading admissions just because they didn't feel good, decisions wouldn't come out for months after the deadline. They're professionals. They have a job to do. They have a job to do every day no matter how they're feeling. That's just how it is.
If you dont have it daily, can it makes life boring imo. Anxiety is also in some ways like excitment imagine a life with out that. But i also agree it doesn't feel good😭. Im to laid back to care 🤷♂️ i guess it shows im not under much pressure (within reason). Also for me no pressure = procrastination and laziness which i have a lot of. (I tried to stay positive but i know im lying to my self) 👉💥☠
It really happens. My friend was waitlisted at Princeton and got accepted to a bunch of other top schools, but he was rejected to our state school. Insane
coming from a student whose family is unable to pay for any kind of college/sat tutoring and has to use all the free aid she can get her hands on, i am endlessly grateful for your videos :) you have because a wonderful guide to me on my college admissions journey. thank you miss brooke ❤️
I had a friend that had the following essay question: What is the bravest thing you have ever done in your life? They drew a big X through the essay question. They were accepted.
@Aaron Zimmerman I'm a sophomore. Here are a few tips for you--- 1. focus on extracurricular the most, since they are what set you apart! That's literally it. Just extracurricular actives. Try to do at least 1 after-school sport per season as well.
Ik, if you think U of M is a backup school you don’t know U of M, according to us news and world report every individual program at Michigan is better than its counterpart at brown, but muh Ivy League good
@@davidwatkinson5389 U Michigan does indeed wait list students that are so good that they'll likely get accepted by Ivys. This is well known so I'm not surprised that she chose that example. I personally know a kid who got admitted to Harvard but deferred from UMich. You can check whatever reports will tell you what you like but UMich just doesn't compare with any Ivy.
As a parent, I have often thought about writing rejection letters back to the college admission offices that have rejected my children, just for the fun of it! Maybe a good movement to start!
Here's the thing, and you're not gonna like it, but what's so special about your kids other than that they're yours and you love them. And are your kids supposed to be shielded from disappointment? The most meaningless thing any parent to say to a kid is "it's their loss," because it ain't. Better to focus on what the kid can achieve for him or herself wherever they end up going. Fact is, for a lot of kids and parents, college admissions is the first thing that they cannot control and the first time a lot of kids have ever heard to word no. There is a positive in that.
My GPA was a 4.613, and I got two B’s so whatever that is unweighted.I think it’s like 3.95 or something. My class ranking was 12 out of 479. I got a 2220 on the old SAT which converts to like a 1520 on the new one. I never took the ACT, but I took some subject tests and did about as well on them subject wise as the subjects in the SAT. I played varsity soccer. We were ranked fifth in the nation and won state. I was the captain of my club soccer team and we were in the top 3 in the state. I was captain of my team for model UN and we won state for that as well. I was in senate so even though I didn’t have a leadership position in it, I did a lot of volunteer work. I was a semi finalist for a national writing competition, meaning I had won it at the state level. I took so many AP courses I don’t even remember them all. I think I took everything my school offered except like, art, calc BC and chem, and that was only because I didn’t have schedule space for the latter two.(our school made us take chem before AP chem and my middle school wouldn’t let me skip 7th grade math even at the advice of my teacher so I had to wait through the lower tier math courses.) I was in the school’s show choir which was audition only (idk if it’s like that at other schools?). Even though I never took lessons, I played piano and violin reasonably well and because I made it all the way through AP Spanish, I was pretty good at the language. When I applied, I had the ideal application. My teachers thought I was going to end up at Stanford or somewhere in the Northeast, and they wrote me very generous letters of recommendation. When I interviewed with a man from Georgetown, he said he would love to have me as a future alum and would express that to admissions. And then the responses for application after application came in the mail in small white envelopes with two paragraph letters that said invariably the same thing. I had not been admitted. There were many qualified applicants. We regret to inform you of this, but we wish you success in your future endeavors. I got one admission into UCSD’s bioengineering program, and another to University of Arizona, and then to my two state schools in New Mexico. The maximum academic award for UCSD was $2,500 a semester and they informed me I’d received it, but being out of state and wholly unspecial in my genetic identity or upbringing, that would be all they could offer me. $60k instead of $65k a year was very generous. By the time admissions were over I didn’t even bother to take the rest of my AP exams (8 my senior year of high school) because it wouldn’t help. I dropped all of the hard classes my last semester, and just took it easy and waited for college while I watched my friends accept admits to Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Brown, Duke, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, UPenn, Columbia, Harvard, MIT... I still don’t know what I did wrong. But, I went to a state school, graduated with Honors with my bachelors in mechanical engineering. Now I’m in grad school at the same place, working on marine drones. I have a satellite that’s manifested on a Virgin launch. The same launch as one from MIT. I have posters of it hanging in labs at NASA Goddard. I’m working on a new satellite and we’re filling out paperwork to get it launched as a science mission with the ISS. I got an internship at one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the world, along with students from Georgia Tech and Stanford and CalTech and UT Austin. I have a full time offer from them pending graduation. I have no debt. I got to go to a conference for my work where I shared a room with Mike Pence and Buzz Aldrin and Jeff Bezos and the heads of space agencies. I didn’t go to a particularly great school. I don’t even know if it’s regularly on the Top 200. But it was home and cheap and accredited and now I’m in the same place I would have been if I’d spent $200k for a piece of paper that said the name of an Ivy League instead of the one I have. Maybe I would’ve had some better opportunities. My network could be more developed. My projects and capstones and research could have better resources. But long term, I lost very little.
