Ivy Dreams 3/10 Asian Americans - First Day of High School

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

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@shiverer_6032 7 жыл бұрын

If you have Sophie's worth ethic, Diana's brains, Michelle's personality and Mike's extracurriculars you would basically get into all the ivies no prob

@terrygao7118 6 жыл бұрын

That would be like a dream.

@dchang11 6 жыл бұрын

I had a little of each back during high school. My GPA was a 3.1, SAT 1800, 29 ACT (late bloomer kid). Varsity Football and Model UN was my extracurriculars, along with some volunteer work outside of school. Even took extra AP exams to see how I fared up. I got into schools that shocked my peers, even the future valedictorian. My application had more quality over quantity, and my resume/track record distances itself from other Asian-Americans.

@hiyou969 5 жыл бұрын

Ronny F. That’s not weird he’s really smart something you’re most likely not

@hiyou969 5 жыл бұрын

Ronny F. I do get it it’s something you say to someone when they show off something that may seem weird to other people but I don’t get why you’re saying weird flex it’s not a weird flex it’s actually pretty impressive remember you can only say weird flex when it’s actually weird not when you’re jealous of someone

@octopi8152 4 жыл бұрын

@@hiyou969 btw 3.1 GPA and 29 ACT don't really indicate that hes smart.

@rentrules11 11 жыл бұрын

Mike's brothers are sweethearts. It's so nice to see siblings who care about each other.

@jessicatan1720 5 жыл бұрын

Michelle is so well rounded I'm jealous

@aranilah 9 жыл бұрын

LOL michelle is so hilariously awkward, she would be an awesome friend

@blueflamex171 10 жыл бұрын

Mike's classes are not at all challenging and he gives off that annoying "macho," egotistical vibe...

@mattf.868 5 жыл бұрын

Soy boy spotted

@VickiPzxc 9 жыл бұрын

"Some people can be ignorant...We're just like everybody else..." I can relate to that

@wannamlwithu 7 жыл бұрын

"I hope you will yell at yourself" hahahaa lol

@llevine6510 7 жыл бұрын

what does that even mean😂

@jorgenvonstrangle000 5 жыл бұрын

L Levine stubborn chinese man thats what

@RepublicanG8mer 8 жыл бұрын

Mike didn't take any AP classes senior year? Isn't a challenging senior year schedule the one thing colleges want to see, especially the ivies?

@miaoufgc 5 жыл бұрын

when you have to act as the father figure in the family it is pretty difficult to cram in AP classes

@ntent1 4 жыл бұрын

@@miaoufgc , but that still doesn't imply that the classes are hard.

@sleg4859 3 жыл бұрын

_anthony c_ they become hard if you have to be a father figure too, is what I think they meant

@jeroncollado 2 жыл бұрын

@@miaoufgc LOL I know this comment is old but I totally agree with you. I also think that if he wrote a college essay about him being the man of the house starting at a young age it would have helped his admissions by a landslide.

@miaoufgc 2 жыл бұрын

@@jeroncollado yeah man, i really wish there was an update on how Mike is doing

@serena1232 12 жыл бұрын

I really respect Mike, he has to shoulder much more than those three others girls. He's positive, hardworking and encouraging. I really see him making the most our of his opportunities, and he's so charming and friendly, it will open more doors for him in terms of networking than the other three girls' personalities, that's for sure.

@jugoolick2006 12 жыл бұрын

Awww!!! Diana and Michelle. Obviously the two who get into top colleges in the end, and they were friends all along, which means the colleges have a way of seeing who is really going to fit in at a top school. The coleges obviously didn't know that the two of them were friends!

@TheCheesyProductions 11 жыл бұрын

to be honest, Mike should've gotten into a really good school. It is very rare that asians are on the football team and lots of other ECs. It is also very big that he has to care for his family. Maybe he should've put that into his apps so that the colleges know the amount of work and pressure he has.

@gotsoul123 11 жыл бұрын

I find it ironic that sophie fears "being forgotten someday" but describes herself as "normal".....

@christianmarshall3439 11 жыл бұрын

Honestly, Mike's schedule is borderline average for most state school applicants.

@dchang11 7 жыл бұрын

Christian Marshall I don't think he even wanted to apply. Once he got the gig to do this program, the producers probably asked him to apply to Columbia. The casting was done in NYC.

