Your video very much solidified for me that it’s not about the institution but what is right for you. For me it was between Tufts and Yale and I applied ED for fall 2022 to Tufts and got in with a full scholarship and I was so sure that I wanted to go to Tufts but after getting in I was secondguessing myself and imagining if I had gotten into Yale. Yet after watching this video I now know that every college experience is DIFFERENT and college is what you make of it. Yeah the institution matters but for one person Yale is the right fit and for another Tufts or community college is better. I guess I was just overthinking it bc of the toxic culture surrounding ivy and ivy-like schools and name recognition. So thank you for the video truly ❤️✨

hi and loved your video.I did finally manage to graduate from Yale after taking a leave of absence.The biggest problem I felt at Yale from an academic standpoint was that if I was doing poorly in a subject area,I never felt that there was anybody to encourage or to help me do better. I was always being told by professors that if I was having difficulty with the subject,then maybe the course was not for you and that it would be better to drop the course.Never the opposite...never... I can help you with this,or help you understand that better.I always felt that.I always felt that if you go to a school,especially like Yale,that you would find professors willing to help you out more...not tell you that maybe this course isn't for you. I remember when I was a sophomore starting to shop for my major.So I thought about possibly majoring in "History ,The Art and Letters" combined major. So I went to see the head of the department or the advisor for that major to take my interview to get into the program.So the first thing she asked me was...have you ever read the Bible? And I said,no,not really...and she said to me,that I wasn't ready for the program,or that I wasn't cut-out for that major.No encouragement at all...just rejection and I felt that I was just being weeded out!!!There are a few other negative things that I don't want to mention here.I didn't like my dean, and I had more friends in other residential colleges than in my own.So yeah...my expectations were high...but my feelings upon graduation left me with an icy cold feeling about this school!! I hope you have a better time of it than I did.!!! The worst thing was that when you went back home for the holidays you couldn't hang with your college friends because Yale students come from all over the country and the world,so I found holiday times to be extremely lonely.These are just some of the costs of going to my #1 top dream IVY college!! My biggest regret is not having thanked my parents,not nearly enough for the financial sacrifices they had to make to get me through one of the most expensive colleges in the nation...and I came from a very poor family!! God bless them...they have both passed away since I graduated.Good luck to you!!!

Yeahh I want to hear more of your second and third year experience at Yale :) You inspired me to be better by the way sending love from Singapore and I love your videos. Keep doing what you do :)

Thanks for your words if wisdom ❤️. more powers and You need to continue what you are doing ! Inspire more people .

Yes, we wud luv to hear your sophomore journey!

I’m so happy that ur happy; that you’ve found urself!! please continue to live for yourself !!

This was a wonderful video, I love your eloquence and editing style. I also really appreciate your transparency :)

This is easily the best college experience video I've seen. Thank you so much!

0:45 that shot was so pretty!! 7:42 too 🤩 scratch that, this whole video is so beautiful! I love your photography!!!

I wish I could like this a thousand times - it was so inspirational, thank you!!

💛💛💛 all the best to me!!!!!! Thanks for all those videos on yale becz everything there is from Harvard and standford

Thank you so much for this video! I’m applying this year to Yale as my first-choice, and I really needed this to form realistic opinions and expectations.

this video is so inspiring; your perspective on college life combined with your various experiences and ambition truly motivate me to be better, work harder, and challenge myself!

You're the best Vic❤️ Inspiration❤️🥰

So happy to have stumble upon your channel and this video is healing. I graduated five years ago and still not happy of what I'm doing everyday. I tend to look down on myself and not seeing my accomplishments. As what you have said, "seek" and I will, to find the things that will definitely define me as a person. Sending you a virtual hug from your ASEAN neighbor.