Basix6six honestly dude, if you’re motivated it doesn’t matter where you end up, as long as it’s accredited for your degree. The college admissions process is dehumanizing as all hell, I don’t even think it’s worth it to stress about. If it’s a lifelong dream to attend a certain school, then by all means shoot for the stars. But otherwise, they factor hundreds of things out of your control. So many kids submit applications with the exact same stats that a rejection isn’t about your worth or your merit. It’s about a lucky draw or a bigger sob story or whether you’ll throw off their ratios of males and females or blacks and other minorities and whites. They’re not accepting merit, they’re accepting an image. That’s why kids with low GPAs and test scores will get in while some kid with a near perfect or perfect scores won’t. And any number of scenarios. Besides, if you graduate without debt or with a low level of debt, you’re already far better off than most others attending “top” schools. Try your hardest, do your best, and remember that a uni doesn’t define you. There are millions of jobs. Not everyone hired can come from an Ivy. And not everyone promoted does either. Good luck with whatever you endeavor to do!
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This is only half true because they don't have as much money to give. So state schools are a lot less likely to be need blind and despite having a "good application" they'll reject first generation students and low income students
Layla Christie I don’t think they care about first gen (taken as a negative, I mean) and as for income, a lot of state schools are need blind. Even those that aren’t need blind tend to be easy to get into.
If you watch the WHOLE thing, my point is to try to help you understand that some things you can't control. And when you can't control those things, (esp when those things are random or ridiculous) there is no reason to be anxious. Some things we just can't do much about, and we can try to be zen about that. It's life.
Watching this in 2021 since I'm actually applying to university now and this is strangely comforting. Usually, the idea of my fate being left up to one person is debilitating but right now, knowing that I am doing my best, if I don't get in it's not because of who I am and that brings me peace.
I got accepted to Williams College in 1984 for ONE reason. The admissions committee looked at my application and realized: “this guy NEEDS us”. And I did. It saved my life. And I’m still here. And so is my half mile record I set there in 1986. My way of giving gratitude to a school that changed my life.
All the kids in my class who got accepted into Umich (myself included though I am not going to Umich) did not have one and most did not have either of those. Most of the kids who got in had scores hovering around 1300 with GPA's of 3.8 or higher. Their why Michigan essay is so crucial to your application though.
Jenn Garcia Don’t worry so much about being first gen. I go to a school where almost everyone is first gen and it honestly doesn’t affect admissions as much as you think. As long as you have a teacher/adult who can help you through the more confusing application stuff and make sure you do not write your essay about being an immigrant or child of an immigrant (legit everyone does this and it’s an instant denial) you should be fine. Just work hard and have fun!
Bro, you don't understand, I've spent the entire month of July, think of ways i can finesse getting into college, because i ain't doing it the normal way
Sorry this is like 7 months later but I got lunch detention my first week at a middle school back in 8th grade because I forgot my ID 3 times.... Do I have character? Lol
That last one is a great reason to have your teachers get to know you. Be active in class! Talk to your teachers outside of class! I go to a HUGE school, but my teachers know me well because I participate in class and talk to them.
For someone who was rejected from a few schools, one of them actually being WashU, and was still accepted to a few others, this was really really informative as to how they reached their decision on my application
"Don't let your parent be your advocate". I'm watching this as my son needs to apply. That little side note on the top left hand corner probably saved my son's future haha!! Although I must have raised him right because he is pretty independent, it's only natural for us parents to give good advice, input and suggestions and I think that still stands. But he has just completed matric and I don't think any of us have adjusted just yet. I have to put another hat on and let my baby fly! Thank you!
Make the best of the schools you were accepted to. Don’t focus on your rejections. I was waitlisted to a bunch on schools despite a perfect academic record and multiple leadership positions. I ended up getting a full scholarship to a state school so I just went there. I found my place and was able to get involved in jobs and research on campus. I was accepted to my dream medical school at the age of 20 and will be able to graduate debt free unlike my friends who went to elite private schools. Don’t focus solely on the schools status!
Thank you so much for this video. I am only a freshman but I am seeing everyone getting into college/getting rejected and it is stressing me out. Keep doing what you are doing!!
For all of the high school students watching this: don’t get discouraged if you don’t get accepted into all your college picks, or even ANY of them. Ultimately, your biggest safety is a community college or a local public university. The first two years of college are the same at Harvard and your local community college in terms of academics, and admissions teams know this. You are free to transfer and move around and do anything you want once you’re at ANY college, and ultimately...... maybe it’s for the best if you go to a public university instead! I felt so pressured in high school to go to a college that was the best of the best and not go to community college and whatever but ultimately something really bad happened to me in my senior year and I ended up going to community college by choice and it ended up being the best decision I’ve ever made. I’m now at a public university, I’m graduating relatively debt free this December and I’m gonna be able to go to grad school as pretty much wherever I want. Ultimately, a lot of my HS friends who ended up at prestigious universities are in the same boat as I am, and some of them are doing worse than me- or switched to a more local university to move closer to their parents. You shouldn’t freak out about college and let it consume you right now. Trust that wherever you go, you’re gonna succeed, and make decisions based less on what’s the most prestigious school (although absolutely go if you get into Harvard) and more on where you wanna live, how you can save money, and what kind of schools have good programs in your major.
We can't be so pessimistic, everyone! We'll be fine, you'll all get into your dream school, just believe you can do it. How will you get anywhere if you don't believe in yourself first? And if you don't get into your dream school, that's fine, it wasn't meant to be. Life isn't just about one path, it's about the endless paths. Ones you may take a detour on and end up somewhere even more beautiful. Like a secret garden or a view of a gorgeous city. Just trust the process. ❤🌟
Paakhi Maheshwari for a non-Ivy school, totally. well done! however for ivy league schools, ‘wow factor’ would be if your book will get critically acclaimed or win something. good luck!