@dorischen1526 7 жыл бұрын

If he thinks 2,400 students is "big", my high school has 4,160 kids and it's only made for 2,000...

@Tdhydfbbjjr 6 жыл бұрын

Doris Chen my school has 3K ppl

@uchywallenukuvali5586 6 жыл бұрын

well the average number of people in a school is around 1,000 so...

@nikolaigerard2008 4 жыл бұрын

my school has 15k students well it is a University but they added a k to 12 to it so yeah

@smartgirlathena6677 Жыл бұрын

What school did you go to? 😅

@vikrantmahajan7667 6 жыл бұрын

How did Sophie make the tennis team? She's mediocre at best

@tiffany1705 9 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Diana won the writing award. They never say, so I assume not. :/

@enami_0136 5 жыл бұрын

same

@dhruvkhurana6058 8 жыл бұрын

These people sound miserable... Ivy League Schools are not for you if you don't like learning

@knsmith8855 6 жыл бұрын

Dhruv Khurana theyre depressed because of their parents standards, they dont care if they attend university that not ivy league.

@tabletopa4548 3 жыл бұрын

Micheal doesn’t seem depressed

@pearlchat1 5 жыл бұрын

Me being Asian- Australian. I do what I do best! Hospitality management. Love my parents for not pushing me.

@watyomamagot 9 жыл бұрын

Michelle and Diana are so cute!

@qing2083 6 жыл бұрын

I would probably be great friends with Michelle and Diana... they really seem like my type. At my school, it's literally 90% white kids and like 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% African American and I basically just make friends with my own kind (I'm Asian). Basically you see all sorts of people in my school. Ranging from future Harvard students in the making to possible high school dropouts. I am doing AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, English 11, World History, and Earth Science next year as a junior... Senior year I'm aiming for Calc 2/3, AP Lit or Lang, AP Macroeconomics and AP Miroeconomics.

@saulbravo3485 5 жыл бұрын

Good shit! How are you doing now if you don’t mind asking?

@qing2083 3 жыл бұрын

@@saulbravo3485 I am now a Villanova University freshman studying computer engineering! I ED'd to Columbia but was rejected. Also got rejected by some other top schools like Northeastern, Cornell and somehow a couple schools I deemed targets/safeties rejected me too. I ended up choosing nova for its academic reputation, perfect class size, location, sense of community everyone talks about, lots of student groups to be involved in, and that there is support for underrepresented students (students of color, LGBTQ+ students, low-income students, 1st gens, etc). My friends here are actually pretty diverse considering the school I'm at and while nova has a reputation of being preppy, I've met some people who don't fit that "preppy" mold and plenty of very friendly people. I do observe a lot of people hanging out with their own race though (which is a little bit of a problem because it shows that racial issues exist at this school). I am part of the debate team, yearbook, and antiracist alliance.

@Ultraquickly 9 жыл бұрын

Michelle is my spirit animal.

@GamingBossness101 9 жыл бұрын

5:52..... milk before cereal? smh

@russianroulette1426 8 жыл бұрын

I noticed tooooo

@jorgenvonstrangle000 5 жыл бұрын

shes a sweet smart girl who cares 😂

@usharvibasu2990 5 жыл бұрын

Even I put milk before cereal

@AnonymousAnonymous-jv6my 5 жыл бұрын

That one teacher that says, "This class is going to be the hardest thing you will ever do." (Mike doesn't take any AP classes) He's trying so hard to scare them and be intimidating. It ain't working.

@jz9458 5 жыл бұрын

"i'm taking a lot of tough classes this year"

@elisong7484 5 жыл бұрын

@annaorlovtsev3167 5 жыл бұрын

if you live in new york YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET INTO HUNTER

@brycewoodford7174 4 жыл бұрын

1:13 the HIGH school is called HEMPFIELD😂

@PhanteusZ 11 жыл бұрын

I am sure you do realize that not all schools offer every AP class. School that's smaller than 1000, can have less than 5 APs. Some just have 2, atleast a school I know of. Great that you are taking all those APs. Good job.

@darcean983 4 жыл бұрын

That’s so different! Now 90% of my high school is Asian American.

@Tedsta101 11 жыл бұрын

Their stress comes from not only their schedules, but also their parents and their extra-curricular activities. But obviously you're a badass genius, so it makes sense that their class schedules seem easy to you.