Great video, full of wisdom. Thank you for sharing

You're so articulate :')

Thank you soooo much!!! I’m from Hong Kong and I was super stressed before watching this while trying to decide whether I should apply to Yale and other US colleges or study in Hong Kong and focus on my schoolwork in my high school senior year. Because of the COVID-19 and the social movements going on this year in Hong Kong, all of my ECAs got disrupted and cancelled. I also didn’t want to force myself to join whatever there was just to put something on the application. Even though I’ve been though a lot mentally and had inner growth, I felt like I didn’t actually do anything in real life to develop my passions or to realise my ideas. I knew it’s definitely hard to present my thoughts and my inner growth to the admission officers through the essays with no actual proofs, and my chance of getting into these colleges would be really small. Together with the financial burden and the uncertainties going around right now, I really struggled to make a decision. But thank you for sharing your thoughts that it doesn’t matter that much where I’m going as long as I’m taking advantage of every opportunity inside/outside of the classroom in the future, and I can still have a great experience staying here in Hong Kong. Thank you so much!!!

Awww Victoria!! I’m so glad to have met you during that Californian summer! it’s so wonderful to see how you’ve grown and what you’ve accomplished, I hope you’re doing well ❤️ - Catalina

So inspiring!

Hi, Victoria. I understand, when I was in community College, I had no friends too. When I moved to California state university and Pepperdine university, I got a few friends and fell in love once time. It depends on the environment.

hi vic, i really enjoy your authentic content :) would love to hear your personal take as an asian student in a american-majority school: culture shock? fitting in? elitist school culture? i'm a singaporean too and i'd like to study overseas but those are some of my concerns haha

How come I just discovered your channel in 2021, I should've stopped by years and years ago😭💖

Can't wait!!!❤️ I hope you answer if gap years affect our admission process at Yale❤️

Hi! loved the video!!✨could u explain more by what you meant as to your classes being lacklustre and how would you describe the academic challenge and workload??? thank you !!

Just stumbled upon your channel and I really resonate with your advice. I like how you look at both sides of the coin, and are frank about your experience. I'd love to know which other youtube channels you follow for personal care, as mentioned in your freshman summer?

love the message in this video! also which residential college were you in? and did you ever think about transfering?

Yasssss 👑Queen

Thank you

Thank u

can you tell me please the colleges with more good and kind communities and alumni, where i can make more friends?

Hello victoria May I know if the arctic expedition part of the opportunities offered by Yale? If I happen to remind in sg for uni, how may I go about sourcing these type of opportunities beyond uni?:0 thank u!

Hi Any idea if the Eli Whitney Program is the same as and as well regarded as Yale College? Thank you!

I loved the whole video and your life lessons. But my only question is what can I do if I have repeatedly tried to start my own clubs at my school and done all the work needed, but been rejected each and every time? (About 4 or 5 times by now). My only clubs and extracurriculars are those the school already has offered and that dont even interest me... I have also tried to look into outside of school activities but they are either too expensive or I am not able to access them for other reasons like transportation, time, et cetera. I just feel really frustrated right now and not sure how to go ahead... sorry for the rant but if you have any advice i would really appreciate it

hello ! i love your videos and im also a fellow singaporean. if i were to want to apply to harvard from jc, when do i have to submit all my application essays and apply? where can i find all the information? thank you !

hi may i know if you’re on a scholarship? i want to attend an overseas college and i would love to know if you’re on a scholarship and how you got it etc. everyone’s super overachieving in my school (i’ll be going to acsi from mgs in 2022) and i’m really afraid i won’t be able to like get into these colleges, and thank you so much for your help!

If I could go back in time (pre-high school) and make different decisions, I would focus on getting into Yale. To me, Yale represents the pinnacle of what an undergraduate experience can be. I ended up earning a graduate degree from Stanford, but I woke up too late to my academic potential to attend an Ivy League university straight out of high school.

Can I ask you a question? What job do you want to have?

What program did you go to the Arctic with?!? I am in the Yale School of the Environment and I would LOVE to go!!!

Here’s a Yale lesson. Who was Yale named after? And what did this person own and trade?

Did you protest the vaccine mandate at Yale or just let them insist on experimental meds for young people who have zero risk? What sort of critical thinking skills did you and your professors demonstrate?