me: *sees stereotypical asian activities* *chuckles* I'm in danger

The Asian part sounds about right. Our valedictorian last year had a 1590 on the SAT, but only played tennis and piano. He got rejected from nearly everywhere.

I’m not going to get too into this b/c I could write a huge paper on this issue, but I just wanted to say how ANGRY I am at the asian american part of the college system (there are definitely a lot of things wrong in regards to race and social class but specifically for asian americans)! It’s so unfair how they treat asians like robots and don’t acknowledge the hard work that they put into their high school careers. It really hurts to know this.

7:30 social competency is a good point - be social and make friends outside your clique As an Asian-American I was on the football team and track and field team and was a proud member of the Boy Scouts. In the Boy Scouts I earned a rifleshooting merit badge. Non-stereotypical activities. But I also had a bunch of stereotypical activities like orchestra, math club, chess club, JETS, etc. Back then I never thought whether these were stereotypical or non-stereotypical activities. They were just something fun to do and opportunities to make new friends! For my application essay for UChicago I actually wrote about how overcoming a video game addiction was my greatest achievement in high school. I had no idea how the university would respond to such a weird essay, but they apparently loved it! They sent an acceptance letter and offered to cover 50% of the tuition with a merit-based grant. So where am I today? I am a physician and a naval officer in the reserves after having served six years on active duty.

Why try to "spin" the way you present your activities in your application? If the colleges penalize you so much for you simply being who you are, then why in the world would you want to attend (and pay tuition to) that school? Go where you're appreciated; let the schools jump through hoops to attract you instead of the other way around. Enough is enough!

Who else googled themselves after the online shenanigans part lol

Wtf. The asian part im really angry. I joined fencing, science, and wants to play violin. But i also do photography, filming, singing, art, writing and more. Why do colleges in US works like this.

You seem to be eliminating everything what am I supposed to put on my app

“Don’t say things that are inflammatory” Me: ...... * deletes twitter *

This is gonna be the new collage board slogan: "All we want is your money"

College admissions has some hard truths & it is so refreshing getting SuperTutors honest, informed, well-intentioned insight. I appreciate that the discussion here promotes respectful dissention

I’ll be entering Columbia University this fall, wow I must thank you supertutorTV for helping me get into the university of my dreams! I hope you continue making great videos for students for years to come. Coming from a school that doesn’t notoriously produce Ivy League students, you served as my guidance counselor. Thank you!!

Me: is Asian, has done science Olympiad and math team for the entirety of high school Collegeboard: *so you have chosen death*

wtf, why should a stereotype determine what I can and cannot like.

Life is a scam...

When she talks abt the Asian activities it pisses me off We asians have to stand up against these racial comments( I’m an Asian too)

im an asian in model un, played volleyball, surfs, does research with veterans, volunteers with veterans, chemical engineering internship, bioethics club, so i’d say im half and half stereotype-wise...if i dont get in somewhere imma riot

I’m a senior in college why am I watching this

Man, how good is this channel?!! So much knowledge and filterless opinions. This is great for students and parents alike!

Watching your videos makes me so much less anxious about my college application. Thank you!!

Although, if you’re applying to a school as an Ag science/agribusiness major/pre-vet student, 4-H can show animal experience, as well as improve your case for admission. Especially if you hold a leadership position

I love these vids, because they’re straight on to the point not like many others talking for 2 hours and not even getting to the subject

This channel is so useful in compiling information in an easy-to-digest way.

Wow. This channel has given me so much insight into the college admissions process--it feels like a breath of fresh air. Thank you thank you THANK YOU!

