COLLEGE DECISION REACTIONS 2022 (8 ivies, MIT, UCs, Stanford, NYU…)*International Student

I applied to 29 schools total (19 common app, MIT, Georgetown, 3 UC, 5 UK)
Finally, the stressful college application season ended!!! (Let me know if you want my stats)
I am an International Student from Taiwan.
This video documents my college application journey. I look rough because the timzone is in the morning, at 8am. I may appear pessimistic in the video, but it’s because I’m tooooooo nervous. (Featuring an exclusive reaction video from my friend)
🔚All my college decision results are posted at the end of the video
💗Enjoy!!! Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and comment below which college you think I should attend.
Instagram: @serenachiang_ ( pCb0AJKYrk...)
0:00 Introduction
0:27 University of St Andrews
01:04 Manchester University
01:20 Columbia University ED
02:05 University of Michigan
03:14 University of Virginia
03:38 UCL
04:37 UChicago
05:06 MIT
05:22 UCLA
05:31 UCSD
05:54 Pomona
06:24 Wellesley
07:03 UC Berkeley
07:48 CMC
08:26 Northwestern
08:58 USC
09:24 Georgetown-Walsh
10:06 NYU
10:45 Cornell
11:43 Dartmouth
12:15 UPenn
12:47 Brown
13:19 Princeton
13:49 Yale
14:15 Columbia RD
15:41 Harvard
16:18 Duke
16:49 Stanford
17:29 Surprise!!!
#collegedecisionreaction #collegeadmissions
#ivyday #internationalstudent #collegereaction #asian #dreamschool #acceptance #rejection #waitlist #2022

[@travismcgee100]

Thumbs up for making the college names and results easy to follow--and the nice list at the end. Thanks for uploading.

[@danianoman2041]

congratulations on getting into nyu and cornell! they both are great school, we def need a stats and ec video. congo again

[@jairperez8221]

Great video and congrats on all your college acceptences! - from a senior (class of '22 😎)

[@tingtingyan2885]

Congrats!!! I’m so happy for you :) I also did a college decision reaction video and I gotta say, this year was wild!

[@SerenaChiang]

congratsss!!! your results were epic!

[@caitlinanne22]

I love seeing Environmental Science majors this app season!! Congrats!

[@shreyasinha8243]

we had so many of the same decision outcomes! this college season was honestly so odd, but i wish you the best wherever you choose to go!

[@sankalpmundra9651]

Its because so many of the COVID gap year students applied this year with you guys so they blew over

[@LarissaRodrigues-vl5bx]

Columbia was my dream school either, I got rejected too! You did great and got amazing results. Congrats💗

[@eliamoroni7576]

Congrats on berkeley!! You’ll love the bay

[@mayoo3199]

Hi Serena. Congratulations on all of your acceptances. Can you make more videos to share about your school or your studying like how you study, how you manage your time, ... Btw, i admire you so much. Cornell is really an amazing university🥰

[@SerenaChiang]

awww thanks, and the suggestions are awesome (I'll include it in my stats vid)

[@phonnminnkhant8880]

Congratulations on all your admissions! As, also an international student applying to colleges this year, I felt your nervousness through the screen hahah. Anyways, best of luck to you!

[@shuyuewang7190]

Hey Serena! Huge congrats to you! 从破壳记看到你的故事后 就来油管关注啦

[@SerenaChiang]

谢谢支持！

[@user-lu9yu7wn6e]

this was so cool! i'm also from taiwan! congrats on your applications!

[@tayniaj8235]

the cornell reaction was the bestttttttttt

[@leahsohn9457]

Serena, you are lolololol!!! congrats!!! good luck!! wish all the best for you!

[@nro337]

Congratulations!!

[@Mj00527z]

Your reaction is pretty cool. 👍

[@annakim6941]

Congratulations baee!!!!!! YOU are the bestt!!

[@SerenaChiang]

Yes, my best friend from Northwestern!

[@afzalahmad9597]

Congratulations on Cornell❤️❤️....

[@awa2088]

serena baby congrats on everything 🥺💘

[@SerenaChiang]

ilysm!!!

[@seethetruth7427]

HAHA ur cornell reaction is so funny XD congrats :D

[@SerenaChiang]

omygosh, yes, I freaked out:)

[@suryamgupta2529]

Congratulations, you did it.

[@uminhtetoo]

Congratulations!

[@LuanaSilva-yu5zq]

congrats on your acceptances 🎉 can you do a stats video pls?

[@jeremiahwang9337]

Congrats! So many amazing options to choose from!

[@gabbytaichman8648]

CONGRATS!!! I'm also a history major and going to university if Michigan 26' :)

[@iTzDritte]

Congrats on the admissions that you did get

[@Red_Ryan_Red]

This feels like a real person I'm watching.

