COLLEGE DECISION REACTION + STATS (MIT, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, etc.)

[@kellycha]

if you have the time and are willing to help me out, i ask one favor: please try to not skip the ads. CMU and GT are about $50K each, so which ever school i end up choosing will be very expensive and i will have to take out loans. hopefully, this video makes a lot of money so i can help pay for college (i don't have a job rn, but i'll probably work in college)

[@bellafenn3926]

I watched all the ads! Can you pls watch my video? I need money for college too lol

[@venkatasrikarkavirayuni1887]

I gotchu

[@awesome4781]

I sincerely wish you good luck. Remember also prayer is the key😘

[@lunaeclipse5768]

is it 50k per year?

[@omarelbakly3403]

AYEEE! Congrats on Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, and Virginia Tech! I still believe Columbia will happen tho, keep that head held high! Also, hopefully we'll see each other in school again lol! Good luck and much love

[@kellycha]

OMG HI OMAR! thanks so muchhh and hopefully we can go back to school! congrats to you too :))

[@scholarssolutions6735]

@Katie Ellen Tu It's still an incredible accomplishment to get accepted to those schools. Yes, the college system is broken, but that doesn't mean the students that are admitted all don't deserve to get in.

[@gazalxm]

congrats!! I just wanted to say thank you bc I followed your sat advice and used your schedule template and ended up getting a 1600!! Carnegie Melon is my dream school for design, so I'm so proud of you for getting in 💖💖

[@kellycha]

omg!!! i’m glad you liked my video and so proud of you for getting such an amazing score!!

[@michael.vanner]

You got into GT and CMU, and waitlist at MIT. Just because you got rejected by the ivies doesn't mean you're not good enough, you obviously are. It just means you're not a good fit. Congrats on those schools! They're both amazing.

[@wisechimp6159]

@Katie Ellen Tu shut the fuck up

[@OmarAli-vo5uc]

omg ilysm, and congratulations on getting into all of these amazing schools.

[@kellycha]

thank you!!

[@armenpoghosyan4998]

It just shows how bad the college admission decisions are. You still got into some great schools so congrats!!

[@ashleykim6638]

Congrats on getting into these school! And I would love to watch a video of you reading your essays and I will watch the ads too :). Again congrats!!

[@nora-cr8ws]

Congrats on your acceptances! I'm planning on going to CMU this fall, hopefully I'll see you around if you end up choosing Carnegie Mellon!

[@lalabest1aj]

ADVAIT WADHWANI about that

[@ritafeola4803]

CONGRATS KELLY!!🥳🥳🥳 I’m so happy for you! I can’t wait to hear where you end up and I know you are going to do just fine In college. Best of luck Kelly.

[@kellycha]

thank you!!!

[@brhyme92]

Other reaction video: OMG I GOT INTO STANFORD, UPENN AND COLUMBIA!!!! Kelly cha: but are you smart🤔🤔

[@kellycha]

nah it’s more like them: “i got rejected from all the ivies” me: “but are you smart? how do i compare to them? would i get rejected too?”

[@boltup5566]

Thank you for including your stats and ec's and saying your major and where youre from. Cmu or ga tech are both great choices. Make it a financial decision to make things easier.

[@kellycha]

no problem! i’m glad it helped :) both schools cost around the same so it’s tough

[@boltup5566]

​@@kellycha hmmmm..where would would u rather live after graduation? did you like atlanta? outside of the city, it's fairly conservative and slow paced. there's a definite growing korean population tho around duluth and alpharetta. i get that you can fly to do interviews, but proximity still matters. cmu is still in the northwest and may be easier to get jobs in the NW if you want to stay there.

[@kellycha]

Crisby Creamby thanks for the insight!

[@kaykaythatchick7574]

I don’t know you but I’m proud

[@petyatodorova4949]

I got waitlisted by MIT when I applied last year. Unless you REALLY like MIT (which I did, it was my top choice), I wouldn't recommend taking your place on it because I just got strung along for months (first deferred, then waitlisted) only to get rejected in the very end. They take very few applicants off of the waitlist and its not worth getting your heart broken twice.

[@kellycha]

i’m going to try it anyways, i won’t be heartbroken if i don’t get in because by then, i’ll already have committed to a school, but it would be great if i do get in.

[@pidayrocks2235]

I'd still recommend that people go on the waitlist and try to pretend that it's no longer an option -- obviously much easier said than done.

[@jjhlk6737]

The MIT acceptance page is a trick. If you figure it out right it will click on to an acceptance page. If you can't figure out the trick it sends you to a rejection page. It's a built in test to see how smart you are. Pretty clever actually.

[@kellycha]

it took me a while so i guess that’s why i got waitlisted! haha

[@tashaw6421]

Damn she pretty AND smart

[@kellycha]

aww you’re so nice 🥺😭

[@sarahuelskamp9871]

Im so happy for you kelly!!

[@kellycha]

thank you sara!!!

[@iriswang2772]

Kelly you are amazing!!! Congratulations to your acceptance:)))))

[@antonias7637]

WOW, your stats are amazing. Good for you!!

