boatcaptin14 I have no idea what you're talking about. The video is marketing to parents because they've got money, the kids don't. That's usually why they're going to college to enhance their ability to make money after graduation.
How to make college admissions more fun: Apply to a college with a 100% acceptance rate and write "You want a personal statement? I lost my virginity to a vacuum cleaner!" When the admission rate drops to 99%, congratulate yourself. You made a difference.
I'm a senior in HS, and I actually find this to be an accurate description. I wish I'd seen this my freshman year and realized how important it would be to get a 4.0 and 2300+ SAT. I definitely would have done a few things differently because I would have been way more aware of how my actions might affect my future.
true I used to think that freshman year and sophomore year were not that important for college so I didn't try my hardest, how I have a 85 GPA and wish I knew beforehand that those years were so important
Exactly. I knew that doing "well" in school was important, but I didn't know how truly competitive getting into college is today and how "well" you actually need to do to get into the top schools.
@@MrBrendalovesunicorn It became more competitive since the 1980s because more young adults entered the population and thus the elite Colleges attracted more applicants than ever before. State and Community Colleges became less attractive as time passed. However in the early 2000 state and community became more revived,
Great SAT scores good recommendations Essays of high calibre and a great attitude are also necessary to impress the top notch Universities in North America and beyond.
So I know a few admissions officers from top tier Ivy Leagues and other good colleges, and what I can tell you is that, at least at those schools, the admissions process is holistic. Admissions officers aren't looking for reasons to throw your application out, rather they are looking for reasons to let you in. One of the biggest mistakes people make is thinking that scores make or break them. If they are un-fantastic, the rest of the application has to be better. If they are fantastic, the rest of the application doesn't need to be fantastic but still show a person not wholly focused on grades and scores. Furthermore, admissions officers don't look for the people who start early because they think they're rich, people who "start early" haven't started early, they are just the people who know have consistently worked hard to achieve what they want to achieve, and not someone who realizes junior year that they want to go to Harvard. While we are using personal cases to justify our arguments, I have seen one kid get into a top tier university because he was a good athlete. Furthermore, I do not have fantastic grades or test scores, and I am not a mega-specialist, or at least not one who brings money or reputation. I play one sport, never varsity. I don't play an instrument. I have been a member of my school's tech crew since seventh grade, but of the mega-specialists you listed, tech theatre is not a speciality that brings reputation or money. I am not rich, and I didn't have a great start to high school. Yet, I got into one of the best universities in the United States. For anyone who is really interested in what they need to do to get into college, get started on the writing portions of the application quickly. There are plenty of kids who score 2250 on the SAT and have a 3.8 GPA, but there aren't a lot of kids who have your voice, so make it a good one. Also, talk to an admissions officer, not some youtube video which may have "inside knowledge" of the process. I am wholeheartedly against trusting what you see from websites and publications because those are ads for the college. But talking to the actual admissions officers at the colleges you want to go to is the best way to find out what you need to do. There are no cards to play unless you play them wrong. If you're right for the college, you're right, and if you're not, you're not. Reducing it to the ultra-narrow minded process that this video reduces it to only serves to put you at a mega-disadvantage.
"If you're right for the college, you're right, and if you're not, you're not. " ? Really? These admissions folks are some sort of fortune tellers? Where is the test to see if they should have let in Y whom they rejected, instead of X whom they accepted? Of course there is none, nobody even tries to hold their feet to the fire on this. So if the admissions people at the Ivies are trying to let people in, why do they reject 90% of the applicants -- most of whom are at least pretty good and would do fine on campus? What is a "reason to let people in"? One could be the essay, but surely they know that this can be bought too, far more easily than test scores. There's no security around who writes the college essays. Could be parents, could be a paid professional. If there's an interview, they could see how well it connects to what is written in the essay I guess, that's about all.
@@artichoke60045 well I know somebody who got rejected from all ivies and got into MIT and Stafford, schools look for specific things in students. ITS NOT JUST ESSays , it's extracurriculars, test score and reccomendations. Yale has a thing for leaders,Mit looks for problem solvers, while Princeton is more academic but they all try to find diversity too. Grades show work ethic,essays shows personality, recc shows how others view you. That's how they do it
"The 1 secret colleges don't want you to know" "Colleges are hating this guy, find out why" "Get I into an Ivy League school with this easy trick" lol.. Plz
I want to add that donating money or knowing people on the "inside" really does make a difference. My uncle who got rich in real estate donated a lot of money to Harvard, his alma mater and was good friends with someone in the admissions office. He flat out told me. You're going to Harvard, forward your application to this specific person, they're going to approve you no matter what your grades and SAT scores are. Bam, they sure did and they gave me a FULL RIDE, yep scholarship. College is a joke. Not only that, they treat family of big donors like royalty. I didn't try half as hard as most of those kids, jerked off, barely went to class. Conversations went like this "you missed the mid-term? Omg what are you going to do?" "Oh it's cool, I'm legacy. I'll take it next week." When you hear kids going around campus saying they're "legacy" that means they have a relative who graduated from there and is now a big donor. You basically get special treatment. And yes I took full advantage of the special treatment. You would too!!! They made "exceptions" for me all time. Kids would hate on us exclaiming "these fucking legacy kids get to do whatever they want." Yep we sure did! Many people know this dirty little secret. I think it sucks to be honest. College is a joke. I became successful and incidentally it had nothing to do with my college education. I wish I'd skipped college to be honest.
@Intelligence Injection no you did not became succesfull - If you are not as rich as your uncle or found a company.You are in that %99 which will die without making a substansial impact in this world.Because the important thing is your abilities.If your only ability in this world is that your family is rich,you can say that ı am living my life just for fun.
The another great thing is that all game-changers came from a kindf of hardship(moslt financial) and builda legacy.If rich doesnt start to teach their kids about poverty and make them experience it,the innovators founders and other people in %1 are always be famous and remind that : Only you matter because if that's a lie,why do most game changers comes from poverty ?
I'm going to be honest: I was one of the 167 people who "disliked" this video. Why? Because it's a 28 minute video that could have easily been chopped down to five: "get your child's SAT scores as high as possible. How? Buy my book. Get your child a specialization and it'll be easier. Find more tips by buying my book." Most of the advice in this video was vague rather than specific; instead of telling people "Do this to improve your chances of getting into college," it's instead "These are the hard truths about college admissions" coupled with more than one shameless plug about his book. If you're an expert on something and you want to direct people to a book you've published or a blog post you've written, putting a link to the Amazon page for the book or a link to the blog is fine. But there were two additional advertisements for his book within the video, as well as another one at the end. Frankly, college is just college. It doesn't really matter where you go, in my opinion. I'm at a public university, which is technically my dream school; it was the only one I applied to and the one I knew I wanted to attend, however, it ended up being the best decision of my life because my major department is one of the best anywhere. Public universities have their good points, too, especially since the tuition tends to be cheaper while the quality of the professors remain relatively the same across the board. I doubt the professors from Harvard or Princeton could have done a better job teaching me and inspiring me than the professors at my school have.
I agree with your statement. Another thing that really peeved me was how he kept mentioning his credentials throughout the video rather than stating them in the introduction. Moreover, I think his statements weren't that specific. I stopped the video not even halfway into it not because I didn't like the truths I was hearing. I just didn't like the way he presented his ideas.
Because you're TOTALLY not advertising and being a selfish brat and dising people's stuff while promoting yours so why should I even think about buying your product or for that matter trust what you say about ANYTHING. I HATE PEOPLE LIKE YOU YOU MAKE THE WORLD A BAD PLACE OR AT LEAST WORSE THAN BEFORE.
Wow. I guess I'm royally screwed then. What am I? Not athletic, not an expert. I don't get outstanding grades. I guess that makes me worthless. Community college here I come.
charlene mitchell Not true. I have a friend who has low grades and is not athletic but he is very smart, classy, and socially apt. I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes a CEO one day. Grades aren't everything.
