STATS THAT GOT US INTO IVIES USC STANFORD UW

we spilling the universi-tea boiiiis 🤪🤪🤪
welcome to the first episode of how we memed our way into college - honestly, half of us don't know how we got here (i.e. ardelle, the one writing this heh)
here are the stats that might have given us an edge in the college app process, but best believe we struggled as much as you think we did :^) (yes, this is our favorite emoticon)
want to see more of our very interesting lives? give us a like and subscribe, and leave any questions or comments down below - we will get to them asap, or whenever we're procrastinating into the early morn #nosleepgang hope you will join us in this amazing adventure of higher education !!
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[@ahuynh52]

HOW DOES A FRIEND GROUP LIKE THIS EVEN EXIST

[@rose-mg9wt]

anna huynh this is literally what i want but almost all my friends dont care ab school:((

[@uravitytutorialshacks1722]

@@rose-mg9wt maybe we can be online friends who support/motivate each other :0000

[@rose-mg9wt]

Uravity \Tutorials\Hacks omg

[@uravitytutorialshacks1722]

@@rose-mg9wt 👌

[@rose-mg9wt]

Uravity \Tutorials\Hacks what’s ur instaaa

[@stephanieyu318]

Y r all ivy students saying u dont need a perfect score but then they say on sat get 1550 and their gpa is a 3.9999999999. LIKE THAT IS PRETTY MUCH PERFECT JDHD

[@UniversiTea]

we are only a tiny collection of students, so we definitely don't represent the whole demographic haha having close to perfect scores can definitely help, but it's not necessary - just do your best! - ardelle

[@glleboy2233]

UniversiTea you motivate me thanks.

[@mobzillahunter678]

Being well rounded is more important. I have a 4.67 overall GPA, but my social skills are non existent so 🤷‍♀️. I am an Asian and I know that Harvard wont be taking me. They recently stated in a court case that they reject a lot of Asians not because of racial prejudice, but because a lot of Asians happen to have no personality. I don’t know the validity of this claim overall but it definitely applies to me. Fml

[@robinhu2563]

Mobzilla Hunter I mean, being really good at something will always beat well rounded, when you’re well rounded you’re like a jack of all trades but master of none

[@stephanieyu318]

@@robinhu2563 ya all colleges want a pointed student. Which is y im having college worries while im just a freshie

[@curiousquestioner8598]

That stanford dude right there....... He gives me HOPE

[@UniversiTea]

Bro you’ve got this!!! Work really hard on your essays & believe in yourself :) -Julie

[@crsbladee6065]

UniversiTea I’m trying to go to Carnegie Mellon university for computer science. I need to get atleast 1400 on the sat. Taking it in 4 months any tips? I’m scoring 1200 right now

[@calecorreo3924]

You got this bb! Scores aren't everything!

[@UniversiTea]

I studied with the Khan Academy SAT program, which I found really helpful because you can use them to find your weak spots and practice them specifically. Concentrate on those, and also take some timed practice tests beforehand to get your pacing down. If you prepare in advance and have confidence you are bound to improve ! -michelle

[@curiousquestioner8598]

@@UniversiTea i forgot one thing *yeet*

[@jaredgutierrez928]

How to get into college: get a 3.9 gpa, 1500 35 sat act, and do track!

[@notjin2109]

thatboyjared g look at the stanford dude tho

[@robertofritze1907]

Oh dope that's literally me lol

[@rukeo.1856]

That’s what I do lol

[@christktheif]

Did that, didn’t get into my first choice 🤷🏻‍♀️ depends more on who you are not your score

[@arpitaguha5433]

christina Deng also depends hugely on your essay

[@meaghankehoe3233]

Omfg thank god for the Stanford kid and Washington guy they were the realest of them all

[@calecorreo3924]

Meaghan Kehoe we yuhhh

[@StealthyNinja110]

appreciate it

[@jacobhasagun8402]

Well Washington guy got a 1500 on sat sooo

[@hearts4life17]

I mean i dont think Washington is that hard to get into considering hella people from my school go there and they accept a lot of people too.

[@pamelarealpes]

💓hearts4life💓 yeah but the fact that it’s a really competitive school, with highest rankings in certain majors, makes it a little bit more prestigious than other schools.