So funny that you mention Michigan rejecting someone to enhance their yield. When I was applying to business school, I got into Harvard (where I went), Dartmouth and Chicago and was REJECTED by Michigan. And I was an in-state Michigan student.
I applied to colleges/universities coming up on three years ago, and I got into most of the schools that I had applied to with the exception of like 3 or 4 schools. All that matters is that I got into my top two schools. I am currently a sophomore at Penn State.
I am from Canada, my teacher is a super genius and showed us his marks when he was younger. He had a 98% average and got accepted to every university in Ontario accept his safety school, Windsor university.
The thing that pisses me off is that from what ive recieved in the mail and seeing onl scholarships, colleges instantly assume if your family is above the "financially low income" then you will get less aid, chance for admitting, scholarship programs, grants, etc. Yet many students cant have their "financially stable" family to back them up for college cause the students the one paying for it. Im not talking down to the more poor kids, but like me, theres gonna be students who will be in the same financial college boat as the lower income family kids, yet will get less help just cause they think their family will automatically help them.
You can talk to the financial aid office or who ever is in charge of financial aid. I know they sometimes consider outside factors like medical bills or emancipation to allow someone with less financial stability than they seem to have to get the help they need. (You have to have some form of evidence though) If you have some sort of disadvantaged situation then you can use that to win scholarships. Also look into the QuestBridge program if you have at least fairly good grades. I got in and it really helps. It judges people's ability to pay for college through not just their family's income level. They advertise it more for kids who are very low income but since it's not just numbers based they might make a few exceptions. (Such as people who don't get support from their parents, and instead have to support themselves, and have to have a career) At the same time be thankful for your financially stable background - even if it doesn't help you pay for college, it has helped you in more ways than you realize. Trust me you don't know how lucky you are until you stop being lucky. I wish the world was more fair, and good luck.
My friend was rejected by CWRU because he is toooo good......... He got a 1510 SAT and a 45 IB, and University rejects him for applying as safe school.
1) I am broke (i am extremely poor and I am international student) 2) I dont want to be fake and put something that I don’t feel (I don’t feel helping other people or doing volunteer and be a leader) 3) I have a dream, I just want to be successful, and in the process to be happy in what I do. I am really passionate in what I do. 4) I have good GPA 5) I am Latina. 6) I love art and sports So for sure I will get rejected.
Honestly i cried so much today becz of how much pressure and stress i have.. I do have a good gpa n im not worrying about that but I really dont know how to improve my sat score... u even have to do extracurricular to stand out m bunch of things... n im a immigrant student.. this is not even my first language... idk wht i will do.. im trying so hard
Maddison Lang college will put you on a level playing field with everybody else in the American workforce. That said, it’s only worth it if you’re going to use your degree. Otherwise, you’re going to spend a LOT of money for the “experience.” Let your mom know that you intend to use the college experience to grow as both a person and financially.
Get accepted into the school and then play it with them! Be intense and don't give in, if you have legitimate reasons, you will eventually see progress.
Chris Zega international students can just apply "secretly" . First of all international standardize tests - SAT or ACT -almost always take place in 1-2 cities in the whole country and cost 150 dollars b/c of an international fee. So, even if you do not have to travel to another corner of your country to take it, you still have to spend a lot of many on it. Plus, let's not forget about English proficiency test that cost 200-300 dollars. Finally, if you your parents do not have "American-like" salaries, chances are you can not afford even a day in college, and to apply for financial aid, your parents have to give all their documents about income and taxes and officially translate it in English (again, money). All of that you probably can not do "secretly".
Anna N I don’t have the translation fees as I’m an English speaker from a mainly English speaking country and I already have SAT money aside. The only trouble is going to be the financial aid stuff
I just got rejected from my dream school. I had 7 AP classes, 4.5 GPA, 30 ACT, graduated high school a year early, was on varsity sports, did multiple shadowing/interning opportunities, volunteered, did two cultural exchanges, all while working and going through personal/family/emotional struggles. Im generally a good writer (helped edit essays that got people in to Stanford, Rochester w/ full ride, and all of the military academies). My family couldnt afford to go there without financial aid... but about 60% of students attend paying the full 75k plus the school has like a $1 Billion endowment... so Im not sure it was the money, either. I have no idea where I went wrong and I'm absolutely devastated. This was basically the one school I wanted to go to and I hate that there are SO MANY reasons I could have been rejected and I'll never know why.
The last point, the advocate, is the most important factor that determines your chance of being accepted to your choice school. Connection and money play a big role, no doubt.
In other countries, the admissions process is so much more simple. If you meet the tier or a certain test score, you're automatically in. Easy as that.
If you can answer, that’s be great. If a school is rolling admissions, and you apply early, do you have a better chance of getting in if you apply later? Thank you!
@@zhangterry1602 No earlier is usually better. At least at "rolling admission" schools. EA / ED usually confer some advantage also, but at a few schools it doesn't (these schools are usually very clear in their documentation that early doesn't give you an advantage).
Heres so advice if you only went to an art high school and middle school and you apply for a steam college you most likely won't make it si chose wisely on what high school you go to
It sucks knowing that I could be spending over 75 dollars to apply to a college and it’s rejected by someone in a bad mood.
I can relate to this 😧
This is the reason we gotta pray , 😕🙃
Imagine being a international student who needs to pay a enormous amount of money to fit the US currency AND being rejected because someone in a bad mood.
