Ivy Dreams 1/10 Intro - Asians Documentary

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Ivy League Ivy Dreams Background College University admission interviews decisions 4 asian american high school students try to reach the Ivy League in this documentary

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@jujupianolover 8 жыл бұрын

I come from an Asian family, and my parents have always wanted me to get accepted into Ivy League universities. However, I was never academically inclined and was always the worst academically when compared to my childhood friends (children of my parents' friends). I just want to tell asian kids that if you're not academically inclined and you don't get good grades in school, it's not the end of the world. You have other strengths and expound on your strengths. Im very very happy to say that I've been accepted to Berklee College of Music and I intend to study music therapy! :) My passion does not lie in studying mainstream subjects. Instead, my passion is music and helping others! I'm good in my own ways :)

@koda1082 8 жыл бұрын

That is very amazing.

@davidyang5193 8 жыл бұрын

lol Hey

@giftedbrownies1543 7 жыл бұрын

That's amazing hope you get to do great things

@nicolezhang8116 6 жыл бұрын

Congrats to you! I wish you all the luck! I finally managed to please my Asian parents this year by getting into USC. They already started hounding me about graduate school though -__-.

@ballerina7342 5 жыл бұрын

Judy Nie My parents are nothing like this and I’m Asian. Not all Asian parents are like this. My parents are strict but definitely not that strict. I feel really bad for you.

@Michael326 12 жыл бұрын

I remember being pretty obsessed with getting into a prestigious university when I was in high school. Of course, I was kind of a slacker back then (in hindsight, anyway), which is why I completely transformed my habits once I entered college. Sure, my classmates laughed at me when I was going to a no-name state school, but I was laughing at them four years later when I walked into the doors of a top tier medical school with my 4.0. :) Point being, prestige does not make the student.

@amyzhang4798 10 жыл бұрын

Lol, when you get your decision through mail, you can usually guess whether or not you've gotten in just from the size of the package. Large, bulky equals congratulations! Small, regular size envelope equals "we had so many applicants this year and regret to inform you."

@raynee6668 7 жыл бұрын

Lol I'm dead😂. Did you apply to any Ivy Leagues? And how did it turn out?!

@amyzhang4798 7 жыл бұрын

***** Hiya! I was very fortunate to have gotten into Cornell University. Currently a junior! Time flies! :)

@raynee6668 7 жыл бұрын

omg thats so cool!!!!!! can you give me some advice?

@amyzhang4798 7 жыл бұрын

What year are you? Study hard for your standardized tests. They are significant to your applications, as well as your GPA. Sure ECs matter, but they rarely will make up for a subpar GPA. When you're applying for colleges, don't become too ambitious. Have several safety schools and be sure that they are schools that you would actually be okay in attending. I had a friend who scored perfectly on his ACTs but ended up his state school because he become too sure of himself and felt that admission to his top choices was certain. Remember that judging your standing by thinking "well, that girl had a lower GPA than me and a lower SAT score than me but she got in, so I'll definitely get in too" NEVER works. Especially for top-tier schools, they are unpredictable. Focus on your college admissions essays. I really believe that they can make you or break you in the admissions process, especially when there are bound to be many applicants who are similar in your caliber. Be specific! Don't write a generic essay lacking in specificity because you want to seek the easy way out and just C&P all your essays. That's all the things that come to the top of my head! Feel free to ask me anymore questions and best of luck!

@HankTheTank23 7 жыл бұрын

When you say that EC's don't make up for a subpar GPA, what defines "subpar"? I don't know if you're familiar with Naviance, but it shows you kids from your school who have applied to the school you want to look at, and according to that, my GPA is less than a point, (on the 100 scale), than the average accepted GPA. Do you think that is close enough? I also take pretty much the absolute hardest course load you can take at an already competitive high school. My SATs should be just about average. Thoughts?

@LotVlogt 7 жыл бұрын

I love these series, for some reason it inspires me to keep trying to get good grades even though I struggle with learning. Like if you have the same

@JasmineDCarter 6 жыл бұрын

me too! I watch this like once a month to inspire myself.

