Not all the juniors regretting their first 2 years 💀

wish i saw this when i was a freshman

pick a career path early (more time to change your mind + even if you do change your mind some clubs/ECs may still be applicable to your future career path) *_freshman year:_* - pick 2-3 clubs that align with your goals and go to every meeting, make sure the advisor knows you etc etc - compete in competitions and win first place - figure out if sports are worth your time - shadow professionals for experience + connections + figure out if the field is right for you (best if you start young because ppl will be more likely to help you) - work on community service/volunteering - *summer:* get an internship (doesn't matter if it's unpaid, it's just for the experience + they will be more likely to write you a good rec letter if the position is unpaid) *_sophomore year:_* - get involved in club leadership positions - build ECs as much as possible - prep for standardized exams casually (do a practice test on ACT, SAT etc and choose which one you like more) - *summer:* cram for standardized exam (don't let SAT score hold you back) + secondary priority: a business, nonprofit, capstone project etc *_junior year:_* - top level club positions - keep the nonprofit/business/ECs/volunteering running - keep your grades up!! - research different schools/majors - *summer:* write all college essays *_senior year:_* - keep everything running - keep your grades up - second semester senior year: take a break!!!

as a rising junior i genuinely wish i had seen this while i was a freshman 😭 these tips are so helpful and easy to follow. but for me it’s lowkey too late💀🙏 this is the best video out there

I am a freshman in my second semester and holy crap, this just provided SO MUCH clarity. This was exactly what I needed

Bro, I found this guy my senior year after just getting accepted to me top choice ED, and I'm now realizing how many opportunities I passed up on😭 who cares it worked out, don't be like me kids

High schools just smack you with courses to pick, no explanation. At least mine did. Now this is the introduction I would've loved to hear for high school. This video just made me feel so motivated. I'll see y'all at Harvard. Touchwood.

I love this video so much, I definitely wish I saw it freshman year since I didn't really do anything first two years of high school. Now I'm busting my arse in junior year and I did build quite the resume, but it sucks that my full potential hasn't been reached because I didn't know i had potential. I certify this video!!!

As usual, great advice. Love how you’re point to point in precise detail.

imma be a freshman next yr so seeing ur videos make me feel rlly grateful. thank u so much man, and i hope youre doing awesome 🙌

I am so grateful I saw this prior to my freshman year because now I have developed a strategic 4 year plan all thanks to you!

I love the intensity of your speech. It actually kept me engaged and I learned so much. Thank you so much.

As a current HS senior, I resonate with much of what you said. Awesome video.

This is actually so so helpful, thank you for making this! Wish I saw this earlier, but it’s not too late yet.

Such an amazing video, this video actually does have the least bs about creating a good application throughout high school out of the 20 or so I've watched in my life. Keep up the great work!

I’m so glad I get to see all of this in my freshman year. Your KZfaq channel is one of my favorites 💗💗

You have to be one of the best KZfaqrs that clearly show what is needed. I'm grateful I got to see this earlier throughout high school. I love that you talked about HOSA, especially since I thought that it wasn't a huge known club when I joined, I did participate in the competitions, so I am thrilled to see you mention it. I'm still deciding whether I should go into the law or medical field so I try to take any activities I can find such as speech and debate and medical-related clubs! Thanks for your help!

Thank you so much for this video. This video gave some advice and insights I did not even realize, despite my large amount of research. I am a rising freshman, so I am kind of seeing this video that the perfect time. Unlike many other videos regarding college advice and admissions, your video is truly special. You don't come off as pretentious or arrogant. You only focus on giving high-quality advice in a short amount of time, while giving insight for every stage of the resume-building experience. Great job.

hands down the greatest college admissions video on this platform

Another banger from the p. Great job this channel helps me out so much. Btw, I would love a video on how to obtain a research position bc that's the one thing I need rn as a freshman. Again, thanks for the advice

this is so informative and comprehensive, thank you so much

Senior graduating in a month here, everything in this video is pretty much on point. I can tell you I pretty much did all of these things without following a certain “blueprint”, maybe not in the same order but generally got all of the aspects he mentioned into my applications. Don’t feel pressured to follow this step by step but just be aware this gives you a good insight into the different parts of your application and what you’ll need. One thing I can tell you is that in school I never felt super stressed to do any of this and I actually slacked off quite a bit, but I did the things I was most passionate about without really thinking too much of them and I followed what I was drawn to. At the end of the day, an admissions officer won’t likely know how much work you really put in but rather how you present yourself, your experiences and what you learned, so even if you’re not necessarily in the same situation as me, where you just feel drawn to something and do it, you can replicate that pretty easily. In school many of the people that (no offence intended) gave off the same vibe as him, being very on top of things all the time, looked down at me and tried to intimidate others with all that they were doing but I’m here to tell you that you really shouldn’t pay too much attention to that and just gain what you can from it. I got into 2 of the best schools for my major (think top 50 worldwide) and into some other good institutions. Make sure you enjoy what you’re doing and remember you are probably not alone in feeling overwhelmed.

my god ur channel is amazing, im a sophomore and i lowkey wasted my freshman yr but im gonna fr use this advice to plan out my ecs, ty

This was so helpful and reassuring-thank you!!