[@theboys5659]

Now make a video 5-10 years from and see who is the most successful

[@lmet6174]

The Boys 😂😂

[@lighthousesniper124]

No Like actually they better

[@theboys5659]

Ideal Gaming I’m tryna see if hard work in school equals success

[@samuelskillern7365]

I'm pretty sure the guy going to the University of Washington will have the least debt, the guy going to Stanford has a broad major and may have a large pool of potential employers, but the girl going to USC is majoring in business, so she may have the most stable job.

[@luffyluffy3758]

@@samuelskillern7365 You mean the most unstable job...

[@SaturnsApollo]

What do yall mean "y0u DOn'T nEed PeRFecT sc0reEs" when yall have the PERFECT SCORES

[@UniversiTea]

we all aimed high with testing so the group's score range is small; however, since coming to our respective schools, we can say that there's a much larger range of scores among the students admitted - ardelle

[@SaturnsApollo]

UniversiTea hmm so with that in mind, how much do colleges take your respective schools avg scores into consideration? Because I scored a 30 but my schools avg is 18

[@UniversiTea]

@@SaturnsApollo that i can't say for sure... however the scores among our group were generally higher than our school average, which i imagine would look good to admissions counselors. in your case, way above average is definitely a good thing!

[@mahadadam3317]

You don’t need perfect scores. You could also have a wealthy father.

[@kevinjin8321]

Perhaps the person with a 2.5 GPA qualified for the USAMO, USACO, USAPho, USAChO, etc. summer camps. Maybe the person also competed in both summer and winter olympics in fifteen sports overall, placing first in all of them. You get it. The person has to have outstanding extracurriculars to make up for their poor GPA.

[@user-se5kj4ir2j]

"I do orchestra....kinda" IDK HOW I RELATE BUT I DO

[@mahadadam3317]

I mean does it count if I never practiced...

[@aspacia4630]

킨더 literally me

[@jennyvu6317]

some of y’all never got a 2 and it shows 😔

[@joshmakesdrinksandjokes]

Y’all better not let this die in a month bc this is gr8

[@UniversiTea]

Thank you! And don't worry, we have TONS of video ideas planned for the future :)

[@UniversiTea]

Love your channel btw!

[@riotjohnson889]

I was literally thinking the exact same thing 2 mins into the video

[@bombgames1579]

@@UniversiTea yeah i have an idea. Let everyone vlog a day of how they live in college. And make a video about it :)

[@UniversiTea]

@@bombgames1579 idk about the others, but i was thinking of doing a day in my life vlog sometime after school starts again! expect that sometime in february? -julie

[@eastcoastguy7914]

did anyone notice that NONE of these kids Gasped or raised their eyebrows as everyone was reciting off their scores or GPA....yea thats what happens when you are of the team! 👀

[@feliciaroyers1646]

prob bc they all already knew each others

[@meganhoang236]

don't sleep on the stanford guy lmaooooo

[@to6ky-m5u]

Dis Stanford boi gave me hope

[@mohamedsudheer9163]

hell naww theres no way that dude just did NHS and nothing else and got into stanford....he must have done something else or his essays were tooo fire

[@danielkang9974]

Yeah I mean what???

[@UniversiTea]

from our experience, a cohesive application that represents you in all aspects is what matters most - college admissions can be unpredictable, and it goes to show that no set of stats guarantee an acceptance or rejection! however, if it helps, i have heard that caleb's essays were pretty solid (: - ardelle

[@calecorreo3924]

My essays were hella fire.

[@constancemess4385]

this is a thread I didn’t know I needed until now

[@CharltonLepkofker]

Ikr lol. I’m dying this year because of ECs and I’m most likely going to be rejected

[@ileridosunmu9261]

I thought you said the scores were diverse. You all scored super high. I do like that some of you didn’t have tons of clubs because that is what I am worried for my applications right now.

[@UniversiTea]

I guess what we meant is that for more selective schools, there’s usually a certain benchmark of scores that you have to reach to be seriously considered, so once your past that, the exact number can vary a bit -mich

[@ana.medina]

“You don’t need to have perfect stats!1!1” *has a 3.9999, 35 act, 1550 sat*

[@prathika4520]

What is the gpa out of.

