Reading My Common App Essay (Accepted Into Stanford and the Ivy League)

[@LourDrickValsote]

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[@allahiseternal8422]

Read all of your supplemental essays from all top universities and colleges PLEASE I’m really interested

[@eliseruiz8922]

This is so PURE!!!!! WTH is everything on this channel so pure???? Also it's really helpful and your host brother sounded so nice 😭😭💔

[@LourDrickValsote]

haha thank you so much!!

[@abdulazizmath9134]

mashallah

[@giulianaayleenfernandez1610]

I just felt so fucking identified. Love this. So far, the most touching essay I´ve ever read.

[@LourDrickValsote]

I'm glad you found my essay interesting!

[@bruh_bie]

uk ive seen a good amount of commonapp essays videos and i just came back to this one for the 2nd time, maybe because the love of cultures is sth that resonates w me, maybe because im a weeb too, but theres just sth genuine and endearing bout your essay, frankly ill be applying very soon myself as an international student, so basically every single uni is a reach school for me and so im scared shitless but if theres anything this particular vid taught me is that you can exhibit passion w/o direct flexing and just using the right words; those that are true to you and not sth claimed to be 'most effective strategy' so ty lour drink

[@jasminejones7468]

I love this essay very much. Like you said, the way it was executed made it 10x better. It’s so relatable to me because I also feel like peoples expectations of me sometimes take over my persona.

[@LourDrickValsote]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@Selene_1425]

OMG I wrote my essay similar to yours (I swear I never watched your videos before I finished my first draft). You are so genuine and you are such an inspiration! Stanford is my dream school and your video helps me A LOT THANK YOU😢

[@LourDrickValsote]

Was this video helpful? What else would you guys like to see from me?

[@vanguard3955]

minecraft videos

[@LourDrickValsote]

@@vanguard3955 you want me to make minecraft videos?

[@vanguard3955]

@@LourDrickValsote yezzur I'd like and subscribe

[@ali48991]

what was your intended major?

[@LourDrickValsote]

@@zpureex1733 all of them?? i applied to 26 schools

[@kadiryel6237]

lour drick is a cool man, really appreciate you brother

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚοκολογιαννάκης]

Bro wtf last night I watched the Marzia quits KZbin pew news episode and the then turned off my phone and went to sleep. But this morning it turns out I was apparently watching this video. And like there's no reason for me to watch that cause I'm a 14 year old in Greece

[@LourDrickValsote]

Pewdiepie wants you to watch my vids

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚοκολογιαννάκης]

@@LourDrickValsote yeah IDK maybe lol

[@LourDrickValsote]

@@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚοκολογιαννάκης do it for pewds

[@mrodri1012]

I heard the shadow clone sound effect and I immediately knew I was gonna like this guy lol

[@LourDrickValsote]

haha thanks!

[@zxcvbnmasdfhjkkl]

I’d like to hear supplementals from brown and Stanford!

[@LourDrickValsote]

Alright, noted!

[@tanaytandon4924]

Same!!

[@michaelsipes1570]

The ending so clever!

[@LourDrickValsote]

Thank you!

[@anshulsingh7663]

Lol, It's funny that I came here straight from Arpi Park's video and you just nonchalantly plugged it!

[@LourDrickValsote]

what a coincidence!

[@savitargaming1958]

Omg, was it you on Stanford’s Instagram. You’re reaction😂😂

[@LourDrickValsote]

yes! that was me lol

[@tytack8080]

Well put out video and I really liked your approach to your essay. Creating your own identity and becoming what you want to be is such a great topic. Have you decided on your major yet?

[@LourDrickValsote]

I applied as a linguistics and international relations major, although I may have a change of heart once I actually get to college!

[@pingpongpingpong0518]

hey I LIVE IN JEONJU!! this was such a beautiful essay : )

[@LourDrickValsote]

thats awesome! i love jeonju

[@jaeelbeato]

Incredible essay!

[@LourDrickValsote]

thank you!

[@eliseruiz8922]

Also, you would make a good writer!the essay was very interesting :)

[@LourDrickValsote]

thank you!!

[@AayeshaMIslam]

Wholesome video!!

[@milo2879]

goddam thats a good essay,

[@LourDrickValsote]

Thank you!!

[@MLai-iv1qg]

Thanks for sharing your essay! Can you share with us your Columbia supplementals too?

[@LourDrickValsote]

It’s already posted!

[@arkuhnpublic6541]

Great video! How did you get real in your essay? I feel like my ideas for the common app are going to come off really cliche

[@LourDrickValsote]

What do you mean by get real

[@khokonkhokondakpari101]

I really love your speech and Channel

[@LourDrickValsote]

Thank you!

[@christianbaluyut4971]

Thanks for the video! can you also share your Stanford supplement essays and short answers?

[@LourDrickValsote]

short takes?