[@dishade6766]

GIRL YOU GOT INTO AN IVY AND NYU THAT'S ACTUALLY INSANEEE

[@Alicia-lv1xd]

CONGRATS! NYU class of 2026 lets goooooo!!

[@avivyochai250]

columbia was my dream school and i was also rejected after being deferred ed 😭don’t worry!! also i’m also an international student from hk

[@melhemhayek1328]

did u apply for financial aid?

[@jsk6174]

Hi Serena, I noticed you didn't block out your personal info from your video. If you ever come to the USA to study and to live, you have to be more careful about personal safety issues. This includes exposing personal info online. BTW, I've been to Yilan, Taiwan. It's a beautiful rustic city. I visited the bee/honey farm and Kavalan distillery there. Good luck with your college journey!

[@SerenaChiang]

Hi, thanks for the caution!! Will be more aware in the future😁

[@shana6937]

@@SerenaChiang you can probably go into editing mode on KZbin and put a blur over your personal info!

[@sandramiller1988]

Congratulations on getting into Cornell! As a USC alumni I’m sorry that you didn’t get into Southern California, but you wound up going to an Ivy! Wishing you the best in all your endeavors, now go make a dent in the universe! Fight on! ✌🏻

[@rababhe516]

congratulations on your acceptances you did great I just want to ask you or whoever knows did you have an interview for every college you applied to and if so was it in person or online

[@SerenaChiang]

hi, I had virtual interviews for: Harvard(selective), Penn, Columbia, Princeton, Georgetown, Northwestern, Duke

[@InComgenie]

The “what the fuck” after getting into Cornell had me laughing so hard lmao

[@SerenaChiang]

:) I was totally in SHOCK

[@rakibulislamchowdhury2048]

congratulations , can u share ur journey with the UK universities? I mean u got into freaking UCL my dream school

[@SerenaChiang]

Still waiting on LSE, but yes, I will make a stats video combining my UK and US applications!

[@ilhan691]

Congrats?? So what will it be? UCB, NYU or Cornell???

[@waiganjoalvin6457]

Hey Serena congratulations 🎊. I have a question, when applying did you pay the application fee for each application?

[@SerenaChiang]

Heyyy, yes I applied mainly through common app and the application fee on average is around $80 per school (UCs have a similar fee)

[@mehabhogilal6161]

please do a stats and ecs!!! congrats on cornell

[@chickpeevie]

When did you apply to Uni of St Andrew’s and when did you get accepted? (Just the timeline of it and how long it took to hear back from them). Congrats on your acceptances!

[@SerenaChiang]

I applied in early oct(cuz I also submitted oxford) and got the acceptance in early dec

[@melhemhayek1328]

did u do financial aid for columbia?

[@rajkanwarsingh8773]

Just wanted to ask that you applied all by yourself or went to some consulting agency ?

[@isaaclo4820]

Hi Congrats! I’m also an international student from Taiwan, and I just wanted to say that your results are very impressive and you definitely worked extremely hard! I just wanted to ask which school you go to in Taiwan, is it an international school?

[@SerenaChiang]

Hi! I'm Taiwanese but I'm studying in Shenzhen at an International school with AP Curriculum.

[@tiss1388]

Did you apply to study with a grant or on your own account?

[@mysticalegg]

Hi! Congrats! Just wanted to let you know that I think you can see your address on a couple of the acceptance letters. Wanted you to be aware in case you didn't notice!

[@SerenaChiang]

noted, thanks! It’s in Taiwan anyways so I didn’t bother covering it:)

[@mysticalegg]

@@SerenaChiang OK! And seriously, congrats. That's a really impressive list of acceptances. Best of luck with everything!

[@mohitmusic7896]

after your frnd got waitlisted from UC berkley she dint even wanna celebrate but she did not to hurt ur feelings....nw thats what u call a TRUE FRIEND

[@JonFord12]

Sorry everybody. I did not realize my comment would offend so many people. I deleted it. Wish you luck at Cornell!

[@SerenaChiang]

Thanks for these pieces of advice! 😁

[@ISangaloUnofficialFR]

you are SO SO wrong about choosing a college based on other people's opinion.... I know Taiwan like a lot of asian countries is very toxic when it comes to education, but please...in the US or in Europe (where im from), it does not work that way.....And thinking about other people when you are struggling in college is not the best solution, go get some professional help instead...I am speaking from experience, so please stop spreading toxic views about college.