75 dollars and in most cases, lots of time and effort :(
Talk to your guidance counselor often times people qualify for reductions or waivers on those fees
No matter what happens I'm telling all my friends I got denied because I was *too good*
Hey as far as you know, it might be true!
they don’t deserve u
You’re just trash
@@bensimmons6149 no u, puss*
@@bensimmons6149 could be that too
I wish colleges told us exactly why they rejected us
they should have to so you know it’s not a super subjective reason yaknow
Maybe if they were Obligated to write a reason for why they rejected us, they would be more cautious before they reject each student, that would be way more fair
Maryam M exactly
If they did that i prob wouldnt read it cause then i would feel bad about myself
Most colleges get several thousands of applicants, so they don't really have the time to explain to every single applicant why they didn't get accepted.
The pressure on high school students today is crazy. Just to get into college you have to take AP classes, a bunch of activities to stand out, internships, good SAT score, good grades, etc. I feel for them.
If you think you are having a lot of pressure, though don't know what happens in Asia
Asians struggling to get in with amazing grades. Because there is just too many
@@manaaimjeaiff403 I didn't understand
@@brawlboi2946 I mean to say the asians struggle to get in their dream places because the academic pressure there is beyond sanity. Parents willingly sacrifice the childs sanity since a young age because if you don't get into a good university it's considered being a failure. And the competition is well beyond the seats for each University.
Someone always has it way worse than us and most can't even change their situation
Oh that makes sense! Princeton rejected me because I was too good😎
Yes
Caroline M Hey, I’m a Princeton reject too. I applied two years ago and I’m still not totally over it. Where did you end up?
A Cameron happened to the best of us🤷🏼♀️ I’m at UNC and I really love it! How about you?
Caroline M Yo Princeton reject gang! I’m at Northeastern now lol. The funny thing is I think that actually happened with my UMich and UFlorida apps.
@@zandaroos553 Welcome to the club...
This woman reminds me of john green from crash course 😫
NyehhhHhH !1!1!1!!1 DUDE YESSS
lol
They need to have a crossover event
Owen Lin I don’t even have that channel but alright
Plot twist: TFIOS was actually written by her
my mom always says that if a college rejects you, it’s THEIR loss. never put yourself down or think you are any less just because a college doesn’t accept you! i guess you’re just too good for them :)
I love that mentality!!!
Your mom also says that you're beautiful, but that's not the case liz
Revenger 211 you watch freaking anime. loser
Revenger 211 and trust me, i know i’m beautiful. ive won 70 pageants since I was 8. Trust me, I know I am LMAO
@@iheartoreos14 *cough* says the one with Patrick as her profile picture :P
Class of 2020 wya??🥳
I hope we all get into our dream schools! No rejections or waitlisting‼️
Thanks
Thank you
Pray for me
Ayooo
Angel Min Chang don’t speak that into existence lol
YES AMEN💜💜
1. you dont fit into what the college sees as "fit"
2. very opinionated form of getting into these colleges
3. college isnt need blind (they will still accept international students and things such as ability to finance education will affect your application)
4. your application is too good
“oh i’m not feeling too good today, i’m going to ruin this 18 year old’s chance of going to college by rejecting their applications”
Yeah but what are they supposed to do? They can’t stop reading apps whenever they feel bad, and they can’t stop a bad mood from biasing their work. I guess the only thing that they could do would be to double, maybe triple their admissions team so that they have more time to read each app, but that doesn’t seem practical.
@@outlinedcord7254 still, just because your in a bad mood you can ruin someones life?
@@isabellamiller4424 getting rejected from a college won’t ruin anyone’s life. The closest thing I guess would be international students banking on a US education or financial insecure students relying on good financial aid. Even then, getting unfairly rejected can be mitigated by applying to a good mix of schools. I guess it depends on what you mean by ruining someone’s life, but a lot of students have the mindset that going to anything but an ivy or their top choice will ruin their life, which definitely is not true.
@@outlinedcord7254 they could have just said they dont feel like reading the applications that day 🙄, i thought only professionals did this job
@@koig8393 If they stopped reading admissions just because they didn't feel good, decisions wouldn't come out for months after the deadline. They're professionals. They have a job to do. They have a job to do every day no matter how they're feeling. That's just how it is.
Yay it's my daily dose of anxiety lmao
Elena Johnston lmaooo
Yay it’s my minutely dose of anxiety
go agane
lmao
If you dont have it daily, can it makes life boring imo. Anxiety is also in some ways like excitment imagine a life with out that. But i also agree it doesn't feel good😭. Im to laid back to care 🤷♂️ i guess it shows im not under much pressure (within reason). Also for me no pressure = procrastination and laziness which i have a lot of. (I tried to stay positive but i know im lying to my self) 👉💥☠
When you get rejected from all the colleges because your application is just “too good” 🤔
too good for harvard
It really happens. My friend was waitlisted at Princeton and got accepted to a bunch of other top schools, but he was rejected to our state school. Insane
Because ur too good for college
On the bright side, at least you can technically put that on your resume
Got denied from Harvard and Stanford! Must have been too good!
Thats right, they dont deserve you or your $! The good Lord will put you where he sees fit, keep up on the goood path.
Harvard is just like any other school, harvard is a reputation, doesnt make you smarter then going to a descent college.
coming from a student whose family is unable to pay for any kind of college/sat tutoring and has to use all the free aid she can get her hands on, i am endlessly grateful for your videos :) you have because a wonderful guide to me on my college admissions journey. thank you miss brooke ❤️
I had a friend that had the following essay question: What is the bravest thing you have ever done in your life? They drew a big X through the essay question. They were accepted.
Into what school
Ya Boy probably their shitty community college
If you’re serious, what school was it?
cg0825 He’s lying lol I didn’t expect dumb kids to be in this comment section
Standley Handy I mean you never know the world is unexpected just cause something sounds unlikely doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen🤷🏾♀️
This whole college process is lame as hell, we have to fake all this stuff to get in?
