Top 3 DEADLY College Application Mistakes You're Probably Making (2019)
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It's time for me to share with you the TOP 3 college application mistakes that you MUST avoid for admission to Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, and any Ivy League/high ranking school!
Thanks to this advice, I got into Princeton, UPenn, Georgetown, and several other top-25 universities. Watch the whole video to find out how NOT to get into an Ivy League college (avoid these college application mistakes, for real)!
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@Majestic469 4 жыл бұрын
“Put away your phone for 7 minutes” But I’m watching this video on my phone
@faik3427 4 жыл бұрын
Lol I was thinking the same shit. And how am I suppose to watch his vid if I was using fb. Looool.
@edsradio5817 3 жыл бұрын
Please review my UT Austin essay, please I'm begging you this is the only great college I am applying to and so I cannot afford to fail. ( www.collegevine.com/essay/d65cef26 )3
@junkurera1651 2 жыл бұрын
LMFAOOO
@pending_ 2 жыл бұрын
Right
@coker3788 4 жыл бұрын
1. Research of college 2. Letters of recommendations 3.Trying to retake SAT/ACT with no need
@dantepardo5924 2 жыл бұрын
you are the best
@Murela223 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
@redblue1160 4 жыл бұрын
College applications, applying for Scholarships, keeping my grades up, writing those essays. I gotta do ALL that in my senior year. #Classof2020 where ya'll at??😭😭 Freshmens and sophomores better enjoy themselves while they can cause Junior and Senior year no joke. 😂
@Grapejellydragon 4 жыл бұрын
Senior year is dreadful
@elisabethforever1403 4 жыл бұрын
Deadass me i spent all day today writing my essays for college and Im done 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i havemt even made a dent and my sat scores dont come in until friday and i have work 4x a week i have homeowrk and stufying and 😭😭😭😭 Awful
@Grapejellydragon 4 жыл бұрын
Elisabeth Forever there's literally no college that has culinary arts in my state
@alldayjkfishing115 4 жыл бұрын
Right here. It sucks. Lol
@user-yr3uj6go8i 4 жыл бұрын
Me. I absolutely fucking hate this garbage process.
@SriAbbineni 4 жыл бұрын
Shawn Mendez giving me college advice? Oh boy.
@bemnetanley982 4 жыл бұрын
Ooo which collage is it
@SB-qn4st 3 жыл бұрын
Hahhaha
@nayanbhiwapurkar5635 Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@Rachel-ln5nb 5 жыл бұрын
Going to be binge watching your videos all summer 😂 #Classof2020
@CollegeAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын
That's what I like to hear!
@kal-muzel875 4 жыл бұрын
Found this but late but I'm watching similar ones as well 😂
@elisabethforever1403 4 жыл бұрын
Rachel when you waited until last minute because senioritis be hittin u
@Majestic469 4 жыл бұрын
Greg Smith I’ve literally watch all your videos now. Plus all of SuperTutor TV. I gotta say thank you so much! I’ve learned a lot. You’re actually a legend!
@rcoverc 4 жыл бұрын
where are you going to college rachel?
@TheSunnySimi 4 жыл бұрын
At our school there’s this almost ceremonious culture around letters of rec. Some teachers have specific instructions (ex. one AP lang teacher asks you to email her to set up an appointment to ask for a rec letter, and come prepared with a printed out resume and a list of colleges) but for the most part, you MUST ask them in person. Must must must. Otherwise it’s tacky and you look disinterested. Also, it’s customary to get them a *handwritten* thank you note with maybe a little gift, like Starbucks gift card, or something more personalized. It would probably look good to do this at other schools as well!