[@tarzzyk8105]

You should be so proud of your achievements but please don’t listen to Jon. Nobody will care what you uni you went to after a few years in the workforce as you will continue to grow and evolve and look to your future. All the best with your undergrad studies :)

[@sludgebob5961]

You got into Cornell thooo

[@curtischen8440]

Sorry about Columbia....but NYU is also fantastic! NYU is in much more fun part of town. You're smart, beautiful and have upbeat personality so you will go far in life

[@christinegu5051]

it looks like someone had checked all of your results before you did. The status update column should be yellow if you were the first to check. c.f. your friend's berkeley status update

[@SerenaChiang]

Update on my waitlist schools: rejected by all

[@kpoplovez_920]

It’s okay! It is already amazing you got into universities. Congrats with ur acceptances btw❤

[@Red_Ryan_Red]

Congratulations on all of your acceptances! What are you actually planning to study?

[@SerenaChiang]

Hi, Environmental Science (US) and History (UK)

[@sophiawang2806]

What happened to your voice during the MIT one. Was that your twin brother?

[@NPubgShorts]

I love you 😍

[@peng1790]

Congratulations on Cornell Cals!!! Interesting you went for CALS and not Arts and Sciences... Does CALS have a higher acceptance rate?

[@SerenaChiang]

Thanks! I chose CALS cuz it fits my major better. I don't think it has a higher acceptance rate (but CALS requires more STEM classes)

[@Yudayooo]

How did you apply to US unis? did you take SAT or TOEFL or something else?

[@SerenaChiang]

As an international student, I took the SAT, SAT Subject Tests, TOEFL, and AP. Stay tuned for my stats vid!

[@ayxansafarov1859]

I got waitlisted from Stanford. The desicions haven’t come out yet. What should I do?

[@SerenaChiang]

heyy! I think few ppl get waitlisted at Stanford, so that's pretty good! You should definitely write a love letter/update letter to Stanford. Good luck!

[@MNC0617]

I already got accepted to such a good uni yet this is recommended for what

[@Tina-ho7jx]

台湾美女！congratulations🎉could you plz do a stats video? it would be so helpful🥺

[@SerenaChiang]

yep! probably filming one next week

[@AadiSindha17]

ccan we get a stat video

[@samihamzi7729]

no uva is not a safety to anyone

[@gradeninevalor8732]

What happened to ur face at the last portion of the vid?

[@elodie6695]

im confused did u get into stanford or not it says rejected, did they take it back and give u a spot?

[@lucithompson9979]

no that was her friends reaction video

[@ityog5594]

bruh

[@FrankBatistaElJibaro]

@@lucithompson9979 What duh?!? Now I know why he was called Confucious.

[@wardway5115]

did you apply for finincial aid?

[@SerenaChiang]

Nope, not eligible

[@madanimohammed6853]

Hello Serena, you applied for UK Universities and American Universities, is that even possible ?

[@SerenaChiang]

yea, lots of ppl do it in my school! UK is through UCAS, US is through commonapp

[@jcla2540]

Finally realized you are not from the US (we call it U Mish)😂🤗

[@sophiawang2806]

I'm so confused... who is that at the end? you look so different

[@SerenaChiang]

yoooo Stanford’26

[@ttown918]

Stats please. No context without.

[@kevinpeng9105]

Which school do u plan on committing? Hopefully is ucb

[@SerenaChiang]

Still considering, but ucb is one of my top choices!

[@kevinpeng9105]

Serena Chiang alright, hit me up if u choose Cal :-) ps I m from Guangdong too

[@mq1469]

@@SerenaChiang go bears!!

[@arshsheikh9353]

no!

[@david-liorusa6422]

Hey, you have such a nice personality, but it is a bummer that those decisions aren't genuine. If you already opened the decisions before, why make a colle decision reactions video? Not hating cause the video is so good, but just would have liked to see the first time opening them.

[@SerenaChiang]

lol, all the video recording of my reaction was my first time opening them; the screen recording of the decision letter is edited later on (thus some letters were already opened)

[@dr.abdullah.noman.]

05 January 2023

[@nono-yo8jo]

hii, your address was shown, in case you didn’t know and might want to take it down. :))

[@SerenaChiang]

its ok lol, i realized i filled in the wrong address

[@cindyknows9220]

If it were me I’d pick Stanford over any ivy

[@kellykim3684]

Ur funny

[@user-bp6on9op4o]

Gallatin is a waste of time

[@osmopolito]

You look so different at 17:29.

[@mildkcnfnfn]

i think it’s her friend that got into stanford

[@user-hh4qt1lb6z]

ＯＨ

[@mohitmusic7896]

istg ur face looks young wid the make-up and u look like an 50 years old without then make-up.....FFs

[@ezikechinwe7858]

Hello serana please how do I contact you

[@SerenaChiang]

dm on Instagram: @serenachiang_

[@rajkanwarsingh8773]

Just wanted to ask that you applied all by yourself or went to some consulting agency ?

[@rajkanwarsingh8773]

Just wanted to ask that you applied all by yourself or went to some consulting agency ?