1st generation college student is something to be proud of!! My wife and I are both first generation college students. In our early 30s now and looking forward to our babies being in your position years from now! Hope college is going great for you
Best College Decision Reaction video of 2022! (The only thing that could have been better would be if you weren't wearing a mask when you got your UChicago results, but the scene of you losing it on the stairs helped make up for that.) It's easy to get jaded about the college application process, and then a video like yours surfaces where everything works out perfectly. Chicago and Berkeley actually read your application and recognized you for the true diamond in the rough that you are. I was a little concerned when you were wearing a blue sweatshirt for the announcement of your final decision, but not to worry! Either Berkeley or Chicago would be a great opportunity for you, but I think Chicago is the right fit. I look forward to watching videos of your college experience.
Univ of Chicago is amazing and wonderful. And rest assured, as many of the schools where you applied, it offers among the best education opportunities in the world. Chicago is also a fantastic place to be for four years.
@@rickywaite UChicago is truly an amazing university! My mother went there. She loved it. It's beautiful as well. It's an amazing and great school with lovely education programs.
UCSD's freshman acceptance rate this year was actually 23.7% so it was more competitive than previous years, but you did amazing, congrats on all your acceptances !!
dude congrats :) what a beautiful accomplishment you can be immensely proud of yourself. you worked hard for it. keep us in the loop on youre journey in Chicago.
Pretty good results and I hope that with the benefit of time passing you also feel good about them. As I watch these videos, I really feel for today's applicants. Even though you know that admit rates at the most prestigious schools are 3-5%, I can see the pain of the rejection. I have the impression that something is seriously wrong with the way that the admissions process operates at places like Harvard and Stanford. The vast majority of applicants have almost no chance of admission, as evidenced by the all too common Ivy Day wipeout. These schools should be honest about what they actually want and why. They are wasting an enormous amount of money and time creating nothing but work for themselves and pain for the applicants. This "we have a secret process, it's not just a luck shot, and maybe you can get through" stuff needs to end. I think everyone suspects the truth, which is that for most applicants it is about luck. A school like Harvard accepts about 4 out of 100 applicants. Lets say that for every 100 applicants, 19 are not qualified and 1 is an extreme outlier (famous actress, recruited athlete, invented a widely used medical device, son of an alumnus who donated $50 million, you get the idea). So that leaves 80 roughly equal candidates for 3 spots. You just cannot convince me that the application process is so precise that they pick the "right" 3 of out 80. Almost any 3 they pick with be just as "right" as any other 3. It's not the "best fit," but the "most lucky."
Not only that but another major factor is the adoption of extremely regressive baselines for admission for different demographics of people. Ivy League schools with Harvard being the most notable and extreme of them essentially punishing the hardest working applicants under the guise of "inclusiveness." Not trying to get political or anything it is just a fact with multiple pending legal cases about the situation.
Thank you so much!! I’ll most likely upload a stats video within the week! As for my major, I applied as either a business or economics major, depending on what was offered at each school.
Congratulations! You got into a few good ones at least, UCLA, Berkeley, Chicago! 🎊🎉🎈 And at least you got waitlisted at Wharton! Who knows? You might get in! Congratulations! 🎊🎉🎈
i watch this video, and it made me feel so good about my self knowing this guy blew atleast $100,000 on a degree he could have paid 1/10 the price for, if he invest this $100,000 at a conservative rate of 10% a year, in 20 years it would probabily be around $700,000. another suqqer bits the dust.
I’m aiming to go to Western Sydney University with either one of these 2 pathways: 1. Early entry for bachelor of accounting for 3 years (Year 11 grade-B, year 12-band 4 or above) 2. Early entry for bachelor of criminal and community justice then masters in accounting (Aboriginal Studies-B, Band 4 or above)
@@rickywaite Wow. That’s really good to hear since it’s been stressing me out. I heard that EA’s who don’t submit the portfolio may create the impression that they wouldn’t attend if accepted (otherwise they’d create the video) and have a higher chance of getting deferred and accepted later if they choose to continue ED2.
@@rickywaite I hope this doesn’t come off as an aggressive question, since you clearly got into many good schools besides UChicago, but I was also wondering if you have any legacy affiliation there.
@@leopardduck4490 neither one of my parents graduated from college, so I’m actually a first generation college student! So no alumni connections lol. But I wouldn’t stress too much about the portfolio. If you’re a competitive applicant and meet the criteria of their institution, they won’t reject you simply because you didn’t submit a video portfolio. You really shouldn’t worry too much about it :)
@@rickywaite Thanks for your help. I’m hoping the video isn’t viewed as a necessary area of strength like the personal statement, but rather another opportunity to potentially stand out for exceptionally artistic/creative people or anyone who presents game changing information that didn’t fit into their essays.
Not gonna lie getting in to UChicago is impressive. I went to Yale for undergrad and was rejected from UChicago, it really is just random (kinda). Please share what college you did decide to go to
I enjoy these videos, but it would be nice to provide a little background info going into your reactions (e.g., test scores, GPA, and #of APs). Are you able to get financial aid living in a house valued at over 2,000,000?
Like I mentioned in the video, I’m planning on posting a thorough stats/resume video. Just giving the hard numbers (test scores, GPA, etc.) really isn’t beneficial because all competitive applicants practically have the same numbers. Like I said, I have a TikTok posted with my general stats, so you can check that out if you’re interested. Also not sure where you got that other information from lol.
Ok. meat - and - potatoes here is, do you have the grades, and SAT scores these institutions require for admission ? If you don't, get ready for lots of " no's."
Why apply to schools you knew you wouldn’t attend? Why waste the application fee and cause someone else to be waitlisted for a spot you knew you wouldn’t accept? To make these videos? To massage your ego? Honest question.
Because you can never know if you are going to get into a college. I had no serious guidance throughout the process from people who had gone to prestigious schools, so I felt it was necessary to have sufficient backup schools. Everyone who I saw was overly confident ended up not getting into any schools, you have to be smart about it.
@@Bruin11 I really had no perception of how I would fair in college admissions so I made sure to apply to as many schools that I thought I’d at least have a good chance at getting admitted to in the high likelihood that I would not gain admission to the highly selective schools.
@@rickywaite that’s fair, totally understandable to have backups just in case! I remember I was in similar shoes and ended up just applying to all the UCs, I remember we had a guaranteed UC spot in a random UC (UCI was for my year) if you are top 5% in your graduating class or something like that. I ended up getting into all but SD and had a hard decision between Berkeley and LA, ended up at UCLA and love it! Hope Chicago is everything and more than you wished for, enjoy the best 4 years of early adulthood!
Although I do think stats might cause people to compare themselves to others, that can be a good thing. After watching these videos, it helped me see what colleges like to see in applicants which motivated me to do certain things which I know helped me get into Brown University
Please explain how kids comparing their academic resumes to their competition for admittance into extremely competitive schools is deleterious, but you're fine with feeding a cat lasagna?