If you fake it and put down the wrong information then you're terrible person
If you fake it too much the admissions director will see right through it
its better than having a single test decide your decision
Not 'fake the stuff' but just know how to set your profile to make yourself very intriguing.
Dancing Cats I meet Podcast, but that’s about it. I don’t have any crazy ass inventions and I didn’t care Cancer
#6: Being an Asian American
lmao
Better to apply to UC schools :/
eXACTLY
Oof asians make up the second majority in most colleges
Why are Filipinos considered Asian?
Omg I’m gonna be rejected everywhere
Nick G Fucking mood
same ugh I'm dreading next year
@Aaron Zimmerman I'm a sophomore. Here are a few tips for you---
1. focus on extracurricular the most, since they are what set you apart!
That's literally it. Just extracurricular actives. Try to do at least 1 after-school sport per season as well.
Update I got rejected from my dream school but got into my second choice 🤧
I nearly choked when she said that U Michigan is considered a backup school :0
You're very right. I'm a student there now and feel like everybody is so friggin smart, I can't even compare.
Ik, if you think U of M is a backup school you don’t know U of M, according to us news and world report every individual program at Michigan is better than its counterpart at brown, but muh Ivy League good
@@davidwatkinson5389 U Michigan does indeed wait list students that are so good that they'll likely get accepted by Ivys. This is well known so I'm not surprised that she chose that example. I personally know a kid who got admitted to Harvard but deferred from UMich.
You can check whatever reports will tell you what you like but UMich just doesn't compare with any Ivy.
UMich is not as competitive as Ivies.
@Ivan MK UM is not as 'good' as Harvard, which is why they just let the student go for them to apply to better schools.
As a parent, I have often thought about writing rejection letters back to the college admission offices that have rejected my children, just for the fun of it! Maybe a good movement to start!
I agree! It’s always nice to have ur kids back.
I would do that !!!
Count me in!
Here's the thing, and you're not gonna like it, but what's so special about your kids other than that they're yours and you love them.
And are your kids supposed to be shielded from disappointment? The most meaningless thing any parent to say to a kid is "it's their loss," because it ain't. Better to focus on what the kid can achieve for him or herself wherever they end up going. Fact is, for a lot of kids and parents, college admissions is the first thing that they cannot control and the first time a lot of kids have ever heard to word no. There is a positive in that.
@@gheller2261 bruh who hurt you lmao op was just making a joke. and everyone is unique in a way so why you gotta be so pessimistic and negative
My GPA was a 4.613, and I got two B’s so whatever that is unweighted.I think it’s like 3.95 or something. My class ranking was 12 out of 479. I got a 2220 on the old SAT which converts to like a 1520 on the new one. I never took the ACT, but I took some subject tests and did about as well on them subject wise as the subjects in the SAT. I played varsity soccer. We were ranked fifth in the nation and won state. I was the captain of my club soccer team and we were in the top 3 in the state. I was captain of my team for model UN and we won state for that as well. I was in senate so even though I didn’t have a leadership position in it, I did a lot of volunteer work. I was a semi finalist for a national writing competition, meaning I had won it at the state level. I took so many AP courses I don’t even remember them all. I think I took everything my school offered except like, art, calc BC and chem, and that was only because I didn’t have schedule space for the latter two.(our school made us take chem before AP chem and my middle school wouldn’t let me skip 7th grade math even at the advice of my teacher so I had to wait through the lower tier math courses.) I was in the school’s show choir which was audition only (idk if it’s like that at other schools?). Even though I never took lessons, I played piano and violin reasonably well and because I made it all the way through AP Spanish, I was pretty good at the language. When I applied, I had the ideal application. My teachers thought I was going to end up at Stanford or somewhere in the Northeast, and they wrote me very generous letters of recommendation. When I interviewed with a man from Georgetown, he said he would love to have me as a future alum and would express that to admissions. And then the responses for application after application came in the mail in small white envelopes with two paragraph letters that said invariably the same thing. I had not been admitted. There were many qualified applicants. We regret to inform you of this, but we wish you success in your future endeavors. I got one admission into UCSD’s bioengineering program, and another to University of Arizona, and then to my two state schools in New Mexico. The maximum academic award for UCSD was $2,500 a semester and they informed me I’d received it, but being out of state and wholly unspecial in my genetic identity or upbringing, that would be all they could offer me. $60k instead of $65k a year was very generous. By the time admissions were over I didn’t even bother to take the rest of my AP exams (8 my senior year of high school) because it wouldn’t help. I dropped all of the hard classes my last semester, and just took it easy and waited for college while I watched my friends accept admits to Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Brown, Duke, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, UPenn, Columbia, Harvard, MIT... I still don’t know what I did wrong. But, I went to a state school, graduated with Honors with my bachelors in mechanical engineering. Now I’m in grad school at the same place, working on marine drones. I have a satellite that’s manifested on a Virgin launch. The same launch as one from MIT. I have posters of it hanging in labs at NASA Goddard. I’m working on a new satellite and we’re filling out paperwork to get it launched as a science mission with the ISS. I got an internship at one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the world, along with students from Georgia Tech and Stanford and CalTech and UT Austin. I have a full time offer from them pending graduation. I have no debt. I got to go to a conference for my work where I shared a room with Mike Pence and Buzz Aldrin and Jeff Bezos and the heads of space agencies. I didn’t go to a particularly great school. I don’t even know if it’s regularly on the Top 200. But it was home and cheap and accredited and now I’m in the same place I would have been if I’d spent $200k for a piece of paper that said the name of an Ivy League instead of the one I have. Maybe I would’ve had some better opportunities. My network could be more developed. My projects and capstones and research could have better resources. But long term, I lost very little.