Community colleges are better than Universities. Universities hire professors based on the research income, not the teaching standard. Thus, students get some nuclear physicist from Russia who can barely speak English failing every student in the school. Universities being privatized are only in it for the money, to barely put any money into the student and to suck them dry with debt. Look at all the big schools, they have pretty impressive sports teams don't they? Coaches of those University teams making upwards of 5 million annually. Yea, that's a good use of an educational establishment's profits.Truth is you'll get a better education more than half the time at community colleges, because community college hire based on faculty needs and not research dollars and at a cheaper cost as well. No reason to go to a university unless you aim on being a surgeon, or a lawyer. Everything else is accomplished through self-employed entrepreneurship, vocational training, or internship.
You better not go at all! FACT; Half of All graduates don't get jobs! That's a fact! RUclips it! Go to a trade school or ups (or employer like that) who will pay for U to go to school!
Also remember--at least in CA--don't know the rules elsewhere, that if you graduate from a community college--you are first pick for the state universities. Meaning, if you could not get in to, say UCLA, but graduate from a local JC with decent grades, they MUST let you in as a junior--and you saved money and had better teachers your first two years. Consider that AND--remember this for all of you chasing a GED. If you did NOT graduate high school you can enter a JC WITHOUT a high school diploma--I had a top Professor with a Ph.D and no high school diploma
This is the longest advertisement I've ever seen in my life. Get your scores up, get your grades up, join extracurriculars, but not too many, and be happy with the colleges you chose. Good luck to everyone.
Watched this when my kid was a sophomore and now she's a member of the class of 2021 at an Ivy League school. I couldn't agree more with the advice. Like it or not, he's right.
+Aaron Lynn depends how cheap you want the college to be. For the national ones you need a B2 lvl of german but they are like only 800$ per semester. On the other hand you have those more expensive ones that offer german classes while you're there and classes in english. Some are like 5000-6000$ a year I think but I can't guarantee. You'd have to check this information If you have a dual citizenship with a country that belongs to EU you get a discount for the first option so a semester is only about 350-400$ per semester but again classes are in german so you'd need a certain degree of knowledge
JamesonWhiskey810 It's funny because I got into my college easily because I was well rounded with amazing grades, work experience and clubs so you can be quiet now.
You want to get into college? 3 things: 1) Good grades 2) Good standardized test grades (high SAT and ACT) 3) Rigor - take hard classes (a 4.0 with 4 AP classes is better than a 4.0 with no AP classes)
You lost all credibility when you said Columbia College is an Ivy League school that you got in. Columbia University is an Ivy League school. Columbia College is a small liberal arts college in South Carolina. It has an acceptance rate of 79%.
CyberPhilosopher Columbia college is the college within Columbia University...yes, you are correct that there are multiple Columbia colleges (Chicago and South Carolina), but keep in mind that a University has separate colleges too (Columbia University has Columbia College and their School of Engineering) :)
I wish I was told the following before I went into college: College isn't a place to learn; it's a place to compete. If you don't ALREADY KNOW the material BEFORE you get into college - you don't have a chance. My teachers, family, guidance counsellors, etc. all led me to believe that college is this magical utopia where people come to learn critical thinking skills. This couldn't be further from the truth. My first class coming in, the professor pops a pile of "basic questions" that all of the kids eagerly answer within seconds. I, on the other hand, I'm left completely clueless. The professor then slams the book down and says, "this is why you're the best of the best, I see no reason to go through the introductory chapters, we're having a pop quiz as soon as tomorrow." It's at this moment I realize that I'm with a bunch of dynasty kids who already knew the entire first semester. I didn't stand a chance and had to drop out. I did manage to pass my midterms despite being so far behind, but I literally had to work 12 to 16 hour days, each day, just to achieve a mere C average. I was burnt out by the time I reached the finals. My energy depleted midway through a key exam and my mind went blank. Let this be a lesson to everyone, college isn't an institution of learning, it's a place where "ringer kids" demonstrate their expertise in the public eye. It's one giant stage. Sort of like "tryouts" for the NBA, NHL, NFL, etc. I'm still confused to this day how I got accepted into that elite college in the first place. . .
Well, I had a terrible SAT score and got into top schools 14% and lower, so they definitely look at applications way more holistically than you might think
@@alicedog368 I mean, it completely disproves the statement that if they see an application with a certain score, they just throw it in the trash. If this is a given: "They throw all applications out if they are below X score"--> BUT they didn't throw one application out (mine) which was below a certain score, the statement "all applications are thrown out if they are below a certain score" is false, even if the only application they did not throw out is mine. Simple logic 👍🏼
Yeah this is clearly a rip off lol. He tried to trick people into thinking he went to Columbia University but got the wrong seal. what a liar! its so obvious that he is just being a salesman
+Gerardo Guzman Speaking from my own experience with admits, Stanford likes dancers. It'll sometimes take people with nothing but above average scores and all right GPA because they dance. Also, Stanford admissions out of all colleges have very warped visions of "diversity", that nobody but they will understand. They will sometimes seek out a certain applicant, because he/she has some arbitrary trait that they for some reason think valuable.
O my gosh congratulations ! Stanford is my dream school❤️ I have only taken the act once( but I'm only a sophomore *kind of an over acheiver*) but I scored a 25 so hopefully I can do better next time
Thanks for the tips. I will be a senior this coming fall. I don't come from a upper or middle class family. So I hope that these tips will help me get into a good college to make my mother proud since her other 2 kids didn't go to college.
This guy is speaking the TRUTH. I learned all of these lessons later on in my college years through trial and error and an Education Seminar that I happened to take by chance. However, by then, I felt it was kind of late. I think the best advice is to figure out what you're an expert in as early on as you can and look for opportunities and READ whatever you can about this hobby and begin to build a story. Your story.
Rule #2 is why I'm glad I started my search in middle school, took the SAT (without the results being permanent) around the same time, and am learning how to fill out an application as a sophomore.
This seems to be more of a US college thing, because: - not all countries uses standardized testing to the same extent as the US does in addition to the exams students take at the end of high school - some colleges are free or require very low tuition fees and still deliver top quality education - US ranking extremely overhypes and puts a bias on the rankings of US colleges
The picture he puts up at 12:13 is the Fighting Koalas of Columbia College, a liberal arts college for women in South Carolina, not the Ivy League University in New York. Proves this guy doesn't know anything.
This video continues to press parents to improve their college applications, instead of allowing students to navigate this journey on their own. It's particularly frustrating to see parents doing grunt work with their children's applications. A big part of attending college is not only the academic side of things, but personal development and independence- learning to be an adult. If the parents continue to squander students' efforts toward independence and act as a "helicopter parent" from the gate, what kind of experience are they really setting them up for?
Do you work in college admissions? Yes I know they want things to be the students' work, so they can evaluate the students. Guidance departments talk about kids "spreading their wings" and becoming independent in their late teens. Well that's not how General Douglas MacArthur graduated first in his class at West Point. His mother lived nearby campus (not before he enrolled of course -- she moved there when he started) and checked his assignments and nagged him for 4 years. (I learned this on the nice guided tour they give there.) Maturity you can learn later once you're on the fast track.
There's a HUGE difference between guiding and doing. I value familial ties as much as the next guy, but doing the work for your student is a blunt disservice.
This is silly. Why would colleges not want me to know that they need money? Colleges are businesses, they need money. Saying that colleges are selfish based on their need of money is unfair. But, you don't care about being fair, you only care to get some views. You've got your views, I'll give you that. But don't think that there aren't any people who see this video for what it really is: obvious information with a deceptive title.
I'm so relieved after seeing "How To Get Into College In 2 Steps." My parents are always haranguing me about how I have to be well rounded and athletic. 'Stretch yourself thinner because that's what colleges want to see!' when all I really want to do is stay home and do math.
I have heard many other college graduates say this same thing - on youtube. Colleges and Universities want specialists - kids who specialise in ONE or TWO major areas. If they can sit their SAT's early, then they can work on the speciality for Junior and Senior year. Being a specialist will get you in. Colleges will obviously admit some well rounded students, but they really really want specialists.