[@carolinec9782]

awwww congrats girl!! luv this video! ;))

[@kellycha]

ty carolineee🥺❤️

[@reai4411]

senior at cmu here! love the school sm i would def recommend!!! congrats btw!

[@salma-zc7xt]

I'm so happy for you :)) Congrats from Morocco!!

[@bruhitsarianna]

ayeee jersey squaddd!!! congrats!!!!! those schools are amazing!

[@johnkennethdcruz3750]

congratulations omg!! 💕🤩

[@julieaudi2520]

CMU and GT are my dream schools for Comp Sci, thank you for sharing your stats.

[@kellycha]

np! i’m glad this helped :)

[@ericveneto1593]

The size of the mailing is directly related to how likely you got in.

[@trolliel463]

congrats! gt and vt are amazing schools!!!

[@kacichlada4364]

JS, I go to Virginia Tech and it's without a doubt the best school, and I applied to 13 schools. It's like a family here and I'm going to miss it all when I graduate in a month :(

[@gabrielledennis549]

In my opinion, I’d say go to whichever university has the best version of your major. I’d go to Georgia Tech tbh because I kind of hate Cleveland (I live an hour from there and have been there multiple times). But go wherever you want! Good luck!

[@ashikraia3442]

Oh my god congratulations girrrlll🤩🤩

[@Yasmin-jg6bc]

Congratulations!!! Georgia Tech, Carnegie Melon and Virginia Tech are all great! 🎉🎉😁

[@madan2241]

Hey I got into CMU for spring 22 in Masters. Nice honest reaction by the way.

[@bhalala_nirvan]

Hey, Please make a video telling us the essays that you put onto the college application? Thanks

[@colonelnoob3269]

6:10 the self-reassurance is certainly admirable but "I don't know what I was thinking applying to those" with a condescending tone and the surrounding context is a rather "interesting" response to say the least lol.

[@kellycha]

It was more of a “I applied to ivies because they’re ivies. But I didnt have to/ I shouldn’t have cared that much since they’re not good for my major”

[@jeffjones3145]

“Hey guys im at the cemetery rn” No explanation????

[@kellycha]

hahaha i was volunteering for wreaths across america so we were at a cemetery putting wreaths on veterans' graves

[@JS-bx8fr]

high key I want you to get accepted to Columbia bc I want to meet you in the fall... Congrats on all the other acceptances tho

[@ranjaniramesh7213]

congratulations!! you got into one of my dream schools - CMU!! great job!

[@xcarmenlix]

am i the only one who thought of Papillon by Jackson Wang when she pulled up the t-shirt??

[@weilgotschal8628]

Congratulations lovely Korean girl Kelly !!!!!! You are the best....

[@fentrai1942]

I would've been crying from happiness if I got into Carnegie Mellon

[@fentrai1942]

Only a sophomore in hs rn carnegie mellon is my dream school

[@AM-id5ry]

At the graveyard for MIT decision… cause you know your parents would put you in there if you didn’t get in 😂

[@xihaoli1992]

Congratulations!

[@johnkennethdcruz3750]

yayyy!! ❤️

[@halamohammed9285]

Yeah if u didn't get in to Columbia then I'm not even considering applying there lmao. Like what do they even want

[@vincentscaglione4783]

Congrats! Please talk about BU :)

[@neenaschramm]

Did you only take four AP’s? I know it depends on the school and what it offers, but I’m planning on 16 and hoping it’s not too much! (Also congrats!!! I want to be a physicist and go to similar schools!)

[@kellycha]

including senior year, i took 6, but my school is weird; we get like no electives and they didn’t offer a lot of aps. i think 16 is a lot, but try talking to upperclassmen who already took those classes to see how the workload would be, especially if you do a lot of clubs too

[@apostledaspan2627]

wow!!!!big congratulations to you. But what are the kind of Jobs you'll likely do on campus to raise such a huge amount

[@kellycha]

just some part time job around school. it won’t raise a lot but it’ll help

[@jeff-dg7km]

hi there! thank ur for sharing ur stats 🥺 - is there a website i can refer to in order to see which schools are which rank for a certain major?

[@kellycha]

no problem! i looked at usnews for the rankings

[@djtea6798]

awesome video!

[@willemvanbaaren5072]

Even though you got into good schools, it’s so bs how you didn’t get into the three others with those stats. I did some research and your chances were supposed to be around 96% with all of you’re extracurricular and stats. My take on it is affirmative action was against you.

[@kellycha]

college decisions, especially with ivies, are so unpredictable. there are plenty of qualified people who get rejected. being completely honest, it was probably my essay

[@Shiva-pg3ju]

hey this was an amazing video! i applied to carnegie mellon's CoE too, would you be willing to elaborate on the 27k scholarship you got? was it merit based or need based, just wondering b/c i heard that CMU doesn't give out merit scholarships

[@kellycha]

it was a grant, so i think need-based

[@khupho7]

Congrats on your achievement!!! I got accepted by some schools, and I chose CMU over Duke, Vanderbilt, Rice, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, and UT. I didn’t even apply to MIT or Stanford because I’m not interested in these popular schools which are dream of many people. I just like CMU so much! Believe me you got into one of the best schools in the world. CMU is attractive to me more than MIT.

