How to Build Your College List

[@antonlulgjuraj7614]

Good luck to everyone in the class of 2020! I hope you all get accepted to your dream schools!!

[@matthofmann7517]

When you’re dream school is a safety

[@julianacarragher7323]

Matt Hofmann yeah. I’m like 100% gonna get into my dream school

[@aychtooo3981]

Jules C Community College?

[@aychtooo3981]

Jules C it’s a 100% until you apply, then it’s a 99.9999%

[@sparkle0859]

mooood my reach schools are other people's safeties

[@littletath]

there's nothing wrong with that!

[@shreyasrinivasan8922]

class of 2021, where are y'all at?!

[@hinayu3063]

here here

[@At22032]

hey 2021 here too 👋 Honesty, I'm so confused about everything and trying to build a better college list than I currently have at the moment.

[@emilyzheng6036]

@@At22032 samee

[@shreyasrinivasan8922]

@@At22032 same

[@kaitlyng7850]

Here!

[@julianacarragher7323]

30% for a safety? The university I’m looking at has a 75% acceptance rate ummm

[@sick4652]

I guess NYU is my safety Ahahah

[@Speedster___]

fUn Wisc Mad is a safety

[@sick4652]

Speedster14 5 huh, I was just saying if 30% is a safety mine would be NYU, even though that’s a ridiculous claim

[@sparkle0859]

mine has 93%

[@johanaresendiz9892]

Am I the only person who does not have a list of 100 or 50 colleges I want to go to or am considering? Seriously the number of colleges I want to go to is 5

[@darrenfurtado596]

Johana Resendiz trust me you’re not. Can’t hurt to try to expand before applying though!

[@arthurmorgan3111]

Johana Resendiz mine is 4 lol

[@champzzz2157]

I have only like 3 or 4 in mind

[@janek.3347]

I’m indecisive and like options so I’m going to apply to at least 20

[@morgankeller396]

I literally have 2💀💀 I’m too lazy to apply to any reach schools😂😂

[@reesemadison2912]

That shade at the beginning to other college channels did not go unnoticed 😉😂

[@nathanielhope8202]

unrelated, but class of 2020, our last (high school) summer break is almost over 😭

[@selenachen7091]

I'm lowkey sad yet super excited to be a senior😆😭😭😭😭

[@shreyasimhadri3863]

so many emotions will be felt through this year i gotta be ready

[@nathanielhope8202]

@@selenachen7091 I almost teared up thinking about this time next year... happy to be a senior though 🤘

[@mango3928]

school started yesterday for me 😭😭😭

[@vicseldemi]

it's very sad im so stressed about college lol

[@selimbullari7439]

Hey 👋🏻 Brooke Can you please make a KZbin video that is more concentrated on the international students and how they can get any scholarship or these kind of stuff.

[@myjunkdrawer8014]

Selim Bullari I would also love this!

[@zychozviko1494]

Selim Bullari you read my mind three ;)

[@krystalphan8871]

👍👍👍👍

[@Secret-xc3hl]

Yeah really

[@laze_amvs424]

I wish

[@mayaappel]

Yesss, your timing of videos is always perfect!!!!

[@HH-lr2zt]

Today I found out that every school I want to go to counts as a safety school. I guess that just confirms that my horrendous stress level is unneeded.

[@Kiwi-dl3sr]

I feel that

[@LeonardoGonzalez-mg2zk]

Why do you say community college’s are for students who didn’t get in to their desired university or had bad grades. Community college is a great way to decide what major to study if your not completely sure of your field or if you simply can’t afford paying the Anika tuition of a 4-year university

[@kitkatherine23]

Leonardo Gonzalez And she acted like you couldn’t get into fit schools with a couple of C’s- that’s totally not true.

[@Priya-zc1mi]

She also made it sound like something to be ashamed of :/

[@Buoyspammer]

You sound like you went to community college

[@miabryan7986]

David Cantrell I mean what’s wrong with that?

[@serginebelance9478]

community college is not bad you save more money than you going to out state college. Plus if you guys want to transfer you can. It better to start off in community college for two years and then transfer to our state college.

[@AKen_Films]

I'm older and have been out of high school and college. I'm considering reenrolling to pursue other options in the job market and I have to say, your channel has been a god send because NO ONE TOLD ME ANY OF THIS when I was graduating high school! It was just expected that I'd go to college and I had to just figure it out from there. I think there I members of the older generations who have seriously underestimated how competitive and complicated getting in to college has become (not to mention the price) and have not done the best job at guiding or setting the example for new generations to deal with these pursuits. So glad you have a channel for all this. Keep up the grate work!

