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@suggarcoookies 2 сағат бұрын
Hii, I have been watching videos like these for the past couple of weeks and I really love how honest you are! I’m currently in 11th grade and I’m doing my international gcse’s however I’ll be moving to New York in June and I’m really stressed out about getting into a good school (doing my SAT test and extracurriculars etc) I really need recommendations for a nice high school and how I should begin my senior year, I would be more than grateful if you could help me!! 💕
@user-gf5yc9kd1v 4 сағат бұрын
Hi, I am currently a junior and have a question. I took AP Calculus BC when I was a sophomore and AP Physics 1 as a junior. I received decent grades in both courses. I didn't take the AP exams this year, which means I have AP course credit but not exam credit. If I am interested in applying to top universities, do you think I should take the exams as a senior? Or do you think it is too late to take the exams as a senior?
@user-ir6sg3vt5v 14 сағат бұрын
I'm touched by Jina's passionate explanation. It was very helpful!
@user-ir6sg3vt5v 15 сағат бұрын
I'm glad to see Gina and her parents like it. I've seen it many times Congratulations!
@hello-zh3jr 22 сағат бұрын
Finally someone who didn’t take calc bc in freshman/sophomore year acting like it’s completely normal 😭
@user-wt7rz9rj3q Күн бұрын
you adding in extra tips u remembered at the end really made this feel more genuine and it's soo sweet that ur trying to help other students out ㅠㅠ thank u n good luck!!
@lelenaphilipos Күн бұрын
I also wanna say that you really motivated me. I hope you make more videos related to college stuff.
@lelenaphilipos Күн бұрын
I had a question about your volunteer awards, Is it like only for newyok residents? or how did you apply for it? sry I am just a little confused about that and wanna know more.
@mmlk232 Күн бұрын
please share your essaysss!!
@CollegeChingu Күн бұрын
If you are interested in looking at successful common app essays for Harvard and MIT etc I go over a bunch on my channel!
@ztwl333 Күн бұрын
omg thank you so much!! this was SOOO helpful!!!!
@sruthisenthil5718 Күн бұрын
Hey, a big congratulations from my side!!! Just curious, what major are you planning to choose?
@nouraalmandil6206 2 күн бұрын
Could you please please share your essays!!
@lucyliu9048 2 күн бұрын
Can you share which month of your three times SAT exams? In Junior?
@itsjinakohalas 2 күн бұрын
hi, i dont rlly remember exactly the months I took my SATS I think i took two of them during my sophomore year and then my third one in March my junior year
@shojitheemoji 3 күн бұрын
Wow congrats. What major did you apply too? Not to put you down but I feel like this would be impossible for a lot of majors.
@itsjinakohalas 2 күн бұрын
I applied as a chemical-biological engineering major for mit and a biomedical engineering major for harvard
@biomedcraze 3 күн бұрын
I just subscribed!
@itsjinakohalas 2 күн бұрын
thank you !
@AMSHAALSHAMMARI 5 күн бұрын
I would really like to ask, does my family background matter? If my parents did not have the opportunity to learn or work, and I want to enter a top university, and my government is the one who will pay for the university, does it still matter?
@itsjinakohalas 4 күн бұрын
no, i don't think that it matters
@AMSHAALSHAMMARI 4 күн бұрын
@@itsjinakohalas I thought it would be important because they ask about it in Common Up. I would like to ask another question: If the GPA is 91.75 and the SAT is 1580, can I still enter an elite university and what are the extracurricular activities that interest these universities because I am neither an athlete nor a researcher?
@mishkadatta8574 5 күн бұрын
hi! I'm not sure if you mentioned this, but could you please tell me which John Hopkins summer program you applied to? Was it online or in person? Thank you so much, and congratulations!
@itsjinakohalas 4 күн бұрын
this was during covid so it was online. it was a Johns Hopkins PreCollege summer program called the Medical School Intensive
@mishkadatta8574 Күн бұрын
@@itsjinakohalas ohhh i see. I'll look into it. thank you!
@aryakrishnan2599 5 күн бұрын
Did you take community college courses?
