college decision reactions but i applied to zero safetes 

My Chinese friend got accepted to Ga. Tech but couldn't understand what the letter said. He said it started with "greetings" and figured that that was good. I told him that when I got drafted into the military during the Vietnam war that the letter started with "greetings" from the president.

bro really risked his entire future for a yt video 💀gotta admire the dedication lmfaoo

his grades were perfect, and was also an athlete！ It does not matter how many schools rejected him, he will shine in the future I MEAN 1550 SAT!!!

If you’re a senior reading this: the reason you shouldn’t tie your self esteem to college admissions isn’t for your mental health, IT’S BECAUSE IT DOESNT MEAN SHIT. As an intl student, I was accepted everywhere I couldn’t ask for finaid (including UC Berkeley), and rejected at every other school, including some ranked much worse. Some things are unfair, or random: it sucks but no matter where you go, I trust you’ll make the most of it and prove these colleges wrong.

I’m surprised those schools rejected you. I think you’ll do really well in college.

DAMN, the WORST part of applying for college is seeing the results and see if you got accepted or not.

bor casually gets into northeastern and doesn't even twitch his mouth mucsles

Honestly I respect you sharing this. I actually filmed a college reaction video but decided to delete all the footage after my results. Got into 6/19 schools (mostly safeties and targets), waitlisted from 2, rejected from the other 11. I obviously reached, but it's not like I was unqualified for any of the schools I applied to. In the end tho, it doesn't matter! Hope you enjoy NYU, I have a friend going there! Lets put this admissions stuff behind us and just look towards the future!

HI Stanley. Don't be bummed out. Another Chinese friend of mine applied to GA Tech for Computer Science and got rejected due to too many applicants. I suggested that he change his major to Computer Engineering and got accepted. Once in the door I told him to change his major to Computer Science. Once he had his "foot in the door" he changed the major to Computer Science. He tricked them. So don't give up. You are probably smarter than them anyway.

A college reaction that's not years old???? YEAHHH

Yoo congrats on the acceptances! UIUC’s acceptance rate overall was 45% last year and for engineering it was like 23%. So don’t be too bummed you got a lot of good schools to choose from:)

i did the exact same thing you did on ivy day - just kept on going to the next college decision😂😂 your stats are pretty cracked too and i got zero clue what these colleges want 😭😭 all the best at NYU Tandon😁

i applied to 7 (2 reach, 2 challenge, and 3 safety) schools and almost lost my mind through the application process and waiting for the letters. I have MAD respect for you on getting through all of the apps and decisions and taking everything in stride. Be proud of yourself and work hard no matter where you end up. Don't think of your next steps and time to prove schools wrong, think of it as proving the schools right for accepting you. Best of luck brother youll do great!

i was so worried about this in high school. im in my masters program now and it literally doesnt mean anything where you end up. everyone can end up at the same place. you got this!

Watching this was an emotional rollercoaster. Good luck with college!

Thank you for sharing this, the highs and the lows. A little late for me to really embrace the message at the end to shoot your shot but while I will be going to a school I consider a safety I take some solace in knowing it is the right place for me as long as I make it so. Thank you for the moment of reflection and the opportunity to glance into another's life. You'll definitely go far, and of course congratulations.

You’ll do amazing at NYU. Keep up the energy and hard work!

This bro did everything on hard mode. Mad respect tho cuz he not *ONLY* got into some amazing schools, but he had the cajones to post his Ls and not take himself too serious. Still, Easy Mode would have been to select the least impacted STEM majors and then change your major your freshman year. This strategy helped me get into 3/5 UCs I applied and my stats were no where near impressive as his. For context, I applied under Applied Mathematics and then switched to Financial Mathematics. I believe the same thing can be done for Comp Sci, just go under Informatics or Information Systems. These majors are usually under the same school (e.g., of Engineering or Letters & Science). For some schools if it’s under the same department, you may even be able to keep the same advisor. The problem with public universities these days is that they require you to know the ins and outs. Even in university, you’ll have to be strategic about courses and time management to get the best GPA. I found myself not risking my GPA for more interesting/relevant classes in the fear of getting a B+. I wish the system would allow for some more intellectual curiosity and make courses hard-but not so that you have to weed through them to get to the finish line.

awesome video man! loved how you opened the decision letters without any hesitance. congrats on all those impressive acceptances!

Watching this was an emotional rollercoaster. Good luck with college!. You’ll do amazing at NYU. Keep up the energy and hard work!.

You're so chill and real, straight to the point. Some stats heard from others seem so overcomplicated. Keep up the great work.

this video made me feel so much better on college applications. Many videos I have been watching all having crazy ecs, awards and perfect gpa/sat, but ur stats/ecs made me feel related and not stress out bc of this process.