[@444fawn]

ik this is kind of irrelevant?? but do you think us news is more accurate/reliable than niche? idk which ratings to go off of

[@kellycha]

I'm not sure which is more reliable, but when I google "best ranked colleges" or something like that, us news is always the first search result... so I think that means something haha

[@aliyahs.2603]

I was planning to become an astrophysicist, but my school doesn't have any astronomy related subjects/clubs. :(

[@kellycha]

you can focus your course load in sciences and look up programs outside of school that you can be a part of! i applied to an engineering program outside of my school and got in, so that was great for my application, but i didn’t do the robotics club at my school or anything like that.

[@dontknow8548]

Man with those scores I’ll never get into an ivy lol but congrats

[@michaelluo9727]

Congrats on cmu

[@gracenitcheu]

don't MITs decisions come out at 6:28

[@kellycha]

if 3/14 is a school day, it’s 6:28 (2*pi), but if 3/14 is not a school day they do 1:59 (3.14159)

[@omarsacademia1228]

Should I take AP Chem II with AP Physics or Regular Physics and AP Environmental Science and AP Chem II taking part that I actually good at Math which I got like 101 on AL2

[@user-hn4cm5hs5s]

waitttt you do njso too? i'm in the academy orchestra :o

[@kellycha]

i’m in co (not the best at violin bc i never practice haha). i do not like those zoom calls loll

[@user-hn4cm5hs5s]

@@kellycha lmao the click track tho

[@ahk1225]

Congratuation! Where do you go to high school in Georgia?

[@kellycha]

i live in nj

[@ahk1225]

@@kellycha i am sorry. . I thought you lived in Georgia.

[@jjhlk6737]

Wow. Your stats and GPA were good. Maybe light on extracurricular leadership. Maybe you should have applied to more IVY league schools and schools like Johns Hopkins, Emory, Vanderbilt, etc. You might have been able to get into a top school.

[@kellycha]

i applied to good engineering schools. there’s no point in applying to vanderbilt, for example, if virginia tech is better.

[@pidayrocks2235]

@@kellycha Don't mind this comment. Carnegie Mellon isn't just good, it's great. I've seen them ranked #2 in CS behind MIT and I remember back when I was researching & applying, I was very impressed with their programs! Getting in there for engineering is a great accomplishment. I was actually waitlisted there despite acceptances to MIT, Caltech, Johns Hopkins, etc. -- college process is weird and unpredictable so don't take your success for granted! It's impressive.

[@kellycha]

Pi Day Rocks thank you!

[@cristoferarellano1909]

@@pidayrocks2235 You got into the top school! I am currently writing my essays for some of those wow.

[@brooke4616]

where are you going?? (if you know)

[@Smokie_bear9896]

aye NJ gang

[@ferielaouida3484]

Is it all about the score ?

[@kellycha]

College acceptance sometimes don't make sense, but they do pay attention to scores, as well as extracurricular activities, how well you fit in with the school's vibe, and your essays. A lot of people with great scores get rejected form some colleges because they are lacking in other areas.

[@Smokie_bear9896]

Reddit gang wya

[@kellycha]

all hail college board, our lord and savior

[@jcs.yt3]

omg it’s the a2c king smokie 😌

[@nikanbmn8261]

does any medical university apply with SAT?

[@fortcalvin6725]

1560 = 35 btw

[@anonymousfruit1776]

my sister goes to Columbia ✌

[@nicolerissy2056]

What college are you going to ?

[@anushka1306]

are you from jersey?

[@kellycha]

yes, i wrote that in the beginning of the video lol

[@ryanm4769]

queen of lgbt flags

[@sprihabhowmik2880]

How old r u?

[@creamychoclatelobsterwarri979]

Education doesn’t equal intelligence

[@kellycha]

lol what does that have to do with this video? Also, isn't that obvious? "Education" is learning through school, and "intelligence" is being smart/ applying your knowledge. They are not "equal"; you can go to school and get an education but still not be intelligent. However, it is highly unlikely to become intelligent without pursuing an education because you need to learn knowledge (you're not born with intelligence).

[@paulmolina3335]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@amruthavudathu9934]

dont be shy drop ur stats

[@kellycha]

don’t be shy, watch the rest of the video. i literally shared all my stats in this video and wrote “+ stats” in the title

[@jessicalawn1306]

Just because people don’t put their stats doesn’t mean they are not smart. I thought that was kind of rude.

[@kellycha]

i was trying to say that when people are watching these reaction videos, they can’t compare their self and see if they have a chance of getting in/ how difficult it will be to get accepted into some schools if they don’t know their grades, test scores, and what activities they do. with stats, it makes the video go from solely entertainment, to something useful/ helpful to underclassmen.