I admire this guy for his dedication, passion, and excellence in both academics as well as in the community, but can somebody teach this guy how to run?
captains aren't chosen on speed, it's on spirit and how you work with people. Our swim team captains aren't nearly the fastest people, but they are the most inspiring and fun people to be around.
+Kenshin1998 Himura 3 years from high school graduation? I think it'd be fair to say that spring semester junior year and fall of senior year are the worst, because you want your grades to be good, and you're also visiting colleges and writing your apps. But honestly, I really hate the fear-mongering that the media builds around the college process without actually positing any solutions or pressuring universities to do so. But what can you do
You don't have to go to an IVY League school to be successful. It's sad that too many kids today think that their only way to success is through Ivy League schools. You can still go to a not so well known state school, work hard and be more successful than someone from an Ivy League school.
Understandable since I currently go to the same school as Stone cold Steven Austin and Dr. Phil. However, that won't contribute that to my success after obtaining my degree. Since I doubt my employer would care or even know. Don't get me wrong, some school have great connections because of their popularity, but going to a popular school shouldn't get you a job over someone else who did more work and is better prepared. That is my opinion.
Jock Patterson Think of a top school as a filter. Those that attend that school have proven their determination and intelligence through prior grades and achievements that allowed them to pass the admissions process. Employers can trust that an Ivy-educated student is not stupid. However, it's harder to do that for kids who don't attend such prestigious schools. We all know they could absolutely be more capable or qualified, but it's simply easier to use this built-in filter to hire a person.
That filter needs to go away then. Students shouldn't depend on a school to lead them to a prosperous future. Don't get me wrong, any intelligent person deserves the best to bring out their full potential. Yet, it isn't fair to base someone's merit on which school they went to. I hope employees read work experiences, positions held, references, and their interview with the person, over a school's name. On another note. Am I the only one that noticed some colleges are becoming less about building scholars and qualified employees, but more about how to express your feelings. Maybe I been watching youtube too much. Yet, many times I see stuff like safe space, sjw, and other things that make no sense.
Jock Patterson um, no? Because youtube doesn't reflect on students who just consistently work. They only show people in the humanities who have free time. And besides, college is filled with young liberals with those ideals since college institutions are usually left-leaning. Also, it's easier to have a filter when we have things like standardized testing, SATs, ACTs, other graduate tests, etc. because it's guaranteed that the person received the best education. It's hard to look at something like "hard work" for millions of students who could've just lied on their college essay and would take many years to evaluate on an individual basis.
I'm a senior in high school and when I went in for an interview at my top choice school, they were very impressed by how much community service I did. It's refreshing to see more schools caring less about numbers and more about the actual student.
so you got into school for being nice, not being smart lol good to know. im sure an employer wont care if you know what you are doing as long as you are a good person hahahahaha
John Kevin stop being such a jerk, if she was a man and she worked hard then she would get in. Just cuz u may not have the potential doesn’t mean you need to down others for their work
The mom acts like she's the victim but she doesn't have to be so obsessed with sending her son to the best school in the world. I think the college admissions process should be reformed so that more people are content with going to the school that fits them best.
Dando thank you first logical person I’ve seen all day. Best school in most cases isn’t where you should go. Let’s face it the ivy leagues were designed for the upper class. At Harvard and Yale you are competing against the smartest and wealthiest in the world who likely had far greater access to the best tutors and mentors from a young age. Malcolm gladwell has an excellent documentary about this. It’s better to dominate in your own little sphere than to be a small fish in a big pond.
I completely agree! My admissions counselor this year has given me the exact same advice for going into college next year. Ivy leagues are definitely an accomplishment but at what cost? I want to to enjoy my college life and not be surrounded by a ton of upper class snobs who think THEY'RE the biggest fish in the pond. Also, yeah, I strongly believe admissions to those schools is heavily dependent on parental wealth/clout. At the end of the day, hard work at any degree-granting institution is going to put you on the path to success.