@ntent1 5 жыл бұрын

I don’t have struggle with learning, it does inspire though to study. My cousin basically did what Diana did, and she got accepted into UPenn

@SweetlySammie 12 жыл бұрын

to be honest, this is scarier than watching a horror film, i know the feeling, the suspense of getting accepted into university is suffocating! i'm a junior now and i am stressed out to the max, i'm working my tail off. i really wish i will get accepted to my dream university before i graduate high school. wish me luck. i have my SAT, AP English and AP US History exam next month.

@Mizicu14 11 жыл бұрын

I am a sophomore now and am already feeling the pressure! 4 AP courses at the moment. I wish everyone luck on their academic futures.

@jungyew 11 жыл бұрын

You're not alone. I also did everything on my own, including enrolling and paying for college. It made me stronger than many of my peers and now I'm pretty successful. Don't feel discouraged and never give up!

@TheVeeginator 12 жыл бұрын

2:40 - "It's okay if I don't get in", she asks nervously "Yeah of course", she says, with a hint of malice

@daciabenson4290 10 жыл бұрын

I finished high school with all As and my dad still didn't care...

@daciabenson4290 8 жыл бұрын

No just a dick head lol

@merianr1176 8 жыл бұрын

I know that too well haha

@daciabenson4290 8 жыл бұрын

yay then parents don't care about you!

@ntent1 5 жыл бұрын

No, for asian parents, they don’t care about just A’s, they care about 98, 99, and 100. Anything less than that is unacceptable to my parents.

@pineappleapplepens 12 жыл бұрын

"Don't worry about it...Y U NO GET IN"

@sanahehnazari8522 4 жыл бұрын

This is what gives me motivation!!!

@safchick 13 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I didn't find this before admissions decisions came out. I would have been even more of a wreck

@trexy29 10 жыл бұрын

My parents put a lot of hope and pressure on me and my sister to get into a good university, but we didn't do so well. They kind of gave up on my little sister, and she actually got into Penn without any pressure from my parents.

@JQ888 13 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this back when I was in sophomore year of high school. Now I got into an Ivy League. In retrospect, I think these students take it wayyyyy too seriously. You should work hard, but you shouldn't pressure yourself in a negative way. Many of my fellow classmates are fun happy but hard working students.

@JohnSmith-rm7ly 9 жыл бұрын

Have they made a new Ivy Dreams?

@h4ppyc8mp3r2 7 жыл бұрын

John Smith m

@ntent1 5 жыл бұрын

I think they might’ve, but it’s based on where these kids are now.

@Tedsta101 11 жыл бұрын

Haha, my parents are so similar. My parents told me to major in Art or Music because they just want me to grow up doing what I love. It's such a good feeling knowing that your parents are already proud of you, and that your college acceptance isn't a defining factor for them.

@carolchen2320 9 жыл бұрын

That just look so intense, but at least I know my parents would be proud of me either way. It is all about the experience

@ToryMae 11 жыл бұрын

This is crazy, because when you think about it, this was all filmed 6 years ago in 2005. The applications process is even tougher now.

@ddd8170 12 жыл бұрын

I've seen this before so i know what happens and im STILL nervous!

@AzulMontemayor 11 жыл бұрын

I am in the same exact boat! Single parent mom and I'm trying to get into Columbia:) I'm sooo stressed out, tonight is gonna be my second all-nighter for the week. 2 tests, 2 major grades and 2 quiz's'. Just wanted to let you know you're not alone and to hang in there:)

@Sylar1282 11 жыл бұрын

You can report AP scores on your application, so it can indeed be factored into the college's decision. And even if you don't report the APs, it can still be useful for college credit

@gopromountainbike901 5 жыл бұрын

👍🏻🤩😉👌 yup high school is not easy it very hard but parents is the only way can help

@emlitfan1d 11 жыл бұрын

This is why i'm not applying to these schools. Honestly, it's freaky, all the pressure. i can better use this time studying at a Community college while I'm in high school. i can still get into elite schools like University of Iowa, but without all the pressure. I dreamed of going to Harvard or princeton. But now they are on my grad school list, and only because of certain instructors.