@whenhen 12 жыл бұрын

Kind of. In American high schools, most students take general courses their first two years of high school (bio, physics, chem, etc). In the last two years, students are allowed to take more specialized classes because it's thought they've pretty much figured out what they'll do after high school. But often times, those specialized courses are for the kids who can't handle the regular, harder classes. At my school for example, the students taking stats were the ones who couldn't handle calculus.

@tobozu17 11 жыл бұрын

The only schedule I feel is the most challenging is Diana's look at 6:31

@PhanteusZ 11 жыл бұрын

I know kids who had 12 aps throughout her HS didn't get accepted to stanford, while another kid with 5 ap got accepted. It's rather about what makes you different than other kids, what makes you unique. Otherwise just having a 4.0 gpa and 2000+ SAT isn't unique.

@saranshverma6099 7 жыл бұрын

These kids aren't self-driven.

@terrygao7118 6 жыл бұрын

They are doing it for their parents.

@RFJersey 3 жыл бұрын

@@terrygao7118 They are study drones, nothing more.

@raver2be 12 жыл бұрын

Yup. If you think we have a lot of variety, check out the UK. Search what they can choose from for their AS and A-level classes.

@lfior 9 жыл бұрын

I am an IB student and this looks like playtime to me…can anyone else relate?

@Hawktotalwar 9 жыл бұрын

Lf what subjects you take?

@lfior 9 жыл бұрын

History Modern Greek English A (HL) Biology Math Theatre (SL)

@Hawktotalwar 9 жыл бұрын

Lf is not a heavy courseload lol, the only thing I think is time consuming is history on your list. I took HL Physics, Biology, Math and SL English, Chinese B, Geo

@lfior 9 жыл бұрын

yeah I get it whoever has a scientific oriented schedule thinks everything else is easy. But History is impossible and extremely time consuming, Modern Greek is a class no one ever gets a seven at (HL obviously) and well I think the hard part of the IB is the fact that it's the IB compared to other systems. Btw I don't find english easy either.

@giftedbrownies1543 7 жыл бұрын

We don't have IB in our school. I really wish we did

@isaackorchenko9609 6 жыл бұрын

Mike annoys the hell out of me. Why does he think Columbia is a dream school for him?! That's a lucky chance school.

@breekwhal 12 жыл бұрын

aw his little brother loves him so much.

@jugoolick2006 12 жыл бұрын

Actually, Diana and Michelle are the two who look like the Ivy type, and in the end, they're the two who made it in!

@YourAwesomeAsian 12 жыл бұрын

@bunnyhop212 Apparently, if you are done with the "required" classes, in my school as well as other Long Island schools (probably a lot around the country) you are required to only take 5 classes. You can take up to 8 if you want but it is all up to you =D

@tsunamiblind 11 жыл бұрын

Different schools classes have different difficulties. She said her school was one of the top nationally specified schools in the nation. So that means her schools classes are generally harder than other schools.

@cbnunya 11 жыл бұрын

In senior year, you don't stress over classes and grades. You stress over standardized tests and applications. Taking AP classes in senior year is only for the explicit purpose of pimping out your resume. The fact you actually stressed over senior year grades, which some colleges don't even look at, perplexes me.

@PhanteusZ 11 жыл бұрын

That's actually one of the myth's, there's a guy who owns a website "hopeless to harvard" that reveals that admission process and who they really look at. Whether you take his words or not, he says ivy league's prefer more of focused students, who are talented and passionate in one area. Most of world geniuses are like that. You can't say Albert Einstein has good leader ship, or good at sports. Ivy league's would want him.

@b44styreraug 12 жыл бұрын

Just took at look at the AP calculus sample paper. It seems to be stuff I learnt in my Diploma Plus Mathematics Modules (advance standings class) in Singapore Polytechnic. Maybe revising for a while will help me recall everything...

@RealThanatozz 11 жыл бұрын

Well, it takes knowing the available AP classes, because I didnt know about them my freshman year and then requested so many I actually got B's so be careful when stacking. Just talk to your guidance counselor. I had a friend that got straigh into highschool knowing everything and came out with 23 AP classes done and knew 5 languages, man, he was a beast. I took some online too btw. Good Luck :)

@niupinnacle 11 жыл бұрын

No, I think it's that this video is somewhat old and nowadays people are taking much more AP classes. The pressure is different from that time, and at that time I'm sure it was stressful as well, just as it is now.

