The one from Dartmouth, "I really want to go there because it's far away." That pretty much sums it up.

I'm an asian and my parents would be so happy if I can get into an Ivy League school, but they don't pressure me like the parents in this video.

Diana is like the perfect kid from next door that most Chinese mums would love to have.

Stanford is more selective than Harvard and is the number one hardest school to get in to. Just because it's not ivy doesn't mean it's not a good school lmao that's like saying a Ferrari is low class

Sophie should've taken her SAT's junior year to make her senior year less stressful.

Wait. So Stanford, MIT, Cal Tech and John Hopskins are lower class? = Ivy League = Title School and is overrated

I bet that that Diana knew more than me when she was 7

So Stanford is low class... never knew that

Diana is very well spoken.

I couldn't imagine saying, "They love Harvard, but they're okay with Yale, I guess." Oh my gosh I feel so bad for her.

Although I don't really agree with strict chinese parenting, I cant help but feel sorry for Michelle's mother, as one of Michelle's reasons for attending Dartmouth is "its far away from home."

it's hilarious that these parents put so much pressure on their own children to go to ivy league schools, but you rarely see the parents having an ivy league education in their repertoire as well

darn... these kids seem overworked. i'm glad that my asian parents aren't this demanding of me; i would've broken down if they were hellbent on getting me into one of those schools.

thank god me and my brother are screw ups. Both my parents have no expectations anymore and don't expect the best, so when we actually do something good, they're happy.

I understand that parents want their children to got to good schools but focusing on only these few and not looking at others shows how narrow-minded they are

super duper well made, love it. I love the music at the start too

OMG diane is sooo sad. Like no personality, no happiness, just a person. That's really sad to me.

"ESCAPING IS MY MAIN GOAL" -You just summed me up!

What's wrong with Dartmouth? It's still Ivy League is it not?

From a former community college transfer, my dad try to pay me off in my decisions for colleges. He wanted me stay in Washington for Udub, or Wazu because its cheaper and closer to home.I wanted to go home and attend San Jose State.The funniest thing was trying to bribes me with a nissan skyline if I transfer to Berkeley. Yea sure pops, like you got the money to pay for that?lol I made the right choice by picking SJSU and then graduate three years later. That shyt backfire on him in the end.

I find it so funny Diana's mom kept a book with math problems she worked out as a child. Do all Asians do this or is there a small percentage. I only kept a report on Lincoln I did in 1st or 3rd grade. Along with a Flour Baby project, I did in my early high school years --> it was based off my sister pregnancy and I made my 2 y.o niece choose the name of the flour baby (Daisuke Niwa from DNAngel)

"You can't argue with a stubborn chinese man." :p

"Stubborn Chinese man" !!! lol

Columbia is also a dream school for me! Great education in new york city=the best combo for the next four years of my life!

I definitely prefer Diana and Michelle as they both put their heads down and they got to where they wanted, unlike Mike and Sophie. Mike thought that he could just get into Columbia without knowing what you grades you had to get and Sophie just moaned and moaned about revising and not being with her friends. Revising/studying gets you to where you want to be in life, you can’t just do the bare minimum and hope to get good results that you are looking for

However, his mother has no interest in how prestigious the school is. She's a single mother with 2 young boys and she needs help. I grew up in Providence and my mother wanted me to go to Brown so badly, I ended up getting in but her reasoning wasn't academics, it was location.

Technically Stanford has lower Sat scores than yale and harvard

I like how I'm watching this instead of doing my summer assignments :]

If an applicant had the personality of Mike and the academic perseverance of the three girls, he/she would be set...

holy crap! i knew that michelle chick looked familiar! i was in one of her groups on campus!