@maddiewang3347 4 жыл бұрын
Ask in person? Lol that’s kind of hard rn
@judyngBRUH 4 жыл бұрын
Maddie Wang it’s more than kinda :(
@edsradio5817 3 жыл бұрын
Please review my UT Austin essay, please I'm begging you this is the only great college I am applying to and so I cannot afford to fail. ( www.collegevine.com/essay/d65cef26 )3
@snigdharoy9001 5 жыл бұрын
You could also talk about what the best things you could do for your application during the summer. Possibly discuss jobs/internships/fellowships/scholarships in another video. Just some thoughts 😊
@CollegeAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful ideas! Thank you thank you
@delilahchase3899 4 жыл бұрын
Greg: as long as you’re above the threshold, don’t retake the sat/act *sat threshold about 1520 Me: clutches my 1510 in horror
@harshithadasari6301 4 жыл бұрын
Delilah Chase lmao
@CutesxAnimals 4 жыл бұрын
shit u have to retake it
@winwinnie4905 3 жыл бұрын
SAME BAHAHA
@snigdharoy9001 5 жыл бұрын
You’ve hit us with an amazing video once again, Greg! Maybe you could talk about when students are in college, how they can stand out out in the job market and such. You could also talk about your life in Princeton and how it’s different from high school. What about networking and why that’s important (or not) in high school?
@CollegeAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын
Love these suggestions!! You're amazing, Snigdha
@snigdharoy9001 5 жыл бұрын
Greg Smith you’re amazing for making these videos, thanks for your hard work :)
@CollegeAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын
@@snigdharoy9001 Youre welcome!
@pratyush2108 5 жыл бұрын
Yep Absolutely! As long as people do things they enjoy and continue to work hard hopefully everything will work out:) 😊
@CollegeAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly :)
@marthieb9117 4 жыл бұрын
I feel like the way my school does letters of recommendation is really successful, but I go to a small school and I feel like this wouldn’t work well for a class of more than 100 or so students. In January, we fill out a form with our intended major and our top 6 teachers we would want to be our recommenders. On a teacher planning day over the summer, our teachers collaborate and find the best 2 recommenders for each person. We find out when we get back to school, and can switch if you realize there’s a certain subject you need a recommendation from. Then we send a résumé to the teachers we matched with and get our letters of recommendation! It’s a pretty complicated process but I feel like it’s still more streamlined than the way that some schools do it.
@tinytuzi8167 4 жыл бұрын
I subbed! This is the most informative collage channel I have ever come across on KZfaq.
@imen4943 4 жыл бұрын
idk why i keep rewatching your videos YOUR VOICE IS AMAZINGGGG ohh
@poofafishie6350 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine not capitalizing "i"
@nicolewang2791 5 жыл бұрын
Hey!! Love all your amazing videos!! Can you please create a video of tips for college admissions specifically for international students?? Thank you!
@sagel.hawthorne6881 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I've been trying to figure out just generally how to find a university that isn't nationally ranked.
@avocadodip5740 5 жыл бұрын
He’s back!
@obnoxiousbarney5842 5 жыл бұрын
Thank You for the information Greg, Great Video!
@CollegeAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@miscellaneous1340 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you!
@ligandroyumnam5546 5 жыл бұрын
Great video greg 😊👏
@brightspeaking2486 4 жыл бұрын
Great video, useful tips.
@raiyaanshaik2002 5 жыл бұрын
Great video Greg, thanks !!
@CollegeAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Raiyaan!
@drunkandspill7815 4 жыл бұрын
Make a video about half year transfer, like how much possible is it and every details about it and what colleges accept it and what they look for in students
@zestyammar1973 5 жыл бұрын
Super helpful!
@CollegeAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@user-jn4zr2yf1p 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Greg! Can u please talk about taking a gap year and what do you think of it?
@rogeremilemanzi406 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks a bunch. 🙏🏾
@justwonderinghowlongmyname5139 5 жыл бұрын
shit. my junior year is over and i havent really thought about recommendation letters. and what if i want to get a recommendation letter from a teacher who wasnt my teacher but whom i know really well? great video!
@vedakota5869 4 жыл бұрын
Some schools need or make it optional to have recommendations from people that aren't teachers. If you think that a rec letter from an outside source (ie, not a teacher) would help, then I would say go for it!
@jennzyh 4 жыл бұрын
i think u should get a rec from on of ur teachers. just choose a teacher who knows u well
@jennzyh 4 жыл бұрын
@Aiden Adams yikes, r u doing ea or ed?