@beastkaybyt2865 7 жыл бұрын

1:40 parents are so nice flipping hell with me endless screaming

@aznmaplemaster 12 жыл бұрын

great documentary of a very warped approach to 'higher education' in the United States.

@JohnnyJohn12503 10 жыл бұрын

wow. just from the intro i already feel like throwing up. this is going to be the scariest thing ive ever seen because that will be me in a couple years

@averykaiser9751 11 жыл бұрын

I feel so bad for them. I've been rejected to all the Ivy Leagues that I applied to: Dartmouth, Cornell, U of C, and Columbia, but now I just accept the fact that I'm not Ivy League material and Ivy League schools just aren't for me; so no hope is lost, but your decisions in life are truly limited by what you can and cannot afford.

@gatsbydarcy 13 жыл бұрын

This is basically what i am going through now. I'm just waiting for decisions from Brown and Yale. But whatever happens I know I will be happy at whichever school I end up. At least I already got accepted to Georgetown early.

@blacksnowcatxx 12 жыл бұрын

i feel so bad for her i mean i cry all the time because of the pressure to get into medical school. im not asian and im only in highschool but the pressure is too much sometimes.

@kakefyll 14 жыл бұрын

Their parents kind of reminds me of mine, at least my father...He expects so much from me, and not once in my life has he told me he is proud of me or that he loves me...

@Siagos 12 жыл бұрын

@lucirz I looked at the stats for Ivy college SAT scores. a 1320 would be less than a 0.01 percentile. So unless it was out of 1600, you have faulty information.

@LadyofLag 13 жыл бұрын

i remember watching this last year while applying to colleges and freaking out...i'm now going to be a freshman at harvard this fall :)

@socialtitan3706 4 жыл бұрын

I know this is super late lol but how was your time at Hardvard?

@Samonuh 12 жыл бұрын

@theandymandyshow NOPE! Haha. Flat-out rejected. I expected it though. I'm probably going to end up going to a local great university (Lehigh University or Lafayette College), get a 3.9-4.0, and attempt to transfer to either Penn or Harvard. Transferring is probably 10x harder than getting in directly from high school, but I'm persistent. I WILL end up going to the school I want to...eventually...

@bowler8 12 жыл бұрын

@MysticalCreatureLove Come on, colleges that take long holidays are hardly challenging are they? There aren't enough days in the year to fit the syllabus in as it is. Dartmouth 16 days for spring break....Harvard, Washu, Princeton...a week if your lucky.

@Samonuh 12 жыл бұрын

Penn ED comes out in a week...so nervous...

@dragonmustard2 12 жыл бұрын

I should be working on my summer homework.

@eljeffe3120 6 жыл бұрын

1:47 if that was my dad I'd be crying a river of joy.

@petsnuffles 11 жыл бұрын

I was in the same position last year and it is such a horrible feelings.

@TheRidersChoice 11 жыл бұрын

you can, if you take them as a junior. By the time you get senior year AP scores, your already in college. You can also report Ap credit at almost any time, so no, APs dont count at all unless you want them to. Senior year HS was a joke, my AP bio exam was the day we got back from our senior trip to disney world. I literally scribbled fuck you on my answer sheet and drew pictures of spiderman. Still got into my reach school which beats most Ivy leagues for my accounting program

@gatsbydarcy 13 жыл бұрын

@MysticalCreatureLove I did get accepted to Yale and got wailtisted at Brown. In the end, I decided on Duke for BME :)

@metinhelper1567 11 жыл бұрын

Did you managed to enter in the university you attended? :>

@AthulNairHaxinatioN 11 жыл бұрын

My thorax just imploded..

@TATARAM999 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks happycapy!

@wowshamanful 11 жыл бұрын

Gosh..My dream is to get accepted into an elite university..but sure i am not doing that only for my parents but mostly for me...i want `em to be proud of me but do sth that you really want to not because they want to...

