The unspoken truth about getting into the Ivy League.

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As difficult and as exciting it is to get into the Ivy League, there are some unspoken things that need to be addressed. Whether or not you are a student looking to get into this fabled land, we can all agree... the Ivy League sits in our collective subconscious as this magical portal to the land of dreams. This image is not accidental but in fact, carefully curated over centuries. Join me while we unveil some of the unspoken truths behind this mirage and hopefully in doing so, empower you to become the best version of yourself regardless of circumstance.
FIRST UNSPOKEN TRUTH: The Ivy League is just a "Business"
SECOND UNSPOKEN TRUTH: You Don't Need the Ivy League
THIRD UNSPOKEN TRUTH: Getting in is 50% a Marketing Exercise
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 INTRO
00:20 FIRST UNSPOKEN TRUTH
2:06 DONOR ADMISSIONS
3:26 NIKE ANALOGY
4:54 SECOND UNSPOKEN TRUTH
6:35 RETURN ON PRESTIGE
08:21 THIRD UNSPOKEN TRUTH
08:42 CONCEPT OF THE SEED
10:35 THE STEVEN SPIELBERG EFFECT
11:36 SHOUT-OUTS AND SUPER THANKS
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@tonglu3699 5 месяцев назад

I used to want that Ivy League stamp of approval so badly. I recently heard a Harvard professor say that the most important value of getting a Harvard degree is you will never be impressed by a Harvard degree anymore. Well, my disillusionment came somewhat more indirectly - my graduate school advisor taught 7 years at Princeton before he went to my school for tenure. One semester I was his TA for a research methodology course. I told him that I understand how foundational this course is to understanding all social sciences, because I also took this course as an undergrad. He then told me that in his first year at Princeton, he taught this course and 1/3 of the class failed. He ended up giving those failing students Cs instead because he found out you had to fill out a huge amount of paperwork to even give a Princeton student a D, let alone failing one.

@craig6363 5 месяцев назад

After working with and seeing the research of some Harvard grads and other Ivy league grads, def was not impressed. I'm a methodologist by the way.

@craigwinters5724 5 месяцев назад

You mean C-? Because that is below a 2.0 and is basically a failing grade since you must maintain a 2.0 average to remain in good standing. It looks like you passed them even though it may cause them to flunk out.

@tonglu3699 5 месяцев назад

@@craigwinters5724 I was in grad school in the early 2010s but my advisor’s story took place in the 1980s. Policies might not be the same back then. I didn’t pay that much attention to letter grades when I was in school, and it certainly means nothing to me now. I was on the interviewer side in the last few job interviews I was involved in. The only aspect I cared about of the candidates’ schooling was that I believe certain technical foundations require formal training and are hard to learn on the job. So I’d ask candidates whether they took certain key courses and test the depth of their understanding in those subjects.

@iambor1393 5 месяцев назад

Keyword being average. So long as you don't score that low in every course you can still pass

@johncarr2333 5 месяцев назад

Thanks, that random dubious anecdote was really helpful.

@kats4319 4 месяца назад

Ivy League master student here. I actually completely disagree with this video. I was a top student in my state university, couldn’t get a decent job because good firms simply don’t recruit there and won’t even interview. Went abroad, got ok-ish job and worked on making my MBA application flawless. 4 years after undergrad degree, got my Ivy MBA, countless job offers more than 5x higher salary than what I was offered before, incredible lifetime friends and also a global network of alumni. The level of teaching was on a much higher level and the contribution of classmates invaluable. My first employer re-paid my entire MBA tuition. Ivy diploma was definitely worth it for me.

@ij9375 Месяц назад

Insightful comment 💯

@tommydavidwalker2445 25 дней назад

What state school was it

@minaamk9821 13 дней назад

I think thats what his point of the video was, that the IVY league stamp makes everything better, just by the stamp look at all that happened to you.

@EmilyFoxSeaton 5 месяцев назад

You can write your own ticket after graduating from the ivy league because everyone is looking to hire people who go there -- not because of their brains, but because they come from a powerful family. I went to an ivy and I didn't know that. I got tons of recruiting interviews but no offers. They used the interviews to find out if I was connected. I was not. But I still had better opportunities because peopl just presumed I wouldn't have been at such a school unless I was connected.