*online shenanigans* Olivia Jade: Hold my Gucci bag

so you're telling me that taking highschool medical courses that prepare me in places like how to use the equipment, protocol, and terminology will make someone looking over my application to medical school go "nope we don't want her because she's already knowledgeable about the basics of healthcare and has already dedicated years of effort in the pursuit of a medical degree." i'm sorry i just don't buy that and i dont think i ever will ://

First Off ROTC; Is a COLLEGE PROGRAM for Free/Discounted College Tuition with the return of 4 years of Service as a Lieutenant or Ensign in the Armed Forces. JROTC is a High School Program that isn’t to make Child Soldiers, but to make Model citizens of Character. I’m a Cadet Major in my Air Force Unit And do a verity of tasks such as Recruiting, Planning and Organizing Events, And Production of Advertisements for the Unit. It’s not all about guns and marching unlike so many ignorant people say. In addition; JROTC is a rare gem of an extra-curricula activity because it’s the only High School Program that expects perfection. There is a Zero-Tolerance Policy for Misbehavior or Bad Grades. Also, This program stresses the importance of service before self and excellence in all we do. That means that the purpose of our unit is to help mentor and develop other students and build a culture of selflessness in the middle of a High School/Teenage culture of selfishness and narcissism. It also raises the need for meticulous and focused cadets who not only are well dressed and walk, talk, behave, and have etiquette which most High School students don’t we have a lot of clubs ranging from Athletics to Military Performance to Academics. It’s not a Boy’s Club either because woman make up on average 15-33% of the Cadet Corps per year. Colleges have nothing to lose from having a Marine, Soldier, Sailor, or Airman JROTC Cadet among their student bodies because they have the maturity, the responsibility, the demeanor, and the discipline that is a rarity among the typical matriculating students.

i'm like a half-stereotypical asian, i'm in orchestra but i'm rly into arts so i'm also in composition, ballet, and all sorts of other artsy stuff

Life is too short for this stuff.

This is an amazing video for seniors, I am surprised.

will having a bf help an asian's social competence lol

Way to take on a sticky subject! You did it even-handedly and objectively.

I’m already at University. Why am I watching this.

Y'all know that I'm deleting my social media when applying for college

The issue with the stereotypical Asian activities apply to me. I'm on a math team, in the symphony orchestra, and want to pursue the STEM field. However, I was adopted and raised by first gen white parents who got their GEDs and an Associative degree, but faired off well. How do I avoid being marginalized? This is why I believe colleges are innately racist, stereotypical and preach diversity when they obviously are clouded by biased and greed. I decided to dedicate my essay about my adoption and how I can contribute to hopefully defeat the biases that colleges have ignorantly developed.

very informative

I got my BSc. degree at a university that has a history as an agricultural college and still have a strong agriculture science and practical agricultural studies program. I would hope that having a leadership role in a "Young Farmers" club does not hurt those admissions, in the same way, that physics clubs/math Olympics teams ought to help students applying to science programs.

Can you please make a video about what happened with the June SAT?

JROTC DOES look good on college applications. If you can relate the things you're involved in to your future goals, then colleges tend to like that. I'm 2nd in command with my battalion, and I was on a leadership position prior. Tulane loved this!!

I've been in JROTC since freshman year and I am currently the Commanding Officer in the program. I'm in the program because I love how close nit and family like the program is not because I want to go into the military. Most of the people who are in this program don't plan on going into the military, so I don't know why it would hurt us.

Opinions on clubs such as DECA, FBLA (future business leaders of america), and MIT LaunchX? I wouldnt consider those to be "career" prep, but more life prep (presentation skills, public speaking, collaboration, etc)

PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ON THE JUNE SAT CURVE, I GOT 7 TOTAL QUESTIONS WRONG AND DIDNT EVEN HIT 1500 LOL

Make a video about your opinion on the curve for the June SAT please

When you have to be perfect to get into the college that you want.

I'm in speech and debate and very involved. I'm looking to go to state and was very close to nationals this year. I want to be a four year letterman in this, but I'm worried that I'm not involved in more things. I don't do too much volunteering outside of honor society. My classmates are in lots of clubs and in leadership positions, do lots of volunteering and are academically high achieving. Should I be looking towards more to get involved in, or stick to committing myself to speech and debate and academics

Make a video on the new 2018 SAT/ACT concordance!

