COLLEGE DECISION REACTIONS 2021 (ivies, stanford, duke, uc's)

COLLEGE DECISIONS 2021 this video has been a LONG time coming and i'm so so thankful that the entire process is over. to anyone who will be applying to college at any point in your life, please remember: COLLEGE DOES NOT DEFINE YOU. the idea that your success is only validated by the schools you get into is a damaging misconception that i believed throughout most of my life, and it's one that i am just now beginning to let go of. please do not use this video as a means to compare yourself to me - everyone is different. everyone has different stories to tell. and even more than that, nobody really knows how the college admissions process works. especially this year, the admissions cycle was crazy and peculiar and unpredictable for many reasons. in the end, everything will work out how it's supposed to. and in the meantime, all you can do is try your best. find your passion. work hard. stay balanced. have fun. there's so much more to you than an arbitrary school's arbitrary decision. as you can see, things turned out a little bit differently than i'd planned. there were definite disappointments. but they'll only help me grow. that being said, please feel free to reach out if you need help or advice, and let me know in the comments if you have any idea of where i should spend the next four years. i'd love the input! *also guys i just got sponsored by an amazing organization called College Advisor and im so shook thank you all so much. if you're interested in receiving unparalleled advice from seasoned advisors who can help you get into your dream schools (literally not even joking, these folks have helped so many kids write phenomenal apps), please check them out: http://collegeadvisor.com/sophie-ong TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 introduction 0:12 school breakdown 0:16 case western, uw, uci 0:20 johns hopkins 0:55 ucsd 1:48 ucla 2:19 washu 2:48 emory 3:37 uc berkeley 4:28 northwestern 4:59 carnegie mellon 6:08 usc 6:38 rice 7:20 duke 9:23 ivy day 10:29 PEP TALK (pls watch) 11:58 cornell 12:24 upenn 12:41 princeton 13:22 yale 13:39 harvard 16:27 stanford 20:16 final decisions insta: @sophieee_o thanks for watching!