Dando Exactly. I just graduated this fall and I went to a tougher school in my state instead of just going to the normal public university and I went through hell. Yes I was pre med but my average day in college was spent living in the library and stressing out about grades. It’s better to be a big fish in a small pond
Cool! Congrats on graduating! That's really cool- I'm going to start off studying pre-med too! :) Thanks for the advice, and sorry you went through hell. Are you going to med school now/soon?
I only applied to 5, got accepted to all of them. There were no Ivy league schools on the list. Nevertheless, these were all great school. Harvard is good for networking, and that's about it.
laliday "that's about it" That's the best worth of universities. Some cs n have all the majors in the world but if they don't have an internship or summer program, no connection to famous alumnis, etc., then the school is just garbage.
@@anis-690 It shouldn't be ALL about race, but being a different race CAN be a strength on its own (and I say this as an overrepresented Asian). Different races/ethnicities can bring different points of view, ways of thinking, backgrounds, cultures, etc. which are all very positive things in academics. If everyone has the exact same white or Asian upper-middle-class background, you're going to be losing a lot of other perspectives and our future doctors/lawyers/politicians/etc. are going to be communicating with and making very important decisions for cultures and groups of people they have zero actual experience with. Interacting with and learning from other cultures is a very important part of education. Race/ethnicity should be far from the most important thing and it certainly shouldn't make up for a 3.4 GPA and zero extracurriculars while every other applicant has a 3.99 and the cure for cancer, but it can still be important in its own (small) way.
@John Kevin people like you constantly pretend how there is no meritocracy and universities aren't accepting white people and that's just a fucking lie. There is still a meritocracy, your test merits still matter. The boy in this video got into Yale by his merits, he didn't had to join some community college because Harvard rejected him likewise someone who wanted to join Yale got accepted into Harvard instead. It's just that your selection depends on whole lot more factors than just marks on SATs. And that's how it should be. It's easier for a well to do family to hire private teacher to boost their kids SAT score than someone from a poor neighborhood and family. All the black and Hispanics in Ivy league unis are still heck a lot smarter than whole lot of you. The fact that you are even being considered to join top tier unis means you've already reached certain SAT threashhold.
Being ambitious and hardworking is a really good thing , but tormenting yourself to get into a college is not . Most successful people were not robots working day and night trying to get into a prestigious college . Most of them were just passionate about something and built their life on that passion . And there are plenty of well known philosophers , artists and scientists who changed the world but didn't have to go through and Ivy league school to do it. So to all the high schoolers freaking out over college : just do what you like , college is not a must to be successful , what truly is indisputable to become someone is passion , just focus on something you truly love to do , and you might easily make history. ( and plus what good can it do to be mediocre at everything and not excel at any field ?)
The thing is, to me, that effort is not the same throughout each and every moment. Sometime you need an absurd amount in short periods and a standard level of effort for long periods. It's not like one should always feel "safe" and not stressed: some moments require this and university applications can be like this (of course doing it for years and years is counterproductive).
Some say to follow your passions but in reality you cant do this AND have a stable income. The best way is to find a non time consuming job that pays well and isn’t a financial educational burden so then you can have time to actually do what you like for hobbies.
Why waste your childhood trying to get into these Ivy League colleges? Just because you go to Harvard doesn't automatically grant you a good job after you graduate. If you go to an average college and get very good grades, then you are practically guaranteed a job and you still get to enjoy your childhood.
good grades at an average college doesn't get you jack. College grades don't matter in the slightest except staying above a 3.0 for scholarships at certain schools. Not saying that you can't get a good job with a degree at an average college.
There was a study done at Yale to determine the class level of students before matriculation and about 5 years after they graduated. The study found that nearly all those who were in the lowest classes moved the highest class within 5 years after graduation. No state school offers that kind of improvement. It may be hype, but it's hype that works.
Eh, doesn’t make a difference if you don’t exactly have a childhood. You get used to hard work and effort, and personal achievements, especially at a young age, are worth the amount of time poured into them. Builds character, if you ask me.