[@reemh5187]

Tik tok fyp 4.0

[@tasteofterror5031]

The Stanford guy got in with a 1460 SAT and just NHS?? That’s sus, he had to have done something else. NHS is one of the most cliche electives too

[@calecorreo3924]

Heyyy, ya I didn't do much but I spent a lot of time on my essays and really tried to show my personality with genuine answers and a prompt I really connected with. I tried to communicate my time in high school as spent with people more than with clubs!

[@calecorreo3924]

NHS was def something I put time into as a tutor and I tried to bring that out in my essays!

[@zayraelia7153]

@@calecorreo3924 you should do a video about your college essays like how you wrote it, advice, and tips, ect. that would be a cool video

[@calecorreo3924]

Evan Xu nope, I am the first in my family to go a higher tier college like Stanford and my parents were the first in their families to go to college

[@calecorreo3924]

Zayraelia hopefully when I find time!

[@joshmakesdrinksandjokes]

ardelle i can't believe u let this die smh

[@UniversiTea]

don't you worry, universitea never lets its loyal fans down, look out for fresh new content coming soon maybe lol - ardelle

[@riotjohnson889]

Oh wow I just scrolled down 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

800 on the math part of the SAT is very impressive. Can't guess on the grid ins. So you earned it.

[@jooliworld6115]

when you and your whole squad is successful and smart S Q U A D G O A L S T^T

[@UniversiTea]

thank u!!! ur too sweet

[@KellyLao]

When everyone nods when Caleb says he got a 1460 omg

[@emilyostrowski7954]

THE KAHOOT SONG AT THE END I STARTED CRYING! ALSO LOVE THE CHANNEL GREAT IDEA LOVE THIS CANT WAIT FOR THE POSTS TO COME 🤪🤪

[@UniversiTea]

thx for watching and appreciating our bgm choices emily! :^)

[@hysteria8965]

The dude that goes to Cornell *looks* like he goes to Cornell 😂

[@gabbyc2236]

your friend group is so cute and this was so helpful ty!!!

[@UniversiTea]

aww thank you so much!

[@yasinwarsame3282]

Mahad is amazing! And so are the rest of you all. Congratulations on all your achievements!

[@ilyaassugal8379]

Y’all I went to Einstein so it’s nice to see some familiar faces! I’m going to Brown, so hope to catch u there Julie!

[@UniversiTea]

can't wait to see u on campus! :) -julie

[@asquaredgaming7380]

The Columbia guy is such a bro. Sending my app in soon, hope to see you there next year!

[@mahadadam3317]

Keep me posted!

[@asquaredgaming7380]

@@mahadadam3317 I'm applying to one of Columbia's dual degree programs, so I'd be in GS rather than cc, but it would still be LIT to go

[@mahadadam3317]

@@asquaredgaming7380 Best of luck! It truly is a wonderful school!

[@acatalepsy7410]

Update?

[@sparkshark5285]

Update?

[@mikesmith6292]

This is the kind of friend group I should have joined in high school. Congrats to you all! 👏🏾

[@tristiandavis6852]

I wish I had a friend group like this 😭😭😭

[@UniversiTea]

i'll be ur friend if u come to brown :') -julie

[@ebenezernyenwe1677]

you dont need perfect grades mentions perfect grades

[@lionelhan356]

The girl going to brown is highkey super cute!!

[@catherinec2149]

Lionel Han she is so pretty!

[@dinozaur2544]

I hope she sees this bro

[@billy7951]

Honestly so helpful and inspirational! Thank you!!❤️

[@bubbles101743]

Please do day in the life’s at all your schools! Would love to see it :)

[@UniversiTea]

thx for watching jayna! we will try to each find a day when we don't look crusty to film... so it might take a while... but stay tuned! :^) - ardelle

[@kyla9344]

This gives me hope. I love this.

[@sashalessa2023]

this proves that youre the average of the people you hang out with, good job guys haha

[@ozioma]

Wow I’ve never seen a channel like this it’s amazing!