[@vicseldemi]

starting senior year and I'm hella stressed about this whole process kms lol

[@DS-te1xz]

Same here, where are you thinking of applying?

[@vicseldemi]

@@DS-te1xz just state schools lol

[@giovannipeyo8794]

CLASS OF 2020 GOOD LUCK Y'ALL, MAY GOD BLESS Y'ALL

[@ritikrishnan9007]

Hi Brooke! For international applicants, do Universities consider difference in educational system? Do international students need to prove that they are compatible for the American college? And considering that most American colleges give preference to American citizens, how much better should my college application as an international applicant be? I mean, as far as I know a foreign candidate A has equal grades to American candidate B, B gets into the university.

[@morgankeller396]

Riti Krishnan it depends on the college! Some colleges are actually more open to international students, because they pride themselves on diversity! USF is a lot like that. I believe FIU is too.

[@samm9166]

My sister got to go to Cornell I am so proud of her

[@srirampatnaik9164]

Wow! Congrats to her.

[@Laralove14927]

I applied to 1 safety, 2 fits and 3 reaches. And I got into all except one reach

[@globisdead]

Well done👏👏

[@aspiringking5000]

Which schools?

[@wojak6793]

@@aspiringking5000 MIT

[@alwaysme_t]

I have been making a list and it's super long, I appreciate that you made this video it is very helpful.

[@alecpettit9858]

Can you do a video on the college application process for a student athlete and the differences in it

[@mattp6747]

Class of 2020 anyone lol

[@DS-te1xz]

woop woop!

[@jdao1sm]

Class of 2026 anyone

[@justahugenerd1278]

I'm just excited to get this college process over with

[@narasimhakamath7429]

Yup!

[@nothere928]

Right here my guy Graduated yesterday

[@nawanglama3888]

Can you please make a junior checklist video? I’m super nervous to start my junior year😬

[@윤하경-g4j]

My gpa is low bc of my freshman year(when i was back in korea). Although i heard many colleges don't really care about my freshman grade, my freshman grade substantially affects my gpa and class rank. How depressing is that!

[@afiaoduro-manu2349]

Oof rip. Ik that Stanford doesn’t even look at freshman year grades at all so they probably just base ur GPA off of soph and junior year

[@윤하경-g4j]

@@afiaoduro-manu2349 but dont i have to put my gpa and class rank in common app though?

[@asmaabib]

your college counselor can write an explanation of why you didn’t do your best. i moved out of the country for my sophomore year and it was a different curriculum and i didn’t do so well and i’m lowkey not worried

[@leonmozambique533]

no one how it work out

[@윤하경-g4j]

Well I'm going to UIUC as chemical engineering major🤙

[@ydb1523]

Ugh I hate how colleges want us to do so many extracurricular activities. I’m doing clubs only for college not because I’m interested. It sucks but I have to suck it up or else I won’t get in 😒

[@arshren]

Bleach Smoothie they literally want you to do the opposite of that. Do a couple extracurriculars that you are very passionate about and do well in those!

[@irene.5798]

Drop the ones you don’t have interest in. Have put that effort into the ones you do care about

[@jerryhan4563]

Why am I watching this I’m starting college this Monday

[@alwaysme_t]

Congratulations! 🎊🎉 Good luck in whatever college you got into!

[@savanahschwartz3520]

I took your advice, and looked up where one of my biggest role models went to college, and it’s one I was already seriously considering...

[@someperson5137]

Yay a while ago I was wondering about this very question! Except I'm a rising freshman lol

[@matthewnoriega7240]

how’s high school going

[@kavitar5721]

Hi, can you please make a video of how to makr a college list for international students. Thanks

[@asmaabib]

honestly i have a kind of unique story, top 10% of my grade, have a bunch of extracurriculars, already asking my teachers to write recommendations, but i have a low ACT score. so i’m panicking about the september test because i’m aiming for a certain range and no matter how hard i practiced this summer, i’m not getting any better:) so i’m having a mid life crisis at 17 years of age and that’s fun

[@arshren]

You can apply to test optional schools if your scores don’t turn out to be the best

[@irene.5798]

You could also try SAT as well

[@jembenjamin8318]

Can you make a video about community college, it's usually looked down upon but great for saving money. Im in the class of 2020 and I'm trying to look at all my options.

[@OduduabasiUwah217]

I'd appreciate if you made a video about transferring for international students.