LOL, MIT and Stanford is lower class?

pride, it means alot to some people. It means alot to some people whether it be joining the military or getting into a Ivy league. Even if it doesnt really matter logically it helps some people give them self worth

You almost feel sorry for the dad saying "everything else is lower class". Looks like he got a dose of humble pie.

lol at how the asian parents have subtitles

Dammnnnn these kids are really pressurised

Having studied at two Ivy League schools, I believe the students featured here deserve recognition for their diligence and drive. But I cannot discern what makes them extraordinary. Good universities (Ivy and otherwise) want a broad range of talents, ideas, and perspectives. Nearly every one of these kids comes across as a glum study drone without an original idea in his or her head. Free your mind and you will find success (and happiness).

I like the music of the video!

The holy trinity: Harvard, Yale, and Princeton

Value value value lol. I’m a bit biased cuz I go to uva but trust me even out of state schools like uva and Stanford and Umich are solid usually cheaper options and they provide the same prestige and rigor as Ivys plus good networks for careers in finance, medicine, etc just my opinion tho

i sometimes wonder if these asian parents know the tremendous amount of opportunities at universities all around the nation.. not just at ivy league schools. i'm a high school junior and i'd love to go to Princeton (considering i live in the town next door), and with a 95 weighted gpa- which i've worked my ass off to maintain w/ hrs and ap- i think there's a possibility.. but whatever happens i know in the back of my mind there's great schools all around. if only they would accept that

"All parents..especially chinese parents want their kids to go to Harvard!" Why not let them just go to a community college, or something that will make them happy..instead of forcing them to go somewhere that won't (unless that's THE place that will fulfill your dreams).

"I've been the head of the house since I was 8 years old" like your mom isn't there... smh

@aznboi1398 What he's saying is techniqiuly true. Harvard, Yale and Princeton are often regarded as the three top schools in the country. So everything else would be lower then Harvard, Yale and Princeton :3

i don't think it's just asian parents. I'm Carribean American and there is a CONSTANT CONSTANT pressure to get into an Ivy and get a "good" degree and be successful and your grandparents and the rest of the family to be able to brag back home that their family got into Yale, Columbia, etc. It's just unfortunate that most people group us with AA and believe that we're unambitious and what-not.

i can relate to diana 100% parents..cultural revolution.. so glad i got into penn. for myself, not for them.

I LOVE IVY DREAMS!!!!!!!!

This is a mirror to me

"If she wasn't accepted I don't know what kind of person they would accept" I am sorry but this is really pretentious, there are other people who are much smarter than your daughter. HUMILITY!

Oh Diana's a first generation college attendee and her parents have a lower income rate.

@voiidd i'd take out princeton and add in stanford. just my opinion though.

Ok, I would like to say that there is a reason why some of these Asians did not make it into ivy leagues. For one, colleges does not want someone who will study in their dorm all day as some of these kids show. They want someone who is well balanced and can achieve extremely good grades. I've seen various people from my school who are geniuses and they did not make it into the ivy league college they wanted. Colleges want uniqueness. Not the stereotypical view some of these asians possess.

I feel as if getting into Harvard is a matter of pride for Asian parents........

I'm in the NJHS (National Junior Honor Society) in my school. I'm in 7th grade and I've been dreaming about Duke University and Harvard University since I was 8. I'm going into highschool in 2 years and I have high honors in my school so in 6 years I hope to get into an Ivy League School. My parents been on me to work my butt off in school and I have I just hope all that works pays off in the future :))

Sophie has a perfect life already

Funny, my parents are equally strict and I am African American. :) Anyways, this is so scary, it was filmed 6 years ago and application process is much harder now. I have 4 APs as a sophomore along with three sports, 3 musical theater productions, instruments, etc.

i'm not sure if it's funny or a bit sad but i'm an asian, didn't study this hard, played games and i got into harvard and princeton. shows you how much of a crapshoot college admissions is once you have good grades.

@linahuang94 your lucky ur parents haven't planned anything for you. Ever since i was born i had to go through programs after programs to get ahead of everyone. I took almost 1 year and half S.A.T. prep. Summer i took S.A.T boot camps which is 8am-6pm or longer.. I had no life and nowdays i begin to wonder what have i been doign all my life..... The momment ur born through school till you finish uni.. my life was like planned out for me -_-... I felt like crap..even now i feel i lost something

"Yale, Harvard, or Princeton" what about stanford?