@itsjinakohalas 4 күн бұрын
no, i didn't take any
@user-gm9nh6fv2y 5 күн бұрын
Hello, l am in the 8th grade.We have 11 classes. There are no problems with GPA.I need to take the IELTS exam now and get an 8 or higher score.l'm already speaking without an emphasis on English, but I can't just answer more complex questions right away, l'm still not fluent. And since the pronunciation of the speech is like yours, I am now at the Pre-Inter level. In addition, if I pass IELTS for 8, then I will know 4 languages.Of course, I don't have a certificate for the other 3.But I know them completely.Things are going very well with mathematics. After IELTS, I will study for the SAT. And also, this month I will already go to drawing courses with a good teacher, but l've drawn before, but it wasn't that professional. So give me some advice, pls..What can I do more to increase the chances?! feel hopeless and that I won't have time to do everything.
@user-pt1ec3un9x 5 күн бұрын
Soo nice
@itsjinakohalas 4 күн бұрын
thank you !
@exposedidv6933 5 күн бұрын
About to be in my senior year with 0 EC. 😃
@CollegeChingu Күн бұрын
That is totally fine!! Start your own, or do something outside of school. Colleges go through admissions profiles school by school so if you have an extracurricular that is outside your school (like Jina did with her reading buddy program) that makes you look really impressive.
@exposedidv6933 Күн бұрын
@CollegeChingu I plan to start a Roots and Shoots chapter at my school, and Ive already applied to join my schools STUCO and Ambassador program so idk.
@CollegeChingu Күн бұрын
@@exposedidv6933 I think that sounds good! Just try to choose one to devote slightly more time to so you have one activity with like a large time commitment: colleges really like that
@justsomeguy2864 5 күн бұрын
i got into bronx science last march with a 582 and I'm wondering how hard the competition is between peers and how it feels to have a multitude of kids apply to the same top tier universities that most are very much qualified for? Were you surprised that any of your friends got rejected??
@itsjinakohalas 4 күн бұрын
congrats getting into bxsci ! good question, i think that most people work very hard at stuy and other good high schools, but it wasn't that toxic because everyone just works towards their own goals. yea, i was very surprised that some of my friends got rejected, but college decisions are so unpredictable. it felt competitive at times because a lot of people are trying to go to the same top unis but also a lot of people get in from stuy so it wasn't that bad
@justsomeguy2864 4 күн бұрын
@@itsjinakohalas Ok tysm!! And congrats on ur acceptances aswell u ate
@nxtchickx1856 6 күн бұрын
Funny that Stuy is not far from where I live (jersey boy here). Regardless, very impressive stats and super impressive you got a 5 on AP chem SOPHMORE year. That is wild. Did you do ED/EA for any ivies?
@itsjinakohalas 4 күн бұрын
I applied ED to Columbia but didn't apply early to any other ivies
@edmundlee4087 6 күн бұрын
You rightly mentioned that background is very important in the process, but then you neglected to mention the most important aspect of your profile which is FGLI. That completely reframes your stats, ECs, etc. FGLI was the most important institutional priority for every top school this year after the Supreme Court decision last year. Congrats.
@aryakrishnan2599 6 күн бұрын
Did you do dual enrollment? If so how many de classes did you take?
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
i didn't do dual enrollment
@aryakrishnan2599 6 күн бұрын
@@itsjinakohalas thank you! I was a little worried as my private school doesn’t offer/allow dual enrollment so I couldn’t take any, and I was worried that would hurt my chances of getting into top schools because my school didn’t offer it! But this made me feel more at ease! Thank you! And congrats on your achievements!
@alxmat 6 күн бұрын
this video was so helpful! just random questions: 1. what major did you go for? 2. what software did you use to edit the video? 3. how did you make your thumbnail? thanks so much!
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
1. i applied as either bioengineering, biomedical engineering or chemical engineering. I applied to mit as a chem-bio engineering major but I applied to harvard as a biomedical engineering major. 2) I use final cut pro to edit my videos 3) I used photoshop to make my thumbnail hope this helps !
@alxmat 6 күн бұрын
@@itsjinakohalas v helpful, tysm!
@setubane8387 6 күн бұрын
This process just seems like a complete gamble. For someone getting into MIT how on earth do you get waitlisted at Northeastern and Boston.
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
hahah you never rlly know with college decisions
@mbici6969 6 күн бұрын
Yesss I asked for this months ago! Thank you!