I agree. I remember someone told me that having two or three things that you've really delved into looks a lot better than having 15 different things that you did a few months to a year at a time.
Young people, LISTEN UP!!!! I went to an Ivy League school and came out a mess; college doesn't dictate your success in life, neither does AP courses, SAT scores, GPA, etc... success is determined by a person's desire to make something of their life, willingless to achieve their dreams, working smart not hard, staying focused and above all else seeing right from wrong; having basic morals...It's ok if you don't go to a top college-quite frankly I would recommend going to a school that gives you a lot of scholarship $$$$----realize now that you're young adults; you haven't seen or experienced how life is and that's ok that's not your fault...success isn't a one time event it's a gradual event the result of hard work, reacting well to failures/setbacks..., taking risks, working smart, playing upon other strengths that each individual posseses
Rye, NY is in Westchester County, one of the most affluent suburbs in the area. I'm from Philadelphia, but have friends who live there. One ended up at Duke and many went to similar schools in that caliber.
My only advice for people stressing about college is don't be afraid to apply to a shit ton of challenging schools. Obviously make sure you have a couple safeties but chances are you WILL get into one of those prestigious schools. I applied to 9 safeties out of 14 schools and got into all of them but luckily I got into Cornell. If you really care that much about which school you go to you probably have the grades to get in
Hearing her story broke my heart 💔 I read in the comments she was not accepted as an undergrad at Columbia, but I truly hope she made the decision to apply as a grad student. Just because she wasn’t accepted straight out of high school does not mean her dream was no longer a possibility.
@@eliani1326 its not an Ivy, it's a hidden ivy or a little ivy because it has a good reputation and its prestigious in its own right, but it is not a part of the ivy league.
What kind of a doctor you want to go to? The one who knows science, biology, and chemistry. To achieve it he or she needs to work hard since childhood. Being poor or an orphan does not count.
i dread college applications. I'm a newcoming junior so this year is important. it's annoying that I have to be a certain level to get into a college i want and cant be myself. i feel so pressured.
Chantel So it's 3/2019. Where did you get accepted to and which one did you go to and what's your major? Good luck anyways even if you can't answer my questions.
Martin Bravo so messed up that you watched this and the first thing that came to mind was how privileged he is and you didn't address it in a nice tone, kids like you have to grow up because just because A KID is economically well off does not mean their life is easy and his parents went to Harvard because they worked for it. If you want something, work for it. Then you won't have to cry over the "privilege" that haunts our world.
Lmao what are you talking about. while his parents may have worked hard, you don't know that. It may have been his grandparents' money that got is his parents in. While his life may not be easy bc of his economics, we don't know the full story if it is or not and to what extent his economics help him.
Equestrian Swagger having economic privilege gives you access to opportunities like a better tutor, a good high school, connections, and experience from parents who did the work. Compared that to a second-generation citizen from immigrant parents who had to work hard like this kid but suffer through a poor neighborhood, a lackluster school, no knowledge on the path to success to fall on, and ultimately, just not nurtured enoughdespite his/her IQ
in global rankings YES it's #1 for research publications and Nobel Prizes. Check out Global University for US News Rankings and Shanghai World Ranking. These 2 rankings are prestigious and they focus mainly on research quality. Stay away from QS and Times Rankings as they are considered to be fraud and work in favor of UK universities since they both are based in London and established after 2005. US News Ranking and Shanghai World Ranking are way older and have more experience since all methodologies used are peer-reviewed by doctoral level of experts not by editors like QS and Times Rankings.
LOL 😂 I dropped out of high school and went to community college and got into every school that I applied to, including UCLA and UC Berkeley. Definitely didn't kill myself like this dude did.
harvard isn't everything. why have a so so experience at Harvard paying a quarter million for 4 years if you could have 4 years of prosperity at a local school paying a total of $40,000? this system man.
quality of the school should matter more than the "brand name", does the school have your program of interest? what communities surround your school? those should be deciding factors, not bc you want to show off or bc your parents went there.