@jennzyh 4 жыл бұрын
@Aiden Adams lol u sound like ur chilling lmao
@xiaoyizhu6289 3 жыл бұрын
my junior year was online and I have no connections with my teachers, man I wish I saw this video earlier
@viradeus4322 4 жыл бұрын
As a 9th grader going into high school, what advice do you have for me apart from the the usual like getting good grades and doing amazing extracurriculars? P.S: this video was really good!
@ashleyhuang388 4 жыл бұрын
Do extracurriculars you genuinely enjoy - don’t just do them because they look good on college. Get good SAT scores. Build a good repotoire with your teachers so they can write a good rec letter.
@viradeus4322 4 жыл бұрын
@@ashleyhuang388 Thank you!
@heyitsizzy5496 4 жыл бұрын
Vishakh Menon take your SAT or ACT early - start sophomore year. take both (if that’s something people in your region generally do) to see which one you are better at and then study and take your favorite a couple more times in your junior year so you can be done with testing by senior year :) I think honestly this is the biggest advice I ever received and no one talks about how early people should start testing. The earlier the better. If you can’t get a 1600 or a 36 that’s okay but aim to be in the averages for every college you’re applying to because after that it doesn’t matter.
@ilyaklimoshenko1401 4 жыл бұрын
I would say start studying for SAT early. Study like 1 hour a week for freshman, then 2 hours as sophomore then how ever much you need
@soni2009 3 жыл бұрын
I got promoted to 8th last month and I have the SAT and ACT past qp without any prep. I got a 1000 on SAT and 26 on ACT. What should I give in the future?
@tahiyatchy 3 жыл бұрын
0:37 I love how this completely disregards the fact the a vast chunk of viewers are probably watching this from their phone lmao
@eavannickolas4571 3 жыл бұрын
I’m taking the ACT sometime this year! Wish me luck! I’m in eighth grade, so I don’t expect that much score-wise. Also, should I put the STEM program on my application? My school has a program for students who excel in certain subjects. I am also in the Challenge or TAG program, which is more selective.
@bangtanlegends9415 3 жыл бұрын
I think you will get accepted if u submit you were in a stem club
@emilymantei2567 4 жыл бұрын
trying to figure out how to ask for a letter of recommendation when i cant meet my teacher lmao
@coffeebean4356 3 жыл бұрын
Email them. Check your school’s website for contact information and set up a call.
@an5683 3 жыл бұрын
Coffee Bean I'm pretty sure that was a joke
@irelandshortt3875 4 жыл бұрын
“there are a lot of students at your school” there’s 25 students total at my school and 5 seniors haha
@anayelycervantestorralba9775 4 жыл бұрын
Grace Shortt what school do you go to ? 🤔
@antarjyotsingh9541 4 жыл бұрын
@@anayelycervantestorralba9775 Homeschool lmaoo
@raelybrooks9739 4 жыл бұрын
There are alot of private schools like that
@giovannamoi3471 4 жыл бұрын
Hey, I am going to go to a boarding school for the next two years (last ones) for my top choice I need 3 letters of recommendation, do you think it's a good idea to have one of the house parents to write one of them, or is it better to stick to 3 teachers? Binging your videos this summer, they really help!
@cilioakenshield7126 4 жыл бұрын
Imo it's always good to have at least one letter thats not from a teacher (assuming the school allows it) because it gives a better idea of who you are in your downtime
@giovannamoi3471 4 жыл бұрын
@@cilioakenshield7126 thanks!
@omarsacademia1228 3 жыл бұрын
College board now searching for students based on Sats, however, many SAT sites now have closed their sat sites.
@macbig4070 5 жыл бұрын
you told me to put my phone away and i was watching it on my phone so what should i do, i keep trying to watch it but then you tell me to put it away
@snowflake8191 4 жыл бұрын
you made me laugh
@allyk5971 4 жыл бұрын
I was gonna comment that 😂
@dot5816 4 жыл бұрын
What happens if you haven't done anything at all?! No recommendation letters, no Applications & no essays & the deadline is December 1.. AKA TODAY
@nathanielowusu7688 3 жыл бұрын
What were you doing the whole time??