Point 4 is probably the most useful to anyone watching this video, or anyone concerned about the college application process. Colleges want students they can trust to succeed after college. If you're okay/mediocre at a large number of things, how is a college supposed to know what you'll do after college? One thing we have to understand is that passion strongly correlates with success. People only really find success if they do what they love. For example, if you want to work at Pixar, you won't even have a prayer of working there if you only want the bragging rights. The animators at Pixar are there because they love animation. The takeaway is that if you're driven and passionate enough at what you do, with the proficiency and catalog to back it up, opportunity will come to you. I got into the University of Michigan through piano. But I wasn't forced to do piano by my parents. I pushed myself to get better and better. So, find what you love and run with it.
I feel like most of this is untrue. I'm from a lower middle class family, didn't even think about college until junior year, and was just accepted to Georgetown, one of the most selective schools in the country. So to all future college applicants: don't let this video scare you. Be yourself and work hard and I'm sure you'll get into a great college
Not all colleges have a terrible admissions process. Some officers DO look at the overall applicant. I got into UNT. My ACT/SAT were not the highest, but my résumé/essay and decent grades got me in. The point is that some do look at you as a person and student. It's not all about that SAT score...
I also got accepted to UNT with a 3.3 gpa from Houston Community College and like a 1230 SAT score. I don't even remember my essay that I wrote... haha.
I refuse to be a college's bitch. I will NOT refigure my life just to get into a damn school. If a college wants me, then they want me. If they don't, they don't. I will take my well-rounded life thank you very much.
I like how he brushes off the fact that he had perfect SAT scores. Duh, any high-ranking college is going to let you in because having a perfect SAT score will bump up their metrics as well. They can always get someone with a 4.0 GPA to cover the gap your perfect SAT score and mediocre grades created. Also top colleges are not about the life of the mind. They're about connections, bragging rights (especially for the parents early on, and then the kids in their adult lives) and getting well-paying and/or prestigious jobs. True education and the pursuit of knowledge is just a nice peripheral thrown in for good PR. It has been like that since time immemorial. It will continue to be like that as long as human beings walk the Earth.
I was accepted to Vanderbilt University last week and I can definitely say that I didn't need an admissions coach... Sure I took an SAT prep course but I did everything else based on books I bought on Amazon and I got into the #16 school in the country.
Umm, don't just look at the acceptance rate. Many admitted students are put on a waitlist. I'm looking at their common data set from fall 2014, 60k applied while 5k could enroll. 2.5 GPA... good luck attending w/ that, lol
Again, don't just look at the acceptance rate. Their waitlist rate for accepted students is about 80%, with the chance of getting off the waitlist most likely being
I barely scraped by getting accepted into my college. But, one tip that my counselor gave me was that colleges will accept lower gpas and SAT scores towards the beginning of admissions because they're worried about making their numbers. They want our money. And we want their education. So, if you've an average student like myself, apply at the very start of the season and you'll get clumped in with these "experts" and top ten students.
I learned : - Kill your SAT Score - Get a Resonable GPA - Have a Skill that Sets you apart, and indicates you might end up being a Milionaire and try applying early...........BOOM you in!
Sometimes Corruption is part of the University Admissions system. Since the year 2000 we see a new pattern in College Admissions, Especially after the Irak War.
I actually liked the length of the video because I need as much information as possible! I wouldn't want information that was watered down, he went in dept. about everything which is really helpful!
Hmm this is kinda outdated now. In the age of covid where colleges are going more test optional, the weight of SAT/ACT in the admissions process is much less. A high SAT/ACT score doesn’t guarantee you anything. Yes, it’s true that many parents want their children to do everything, ten clubs, etc... The key is for the students to do what they’re passionate about, disregard how cheesy that sounds. That’ll make them successful in that area and thus form their own “spike”. We have to keep in mind that colleges do have a holistic admissions process not just based on first impressions from sat/act scores. Colleges won’t just throw away your application upon first look and seeing you’re below average. If you think that you can just be a tool for the college with your high, near perfect sat scores and 4.0, please realize that that’s not realistic and a standout application requires much more.
Most of Anthony's advice is sound -- elite colleges DO act much like venture capital funds investing in people -- but the video is also a bit simplistic, and it does not follow at all that the SAT package he wants to sell you has any real merit beyond the placebo effect of feeling good about yourself when you take the test. Neither the SAT nor the ACT should really be thought of as "tests"; rather, think of them as games designed to misdirect you, waste your limited time, and sample how much random data collected over multiple years you can hold in working memory for quick retrieval. For what it's worth, my son got perfect scores on both the ACT and PSAT and I wrote up a one-page list of tips and shortcuts based on his advice; you can find it posted on Quora page or on my blog for free. Also note that even those with perfect scores overall only get in 25-30% of the time, with the available slots usually going to those applicants with multiple kickers in their portfolio. In the end, even perfect scores become commodities in elite school applications; just look at the stellar qualifications of the rejects shown on College Confidential to see how tough the competition can be. My son did, in fact, get into and attended an Ivy League school and is currently doing graduate studies and is TAing there under a pioneer of the field he loves. Don't give up hope but also don't expect it to be easy to get such an opportunity without diligence and detailed planning.
I put in my application for Ball State University out of Indiana my last day of senior year because I wanted to go to another college that my parents did not want me to attend. (It did not have on campus living) My SAT scores were not good. I still do not know how I got into Ball State. My parents had some money but not enough to influence anyone. Take this video for what you want. This video is not always accurate everywhere.
WOW! What a revelation! I would never have guessed Colleges were only after the money... Especially not after seeing Deans of medical schools making (literally) millions, college football being a booming industry, while the players get no money, and tuition rates rising far higher than what is necessary to compensate for inflation. Glad someone made a 15 minute youtube video that just kept repeating colleges are MONEY HUNGRY, because I sure as hell had no clue. smh at humanity.
It's true, everything the guy in this video is saying is true. My step-son will be a Freshman at Princeton University Fall 2015. We went on tours at MIT and a couple of Ivy League universities in between his Junior & Senior year of high school. It was clear that we were too late. The information they gave on these tours was information we should have known before he even started high school. In fact there were many kids on these tours with us that were just out of 8th grade! These were kids of wealthy parents who knew the system. We felt like such dumb asses. The only thing that got our kid into Princeton was his 4.0 GPA (they don't offer AP courses at his high school, so 4.0 is as high as he could get) and his nearly perfect ACT scores. He doesn't come from money or privilege, but he's freaky smart and that's how he got in to Princeton. They don't want well rounded students anymore, like they did when I went to college. They want kids that are genius smart, especially in one particular obscure subject. So if your kid has super high grades & ACT/SAT scores, and is super focused on one thing he/she likes, for example, the mechanisms for printing 3D images on orbiting space shuttles (don't laugh, I'm serious), then don't dissuade him/her. Your kid does NOT need to be well rounded.
I would disagree when you said colleges toss aside applications based on a primary academic filter. They are obliged to read everyone’s essays. The only exception is if someone got really really bad scores.
The money part is true. I'm in grad school with one of the admission officers of the school in my program, and this lady flies off to richer parts of the country in order to appeal to students that come from rich families almost every week.
Thanks Im a freshmen and I will start prepping for SATs this summer This actually makes alot of sense; I was worried about not joining clubs, but not anymore
That doesn't mean you shouldn't join clubs! Join as many as clubs as possible and try to be president or co found a lot of them. By the way, I'm also a freshman and you do realize that prepping for the SAT is useless? We're getting the new SAT's! We have no damn idea about what the new SAT is going to be like. We're all screwed over. You're prepping for the old SAT but taking the new one...
This is such an advertisement. Just saying that no schools look at you application is complete garbage. If you apply to a large school that receives tens of thousands of applications that may be true, but smaller schools do look at the rigor of your classes and some of the finer points.
Even for big schools it's not true. I got into Davis where about 60,000 apply and about 20,000 get admitted and I had low sat scores and terrible act. And I'm not "in the know" So for anyone reading this, don't believe this video, it's a scam. Just do your best in the applications because they DO look at it, especially your personal statement! I mean. I'm entering Davis on the 15th of August for the Special Transitional Enrichment Program, so do not listen to scams such as these, listen to actual students.