[@UniversiTea]

thank u so much! it means a lot to us :) -julie

[@MissRamen]

wow litty a1 editing loved it!!!

[@soobiemoon2209]

hey! thank you for making this, this channel is SO helpful.

[@UniversiTea]

thanks for watching! - ardelle

[@vanyadimri9116]

This video was really helpful and chill lol Also ayy y’alls are from Seattle!!! Me too!!! I go to Redmond High!!! This might sound weird but a couple minutes into the video I got this Washingtonian vibe (ur igs verified my Seattle-sense 😅) I’m a sophomore and I absolutely love all of these schools and the majors some of you have chosen. Thanks for this and please keep this channel alive!

[@UniversiTea]

thank you fellow seattleite :))

[@rasyiqahzainudin3250]

I'm still young for college and I can imagine myself in the future coming back to this video so thankyou so much in advance

[@UniversiTea]

awww you're too sweet! i'm glad that you find our video helpful :) -julie

[@smixit2043]

this video just makes my self esteem plummet

[@celineli2738]

OH MY 4:31 scares me a lot lol! But I have to say you guys are just so amazing!!!

[@yoongisguacamole8722]

THE CHOCO QUEEN IS HERE lol😂😂I like the vid ,its great👍

[@hyunlixbbs3136]

this video was super helpful! thank you for making it universitea!!

[@UniversiTea]

thx for watching!

[@tanvimathews9505]

Ya’ll are literally the friends I wish I had. Haha! Loved the video :)

[@UniversiTea]

thank you for watching tanvi! :)

[@cristogarcia4586]

You guys gave me hope thank you

[@UniversiTea]

glad we could help! please believe in urself, that's the best thing u can do for urself! :) -julie

[@joyousengineeringstudent2525]

You guys got KILLER GRADES! Good job :) I got rejected from both four year colleges I applied to (had a 3.4 GPA with no AP classes) so I had to get my act together and get good grades at a two year college. It paid off cuz I'm transferring to the same four year college that rejected me back in 2016! 😁

[@UniversiTea]

congrats!! so glad that your hard work paid off

[@gabbytrevino6476]

hey yall this video is so cute!! lots of info and so glad you're repping washington!!! (I live in the tacoma area whoooo) i applied ed to columbia so really i've just been obsessed w/ watching vids like this haha

[@UniversiTea]

thx gabby! best of luck with your decision :)

[@mahadadam3317]

Ayy best Ivy

[@superman198224]

Glad one of you got into a real school. Go Huskies!

[@samuelskillern7365]

GPA (Unweighted): 2.16 SAT (out of 1600): 1200 Clubs: Young Democrats, Stage Crew, and Gay-Straight Alliance AP Geography Score: I believe I earned a 5. I am currently studying business at a community college and I am pretty sure I want to transfer to a liberal arts college majoring in economics. Considering Comp. Sci. or another physical/natural science.

[@axzy7800]

I love this !💯

[@priscillasong1068]

how is ur whole friend group smart n cute n talented . tf

[@studywithjosh5109]

This is very reassuring to me. Thanks!

[@dianasilverio8443]

UNIVERSITEA that is such a dad joke thooooooooo HAHAHHAH

[@whatdoufeel]

Can you do a zoom update on where you are in life, or where you’re headed after you graduate? You’re video, including the book recommendation, was absolutely helpful and inspiring. All the best to you all.

[@MissRamen]

loving the channel art btw

[@UniversiTea]

Thanks!

[@RubLox_Live]

The UW dude gets all my love and respect

[@__8023]

That is a CRAZY outro song

[@mocha2237]

Nice video! Can you guys please make a video on what some of these things are, like SAT superscore?

[@PrincessDaisyTseng]

im surprised that usc had better stats then stanford and she had like the most extracurr stuff;; stats dont mean that much and colleges are unpredictable, iits not the end of the world i still have a chance!!

[@makaylagubbay8661]

Keep in mind the business program at USC is AMAZING but yes I agree with you

[@highschoolvlogs1248]

congratulations! hopefully i als get into stanford and USC this year!!!

[@wagneracevedo3796]

Squad goals

[@aye428]

Wow, you guys are an ELITE group of friends.