[@SupertutorTV]

Want to read these tips instead of watch?👀Check out the blog for this video: supertutortv.com/college/how-to-build-your-college-list/

[@zvalaz3014]

Class of 2022 where you guys at?

[@sarahmarie8056]

For those that are applying to colleges right now, remember... 1. College is not the end all, be all 2. So much is out of your control 3. Everything happens for a reason; If it’s meant to be, it’ll be I wish everyone the best ☺️

[@laze_amvs424]

Thanks

[@davidcherelin722]

I disagree with applying to 20 schools. If you do that your not interested in the school, but the prestige of the school. My son did 3 reach, 3 Target, and 3 safety (not really safety schools). He got into his 3 safety. Honor college of one, but not enough financial aid. He got into our to local school, should have gotten a free ride, but they came up woefully short. We could have negotiated with them, but hi is third safety made a real good offer and invited him to join a special program there. Then he got wait-listed at all 3 target schools.

[@Hillariaaa]

What if I'm an international student

[@Kyle-cj5fj]

this is random but the color correction on this video is really nice and warm! it might not be the vibe your going for since your newer videos don't really look like this but I like it hahaha

[@manuelfernandez19]

is it me or the parent look like Tony Soprano and the friend like Meadow 9:09

[@nfkdkfkfkdnnd9608]

95% acceptance rate and it’s still reach because Highschool in my country is hard af I went to a school in the US and had a 3.4 GPA without trying I am back in Europe working my ass off 2.1 converted GPA ..

[@rko2946]

Hi! My name is Rishi and I am a junior. I have gotten mostly A's. I do have 5 A- and 3 B grades. My course load is mostly rigorous as I have taken a total of 8 Honors and 1 AP, and currently in another 4 Honors and 2 APs. This year, I have a great start as I have A's and A+'s in most classes, especially honors/AP. For ECs, I got into selective Harvard summer program, 100 community service hours(56 hours Hospital-Selective program), NHS, Science Olympiad, and HOSA. Additionally, I am a HOSA Officer. I am yet to take the SAT/ACT, but assuming I get 1500+ on SAT or 34+ on ACT, where should I go for reach and target/safety? NB: Sophomore Year I dealt with mental health issues and bullying.

[@MehmetKayaalp1]

Do we have other criteria for safety schools when the school or major of interest is too hot (and there is no wiggle room to apply another school/major as apparent by the past activities of the student)? I am aware of the fact that this concern does not apply to all colleges (in their applications, no need to mention the major of interest)...

[@somebodyelse.594]

girl that gap is so wide. i’m applying to competitive schools but like swarthmore and skidmore, not ivy leagues. how many schools am i supposed to apply to? also, commonapp only allows 8 applications

[@SupertutorTV]

The common application allows up to 20 applications per student. I don’t know where you got eight applications. Some counselors and some schools will only allow you to apply to eight schools. But that is not a restriction of the common app. The gap is totally a matter of preference. As long as you have four or 5 schools that you have a very good chance of getting into on your list you are going to be fine. As long as you are also comfortable going to those schools that are your backups that is. If you are extremely eager to go to a competitive school, then it’s good to apply to more of them. I would think of it like this. Whatever the admission rate is at your reach schools, add all those admission rates together and try to at least get a sum of 100. And then you’re done. If you don’t care that much and you’re fine going to your safety school then you don’t have to apply to as many schools. It’s really up to you. 8-12 is probably a good number for someone in your situation.

[@rogerwilco1289]

Love your videos! Quick technical question - what app/program do you use on your Mac to do your presentations? i.e. when you show an SAT test question and quickly manipulate/annotate it on the fly. If we inquire about tutoring via Skype with you, would we need to have the same program? Thanks in advance!

[@kyleecarver744]

I am blessed, I live in Texas where the top 10% get automatic admission into public schools, I’m rank 3 (only sophomore year tho) in a school of 300 (so the top 1% basically), I play basketball and plan on joining more clubs plus doing UIL, and I get my associates during high school for free cuz of a ECHS program. So yeah, yay me. Now all I need is money o. O

[@heyimmashark9030]

So, I want to go far away for college. So I can’t tour most of the colleges I want to go to because I don’t have time road trips, and I don’t think it’s worth the money for a plane. Is it fine if I only tour schools I’m accepted into?

[@alijibran3255]

try virtual tours

[@realstraygoose]

I don’t know why I’m watching this after applying to colleges

[@aaronsittig4350]

when colleges look at gpa and your percentile do they take in account if you’re taking higher level classes? for example someone might have a high gpa but taking normal levels, but i could have a lower gpa but taking honors and ap. would the person with the higher gpa still have a higher chance of getting into a harder college?