@durjoy7347 3 жыл бұрын
can i know the diffrence between computer science and software enignner?i mean i am dreaming to make good software or games.so can i do it by studying compter science?or i have to study software engineering
@michaeljones7400 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@angelayc203 3 жыл бұрын
Greg: request letters of recommendation in-person Covid: nope, not happening Me: ...
@laila1752 5 жыл бұрын
Hello Greg, Can I apply to major in engineering in top colleges while I'm an author? (+ I think my grades are good).
@CollegeAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын
Hi! You definitely can still apply :) but be sure to include a balance of schools on your list. Maybe a solid 3-4 "top colleges", 3 schools that you feel 50-75% confident you'll get into, and then 2 schools where you know you'll get in with 95%+ confidence.
@laila1752 5 жыл бұрын
Greg, thanks. (But you left me with more doubts :-?).
@andrewthomas4941 4 жыл бұрын
@@CollegeAdvisor Hello, if I have a high gpa but a low sat score can I still get accepted into a top school.
@pesports1470 3 жыл бұрын
i have two questions. I am in 9th grade. I had A's and B's in semester 1, but in semester 2 two D's and all of them A's and B's (normal classes). Am I going get accepted in UC's if I get good grades in 10th-11th grade or 10th-11th? And my 2nd question is what grade dose UC look at?
@Nobody-tj9jo 10 ай бұрын
How’s it going now?
@user-xs9dz9dd1w 4 жыл бұрын
could u make some transfer video plz plz plz
@Casgains 5 жыл бұрын
Just wondering, how much money do you normally get paid for getting sponsored?
@amagram0326 3 жыл бұрын
can you do a video about financial aid
@EpicRobloxTomboy 2 жыл бұрын
My first reaction to the title: "Deadly? The colleges will assasinate me if I do this....???"
@eboyeman8457 3 жыл бұрын
Him: close out of facebook, put your phone away. Me watching this video on my phone: 👁👄👁
@lindsayrowland4098 3 жыл бұрын
I have a 30 on act but I have 4.4 gpa and I’m 2nd in my class. should I even bother applying to Stanford, uChicago, Vandy, Tulane, Northwestern? I know it’s a stretch but I just couldn’t get my score to raise
@ja-naeharris8193 3 жыл бұрын
Certainly! You never know where you end up!
@janesmith1911 3 жыл бұрын
A lot of schools are test optional too, so you don’t necessarily have to submit those scores!
@astrogames8645 2 жыл бұрын
me, who doesn't get ACT or SAT tests in my country: *confusion noises*
@mohamedsyrup7666 Жыл бұрын
same 💀
@j0utaa 3 жыл бұрын
me, in 2020, in the middle of a pandemic, in my junior year, knowing no teacher to my recomendation letter
@artraft5142 2 жыл бұрын
The verb Filter
@onichaytor8821 4 жыл бұрын
Also do top colleges care if there are one or two Bs on your transcript :( edit: I guess I won’t get into an ivy :(
@liamgallagher6602 3 жыл бұрын
Oni Chaytor no I got into MIT with 2 Bs
@onichaytor8821 4 жыл бұрын
do I have a shot at getting into Princeton? I’m taking 2 AP classes in my current junior year, and these will be 4 in total, I’m planning on taking 3 more senior year, I’m trying to get into NHS, I have a passion for pursuing a law degree once I graduate college, but I don’t know what else to do in high school that will make my application shine. Any ideasv
@eshapotharaju7744 4 жыл бұрын
If ur extracurricular and course load reflect ur passion in law and ur stats reach the threshold, u have a high chance of getting in :)
@lesliehalladay2323 2 жыл бұрын
What HIgh School students use Facebook?
@inassefadil2022 3 жыл бұрын
hey man thx for the video , whats ur @? i got some questions i wanna ask ya hope u answer
@ellvitz1459 3 жыл бұрын
What about APs?
@Riatejwani 2 жыл бұрын
I need ur help for deadlines
@its-LuqmanVlogs 3 жыл бұрын
2:43 Elliot Choy can be one
@bruhmoment7895 3 жыл бұрын
When colleges literally murder you over your mediocre application
@gmh471 Жыл бұрын
"Prestige certainly will help in the job market." Eh, not as much as people want to think and multiple studies have shown that the numbers do not support this common assumption. Certainly, there are a small number of employers who are elitist and/or are too lazy to go beyond the same 10 schools when recruiting new employees, but pedigree is not all that important to most employers.