[@notjin2109]

I’m from washington too, in SYSO, 690 reading 800 math, considering Brown, and submitted my Stanford REA last week! Hope I can join Julie or Kaleb next year!!

[@UniversiTea]

super cool! hope you get into your top choice schools! we'd love to have you here at brown ;) -julie

[@alytarmin7724]

I would just try to get your reading score up a little and I think you could be accepted! good luck xoxo! try khan academy sat, it works perfectly for both sat and act.

[@notjin2109]

aly tarmin aha, i’m done with testing lmao. My soul is dead and i exhausted khan academy long ago

[@joseph_tuckerman]

Not Jin and here I am with a 1210 😂

[@Sun-ud2rm]

This video gives me hope to get into university

[@lilli2544]

This video gives me hope on getting into Yale

[@melreyn]

i'm a freshman in high school and i reaaaallllyyy wanna get into these colleges & i think i'm stressing too much rip

[@UniversiTea]

you still have a lot of time! it's good to start prepping yourself early, but don't let stress prevent you from enjoying your time in high school - ardelle

[@yackamajez]

If you want to get an early start, I would highly suggest finding something you're truly passionate about (easier said than done) and starting to join extra curricular a based on that. You can worry about your sat and stuff later but I think it's very important to get an early start on extra curriculars

[@melreyn]

UniversiTea dhshjsj thanks ardelle :))

[@angelale9434]

OWEN DOHERTY me too man, northwestern !!

[@amalsani8871]

heyy are u junior now?

[@KellyLao]

OKAY MICHELLE! I SEE YOU!!! I am a senior wanting to go to USC for Business Administration as well. Hopefully, I get in this year #fighton

[@UniversiTea]

ayy fight on -mich

[@saurabhjhanjee2408]

Love the Wii music!

[@maiyaanne1696]

I love how diverse this friend group is

[@mohammadalshamsi717]

Lmao “universitea”” so creative 😂😂😂

[@ashreeb9949]

YEEEETTTTTTT 💓

[@SenpaiMisha]

Thank you for the video! Helps me picture where I stand amongst stellar students. I am aiming for Harvard and this shows I actually have a chance 😅

[@josepharce5218]

Man this is so cool. I wish I had a friend group like this. Just got into West Point!

[@UniversiTea]

thanks for watching and big congrats on your acceptance !! :)

[@almel4949]

the stanford kid got the most realistic one out of all of them omg and its my dream school lol

[@dancingismylife55]

UW guy is cute

[@StealthyNinja110]

ig's in the desc

[@chopperman2122]

Lmao, for real. I'mma add that to the list reasons I need to get into UW.

[@milkymoon1345]

*yeet* I am supposed to be writing an essay for a scholarship thingy right now but yeah ... I hope this whole thing ends soon so I can be free .. I can't even explain how much of a useless stress I've been having for the last 2 months.. Thanks for the video !

[@UniversiTea]

thx for watching! luv the username btw :) put in your best effort, good luck, and stay positive, it'll be over before you know it - ardelle

[@sparkleiris7829]

wow the University Application process in America is crazy. I definitely don't have any reason to complain about the Canadian application process.

[@UniversiTea]

yeah I applied to two Canadian schools in addition to Brown & the apps were sooooo much easier! they literally took 10 minutes & didn’t even have essays or letters of rec :) -julie

[@e.t.gohome8042]

You guys and gals are inspirations! I was expecting for you guys to have 5 or more clubs and prestigious extracurriculars- I thought I had to satisfy this standard. My only obstacle is the SAT but I study daily and I am improving. Any tips would be appreciated, though the video itself is helpful enough!

[@UniversiTea]

thank you!! there are so many examples of insane resumes out there and not enough like ours, so that's why we're here! as for any test, practice is v important. none of us are test-taking geniuses or have photographic memories (except for alex maybe?? unconfirmed but we're sus lol) so we all had to suffer through it.. good luck though!

[@e.t.gohome8042]

@@UniversiTea lol thank you very much and congratulations on all your accomplishments!