It hurts even more for asian American students because most of us have parents that immigrated to the U.S. for us to have a better life and raised us to be the hardest working people in the college admissions pool

Hey Brooke awesome video you made! I am asian American but I am very passionate at art and I got paid of being a teaching assistant at an art camp this summer. Also, my school district asked me to paint murals for an elementary which I will also get paid. I have my own business and sell artworks online too. Will writing about these activities hurt my chance of getting into ivy league schools? The reason I want to put this on there is to show how I can extend my passion to teach kids etc.

I have a question: is being extremely artsy (drawing and writing wise) considered 'stereotypically Asian'? We have a fair amount of artsy Asians at my school, so I'm worried about blending in too much. Other questions: if I'm writing a novella, should I include that in my college application (it should be finished by senior year)? What about a webcomic? Or a KZfaq channel (it's this one, so it's really small as of now)? All of these activities are ones that I initialized without parental input (lmao) and am extremely passionate about. Will aspiring to be an artist (a job that usually can't pay back college tuition) hurt my application?? Will it make them worry about me potentially not being interested in college? Also, if I play the flute and am not particularly passionate about it (but was not allowed to drop it), should I put it on my college application? I tried to drop it in favor of more visual arts classes, but my guidance counselor and parents made me keep it because "consistency looks good." uwu Thank you in advance for your time!! Your videos are amazing and extremely helpful, and condensed to a length I can actually sit through! ✨♥️

Well I live in Red America and Participate in 4H and FFA, there goes the ivy.

S T E R E O T Y P I C A L A S I A N - A M E R I C A N A C T I V I T I E S

How could being apart of FFA and 4-H hurt a college application when they are organizations that support leadership, responsibility and education outside of the classroom

Thank you SuperTutorTV for your help. I have a question though. Does competing in activities like Quiz Bowl related competitions or BPA hurt your chances of college admissions?

My school is doing a mentorship program where we research to learn about other prospective careers around us that are not related to our field. Like for example, I would do a mentorship at a garden store and learn more about plants and how we keep our environment grow because it has nothing to do with my technology pathway. Would that be a good idea from my college application? I want to do this during my school year to show colleges that I can be well rounded in various topics for my stem career. I am an Asian and working at a garden in some other area doesn't seem like other Asians would. So I am in confusion of what I should prospect in so that I stand out in different technology-based universities. I just want to learn about different career paths I could learn like how to weld at my school and do maybe a welding mentorship. Brooke, I would love your opinion on these ideas because I really have no clue at this point what I am doing. What should I do before my junior year starts and I am bound my such activities.

This is sad. People are being encouraged to stop doing something that they love or not try something that could really enjoy because of this.

ROTC is a college program. Free tuition if you win a competitive and you commission as an officer in the military. One of the most Honorable programs you can join. Going to college with no debt and serving your country after

Do the job-oriented activities have the same effect as classes in school like BIM or Academy of Finance? Are these classes worth taking?

6:57 so true tho😂

I find your comments rather interesting. When I was at the Wisconsin State Fair last year, I noted that nearly 80% of the FFA leadership had been accepted by Big 10 Universities WITH SCHOLARSHIPS. There are a good number of top universities that are not in the Ivy League. And I can say that increasingly medical schools are looking for students with a demonstrated RURAL background to address the great need for doctors in rural settings.

I now see why this video was recommended to me I’m on the fence on stereotypical and non stereotypical Asian.

What if I’m really into tennis (been on varsity since sophomore year) and a club like Knowledge Bowl?

I’m in JROTC I joined because I thought it would impress colleges. Cut my hair and everything. Life is tough

My internet activity: “why can’t I eat sawdust!? Like SHUT UP! And let me be!” Collage admissions: once again kinda weird but.... wow.