Ditto_Cris •_______• Np! I'm a senior in High-school and Davis is definitely a school that I've been considering, but similar to you, I don't have the best test scores.
You guys dont need to buy an SAT program, you only get better at the SAT by doing more SATs. Just buy some used SAT books or use Khan Academy and you'll be fine.
Correct. Besides, you get better at the exam if you have a reading comprehension foundation. (one established from reading literature on your own, that is)
I've already been accepted to a pretty good university, I only watched this to figure out how the hell I got accepted. I guess my high ACT score, my background in writing, and loads of community service and work experience made up for my lack of school-related extracurriculars and my very low overall GPA. College admissions is a mystery...
Hey, Anthony, at the 12:17 mark you used the wrong seal for Columbia. That's the seal for a liberal arts college in South Caroline, not Columbia University located in Manhattan.
I feel like this guy correlates the amount of money you have with the amount of preparation you do for your standardized tests, "inside information," and clubs. I'm a student at UC Berkeley now (got into Cornell as well but Cal has a better computer science program and it's basically in the heart of that industry) and I can say for a fact if you want to get a high SAT, GPA, or extracurricular credibility, you don't need money. I come from a lower middle class family but still lived in a relatively affluent town (low income housing on the outskirts). I knew kids that paid thousands upon thousands of dollars for "professional" counselors and years of private tutors, and it all ended up being insignificant. If you really set your heart to going to a prestigious school, you can spend $100 for a couple SAT or ACT books, just study hard for your AP classes and save up for the test fees, and many activities that you can get really involved in are free (for me, a used piano keyboard cost me $250 and has lasted my whole life). These kids that threw money at professionals to get them into college didn't end up going to any better of a college than they would have otherwise, it's really up to you to determine how hard you want to work to get where you want to be is my point I guess. Sorry this is long, I just wanted to add my two cents.
You sound like someone who will be successful if there's a chance. Others had to pay for people to make them look like they have your spirit. But for what it's worth, CS is a very meritocratic field. If you want to use it to become a coder or software designer, you don't need most of that bachelor's degree. For many jobs you don't need a degree at all, and a degree won't keep you employed vs. someone who can code a bit faster. Still, might as well get a degree in something useful.
aren't sats a mandatory test to be on the application, how can you exclude it? I'm asking since my sat was really bad aswell but my GPA is higher due to the IB program..
Go to community college for two years and transfer. You'll save a lot of money knocking out the basics, you'll still get the same diploma from your choice school and it's often easier to get into a college as a junior than as an incoming freshman.
This is why I'm going to community. I live in California and am a resident so it's essentially free with fafsa and promise combined. 2 years of free college then I get to transfer to state or university with guranteed acceptance through a program. You guys have to be smart and take advantages of the things around you. ;)
This is all bullshit... I got into my dream school and my parents didn't TOUCH my application. Because honestly, you've been doing what you need to do to get into college all along. The application is just about writing it down on paper. If you can't do that for yourself by 18, then are you really ready for college? The only book you need to buy is that blue SAT book your junior year. Otherwise. Have fun getting into college!! The only help kids should really need is funding. Make a video about that, would you?
The well rounded student thing makes sense. But don't throw that in the trash if you want big scholarships, most of them are looking for well rounded students with great grades and also are involved in a sport or club or two. If you can afford the tuiton without them though, your probably fine. Just do what is best for you.
i'm 5 minutes in and i'm already feeling like he's going to try to sell me something by the end of the video
LMAO
that "keep watching" was a huge red flag
yeah felt like I was watching those long and annoying online workout commercials on TV
I’m two minutes in and I’m feeling the same thing.
He probably wants me to buy his book, but I will be saying NO to the book. I'm more interested in the info he is talking about!!!
Why is it directed at parents? If you want to go to college you need to learn how to do things on your own
preach.
+1
Because college students are broke. This guy probably wants to make money, thus speak to the people with money. Nuff said.
probrojeffro You aren't a college student when you are initially applying to colleges, therefore your comment makes no sense
boatcaptin14 I have no idea what you're talking about. The video is marketing to parents because they've got money, the kids don't. That's usually why they're going to college to enhance their ability to make money after graduation.
"Don't start around junior year"
me, a junior: well shit
my school like... 3 years minimum language if you want to graduate
4 years over here
2 years one language and 4 years another here
yulpiewsert1 I'm a senior.....
._.
that's me and I started this year, AND IM A SENIOR
How to make college admissions more fun: Apply to a college with a 100% acceptance rate and write "You want a personal statement? I lost my virginity to a vacuum cleaner!" When the admission rate drops to 99%, congratulate yourself. You made a difference.
+Chiru Bear Underrated comment.
That's fucking great 😂
+Chiru Bear Greatest Comment Of All Time!
+Chiru Bear They do not have personal statements lol! So I guess it remains 100%
+Chiru Bear why would you have to write a letter to a college with a 100% acceptance rate? They don't usually have one
Marketing 101... Scare your buyer into something they probably don't need.
James Reading trueeee
is this actually a 101? cause it's really fucking effective!
Good Advice. Not buying your book though.
Pacific Alliance i
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Same😂
Take this video with a grain of salt - this guy is an SAT tutor.
+clear661 What do you mean?
+Shana Vaid he's selling his book
Plus the shit in this video is obvious af. Everybody knows this shit.
Wesim idk how they wouldn't
But he is correct in saying that "holistic" admissions is BS
Shana Vaid did she have anything the university would wante
"Telling parents the best way to improve the children's application"
Who do you think I am? These things are being filled out by me
flower4536 Same I do everything myself
Relatable.
Same
I'm a junior in college why am I watching this
Perhaps you could think about graduate school or maybe your future kids would benefit from this
+Stacie Green im a freshman...woops
+Stacie Green I'm in grade 8 lol never to early to think about ur future
+Justin Liu Well you're not going to be applying till late 11th grade or early 12th grade and these things will change so it kind of is too early
SkTLegacy A very good point, but it is never too early to start gathering information.
Parents...I am a 14 year old child watching this.
Im 15 watching this; i'm a freshmen
***** Haha same! I am a 14 year old freshman!
I guess we are all smart since we are preparing or just watching randomly
Same 😂😂😂
People, I'm 13. And I'm watching this because i want to get in Cambridge. Yes, the one and only University of Cambridge.
I'm a senior in HS, and I actually find this to be an accurate description. I wish I'd seen this my freshman year and realized how important it would be to get a 4.0 and 2300+ SAT. I definitely would have done a few things differently because I would have been way more aware of how my actions might affect my future.
true I used to think that freshman year and sophomore year were not that important for college so I didn't try my hardest, how I have a 85 GPA and wish I knew beforehand that those years were so important
Exactly. I knew that doing "well" in school was important, but I didn't know how truly competitive getting into college is today and how "well" you actually need to do to get into the top schools.
@@MrBrendalovesunicorn It became more competitive since the 1980s because more young adults entered the population and thus the elite Colleges attracted more applicants than ever before.
State and Community Colleges became less attractive as time passed.
However in the early 2000 state and community became more revived,
Great SAT scores good recommendations Essays of high calibre and a great attitude are also necessary to impress the top notch Universities in North America and beyond.
So I know a few admissions officers from top tier Ivy Leagues and other good colleges, and what I can tell you is that, at least at those schools, the admissions process is holistic. Admissions officers aren't looking for reasons to throw your application out, rather they are looking for reasons to let you in. One of the biggest mistakes people make is thinking that scores make or break them. If they are un-fantastic, the rest of the application has to be better. If they are fantastic, the rest of the application doesn't need to be fantastic but still show a person not wholly focused on grades and scores. Furthermore, admissions officers don't look for the people who start early because they think they're rich, people who "start early" haven't started early, they are just the people who know have consistently worked hard to achieve what they want to achieve, and not someone who realizes junior year that they want to go to Harvard. While we are using personal cases to justify our arguments, I have seen one kid get into a top tier university because he was a good athlete. Furthermore, I do not have fantastic grades or test scores, and I am not a mega-specialist, or at least not one who brings money or reputation. I play one sport, never varsity. I don't play an instrument. I have been a member of my school's tech crew since seventh grade, but of the mega-specialists you listed, tech theatre is not a speciality that brings reputation or money. I am not rich, and I didn't have a great start to high school. Yet, I got into one of the best universities in the United States. For anyone who is really interested in what they need to do to get into college, get started on the writing portions of the application quickly. There are plenty of kids who score 2250 on the SAT and have a 3.8 GPA, but there aren't a lot of kids who have your voice, so make it a good one. Also, talk to an admissions officer, not some youtube video which may have "inside knowledge" of the process. I am wholeheartedly against trusting what you see from websites and publications because those are ads for the college. But talking to the actual admissions officers at the colleges you want to go to is the best way to find out what you need to do. There are no cards to play unless you play them wrong. If you're right for the college, you're right, and if you're not, you're not. Reducing it to the ultra-narrow minded process that this video reduces it to only serves to put you at a mega-disadvantage.
