How I Got Into the IVY LEAGUE and Actually Had Fun in High School

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Contents:
0:00 - this video is not for coping
1:28 - benefits & why this works
4:53 - friends
8:31 - growing your social circle
10:55 - work hard play hard (must watch)
18:48 - SAT & college apps (junior/senior year)
23:00 - bask in the glory

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@ethanwho_ 11 ай бұрын

This advice is really helpful because it's literally everything I wish I had done my junior and sophmore year. I'm going into my senior year. I realized by the end of junior year, I had met many friends during the last month of school who I never talked to, and I had so much fun. It just killed me to realize they were all seniors. They motivated me to keep going and got me a 4 on the AP Chem exam. I also went through a 2 year relationsghip break up during this year, and it for a moment almost stopped me from doing well in my classes, but I stayed strong and found things I liked to do such as playing basketball afterschool with my friends and going to the gym. I just think that you need these kinds of things to prevent you from breaking down, especially if you're going down a route that is difficult, whether it's because of family or extracirriculars, whatnot. Another thing is to make sure you have fun in your summer. Don't sit around like me playing video games. I spent most of my summers between each year playing games, but it wasnt till junior year that I started to be more productive like playing guitar, working out at LA fitness, or even pre-studying for an AP Class!!!! Do something! Be with friends! Talk to people. People in high school don't care even if you think they do. You will also have so much fun once you realize you have things to do to keep your self busy. Keep yourself busy with things you might like to do while you're also busy with the hard things.

@xpicaronn 11 ай бұрын

i literally needed this bro ive been wanting a really good social and academic balance for so long and im going into freshman year thank you so so much pratik like beyond words u pulled thru with this vid WWW

@certifiedbetas1238 11 ай бұрын

Amazing advice and love the new comedic approach that u trying out in ur videos 👍🏾

@finncampbell6524 11 ай бұрын

shoutout to virtual research internships which let you work on other things while doing research over the summer

@Mind-and-Hoops 11 ай бұрын

Where did you find virtual research internships I have been looking for some but I just can’t seem to find one that works.

@Poop-vr2nr 11 ай бұрын

@@Mind-and-Hoops^

@heroryan7859 10 ай бұрын

Where are premed ones?

@SebastianFajardo-ni5fw 11 ай бұрын

MAN, I wish this video was out back in Summer of 2018. I wonder where I'd be. Beautifully said, and good luck to all of you incoming freshmen watching this!

@doccogamez2286 11 ай бұрын

Yo P, could you make videos about how to optimize friends and productivity during premed years and getting into med school as well? I know you’re in a bsmd and don’t have the typical med school application process, but I feel like you’re really insightful when it comes to these sorts of things

@dishikapopli3592 11 ай бұрын

i'm a rising senior and every single one of your videos are so helpful! :)

@gems_cr 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the content Pratik, discovered your channel about a year ago and glad to see the growth the last few months.

@Danstry 11 ай бұрын

gems_cr is literally the last person i wouldve guessed to see here

@quakewyd. 8 ай бұрын

@@Danstry nah fr

@advikthepianokid4583 11 ай бұрын

Honestly by now your probably one of (if not my most) favorite “high school help” KZfaqr by now. Btw how’s your bsmd going.

@Dragons-rj6ql 11 ай бұрын

Could you tell me a bit more about what you’ve been doing in college since your in a BSMD? Do you still focus on extracurricular or do you just hang out with friends and enjoy?

@anjanathreya8306 11 ай бұрын

P I LOVE YOU BRO MWAH

@shauryasabarwal2557 4 ай бұрын

you.......brother, are a real influencer

@user-lv3oe4wo1z 11 ай бұрын

Your video is super useful 🎉

@som6553 11 ай бұрын

W vid pratik

@dereisse 11 ай бұрын

Could you make a video about cold emailing professors for research opportunities? Please, I live in Mexico and it’s even harder 😢

@genesisomega4360 11 ай бұрын

Prateek this channel is helped me understand school and college on a whole new level, but I'm scared that it's too late. I don't want to make any excuses, but really bad and personal stuff happened to me through 7-9th grade, and it had a direct impact on my GPA tanking it down to a 3.7 end of freshman year and I feel like my chances at my dream school of U of M are just gone. I have got some what I think is insane extracurriculars down, and a godly letter of recommendation secured. Can you make a video in general how to rebound?

@IshtiHD 11 ай бұрын

Hi, what kind of extracurriculars did you do?

@catlong1737 10 ай бұрын

7th&8th grade don’t count for ur GPA- and u can take many APS just to boast ur grades🤍u got this

@oofplux 10 ай бұрын

dawg 3.7 is not bad by any stretch, like at ALL, especially if you show growth in later years. in fact it might even be beneficial to showing how youve been able to rebound from such traumatic events (which you can outline in the extra space in the common app) if you manage to improve your gpa in the next couple years.

@genesisomega4360 10 ай бұрын

@@oofpluxThanks needed to here this, and I've learned to be grateful for this experience as well. College apps aside, I really have grown from this.