So is life. High school is hell. College is hell. Work is hell. The only sweet release is death. Unless, you know, hell is real and you wind up there, then death is hell too.
Highschool, in particular junior and senior year, are definitely the most stressful years of my life, but if I get into the USAFA, it'll all be worth it
Sacrifices for a good career. Tf throw your friends away and family. You throw away your childhood and teen years. For a job that give more stress and more sacrifices. Depending on what job you wanna get. Plus you probably wont even like that job. And don’t say that’s life. If you don’t like it you can change it
I live in Iceland and find this USA admission process utterly rediculus. And talking about community, how about that universities in each state be compelled to reserve majority, say 60 to 70 percent, of their places for students in their own state, at least the state colleges. Private colleges might be trickier.
These kids are great. Some of the suggestions are worrisome rather then take into account ability they take stuff such as feelings into account which is stupid everyone has a sad story. I have suffered from depression for years. I grew up in a single parent household which has constantly dipped below and skimmed the top of the poverty line. so we're is my scholarship?
I doubt the recommendations will change much about the applications process in the US. It is how the culture has evolved, far more extreme than when us boomers were of that age. Once the new criteria are known, applicants will tailor their applications in the same ways. It is a pity that American students don't know how different the process is in other cultures. In the UK, where you start out with a major already chosen, it is all demonstrating interest in your subject in addition to the grade requirements; you look less at some abstract "well rounded individual" and concentrate on qualifications; ECs are taken into account only if directly relevant. When comparing the experience of my daughter and her American counterparts, I believe the process remained within the bounds of sanity in the UK but not in the US - she rarely went to bed later than 10pm, prepared for end-of-year exams rather than weekly make-work until 1 or 2am, and focused her ECs on what she genuinely wanted to do; none of her American friends were able to pursue her moderate course. And she did get into her dream school.
getting into university In the UK does seem alot more academic focused . Here in the US, you have to Carter your application to being the Nicest And Kindest Human Ever while on top of your class and president of everything. Maddening
10pm?? I'm lucky to be in bed by 2 am. I have to practice SATs, SAT IIs, multiple AP exam prep, regular AP coursework, on top of club managing, self-studying other languages, writing scholarship essays, entering writing contests, projects, finishing book reading requirements, AND still volunteering, AND basically running the family routine (eg. lease agreements, taxes, contracts, legal paperwork for immigration, medical appointments) since my parents cannot speak English. Oh. And still find time to hang with friends and pursue my joy in writing.
I fell bad for this, but I don't do community service, but I can't focus on that, I focus on how I do in school, and I work on figuring out how I can do better than before. This reform is total bs. People should have a choice to do these sorts of things, not get forced and pressured by colleges that want it.
Wish they would have done this 10 years ago. It'd also be nice if they added: 'Have you had healthcare growing up' and 'Do you have a car'. There's so much that these applications and FAFSA don't take into consideration. Also, how about we don't count the income a kid makes while working in high school as part of their family income. Many kids work in order to save money for school. Working 4-5 days a week take away from study time and contribute to stress. Also, let's take a child's entire history of family income, not just the year they apply. And then, most of all, how about they start doing something about how outrageously expensive college is.
Gotta say I got into Columbia and still had a great time in public high school. Near zero community service, rarely ever did hw, just basically focused on sports.
Ok people don't feel to sad for him, he has been given every break you could ever want. Rye is a very wealthy town, average home price is over a million dollars and they average SAT at his high school is 1290, that's average. His parents are alumni which ups your odds to about a 33 percent chance of getting in. He will be fine. My wife's niece who had a nearly perfect SAT and did many extra activities but came from a poor family and attended a lousy school system also did not get in, the difference she is now attending a state school on a scholarship as she does not have the money to attend a high end private college. Yes she worked her ass off just like him and was stressed out. There is nothing like coming from money and continuing the tradition, its how it is. If you have not been exposed how the wealthy get it done it would surprise you. I live one town over from Rye which is similar and the advantages these kids get are hard to believe. I attended a lousy school system and only attended community college but somehow managed to make it, the world does not end because you did not get into Harvard. He will be fine.