"If you're right for the college, you're right, and if you're not, you're not. " ?
Really? These admissions folks are some sort of fortune tellers? Where is the test to see if they should have let in Y whom they rejected, instead of X whom they accepted? Of course there is none, nobody even tries to hold their feet to the fire on this.
So if the admissions people at the Ivies are trying to let people in, why do they reject 90% of the applicants -- most of whom are at least pretty good and would do fine on campus? What is a "reason to let people in"? One could be the essay, but surely they know that this can be bought too, far more easily than test scores. There's no security around who writes the college essays. Could be parents, could be a paid professional. If there's an interview, they could see how well it connects to what is written in the essay I guess, that's about all.
Gabo Lizardo if you know a few ivy admissioners can they hit me up?
@@artichoke60045 well I know somebody who got rejected from all ivies and got into MIT and Stafford, schools look for specific things in students. ITS NOT JUST ESSays , it's extracurriculars, test score and reccomendations. Yale has a thing for leaders,Mit looks for problem solvers, while Princeton is more academic but they all try to find diversity too. Grades show work ethic,essays shows personality, recc shows how others view you. That's how they do it
"The 1 secret colleges don't want you to know" "Colleges are hating this guy, find out why" "Get I into an Ivy League school with this easy trick" lol.. Plz
lmaooo
i wish i saw this in 9th grade and not in December of my senior year FML
I'm watching this in 9th grade lol THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR ME hahaha
Just finished my first day of 9th Grade
XclusiveChiq
Same. Although I’m in my second month of Junior year.
I’m 9th grade and starting to take SATs
It’s happening to me too. 😔
I want to add that donating money or knowing people on the "inside" really does make a difference. My uncle who got rich in real estate donated a lot of money to Harvard, his alma mater and was good friends with someone in the admissions office. He flat out told me. You're going to Harvard, forward your application to this specific person, they're going to approve you no matter what your grades and SAT scores are.
Bam, they sure did and they gave me a FULL RIDE, yep scholarship. College is a joke. Not only that, they treat family of big donors like royalty. I didn't try half as hard as most of those kids, jerked off, barely went to class. Conversations went like this "you missed the mid-term? Omg what are you going to do?" "Oh it's cool, I'm legacy. I'll take it next week." When you hear kids going around campus saying they're "legacy" that means they have a relative who graduated from there and is now a big donor.
You basically get special treatment. And yes I took full advantage of the special treatment. You would too!!! They made "exceptions" for me all time. Kids would hate on us exclaiming "these fucking legacy kids get to do whatever they want." Yep we sure did! Many people know this dirty little secret. I think it sucks to be honest. College is a joke. I became successful and incidentally it had nothing to do with my college education. I wish I'd skipped college to be honest.
OmGosh be grateful for God's opportunity, that's such a blessing ❤ wish you the best
@Intelligence Injection no you did not became succesfull -
If you are not as rich as your uncle or found a company.You are in that %99 which will die without making a substansial impact in this world.Because the important thing is your abilities.If your only ability in this world is that your family is rich,you can say that ı am living my life just for fun.
The another great thing is that all game-changers came from a kindf of hardship(moslt financial) and builda legacy.If rich doesnt start to teach their kids about poverty and make them experience it,the innovators founders and other people in %1 are always be famous and remind that : Only you matter because if that's a lie,why do most game changers comes from poverty ?
Screw this I'm joining the circus.
LOL your comment is hilarious! :D
Still gotta go to college for that now too lol
Hahaha!! your comment had me laughing out loud. 😂😂😂
i actually laughed 😂😂😂
College is a circus 😂😂🤣🤣.
I'm going to be honest: I was one of the 167 people who "disliked" this video. Why? Because it's a 28 minute video that could have easily been chopped down to five: "get your child's SAT scores as high as possible. How? Buy my book. Get your child a specialization and it'll be easier. Find more tips by buying my book." Most of the advice in this video was vague rather than specific; instead of telling people "Do this to improve your chances of getting into college," it's instead "These are the hard truths about college admissions" coupled with more than one shameless plug about his book. If you're an expert on something and you want to direct people to a book you've published or a blog post you've written, putting a link to the Amazon page for the book or a link to the blog is fine. But there were two additional advertisements for his book within the video, as well as another one at the end.
Frankly, college is just college. It doesn't really matter where you go, in my opinion. I'm at a public university, which is technically my dream school; it was the only one I applied to and the one I knew I wanted to attend, however, it ended up being the best decision of my life because my major department is one of the best anywhere. Public universities have their good points, too, especially since the tuition tends to be cheaper while the quality of the professors remain relatively the same across the board. I doubt the professors from Harvard or Princeton could have done a better job teaching me and inspiring me than the professors at my school have.
I agree with your statement. Another thing that really peeved me was how he kept mentioning his credentials throughout the video rather than stating them in the introduction. Moreover, I think his statements weren't that specific. I stopped the video not even halfway into it not because I didn't like the truths I was hearing. I just didn't like the way he presented his ideas.
Because you're TOTALLY not advertising and being a selfish brat and dising people's stuff while promoting yours so why should I even think about buying your product or for that matter trust what you say about ANYTHING. I HATE PEOPLE LIKE YOU YOU MAKE THE WORLD A BAD PLACE OR AT LEAST WORSE THAN BEFORE.
Are you being sarcastic, or are you actually being serious and just trolling?
how the fuck did u get 28? thats 13 minutes off
I guess it was so repetitive and boring that it felt like 28.:) LOL
Somebody didn't get into their dream school
Sorry to hear. Study harder.
I didn't mean it like that.
Actually later in the video he says he was accepted into Cornell and Columbia college :P
The logo he used for Columbia isn't even their, he used the logo for women only college... hm..
Someone is butthurt because this video wasn't what they wanted to hear, aka Grace.
Wow. I guess I'm royally screwed then. What am I? Not athletic, not an expert. I don't get outstanding grades. I guess that makes me worthless. Community college here I come.
charlene mitchell Not true. I have a friend who has low grades and is not athletic but he is very smart, classy, and socially apt. I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes a CEO one day. Grades aren't everything.
Community colleges are better than Universities. Universities hire professors based on the research income, not the teaching standard. Thus, students get some nuclear physicist from Russia who can barely speak English failing every student in the school. Universities being privatized are only in it for the money, to barely put any money into the student and to suck them dry with debt. Look at all the big schools, they have pretty impressive sports teams don't they? Coaches of those University teams making upwards of 5 million annually. Yea, that's a good use of an educational establishment's profits.Truth is you'll get a better education more than half the time at community colleges, because community college hire based on faculty needs and not research dollars and at a cheaper cost as well. No reason to go to a university unless you aim on being a surgeon, or a lawyer. Everything else is accomplished through self-employed entrepreneurship, vocational training, or internship.
halowaffles Also, remember that the Russian Physicist you mentioned is usually not in class, the class itself taught by one of his students.
You better not go at all! FACT; Half of All graduates don't get jobs! That's a fact! RUclips it! Go to a trade school or ups (or employer like that) who will pay for U to go to school!