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
sorry it took so long :(
@mbici6969 Күн бұрын
@itsjinakohalas no problem. If we're both alive on Ivy Day 2026, I'll let you know if I got in!
@dd-xk3qk 6 күн бұрын
you seem like such a humble person, and you are also not an insane national champion or something and I bet the college loved your humbleness!
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
thank u thank u !
@tiffanykrystalcute2990 6 күн бұрын
What books you use for SAT
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
i didn't use a book for the sat, but I heard that khan academy is very good
@saigonesepapaya 6 күн бұрын
thank you so much for the video, it's nice to see that you don't need crazy awards to get in those schools (i'm international though...) so in your case i think they really valued you in a whole. You're so talented good job
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
thank you for your kind words !
@nuesita 6 күн бұрын
love the ZB1 sticker!
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
yes! i've been a fan since boys planet !
@hummahaloz 7 күн бұрын
What do you recommend for balancing ecs and schoolwork and also how did you get involved to find opportunities?
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
honestly sometimes there was barely a balance because I ended up losing sleep especially because I had to commute, but I think that good time management rlly helps. i mostly found my opportunities through my own research or through my friends/parents.
@maknyc1539 7 күн бұрын
bxsci
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
stuy >>
@maknyc1539 6 күн бұрын
@@itsjinakohalas nuh uh
@user-or0ca9epyt 7 күн бұрын
축하드려요! Major와 관련된 액티비티나 어워드 혹은 리서치가 없어도 지원해도 괜찮은지 궁금합니다.
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
네, 괜찮습니다! 저도 major와 관련된 액티비티가 많이 없었어요. 근데, major와 관련된 액티비티가 있으면 더 좋아요.
@CocoaCreme-vc7qj 7 күн бұрын
OMG congrats!
@Keeks1983 7 күн бұрын
As soon as I saw "Stuyvesant", I understood why lol You worked your butt off! Congratulations!!
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
thank u !
@kenma2994 7 күн бұрын
This was so helpful, thank you so much!
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
you're welcome <3
@ngocthientrangnguyen137 7 күн бұрын
She’s so smart and wise, she know what she needs to be special and what she should do to create impression with the admissions ❤ So much respect and admiration to her
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
thank u thank u !
@tammylin3571 7 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing!! So many helpful tips! <3
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
glad they were helpful !
@costeamara3966 7 күн бұрын
You are amazing literally 🎉 congratulations ❤
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
thank you so much !
@elegantdressed 7 күн бұрын
congrats omg!! what major did you get into these schools as?
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
i applied either as bioengineering, biomedical engineering, or chemical engineering. for mit, I applied for chemical engineering, but for harvard, I applied for biomedical engineering
@praiseakinnola5382 7 күн бұрын
what course
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
im course 10B (chem-bio engineering)
@laurafan3450 7 күн бұрын
YESSS JINA
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
YESS LAURAA
@awpkennyL 7 күн бұрын
Are you first generation or low income? Just curious!
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
i am first gen and low income
@miumoments 7 күн бұрын
should’ve known you were from Stuyvesant 😭
@vlogs_soph 7 күн бұрын
how are you so underrated?! this video is so helpful ty :)
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
glad it was helpful! thanks for watching !
@cheeseandcat703 7 күн бұрын
do you feel its possible for an indian student(international) to apply and get accepted in this unis??
@itsjinakohalas 6 күн бұрын
it depends on your application including stats and ecs, but i think that everyone has a possibility although it might be harder for international students
@jewel_gamez 8 күн бұрын
watched your college reaction video like 2 weeks ago, and somehow your stats vid got recommended! your stats honestly make me feel better because they don’t seem so big and something that I could do. (your stats are still really impressive btw) im only a freshman, but im preparing early!
@hopsmax2827 6 күн бұрын
Bc she probably went to a school that didn’t offer many APs.
@jackypeng9704 8 күн бұрын
How has your family supported your journey to get to MIT, specifically your siblings? Has he/she inspired or influenced positively? Were they your hero in some ways?
@itsjinakohalas 8 күн бұрын
my family was very supportive in my journey to get to MIT ! yes, my brother has always supported me and helped me reach my goals <3