[@narasimhakamath7429]

Hello there, if you ask me, I would say that the colleges particularly look at the courses you have taken. Let's say you are applying for a math program, then the adcom would specifically look for subjects such as calculus, linear algebra in your transcript. All in all, if you have a decent GPA and the courses you have taken are challenging/relevant, you might have a good shot at most fit schools. Reach schools would want your application to potentially stand out amongst the copious amounts of application they receive. I hope I made sense. Good luck. Thank You.

[@devinotero1798]

Apply to your dream colleges and if you dont get in, transfer from CC

[@elekie]

This might sound stupid, but should I consider Carnegie Mellon University a reach or a fit school?

[@narasimhakamath7429]

Hello there, it really depends on your overall profile. I personally consider CMU as an ambitious school, for computer science related programs. Best Wishes!

[@kellinabrego8540]

Hello. I was just wondering what would be the bet prep book for the SAT, and I’ve heard lots of recommendations but I would like to hear yours since your a tutor.

[@SupertutorTV]

Kellin Abrego search for our video sat book review

[@kellinabrego8540]

SupertutorTV Ok thanks:)

[@myjunkdrawer8014]

Here’s a good question - Do you have to apply to reach schools if all the schools you love are considered a safety school by others? I like Georgia Tech but I’m not sure and if I need 2 or 3 reach schools then I’m lost.

[@RyanStar10023]

Lol no way in hell is Georgia Tech a safety school, maybe not a complete reach but definitely at least a fit/target. I know more than a few friends that got into Brown and Harvey Mudd but not GT. Also there is NO REASON to apply to a school you are not interested in, even if other people say it's just a safety. It's your future not theirs, if you don't care about Harvard or Stanford, don't apply. It'll just be a waste of money for their ridiculous application fees.

[@brookifyd]

Georgia Tech is below 30% admit rate-- NOT a safety. Fit at best assuming GREAT activities, 1470+ SAT or 33+ ACT and a near perfect GPA (no more than 2-4 B's). I.e. if you have a shot at Ivies this could be a fit. I don't know what you mean by your question though. Why are you lost? You never "need" a reach. You need safeties. You could apply to all safeties if you wanted.

[@Michelle-ux4et]

Would schools still give merit scholarships to people around their 50th percentile?

[@isabelamoore337]

I’d check out the school’s website! They normally list their most common scholarships

[@oladaposamuel493]

How do apply for scholarships in college.

[@civiltrialatty]

Humbly, I got 3 kids in good colleges - Brown, Texas, and GA. Before making any decision, Id suggest reading Pillsbury’s “100 Years Marathon”. Pick a university committed to building and expanding your mind, not breaking and controlling it. Also maybe ck out Dr. Lipton’s older but currently relevant work: “Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism” - a little perspective on what ur generation is going to have to deal with (on behalf of Gen X - my apologies) published by UNC in 1961. Best of luck to you guys.

[@jessc.8557]

So I if you are in the 9% top of your class cannot apply to IVY?

[@muddycalendar3292]

Hey Brooke, How exactly would you find out where your metrics other than your gpa and test scores fall for a certain school?

[@SupertutorTV]

Muddy Calendar you can read each schools policies and admissions profiles on their own websites to see what they expect from you as an applicant. Generally any school range in the top 20 is going to expect very impressive activities. Any school ranked in the top 40 is going to expect pretty robust activities (at least a couple of clubs, and at least five or six hours per week on average of activity) or basically perfect scores one or the other. Most top 100 schools are going to expect some activities. Maybe you don’t need to be the president or anything of your club but they will expect some. Again otherwise they will expect scores that are 1 to 2 tiers higher than what they publish as their avg... And some schools deemphasize certain things and emphasize other things and to figure this out you will need to just read the literature on every college you were applying to

[@danielaordaz5816]

Thank you ! It was so helpful

[@richardgeorge9226]

Hi Brooke, thanks for the very helpful and needed video! How does submitting ED/EA applications affect your chances in getting into a top-tier or reach school?

[@SupertutorTV]

Richard George watch our video on ea Ed rea for more on that

[@jessie6564]

Would y’all recommend applying to all 8 ivies and see where u get lucky?

[@siena4073]

It’s like 90 dollars per application, so if you want to spend almost a thousand dollars “just to see,” go for it

[@aspiringking5000]

Siena Fee waivers!!!!!!

