COLLEGE DECISIONS REACTIONS 2024 (Likely Letter, Ivies, MIT, Stanford, t20s) + STATS (Mateo Bodon)

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Hey Guys!
This is my College Decisions reactions video for 2024!! I applied to 21 colleges including the Ivies, MIT, Stanford and other t20s. You can see the timestamps below.
0:00 Intro + Stats + Major
1:34 College List
1:44 Florida State University
2:05 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:26 University of Southern California
2:44 University of Miami
3:11 University of Michigan
3:36 Georgia Institute of Technology
4:11 University of Michigan CS Advanced Selection
4:53 Note From Future Editing Mateo
5:18 University of Florida
5:43 Likely Letter
6:38 California Institute of Technology
7:05 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Again
7:49 Carnegie Mellon University
8:34 University of California, Los Angeles
8:55 Johns Hopkins University
9:43 University of Southern California Again
10:13 Northwestern University
11:21 It's Ivy Day!
12:39 University of California Berkeley
13:16 Duke University
13:33 Columbia University
14:05 Cornell University
14:32 University of Pennsylvania
15:08 Yale University
15:32 Harvard University
16:05 Princeton University
16:55 Stanford University
17:47 Decisions Overview
17:58 Closing Thoughts + Commitment
I had a lot of fun making this video. The college decisions process is definitely a unique time. It has its
moments, but it's also a very stressful period; sometimes bringing out the worst in people. In the video, all the reactions appear back to back, but in real life, there's months of waiting and many hours of work poured into each application. To any future seniors out there, best of luck! Give it your all but also don't let the process consume you, while you're waiting, occupy your time with other things, go out, pick up a new hobby, etc.
I hope you guys enjoyed my video and if you have any questions at all, feel free to reach out to my email bodonmateo@gmail.com. I’m happy to help with application and college questions. While I'm not a professional, I have definitely become quite experienced after this long ordeal!
Also, feel free to follow the gram @mateo.56412 ;)

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@anthonygardner400 Ай бұрын

As a Yale alum, I congratulate you and welcome you to community! It’s a great experience. Enjoy every minute!

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

I am so excited! What college were you in?

@anthonygardner400 Ай бұрын

@@mateobodon Glad to hear it. You’ll have a wonderful four years. I was in Calhoun (now Grace Hopper).

@tresimons5351 Ай бұрын

Yessir Mateo!! Proud of you bro 🔥

@giajia958 Ай бұрын

Great job! Congrats!

@aneesahfareeduddin716 Ай бұрын

Congrats Mateo!!!

@petergriffin3194 Ай бұрын

Omg you got into so many good schools congrats 🎉

@chuchiwydc9104 Ай бұрын

i rly loved your advice at the end! so insightful and i rly wish i grow up to be like you one day

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

awww

@victoriairagorry918 Ай бұрын

Congratsss!!!

@quynhanhtrinh3798 Ай бұрын

Congratulations🎉 You are so amazing❤

@user-sn2ob7ms9l Ай бұрын

bro was collecting ivy league acceptances like they were pokemon

@nro337 19 күн бұрын

Congratulations!!

@jimmythegreat1101 Ай бұрын

Congrats on all your acceptances!! Cornell added confetti and alma mater to their acceptance page this year which is nice, it’s been my dream school too😭

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

Are you a senior as well?

@jimmythegreat1101 Ай бұрын

@@mateobodon No I am junior, I am gonna ED to Cornell next year

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

@@jimmythegreat1101 Best of luck!! Feel free to reach out. Also, be careful with dream schools maybe think of it more like a ("preferred school") - from experience

@jimmythegreat1101 Ай бұрын

@@mateobodon Thank you so much for the device!! Is it cool if I add you on insta?

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

@@jimmythegreat1101yes pls it’s in the description

@Luke11621 Ай бұрын

Hello Mateo, I was your 5th subscriber. You’re awesome and so under rated. I cant wait until you famous. 🎉

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

AYYYY! One day ☝️

@Luke11621 Ай бұрын

@@mateobodon❤❤❤❤ you’re awesome

@vanny3144 6 күн бұрын

Opening a decision in the movie theater is crazy! But in all seriousness, congrats on all your acceptances and I'll see you at Yale in the Fall!

@almamartinez395 Ай бұрын

Congratulations 🎉

@laurenalza512 Ай бұрын

very solid mateo

@mainatolota2350 9 күн бұрын

congrats!!!

@ayeshafaisalmalik7698 Ай бұрын

Please make a stats and Ecs video! Also how you got your SAT prep🎉

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

I might make one, but in the meantime feel free to email me.