@rentrules11 11 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah I took Honors Physics as a freshman. Some schools arrange their science courses differently :)

@toviyaondo 6 жыл бұрын

I go to Stuyvesant, a specialized high school in New York. It's like 75 percent asian

@raver2be 12 жыл бұрын

"I hope you will yell at yourself." HAHAHAHAHAHA I like that guy. Would hate to have him as a dad though.

@JohnnyJohn12503 10 жыл бұрын

mikes schedule was pathetic. in fact all of their schedules were lack luster. the bar has definitely been raised since this because i know people who took 6 ap classes junior and senior year and didnt get into ivy leagues. I guess ivy leagues arent looking for robots anymore they want someone who stands out and is exceptional in something

@ezlorulz 12 жыл бұрын

@CrispNightmareCrew Ikr! I mean, my Chinese friend is literally taking 8 AP classes right now (and I'm taking 7). We both have many extra curriculars and awards, etc, and I only expect a slight chance to get into Princeton (my dream school)...like what did they expect? It's super super competitive.

@VigoJoeJoe 11 жыл бұрын

Depends on the size and test scores at the end of the year. My school doesn't have too many specialized classes, because we're small and have bad test scores. Haha, but it's not too unusual.

@chelsieb.593 10 жыл бұрын

Man. I could never scream at my parents that way.

@TheUnknown495 11 жыл бұрын

thats why she got rejected, who says they're "normal" especially when applying to the ivy league. and why do something (tennis) when you end saying that you "hate" it?

@himing02 12 жыл бұрын

I think the two from Penn. are more likely to succeed. Those from NYC ( the one i lived in also ) it limits the interaction with out non-asians we tend to stick with each other. I believe they will find their own path... just it will take longer.

@raynee6668 7 жыл бұрын

Sophie's dad OML IM DEAAAD😂😂😂😭😭😭😭

@strawberryfraisier6446 6 жыл бұрын

Ayan Hashi can i just say i cried when i saw your icon? exo-l for life haha

@ChelementMe 14 жыл бұрын

Some of the audio clips are regurgitated too often.

@Syvmana 11 жыл бұрын

How did you take 16 AP's? I only took 5 thus far and I plan to take 5 more for my senior year.

@khalfani131 12 жыл бұрын

im takin 1 AP as a freshman and all honors classes but my grades arent reflecting Ivy league material. im also doing science olympiads, science explorers, christian club, mathletes and french club. im going to do winter and spring track. in middle school i got above 95 always. now im in hs taking advanced classes and im getting low 80's. should i be worried? oh and im black

@TheGuitarslinger23 11 жыл бұрын

at my school, your senior year, you are only required to have 2 classes. (math and english)

@julessee9714 7 жыл бұрын

im studying biotechnology in my polytechnic in SG, this sounds so like they are taking the easy life

@spooky_val6674 7 жыл бұрын

cool

@angrybirdsRovio-eh4nl 8 жыл бұрын

AP logic and comp? is that the same this as AP lang?

@TravisWarrner 12 жыл бұрын

I'm a little surprised at their schedules, I mean they are harder but they aren't impossibly hard by any means

@JoJo12522 14 жыл бұрын

I wonder if those classes are AP or regular. There's a BIG difference.

@rockstarz303 11 жыл бұрын

@RealThanatozz 11 жыл бұрын

I captained two teams and took them to the national level competition and also have like 10 clubs in which i was the president/vice pres. So i was set from the beginning because I knew how to plan ahead and not wish for some miracle to come out of nowhere, even though they do exist but are very unlikely to happen. sorry bout length i couldnt fit it all in one comment

@jugoolick2006 12 жыл бұрын

Diana - but being surrounded by people who are really smart actually makes it easier to get in! believe it or not.

@frevralex 12 жыл бұрын

it could depend on the school, not all schools offer so many APs. There are some schools that don't have any APs at all.

@WHHB1223 13 жыл бұрын

"I hope you will yell at yourself" ---> what a classic...

