Go Zags!

Since I am applying for college in my senior year, should I click grade 12 for my honors, or not?? I will be submitting my applications Nov 1 of my senior year.

I hope they get sued again by the same organization....they are threatening to again. But wondering how those kids from low-performing high schools then do at UC schools? are they dropping out or can they handle the academics?

Diversify only means race? How about personality, skills

Can you do a video on Duke Divinity school. D. Min program

A much needed change. If you can't ace the SAT math (with ideally an 800, or a 770+ on a bad day), you're simply gonna get crushed by CMU's CS curriculum. If you genuinely struggle with SAT math, you, quite frankly, shouldn't get admitted into SCS.

I am a Yinzer (a native western Pennsylvania). Carnegie-Mellon, like a lot of other institutions of higher education in the region, is a series of schools and/or colleges looking for a university. I have visited the CMU campus numerous times in more than 50 years. I have noticed that, while the campus is quite diverse, there seems to be no sense of community among the students

1) UC is state colleges thus they should be in favor of the residents in California. 2) If they don’t do that, the gaps between high income families and low income families would be far wider. 3) If students live in poverty and still have passion to learn and thrive yet they have to support their families, how can they have the opportunity to study there? Do they have to give up their education for their families?

1) UC is state colleges thus they should be in favor of the residents in California to an extent. 2) If they don’t do that, the gaps between high income families and low income families would become far wider. 3) If students live in poverty and still have passion to learn and thrive yet they have to support their families, how can they have the opportunity to study there? Do they have to give up their education for their families?

Engineering students shouldn't overlook Olin College of Engineering in Neeham, MA . Employers certainly don't overlook it.

Fantatistic post! It's the 2024/2025 admissions season, and we had never head of this, either. Our kid got a notice about it yesterday, and you have given a great explanation of what this is.

The new format is probably much more convenient for application readers. They can more easily find the info they're interested in, without having to dig it out of a long essay,

Not sure you ever advanced an explanation of how to answer the prompt.

Hello CollegeMeister, for the Wharton specific prompt, is it recommended to talk about a current global issue or can our essay elaborate upon maybe our family business's or the student's personal venture's current issue and how might Wharton be impactful for these?

Literally spent 10 minutes talking about basically nothing. Here's the data: 26% Asian 8% Black or African American 12% Hispanic 0% Native American/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 5% Race/Ethnicity unknown 37% White 11% International 21% Total Underrepresented Students of Color (URSOC) 46% Total Students of Color

I respectfully disagree with your position on AP Human Geography. The content covered by my son’s course was actually quite engaging and interesting as compared to the mainstream social science offering for most freshman at our local high school. It was topical, interdisciplinary, and had clear application in every day critical thinking. I particularly appreciated the way my son developed comfort with using data to deepen his understanding of concepts at the intersection of sociology, politics, and geography. I think there are better arguments to be made about this course being less valuable than the fact that it’s not a science or pure social science. As a parent and someone who has hired a lot of engineers and scientists, I’d like to see more students challenged to think about the world through a nuanced, data-driven lens if they are to perform well as citizens and in a modern workplace.

Nope. Totally overrated.

I got automatic admission on commonapp, but i don’t know if I want to go there or apply

My husband and I are both SU alums. Our son, 3.9 GPA, 1410 SAT was waitlisted by them. We were shocked. Both by their admission standards and what they charge! He's happily now attending UDelaware exploring their history and museum studies departments. Their loss!

My daughter is a freshman there and so many parents are asking how she got in. We knew about that 5th year stuff. My daughter took a creative writing which counted as a 5th. This is an amazing campus and they have all ready had so much stuff for parents and the kids got a week of orientation fun. It's a gorgeous town. Right by the beach. A ton of kids are doing dual enrollment in California schools so easier to do the 5th. Also they count it as a 5th if you skip a class or do algebra in middle school. - A 5th isn't required but helps with admissions.

Why does Stanford use SRAR

my GPA is 3.1,gre 330.Duolingo 120. can I get admit at Rice for Ms in Data science

Meister!!!!, I need that 2024-25 guide plsssss

Not surprising that a college which specializes in teaching classic literature (St. Johns) can barely best a HS Diploma.