[@aspiringking5000]

Honestly, if you would go to all eight if you got in then yeah apply. But just applying to all of them to see where you’d get in is not the best. But if it’s something that will make you think “what if I applied” then knock yourself out.

[@aspiringking5000]

For example, if I got into UPenn or Dartmouth I wouldn’t go, so there’s no point in applying and taking someone else’s spot. But if you would actually go then I recommend applying. But very few people actually want to go to all 8 ivy leagues equally. I would recommend applying to your top 3-4

[@unknownperson3691]

Well if you’re lucky, you’d get in to 1

[@captainclaw-i5k]

Make videos for international admissions.

[@narasimhakamath7429]

Hello there, I had applied to a couple of American colleges/universities. I am an International applicant myself. Let me know for any queries. Thank You.

[@narasimhakamath7429]

I am an international applicant myself. I had applied to a couple of colleges/universities. You can reach out to me for any queries. Thank You.

[@patrikfabrik8667]

If I am an IB student should I consider general acceptance rate or IB acceptance rate(for example Cornell university has 10% acceptance rate overall and 48% acceptance rate for IB students) ?

[@jimmyramos1989]

I always wanted to be at a school that was really into social equality so I applied to my reach Pitzer College and I got in as a transfer!

[@thomas9152]

Is a 3.8 gpa at a cc good?

[@aspiringking5000]

Yes. It could be higher though especially since community colleges are scientifically easier.

[@nhyirax6041]

Can you do this again but for African international students? also on financial aid for international students and what can be done to increase chances of getting a school

[@xesfa]

If you are not rich most prestigious schools are out of reach for internationals. Most of my family left Africa to go to college in the US and while most grew up poor and ended up in community colleges they were able to transfer to 4-year universities and eventually got good jobs.

[@TNnxnek]

3.2 UW GPA (3.5 weighted, but that’s not reported) and a 31 ACT. What do I do? I’m unaware of what colleges I will be able to target.

[@justinhuang2205]

Will Patel i guess you can do some research on the SAT/ACT score range of colleges for reference

[@mohamedhaggag5870]

I REALLY NEED ADVICE ON THIS GUYS can i study strategy and skill building for the sat from old books , but do the new tests from the college board and websites like khan academy

[@Gamerhero45]

No. Khan academy everything

[@mohamedhaggag5870]

@@Gamerhero45 How did u do on your sat and how much did Khan help

[@vimalam9820]

Can I apply as an early decision applicant to one of my reach schools?

[@irene.5798]

Yes

[@narasimhakamath7429]

Yes, you can!

[@hawkeye6272]

Isn’t it hard to get into engineering from community college?

[@mename1488]

CLASS OF 2022 here whoo

[@cbxnkzz8139]

im 16 and college is next year 😭

[@IzzyNChrist]

Why do you make it seem like going to community college is a bad thing? sometimes it's a better option for people who aren't sure what they want to do yet or can't afford to go to an expensive school. Others, might not actually be teenagers watching this and want a chance to start somewhere.

[@user-wk9wy5qd4r]

Class of 2022

[@suntaur3544]

Gang gang

[@karankalra8764]

Class of 2021?

[@Marymationnn]

As an international, it would honestly be a dream to at least study in a shitty American community college instead of hardships I face in my country:/ But to land in another country‘s college you have to be 14676% better and smarter and only can apply to more or less elite places because they have scholarships and places for international students… it is surreal how incredibly hard it is to simply get anywhere at all in another country, especially if you’re not a millionaire

[@SenpaiMisha]

First and thx for the vid!

[@argyrisgiannisismanes8600]

Hahaha that's great timing

[@tawfiqbhyry2697]

guys, is someone here has accepted in stanford?

[@mename1488]

OBAMa went to commuinty

[@SoundCloud-0_0]

it was helpfull

[@manavpatel2591]

Go class of 2020

[@ShivCreates]

Such a helpful vid 😄😄😄 btw I also made a college advice video on my channel

[@anishg1271]

Rutgers safety gang

[@Domenic182]

smh this old lady saying you should hide that you went to community college. be proud if you transferred!

[@haha-iq8pq]

lol I'm 11.

[@brokenlemon9229]

Or you could just go to trade school instead and not kill yourself with debt. In all honesty, college isn’t for everyone

[@Official_Suave]

I'm a grown ass man looking to go to College in 2022

[@michaeln.2383]

Everyone needs to attend a state school with lower tuition for a better return on investment.

[@pita7041]

Class of 2024?? Lol

[@somkeshav4143]

I am way too early lol