@rollsroycephantom97 11 жыл бұрын

Although I do like the GUY who actually is really responsible for that matter and also lives LIFE!! :D

@philiprubio8526 5 жыл бұрын

7:21 : *brett Kavanaugh has entered the chat*

@cheyennetsai5761 7 жыл бұрын

lol back in the day when TV was the only entertainment

@snlguru1021 13 жыл бұрын

Why are all of these people taking the SATs in their Senior year? I took mine in the beginning of my Junior year and took it twice.

@Elisabieber100 13 жыл бұрын

@Trixler34 It is hunter college high school on the upper east side in nyc

@michellekoshaba2951 9 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up if your watching in January 2015

@bensonfang1868 5 жыл бұрын

are sophie and mike at the same school?

@austinmcwilliams9192 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@MsDerangedJoker 12 жыл бұрын

wow...it must be awesome to be in a big high school O.O in my school i have 28 people in my grade, 400 people in grades 7-12, 3 sports to choose from, and only 3 ap classes that you can only take as a senior...i'm dead

@CarsonBonaparte 13 жыл бұрын

@notoriousnick123 - Someone obviously isn't going to be taking the LSAT anytime soon.

@RealThanatozz 11 жыл бұрын

i took 16 AP classes and got 5s on each except for AP Biology, this is like a joke to Universities like Yale and Harvard. I was maybe the best student in all my high school.

@Desalyn100 13 жыл бұрын

@legatoslide47 she probaly got in because she started her own club.They liked the fact she did that on her own,but with out that she probaly wouldn't of got in.

@raymondkhanano 12 жыл бұрын

@thealmostalex That's really conceited. What Ivy League school have you gotten accepted into?

@trex-mepo-climbs 12 жыл бұрын

@Samonuh I agree that he has the best personality, but I really don't think that he's the least intelligent. I think he's the least informed and prepared (at my school, we were constantly CONSTANTLY warned about deadlines, SAT requirements, etc. and he doesn't seem to have the same help as most kids do), but his grades and SAT scores are probably the result of needing to take care of his whole family and having so much responsibility.

@CarrieFan4Lyfe 11 жыл бұрын

Because you can SEE personality and spark. GOD people you don't need to know someone personally to have a perception of their personality. The assumption is a valid one based on what we've seen so far.

@Ecuaboy413 14 жыл бұрын

"Nobody will yell at you" lol

@dannyleo4791 10 жыл бұрын

Mike's schedule isn't all that challenging.

@PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD 12 жыл бұрын

@thealmostalex I know man I was thinking "I'll trade you for your tough classes"

@saigonoi9558 5 жыл бұрын

Were i live is no white all asian city for miles lil saigon,ca and i love it

@orangemyk 11 жыл бұрын

That was level 5 French???

@lestrada88 11 жыл бұрын

alright! cereal with a wonton soup spoon! i laughed when i saw this... guess, i'm as Asian as Diana! =)

@affansiddiqui4218 10 жыл бұрын

No one commented for so long

@punkkimiko 10 жыл бұрын

ikr :D

@firecold14422 12 жыл бұрын

lol at the tags

@fredobob100 11 жыл бұрын

i know kids who have 6 APs, and they never talk about stress.

@FF18Cloud 11 жыл бұрын

I wish some of them took AP CS

@CarrieFan4Lyfe 11 жыл бұрын

I am. And I'm just judging from what I see. Not being harsh. She admitted herself she doesn't really do much outside school.

@NotTechLead 11 жыл бұрын

Whats your point, I am saying that their sched isn't rigorous.

@RealThanatozz 11 жыл бұрын

look, when it comes to these schools if you don't have the grades, leadership, motivation, extracurriculars or influence in high school you are not going to be chosen. First of all that guy with 5 APs might have only taken 5 because he was on teams clubs and socially involved in school which made him well rounded rather than a guy with just 12 APs and no leadership. Then again its better to have all.

@DeeBlount20 13 жыл бұрын

Did you guys see the Harry Potter sign at 5:11??? :)

@justint9916 5 жыл бұрын

6:13 hchs isnt specialized? wut?

@aznmaplemaster 12 жыл бұрын

the dream is... NOT university or an ivy league. the dream must be something so grand that not only it dwarfs the university level stepping stone, it makes getting into one a PRE-REQUISITE and therefore, if you follow this principle, getting into an ivy league is sort of 'required' to happen. :)

@PhanteusZ 11 жыл бұрын

because taking as much as ap class possible makes you into the ivy league. 30% of ivy league students are international, there is no such thing as AP outside U.S.