Pratik with another BANGER video

It’s okay to make mistakes, to change your major during your third year, and to follow your dreams. Ironically, it was doing those very things which got me into a T5.

i don't usually comment on videos but this video is just the best one i have seen in a very very long time

U r the best ever I’m a freshman in highschool rn and let’s see how much this will help me but I had no idea where to start and how and I know this video is amazing and will help me so much!

I absolutely loved this video. Subscribed! BTW, please make a video on cold calling/emailing professors and scoring internship opportunities!

im blessed to see this freshman year, thanks so much bro

Now that I’m older, I’m so thankful that I took the opportunity to do the things I was interested in, and let the chips fall where they may. I would have regretted it if I had forgone those opportunities because they didn’t quite fit a certain narrative of what might impress others.

underrated youtuber and video. You gained a new sub.

Hey man thank you so much for this video. Im in my summer of my freshmen year of highschool and have a pretty good idea in my career path, however I do feel I am a little late when seeing this video but its no biggie. Thanks!

Thanks pritik I am a freshman, and this info is golden!

grateful to see this in 7th grade! :) i wanna be an aerospace engineer so i was happy when you said aerospace engineering for example lol

im gonna be a freshman next year this has saved my brain thank u very much 🙏

U the goat Pratik! Love from wilsonville or

Hoooly crap, going into sophmore year and I’m hella stressed. I’ve decided I want to focus on embedded engineering a while ago, and have some minimal experience with it, but thats pretty much it. I really hope I can turn it around this year and get some important volunteer work + internships settled and take a bit of stress off of me 😅. Dream school is MIT, but I dont know if I’l get it. I know its a lot of work, but there is still worry I am not doing the right thing at times. I really hope I can manage through. Thank you for the video tips, this is way better than the other videos.

bro i love this man

Thank you so very much, Preaching P👏!

Design aspirant here! Just submitted my college app essay. Your videos really helped. Have my entrance in like 2 months time, will jump back in to update whether or not I got in😭😭

Bro is like Hamza, but academic. Wish I knew about you when i was a freshman. I am a senior now, and I certify whatever this man says

I’m like 2 years late but PRATIK JUST DROPPPEDDD

Parents should be watching this as well. Even highly motivated freshmen need a lot of guidance to get their foot in especially with the shadowing part.

1:25 is freaking FACTS bro. Twisted fact is that really nobody cares enough to tell you this. Imma make sure my little sons and nephews and nieces know this inshAllah

You’re like the Andrew Tate of college but you spit actual facts

Awesome advice!

Glad I am watching when I am in high school

just started grade 8th, i am so grateful i saw this now

Sending this to my cousins (incoming freshies) rn. The only issue I’ve seen anyone in the comments have with this video is the fact that they didn’t see it soon enough!

thanku so much! it was amazigly halpful

Also, remember that whenever you start is good. Obviously start as soon as you possibly can, but if you can’t start earlier for whatever reason start. Now. I’m 18 and was diagnosed with autism last year so situations like that make stuff like this a bit harder and that’s OK. We’ve got this.

needed this 10 years ago

watching this when i am just finishing up my soph year 😭

Watching this summer before my freshman year, and I’m glad I found it! edit: end of freshman year and I don’t rmr making this comment 😭 I’ve tried my best to figure out my interests this year by joining model un, writing for the newspaper and running for president of my class. I’m definitely struggling though, I don’t know my passions and my ecs are meh. I’ll update sophmore year.

thanks for reminding me to get my sh!t together. appreciate it bro🤝

Best video on KZfaq

dude. ur awesome.

Seeing this as a freshman and bouta put in that grind, w youtube channel. edit: btw did you go ISEF cause I am doing Science Research next year and hope to get there.

i love the fact that im freshman and watching this

bruh i wish i saw this my freshman year of high school. i already graduated but would’ve done so much better following or even just hearing this advice.

Really wish I saw this video literally at the start of the year. This freshman year.. I felt really underprepared (I did not join any clubs../really ECs) I do have a 4.0uw gpa and 4.375w gpa so thats good! Just gonna have to lock in sophomore year

seeing this before I even start high school. in two months I’ll be a freshman in high school 🫣

Boutta do this in 2 months 🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️

you all need to calm down and relax. Go with the flow, don't overthink it, you'll end up where you need to be. If you're stressed about your career path/ doing everything that will look good for your college application/ doing clubs you don't actually want to do but you think will make you seem better than the average applicant when you're a freshman in highschool how burnt out will you be once you get into a top/elite school? I went to an Ivy League, and let me tell you something: a lot of the kids there are exhausted from day one freshman year, let alone when they become seniors. I'm just saying, life is not that serious, relax, enjoy and be young!

bro's sarcasm is top notch

Thank god im a 9th grader, glad i saw this early 😮‍💨

just started freshman highschool, very helpful as i dreamed of going to harvard. 🙃

This video is really great, but honestly it gives me more anxiety than ever.

I’m gonna be a freshman in 2 weeks. Thank you so much

Honestly this is the only video on KZfaq that actually helped me. I am so glad that I saw this video in freshmen. I was wondering what type of clubs would be good if I wanted to do a environmental science degree?

thank you so much for this video!!!! I wish I found this video and was more into planning my own future during my freshman year. I just ended my freshman year and I'll be going into my sophomore year after this summer. Hopefully I still have time to get into my dream university

Hey Pratik I loved the video and will definitely try to follow along however there is 1 major problem. my school doesn't offer any clubs or competitions and we're not allowed to start our own either. Would you be able to suggest some alternatives for clubs or some competitions that can be entered independently/remotely?

rising junior, and im sort of 6 months behind on this blueprint, soooo I gotta CRAM this summer

I'm in the uk but I'm a freshman glad I watched this :0

watching this as a junior 😭😭 i messed up fr should have done it sooner

Could you make a video about the research you did? Like at your science fairs, I’m so lost on where to start

going into high school next year, I will do great!

Soo what about someone who missed the two years for a lot of these activities because covid and now finishing high school lol. But there's still two years before going to uni (a levels) so how I do all or most of these things with enough prep for before applying?

Saw this at the end of my freshmen year, i switched the internship and nonprofit steps tho. Started a nonprofit freshmen year so i have 4 years to really build it and i plan on doing an internship and shadowing sophomore year summer instead

This is amazing, would you say this applies to transfers and people who didn't do the 4 yr plan and wanna try again as a college freshman?

I don't even know why im watching this lmao I'm going into my sophomore year at a Canadian university. Entertaining video nonetheless

Sounds like a great plan

This was a great video it’s really helped me sort out my thoughts and plan my next few years. But I’m kind of confused on the nonprofit aspect of the video. What are some examples of nonprofits you can do?

Just ended freshman year and I didn’t get into any internships this summer, however I am enrolled into a CS AP Java course and I also have a job at the US open! Is this enough? Planning on volunteering over the course of sophomore year at a local hospital to get 60-100 hours.

Thank you so much for this video!! When school starts again, I’ll be a freshman in high school. When you mentioned getting involved in clubs relating to your choice of career path, I had a question. I plan on studying in the major of Classics in college, but there doesn’t seem to be many clubs or extracurriculars in this area, especially where I live. In this case, what kind of clubs should I join??

this is so stressful i'm going to throw up but thank you so much

@Preaching P I am currently in speech and debate as a freshman we recently had our first tournament and tbh I didn't get even close to winning. I learned a lot of things from that experience and I believe that I CAN win IF I work hard enough. I'm also in math club which is also gonna require a lot of my energy and time especially because I'm new to competition math (which is a bad position as a freshman) along with this because I want to get a CS degree I want to compete in USACO and other computing competitions. Some of my friends are doing really well in Speech and Debate and are encouraging me to keep going as its gonna be very rewarding if I do better. I'm thinking to skip a few competitions here and there and continuing the club. What would you recommend I do or should I join another club instead of speech?

Currently in 8th grade about to use this blueprint for my high school. Wish me luck 🙏🙏🙏

I wish he’d talk about interests that aren’t stem related. As someone who has interest in languages, the only thing that i can think of is studying abroad (costs money unless you get a scholarship) and tutoring people in say Spanish 😐

Ah i regret not doing my work during my freshman and sophmore year but im not gonna give upp.

100000% percent true

Does going in as undecided hurt your chances of getting admitted to a t10 college?

Its my summer between freshman and sophomore year and i already feel so behind, jesusssss

hey, could you post a video about the ecs, honours/awards and stats you got, and put on the common app?

Pratik, would you recommend getting the IB diploma instead of the AP route? I am a freshman and I have to take the AP route this year. Although it would jeopardize the blueprint, would you recommend me to switch over to IB as a sophomore?

Not gonna lie, his mullet goes HARD

So I’m a rising sophomore who is interested in multiple careers should I try multiple different ecs under those fields ?? Like I do mun cause I love politics and law stem stuff so I do engineering pre college and shadow engineers and also the arts so do musicals ect is this ok ? Thanks for the awesome tips

could you please make a video about internship ? that will be so helpful and thank you so much .

Hey I’m a sophomore and I had leadership positions locked in for this year then I moved and I am planning to run for junior year but to be honest it’s mostly based on popularity and people have those positions locked in do you have any advice?