Also remember--at least in CA--don't know the rules elsewhere, that if you graduate from a community college--you are first pick for the state universities. Meaning, if you could not get in to, say UCLA, but graduate from a local JC with decent grades, they MUST let you in as a junior--and you saved money and had better teachers your first two years. Consider that AND--remember this for all of you chasing a GED. If you did NOT graduate high school you can enter a JC WITHOUT a high school diploma--I had a top Professor with a Ph.D and no high school diploma
Video was extremely long for the point he was trying to make.
He could have just said:
Colleges are greedy, be successful.
Nah, the real point was: buy my book
colleges HATE him... find out why now!
This is the longest advertisement I've ever seen in my life. Get your scores up, get your grades up, join extracurriculars, but not too many, and be happy with the colleges you chose. Good luck to everyone.
This is just the same point repeated over and over, along with product placement.
*slow clap*
As a senior in high school waiting to hear back from my dream school, this makes me want to roll in a ball and cry.
Heather Freeman Did you get in
did you get in?
Did u get in?
And how was it?
Did you get in?
Watched this when my kid was a sophomore and now she's a member of the class of 2021 at an Ivy League school. I couldn't agree more with the advice. Like it or not, he's right.
But I focused on being a well rounded student. fml
+Aaron Lynn Study in Germany. Easy to get in, low-cost top education especially in engineering departments. Very good weight for the curriculum.
Is it English tho? I don't know German lol
+Aaron Lynn well you have to be able to speak in German language if you want full scholarship then all you have to pay is taxes
+Aaron Lynn depends how cheap you want the college to be. For the national ones you need a B2 lvl of german but they are like only 800$ per semester. On the other hand you have those more expensive ones that offer german classes while you're there and classes in english. Some are like 5000-6000$ a year I think but I can't guarantee. You'd have to check this information
If you have a dual citizenship with a country that belongs to EU you get a discount for the first option so a semester is only about 350-400$ per semester but again classes are in german so you'd need a certain degree of knowledge
JamesonWhiskey810 It's funny because I got into my college easily because I was well rounded with amazing grades, work experience and clubs so you can be quiet now.
You want to get into college? 3 things:
1) Good grades
2) Good standardized test grades (high SAT and ACT)
3) Rigor - take hard classes (a 4.0 with 4 AP classes is better than a 4.0 with no AP classes)
Obama Bin Laden That is 50% of the game. The others are ECs, essays, and recommendations.
You lost all credibility when you said Columbia College is an Ivy League school that you got in. Columbia University is an Ivy League school. Columbia College is a small liberal arts college in South Carolina. It has an acceptance rate of 79%.
CyberPhilosopher Columbia college is the college within Columbia University...yes, you are correct that there are multiple Columbia colleges (Chicago and South Carolina), but keep in mind that a University has separate colleges too (Columbia University has Columbia College and their School of Engineering) :)
Ella Raritan the logo he showed was for the Columbia College in South Carolina
I wish I was told the following before I went into college: College isn't a place to learn; it's a place to compete. If you don't ALREADY KNOW the material BEFORE you get into college - you don't have a chance.
My teachers, family, guidance counsellors, etc. all led me to believe that college is this magical utopia where people come to learn critical thinking skills. This couldn't be further from the truth.
My first class coming in, the professor pops a pile of "basic questions" that all of the kids eagerly answer within seconds. I, on the other hand, I'm left completely clueless. The professor then slams the book down and says, "this is why you're the best of the best, I see no reason to go through the introductory chapters, we're having a pop quiz as soon as tomorrow." It's at this moment I realize that I'm with a bunch of dynasty kids who already knew the entire first semester. I didn't stand a chance and had to drop out. I did manage to pass my midterms despite being so far behind, but I literally had to work 12 to 16 hour days, each day, just to achieve a mere C average. I was burnt out by the time I reached the finals. My energy depleted midway through a key exam and my mind went blank.
Let this be a lesson to everyone, college isn't an institution of learning, it's a place where "ringer kids" demonstrate their expertise in the public eye. It's one giant stage. Sort of like "tryouts" for the NBA, NHL, NFL, etc. I'm still confused to this day how I got accepted into that elite college in the first place. . .
Even though this comment is 8 years old, it’s still damn relevant
I'm so glad my dad started prepping me for the ACT and SATs in 8th grade! It has helped a ton.
Whatever happened to actually being inspired and learning in school... it's all just a roll of the dice for more money in the admissions game.
Why didn't i watch this in my freshman year? Too late...
Well, I had a terrible SAT score and got into top schools 14% and lower, so they definitely look at applications way more holistically than you might think
You might want to check this out ruclips.net/video/gNBrdE_CR80/видео.html
ah yes, using one single outlier to disprove an entire hypothesis
@@alicedog368 I mean, it completely disproves the statement that if they see an application with a certain score, they just throw it in the trash.
If this is a given: "They throw all applications out if they are below X score"--> BUT they didn't throw one application out (mine) which was below a certain score, the statement "all applications are thrown out if they are below a certain score" is false, even if the only application they did not throw out is mine. Simple logic 👍🏼
@@alicedog368 Ah yes, neglecting explanations for existing outliers to dodge the point.
What was your sat score?
Did anybody notice that the Columbia's seal in his video is not the one from the Ivy League School, but the one from columbia south carolina?
Yeah this is clearly a rip off lol. He tried to trick people into thinking he went to Columbia University but got the wrong seal. what a liar! its so obvious that he is just being a salesman
Exactly. I went down to the comments to see if anyone noticed.
When your mom works at a admissions office so she can help you 👌🏽
omg luckyy
Jamillah Bailey *works in a community college's admission office*
+1 9 8 4 nah she works at wentworth
+1 9 8 4 brah
Man I have to make my dad work at my admissions office
I have a 26 ACT score and got into Stanford...
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+Gerardo Guzman I got into Samford Univervisity not the same but sounds like it
+Gerardo Guzman Speaking from my own experience with admits, Stanford likes dancers. It'll sometimes take people with nothing but above average scores and all right GPA because they dance.
Also, Stanford admissions out of all colleges have very warped visions of "diversity", that nobody but they will understand. They will sometimes seek out a certain applicant, because he/she has some arbitrary trait that they for some reason think valuable.
+Danna Gallegos lol that's kinda funny not gonna lie.. and I'm slightly jealous cuz I got a 2310 on my SAT and didn't get in... fuck being asian
O my gosh congratulations ! Stanford is my dream school❤️ I have only taken the act once( but I'm only a sophomore *kind of an over acheiver*) but I scored a 25 so hopefully I can do better next time
THIS IS AN AD
Marisa Alvarez longest Ad ever 😁😁😁😁
Thanks for the tips. I will be a senior this coming fall. I don't come from a upper or middle class family. So I hope that these tips will help me get into a good college to make my mother proud since her other 2 kids didn't go to college.
Same.
You're not alone on that one
Good luck. Looks like i will be replacing you in highschool.
How did I know this was going to lead into buying their "product" ...
This guy is speaking the TRUTH. I learned all of these lessons later on in my college years through trial and error and an Education Seminar that I happened to take by chance. However, by then, I felt it was kind of late. I think the best advice is to figure out what you're an expert in as early on as you can and look for opportunities and READ whatever you can about this hobby and begin to build a story. Your story.
Rule #2 is why I'm glad I started my search in middle school, took the SAT (without the results being permanent) around the same time, and am learning how to fill out an application as a sophomore.
This is the most truthful college admissions advice that I've ever heard.
This seems to be more of a US college thing, because:
- not all countries uses standardized testing to the same extent as the US does in addition to the exams students take at the end of high school
- some colleges are free or require very low tuition fees and still deliver top quality education
- US ranking extremely overhypes and puts a bias on the rankings of US colleges
I wish someone told me all of this shit my freshmen year. High school doesn't prepare you for anything, it's ridiculous.
The picture he puts up at 12:13 is the Fighting Koalas of Columbia College, a liberal arts college for women in South Carolina, not the Ivy League University in New York. Proves this guy doesn't know anything.
This video continues to press parents to improve their college applications, instead of allowing students to navigate this journey on their own. It's particularly frustrating to see parents doing grunt work with their children's applications. A big part of attending college is not only the academic side of things, but personal development and independence- learning to be an adult. If the parents continue to squander students' efforts toward independence and act as a "helicopter parent" from the gate, what kind of experience are they really setting them up for?