@luxBATTLE 13 жыл бұрын

this is really sad...i got a hug when i got a 590 on my SAT ll.....and when i got into U of M i got a hug...and when i got into U Penn, i got a hug....my parents loved me when i got into UCC and when i got into an Ivy....smh at some parents

@aliovaim2736 11 жыл бұрын

An ivy university is just a university that has a football team in the Ivy League or a school that puts ALOT of money into, sports M.I.T is not ivy and its Amasing

@FrenchfryGamer 6 жыл бұрын

They might consider admitting me because of my grammar skills.

@geoffybellofiore 13 жыл бұрын

@gatsbydarcy congrats!

@MsDerangedJoker 12 жыл бұрын

@bowler8 and i accept that, unlike you who likes to make fun of others who DO have a chance to try to make yourself feel better about your own shortcomings

@rentrules11 11 жыл бұрын

Exactly, race doesn't matter. It just depends on each parent.

@FirefulXD 12 жыл бұрын

i couldn't have put it any better.

@PoliticalWeekly 10 жыл бұрын

their parents probably think that the medicine is fake.

@1niley2forever3 11 жыл бұрын

I'm Hispanic & my parents are equally strict..

@dipro001 11 жыл бұрын

how did it went? where are you now? :)

@superkrystal98 11 жыл бұрын

@henryCREATION true!

@bowler8 12 жыл бұрын

@MsDerangedJoker If you have time to get drunk and party all the time...how can you possibly get good grades??? Ivy league colleges are not as reputable as they once were

@bowler8 12 жыл бұрын

@MsDerangedJoker sorry to disappoint I am a harvard graduate...and I was not just referring to any ivy league...just Dartmouth....and believe me from what I've seen, these schools are going down.

@Wiseguyzmoney 12 жыл бұрын

@SolidusSnake117 That's not true depending on the type of job you want.

@rentrules11 11 жыл бұрын

Did it turn out okay?

@MsDerangedJoker 12 жыл бұрын

@bowler8 jeez, it may be so that the schools are going down, but they're still considered top schools in the us...and like what mysticalcreaturelove said~you've never attended dartmouth so dont judge...seriously, whats with your idea that the vacation length of a college is directly related to how hard the school is? thats total bull...its understandable that schools with hard academics will have a lot of vacations for their students to relax...

@TheGuitarslinger23 11 жыл бұрын

im not asian, but my parents are equally strict -_-

@linhduong3713 11 жыл бұрын

But it´s their parents dream!!! Everything is parents dream! They never asked me what I want to do!

@averykaiser9751 11 жыл бұрын

The only thing that Ivy Leagues are extremely good at is producing Ivy League alumni. And as much as they talk about diversity, the most single most important type of intelligence they want to see in their students is analytic.

@ambers123100 11 жыл бұрын

word

@metinhelper1567 11 жыл бұрын

Well, it seems that her ghost is still rating videos and posting coments on youtube.

@thanthanhan8931 12 жыл бұрын

It is wonderful for us to watch animation movies instead of doing under these parents' method of studying. It is like a horror film.

@geoffybellofiore 13 жыл бұрын

@awhitegmail but african american parents????

@calebllewellyn2656 5 жыл бұрын

This makes no sense she gets in in a later episode

@tartyanna 11 жыл бұрын

20% of the US population gets applied to the Ivy League, while the Asian race in US holds 5%. This means there's only 15% left for the Americans and other races in US. The fact of Asian-american people upholding 25% of the 20 percentile shows Asian people is really smart and is well educated.

@rockbandnerd3 12 жыл бұрын

Lol I'm watching this instead of studying my football plays and my AP Spanish work, haha...This is painful to watch, makes me depressed. :(

@Alhazem1 13 жыл бұрын

what about brown (south asian) people, they supposedly have serious ivy dreams/problems too.

@joericolli3434 11 жыл бұрын

wtf is wrong with our parents? When I was a kid, I needed to beg to my parents to ground me, because even I understand that what I was doing was freaking bad.

@henryCREATION 12 жыл бұрын

it is ok if i don't get in? ---ya , of course. (biggest freakin lie ever!)