Ok boomer
OwO I’m 22
Stephanie Lloyd wow alr lmfao that just made me lose all my hopes of getting anywhere
damn.
Basix6six honestly dude, if you’re motivated it doesn’t matter where you end up, as long as it’s accredited for your degree. The college admissions process is dehumanizing as all hell, I don’t even think it’s worth it to stress about. If it’s a lifelong dream to attend a certain school, then by all means shoot for the stars. But otherwise, they factor hundreds of things out of your control. So many kids submit applications with the exact same stats that a rejection isn’t about your worth or your merit. It’s about a lucky draw or a bigger sob story or whether you’ll throw off their ratios of males and females or blacks and other minorities and whites. They’re not accepting merit, they’re accepting an image. That’s why kids with low GPAs and test scores will get in while some kid with a near perfect or perfect scores won’t. And any number of scenarios.
Besides, if you graduate without debt or with a low level of debt, you’re already far better off than most others attending “top” schools.
Try your hardest, do your best, and remember that a uni doesn’t define you. There are millions of jobs. Not everyone hired can come from an Ivy. And not everyone promoted does either. Good luck with whatever you endeavor to do!
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Most of this advice is for top schools. if you go to community college or a plain state school you'll be fine if you do half decent in high school.
This is only half true because they don't have as much money to give. So state schools are a lot less likely to be need blind and despite having a "good application" they'll reject first generation students and low income students
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I don’t think they care about first gen (taken as a negative, I mean) and as for income, a lot of state schools are need blind. Even those that aren’t need blind tend to be easy to get into.
This channel is made for people with anxiety
If you watch the WHOLE thing, my point is to try to help you understand that some things you can't control. And when you can't control those things, (esp when those things are random or ridiculous) there is no reason to be anxious. Some things we just can't do much about, and we can try to be zen about that. It's life.
#3 if you're broke, you're screwed aha rip
Watching this in 2021 since I'm actually applying to university now and this is strangely comforting. Usually, the idea of my fate being left up to one person is debilitating but right now, knowing that I am doing my best, if I don't get in it's not because of who I am and that brings me peace.
How’s the admissions process going ?:)
I got accepted to Williams College in 1984 for ONE reason. The admissions committee looked at my application and realized: “this guy NEEDS us”.
And I did. It saved my life. And I’m still here. And so is my half mile record I set there in 1986. My way of giving gratitude to a school that changed my life.
U of m is an insanely hard school to get into
This person gave a look like "Michigan is soooo easy to get into" like BOIIIII you need 1 4.0 and a 1500+ sat score to get in.
Rishi Juneja But compared to Ivy leagues...
All the kids in my class who got accepted into Umich (myself included though I am not going to Umich) did not have one and most did not have either of those. Most of the kids who got in had scores hovering around 1300 with GPA's of 3.8 or higher. Their why Michigan essay is so crucial to your application though.
Rishi Juneja that’s normal now.
I got in with a 3.96 and an 1150 SAT, 0 ap classes. I got very lucky, and so can others. It's always worth a try
Salty Dragon hey, did you get into Michigan university with this GPA and sat score?
As a first generation student,, I'm worried
Jenn Garcia Don’t worry so much about being first gen. I go to a school where almost everyone is first gen and it honestly doesn’t affect admissions as much as you think. As long as you have a teacher/adult who can help you through the more confusing application stuff and make sure you do not write your essay about being an immigrant or child of an immigrant (legit everyone does this and it’s an instant denial) you should be fine. Just work hard and have fun!
Bro, you don't understand, I've spent the entire month of July, think of ways i can finesse getting into college, because i ain't doing it the normal way
Class of 2021, where you at?!
Woot woot
When you have already been accepted into your top school and are committed to it but this video still brings back the stress of the whole process.
The US college admissions system sounds awful! I'm so glad I don't live there.
The food poisoning story makes me so angry!!! Like for _reals_?!?!
ppl think umichigan is a backup school... that’s my reach 😭😭
@Ivan MK I’m not from the US and I tell ya, the best schools are public, but you need to be exceptional in order to be admitted to them.
Lol it’s my target
@@saanvikapoor7784 let me know if you get in
@@meteo5582 same bro, are u also applying?
@@saanvikapoor7784 yeah! i will be applying next year.
lol my guidance counsellor told me that my one lunch detention would make me stand out as someone with character
LOL thats amazing
Sorry this is like 7 months later but I got lunch detention my first week at a middle school back in 8th grade because I forgot my ID 3 times.... Do I have character? Lol
I feel my hair falling out already
Wait ,WHAT !!???
same...
Holy crap now I understand why I got into really good universities but frigging University of Denver denied me
That last one is a great reason to have your teachers get to know you. Be active in class! Talk to your teachers outside of class! I go to a HUGE school, but my teachers know me well because I participate in class and talk to them.
Although this video isn’t something anyone wants to hear, it’s still a good one
For someone who was rejected from a few schools, one of them actually being WashU, and was still accepted to a few others, this was really really informative as to how they reached their decision on my application
Oh so that why MIT rejected me, I was too good, not because I had a .03 gpa and a 1 act score
So being poor is a bad factor for college? Well I will stay hopeful. Thanks for the new information!
you'll be fine :)
I’m in college and this stresses me out
I’m actually a current college freshman and funny story: I applied to only one school and got in lol. I love this school
"Don't let your parent be your advocate". I'm watching this as my son needs to apply. That little side note on the top left hand corner probably saved my son's future haha!! Although I must have raised him right because he is pretty independent, it's only natural for us parents to give good advice, input and suggestions and I think that still stands. But he has just completed matric and I don't think any of us have adjusted just yet. I have to put another hat on and let my baby fly! Thank you!