@noepion2474 Ай бұрын

Congrats on the admissions Mateo. Super impressive. You also look to be a great person - very good vibes. I'm wondering why you didn't chose CMU in the end? Given you want to go into CS, its program is significantly stronger than Yale (I would also say likewise for Cornell/Columbia?).

@thelifeofpie6578 Ай бұрын

Congratulations on all your acceptances! Though I'm a bit disheartened that you didn't play the Yale acceptance video lol. I also remember meeting you at Bulldog Days. My name is Jesse btw

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

I really shouldve played it, but I was too excited and kept moving on lmao. Send me your insta I am terribly bad with names :(

@ritheeshraj1308 Ай бұрын

Hey man, Can you post a video on your Extracurriculars, I'm sure it'll help a lot of us

@cutter6347 Ай бұрын

Congrats! I'm a class of 2028 too; I'll see you at Yale come fall!

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

AYYY add me on insta its in the description

@___dreamstudy_ Ай бұрын

honestly i was shocked at first because you didn't look that happy getting into yale but i'm so happy for u getting into yale is increadible and it's my dream uni so ...yeah good luck at yale + one follower

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

Yeah it was really weird, it wasn't really my top choice at the time but it really grew on me and now im beyond grateful to be going in the fall. Weird how things change :)

@___dreamstudy_ Ай бұрын

@@mateobodon yeah i felt that you wanted stanford more but as someone who did some long researches on yale trust me you ARE GONNA LOVE IT THERE !

@LettieZoe Ай бұрын

I'm going to apply to colleges next year, my dream is to get into Stanford or Yale. Either way, congratulations!

@AugasthyaSunki Ай бұрын

the fact that bro didn't cry or yell like other.

@yt-jz4lz 20 күн бұрын

Bro’s a machine!!! He just kept going on Ivy Day hahaha

@russelltan9092 Ай бұрын

I recommend Cornell. They have the best engineering program of the ivies

@user-rq5gq3bg9k Ай бұрын

So talent😊

@marshabrightly1307 Ай бұрын

I think you should make more compelling EC's section ...we need that ...your stat in general...

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

Maybe I'll make one of those in the future. For now feel free to email me :)

@Imran-je8ol Ай бұрын

VAMOS BODON!!

@rashaboulad Ай бұрын

🥳🥳🥳

@r22gamer54 Ай бұрын

10:32 "You know how many views these things get, its gonna be nuts" Well bros not wrong

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

These types of videos are addicting I swear

@BEYBROTHA Ай бұрын

I'm also doing a passion project and am doing an internship related to how instutionalized racism affects black peoples mental health.

@srinath6247 Ай бұрын

You should've applied to National University of Singapore. It's a very good educational institution; just as good as the IVY League schools.

@zellaro5488 Ай бұрын

What were your other stats? Such as your extracurriculars and other stuff outside of your SAT score. Getting into so many of the Ivy Leagues and top 20s is not an easy task at all. There's no way you just got in by having a good SAT score. What else did you do and put on your college apps to make yourself stand out and get accepted into so many of them?

@ks-ou3qu Ай бұрын

Exactly but congrats man

@JoaoPedro-oj9oi Ай бұрын

I belive he is LGBTQIA+, trans, and low income. Which I’m sure helped him write fantastic essays

@BEYBROTHA Ай бұрын

I'm even taking AP seminar and mutiple college level courses through my hs. Im taking an environmental science college course with UCSD, a college algebra course with Howard, and a statistics course with cornell university from national ed equity lab

@ks-ou3qu Ай бұрын

What is your SAT/ACT Score that’s counts as well. It better to be competitive putting you SAT/ACT score

@BEYBROTHA Ай бұрын

@@ks-ou3qu well I haven't tooken the sat yet but am gonna take it probably in August or September. I have to register first tho

@ks-ou3qu Ай бұрын

@@BEYBROTHA well good luck are you applying to college this year?

@BEYBROTHA Ай бұрын

@@ks-ou3qu yes in the fall.

@ks-ou3qu Ай бұрын

@@BEYBROTHA I am too. We got this

@Natalite_0520 Ай бұрын

Are you going to accept UC Berkeley’s waitlist offer?

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

I accepted Harvard and Princeton’s but am now officially committed to Yale :)

@Natalite_0520 Ай бұрын

@@mateobodon Congrats!!!!!!