Do you work in college admissions? Yes I know they want things to be the students' work, so they can evaluate the students. Guidance departments talk about kids "spreading their wings" and becoming independent in their late teens.
Well that's not how General Douglas MacArthur graduated first in his class at West Point. His mother lived nearby campus (not before he enrolled of course -- she moved there when he started) and checked his assignments and nagged him for 4 years. (I learned this on the nice guided tour they give there.) Maturity you can learn later once you're on the fast track.
There's a HUGE difference between guiding and doing. I value familial ties as much as the next guy, but doing the work for your student is a blunt disservice.
This is silly. Why would colleges not want me to know that they need money? Colleges are businesses, they need money. Saying that colleges are selfish based on their need of money is unfair. But, you don't care about being fair, you only care to get some views. You've got your views, I'll give you that. But don't think that there aren't any people who see this video for what it really is: obvious information with a deceptive title.
Tells that you get contradictory information in the Internet...
...Wants you to buy his book because he IS correct
of course
no
I'm so relieved after seeing "How To Get Into College In 2 Steps." My parents are always haranguing me about how I have to be well rounded and athletic. 'Stretch yourself thinner because that's what colleges want to see!' when all I really want to do is stay home and do math.
I have heard many other college graduates say this same thing - on youtube. Colleges and Universities want specialists - kids who specialise in ONE or TWO major areas. If they can sit their SAT's early, then they can work on the speciality for Junior and Senior year. Being a specialist will get you in. Colleges will obviously admit some well rounded students, but they really really want specialists.
Point 4 is probably the most useful to anyone watching this video, or anyone concerned about the college application process.
Colleges want students they can trust to succeed after college. If you're okay/mediocre at a large number of things, how is a college supposed to know what you'll do after college? One thing we have to understand is that passion strongly correlates with success. People only really find success if they do what they love. For example, if you want to work at Pixar, you won't even have a prayer of working there if you only want the bragging rights. The animators at Pixar are there because they love animation.
The takeaway is that if you're driven and passionate enough at what you do, with the proficiency and catalog to back it up, opportunity will come to you. I got into the University of Michigan through piano. But I wasn't forced to do piano by my parents. I pushed myself to get better and better.
So, find what you love and run with it.
this guy is so desperate to get people to buy his book, its pathetic.
I feel like most of this is untrue. I'm from a lower middle class family, didn't even think about college until junior year, and was just accepted to Georgetown, one of the most selective schools in the country. So to all future college applicants: don't let this video scare you. Be yourself and work hard and I'm sure you'll get into a great college
I know someone who got around 1700 in their SATs and still got accepted to UCLA and UC Berkeley.
How pls tell me
+Yahye md lol that's a lil fucked up
Not all colleges have a terrible admissions process. Some officers DO look at the overall applicant. I got into UNT. My ACT/SAT were not the highest, but my résumé/essay and decent grades got me in. The point is that some do look at you as a person and student. It's not all about that SAT score...
I also got accepted to UNT with a 3.3 gpa from Houston Community College and like a 1230 SAT score. I don't even remember my essay that I wrote... haha.
I refuse to be a college's bitch. I will NOT refigure my life just to get into a damn school. If a college wants me, then they want me. If they don't, they don't. I will take my well-rounded life thank you very much.
soo true !
#hellominnimumwagejob
I like how he brushes off the fact that he had perfect SAT scores. Duh, any high-ranking college is going to let you in because having a perfect SAT score will bump up their metrics as well. They can always get someone with a 4.0 GPA to cover the gap your perfect SAT score and mediocre grades created.
Also top colleges are not about the life of the mind. They're about connections, bragging rights (especially for the parents early on, and then the kids in their adult lives) and getting well-paying and/or prestigious jobs. True education and the pursuit of knowledge is just a nice peripheral thrown in for good PR.
It has been like that since time immemorial. It will continue to be like that as long as human beings walk the Earth.
I was accepted to Vanderbilt University last week and I can definitely say that I didn't need an admissions coach... Sure I took an SAT prep course but I did everything else based on books I bought on Amazon and I got into the #16 school in the country.
Nice ad
I had low SAT and ACT scores... And. I'm not rich... I got into UC Davis so... Awkward...
Wú Chéng what? a 40% acceptance rate is pretty hard to get into. They take less than half of the people who apply.
+Ditto_Cris •_______• umm.. UC Davis isn't really prestigious.. Awkward
Umm, don't just look at the acceptance rate. Many admitted students are put on a waitlist. I'm looking at their common data set from fall 2014, 60k applied while 5k could enroll.
2.5 GPA... good luck attending w/ that, lol
Again, don't just look at the acceptance rate. Their waitlist rate for accepted students is about 80%, with the chance of getting off the waitlist most likely being
***** well, I'm already in another uni but awesome brah
Being a person who started studying for SATs when I was 12, It is wonderful to know your advice. (No sarcasm)
I barely scraped by getting accepted into my college. But, one tip that my counselor gave me was that colleges will accept lower gpas and SAT scores towards the beginning of admissions because they're worried about making their numbers. They want our money. And we want their education. So, if you've an average student like myself, apply at the very start of the season and you'll get clumped in with these "experts" and top ten students.
I learned :
- Kill your SAT Score
- Get a Resonable GPA
- Have a Skill that Sets you apart, and indicates you might end up being a Milionaire
and try applying early...........BOOM you in!
I’m an 11 year old watching this....i need to be prepared
I now feel extremely stressed.
This video is pretty accurate, wish i had watched in 4 years ago!
so my future relies on an admissions officer?
Ron Jeremy Yes.
haziq is explicit and if you are rich and have some sort of specialty....
It's really not that hard to get in though... The hardest part is staying in college till you graduate.
Maybe one should have sex with the Admissions Officers of those Fancy Collges and Universities,
Sometimes Corruption is part of the University Admissions system.
Since the year 2000 we see a new pattern in College Admissions,
Especially after the Irak War.
I actually liked the length of the video because I need as much information as possible! I wouldn't want information that was watered down, he went in dept. about everything which is really helpful!
I never thought my SAT score would not let me in Cornell. oh my.....
I agree with the well rounded thing. Its better to present yourself as driven and working towards a specific purpose rather than being well rounded.
This made me not want to go to college at all....
Im thankful that I watched this video right now in my freshman year. I still have time to prepare for SAT!
This is a scam...I already knew all of this
I agree this is just common knowledge
SirPigalicous
You’ll be surprise on the amount of people that don’t know this.
Hmm this is kinda outdated now. In the age of covid where colleges are going more test optional, the weight of SAT/ACT in the admissions process is much less. A high SAT/ACT score doesn’t guarantee you anything. Yes, it’s true that many parents want their children to do everything, ten clubs, etc... The key is for the students to do what they’re passionate about, disregard how cheesy that sounds. That’ll make them successful in that area and thus form their own “spike”. We have to keep in mind that colleges do have a holistic admissions process not just based on first impressions from sat/act scores. Colleges won’t just throw away your application upon first look and seeing you’re below average. If you think that you can just be a tool for the college with your high, near perfect sat scores and 4.0, please realize that that’s not realistic and a standout application requires much more.
Most of Anthony's advice is sound -- elite colleges DO act much like venture capital funds investing in people -- but the video is also a bit simplistic, and it does not follow at all that the SAT package he wants to sell you has any real merit beyond the placebo effect of feeling good about yourself when you take the test.
Neither the SAT nor the ACT should really be thought of as "tests"; rather, think of them as games designed to misdirect you, waste your limited time, and sample how much random data collected over multiple years you can hold in working memory for quick retrieval. For what it's worth, my son got perfect scores on both the ACT and PSAT and I wrote up a one-page list of tips and shortcuts based on his advice; you can find it posted on Quora page or on my blog for free. Also note that even those with perfect scores overall only get in 25-30% of the time, with the available slots usually going to those applicants with multiple kickers in their portfolio. In the end, even perfect scores become commodities in elite school applications; just look at the stellar qualifications of the rejects shown on College Confidential to see how tough the competition can be.