@xhalfofyourheartx They ARE asian however...like the intro said, many asian families put an extremely high bar on education

@beastmatteo43 According to U.S. rankings it's Harvard then Princeton then Yale. Put this in the Google search bar: /best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

Seems like Mike is the only one with any real personality, also no surprise he seems to be the happiest. And I find it funny that in his case it's he himself that wants to go to an Ivy, whereas his mom just wants him to attend a public state school.

I'm Asian and I don't want to go to an Ivy League

At this moment the teens may probably think their parents are pressurising them but when they grow up and leave a good foot print in history they'll appreciate everything their parents did for them.

The boy is going to be the most successful in life.

Did she call her dad a "stubborn Chinese man" LMAO? She's a pistol lol

I wonder how they are doing now?

The girl parents said "one of my regrets is not going to one of the elite schols" really? Look how you turn out not going to an Elite school. You live in a nice suburban neighborhood, have 3 nice kids and a lovely wife? Everything else is lower class? How can you ask for anything better?

i should be studying for my SAT

just keep dreaming and working hard and it will come true! it did for me... from an immigrant middle-class family and got into Harvard

Does anyone know the piano piece she's playing at 6:50

So glad I do not have asian parents, I am Korean who grew up with white parents in Detroit.

" They are OK with Yale" WTF

"ONe oF mY bIGGeST ReGretS IS THat i DiDnT GO tO oNe oF tHe EliTE SCHOOLS." 6:27 BOI WUT? Say that again, but slowlyyyyyy....................

Im so...... ronreyyyyy

I ate the whole chemistry textbook at the age of 10 lmao

Notice none of the kids are happy except for maybey the guy >.

@shirellemone128 duke, MIT, NYU, and howard arn't ivy leagues

@MsDerangedJoker Wait but the teenagers are not Japanese...

did that dad just tell me that U Penn is lower class -______-

No love for MIT?? =(

"it's impossible to argue with a stubborn chinese man" LOL

I am a Chinese American parent and I disagree with the generalization. Another blatant stereotype by grouping everyone together. Parents love to brag about how smart their kids are. When do kids have time to be kids?

These kids have all their decisions made for them, they need to get a life and the parents need to leave them alone and stop living their life through their kids

Ivy League isn't the be all and end all. UK has good unis too!

These parents don't understand there is no reason to choose their kids rather than someone else.

Ivy League schools take tests from you?

Sigh, I wish I could drive. xD

Diana sounds defeated

Go UT longhorns

My walls were pink too But at age 6 I ripped the wallpaper off and scribbled on it. I was at a tomboy phase.

"everything is lower class"......He is lower class!

3:40 They would accept someone who is well-rounded with equal grades

omgosh I'm Asian and my parents aren't strict, but this video is painful to watch. that's why thre's this stereotype. haha i'm so scared now. i work hard beucase i enjoy learning but i'm freaking scared that colleges are gonna think i'm this stereotypical asian when i'm not :/ anddd ughhh what is it with asian parents with harvard and grades? ughhh makes me soooo frustrated and annoyed.

@shirellemone128 MIT isn't ivy league. You know what IVY is right? Its an athletic division. MIT is in DIVISION III sports(ie: they SUCK at sports). They arn't IVY. BUT they are the best engineering UNIVERSITY in the WORLD

Hempfield, and you got arrested for drugs while you were at Washington & Lee Well at least we know where the influence came from.

I do realize that this is a reality for some people, but isn't this also kind of a caricature of sorts? All Asian parents can't be this overbearing.

qouta and discrimination of asians applicants skrewed them over

Dartmouth is a joke and hardly challenging...they are never there and we have a friend who goes there and she does only 3 classes a semester and all the classes have been like AP classes...washu is so much more challenging

holy fk is this in NYC? LOL

sophie's dad has good intentions, but he needs to tone it down...there's a reason why teenagers in japan has the highest suicide rates.