[@bethanytong2338]

yo! my friends and i started a company called collegae (collegae.weebly.com) that provides affordable college counseling where you can speak to a collegian from schools (we have stanford, uc berkeley, harvard, upenn, princeton, and so much more) for just $20/ half hour! they can answer questions like what their essay was on, how they got in, their stats, extracurriculars, campus life/culture, and so much more! hope this helps:)

[@Igotsti]

Really awesome content!

[@LourDrickValsote]

thanks kind sir

[@peijack3910]

What is your intended major, Lour Drick?

[@LourDrickValsote]

Linguistics / international relations for the moment

[@kevinvaladez6432]

Are you still in touch with Geon?

[@LourDrickValsote]

yes!

[@peijack3910]

Also another question, Lour Drick, how is your story connected to your applied major? Many Thanks!

[@LourDrickValsote]

I’ll go into this more when I talk about my supplemental essays

[@andrewchen2590]

Was there a video made for the supplemental essays? If so, I can’t find it.

[@LourDrickValsote]

i have separate videos for stanford, columbia, and brown on my channel!

[@NicolaiMendoza]

Would you be able to give any tips for an incoming freshman? After going through the private high school application experience, I realized how much more prepared I needed to be for college apps and how lucky I got for considering how unprepared I was. Any feedback would be appreciated!

[@LourDrickValsote]

hi are you currently a senior in high school?

[@NicolaiMendoza]

Oh sorry for the really late comment! I am actually an 8th grader! I’m tryna get a heads up on college admissions while I have time

[@LourDrickValsote]

oh awesome awesome. would a video on that be helpful?

[@cybergamer2329]

@@LourDrickValsote plz man make the video if you can

[@shujayethossain6554]

Hey there! I am applying to Cornell and jist finished my common app essay. I was wondering if you could review my essay.

[@LourDrickValsote]

sorry i do not do essay reviews

[@kaleb_t4818]

it would be nice if u would type it in the description or in the comment section so i could copy paste it

[@LourDrickValsote]

not a good idea

[@kaleb_t4818]

@@LourDrickValsote don't worry I will jumble up the sentences and paragraphs so that admissions officer doesn't notice 😉😎. 😂

[@sealy999]

I keep on seeing example essays on seemingly ordinary happenings which tell a great story, yet I can’t seem to pull a story out of the ordinary happenings in my life. All my ideas so far were about my extracurricular activities. Does writing about something else give an advantage and is writing about your experience in an activity too cliche?

[@LourDrickValsote]

Like I mentioned in my video, it’s less about what you write about than how you write about it. Any topic is good if it can show your growth as a person and your personality well

[@bethanytong2338]

heyy! if you're interested, my friends and i started a company called collegae (collegae.weebly.com) that provides affordable college counseling where you can speak to a collegian from schools (we have stanford, uc berkeley, harvard, upenn, princeton, and so much more) for just $20/ half hour! they can answer questions like what their essay was on, how they got in, their stats, extracurriculars, campus life/culture, and so much more! hope this helps:)

[@yashmoitra]

how many times did you get called lord rick

[@LourDrickValsote]

so many

[@sherrrrrryy587]

Where does one get the prompts? I'm going to apply next year.

[@LourDrickValsote]

They’re available on the common app website

[@ishaanpanigrahi8258]

This guy is so 🔥 🔥🔥

[@LourDrickValsote]

who? me?

[@ishaanpanigrahi8258]

Lour Drick Valsote yes you, your videos help so much. Thanks for all this.

[@LourDrickValsote]

@@ishaanpanigrahi8258 you're welcome!

[@aieshaayaanahamid7106]

thank you so much 💌;-;

[@BobBob-jg2fn]

Can I ask how many words ur essay was?

[@LourDrickValsote]

around 650 i think

[@Smokie_bear9896]

a2c gang

[@LourDrickValsote]

smokie I did it for you. btw are you subbed? this was such a quick comment

[@Smokie_bear9896]

Lour Drick Valsote of course I am subscribed

[@LourDrickValsote]

@@Smokie_bear9896 my life is complete

[@LourDrickValsote]

@@Smokie_bear9896 are we gonna see any smokie vids??👀

[@Smokie_bear9896]

Lour Drick Valsote no smokie vids unfortunately

[@andregiannotta8287]

I’m a freshman, should I start writing my essays

[@LourDrickValsote]

I think it’s a little early for that

[@bethanytong2338]

heyy! if you're interested, my friends and i started a company called collegae (collegae.weebly.com) that provides affordable college counseling where you can speak to a collegian from schools (we have stanford, uc berkeley, harvard, upenn, princeton, and so much more) for just $20/ half hour! they can answer questions like what their essay was on, how they got in, their stats, extracurriculars, campus life/culture, and so much more! hope this helps:)

[@kiky.mp4]

beautiful

[@LourDrickValsote]

Thank you!!

[@YourWrongImRight933]

I plagiarized bros essay and got into Harvard.. lmfao

[@sofiahenriquez1802]

I can relate so much to your essay, also experienced life as an exchange student finding my real independent self, thank you for sharing!🥺🤍

[@LourDrickValsote]

im glad!