Make the best of the schools you were accepted to. Don’t focus on your rejections. I was waitlisted to a bunch on schools despite a perfect academic record and multiple leadership positions. I ended up getting a full scholarship to a state school so I just went there. I found my place and was able to get involved in jobs and research on campus. I was accepted to my dream medical school at the age of 20 and will be able to graduate debt free unlike my friends who went to elite private schools. Don’t focus solely on the schools status!
I could tell that this whole video was tearing at you. You're precious, and a gift to the people who frequently watch your videos.
Thank you so much for this video. I am only a freshman but I am seeing everyone getting into college/getting rejected and it is stressing me out. Keep doing what you are doing!!
“Oh this essay is less boring” THAT MADE ME LAUGHHHH
Man, watching this after being lectured about my psat score is a whole experience.
I stumbled upon these videos and the US sounds like a dystopia
It's really not, this is primarily for top private schools. Public is more affordable and comprehensive because it's government regulated
This is why I support a return to traditional or metric based admissions. This video confirms it!
as if it wasn’t hard enough already
mohamed haggag sorry
For all of the high school students watching this: don’t get discouraged if you don’t get accepted into all your college picks, or even ANY of them. Ultimately, your biggest safety is a community college or a local public university. The first two years of college are the same at Harvard and your local community college in terms of academics, and admissions teams know this.
You are free to transfer and move around and do anything you want once you’re at ANY college, and ultimately...... maybe it’s for the best if you go to a public university instead!
I felt so pressured in high school to go to a college that was the best of the best and not go to community college and whatever but ultimately something really bad happened to me in my senior year and I ended up going to community college by choice and it ended up being the best decision I’ve ever made.
I’m now at a public university, I’m graduating relatively debt free this December and I’m gonna be able to go to grad school as pretty much wherever I want. Ultimately, a lot of my HS friends who ended up at prestigious universities are in the same boat as I am, and some of them are doing worse than me- or switched to a more local university to move closer to their parents.
You shouldn’t freak out about college and let it consume you right now. Trust that wherever you go, you’re gonna succeed, and make decisions based less on what’s the most prestigious school (although absolutely go if you get into Harvard) and more on where you wanna live, how you can save money, and what kind of schools have good programs in your major.
thanks for the advice, you're very sweet
Thank you, it really made me feel better
@@reshikamahat you’re welcome!!!! I hope everything works out well for you :-)
@@lani9294 no problem!!!! I hope everything is going well for you!!!! Sorry for the late reply haha
We can't be so pessimistic, everyone! We'll be fine, you'll all get into your dream school, just believe you can do it. How will you get anywhere if you don't believe in yourself first? And if you don't get into your dream school, that's fine, it wasn't meant to be. Life isn't just about one path, it's about the endless paths. Ones you may take a detour on and end up somewhere even more beautiful. Like a secret garden or a view of a gorgeous city. Just trust the process. ❤🌟
i’m literally class of ‘22 why am i here
This'll be you soon ;-;
It comes way sooner than you think, you should def start thinking about it now!
same. i don't even know if i'll make it through junior year forget college admissions.
Study
I know someone who got 4-5 on eleven AP tests, 1510 on SAT, 3.98 gpa and they got rejected from Cornell.
Like wwhhgaaatttt?
That’s not shocking at all...
yeah, they'd have to have that plus 25 hours of extracurriculars and volunteering per day and be the president of 7 clubs and cure cancer to get in
When I get rejected from my dream school Harvard I’ll say I was “too good”
Lol
Which grade are you both in ??
Thanks for sharing this video! It's good to know that an individual plays a role in college-- meaning that they don't fit the part.
Thank you so much for this absolute honest opinion!
Just subscribed!
Please keep sharing your insights with us!!
Does being an author of a 300-page novel count as a 'wow factor'?
Paakhi Maheshwari for a non-Ivy school, totally. well done! however for ivy league schools, ‘wow factor’ would be if your book will get critically acclaimed or win something. good luck!
@@meldufello3093 Thank you!!
Probably. What's your book called?
How good is the novel?
Now I feel good transferring to a private school!
So funny that you mention Michigan rejecting someone to enhance their yield. When I was applying to business school, I got into Harvard (where I went), Dartmouth and Chicago and was REJECTED by Michigan. And I was an in-state Michigan student.
can’t believe you guys have to write a different essay for each university you apply for 😨
This gave me anxiety, thanks.
Many private schools have savvy college counselors that are really good...
My private school doesn’t even HAVE a college counselor.
They might use Dean, Dean of men, Dean of Women, or Residential Assistant as counselor.
ha I am homeschooled and my parents are my counselors ;-;
I applied to colleges/universities coming up on three years ago, and I got into most of the schools that I had applied to with the exception of like 3 or 4 schools. All that matters is that I got into my top two schools. I am currently a sophomore at Penn State.
LEGACY students are frustrating!!!!
thank you so much for reason 4! I got rejected from Fordham after winning valedictorian and I really believed I had no chance anywhere else..
Fordham is on my list of schools that do #4 FYI...
When your college counselor was an admissions officer at MIT (me)
I am from Canada, my teacher is a super genius and showed us his marks when he was younger. He had a 98% average and got accepted to every university in Ontario accept his safety school, Windsor university.
EXCEPT not accept
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As an international student, your videos are so helpful. Thanks a lot
Really thankful to you suppertutorrrrtv!!!!