My son did, in fact, get into and attended an Ivy League school and is currently doing graduate studies and is TAing there under a pioneer of the field he loves. Don't give up hope but also don't expect it to be easy to get such an opportunity without diligence and detailed planning.
Roland Priebe what is the link of the advice your son wrote?
Roland Priebe what is the link of the advice your son wrote?
Can you link me that quora article?
I put in my application for Ball State University out of Indiana my last day of senior year because I wanted to go to another college that my parents did not want me to attend. (It did not have on campus living) My SAT scores were not good. I still do not know how I got into Ball State. My parents had some money but not enough to influence anyone. Take this video for what you want. This video is not always accurate everywhere.
WOW! What a revelation! I would never have guessed Colleges were only after the money... Especially not after seeing Deans of medical schools making (literally) millions, college football being a booming industry, while the players get no money, and tuition rates rising far higher than what is necessary to compensate for inflation. Glad someone made a 15 minute youtube video that just kept repeating colleges are MONEY HUNGRY, because I sure as hell had no clue. smh at humanity.
im so glad. im not a junior or a senior in high school yet. ive learned these college things last year in 9th grade
It's true, everything the guy in this video is saying is true. My step-son will be a Freshman at Princeton University Fall 2015. We went on tours at MIT and a couple of Ivy League universities in between his Junior & Senior year of high school. It was clear that we were too late. The information they gave on these tours was information we should have known before he even started high school. In fact there were many kids on these tours with us that were just out of 8th grade! These were kids of wealthy parents who knew the system. We felt like such dumb asses.
The only thing that got our kid into Princeton was his 4.0 GPA (they don't offer AP courses at his high school, so 4.0 is as high as he could get) and his nearly perfect ACT scores. He doesn't come from money or privilege, but he's freaky smart and that's how he got in to Princeton. They don't want well rounded students anymore, like they did when I went to college. They want kids that are genius smart, especially in one particular obscure subject. So if your kid has super high grades & ACT/SAT scores, and is super focused on one thing he/she likes, for example, the mechanisms for printing 3D images on orbiting space shuttles (don't laugh, I'm serious), then don't dissuade him/her. Your kid does NOT need to be well rounded.
I would disagree when you said colleges toss aside applications based on a primary academic filter. They are obliged to read everyone’s essays. The only exception is if someone got really really bad scores.
The money part is true. I'm in grad school with one of the admission officers of the school in my program, and this lady flies off to richer parts of the country in order to appeal to students that come from rich families almost every week.
You cant get away with this in Canada's university. You get poor grades even if you state you are a specialist. They will reject your application.
This guys voice reminds me of baked ziti
Thanks Im a freshmen and I will start prepping for SATs this summer
This actually makes alot of sense;
I was worried about not joining clubs, but not anymore
That doesn't mean you shouldn't join clubs! Join as many as clubs as possible and try to be president or co found a lot of them. By the way, I'm also a freshman and you do realize that prepping for the SAT is useless? We're getting the new SAT's! We have no damn idea about what the new SAT is going to be like. We're all screwed over. You're prepping for the old SAT but taking the new one...
This is such an advertisement. Just saying that no schools look at you application is complete garbage. If you apply to a large school that receives tens of thousands of applications that may be true, but smaller schools do look at the rigor of your classes and some of the finer points.
Even for big schools it's not true. I got into Davis where about 60,000 apply and about 20,000 get admitted and I had low sat scores and terrible act. And I'm not "in the know" So for anyone reading this, don't believe this video, it's a scam. Just do your best in the applications because they DO look at it, especially your personal statement! I mean. I'm entering Davis on the 15th of August for the Special Transitional Enrichment Program, so do not listen to scams such as these, listen to actual students.
+Ditto_Cris •_______• How are you liking Davis?
Lila Xiong its awesome! I've met so many awesome ppl and everyone is so nice. Thanks for asking!
Ditto_Cris •_______• Np! I'm a senior in High-school and Davis is definitely a school that I've been considering, but similar to you, I don't have the best test scores.
@CometPetalVlogs acceptions dont make rules. You are the acception. If I may ask, what were your grades like and what extracurriculars did you do
You guys dont need to buy an SAT program, you only get better at the SAT by doing more SATs. Just buy some used SAT books or use Khan Academy and you'll be fine.
Correct.
Besides, you get better at the exam if you have a reading comprehension foundation. (one established from reading literature on your own, that is)
Thanks for this! Now I know I'll never get into any college :) this boosted my self esteem
watching this as a senior in high school where its too late to do most these things is so depressing
nice job putting a picture of Columbia College, not Columbia University, the ivy.
I've already been accepted to a pretty good university, I only watched this to figure out how the hell I got accepted. I guess my high ACT score, my background in writing, and loads of community service and work experience made up for my lack of school-related extracurriculars and my very low overall GPA. College admissions is a mystery...
Hey, Anthony, at the 12:17 mark you used the wrong seal for Columbia. That's the seal for a liberal arts college in South Caroline, not Columbia University located in Manhattan.
I feel like this guy correlates the amount of money you have with the amount of preparation you do for your standardized tests, "inside information," and clubs. I'm a student at UC Berkeley now (got into Cornell as well but Cal has a better computer science program and it's basically in the heart of that industry) and I can say for a fact if you want to get a high SAT, GPA, or extracurricular credibility, you don't need money. I come from a lower middle class family but still lived in a relatively affluent town (low income housing on the outskirts). I knew kids that paid thousands upon thousands of dollars for "professional" counselors and years of private tutors, and it all ended up being insignificant. If you really set your heart to going to a prestigious school, you can spend $100 for a couple SAT or ACT books, just study hard for your AP classes and save up for the test fees, and many activities that you can get really involved in are free (for me, a used piano keyboard cost me $250 and has lasted my whole life). These kids that threw money at professionals to get them into college didn't end up going to any better of a college than they would have otherwise, it's really up to you to determine how hard you want to work to get where you want to be is my point I guess. Sorry this is long, I just wanted to add my two cents.
You sound like someone who will be successful if there's a chance. Others had to pay for people to make them look like they have your spirit.
But for what it's worth, CS is a very meritocratic field. If you want to use it to become a coder or software designer, you don't need most of that bachelor's degree. For many jobs you don't need a degree at all, and a degree won't keep you employed vs. someone who can code a bit faster. Still, might as well get a degree in something useful.
Well I got a 1730 on my SAT and 3.8 GPA
Should I put my SAT on my application ?
Adham M no
Adham M no
Sophie Garret MsPrincess0019 but why not ?
Adham M your GPA is already good enough and your SAT could only harm you at this point
aren't sats a mandatory test to be on the application, how can you exclude it? I'm asking since my sat was really bad aswell but my GPA is higher due to the IB program..
Go to community college for two years and transfer. You'll save a lot of money knocking out the basics, you'll still get the same diploma from your choice school and it's often easier to get into a college as a junior than as an incoming freshman.
This is just to sell his SAT prep course. Some might be true, but there are sooo many exceptions. I can't believe it.
This is why I'm going to community. I live in California and am a resident so it's essentially free with fafsa and promise combined. 2 years of free college then I get to transfer to state or university with guranteed acceptance through a program. You guys have to be smart and take advantages of the things around you. ;)
This is all bullshit...
I got into my dream school and my parents didn't TOUCH my application.
Because honestly, you've been doing what you need to do to get into college all along. The application is just about writing it down on paper. If you can't do that for yourself by 18, then are you really ready for college?
The only book you need to buy is that blue SAT book your junior year.
Otherwise.
Have fun getting into college!!
The only help kids should really need is funding. Make a video about that, would you?
The well rounded student thing makes sense. But don't throw that in the trash if you want big scholarships, most of them are looking for well rounded students with great grades and also are involved in a sport or club or two.
If you can afford the tuiton without them though, your probably fine. Just do what is best for you.
Helpful but he is a hypocrite. How are you talking about colleges asking for money when you're asking the viewers to buy your book. bs
That's not being hypocritical. He didn't say it's bad to do that lmao
Im a sernior also! Dont get down lol. WHATEVER college you go to, if you are determined. you will reach your goal!