Admissions Masterclass draws on my time as an attorney, teacher, and former Stanford admissions officer to give you specific, tactical, candid knowledge to navigate the process--regardless of where you go to school.
Hey, please help. As an international student. I've one C on transcript (85%, school does not offer gpa) but have 1500+ SAT. I've stellar ECs like youngest indian @harvard conference, start up with 10,000$ profit, founder and president of clubs etc. Can I've a chance for good university I need fin aid. What's your advice for me, specifically stanford or harvard
Hi, I wrote my college essay about the impacts of my parents on my life and how I created clubs in high school, things the clubs achieved ,and the type of person I am today, is it good enough?
I’d say it all depends on how coherent the stories are and how unique your poem is. Applicants should focus more on honesty, and presenting unique aspects of their lives and connecting the whole application.
Vienna is almost an annual pilgrimage for me - thank you for this but please pronounce Mozart the way it is meant to be. You’re doing great with Goethe, why not Mozart especially when you’re playing the overture to Nozze in the background?
I just discovered his 1901 address in Chicago to the African-American men’s Society, and was blown away by how progressive and insightful his speech/lecture was. Absolutely inspiring
Here's my thinking: In an ideal world: It would be great for you to have at least your Common App (Awards, Activities, Personal Essay, Additional Info) and 1-3 full supplemental applications for your top three colleges all done before senior year starts. 1. Your first semester senior grades can matter a lot. I know a Brown AO who called a student right before Early Decision results asking for current grades. So, you want to be focused on senior year work, not writing college essays. And enjoying senior year. (He had all As and got in.) 2. But your summer before senior year is important too. You want to max out your time focused on your activities. And for some of your essays, you'll want to talk about these most recent experiences. So, you'll need to be flexible. Your summer experience may be so important it becomes the heart of your personal essay. 3. Once you have your CommonApp and 1-3 supplementals done, you can repurpose a lot of that polished writing for other apps. So, you should be in good shape. 4. But many colleges don't release apps until late summer? You can expect most colleges to ask the same questions as last year. Even if they make changes, that writing will serve you well. 5. But if it helps, you'll want to write essays that address these five big topics: (1) What do you want to study? (2) Why our college? (3) Most important extracurricular? (4) Most important intellectual experience? (5) How do you bring a diverse perspective to campus? So, you can work off of last year's prompts or just start writing on those topics. So when should you start? I'd give yourself one full month off after a tough junior year. Recharge. Start your summer plans. And then get some writing going in July. Then get zeroed-in around August. (Subject to the many different start dates for back-to-school.) One bonus point: I'd start with your Activities page. That writing matters and it's hard to get to 150 characters. But that exercise will help you focus on the most important things you've done--and that's usually a good place to start when thinking what you should write about in your essays. #collegeadmissions #collegeapps #commonapp
Hi I bought the course and love it but on Reddit there was one admission officer advising that essays aren’t as vital as many think they are. As a reason he gave that they only write 2 sentences and give to the jury But watching your videos, essays are probably the most vital part right ? Thanks
Here's how most college essays sound when answering this hard question: "What do you want to study and why at our school?" "I want to study molecular bio at Northwestern because you have very unique courses that perfectly match my interests. Prof. Redmond's course on "Molecular Bio" lines up perfectly and I'd love to take Prof. Short's class on "Biology of Aging." I plan on joining your student org X and volunteering at your center on Y and doing research on Z. Northwestern is just the perfect fit for me to study molecular bio." I'm not exaggerating much. Most essays sound like some version of that. That essay isn't just bad, it hurts your chances of admission. So what could you do instead? How about you take the time to follow what's happening at Northwestern. Maybe you subscribe to their department newsletter or read their student paper. News like the article in my reel. And you don't wait until Oct. 31 or Dec. 31 to look for it. You start now. So when you write that hard essay in a few months, you educate your AO on some specific information like that in the article that demonstrates you really do know about their program, etc. (Of course we need to say other things--like *why* you find aging and bio so important and interesting and worth studying.) And this isn't some hack to game the system. The truth is you actually do know about Northwestern and what might make it "unique" and a "fit" because you've done the work. This is just one of many ideas. But you see why that's a much more compelling (part) of answer than the standard one above. If you want to support my content and get more ideas and advice like this, check out my courses: admitium.com #collegeadmissions #collegeessay #northwestern #collegeapps #collegeessaytips
I love things like this. it truly gives you hope. if you’re actually good at what you’re doing, life will give you opportunities. thank you for this video
Agree? Three interesting data points: 1. Stanford viewed all eight Ivies as peers. 2. Columbia + Princeton don’t view Stanford as a peer. 3. Stanford only viewed two non-Ivies as peers: Hopkins and MIT. This is a super cool tool that Jacquelyn Elias put together with the @chronicleofhighered. Go check out your school. Clickable link in my IG Story (@admitium) and here: www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are But what does it mean to view another university as a “peer”? Check out the Audrey Williams June’s piece from the Chronicle: An Art and a Science: www.chronicle.com/article/an-art-and-a-science-colleges-tricky-task-of-selecting-peers Comment what school you want to see next. #collegelife #rankings #universities
To be clear: you're not telling colleges this is exactly what I want to study and do and become. You're saying: "I've taken the time to think about why I want to attend college, and subject to change, here's my best working version right now."
Had to cut this to 60 seconds. To be clear: you're not telling colleges this is exactly what I want to study and do and become. You're saying: "I've taken the time to think about why I want to attend college, and subject to change, here's my best working version right now."
around when do schools put who regional admission officers will be, on their websites, for upcoming year, e.g. students of high school graduating class of 25? Thank you for this informative video
love your videos … can you tell me who reviews transfer student applications? is it the admissions office or the college department of the major she wants.
"In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousandfold in the future.”
