Valerie Nguyen
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Viewing My Yale Admissions File || How I *Actually* Got Into Yale
In this video, I share what I learned from my Yale admissions file and discuss what my admissions officers & interviewer said about me. At the end of the video, I also share some bonus behind-the-scenes info about Yale admissions. Sprinkled throughout the video is advice based on patterns I noticed while looking through the file.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:10 Preface
3:19 Admissions File Breakdown
4:18 Interview Report
10:25 Reader 1 Comments
17:14 Reader 2 Comments
19:09 Main Takeaways
25:46 Admissions Behind-the-Scenes (How an application moves through the review process)
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moonboy - seconds 11:43
moonboy - stay with me 13:45
Tama - Vanilla Sky 15:31
moonboy - iced coffee 17:08
Hicks - Whiskey on Ice 19:08
moonboy - butter 21:00
Tama - Initium 22:13
ARISU - Digital Monsters 24:13
moonboy - tides 26:21
moonboy - candy 28:14
Tama - Sweet Morning 30:11
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:10 Preface
3:19 Admissions File Breakdown
4:18 Interview Report
10:25 Reader 1 Comments
17:14 Reader 2 Comments
19:09 Main Takeaways
25:46 Admissions Behind-the-Scenes (How an application moves through the review process)
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Komentáře

  • @serenalol9895
    @serenalol9895 Před měsícem

    thank you for this. you really don’t understand how much this calmed me. i’ve been researching stats that got kids into yale (my dream school) for days and they all do crazy things like starting nonprofits or developing medical devices so it’s nice to see someone with comparable extracurriculars to me

  • @alexaquintana6816
    @alexaquintana6816 Před 5 měsíci

    Why didn't they count your letter of rec? Do you know anything about the specific requirements for letters of rec? Thanks! :)

  • @user-wr4yl7tx3w
    @user-wr4yl7tx3w Před 6 měsíci

    or one can do what president of harvard did. cheat over 50 times and counting, and call anyone racist for calling her out for cheating. and whine about white privilege when she is collecting $900k salary even after being exposed. talk about privilege.

  • @wishIKnewHowToLove
    @wishIKnewHowToLove Před 7 měsíci

    YOU R SO SWEET!!

  • @wishIKnewHowToLove
    @wishIKnewHowToLove Před 7 měsíci

    EXCELLENT ESSAYS. I EVEN LOOKED UP YO SCHOOL! VERY INTERESTING.

  • @wishIKnewHowToLove
    @wishIKnewHowToLove Před 7 měsíci

    SUCH AMAZING ESSAYS!!! I ALMOST CRIED... SO VIVID!!! ESP THE SUN IN YO EYES AS THE GUY HANDEDE THE NOTICE AND HOW YO HEART SANK.

  • @wishIKnewHowToLove
    @wishIKnewHowToLove Před 7 měsíci

    you've grown in 4 years!!

  • @Gh-mh2uf
    @Gh-mh2uf Před 8 měsíci

    Does interview mean anything. Have they gone through application and then decided to interview?

  • @annamariamiru917
    @annamariamiru917 Před 8 měsíci

    Thank you for your sincerity, Valerie, it is really refreshing to see young people present themselves from a place of accountability and self-reflection. Clearly, your teachers and college administrators appreciated these qualities in you. If I can be honest, I would love to see you re-record this video with one change: intentionality in your speech. As a first-generation refugee who had to learn English as a second language (while taking college courses and maintaining a high GPA to keep my scholarship), I value the power of words very much -- probably a little too much. I tried to stay the course for 30 minutes, but ended up tuning out, finding myself counting the times you said "like" used carelessly and abundantly throughout the video. That word appeared 90 times (or every 20 seconds, on average), with no more than 5 justifiable instances. I hope you agree that we owe it to the English language, to Yale (one of the finest places in academia) and to other high school seniors vying to get admission to Yale to project a polished-enough image that avoids using run-off sentences jampacked with filler words (e.g., this sentence at 10:42: "um...I just wrote everything verbatim…um…so I'll try to explain them as I go, so Reader One said that I had nice short answers…um…and unlike a lot of other applications, QuestBridge has a lot of other extra essays, and there are also a lot of short answer like 35 word responses that we had to come up with...um...so I think that that's what the first reader was commenting on…um…that my voice was coming through, so again like with…with sincerity, like genuineness, like your…your personality, your voice coming through your essays is really important to the admissions officers um…"). I hope you will consider re-recording this video, because your message is golden, but the caveat of making videos is that it memorializes not only our accomplishments, but our shortcomings as well, for perpetuity. All the while, these videos become a teaching tool for those learning this language. Since you are ready to matriculate Yale with a certificate in Education, I trust that you will agree with me (even if it stinks, even if it stings) when I say: "you got this! Let's do a re-record," because--as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young said it so well--you ought to "teach your children well...and know they love you!"