@eleanornkera911 Ай бұрын

Mateo! Congrats - Eleanor

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

HOWD YOU FIND THIS?? But guys Eleanor is going to Harvard. Lowkey an opp

@eleanornkera911 Ай бұрын

@@mateobodon it came up on my recommended and I'm NOT an opp

@Jem_Carstairs Ай бұрын

Opp🤨

@JoaoPedro-oj9oi Ай бұрын

Could you please share your essays or experiences that helped you find your gender identity and sexual orientation? I am looking for how to do the same things for myself so I can boost my chances of getting into the top colleges of

@CollegeChingu Ай бұрын

Was just about to say i want an essay reveal! I go over a few essays on my page but it is just the ones I edit for my students… I want to see the ones of people who have already gotten in so I can tell my students what strategies to use for specific schools/ivies etc

@BEYBROTHA Ай бұрын

Am I doomed at being able to get into a top school?I'm graduating a year early. When I was in middle school, in 8th grade I took 3 hs level courses algebra 1, living environment, and us history which my average in 8th grade was only like an 83. However, now I go to a hs that does competency based grades not number grades. I'm performing alot better now and have been accepted into alot of prestigious college prep programs and science ones. I am considered a top student in my school and even was recommended for college level classes and an AP class. I have very good extracurricular like I'm on the student leadership team, did a summer trauma program at new york Presbyterian, am doing college now classes, a summer research science program with Rockefeller University, and envirothon. Can I have at top schools and do you think i'll be asked to report my middle school grades?

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

If the middle school courses count for high school credit you will probably have to submit them. Best of luck with top schools feel free to email me.

@joshuanwokoji2358 Ай бұрын

Need a Stats video

@DKsHighlights Сағат бұрын

How can u get above a 5

@lmbk3294 Ай бұрын

Were those random strangers at the coffee shop?

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

Noo, they are in one of my classes at school lol

@ks-ou3qu Ай бұрын

Did you take dual enrollment to upper you gpa?

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

Yes! But not to boost my GPA. Was interested in having a few less periods and they offered some interesting classes. In total I only took 4.

@ks-ou3qu Ай бұрын

@@mateobodon what did take to boost your gpa?

@thiagogregory1 Ай бұрын

u look like a power bottom im so proud of you

@JoaoPedro-oj9oi Ай бұрын

I agree, her essay topics must’ve been quite interesting and engaging

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

um thanks bud

@JoaoPedro-oj9oi Ай бұрын

@@mateobodon do you think writing about experiences and your identity such as yours would help an international student stand out?

@thiagogregory1 Ай бұрын

@@JoaoPedro-oj9oi Depende de como vc escreve. Identidade e experiências ajuda, mas cabe vc nao deixar clichê

@JoaoPedro-oj9oi Ай бұрын

@@thiagogregory1 gracias 🙏

@anonymous99923 Ай бұрын

Why choose Yale over Columbia bro?

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

Yale and Columbia were actually my top two choices. Making the decision was tough, but I attended both admitted students days and gathered as much information as I could. They are quite different. I love Columbia's campus and the access to the city, but it has downsides, such as a smaller size, less school spirit, and fewer common spaces for students to meet. Yale's campus, while different-being a bit more spread out and lower in density-is gorgeous, walkable, and definitely boasts a stronger school spirit. Regarding academics, both are very strong in almost every field; however, Columbia seems to be a bit stronger in Engineering. This was a point of consideration for me, but I wondered how important this actually was, especially since this is an undergraduate education versus graduate studies. My potential Major is also a bit less engineering-heavy (Computer Engineering/Computer Science). Yale also offers its own benefits in engineering, like a 2:1 student-to-faculty ratio, perhaps easier to excel in clubs/programs due to fewer students, and a 4-year BS/MS program in Computer Science. Additionally, Yale allows for double majors, which seem very attainable given how the requirements are structured, unlike at Columbia where they're not permitted. So, for academics, I was drawn to the prospect of double majoring, the BS/MS program, and the accessible professors. If I chose Yale, I would probably major in CS and Applied Math, both subjects I am passionate about and which align with Yale's strengths. Columbia also has a extensive core curriculum which while appealing is very time-consuming-I hear it takes up about a third of your coursework-which I feel could be spent exploring new subjects or taking more classes aligned with my interests/major. There are also a few intangible factors. For instance, Yale students are supposedly friendlier and less competitive than Columbia students, although I have no definitive way to confirm this. It's said that Columbia's classes are graded more stringently than Yale's, but I'm sure this varies widely. The people are another consideration; Yale presented many cool, unique stories, and while Columbia did as well, the overall vibe from Yale was just better. I know this explanation is lengthy, but I hope it helps!

@sebastiansanta6901 Ай бұрын

@@mateobodon This explanation was very insightful thank you!

@mateobodon Ай бұрын

@@sebastiansanta6901thought someone else might find it helpful ❤

@RT-vw6yw Ай бұрын

@@mateobodon I have no doubt your essays strengthened your applications and gave you an edge. You're a good writer! Take advantage of the English class offerings at Yale for me.

@JoaoPedro-oj9oi Ай бұрын

@@RT-vw6yw her topics we’re definitely of an interesting sort and unique and made her stand out