Reading The Secret College Essay Harvard Admissions LOVED

[@exinr6930]

While your 4 year high school plan to get into selective colleges videos are depressing to watch as a rising senior, videos like this about writing the actual college essays are super helpful and motivating to boot. Keep making more!

[@zainnnf]

Lol I just skipped over that one after a first watch

[@thesecondcoming000]

Yooo same

[@CyberFlare-fn9kn]

While not exactly the same if you plan on a grad degree you can use some of these ideas to help your chances

[@Ramaswamey]

1 year update?

[@zachvii6476]

Writing about not having anything to write about is a mistake a lot of kids can easily fall into. But this kid's essay is developed and intelligent with genuinely brilliant use of literary devices such as personification and conceit. His writing style is so mature, too. Unlike so many other students who try to write something more advanced, his words flow and dance with each other.

[@YyNRCyY]

Indeed. I’ve read books and other articles from top school essay readers and the consensus is not to get too meta with it. Just think about it through numbers. If a school receives 30,000 applicants, that’s 30 thousand individual essays that will be read. There will be undoubtable burnout from the generic prompts such as, my trips, overly sob story, or just following a generic norm. Read articles or books from former or current admissions. Find the general dos and donts, and just write. You don’t need to write about how u love saving African children, want to end world hunger, grew up poor, and stand up for inequalities. Some people write phenomenal essays and get rejected, while others write average or subpar essays and are accepted. If you wanna write about how much u hate ranch dressing, or that you wear ur lucky ankle bracket on alternating legs depending on moon cycle… do it.

[@aadeeshwar.pathak]

​@@YyNRCyY Insightful. Your last point; I think writing an essay on very unique and seemingly ordinary topics is a safe option only if you can reflect your thoughtfulness, maturity and sophisticated-ness.

[@YyNRCyY]

definitely! I have seen tons of videos of these ivy league kids sharing their essays and they're avg/bad. They throw in so many buzz words and just congestive "imagery" through words people don't generally use. If your whole sentence is constructed with overly complex words, they're going to see right through that. Essay's are a tricky topic. People who are on the edge can be pushed over, while people who they want to accept get a free pass regardless of their essay. @@aadeeshwar.pathak

[@ClaireMarisseApura]

For me, that essay is so good because it explains the topic metaphorically to show the emotions to the reader

[@zainnnf]

I have this essay idea I’m kinda attached to because it’s kinda super personal and im the only one whose actually experienced this and reflected over the event but the one problem I’m running into is transforming that one experience into a “here’s why you should pick me” ending

[@bendover9547]

I’m having the exact same problem right now!! It’s been 4 months, did you get accepted? And got any tips on how you transformed it?

[@oliviamou60]

you don't need to have a why you should pick me ending if the essay itself is enough to make your ideas engaging and beautiful! good luck!

[@zainnnf]

@@bendover9547 accepted to 4 rn, still applying

[@samihaislam5070]

I LOVED this essay so much!! and please make more videos like this. I'm planning on writing mine this month or next month, and these vids will be soo helpful along with your commentary ofc.

[@stardust1761]

can we just take a moment to thank P for doing these amazing videos? Man you are the GOAT

[@butterllee]

this is so good what! i'm getting real motivated here. please keep up the great work!!

[@honkhonkiamgoose730]

How did ur essay writing go ?

[@7yrical14]

Wow! That's a great essay, I'd be a shame if someone were to plagerize it.

[@OctoPlaysPiano]

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[@maggiiuwu3022]

😭

[@battlepans1927]

I just finished my personal statements first draft. Now I hate it because it’s not as badass as this

[@honkhonkiamgoose730]

How's it going did u finish?

[@dominiononuoha8272]

I seriously couldn't tell where bro was going with his essay

[@takin3193]

Its a well written essay, taking on an average unoriginal premise and brings it alive with creative flare and masterful story telling. Unfortunately it fails to describe much about the applicant beyond the daily struggles of your generic High-schooler. Does impressive craft triumph over character?