The third point is soooooooo true (I’m Asian and I’m doing Asian stereotypical activity such as model Un)

What if you conveyed in the essay that you did ROTC and activities like that to actually want to go to collage?

Brooke Hanson Hey Brooke, I know this an old video but I have a quick question. I was the Spokesperson/Organizer of events at my school through the Marketing club( it basically was student government). We did several things such as the first clubs’ day,Fun days,Spirit week and others events. Do I list this under one or each become individual activities? I was in the position from 10th grade when I joined the school up until I graduated in 12th grade. Also can I put down how I did several interviews on empowerment/Advocation of wheelchair accessible education in the country ? (I’m writing about growing up in New York and moving back to Zambia and having to fight to find a school to finish high school even though there’s only one school that accessible in the whole country and it’s for boys only.)

Do people actually put their social media on their activities list? Like what types of blogs or accounts would be good for that?

Oop- I did JROTC on my freshman year but couldn’t continue because I changed schools.

Do you guys read essays? If so how much does it cost? Thanks :)

so what do they want us to do then? they all require huge acheivements like the award or the prize in national levels, continental levels or sometimes even international levels. 🤷‍♂️ being an asian is so hard sometimes :(

I’m asian and I play baseball but also in a science Olympiad team/club

Can you make a video on volunteering?

I am planning to join science Olympiad my sophomore year. Would that hurt my chances to get into a good university since I am gonna be there for only three years when other people been there longer than me. During my freshman year I only did one club which was CSF,a community service club, and I am planning to do more clubs.

Hi Supertutor! I was wondering what your take is on MOOCs? Do you think online classes are worth investing time in and if they will paint you more positively on college applications?

I think it would be interesting to try the stereotypical asian activity survey, but with other races and their specific stereotypical and non-stereotypucal activities.

Okay so help me out please.. I'm currently working as a programmer in a company in USA (I live outside the US). So should I not include this in my college app?

In another video you mentioned that when writting our college application essay we should not talk about politics and other controversial concepts. But, can we use our experience in a protest, like for example a climate change protest, to make our reflection? Or could that be seen as negative?

what about something like a clinical internship through school? My school offers a program where you can intern at a hospital, and I'd really like to participate to make sure med school is what I want to do, but I don't want to hurt my chances of getting into a good college.

Hi SuperTutor. Plz consider doing some videos for black students and/or thier parents. How can they market themselves if they are middle/upper middle class & haven't dealt with financial adversity?

Hi I have a question about career oriented jobs- I'm a junior in highschool and I currently work as a file clerk at a law firm, but my job is also sort of a paid internship because I get to do things like shadow the lawyers. I also am currently planning on going to law school. Will this be viewed as "career oriented" and hurt my application??

I am Asian I do not know how to play piano and violin. But I do play guitar. And I am also a personal trainer who has a certification from the Canadian strength council. I also take gym very seriously in my life, approximately 4-5 times a week. I help organize a school hosted car show in my area, volunteer in it too. So I think I’m pretty white.

FFA helped me get into my school

I have a little dilemma in another video named "12 Summer Activities that Impress Colleges: Overachiever’s Guide to Summer Break" you said that getting a job or an internship helps and my question is, aren't they "career oriented activities" as well? if not where is the difference?

wow now i should remember not to watch this because it’s gonna make me afraid that doing rotc is bad like wtf i understand that it is carrer oriented but being careful in case u don’t get into these colleges by doing stuff like this or the farmers organization whatever shouldn’t be a bad thing and ppl should be allowed to show the accomplishments in their college apps

