WHY I CHOSE MY STATE SCHOOL OVER THE IVY LEAGUE + STANFORD || high school reflections + life update

[@JhayceeCoren]

Hey y’all! I realized I forgot to mention Stanford in this video… completely my fault!! Stanford was also one of my top choices but was mainly ruled out because of price, cost of living, and distance from home! If you are a rising senior looking to be mentored by me FOR FREE on your college applications, please fill out this form for a chance to win a mentorship!! forms.gle/MsWQ8yCsKWT295Jf6 I will also be offering paid services soon, so be on the lookout for that!

[@gamergurl142tm5]

I thought stanford offered free tuition to the middle class :O was this not an option for you? (Like under $150k)

[@JhayceeCoren]

​@@gamergurl142tm5 ​ That is true for families that have what they consider "typical assets." Because my family's assets weren't considered typical (which was decided by their financial aid office using information I provided) I wasn't able to receive that.

[@danielle5253]

The SMARTEST thing anyone can do, if it's a choice, is begin your life after college DEBT free!!! Trust me, I'm 41 and just finished paying my student loans. If I could go back and make a different choice I would, most definitely!! Congratulations on your amazing accomplishments and the amazing acceptances you achieved!! You made one of the hardest but most mature decisions of your life!! I have no doubt your future will be incredible!!!! God bless you and your (most obviously) incredible parents!!

[@grayscar05]

You made a great INFORMED mature decision! UGA is very much still high quality. And you will be thanking yourself later when you don't hv much student debt over your head.

[@JhayceeCoren]

thank you!!

[@gianahay7093]

at first i thought you were CRAZY for picking uga (even though it’s such a good school) over the ives but after hearing the benefits they were giving you I 100% understand! (even though i’d need somebody else to reject usc for me😭)

[@angelicasmodel]

I saw the funds for traveling and intentional study, and that is probably worth more than going to one of the ivys. Spending time in a different country is a great experience for learning different perspectives and personal growth.

[@jacindapaf8076]

This should be required viewing for all students who aspire to tippy top colleges and then freak out when they don’t get in. You’re going to do great things!

[@MM-wi5dn]

The truth - the ivies dont need to give anybody money. They have so many qualified applicants no one is unique to the point they “want” you. This girl went where she truly was wanted and they showed it.

[@AliAli-jv5sp]

Eh, not really they definitely want it her she got into multiple ivies she is the top 1% of

[@piscesgroovesupreme]

​@@AliAli-jv5sp Did you not read the bit about money? 😒

[@adelenpaul]

Ivies and top private schools like Princeton and MIT generally do not give merit aid. I guess everyone is equally deserving. They go off of family finances. As she already mentioned, if you are lower class financially, these top schools have a lot of money to give you. Our son had basically full-rides to MIT and Princeton due to being poorer. Our daughter went to a middle-tier private school on a full-ride but it was all merit/scholarship. All this to say, the Ivies don’t have to “show” you they want you. If you demonstrate financial need, they can be very generous. If you cannot show demonstrated need financially, they aren’t going to “gift” you any more money. Admitting you is their way of saying they want you.

[@prettypinkglitter21]

it’s so refreshing seeing someone pick a university on less superficial things like the prestige a certain school has

[@paulaooook]

You’re going to get the best education with all that special attention. You would just be another number at the ivies. I think you’re brilliant for picking UGA. Debt free? Travel? Wonderful!

[@Kpop-eye-f7t]

Before watching this video I was shocked by her decision to go to UGA, until she started explaining all the benefits lol. She graduates with a masters and she can go for a PhD at any of those Ivies in the future if she wants to, quite easily without ever racking up all those student debts. Sounds like the smartest decision especially for someone who wants to stay in academia for while.

[@novembergrams]

Congratulations!! And I really want to commend your wise decision. I regret falling for a brand name school thinking it would be enough to get a nice job and coast through life. But this decision is so much better!! Excited for what lies ahead of you! 🎉

[@ACGreyhound04]

I got into some top schools back in 2000, but I picked a small school that gave me a full ride. I later went to a more “prestigious” university for law and business school. I think your choice makes sense.

[@angelas4164]

Congrats Jhaycee! Kinda sad you won’t be at Duke, but I know you’ll do AMAZING at UGA! You go girl!! 🎉

[@JhayceeCoren]

thank you!! and I know you’ll have an amazing time at Duke!! We have to keep in touch!!

[@angelas4164]

@@JhayceeCoren ahhh yess fs!!