@shhhyourtooloud257 5 месяцев назад

interesting! what kind of connections exactly do you think they were looking for?

@cassascorner611 4 месяца назад

@@shhhyourtooloud257 Rich and powerful. Probably for their own ambitions.

@tricia007100 2 месяца назад

It's a sick game. I had the same type of thing with the on campus interviews.

@EmilyFoxSeaton 2 месяца назад

@@shhhyourtooloud257 Found out a C student friend was the son of my Congressman. Didn't have the same last name.

@legalfictionnaturalfact3969 2 месяца назад

Emily, a lot of these people change their names so that the family can't be linked together. I've got a nice Ace up my sleeve on one of these families. :-)

@brothberg 5 месяцев назад

I've been involved in STEM education for years, and I went to MIT and Harvard. The truth is that if you go to a flagship state university, and you get into the honors program, you will get as good a STEM education as you would have in the Ivy League. Any you'll save l alot of money. This is not always true for graduate programs, which depend on the professor or lab you work with. But it's absolutely true for undergraduate degrees. I don't know about humanities programs.

@mujtabaalam5907 5 месяцев назад

You won't always save money at a state school. The poorer you are, the cheaper Ivies are

@chickensalad3535 5 месяцев назад

Ivies are more affordable and are prime for networking opportunities.

@happycamperds9917 5 месяцев назад

@@mujtabaalam5907If you are academically successful enough to get into Ivy League you can probably get full tuition at some State collages.

@appa609 5 месяцев назад

The reason you go to MIT etc. is you make a bunch of friends who will go on to get top tech jobs, you schmooze up to professors who are top in their field if you want to stay in academia, and 5 years after graduation you'll have a dozen firms begging you to take their 6 figure job.

@Jack-kf1tn 5 месяцев назад

yeah but it will be 10x harder to get a better job due to competing forces. Better degrees equate to more success in the job market.

@R_Yasha 5 месяцев назад

Isn’t it time for us to understand that what really matters is what you accomplish through your work not the university you attended?

@jimmy13morrison 5 месяцев назад

What really matters is if you were born in a rich family or not

@Felipe_Ribeir0 5 месяцев назад

Not so simple. While i agree that the money is the boss everywhere, there is a level of knowledge that must of us can get to just by doing really hard courses, the ones that can require more than we would like of weekly studies just to go through. I had this experience with undergrad subjects like calculus and linear algegra. I was able to see first hand how my course was a lot harder than from some friends studying the same subject elsewhere, and how i was struggling to pass the tests and wouldnt learn so much otherwise.

@jimmy13morrison 5 месяцев назад

@Felipe_Ribeir0 my point is that you dont get 200k a year as a senior executive right out of school because you had good grades. You get it because mommy or daddy is the boss

@R_Yasha 5 месяцев назад

@@jimmy13morrison Tbh it has its weight but it's not a crucial or the most important thing

@therealdeets 4 месяца назад

i already know that if this video was shared with every senior barely making it through the college admissions process, their perspective on ivy leagues (or just prestigious universities in general) would change A LOT. thank you for this video, i feel so seen

@spuriustadius5034 5 месяцев назад

Students today have way more pressure than my generation. The stakes are so much higher. I wish these students (and their parents who are behind much of the pressure) would just try to find the "best fit" school rather than focus a ridiculous amount of attention on a handful of Ivy League schools. Ease off on "the prestige" a bit, and just find a place where you can get an excellent education and career launch. But instead, folks are now hiring consultants to coach their kids through the "Ivy" admission process (starting well before senior year). We've heard the horror stories on the news, but the sad truth is even when everything is above board and legit, too much pressure and misery gets piled on these kids. They can't afford to slip up even once. It's an ugly situation.

@erinm9445 5 месяцев назад

I don't know that the stakes are actually any higher now than in the past. They just feel that way because of the way the culture piles on the pressure (aided and abetted--though mostly unintentionally--by parents).

@daysofend 5 месяцев назад

@@erinm9445 This generation needs external validation in whatever way possible. Modern culture, internationally, has created a cult around elite schools based on their history. Going there is the "easiest" way to get validated.