  • @theo_oooo
    @theo_oooo Před 9 měsíci

    such a helpful video, thank you so much 🙏 can you do a video on your essays? or at least list them on application bee or admit yogi? yale is my dream school and i would buy them in a heartbeat, i need inspiration so bad 😭

  • @sooshieee
    @sooshieee Před 9 měsíci

    this is probably the most helpful college app video i’ve seen

  • @meena7580
    @meena7580 Před 9 měsíci

    hi! I was wondering what major you switched to and why you decided pre-med was not it for you as I'm scared to commit to such a long journey myself.

  • @user-ef1rk7gh6h
    @user-ef1rk7gh6h Před 9 měsíci

    You are really great and encouraging

  • @emox6400
    @emox6400 Před 9 měsíci

    From the sound of it, my son just had a 10/5 interview (different school)!

  • @nicholaschang3185
    @nicholaschang3185 Před 9 měsíci

    yoo wassup valerie this showed up on my youtube recommended lol

    • @valnnguyen
      @valnnguyen Před 9 měsíci

      😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️

  • @gunnerklith5840
    @gunnerklith5840 Před 9 měsíci

    How did she have a 4 unweighted GPA if she had 3 Bs?

    • @valnnguyen
      @valnnguyen Před 9 měsíci

      Hi! AP classes added 10 points to our grade

    • @gunnerklith5840
      @gunnerklith5840 Před 9 měsíci

      @@valnnguyen but isnt that only the case for weighted. Like in unweighted isnt everything weighed the same.

    • @valnnguyen
      @valnnguyen Před 9 měsíci

      @@gunnerklith5840 Yeahh i put down two unweighted gpa’s. I think every college has its own way of calculating GPA and weighing AP classes, but my unweighted HOPE GPA (by Georgia state standards) was 3.956 and my hs gpa unweighted was 4.0. I’m not sure what exactly went into this calculation, but I just took it as given since it was on my transcript. Perhaps it counted my grades with the extra 10 pts up to a 4.0 or 100 as a limit. I wouldn’t say I cared that much about my GPA in HS so I was not concerned with figuring out exactly how things were calculated.

  • @hehemaybe
    @hehemaybe Před 9 měsíci

    Valerie! I came across your channel today and I have to say I am really glad I did! Thank you for sharing with such honesty and self-awareness this video. We can definitely tell why Yale has chosen you and they are very lucky for doing so S2

  • @ethere4l34
    @ethere4l34 Před 9 měsíci

    your name sounds good, could you tell the nationality and family background of your parents?

  • @irenee77890
    @irenee77890 Před 9 měsíci

    Great video, You really got in for a reason, God knew you'd give this valuable insight💗Thank You

  • @GatorGirlMemeQueen
    @GatorGirlMemeQueen Před 9 měsíci

    thank you SO much- this was so comforting and helpful!

  • @user-qz2np9do1n
    @user-qz2np9do1n Před 9 měsíci

    why did they say your science teacher rec wasn’t a rec?

  • @hollybabababa6878
    @hollybabababa6878 Před 9 měsíci

    I don’t know why, but this video gives me so much comfort :) thank you!

  • @steveh1486
    @steveh1486 Před 10 měsíci

    You're awesome. Thanks for sharing your video.

  • @hariabburu2807
    @hariabburu2807 Před 10 měsíci

    i had the same test scores except the sat one my highest score was a 1460

  • @A.isforAmara
    @A.isforAmara Před 10 měsíci

    Love this! Keep blossoming where you’re planted. 🤍

  • @bookinit5216
    @bookinit5216 Před 10 měsíci

    I appreciate this video so much! Your insights are incredibly valuable and you put things into perspective yet make acceptance seem possible. I would love to see more videos on your friends and their admissions files!

  • @mantashasiddiqui4008
    @mantashasiddiqui4008 Před 10 měsíci

    Hey can you help me with my common app essay? I am Internationa student. English is not me first language so I am not able to frame my essay. your help will be highly appreciated.

  • @snowwww225
    @snowwww225 Před 10 měsíci

    Heyyy Valerie! I really like your video. I am a senior who is about to apply for college, my I private message you for some college app questions please?

  • @PureAloha78
    @PureAloha78 Před 11 měsíci

    Great video! Congratulations on being accepted to Yale.

  • @trinhhang-yv4or
    @trinhhang-yv4or Před 11 měsíci

    Are you Vietnamese 😍😍😍

  • @mag830
    @mag830 Před 11 měsíci

    On Yale podcast they said the scaling is out of 9. But they rarely give 8/9 those are reserved for like people who’ve won the Olympics or something crazy like that. So like most admitted applicants are rated 2+ but super impressive people are like 1+ to 1-

    • @valnnguyen
      @valnnguyen Před 11 měsíci

      Ohh interesting I didn’t even know they had a podcast. Thanks for sharing!