This is cool to see. I was not the book smart kid in HS (graduated 2011). My brother was, and I had the street smarts. Went to college for 2 years, dropped out, joined the military, went back and finished undergrad, just finished grad school, working on applying for a applied doctorate. Our paths are always different, and seeing yours makes me curious how my 2 kids will end up 15-ish years from now. Good luck to you, Stanley.

very calm reaction video! Good luck in NYU!💐

Just found your channel and subscribed. I don't know how you don't have more subscribers your personality is just so enjoyable. Hoping you the best with your channel!

Nice video! You will go through this emotional rollercoaster once again when you apply for jobs after college. At least you know how to handle it now!

I’m doing a no safety application as well, but in the UK where we only get to apply to 5. Congrats on getting into NYU!

I only applied to 2 colleges and was luck enough to be accepted into my school of choice and deferred to the Spring semester when. My mind set was "either I get in or I guess i'm taking a gap year to figure something else out." I am now in my last year of college. I wish you the best of luck!

I commend you on submitting this man applications. Makes me wish I applied to more schools. Luckily UC Davis worked out.

hey man, just my two cents as a fellow applicant this year. heard a lot of research and data to point out that during this year, almost every single college has received near double the amount of applicants they would have had under normal circumstances, and I can only assume that this can be attributed to the entire world moving out of lockdown. this surge forced a lot of universities into really tough decisions - which they kept postponing (considerably more deferrals and waitlists) so if anybody didnt get into some universities that they really wanted to this year, dont worry about it dude. dont downplay yourself. side note congratulations to you, Stanley on some great admits! hope everyone has fun in whatever endeavour they pursue!

applying to colleges like this is so tough. had a friend i went to high school with he applied to upenn wanted to goto wharton. dude checked all the boxes, student body president, all american wrestler and rower, graduated top of class with a perfect GPA, got a perfect score on his act's took all ap classes got 5's in all of them (perfect score) and was still rejected. ended up going to uva honors college full ride so he did ok but its crazy how brutal the competition is with these schools

Hard Truth: Majority of College decisions are based on how much space the college has for the specific major u want to take, regardless of the applicant’s achievements and abilities.

i watched this a few months back and this got recommended to me again and I just want to thank you bro. This video played a HUGE role in helping me believe in myself and that I can get in without having a totally crazy app like so many here. I got 3/5 of my EA's(ED rejected lol) and I applied to all dream schools for RD, honestly your line of not being afraid to shoot my shot really stuck with me. Hoping for the best now

Bro I’m in my grad year at NYU. Glad you picked us, you won’t regret it! Good luck bro!

Love the beginning, the snaps were so crisp!! Happy July 4th

Thank you so much for sharing! Good luck in NYU! ! ❤💪

Bro I just stumbled across this video. It’s crazy to see someone from hellville making content. I was class of ‘15 from Hamill. I went through a similar experience with rejections from my top choices. Ended up at a small liberal arts school I dropped out of my second year, transferred to a small school in California. Got my degree, got my master’s, and past couple of days just got acceptances from UCLA, Penn, and USC. Keep your chin up and keep working! Genuinely apply your heart to your work and the results will speak for itself.

AYYYYYY!!!! Hopefully I'll see you at NYU this year from another incoming freshmen. This just shows admissions are super randomized 'cause your stats were fire bro. GO VIOLETS!!!!

The goat is back 🐐

your stats are insane. i hope you have fun in new york!

damn that first snap was majestic

Congrats bro, although from what I’ve seen the best thing to do is try your best to get into only a couple of schools. You were obviously smart enough for all these schools you applied to, but so is the majority of people applying. What gets you in is showing a lot of interest in a University and writing a good essay, etc. Especially with many schools going test optional, the best bet for anyone looking to go to college is to invest a lot into a school you really love and theoretically have the grades to get into. Schools don’t want to accept people who are just trying to get into any top-level university, they want people who are interested in them specifically.

Bro, you are a tank. Best of luck at NYU! I could never sniff any of those schools. Very inspirational.

W ass video, this gives me hope. My SAT is much lower but my other stats are higher and im also shooting for schools like NYU. Congrats!!

i like how the actually good UCs were more willing to waitlist him than to reject him

Did you transfer into Exeter for HS? When you said they don't do honors thats the 1st place i thought

don't be afraid of failure, you can always try again. good luck on life bro

UIUC rejection is crazy...you're more than qualified to go, I live in Illinois and a bunch of people from my school go there every year with stats that are a quarter of yours. Loved the video, all the best at NYU!

CONGRATS BUD

CONGRATS ON NYU!...I GOT INTO STERN THIS FALL, IF I SEE YOU ON CAMPUS I WILL SAY HI :)

your a goat bro. You got into some pretty tough schools. Congrats bro. You deserve it.

I didn’t even know where Princeton was at until I got accepted. But I also don’t let degrees and what not define my future. Best of luck to you in college and with your RU-vid internet stuff.

