Most Overrated Universities in America

[@pupster8956]

As a student who actually lives in Texas. It’s not that easy, even if you are in the top 5% you aren’t guaranteed to your major. The only thing your guaranteed is a liberal arts focused major (which excludes business). A 1110 student in the top 1% is very unlikely to get into UT Austin. (They obviously get into the liberal arts school but will very likely not get into business nor engineering which essentially is a rejection). UT Austin is still very competitive in state, you need a minimum 1400 SAT score WITH a top 5% to even have a shot at engineering, and don’t even get me started with CS.

[@chabangful]

I really appreciate the viewpoint. It's hard to find advisors that are direct and give some kind of actual opinion about this.

[@21stcenturydadd]

Wisconsin just passed the same law, too 5% get guaranteed admission to UW Madison. Will be interesting to track this over time.

[@jillianmakes]

I'm originally from the Boston area and I was shocked when I heard in the past couple of years how hard Northeastern is to get into. It was not considered a good school when I was looking at college and the only people from my high school who went there were people who wanted more of a work experience.

[@a-nomalous8278]

Northeastern sends free application waiver emails which allows students to add it to the common app for free. Since it is just a few extra clicks and no charge it has increased their application pool significantly (close to 100k). Northeastern also games the system by not counting the students who attend their other campuses (Oakland, CA and London) in their acceptance rate as freshman fall students. Not saying to people not to go here, but it is false to think the 5% acceptance rate is similar to other schools who truly have a 5% or less rate. I do know of people who are told they are accepted but need to first go to Oakland in the Fall and then are able to move to Boston in the Spring. I think the London campus asks the student to attend for a year. It could be a very cool experience along with the co-op opportunity. I do agree that it is overrated.

[@theaide5613]

as an out of state student (md) currently at UT, yes it is very texan, but people underestimate how hard it is, whether you are a texas student or not. we just shattered our application rate, which will only improve the university as a whole i believe. however i don’t think they cater to in state students more than out of state. sure once ur in ur in, but applying to your major is just as hard no matter where you’re from. the only thing that i feel caters towards texans is the price. it does suck having to pay almost twice as much to attend the same school as people who got a slight advantage getting in.

[@syuwono]

I recently found out that NU giving out 'fee waivers' to the student's email after adding it to common app. I believe this is also a factor that inflate the numbers

[@Goodguy1ful]

Um, Uclan and Berkley still isolate academic excellence -- which can be attained without the use of standardized test scores It is still extremely difficult ( if not more difficult than when test scores were considered) to get into either school

[@cl10367]

They don't select for academic excellence. The low acceptance rate is the result of everyone with a decent GPA realizing they have a chance

[@fredchen6403]

This gives opportunities for low income Texas students. It’s a Texas school, they can allow their in state students to go however much they want.

[@rko2946]

I'm from the Boston area and I got into Northeastern, but they sent me one semester abroad. I chose not to attend and go to Boston University instead. The pre med curriculum and opportunities offered are much better. I especially like the UROP. While BU is very rigorous and it is not perfect by any means, it is still very solid.

[@josm8063]

My daughter applied ed to UT with a 1390 SAT and 4.0 GPA. She will graduate with her associate degree (half her high school courses were junior college courses) and wants to double major in psychology+neuroscience and UT is the only school in the area with the neuroscience bachelor's degree. The forthcoming free tuition for families with under 100K AGI is also a bonus. Fingers crossed.

[@peral9728]

Auto admit at UT Austin is basically a formality-everyone familiar with UT knows this. It only gets you into undeclared liberal arts. It actually makes us massively underrated, where our best programs have ~2-3% acceptance rates and rank in the top 10, but we aren’t ranked in the top 20 because our acceptance rate as a university is above 30%. A school that is top 5 in business, top 10 in CS, top 10 in engineering, and top 15-20 in essentially every natural science should be in the top 15.

[@warrenmiller2044]

Programs are geeat but student quality overall not as good. I think it is appropriately regarded to slightly overrated weighing these factors. Most consider it a top 5 public school these days

[@pupster8956]

@@warrenmiller2044 student quality is lower but not low, again, even for engineering you need a 1400 minimum SAT score to have any chance at getting in. And a good comfortable range for CS is a 1450-1500+ AND top 6% for instate students. The only real benefit of a top 6% ranking is the ability to rank multiple majors and get a second choice to replace your first.

[@peral9728]

@@warrenmiller2044 Student quality in the highly ranked programs is incredibly high. You can look at schools like Rice dumbing down their CS curriculums while UT continues to push their students way past what other schools expect. There's a reason we're ranked in the top 10 for CS.

[@ThomasAlexander734]

I’m a born and raised Texan UT is extremely overrated and a bogus university you’re better off going to any other university in Texas it’s all the same who cares about rankings just get your degree and get out.

[@bolaball6143]

Northeastern is attractive only because of location.A student is better off attending their state’s flagship universities. They get better education and better college experience.