@derflop 13 жыл бұрын

2:47 THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

@8ballsix27 10 жыл бұрын

setting such high standards can only lead to eventual disappointment.

@SkinnyCow. 10 жыл бұрын

pressure cooker, bet they are all on anti-anxiety medications

@collegeman1988 11 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad that I'm of inferior ancestry so I didn't have to put up with this kind of crap.

@Xforeverlove21 10 жыл бұрын

I feel yeah bro, I'm too lazy to study & end up procrastinating. Ivy leagues are just a waste of money, same job, same pay, oh wait Ivy kids have a much more bigger dept. Congrats on that

@CarlsGarage1 5 жыл бұрын

stop cutting the scene! total pain in the ass

@ZhyoxTV 11 жыл бұрын

twas a show about asian americans........

@TATARAM999 10 жыл бұрын

Well im applying for stanford next year.2350 sat 1 800 chemistry 800 maths and 800 physics. 115 in the toefl and a number of achievements.and u wont believe this that I watched all the 10 parts b4 my sat 1 nd I wimped out badly.

@Happycapy 10 жыл бұрын

You probably won't see this, but I bet you'll get in! Good luck!!

@richardzhang1996 10 жыл бұрын

Congrats on getting those amazing stats! The sad truth is that no one knows nowadays if you're going to get in or not because the calibre of students being rejected versus accepted is virtually the same. Often with stats and achievements like yours, it may be that you got rejected for no particular good reason at all. I went through my college application process this year, with similar stats to yours and I didn't get in to any of the ivies or US schools, but I got into other top 5 and top 20 universities worldwide (and thank god my dream school) and full scholarships and etc. At the end of the day, I feel like it is a very big crapshoot and that it really is unfair that two almost identical applications can yield different results. Just remember that getting rejected, waitlisted or deferred doesn't mean that you are a failure and that you are somehow 'unworthy.' Everything will work out in the long run; University is just one small portion of that.

@chelsieb.593 9 жыл бұрын

okay, it's been months anything? I hope you get in

@TheOrangeMamba 6 жыл бұрын

Tata Ram did you get in

@xridethelightningx 13 жыл бұрын

ivy league doesn't mean everything!!!!

@aarovision. 11 жыл бұрын

asian nerds are the norm now, colleges want to see well rounded students who excel at all areas.

@JamesHuangW 11 жыл бұрын

so, i understand that you're probably not an American and/or English is not your first language; I get it. But your fundamental misunderstanding of how percentages work kinda destroys your argument . . .

@Mizicu14 11 жыл бұрын

Ugh why only Asians?

@huxx8888 14 жыл бұрын

@clout90265 Watched your video, wondering why you even clicked on this one.

@Dreaklock 10 жыл бұрын

How come all are Asian?

@jadenw7560 7 жыл бұрын

Dreaklock Because that's what the documentary is about

@ntent1 5 жыл бұрын

Did you not read the beginning?

@abdurrazzak305 11 жыл бұрын

That is one of the weirdest explanation i have ever heard

@bowler8 12 жыл бұрын

whats with the ivy league thing...i know of someone who goes to dartmouth...its like a holiday camp...they're never there. Students only have to take 3 classes...hardly challenging.....washu is more challenging. Its a far more superior college. Just get over this "ivy league" thing

@bowler8 12 жыл бұрын

@MsDerangedJoker well you wouldn't get in....and your user name says it all

@Xforeverlove21 10 жыл бұрын

Sorry to break it to you but she thinks you are not capable of it

@tilly1995 10 жыл бұрын

asians obsessing about random stuff for no reason

@amyzhang4798 10 жыл бұрын

It's kind of an important topic... Ya know.. college and all

@PonhneathNguon 10 жыл бұрын

this is totally not random. asians do it for a reason. college is important.

@PonhneathNguon 10 жыл бұрын

You could say that.

@PonhneathNguon 10 жыл бұрын

*shrugs* it depends..

@SuperJaylous 9 жыл бұрын

Some are chill when it comes to school, some are not. My parents are asian and they don't pressure me on this stuff [though if I get a C they'll make a fuss about it lol...].