My college experience went pretty similar. I applied 1 safety and got into 3 schools out of the 16 I applied. Those being my safety(UTD), the school im attending UT Austin for the CSB Honors Program(~6%), and Hopkins(Have no idea how i got in ...)

congrats on getting into NYU!!!

That’s pretty interesting. Good luck

Great college reaction video! I noticed that none of the UC's you applied to accepted you. From what I've known, they favor more students from California(not entirely sure if you are from there). For example from my school, UCLA and UCB both accepted 30+ students. Top 10 basically guaranteed admission, and for others they have a well rounded background. Rumor has it that the UC System in general is a coin flip system. I know this info doesn't mean anything to you anymore, so what matters is to keep that rhythm going at NYU!

This was a great experiment bro. Ty for sharing. Btw you had an exceptional resume so I'm shocked you didn't get in to those Ivy's... But you know what, you will far succeed all of that in the future. Now go do big things in NYU!

College admissions are so freaky. Guy from my school got into UChicago for Poli Sci with similar caliber extracurriculars and worse grades and SAT. Another guy got into UIUC for EE with worse extracurriculars, stats and grades overall.

congrats!!!

My boy got into WashU with a 4.3 with a full ride

after how well this video did, I think it was worth it haha

For graduate school, I applied to two schools only: Brown and Stanford. I got into both of them. Don’t try this at home folks.

A few years ago I was rejected from Duke and UNC, I decided to go to Appalachian State and I never regretted a single moment. Any college you choose will be a fantastic experience, Good luck.

1:40 Dang bro was really playing the Minecraft music and got so surprised he dropped an item XD. Best of luck on your college apps man, we're all anxious right here with you

Yo Stanley, brilliant video. Hopefully see you at some point other than on my recommended page. - All the best, Mellon.

Nice bag in the background Stanley!

This year, the UC decisions were extremely tough compared to the pervious years.

As long as the environment is good and you love the subject/major, anywhere is ok! Excel regardless

This video makes me feel a lot better its good to know I don't need absolutely cracked ecs to get into great schools

hey oh my gosh, I'm going to NYU too!! hope to see you there! :)

So competitive. Good luck to you.

Stanley, I would love to hear how you managed to maintain such a positive attitude throughout the video. I am waiting on a school decision right now that would probably crush me if I get rejected. Any advice or tips?

My sister got into UPenn for Mechanical Engineering this summer! She's right now going into her second week of school as a freshman :)

I really like your personality and your spirit of striving for the best 🫡

Under my breath I kept saying "accepted" before you said any decision, almost like I wanted you to get in . Good Luck bro

I’m glad you chose NYU!

Literally you’re so smart

Its crazy how different the schools' priorities are, you got accepted by some very selective schools but rejected from some less selective ones

Congrats!!!

The Minecraft music and mood just made this so emotional ;-; It's been a wild 6 years

im going to NYU this fall as a grad student! congrats and see you!!

😭😭amazing video

congratulations 🎉

I'm an 8th grade kid and this was so interesting and idk why. I hope I do good in high school. This was an awesome video ngl. 😀

This just brought down my hopes😭

Love the vids

This really shows the shitty confusing college system that somehow rejects a student from UIUC but gets them into Boston and Tufts. mentally damaging fr

any tips on how you got recruited on the nyu track team?

Thank you for telling which university you chose at the end. Most of such vids are just about checking university portals without telling a finale choice. Although, somehow nobode tells why they chose specific school over others. For example, you was waitlisted at NyU but chose it above others where you were accepted from the start. Is it the program, campus, price, geography or something else?

Hey What does each of the top schools / Ivies require in terms of ADDITIONAL application material? IS each one different? Does each one require ONE additional essay or something similar ? ty

ayyyy he's a runner. I see that new balance nattys bag

Go stanley go ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

I found out after getting into UIUC that they didn’t look at just my AP scores but they also really looked at my work experience and what kind of jobs I tried to do in high school. I don’t know if you have that background but it kind of bs seeing as many high schoolers arnt looking for jobs

How much did it cost to apply to all these colleges? 27 is bonkers!!! In the UK the max you can apply for is 5.

i always get nervous watching these videos, I feel like I got really lucky with my college acceptance and I'm not sure what wouldve happened if i didnt get into my college. it seems tough to be an extremely qualified student, which is strange. i think you definitely deserved to get accepted to more places, but the college acceptance process is intricate and a bit flawed. everywhere you were accepted to was great, I wouldnt be worried. you will flourish wherever you go as long as you put in the work

Interesting Boston trend, my list was pretty similar years ago

wow I'm very surprised these schools didn't take you. Your GPA and SAT were so good.

Good luck in nyc bruh you gonna need it, it’s gonna b a change

You know its serious when you call high school your career

dude college decisions confuse me man, cause my friends got easy into NYU and they dont have impressive grades or accomplishments, at least none that i know of. and i got rejected from like hella schools and got into 3 of my 15 picks somehow. and i got rejected from worse schools than the one im attending right now.