@coolboywawa8977 4 месяца назад

@@erinm9445 Nah it is because of the rising population and standards are getting higher especially from immigrant parents because of the sake of money and comeptetion . Something like htat

@user-zw6qp3se9s 5 месяцев назад

As a senior applying to schools, this video made me feel seen. thank you and keep up the great videos

@strayorion2031 5 месяцев назад

Sometimes is a hard pill to swallow the fact that you wont have access to the same resources Ivy grads had, but its reassuring knowing ambition is a more important factor determining where you are going to end up

@dootscat3798 12 дней назад

Not true. The alumni and business connections of public ivies for example are outstanding.

@shawn14isme 4 месяца назад

As someone who attended both a community College, a state university, and taken Harvard classes, i can say from experience that the classes taught at harvard are exceptional. They arent selling you just a feeling or an experience. You are actually getting a higher quality education. The professors and content is a lot more tangible and meaningful.

@JinaMukherjeeF 2 месяца назад

can it also be that ur specific state and community college didnt have exceptional classes? Many other schools may also have amazing profs and education besides ivies

@MOTV583 5 месяцев назад

This is the best college admissions video I've ever seen...ever. This is a raw, blunt, and honest truth that a lot of people, especially parents, aren't ready to hear. You can apply this to almost any other college as well except the bar is much lower. Edit: It's sorta like the NBA Draft. Yeah a lot of players may feel like a team is doing them a favor by drafting them and taking them out of the hood, making them millionaires, and giving them a chance at generational wealth. However, they're not doing that to be altruistic, they're doing that because they're betting that you will become a superstar, take their team to the championship, and make the owners and the league richer.

@papa-pete 5 месяцев назад

I’m attending an Ivy currently and personally I’ve found it to be the most affordable because of the financial aid. The added bonuses are networking opportunities and great professors.

@farhiyamohamed___ 4 месяца назад

Which ivy?

@papa-pete 4 месяца назад

@@farhiyamohamed___ Brown

@papa-pete 3 месяца назад

@@farhiyamohamed___ Brown

@tommydavidwalker2445 25 дней назад

There's no metric that an Ivy League Prof is better than non Ivy. Perhaps in your mind there is but there's absolutely northing that proves that.

@papa-pete 25 дней назад

@@tommydavidwalker2445 I agree, I wouldn’t go so far as to say one university has better professors than another. I think that’s comparing apples to oranges. It all depends on what department, what class, etc. In my case, I am studying Computer Science and Economics at Brown. It may be different for a humanities student. I have taken a few courses outside of my field though and have found them to be equally valuable, such as one on International Affairs taught by Lyle Goldstein or a class on Dante’s Inferno and Purgatorio taught by Ronald Martinez.

@YyNRCyY 5 месяцев назад

This was a super enjoyable vid. No other way to put it. If I had a social media following I would plaster this everywhere because it’s that good.

@OneMoreDesu 5 месяцев назад

The value is in the connections. The older I am the more I see the truth in "Its who you know, not what you know"

@ClickBeetleTV 5 месяцев назад

The Princeton alumni association's ability to find me anywhere at any time to mail me donation reminders is impressive. Doesn't even matter what continent I'm on.

@JinaMukherjeeF 2 месяца назад

lmao they actually mail u asking for money?

@ClickBeetleTV 2 месяца назад

@@JinaMukherjeeF Constantly

@JinaMukherjeeF 2 месяца назад

lmaoo also one question mayb personal u dont have to answer if u are not comfy do u feel ur sucess in life was dictated more by u?ur ambition as he said in the video or Princeton also played a huge role@@ClickBeetleTV

@JinaMukherjeeF 2 месяца назад

@@ClickBeetleTV lmaooo..also if u r comfortable in answering do u feel princeton played a huge role in ur success after graduation? Like due to networking and alumni connections? Or was it more solely u

@tommydavidwalker2445 25 дней назад

You finding that impressive only proves how brain washed you are from going there most likely.

@ThomasTheThermonuclearBomb 5 месяцев назад

"Nike = Winning" Greeks: Well yes obviously

@IceCream-ey2kg 5 месяцев назад

this makes me feel a lot better as a person who has 7 apps due in 4 days, half of them ivies. my dad said i can relax, but i guess it hasn’t sunk in fully until this video

@keylanoslokj1806 5 месяцев назад

As an older person i assure you almost noone asks about your school in real life. Your actual skills and personal networking, are the 90% of success

@spoonfedstudy 5 месяцев назад

Whatever happens, you got this!