Hey Supertutor, and anyone else reading this, I have a lot of those stereotypical Asian activities, such as playing piano, and being in the science olympiad club, but I don't value those activities very highly. I see them as more of a natural thing, so to speak (not saying Asians who don't do those activities are unnatural, but rather, most Asians seem to do these activities, so they're not really special). The one "stereotypically Asian" activity that I do that I value is competing and teaching mathematics. I've developed an interest in math in middle school, and take a much higher level math class than most people (most Asians too). At least at my school, most Asians skip 1-2 grades in math, with the more exceptional ones skipping 3. I'm the only one who has ever skipped 4 grades in math at my school (though I could've skipped 6 if my parents let me). I'm very competitive in math olympiad, and am the only qualifier of the AIME at my school, and might win the USAMO my junior year, and go on to the IMO in senior year. On top of that, I started the first math club at my school, where I teach students interesting math concepts that are rarely gone over in school, such as combinatorics and number theory, and encourage them to compete in these math competitions. Furthermore, I started our school's first MATHCOUNTS team for middle school, and am hoping to help them win up to states. I have a strong passion for math, and have had to deal with a ton of criticism and obstacles during my time learning and preparing for these competitions. My parents are highly against me learning math since they find it unnecessary and believe it'll make me brain dead later on in life. On top of that, there's the typical Asian stereotyping, where people say I was born good at math, or the weird looks given when people see me learning about and talking about math. I don't know if my hard work and passion will be tossed aside as a "stereotypical Asian activity" when applying for colleges, especially since I'm hoping to major in mathematics, and not every Asian kid is able to win the USAMO, and most don't even qualify for AIME despite being "good at math". If you've had a personal experience similar to this, or know someone who went through something similar, please let me know! Lastly, I'm quite involved in my school, participating as a WEB/LINK leader just about every year (I wasn't accepted for junior year because of my busy schedule next year), and providing new ideas to the school board, such as adding an AP Physics course, etc. While this was put as a "non-stereotypical activity", many of the people taking these leadership roles at my school are Asian. Would this in any way degrade me taking up leadership positions? Thanks for any responses! P.S. I'm also joining the volleyball team at my school (as a junior) and am a Boy Scout, likely to become an Eagle Scout prior to regular decision deadlines.

Fudge, I’ve gotten into a lot of arguments online

I’m an asian exchanges student. I did art & I’m thinking about being on the math team next year. But if I’m going to be the team captain, will it still hurt my application because I’m going to do stereotypical things.

Hey! so I did a payed lab internship where I volunteered for a year and then they hired me - does this count as bad? I really thought it was a big advantage and was really unique, but of course I don't want to put it if it will hurt me...

I'm only in 8th grade, and already getting ready...

Well what if someone has your exact name and sucks on social media?

Can I have a link to the study/survey?

Uhh my school is predominantly Asian and extremely competitive so pretty much everyone is in at least 4 clubs and on a debate team and in a bunch of positions of leadership and doing a bunch of volunteering and internships... are those stereotypical Asian activities

What about the RAF Air Cadets in the UK?

So I want to major in Computer Science. Are you saying that creating a game/app that would be available to the public and potentially make money would be a waste of time and effort because it's "career oriented" and would end up hurting my applications?

Is there a link to the survey mentioned for the stereotypical Asian activities?

I want to become a writer or a journalist, so I intend to get a college degree that correlates with that. I'm in 4-H, but the only project I've ever participated in is Creative Writing (I got 2 Grand Champion plaques and 1 Reserve Champion ribbon). I've held the same leadership position in my club for years- Reporter. Since I don't have animals and I live in the city, does my participation in 4-H still hurt my chances?

Correlations does not mean causation. There's a lot of bias here. What matters is why you care about the activity and what you can say about its effect on you.

Off topic, but how do students chose whether to take the ACT or SAT? Does SuperTutor have videos covering that? Thx!

I love you and your content Brooke, But I could not agree with the the first point you made in this video, about career oriented activities. Being an international student from India, what i observed was that students who did heavy career oriented activities like " taking part in the computer olympaid which requires you to master skills equivalent to that of a developer" got more and more students into MIT. I would love your response towards this trend brooke. Thank you