[@regenbogen2580]

Good luck to you. I’m actually 31 and down a rabbit hole of watching these college admission videos. I’m actually moving to Oxford next week… it’s an amazing place!

[@JhayceeCoren]

thank you!! I can’t wait to study there.

[@lukaspasgon2956]

If I would to get accepted into an Ivy, I would totally go into the Ivy. But I agree that it is a hard decision to make. So im very glad you figured it out well :)

[@JhayceeCoren]

thank you!!

[@thechannel1098]

Romans 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

[@kalebgraham.27]

@@thechannel1098 Amen!!

[@proairtrickshots1196]

Same I would go to the ivy, but Georgia is a great college with very successful graduates. Good job and keep up the good work

[@njpme]

I would only go to an Ivy if it was a full ride. Not paying $50k per year for some liberal arts degree that some people go there for. Like why?

[@scottjackson163]

I went to my local state school (University of Alabama) then earned a couple of graduate degrees, one from Stanford and the other from Johns Hopkins. I was accepted at Brown University.

[@jardynlakera]

I feel you about that middle class statement ! It definitely sucks

[@manuelsteele7755]

I am a minority STEM engineer - an Apache from a rural reservation in AZ. In my opinion, you made an excellent decision in staying in-state with massive financial aid and a home advantage. The decision maximized an optimized state of your academic journey. The reason I say that is because I have seen many gifted minority students go far out-of-state to a private school and burn out to the point of academic probation or dropping out. When I was at Notre Dame as an undergraduate, there were many minority students who were valedictorians or salutatorians from their hometowns in minority areas like South Chicago, rural Texas, rural AZ, rural NM, East LA, etc. A lot of them burned out due to culture shock, racism in the form of microaggressions (or macroaggressions), lack of academic preparation in weak high school curricula, etc. There was often racial tension on the mostly white campus. It was common to see students from minority communities unable to get along or socialize successfully with white students from extremely affluent areas with literally no minorities. You likely would have witnessed that at some of those elite institutions. As I recall, most minority STEM majors dropped out by their junior year at Notre Dame. The few who graduated often just barely made it. But going in-state prevents a lot of those problems. Moreover, you can still go out-of-state for an "Ivy" type of school for a PhD or law degree or MBA, etc. But as a highly successful, more mature, Georgia graduate in her early 20s, the odds will be in favor compared to age 18 for going out-of-state. Plus, graduate students often get better financial aid like with research stipends. I worked in Tallahassee for over 13 years and met many nice people from GA. I come from a tribe known for mountain running, but FL had no mountains. So, I occasionally drove to North GA to hike the Appalachian Trailhead region which had been home to the Cherokees hundreds of years ago. I used to listen to John Mayer's hit "Why Georgia" as I drop up 75 to 675 to 285 then 85 to Gainesville up north to Mt. Enotah. Best wishes on your career.

[@lukaspasgon2956]

My afternoon just got a lot better when I saw you postedddd!!! Im entering highscool next year so im so excited!

[@JhayceeCoren]

good luck!! you’ll have an amazing time!

[@lukaspasgon2956]

Thank you! (Throughout all 4 years you’ll be my main inspiration:)))

[@SunshinePediatricTherapy]

My daughter is going to a state school for undergrad, but her goal is T14 for Law school

[@fozzymalik]

Thank you for sharing! So informative and candid. Love the decision breaakdown .Wishing you all the best - from Pakistan!

[@piscesgroovesupreme]

Y'all are crazy for getting on her case for not going to an Ivy or whatever. Like, have you seen that UGA financial package?? And all the benefits??? And a bachelor's AND a master's in just 4 years?????? I would've made the exact same choice. And UGA is a good school too, so it's not even like she's sacrifices anything academically speaking. She can use that college fund for a PhD in any of them Ivies while that student debt slowly crushes y'all. Congrats sis! I wish you the best! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@chjh127]

REAL RESPECT FOR YOU 🙌🙌

[@fatmakellana8923]

Great choice, best of the luck. 🥺❤

[@JhayceeCoren]

thank you!!

[@gradytaylor4790]

I loved this video, it was so informative!! I cant wait to watch more!! See you soon❤️🖤🤍!!

[@JhayceeCoren]

can’t wait to see you on campus!! go dawgs ❤️

[@jordan-ur7zt]

OMG MY FAVORITE KZbinR

[@JhayceeCoren]

hey girl hey 🤭🤭

[@beckym5730]

Shout out to Dad and Mom super Proud of your, you both did an Amazing job with your daughter.. she will will be going places in her life… Congratulations young lady Very Proud os you well said and thinking of down the road not just now.. very smart 👏👏👏👏👏🌹

[@JhayceeCoren]

thank you so much!!