@dontreadmyusername6787 5 месяцев назад

@@keylanoslokj1806I would have a very diverse set of skills by the time i graduate But networking i absolutely suck at

@coolguy-bs7kr 5 месяцев назад

Same, I also have like 10 apps due 😢

@IceCream-ey2kg 5 месяцев назад

@@keylanoslokj1806 that's something i slowly realized as well. i know i will carry my passion and determination with me whereever i go, and i am determined to make something out of myself.

@ash_2279 5 месяцев назад

Nice vid. Saw your other videos on focus and the one with the inverted pyramid method, your content has taught me some useful information. Thanks.

@spoonfedstudy 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Ash! Love that you’re here

@3days0000 5 месяцев назад

Love your penetrating insight and wisdom in this psychologically insecure world. Please do more. Help our poor kids to unleash their potential

@johnvonachen1672 5 месяцев назад

My friend got into Harvard. He was poor but had stellar academic credentials. He said they were not academically strong at all. Most of the students there were rich kids who were not especially smart. He said his degree did not benefit him at all. At least he did not need to pay anything. He just wasted 4 years of his life.

@johncarr2333 5 месяцев назад

Random dubious anecdote

@creepynutsrl 5 месяцев назад

fr? I thought ivy league schools at least give you good networking opportunities, bruh.

@minoena 5 месяцев назад

@@johncarr2333 why are you replying this to literally every anecdotal comment.

@karami8844 5 месяцев назад

Rich kids are what you’ll mostly see at any well-known university, Ivy League or not. They’re the ones who party, travel and whose parents personally know the deans or university president. Meanwhile, us poor kids work hard to keep our grades high in order to keep our grants and scholarships. No time to enjoy life.

@Felipe_Ribeir0 5 месяцев назад

A smart poor guy gone through harvard for free and "lost 4 years"? I really cant make any sense of this statement. Unless he studied some random useless subject, or had some other issue. Otherwise, with little effort he could join some FAANG company or similar.

@PhrontDoor 5 месяцев назад

The diff between the Nike and Harvard analogies is interior vs exterior. You generally get Nike for how it makes you feel.. you get Harvard because of how it makes OTHERS think of you. It gives you two edges -- networking and marketability. With Harvard, you become part of the brand. Maybe you get the same education as other institutions, but honestly, who cares - you'll need real training and experience after college anyway and everyone knows that. Basically, it's like going to a loan-officer and either being a waitress or a neurosurgeon.

@leotheliongames 5 месяцев назад

To be fair, people buy designer brands to seem “cool” or “trendy” to others. Although Nike isn’t quite on that ludicrous level, it still somewhat applies

@sapristi455 5 месяцев назад

I really like the message here ! That's how I see things : Harvard and other Ivies or optional ; I do want to apply because I will regret it if I don't, but I mainly focus on developing my potential. I want to go to an Ivy because they objectivity offer an excellent education. I know there's also this stamp of approval, but really that's not my main interest. I like to have this mindset of improving myself and eventually getting into an Ivy, because it doesn't make me dependant on them. Anyways, nice video 👌🏻

@harmonicarchipelgo9351 5 месяцев назад

Ivy League schools aren't really known for providing good education to undergrads. They focus mostly on research and recruitment since that is where the prestige comes from. They are known for making classes difficult, but difficulty doesn't actually mean you learn more. If your main goal is just to find a great education, look for a more student centric school. If you already have a major in mind, look for a school that has a well run department for that major. Try talking to students or graduates of prospective schools to see what they thought about their classes/teachers.

@amethsall9153 4 месяца назад

@@harmonicarchipelgo9351Princeton has a really good undergraduate program if not the best out of the ivies

@dawson9736 5 месяцев назад

Hi I just wanted to say this video has changed my outlook on the future, so thank you very much! -senior awaiting decisions

@spoonfedstudy 5 месяцев назад

I seriously loved reading your comment. This video was literally made with you in mind, for people feeling possibly uneasy with college decisions. Regardless of what decision comes in the mail, your ability to be awesome is and will always be under your control. You got this!!

@kautilyapodagatlapalli6128 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for this video. It is truly inspiring !

@ambinintsoahasina 5 месяцев назад

This gave so much more mental clarity that it made all the other videos about Ivy league admission I watched on other channels irrelevant

@johndempster4598 5 месяцев назад

I wish I could have seen this video years ago. I’m a recent undergraduate and am planning for law school, and have stressed so very much about getting into a prestigious enough school.

@tianyuema4797 5 месяцев назад

This video is really good! Thank you for enlightening me!

@SK-vk9jf 5 месяцев назад

As a person who is one of those human beings that evolved to be against everything I observe with awe how easily manipulated people are. On the other hand, they would probably be in awe after hearing anything I ever thought.

@indridcold9593 5 месяцев назад

O enlightened one, you alone are immune to the propaganda which has blinded the masses. Please bestow your boundless wisdom unto us lowly wretches such that we may comprehend even a fraction of your brilliance. (we're joking, right)

@quadroninja2708 5 месяцев назад

hahahahahaha you know, pride is a sin! You would probably be in awe when you acknowledge where you go after death!!

@justusmzb7441 5 месяцев назад

The stamp is pretty secondary. The contacts you receive and the quality of the research facilities can really help in research and other opportunities. It will also help in e.g. finding investors in the future, or having that one contact into a company you want to work at.

@xxaavviieerrrrr 4 месяца назад

man this is such a high quality video thanks for the insight

@Kiwi-ku1ui 5 месяцев назад

Wasn’t that impressed at first but after watching through the video. I enjoyed. Thanks for making it.

@HH-xs2gm 4 месяца назад

This is the truth lol. I went to a large public university and later went to Harvard. I realized it wasn't the school that I needed to get into to become "successful". My public university is the root of my knowledge and in turn provided me the ability in changing the world just as much as if it was an "elite" education. However, having also went to Harvard, it simply validates my belief. Made me believe in myself even more. That extra boost does help in creating idealism and vision to become even more ambitious than I believed to be possible.

@jar6595 5 месяцев назад

This was incredible and very true. -signed: an ivy grad

@giovannajames8479 24 дня назад

School Counselor here- that return on prestige analogy is gold!

@tenderneckless 5 месяцев назад

I want to see part 2 !

@sparklenights5421 5 месяцев назад

this is great and seems honest, thanks for the video

@DeltaTesla-ph9yh 5 месяцев назад

As someone with 2 master degrees and getting a 3rd one, all from a economic, public university, I couldn't care less about Ivy Leagues, but this video is still interesting to watch.

@fitnesspoint2006 5 месяцев назад

so i hear lots of folks at bars, work, friends who say they are working on their second master or getting ready for a third...but none of them have the prestige or turns heads as when a friend goes I have a PhD in neuroscience or xyz. People immediately listen, the person with the 2.5 masters degree not so much...just speaking from experience.

@sjuvanet 5 месяцев назад

good video, brother. keep 'em coming

@jl5973 5 месяцев назад

I feel that the ending of this video downplays how much difficulty is heaped on by rationalising that 'successful' people were always destined to be successful. Sure, similar levels of 'success' (money?) might be achieved, but this doesn't take into account (1) the journey and how much more difficult things had been potentially, and (2) what potential was lost out on, i.e. how much more they could have earned. Would have to see the study itself, but would be curious as to whether the donor applicant students actually brought down what the average successful life looked like. But more broadly, if you're already facing a disadvantage in the job market due to factors such as race, not having any possible advantage just makes things harder.

@rafaeldeangelo6294 5 месяцев назад

College admitance is so weird for a non-american. In my country major universities are public-funded: neither tuitions nor any other fees are charged, and admittance is based only on the results of a two-stage exam - open to everyone, regardless of their age, where they studied and their income. There are some quotas to black and poor people. Of couse funding is decreasing and most of the admittees came from middle and upper classes, but it is a way more "meritocratic" than US's.

@mijaelmarcelovillarroelchu6513 5 месяцев назад

I liked your video, I am from Bolivia and I personally had planned to go to study at an Ivy League university or some Korean or Chinese university since I think that this way I would get the prestige that I longed for in the past when I was even more immature. What I am now I have a little more mental clarity and I even go to therapy and since I have just graduated from high school I am trying to get to know myself more since I am taking pre-med courses that last 3 months, I already took my first exam and It didn't go well, I got a 26/100 so I'm still thinking about what I'm really good at and I'm interested since I think medicine is not for me.

@BobbyFisaher 5 месяцев назад

keep trying man, you got this, vamos

@danielwillis12 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely love it!!! Looking forward to your next videos!!! Uns uns uns uns uns

@spoonfedstudy 5 месяцев назад

Haha thanks Daniel! Good to see you here again my man

@simonAdeWeerdt 4 месяца назад

Hey, nice summary of the Ivy League business model. Sympathies for those that need that stamp.

@Viktor-jo4kr 5 месяцев назад

This video is pretty well made, nice

@aqple 2 месяца назад

This video opened my eyes. I'm dropping out of the Ivy League. The only reason they accepted me was to benefit themselves.

@JinaMukherjeeF 2 месяца назад

why would u drop out? U get the network and resources

@hirwabelievergall5464 5 месяцев назад

Awesome man. I liked your video

@enrichedtalks 2 месяца назад

Excellent video. Every high schooler needs to see it.

@TheTruth-cg8vj 5 месяцев назад

All the big tech companies recruit at U of Waterloo in Canada - and just about nobody has ever heard of the place. What more of a disconnect could there be.

@choksheak2lau697 5 месяцев назад

Told my kids not to consider Ivy League schools, or any private universities, at all. I have nothing against them, but the ROI is simply much lower than that of a "normal" public school.

@fatassj 5 месяцев назад

It’s not about money, it’s about networking. There’s a reason most of the successful teams, especially in tech, started from classmates in privates. If your kid is bound to change the world with ideas and innovation, consider putting them in the same room as others who may as well! EDIT: Plus, privates can offer financial assistance.

@MuffinPunk 5 месяцев назад

Depends on your income level and what your kids are interested in. Also depends completely on what you're defining ROI. Telling people to not consider them whatsoever seems a bit black and white, though.

@muhammedergeshov226 5 месяцев назад

i love this video and you so much, as you revealed ivy League, as a business, that great people will become great anyway. Though i still want there because ivy League will collect great people and i will make them my friends)

@mfn1311 5 месяцев назад

Actually great video! Good fun too

@amitai8204 5 месяцев назад

very interesting. thank you.

@spoonfedstudy 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! Happy you are here

@g13953 5 месяцев назад

Phenomenal video!

@sapinordinaire4484 3 месяца назад

you changed my life in a good way ^^

@katefrost7486 5 месяцев назад

only one thing that bothers me in this video is that the author was using his Harvard degree as a stamp in previous videos, like “Harvard doctor explains”. anyways, i love the point of the video and wish good luck to the author and everyone applying next year just like me:)

@yaminhassanmahdi 4 месяца назад

thank you for sharing

@bakangndaba 5 месяцев назад

Well, that explains legacy admissions

@Hyvexx 5 месяцев назад

Oh boy imagine my surprise when I learned in class that Harvard's endowment grows at billions every year. This also makes me feel a lot better that I decided not to apply to Ivy Leagues.

@lemo4128 5 месяцев назад

I'm glad I realized these things before watching this video

@HeyPaulhasopinions 5 месяцев назад

Very nice shirt … bought the same one just a day before watching your video 😂

@supermat1937 5 месяцев назад

Great video, but please adjust the glasses sorry to be picky but when I saw it I couldn't unseen it keep up the good work!

@MasterOfTheUniversePSD 4 месяца назад

Great video!... and great shirt! Where did you get it?

@Jaonq 5 месяцев назад

Now we just have translate this video to Chinese and other non-english speaking Asian countries languages for the parents there to understand

@__________5737 5 месяцев назад

There are a solid 20 excellent schools that are all reasonably equivalent for outcome. And I have known many excellent people from even state schools (but you are going to have to work very hard. The saddest thing is these investment funds we call college will never increase class size to protect exclusivity despite that being the best thing for the country.

@DalbirChana 5 месяцев назад

My understanding was that the City of London Corporation was the oldest corporation in the Western hemisphere, in that it is west of the Prime Meridian.

@erinm9445 5 месяцев назад

That's a technical geometric definition of the western hemisphere, but most people use western hemisphere to mean the Americas, and eastern hemisphere to mean Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

@Themagicalmanifestinggarden 4 месяца назад

Hi new sub. Can you do a video on solving problems? I am avoiding lots of small things which lead to bigger problems because I dont know how to find a solution eg, trying to create sacred space to write but have stuff that I don't know where to put it but dont want to throw away and thus have no sacred space thus do not right thus delay my purpose etc. i have many little problems causing me big headaches so to speak.. also i cannot focus on one goal i have a bunch of stuff that must be sorted this year so many "goals" each are pretty much equally impt. I am overwhelmed with both these issues. You seem v good at this stuff so ... ty

@Rusputin-eo6tv 5 месяцев назад

Facts. All this knowledge is already up here, on the Internet. Since you don't have some key knowledge to break through and do it your own. You have to give it up 4+ years and paying huge bags for some ppl to do it for you. But in the end, it's just knowledge, that could be easily obtained through some trials. All these PhD was just there as a QC employee to verify if you can do it other than actually mentoring, and over the last decade, we saw huge amount of ppl doing it with out these PhD mentor =)))

@TechArtAnubia 4 месяца назад

Damn, i dont know how i ended up here but this was very insightful.

@abrin5508 5 месяцев назад

Go international if you don't have max $ - cambridge, oxford, edinburgh, singapore, toronto. Still corrupt but not on this scale - you may even actually get in on talent.

@Candiosd 4 месяца назад

Worked with Ivy league students. Full of pride, but didnt know jack about business. If you have a qualification or a license a degree is nothing

@artraft5142 4 месяца назад

The best thing to do is to have a look into the Supermarket that s nearby these Universities to see which are the Cell Capabilities of the Region!

@yperboreus 5 месяцев назад

I get your point that Ivy League institutions are cash cows operating under the guise of charities, but 'Corporation' had a much broader meaning in the 17th century, when capitalism wasn't even fully developed. The relevant context here is the legal one, see OED 'corporation' 5a: "incorporated entity with the capacity to act as a legal person, having an identity in law distinct from those of the individual or collection of individuals of which it is comprised at any point in time."

@antihypocrisy8978 5 месяцев назад

A lot of students were legacy admissions, and didn't deserve to be there on merit alone.

@Navoii. 5 месяцев назад

I just want to become a lawyer, I don't really care which school I get in. No matter what grades I get, I'll try to get in

@dauts 4 месяца назад

amazing video

@Solis_Pulchrus 5 месяцев назад

I'm a graduate from a mid level school and I still got a good job after graduation. School name doesn't mean everything

@fcuksg8698 11 дней назад

"Degrees, like laws, love, and most things that matter, have a price tag. Even a multimillionaire in Singapore, nearly dead, can buy an illegal kidney transplant and escape jail time, while the poor farmer who sold his kidney not only loses an organ but also faces years in prison and loses 500K SGD. If self-proclaimed 'zero corruption' Singapore can get away with such crimes, why can't US Ivy League do the same?"

@coolguy-bs7kr 5 месяцев назад

This Makes so much sense especially since one of their required supplemental essays is "How do you hope to use your Harvard education in the future?" crazy...

@pensulpusher2729 5 месяцев назад

These truths are pretty spoken honestly

@user-ck7my4dh4k 5 месяцев назад

I would argue over the last few years top students have been going to mid tier schools. Just look at the lack of SAT/ACT reporting at the Ivey leagues.

@rockie4276 5 месяцев назад

Great vid

@robertn2951 5 месяцев назад

I have never been to an Ivy League school. Can you tell if calculus thought there is different from in a State University? Are the laws of physics better there? Are chemical molecules better there? Are electrons at Harvard different from those of a public university in Finland? Why are Finnish universities free if they study the same electrons?

@duckymomo7935 5 месяцев назад

The quality of education doesn’t improve or differ just because it’s Ivy League sure math 55 is notoriously hard but it’s because it’s super fast paced The content or quality has not changed

@technerd10191 5 месяцев назад

Is there a similar "university" model for MIT or it's similar to the Ivies? Is MIT more meritocratic than the Ivies even if they may expect to produce some great scientists and entrepreneurs?

@mastete002 5 месяцев назад

This is so different compared to the Swedish university system, where admissions are based solely on grades and entrance exams.

@brothberg 5 месяцев назад

So many have replied to my comment saying "the education at the Ivys may not be better, but you get networking and connections that will help your career. " This is immensely overblown. It's true that if you want to move to NYC or Wash DC, you will have a better chance getting into some industries (consulting, Wall Street, DC legal firms) with an Ivy degree. But in tech, it basically doesn't matter. If you apply for say, a programming job, you will have an audition. If you are smart and well educated, you will do well. If not, no. Even in law and Wall Street, the Ivy degree will only help getting your first job. After that, it's all you. I've lived that life, and I know. Also, most people do not move to NYC. They stay in the state that they are from. In that case the network from the flagship state U is actually better.

@rodfer5406 5 месяцев назад

Very good

@lars2839 5 месяцев назад

Unfortunately, manipulation and greed become the foundation along with sociopathic tendencies. To sum it up, what can you do for me!

@dootscat3798 12 дней назад

When their main criteria is how much your parents make or can donate or who the student knows (legacy, friend of school, and other unethical criteria) the student quality will of course decline. That’s why in STEM fields like engineering and CS where you can’t BS your way through and succeed in the real world, non-Ivy schools outrank the Ivies. Employers know this and are much more certain of the quality of an aeronautical engineer from Georgia Tech than Harvard for example.

@gaspartiznado6418 4 месяца назад

Actually, the Universidad de Santo Domingo and the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo are the two oldest functioning universities in the Western Hemisphere (founded in 1538 and 1539 respectively), predating Harvard by almost 100 years.

@josephhobbs4680 5 месяцев назад

It is proven though that you will perform better if you're surrounded by people similar to your own skill level because of the realistic comparisons you subconsciously make

@sparklenights5421 5 месяцев назад

yeah so it sucks extra for those who dont have much money, and try but aren't seen cause they just don't have the ressources

@MuffinPunk 5 месяцев назад

@@sparklenights5421 What do you mean? If we're talking the U.S. and low-income people that need a full ride, they have resources to access the institutions in this video. It's not a guarantee, as with anything you're applying for, but people do have access. It's less about being seen (if you're meaning like "discovered," or something similar).

@ella2234 4 месяца назад

My undergraduate students at Penn State receive a lot more comprehensive math and chemistry education than at Princeton (I taught in both, and the quality of my average undergrad is also better at Penn State). It is true that undergrad programs at Ivy Leagues are not superior to those in other places; people go there for connections. However, it is completely different for graduate students and postdocs. Ivy League schools have better research resources and usually get a lot better graduate students as these programs are competitive, and you do not get there by simply being an athlete or leaving a legacy. For a research professor (at least in STEM), it is a lot more beneficial to be at a top school than a second-tier university, especially if your research field requires a lot of expensive equipment that many small schools cannot even afford.

@blockthis08 5 месяцев назад

2:08 From Columbus, Oh ...Wexner owns the city.

@didem1 4 месяца назад

This video managed to say something novel in a youtube space saturated with Ivy League click bait.🎉 And the little illustrations were top notch 😂 I went to Yale for my undergrad and I agree w pretty much everything you said. "The best and the brightest" mentality is not only factually false and elitist it is also kind of a self fullfilling prophecy. What I would add is that even if these schools added zero value to a student, just the sheer dream or delusion we all buy into makes them places where some really smart and ambitious people end up going (minus the nepo babies) so that was the best part of experience for me but the world has millions of incredibly smart people - certainly way more than the artificially maintained 5-7% that are admitted to Harvard or Yale each year.

@robertmuller1894 5 месяцев назад

thanks

@jimmy13morrison 5 месяцев назад

Rich kid go to ivy schools-> rich kid get high paying job because of nepotism-> wow ivy schools get you high paying job because they are the best I feel like someone somewhere might have skipped a couple of beats

@spaghettimeatballswow 5 месяцев назад

I picture crippling depression

@HL-fy8nq 5 месяцев назад

One more truth: I still want that Ivy League stamp. I may not need it, but I want it.

@jk6273 2 месяца назад

In the ivies, there are great number of meritocratic kids who shine their brand names.

@qntmsea4631 5 месяцев назад

Interesting video. If a person is already at the top (very small percentage), time is precious at any age, especially so during the high school years. So the hard question is whether it is worth spending some hundreds (if not thousands) of hours getting that GPA / SAT perfect -- or not... Happy new year and may the algorithm be kind!

@spoonfedstudy 5 месяцев назад

That’s a very interesting point you raise. Also, thanks so much for the super thanks 👏, you rock!