[@mk.chellie]

I see your point, i feel in a way their character is shown in the telling of the story

[@laylam13]

istg this mans videos are going to save my life

[@RuiDong78]

Big fan of what you do man

[@ChangaPradera]

Papergen templates are soooo good for every assignment i have

[@rayananjiba7071]

Thank you P! Great video man

[@Ananyaaa.x]

i would read his novel if he ever publishes

[@PSSIndependent]

Pratik! W vid as always 🔥

[@veronicasmemories]

This was beautiful ❤️

[@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia]

"Western Michigan University", a doctoral research university with the largest donation in public university history, is the best. If you get admitted they have tons of generous scholarships and they even pay for your internship and in some cases, for your dorm.

[@Suhanagold]

Keep making these video’s , your advice is bang on and I have seen lot of other ivi League videos and I can say with Siri tu , yours is the best and I can work with your advice

[@adhihanradhakrishnan5247]

Thank you pratik for another GOATED VIDEO 🔥

[@CamillaTindanbil]

hi, pls am Camilla a third year student at high school in Ghana and I plan on joining clubs with no leadership positions due to some discriminatory issues. I got a 1310 on the sat and a minimum of c in my transcript. Do u still think i could get into havard for medicine

[@AlexanderYawAmofah]

Hey Camilla i am Alexander completed high school last year to. Don’t know if you are even going to see this. Frankly even though I think 1310 is to low for Harvard I would like to know if you got accepted. I would like to be able to reach out to you.

[@arunagarwal3426]

Awsome P🖖

[@Bubblebubblebumblebee34]

Broooo this is soooooo slaayy 😮🎉

[@johnluin6793]

Ehh.. okay

[@arwasaleh6728]

Hey P! Could you make a video on someone's essay applying to Harvard for a computer science major? Thank you so much!

[@bebenessa2]

Did you get in ?

[@honkhonkiamgoose730]

Did they accept u?

[@hello16yearsago43]

Yo pratik, I was wondering if to get into top schools, if I would need to be in the top 10 graduates, not top 10%. What would your advice be on class ranking in competitive high schools?

[@dv9143]

more college app vids 😍😍😍

[@maxteply1567]

Is the essay merely complimentary to the rest of the application or can a really great one elevate good not great test scores and extracurriculars and be the main reason you get accepted into a high end school?

[@zres4861]

From what Ive heard, the essay can either be a detriment or a supplement, but usually not the sole reason for admission. If your school avg SAT is a 1540 and your SAT is just barely a 1400 your better off not submitting the score rather than just praying the essay will save it. If your schools median GPA is a 3.9 and your GPA is a 3.3 then you could maybe show something in your essay (show not tell) which could help justify somehow why your GPA is so low. As for extracurricular activities, same as gpa, show something that could justify to admissions officers why you dont have any good extracurricular activities. If you have absolutely zero activities tho thats a different issue.

[@maxteply1567]

@@zres4861 that’s what I figured. Thanks

[@zres4861]

@@maxteply1567 No problem man, good luck ^^

[@YourWrongImRight933]

Mental block? Are you kidding

[@kidistshif8845]

ayo, you promised to heli. I'll send you my essay by the end july

[@MaryyamZia-tm8kk]

What’s his EMAIL

[@osenmiss8845]

Hey I just sent my essay can you please review it for me.

[@editedbyignyte8287]

these are fifre bro do more \

[@the_science_channel]

What does this have to do with Harvard? Sounds like clickbait

[@benjaminsmith9757]

This essay was used for a successful application to Harvard

[@samiahossain9483]

@@benjaminsmith9757 then what’s Haverford? (from a quick google search, it tells me it’s another college in Philadelphia)

[@sheffrodrigo]

It is posted in a book written by Harvard graduates

[@iwanttogotocollege]

The book it came from is written by Harvard Admissions experts

[@kidistshif8845]

preach preaching p preach 😂

[@ccca2035]

I am not sure that your essay sounds unique and stand out at all. The reason you could get into top schools has everything to do with your winning of national competition and research work. When you have that, it trumps everything else as it is an easy sell for college admission committee. As long as you don't have stupid essay offending others, you get in.

[@word1ist]

🧐One of the best essays you've ever read🤨 a work of art🤨 where the fuck is Haverford college is it an ivy😆☝🏿👁📢💨 the answer to all those questions is no🧐 bro look up what a faustian deal is better yet look up Alchemical faustian deal💎 not only is this essay trash but it's a direct attempt at misinformation for the process of turning lead into gold💎 you're young it's obvious but I had this shit figured out at three🧐 good luck on your journey Respect for your passion 💪🧐👍

[@iwanttogotocollege]

had a stroke reading this