The whole process is a test of ambition and willingness to show your will to do what it takes to achieve your goals. That's why these colleges are more likely to accept those who have excelled despite hardships in their lives.
It's all just more rules for the same game. Over half of Ivy League graduates will still end up in self-serving industries: consulting, finance, or big tech. Chris ended up studying CS at Yale & MIT while interning for Amazon. He's on his way to a lucrative career in tech.
9/15/19....I am an older Boomer & went to a highly prestigious private school in my hometown---Atlanta. MY FAMILY would only allow me to attend a local college & live @ home. I had excellent grades....I had taken some AP courses....I did the usual school sponsored community service with my classmates. Neither parent had finished school so both insisted on my goint to college. I applied to 2 top notch local colleges. I asked my minister + my doctor + a judge + the family lawyer + a former neighbor who was appointed to an important govt position in DC by the President...I asked each of these men for a letter of recommendation & sent them in my with my application + (small) application fee. I was accepted before the Christmas holidays at both colleges....But since 1 was a state school, I also received acceptance at the out-if-town State University where I had not applied & could not go b/c it was not local. Things were stressful back then but nobody cheated on their SATs /nobody bribed anybody/my family certainly didn't have the money to donate for a new library or medical center or dorm! Looking back, I am happy that life was more simple & seemed less desperate back then. And I graduated with NO debt b/c my family paid tuition in full each semester......
This is extreme and ridiculous . Both parents went to Harvard… Please give me a break. I’m sure theyre liberal and I’m sure they love to preach to people about “ white privilege “ even though they are the poster children for it
Maybe he'd do better if he focused on two things that he's most passionate about, instead of overcompensating with a number of activities. He's competitive and ambitious for his own sake. It might seem to some that he doesn't care how he gets to the top, as long as he gets to the top. Plus sleeping 5 hours a night at this age? at any age? How do you think he'd treat his workforce who care about work-life balance and other things besides work? That's the point Harvard is trying to make in this video. Be compassionate, be focused, be unique, excel, be a good human, don't try to do it all. Having said that, I don't know if they will actually follow through with this. It seems they are just adding another requirement to the list.
im a college senior but im still watching this. Oftentimes, I doubt myself and am extremely depressed. but hey, look, I went through one of these painful processes and proved myself. I feel better whenever I realize how hard I fought to be able to obtain a degree.
The pressure is on for high school students like me. I'm a current junior and apply for college this summer. I'm also worried about not getting in, because colleges demand a nearly perfect student which is something over the years I have become distant of. My dream is Columbia, because of the great research they do for Alzheimer's Disease, but I know I'm not able to get in. It's really hard to be competing with every other high school student in the world. I don't think this "change" in admissions policy will actually widen the perspective to students like me.
Hi Alina, I am actually attending Columbia and come from an extremely low income background. Don't ever count yourself out, you don't have to be a "perfect" student. You can private message me if you want some advice about anything Columbia :)
Some experts in many fields are self-taught. That's what being a scientist is actually about if you care about research. Some of them come from Columbia, others come from other schools but the effort they put into their education (reading journal articles, writing papers) is so extensive, that they are better than someone who went to a school like Columbia. In any case, if you want to do research, it's better that you get to a good grad school. Undergraduate school is important, but it's just one of two or three schools you'd be attending. Think about that as well.