@genesisomega4360 10 ай бұрын

@@oofplux 33% of the students University of Michigan, my dream school, accepts have a 4.0💀

@Gordon...Ramsay 11 ай бұрын

Only problem is that this assumes that people who are academically inclined are of a collaborative nature. If just one person starts being all tricky the entire situation can easily fall apart

@Vainglory100 8 ай бұрын

Independent research 🗣️🗣️‼️‼️

@Krintx 11 ай бұрын

Amazing video! I had a question - I’m a rising sophomore in HS and I recently just moved. How can I make new friends?

@Sank0fa 11 ай бұрын

Hoping this advice can save me bcs I feel like I wasted my freshman year

@Geo-og6ib 11 ай бұрын

Hey P, rising freshman here, I just wanted to ask you about some opinions you may have for ecs at my school. I am looking to apply to a t20 that looks for leadership in particular as an extensive moral in students, so In a perfect world would mean me doing clubs and sports that involve team effort. I would be open to doing this, however my schedule is conflicting due to the heavy schedule my school recently initiated in making sports a longer activity, taking almost all free time after school that wouldn’t be doing homework or studying. This means that sadly, my schedule won’t allow me to do any clubs. Do you suggest I ask to skip a day or two to attend these clubs, or possibly take an off season from one of my sports to allow me to do these clubs? Thanks.

@advikthepianokid4583 11 ай бұрын

I’m not P but I’m a rising freshman too. Do u enjoy playing your sport a lot as in you’d plan on committing to it past high school or is it more like a hobby? If u take it seriously then you might be better off spending a lot of your time on that and possibly apply as a college athlete and if not then do what u said by taking time off from your sport to spend on other etc’s. Hope this helps!

@anonymouslol7010 11 ай бұрын

Pratik, I had a question about your video where you reacted to Amy’s application where she could not get into Harvard. So I know that there is a space to put awards on your application. However, I want to do biomedical engineering but we do not even have a Science Olympiad team or opportunity for the science fair. It makes me really upset. Do you have any other ideas for what I could do to support my passion for medicine?

@exomotion_1017 11 ай бұрын

Hi Pratik, at 13:15 you said that those who didn't do the best in freshman and sophomore year don't normally change. What would you recommend someone to do if they want to change and be able to "catch" up.

@catlong1737 10 ай бұрын

AP course can help boast ur grades, i also think its important to note u really have to stay motivatied cause i understand it may be less motivating to bring ur GPA back up but its def possible🤍

@syonmishra3821 8 ай бұрын

bro i’m indian so i’m on the grind too but i wanted to know how did you get ahead? how do you immediately take in and digest information your teacher teaches and get the hw done in class? is there a trick to do IB courses? I’m going to do APs but idk if i should be doing IBs too. I’m a sophomore btw. You’re a great inspiration

@splavst 5 ай бұрын

my honest tip as a fellow sophomore taking 3 APs and 1 IB: immerse yourself in the classes. if you view your classes as fun and engaging they become soo much more interesting and this becomes easier with active participation. with this in mind i have a few more suggestions - in history and generally literature-based classes, participation is a MUST. for example, i’m taking AP U.S. History with a 95 at the moment, this class in particular though involves a lot of essay writing which is based on analyzing specific topics revolving around historical “big ideas”. ap histories are a lot of memorization, but you can lessen this heavily by understanding specific groups of people and their different motivations. - with math classes, participation is not nearly enough. this especially applies in honors/ap/ib math classes, it CAN help a lot, but generally the students with the highest math grades in their classes dont have such high grades because of their active participation-in honors classes, you review the work in class severely less than you need to ace your tests-they have the highest grades because of studying and doing practice problems. this could only apply to me and students from my school, but my math teachers integrate questions that combine separate concepts a lot, so id recommend just reviewing old math concepts you may or may not have forgotten. Khan academy is great for review in my opinion! - for science classes, participation matters to an extent. this ALSO could just be me, but it’s rare that you can even confidently participate in advanced science classes solely because of how confusing they are when you first learn a concept. i navigate through these subjects by reviewing with the teacher outside of class for a better grasp of the subject, as well as with khan academy’s AP course subjects. honestly if you find yourself having difficulty in any subject, i can’t tell you how much id recommend khan academy to help you, genuinely such a life saver lmfao its saving me through AP bio because i don’t have the best teacher rn 💀💀

@splavst 5 ай бұрын

this reply is extremely late but it’s better late than never

@th3hanu622 11 ай бұрын

Hey P, I know that this doesn’t have anything to do with the topic of this video, but I was wondering how important AP/IB results are when it comes to Ivy League college applications. For example, is there a major difference between a 4 and 5?

@Gordon...Ramsay 11 ай бұрын

Short answer is no. Longer answer is that a good score (4 or 5) can be used to show that you excelled in a college level class, but a poor score (1, 2, 3) can be explained by the teacher not teaching the class well and ultimately your grade in that class matters more. You also don't have to send the lower scores and can just withhold them.

@NehaKumari-fp5ho 6 ай бұрын

Hi can you please tell me about phd microbiology programs abroad cuz everyone is just talking about bachelors and master's. Even none of the consultancies offers phd admissions.😯😢I'm literally soo frustrated😡😡😡