3:00 oh so its discrimination based on something we can't control? gotcha
Thats life and they can do that
The thing that pisses me off is that from what ive recieved in the mail and seeing onl scholarships, colleges instantly assume if your family is above the "financially low income" then you will get less aid, chance for admitting, scholarship programs, grants, etc. Yet many students cant have their "financially stable" family to back them up for college cause the students the one paying for it. Im not talking down to the more poor kids, but like me, theres gonna be students who will be in the same financial college boat as the lower income family kids, yet will get less help just cause they think their family will automatically help them.
You can talk to the financial aid office or who ever is in charge of financial aid. I know they sometimes consider outside factors like medical bills or emancipation to allow someone with less financial stability than they seem to have to get the help they need. (You have to have some form of evidence though)
If you have some sort of disadvantaged situation then you can use that to win scholarships. Also look into the QuestBridge program if you have at least fairly good grades. I got in and it really helps. It judges people's ability to pay for college through not just their family's income level. They advertise it more for kids who are very low income but since it's not just numbers based they might make a few exceptions. (Such as people who don't get support from their parents, and instead have to support themselves, and have to have a career)
At the same time be thankful for your financially stable background - even if it doesn't help you pay for college, it has helped you in more ways than you realize. Trust me you don't know how lucky you are until you stop being lucky.
I wish the world was more fair, and good luck.
Great video as usual! I always love the topics 🤩. Keep up the good work👍🏾
My friend was rejected by CWRU because he is toooo good......... He got a 1510 SAT and a 45 IB, and University rejects him for applying as safe school.
It's sad that it's always about money and who can pay the full tuition, not necessarily merit.
1) I am broke (i am extremely poor and I am international student)
2) I dont want to be fake and put something that I don’t feel (I don’t feel helping other people or doing volunteer and be a leader)
3) I have a dream, I just want to be successful, and in the process to be happy in what I do. I am really passionate in what I do.
4) I have good GPA
5) I am Latina.
6) I love art and sports
So for sure I will get rejected.
Excellent information. Thank you!
Honestly i cried so much today becz of how much pressure and stress i have.. I do have a good gpa n im not worrying about that but I really dont know how to improve my sat score... u even have to do extracurricular to stand out m bunch of things... n im a immigrant student.. this is not even my first language... idk wht i will do.. im trying so hard
Can I have some advice on how to convince parents that this is the right path if you’re an international student? Me and my mum are at a standstill.
Maddison Lang college will put you on a level playing field with everybody else in the American workforce. That said, it’s only worth it if you’re going to use your degree. Otherwise, you’re going to spend a LOT of money for the “experience.” Let your mom know that you intend to use the college experience to grow as both a person and financially.
Get accepted into the school and then play it with them! Be intense and don't give in, if you have legitimate reasons, you will eventually see progress.
Chris Zega international students can just apply "secretly" . First of all international standardize tests - SAT or ACT -almost always take place in 1-2 cities in the whole country and cost 150 dollars b/c of an international fee. So, even if you do not have to travel to another corner of your country to take it, you still have to spend a lot of many on it. Plus, let's not forget about English proficiency test that cost 200-300 dollars. Finally, if you your parents do not have "American-like" salaries, chances are you can not afford even a day in college, and to apply for financial aid, your parents have to give all their documents about income and taxes and officially translate it in English (again, money). All of that you probably can not do "secretly".
get into the college first. that's what my mom did so her parents had no choice but to send her since they could tell she was actually committed
Anna N I don’t have the translation fees as I’m an English speaker from a mainly English speaking country and I already have SAT money aside. The only trouble is going to be the financial aid stuff
I just got rejected from my dream school. I had 7 AP classes, 4.5 GPA, 30 ACT, graduated high school a year early, was on varsity sports, did multiple shadowing/interning opportunities, volunteered, did two cultural exchanges, all while working and going through personal/family/emotional struggles. Im generally a good writer (helped edit essays that got people in to Stanford, Rochester w/ full ride, and all of the military academies). My family couldnt afford to go there without financial aid... but about 60% of students attend paying the full 75k plus the school has like a $1 Billion endowment... so Im not sure it was the money, either. I have no idea where I went wrong and I'm absolutely devastated. This was basically the one school I wanted to go to and I hate that there are SO MANY reasons I could have been rejected and I'll never know why.
How are you right now?
and THIS is why i don’t want to apply to one of the top universities, i might apply out of curiosity tho
Mio_hoobae lmao same
#4
So this is why i didn't get into a school.
I applied. Got extra help over another, I'm currently in, and i got on the wait list! Mistake on them.
The last point, the advocate, is the most important factor that determines your chance of being accepted to your choice school.
Connection and money play a big role, no doubt.
Super good to know! Thanks!
I should not have watched this after already submitting my applications. I am STRESSING now
I am too much freaking out. Hey Allah rokkha koren ....In sha Allah amr moner ASA puron koren ......
In other countries, the admissions process is so much more simple. If you meet the tier or a certain test score, you're automatically in. Easy as that.
I watch one college video and now my recommendations are flooded 😅😂
My stomach turned with so much anxiety about college I thought I might puke... omg so much stress
If you can answer, that’s be great. If a school is rolling admissions, and you apply early, do you have a better chance of getting in if you apply later? Thank you!
Often yes
SupertutorTV so it’s better to apply late rather than doing early admission or early decision?
@@zhangterry1602 No earlier is usually better. At least at "rolling admission" schools. EA / ED usually confer some advantage also, but at a few schools it doesn't (these schools are usually very clear in their documentation that early doesn't give you an advantage).
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The first reason should probably be “Race”
heyy, thank you so much for the viceo! Would you consider doing one specifically for international students?
Heres so advice if you only went to an art high school and middle school and you apply for a steam college you most likely won't make it si chose wisely on what high school you go to
Woah… the fact that you chose U-Mich made me double-take. So accurate.