Craig, love your videos and thank you for sharing some good insights! This one - however, seems like a storm in a teacup. It’s no big deal! My son completed this yesterday, in front of me, in about 12 minutes . 😊

Do you know any programs which is available for high school graduates .... Gap year students????

I thought I was the only one exasperated by this! So annoying.

Let me guess, the campus stretches from the river to the sea.

Is there anyway to see data about course rigor (especially number of APs) when looking at college stats?

Thank you for saying this.

A travesty indeed.

My school recognizes students with a 3.5+ GPA on the honor roll. Should I mention just that, or should I also highlight that I've maintained a GPA of 4.0+ every year?

I always wondered why UC school have a above 10% percentage of tacos in their campuses 😅now I know 😅. Thank God affirmative action has been eliminated.

Thank you so much! This helped a lot.

Thank you for the heads up!

There are three private semi prestige colleges in California besides the top three global giants (Cal Tech, USC and Stanford) and those are: 1 - Loyola Marymount University 2- Chapman University 3 - Santa Clara All those three have good pharmacy schools. I have taught in two of three universities. 😊

Hi! I finished my undergrad at UC Irvine which I believe is a B+ level comprehensive school compared to the schools that you cover in your videos but I am going to do my PhD in Emory and currently finish my master in Penn State University.

@CollegeMeister The reason, I would not consider it a wash for Princeton, is that the percentage attributed to unknown is too large a number to ignore in this equation.This number could skew the results. In the MIT admission data, there were no reported values for this unknown group.

So should i submit a 1380 if my school's average is 1150? Please someone respond (the school I'm applying to has an average of 1550)

Another video blaming black people and students. Cant make this up. Lets just make this very clear. You didnt get into the school due to Legacy (Nepotism) and Money (Wealthy).

They should be sued. It’s a scam and fraud. Social engineering must end.

I got in uf online program

Easiest ways to engineer desired class Zip code Essay Sports played Neighborhood profile Social media pages like insta which have photos High School profile in a minority area Recommendation letters with coded keywords Easiest way is family name Not hard to distinguish race from family name but not fool proof

From the data I've seen thus far admissions this year seem to have functioned like most other recent years,. Some selective schools have more or fewer Black White, Asian, Latino, etc students than before the AA ruling. As I predicted before the ruling not much has changed -- the same highly qualified elite students no matter their ethnicity are getting into these schools. As for diversity beyond "race" -- these schools have always been diverse in such a manner -- which is why there are so many conservative politicians, business people, etc

So if you are white or Asian should you not include your race in your common app? Will it hurt to include it or write an essay mentioning your ethnic heritage?

I agree with Craig on everything he said after minute 15. I also agree with what he said about diversity needing to go beyond just race and ethnicity. Where i disagree is the idea of taking a political survey to pull students of different political backgrounds. It may just be me but it seems most 16 and 17 years olds do not have political leaning. Even if they do they have yet to take a philosophy class to really solidify their thinking. In my opinion the best way to pull diversity is by selecting students from all 50 states.

It’s not like the admissions committees were replaced when the law changed. If you see what happens in any industry when the law changes the business wants to continue as usual just within the means if the law they just find loopholes

So if a white kid attends a city high school that is 70% minority and has SAT scores of say 1400 when the school profile average is 1150, will Brown have a way of knowing that the kid is white and not actually a minority? Meaning does the process they are saying they will use moving forward benefit ALL kids from that school or only those from certain races and if certain races then how is that any different than just using their race outright? It would be great if it benefited all students from the same school equally but I can't tell from this video if that is true -- meaning will they still know the kids race in the end and not give the benefit to the white kid from the school in the city?

Keep shining the light on these woke admissions departments. They are determined to get around the spirit of the law and use de facto affirmative action to engineer a class that is diverse in outward appearance but nearly monolithic in world view.

Californians who have lived here, paid for the university system, suffered with the highest cost of living and highest tax rates in the USA should clearly get a preference. Accordingly, please stop suggesting such policies are overtly malignant. Just leave.