[@nickhanssveltvek6759]

I wouldn't pay this guy money for his services when he doesn't even know UT Austin auto admit is actually 6% this year (and has been for a few years). It goes to 5% next year, but it's clear he just googled and saw the 5% and has no real knowledge of what it's been when he talks about the "current" auto admit. Also, you can tell he's really sold his soul to high-dollar clients, because he has a problem with someone from a lower socio-economical backround in Texas getting into UT Austin if they can't help but go to a bad school but are at the top of their class-- but then again, these students wouldn't have the resources to pay him to babysit their application

[@CollegeMeister]

Hi Nick. I of course know that it's top 6% now, but because I intend for this video to stay up for a while and because many high school freshmen and sophomores (and their parents) watch my videos, I focused on the fact that the cut off will be top 5% soon enough (when they apply). I also support families of all income levels; I have price points ranging from $19 for my resume course (gumroad.com/l/liuIm) and $99 for My Pre-Read (collegemeister.com/my-pre-read/) to $360 for a one-on-one session (collegemeister.com/smart-sessions) and $15,000+ for wire-to-wire support on three or more applications (collegemeister.com/simply-meticulous/). I don't even understand why you would associate someone having a "lower socio-economic background" with someone who needs or would benefit from the "top X%" program. Many students from such backgrounds can and do work very hard to not only get in the top of their classes; they also can and regularly do earn great test scores and engage in compelling extracurricular activities. The "top X%" program most benefits students from underperforming schools who have done nothing other than get into the "top X%" of their class, and that's why I'm not a huge fan of it, as I believe the strongest college applicants and ultimately college students are triple(+) threats. Good luck.

[@chikamaduka5468]

As an international student which schools can I apply to. My SAT is a 1540, straight A”s and valedictorian . I am from Africa.

[@CollegeMeister]

Many! Good luck.

[@HP-ov7ol]

I jokingly refer to UT as University of California at Austin. UT is working hard to be like the UC schools but with better athletics. I foresee plenty of political struggles to come between the increasingly woke university administration and the increasingly conservative state government in Texas. In any case, there are so many college applicants each year from Texas that the larger state colleges are packed with in-state kids. Most have increased dramatically in enrollment over the past several decades because of the rapid population growth of the state, but still cannot accommodate the demand. That, combined with the idiotic 10% rule, are why so many good students from Texas wind up at other SEC schools.

[@mambomambo2011]

Funny complaint about Texas. I dont even live there, but it is a State school, whose goal is to EDUCATE the state, not out of state rich kids that use your services 😂 also funny that a state system (UT and Texas A&M) combined have an Endowment that DWARFs any Ivy League school or any other public school. And lets be honest they will continue to grow due to the oil revenue allocation from the state. Soon nobody will be able to compete w these 2 schools on Teacher’s salaries…. We can already see professors from places like your Alma Matter jumping ship to Texas McCombs school since they pay better 😂

[@Velsiem]

It's also very difficult for kids at high-performing Texas public schools to get into.

[@johnyom2062]

Having a high endowment and still being overall middling is exactly why it’s overrated

[@warrenmiller2044]

How about the poor, highly qualified out of state students who have UT as rheir dream school and get their spot taken by one of thousands if less qualified texans

[@cl10367]

They're not getting the best Texan students they're getting a good cross section of Texas. That's not a horrible goal but realize that's the goal

[@srikumbham]

@@warrenmiller2044 It's a public university meant to serve the state of Texas...? I'm a Texas HS student who's auto admit to UT and applying, I promise you that if you are not auto admit, you face little chance of getting into UT for a competitive major even as an in state student. UT is mandated by Texas law to have 75% of their incoming undergraduate class be available for Texas residents only. "Poor, Highly Qualified" students don't get in all the time even if they're in state. Universities don't care whether they are your dream school or not, especially public ones. They abide by the law so they can receive funding. If you are an auto admit student at any large public high school in Texas, you are "qualified" enough to get into UT with hard work. Don't just think that UT hands out spots to kids who submit some random essays, bad grades, but just happen to live in Texas.

[@FJT-c2b]

A rating without data to support the claim-thank you for your opinion. Good one, Beavis!

[@leealysia9965]

This video might be controversial. But what you said makes a lot of sense to me. Please continue the hard work.

[@CollegeMeister]

Thank you.

[@leealysia9965]

I totally agree with you on NU.

[@CharlesFosterMalloy]

Texas MBA grads now make what M7 graduates make, & more than grads from non-M7 Ivy League schools that offer MBAs. UT-Austin is catching and even surpassing Rice as the best school in Texas. Rice is now creating an undergraduate business school in order to compete with UT-Austin McCombs. The most overrated public college is no doubt Michigan. This guy is FOS. Based on these 2 statements alone I would not rely on this guy’s [bad] advice.

[@CharlesFosterMalloy]

Northeastern is currently one of the hottest universities out there right now.

[@halea41]

UCLA has to be on this list. It’s a good school, but US News over-ranks it. It’s not better than Berkeley or Michigan. Its biggest strength is film. It fact, it has a lower ROI than UCS, UCI, and UCSB. A big reason a lot of kids wanna go there is not because of its academics, but because of its location. A note on Texas. It’s extremely strong in engineering and CS. I know it’s only two majors, but it’s the two that’s shaping the world right now. There’s also nothing wrong the 5% automatic admission. The UCs have a 10% rule. The strongest students at ut Austin are just as strong as the strongest in any elite private school.

[@CharlesFosterMalloy]

This guy is an overrated college admissions advisor… and a bad one.