When I applied to the University I got into I noticed they actually built into their process as a longstanding standard that personal experience issue. After doing more research I found the Southern Baptist-affiliated universities actually take that portion seriously and have a longstanding tradition of accounting for that. Baylor is one of our flagship institutions in the nation but we have other surprising institutions as well. just a small sample of them is William Carey University, Cedarville University, Anderson University, Howard Payne University
lets lower standards so these kids can feel good about themselves. it doesnt matter if a doctor is as smart as possible we want one that donates to poor people
This is actually the kind of thing that caused me to FAIL to even bother to _try_ for such colleges, because I had NO such community service involvement to the extent they want and the strength was much more in academics and knew I wouldn't be able to make the cut, in part due to socialization failure resulting from psych. disorders while growing up. The real problem is the idea of having a single, one-size-fits-all requirement when people are not single, one-size-fits-all things. Ableist, neurotypicalist and/or classist in various ways - can easily and headpoppishly see how this can count out many with things like autism, adhd and similar or even just the good ole-fashioned "nerd". It's conformist as fuck while pretending to be otherwise and only a _truer_ outsider can notice. And an evil assumption that you have been suuuuper lucky to have had everything in order from as early as possible when things are _far_ from that guaranteed or homogeneous in reality. If anything, there should be a set of different admissions options, not just one. Or, just set a test for the subject you want to study, and if you do good enough on that test, you can get in. If you want to make the college more selective, you can just make the test harder, and/or have a quota or waiting line to get in kind of like immigration. Not everyone has to go to college at 18 or less. And this is the kind of college it seems I'd have _needed_ to do the kinds of things I realized that I really wanted to do, but now it's too late. Not necessarily for the academic coursework per se, but for who you get to be put in touch with and the locations.
The boy ended up committing to Yale next year while the girl probably won't even get into an ivy. Determination to succeed is the foundation of a successful college career, not how many hours you spend at a nursing home or a homeless shelter...
I think that having SAT scores should be considered in the process because it shows how much the student is persistent and how hard they work to learn, if they just look at how much somebody has gone through we cannot guarantee that said student would be worth that seat that they couldhv took away from someone else in the sense of them not taking things seriously and wholeheartedly.
I don’t get something. Ivy Leagues are now saying that students are too focused on achievement and forget about the “common good,” which is utter crap. they are not doing it to “make a better world,” rather so that they can get a certain number of hours for college. It’s really sad to think about, but unfortunately the system makes it a reality. They should encourage kids doing things that they like.
They’re rich kids. If anything it’s their money that got them into those schools. Obviously they wouldn’t ignore a 2.0 gpa and a perfect SAT score. But that family income and out-of-state tuition means something significant
Kids shouldn't be pressured by their parents or their high school counselors to go to a 4 year straight away. Transferring from a community college is the best way and if you work hard can transfer to a really top ranked school. I myself transferred to UC Berkeley. I didn't bother applying to any private universities because that is not where my values lie. However I was accepted to UC Berkeley the number one public university in the world and I'm so proud to be a Berkeley graduate. It's about hard work not where you go or when.
this doesn’t represent the majority of high school students at all. these kids are nice but their parents went to ivy league schools: there’s a different air with them.
If you want to achive something , don't complain . Not everything can be handed to you . Often people need to make sacrifices in order to reach those dreams.
My school called my mom and said I'm gonna get community service for skipping a lot of classes everyday. I'm not mad though cause I think I deserve it.
Admissions should look at academic growth. C or below students are often ignored, destined towards the self-fulfilling prophecy. Ex, Just do the best you can, try harder, get a tutor, a community or state school is a good choice. While the A student receives the banquets, awards, encouragement to apply to Stanford, USC< Ivy Lg. Many times by HS the C student is seen as always a C student. Even moving up a .10pt in a core curricular class for a C student can be a big deal. Start reviewing in start of 10th at spring break into winter break, did the student show growth in >2 core classes?
Anyone else who took the shsat after the hell of studying day and night to be relieved it’s over, only to be awoken by another test, even bigger, even more stress. Shsat: a standardized test only in n.y which tests the students ability by giving them 114 questions math and Ela in 3 hours to get in to 1 of 7 schools. All 7 are really good schools although the top 3 are like the Ivy League of highschools.
It doesn’t really matter which college that you want to go to, unless you want to go to a graduate school. However, for a graduate school, what’s more important is the passion, but not your GPA, unless you want to go do a medical school.
I am Up right now at 2:04 looking for a video to keep me writing my Ap Capstone (seminar) paper and have to wake up at 7:30, while I do hate not getting my sleep I would not trade it for the world because Still I rise