[@ynesssophia4867]

GIRL WHERE IS THAT PLAYLIST I NEED IT RNNJNN btw 1 year after this decision, do you still regret it? I'm on the process of doing college apps right now, and this video truly is changing my percpective. But I think that this decision makes you way more incredible than all the other people imo. So anyways PLEASE LET ME SEE THE PLAYLIST

[@JhayceeCoren]

my spotify is in the description!! Also, I'm planning to make a video update about how I feel about UGA now, so be on the lookout for it!

[@aidanpmahoney]

absolutely love this. you’re gonna do amazing things no matter where you go ☺️ can’t wait to follow along!! what’s your major?

[@JhayceeCoren]

thank you!! I’m double majoring in economics and political science

[@valvictorianelson613]

Congratulations!

[@nadias8817]

God bless you for this video

[@theone4042]

Lots of legacy kids got into Ivies from my kids school. Kinda feels unfair

[@daniilzabauski8371]

It seems like you forgot about Stanford(watched 3 times). Actually, who cares about Stanford :) Nice video btw!

[@JhayceeCoren]

omg you’re so right i’m sorry😭 stanford was pretty much ruled out because of finances anyway! thanks for watching!!

[@antoniacelestin8350]

Well done....

[@njpme]

Free money is free money! I don't blame you one bit! You see how these folks out here at the mercy of the government for student loan forgiveness because they went to an ivy league or private uni with $50k tuition per year for a crappy degree making $40k a year. 😂

[@beckym5730]

Congratulations

[@jackiebeans2689]

💕💕💕💫💫💫💫

[@andre1987eph]

I got into Brown University and Williams College in 1984. I chose Williams. If I were your father, there is No Way I would allow you to attend a state school with your qualifications. Adolescence is a time when you are supposed to face existential “evolutionary and spiritual selection pressure” for your own long term best interest. I grew up in housing projects in upstate NY, lost my family at age 10, and went through foster care and group homes before going to Williams College. My first college experience was really at age 12 when I was placed in a group home in Albany. The odds of me getting into Williams after being placed in a group home were probably 0.0001%. This is my long winded way of saying that I think you took the easy way out. You didn’t even apply to outstanding smaller schools where you make lifelong friends such as Williams, Bowdoin, Pomona Pitzer, Amherst, Swarthmore but are academically challenged via competition with your equals. Some of these smaller schools would have given you financial aid as well.

[@Mayge24]

Well you’re not her father and this comment was uncalled for. Respect her agency.

[@piscesgroovesupreme]

Yeah... I'm sorry to say this dude, but no one cares about the story of your life. She made the best choice FOR HER -- and objectively the best choice period, which you'd know if you'd actually bothered to listen to what she was saying. And are we seriously still browbeating on state schools in this day and age? UGA is a great school. And get this: UCLA, Berkeley, UMich, UNC, UVA and many more??? All state schools, all notoriously hard to get into, and all with top notch academic offers. So get off your high horse for a minute or something. Sheesh.

[@export2597]

You could have gotten Fafsa. Big mistake not going to Stanford 💀

[@JhayceeCoren]

this just tells me you have no idea about how fafsa works lol

[@jaredgable390]

what a waste spending all the application fee for nothing on all of those colleges and for views. smh

[@chutneysmith6469]

Waste? Quite the contrary. She was able to evaluate all of the choices and made an informed decision. Anything but a "waste."

[@thewisdomcollectivee]

bro she was her schools valedictorian lmao. You'd be dumb not to apply to all those great schools as a valedictorian lol.

[@jaredgable390]

@@thewisdomcollectivee and… she didn’t even go to any of those schools. She went to a state school which I got into and I was just average in high school and had okay grades

[@thewisdomcollectivee]

@@jaredgable390 yeah cause she got a full ride scholarship lmao. Money matters my guy…

[@Kpop-eye-f7t]

@@thewisdomcollectivee I agree, before watching this video I was shocked by her decision to go to UGA, until she started explaining all the benefits lol. She graduates with a masters and she can go for a PhD at any of those Ivies in the future if she wants to, quite easily without ever racking up all those student debts. Sounds like the smartest decision especially for someone who wants to stay in academia for while.

[@DJun-sz3hb]

Very smart girl! U did right decision!!