@Park-xk6fy 5 жыл бұрын
Wait so if I get a 34+ on the ACT and 750+ on the SAT Subject test, am I good to apply to MIT?
@lydiajude8017 5 жыл бұрын
Park Totally! Congrats on your scores!
@CollegeAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын
Yes! what Lydia said
@benjaminchen4367 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah but test scores aren't as important when all the applicants are getting 34+
@Park-xk6fy 5 жыл бұрын
@@benjaminchen4367 Ok I should have said qualified than :)
@thepinksharkgirl9734 4 жыл бұрын
Park *then
@darkexcel 3 жыл бұрын
Me worrying about universities/college Meanwhile i am 14 years old. Bruh But i also look at cs courses cuz I LOVE CODE, I AM ADDICTED TO MATH, I AM HIGH ON SCIENCE I SMOKE CODE I SNORT MATH I INJECT SCIENCE AHHHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH But for real, i love math, science and computer science
@noosurprises 4 жыл бұрын
Good thing I go to a public school where people don't really apply to top schools so 97% of students don't need LOR's anyways
@muhilan8540 5 жыл бұрын
What's your major?
@MrMiniPancakes 4 жыл бұрын
Muhilan Selvaa ligma
@universaleliteinc.6554 4 жыл бұрын
Alec G what’s ligma
@kathiamontenegro2267 3 жыл бұрын
@@universaleliteinc.6554 ligma balls
@bobbyswanson3498 3 жыл бұрын
*Him talking about how ur test scores are fine* Me with my 1160 sat and 27 act: 👁👄👁
@elisabethforever1403 4 жыл бұрын
When your mad because now u understand why people be saying start early 🙄 Fuck #classof2020
@tehniatshuja4441 5 жыл бұрын
First comment. what do i write
@CollegeAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын
Second comment and I'm still not sure...
@tehniatshuja4441 5 жыл бұрын
@@CollegeAdvisor your voice is really soothing. you should do ASMRs
@CollegeAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын
@@tehniatshuja4441 Thank you! Haven't tried it but maybe I'll give it a shot one day
@alexkim3084 5 жыл бұрын
UCLA IS THE DREAM but it prob won’t happen😂
@mango7416 5 жыл бұрын
ahaha honestly UCLA isn’t hard to get into, my dad got in when he was in high school and he mostly failed in all his subjects and stats.
@alexkim3084 5 жыл бұрын
mango my grades r not good at all I’m a smart kid but everything goes 👎 during finals
@justwonderinghowlongmyname5139 5 жыл бұрын
@@mango7416 yea but back then it was easier to get accepted into those schools - less competitive. check the acceptance rates to top schools from 15+ years ago.
@burnt.norton 4 жыл бұрын
mango that was years ago, you should see how much the acceptance rates dropped
@jennzyh 4 жыл бұрын
do u live in california? it might be easier to get in
@Ken-df7ri 5 жыл бұрын
not first 😔
@Riatejwani 2 жыл бұрын
U r damm cute ♥️♥️
@CollegeAdvisor 4 жыл бұрын
Get Very Affordable Advice From TOP Harvard, Yale, Stanford, And Other Top School Advisors On Your Application ➤ collegeadvisor.com/gregsmith
@andrewthomas4941 4 жыл бұрын
Hello, I have a high gpa but a low sat score, so will I still get accepted into a top school.
@marianna380 4 жыл бұрын
Damn i didnt know messing up ur high school transcript is DEADLY. I rlly gotta start trying more then
@calumprice6511 4 жыл бұрын
This video aged in a very interesting manner .
@edsradio5817 3 жыл бұрын
Please review my UT Austin essay, please I'm begging you this is the only great college I am applying to and so I cannot afford to fail. ( www.collegevine.com/essay/d65cef26 )3
@kevster4319 4 жыл бұрын
good video but please stop the sponsors, comes off as greedy
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