    • @maryeverett2266
      @maryeverett2266 Před 11 měsíci

      The admit rate for Harvard applicants who receive a rating of some “flavor” of 1 is 100%. It’s extremely rare and very impressive.

    • @user-en5vj6vr2u
      @user-en5vj6vr2u Před 10 měsíci

      Harvard applicants who get a 1 overall are always admitted. Getting a 1 in one of the main categories has about a 40% acceptance rate

    • @maryeverett2266
      @maryeverett2266 Před 10 měsíci

      Yeah, I meant a 1 overall. Getting a 1 in one category but nothing else has a 68% chance of acceptance, unless it’s in athletics, which gives an 88% chance of admission. @@user-en5vj6vr2u

    • @cat-wp5kh
      @cat-wp5kh Před 8 měsíci

      Hello, how are u? Can you explain a little about this scale to me? I'm Brazilian, I have some doubts about American colleges and these scales and categories confuse me. Could you explain it to me better? What would be a 2+, or a 1-?

  • @Anne_rlene
    @Anne_rlene Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you so much for sharing this detailed breakdown of your journey to Yale! Your insights into the application process, especially the importance of showcasing character, passion, and community involvement, are incredibly valuable. It's refreshing to hear about the real experiences behind the application and how the holistic review process works. Your honesty about mistakes and the emphasis on being genuine and unique in essays is really inspiring. Wishing you all the best in your senior year at Yale and beyond.

    • @valnnguyen
      @valnnguyen Před 11 měsíci

      Thank you for your encouraging comment! Posting makes me really anxious, but if it’s helpful to at least one person it’s all worth it :)

    • @Anne_rlene
      @Anne_rlene Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@valnnguyen I understand how sharing something online can be nerve-wracking, but please know that your efforts are truly making a difference. Even if it reaches and helps a few people, it's worth it. Keep up the good work Valerie!

  • @antaravadhera5039
    @antaravadhera5039 Před rokem

    What major did you apply as?

  • @hd_progaming264
    @hd_progaming264 Před rokem

    Thank you for calming me down

  • @useo.haessal
    @useo.haessal Před rokem

    I got a C and I’m a freshman Kinda screwed Oh well ;-;

  • @moonpeach7181
    @moonpeach7181 Před rokem

    I'm a few years late, but beautiful, beautiful essay. I relate to your story so much. Thank you for sharing. ❤

  • @saltanatmakhsut4070

    Thank you!You're awesome, so detailed video!

  • @monachandra7278
    @monachandra7278 Před rokem

    Can you please share your why yale essays ?

  • @user-rx6fb6tf8d
    @user-rx6fb6tf8d Před rokem

    Can we hear the shot answer responses please?

  • @lindamsmith3302
    @lindamsmith3302 Před rokem

    i needed a new job which i was asked to bring my high school diploma and transcript which got me stressed out until i got mine from someone my sister told about and thats DEELSCAFE💯..

  • @paulag2566
    @paulag2566 Před 2 lety

    If you need help to get into college (admissions, scholarships etc) I recommend The College Counseling Specialist, based in Irvine CA

  • @Saintbetty
    @Saintbetty Před 2 lety

    Wow honestly you motivated me to strive for more in education hopefully I’ll be in Yale in 2024!

  • @nataliedundas929
    @nataliedundas929 Před 2 lety

    you were so open and honest during this video, and it makes me feel better about small things that i was dreading. thank you so much :)

  • @theikimashoclub5719
    @theikimashoclub5719 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for your honesty

  • @user-rx6fb6tf8d
    @user-rx6fb6tf8d Před 2 lety

    Did you report your act and sat scores?

  • @vedantdave579
    @vedantdave579 Před 2 lety

    Wait, quick question but what Major did you apply under? Amazing job btw!

  • @DaddyAsh7505
    @DaddyAsh7505 Před 2 lety

    I would really like to thank you. You really helped me a lot with this video.

  • @recell8305
    @recell8305 Před 2 lety

    Hi I was wondering as another student who didn't get a super high score as other applicants, do you think it is better to submit the score or not submit it? Also did you submit it?

  • @belladonnadreams7319
    @belladonnadreams7319 Před 2 lety

    Oh my gosh, I am so surprised by your determination!!! I’ve already lost count of the amount of times you’ve taken all of those exams meanwhile I’m beating myself up over my 1050 SAT score (which I have taken only once…) I wish you all the best at Yale!!! I just have one question tho, how do you exactly stay motivated? Is it family pressure or is it a personal goal?

  • @chilzmapewwep2671
    @chilzmapewwep2671 Před 2 lety

    7:43 awee same