[@laylapilon536]

E.T. Go Home I took the ACT so I don’t have any advice for the SAT particularly, but I used PrepScholar ACT to study for my test and it raised my score from a 28 to a 33 in two months & they offer a SAT version as well! It is expensive but they offer a point guarantee (not exactly sure what it is for SAT but for ACT they guaranteed me 4 points or I got my money back)

[@SomethingToThinkAbout2002]

Y'all got my subscription

[@rachel-ur5bx]

mahad is so funny and needs to start his own youtube channel

[@mahadadam3317]

Mutiny vlog coming soon

[@rachel-ur5bx]

Mahad Adam btw i’m going to barnard college this fall! i hope to see you at columbia (plus i’m also from seattle).

[@mahadadam3317]

@@rachel-ur5bx Congrats!

[@quicksilver1752]

@@mahadadam3317nigga you're Ethiopian right

[@mahadadam3317]

@@quicksilver1752 no

[@rachaeljessica4721]

dude with the blue sweatshirt was a MOOD

[@yungchoqquit]

What a squad

[@ynrlock9315]

*THE EDITZ*

[@ayaskug.907]

Please do a video on the apps and topics you guys wrote for common app >.

[@magl1609]

Amazing video!! You guys are so inspiring!! I'm only a freshman but I was wondering if you guys had any tips/advice that can benefit/increase your chances of getting into an academically rigorous school (aka ivy aka yale) 😉☺

[@UniversiTea]

thank u! good for you for being proactive about college prep. a quick tip would be to think about what makes your identity different than others. colleges like to build diverse classes, so strong academics are pretty much a given - figure out what else you can contribute to your campus that no one else can! keep being ambitious and gl :) more tips may be coming in a future video... - ardelle

[@magl1609]

aahhh thanks for replying! I'll definitely take that into consideration!! @@UniversiTea

[@orynabludova7944]

I love how everyone just nodded their head when the Stanford dude said he got a 1460 on his STATs....

[@shreys6343]

Hey guys I'm still in grade 9 but I've started to research and plan out things aldready seeing how stressed my older friends got trying to get into a good college.Do you have any tips on how I can maximize my chances of making it into the ivy league and what I could do in the next 3 years of school to help make my profile interesting and "ivy worthy😂" so to speak. Regards Shrey

[@bread9743]

I was STRESSED after watching this....

[@PankekiSama]

Twas rreeeeeally comforting to see that yall got into good college even though u didnt win the us presidential election and solve world hunger in ur extracurriculars man

[@UniversiTea]

tbh most of the people i've met at brown haven't accomplished anything crazy either, we're all just normal people :) -julie

[@pallavi6013]

#friendshipgoals lmao you guys are awesome

[@singcheerto8579]

me not showing up is indicative of my lack of commitment in high school #gobears

[@jamesturner1599]

I got into Northwestern and Cornell, two of my reach schools and I ended up choosing Northwestern. I had a 3.8 gpa, took 14 ap classes, got a 1540 sat, was in band, robotics club, and debate team, but debate team was only for a year.

[@jamesturner1599]

JusyClouds They were all in school, freshman I took 1, sophomore I took 2, junior I took 6, senior I took 5. I got around six hours of sleep for both junior and senior though so I was fine.

[@eloraneal9589]

Did any of you guys do Running Start? Obvs most of you guys are going out of state so the credit transfers would be rough, but I was just wondering.

[@UniversiTea]

I only did one yoga course through Running Start in order to fulfill my school's gym requirement. We mostly did APs instead of Running Start because a lot of out-of-state schools accept APs. :) -julie

[@johnsmiths8744]

please do a segment on your essays!

[@michelleyuxinwang5961]

thanks for the video!! very helpful :)

[@UniversiTea]

thanks for watching name twin :) -michelle

[@danalaba]

This is the best of stats video. Regroup and make a college video.

[@adafraney2387]

I’m going to the same high school you all went to! I wasn’t sure until you mentioned the nest 😂

[@UniversiTea]

go t-birds go :^)

[@codyfernfan6274]

Can I ask what the Stanford guy's essays were about??? THANKS SM

[@lucybenavides9209]

love that ending Fantage music ;)

[@Sarah-oi7nl]

I love y’alls personalities oof soo ummm I just followed a few (: