The school I’m interested in for grad school is NYU, and I intended to apply to there, one Ivy League, one “safety” school, and one school in Germany. But then I got my application to a grad school preview event at the University of Michigan accepted, and I’ve been invited to a virtual admissions fair at UC Berkeley. Now I ended up with five prestigious universities on my application roster and no back up schools…
This is very insightful - Emory, for example, has a quite low acceptance rate, but the yield is quite low (40%). Northeastern's acceptance rate is 7%. There are a lot of applicants because there aren't supplements. But truly Northeastern isn't better than a school with a 15-20% acceptance rate. So focus on the quality of the program, not the acceptance rate!
Hey, I've randomly come across your channel and checked out a few of the videos you made and am really blown away by the low subscriber count which I'm sure won't stay low if the quality of these videos continues. I'm someone who comes from a still underdeveloped country and am currently in the middle of taking a gap year, and preparing my applications for university. The resources for such a thing in my country are very low and generally unreliable (I know someone who got "professionally" advised to make the personal essay almost entirely about their dad when applying to Yale.) Anyway, I have a ton of questions and have loved the realistic way you portray these universities. I guess I'm kind of asking if you do consultations I suppose (perhaps if you could answer a few questions about the process as I have so many.) I am currently planning on applying to Brown as my ED, and I understand you're not a biggest fan of Ivies with good reason, however, as a student coming from a country where my parents would have to save for 5 years to pay for a single semester at a US college, I kind of need to prioritize internationally need-blind universities (at least for ED) and from the very short list of those which offer that, Brown seems like the most suitable for me. I really believe that I have the skills and personality to completely fit into their "system", but, If you are available of course, I would love to also love to talk to a genuine admission rep who is willing to help and give legit insight into the whole process. I come from a country where there's a 99% chance that I am the only one applying to these sorts of universities, and I can't even begin to describe how much it would mean to actually get accepted. Therefore, I want to really seize this opportunity fully and do everything in my power to maximize my chances. I hope that you will be able to have a 30 minute to an hour conversation just to discuss some things and personally help me. If not however, I want you to know that these videos are still great and helped a ton in their own way.
@@dies3156 Really appreciate the kind words. I'd recommend you contact the admissions office at Brown/ any other school youre interested in for the most accurate info.
Hard to say as it depends on the school. At UW specifically, admissions were separate from majors. This meant you could still get into the school but not get admitted to your major. In these cases we tell students to explore their interests on campus and reapply to their major in a year.
The school I’m interested in for grad school is NYU, and I intended to apply to there, one Ivy League, one “safety” school, and one school in Germany. But then I got my application to a grad school preview event at the University of Michigan accepted, and I’ve been invited to a virtual admissions fair at UC Berkeley. Now I ended up with five prestigious universities on my application roster and no back up schools…
This is very insightful - Emory, for example, has a quite low acceptance rate, but the yield is quite low (40%).
Northeastern's acceptance rate is 7%. There are a lot of applicants because there aren't supplements. But truly Northeastern isn't better than a school with a 15-20% acceptance rate.
So focus on the quality of the program, not the acceptance rate!
Hey, I've randomly come across your channel and checked out a few of the videos you made and am really blown away by the low subscriber count which I'm sure won't stay low if the quality of these videos continues. I'm someone who comes from a still underdeveloped country and am currently in the middle of taking a gap year, and preparing my applications for university. The resources for such a thing in my country are very low and generally unreliable (I know someone who got "professionally" advised to make the personal essay almost entirely about their dad when applying to Yale.) Anyway, I have a ton of questions and have loved the realistic way you portray these universities. I guess I'm kind of asking if you do consultations I suppose (perhaps if you could answer a few questions about the process as I have so many.) I am currently planning on applying to Brown as my ED, and I understand you're not a biggest fan of Ivies with good reason, however, as a student coming from a country where my parents would have to save for 5 years to pay for a single semester at a US college, I kind of need to prioritize internationally need-blind universities (at least for ED) and from the very short list of those which offer that, Brown seems like the most suitable for me. I really believe that I have the skills and personality to completely fit into their "system", but, If you are available of course, I would love to also love to talk to a genuine admission rep who is willing to help and give legit insight into the whole process.
I come from a country where there's a 99% chance that I am the only one applying to these sorts of universities, and I can't even begin to describe how much it would mean to actually get accepted. Therefore, I want to really seize this opportunity fully and do everything in my power to maximize my chances. I hope that you will be able to have a 30 minute to an hour conversation just to discuss some things and personally help me. If not however, I want you to know that these videos are still great and helped a ton in their own way.
@@dies3156 Really appreciate the kind words. I'd recommend you contact the admissions office at Brown/ any other school youre interested in for the most accurate info.
On Wisconsin!
Thanks for the tips, any advice for super competitive majors like computer science?
Hard to say as it depends on the school. At UW specifically, admissions were separate from majors. This meant you could still get into the school but not get admitted to your major. In these cases we tell students to explore their interests on campus and reapply to their major in a year.