Reading My Common App Essay (Accepted Into Stanford and the Ivy League)

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  • čas pƙidĂĄn 10. 04. 2020
  • Hi, everyone! Today, I share my Common App essay, which helped me get into schools like Stanford, Columbia, and Brown. Enjoy!
    If you need any college application help, please check out collegeadvisor.com/lour-drick . The founder of CollegeAdvisor.com personally reached out to me, and after looking over their service, I would have to say that it would've been super helpful to me when I was applying to colleges. Again, if you need any college application advice and essay editing tips, feel free to take a look at collegeadvisor.com/lour-drick . Good luck with all your college application endeavors!
    After my college decision reactions video and my stats video, I've been getting comments asking me to share my Common App essay. I know that writing your college essays is a long and frustrating process, but my hope is that by sharing my own, I can give future applicants an idea of how to go about the writing process themselves.
    Big shout out to Arpi Park.
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    Timestamps:
    My Essay - 4:34
    Final Advice - 9:40
    Music:
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    Via CZcams Audio Library
    HIDDEN COMMENT: I stayed up until 4:45 to finish recording this...
    #Stanford2024 #Columbia2024 #Brown2024
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Komentáƙe • 109

  • @LourDrickValsote
    @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety +16

    If you need any college application help, try checking out collegeadvisor.com/lour-drick . The founder of CollegeAdvisor.com personally reached out to me, and after looking over their service, I would have to say that it would've been super helpful to me when I was applying to colleges. If you need any college application advice and essay editing tips, feel free to take a look. Good luck with all your college application endeavors!

    • @allahiseternal8422
      @allahiseternal8422 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

      Read all of your supplemental essays from all top universities and colleges PLEASE
      I’m really interested

  • @eliseruiz8922
    @eliseruiz8922 Pƙed 3 lety +102

    This is so PURE!!!!! WTH is everything on this channel so pure???? Also it's really helpful and your host brother sounded so nice 😭😭💔

  • @giulianaayleenfernandez1610
    @giulianaayleenfernandez1610 Pƙed 3 lety +43

    I just felt so fucking identified. Love this. So far, the most touching essay IÂŽve ever read.

  • @bruh_bie
    @bruh_bie Pƙed rokem +11

    uk ive seen a good amount of commonapp essays videos and i just came back to this one for the 2nd time, maybe because the love of cultures is sth that resonates w me, maybe because im a weeb too, but theres just sth genuine and endearing bout your essay, frankly ill be applying very soon myself as an international student, so basically every single uni is a reach school for me and so im scared shitless but if theres anything this particular vid taught me is that you can exhibit passion w/o direct flexing and just using the right words; those that are true to you and not sth claimed to be 'most effective strategy' so ty lour drink

  • @LourDrickValsote
    @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety +32

    Was this video helpful? What else would you guys like to see from me?

    • @vanguard3955
      @vanguard3955 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      minecraft videos

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety +4

      @@vanguard3955 you want me to make minecraft videos?

    • @vanguard3955
      @vanguard3955 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@LourDrickValsote yezzur I'd like and subscribe

    • @ali48991
      @ali48991 Pƙed 4 lety

      what was your intended major?

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety

      @@zpureex1733 all of them?? i applied to 26 schools

  • @kadiryel6237
    @kadiryel6237 Pƙed rokem +2

    lour drick is a cool man, really appreciate you brother

  • @user-cm3db7hu1x
    @user-cm3db7hu1x Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +2

    OMG I wrote my essay similar to yours (I swear I never watched your videos before I finished my first draft). You are so genuine and you are such an inspiration! Stanford is my dream school and your video helps me A LOT THANK YOU😱

  • @jasminejones7468
    @jasminejones7468 Pƙed 3 lety +22

    I love this essay very much. Like you said, the way it was executed made it 10x better. It’s so relatable to me because I also feel like peoples expectations of me sometimes take over my persona.

  • @michaelsipes1570
    @michaelsipes1570 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    The ending so clever!

  • @anshulsingh7663
    @anshulsingh7663 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    Lol, It's funny that I came here straight from Arpi Park's video and you just nonchalantly plugged it!

  • @AayeshaMIslam
    @AayeshaMIslam Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    Wholesome video!!

  • @mrodri1012
    @mrodri1012 Pƙed 3 lety +26

    I heard the shadow clone sound effect and I immediately knew I was gonna like this guy lol

  • @jaeelbeato
    @jaeelbeato Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Incredible essay!

  • @user-ox1cn9pn3k
    @user-ox1cn9pn3k Pƙed 4 lety +39

    Bro wtf last night I watched the Marzia quits CZcams pew news episode and the then turned off my phone and went to sleep. But this morning it turns out I was apparently watching this video. And like there's no reason for me to watch that cause I'm a 14 year old in Greece

  • @tytack8080
    @tytack8080 Pƙed 4 lety +17

    Well put out video and I really liked your approach to your essay. Creating your own identity and becoming what you want to be is such a great topic. Have you decided on your major yet?

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety +5

      I applied as a linguistics and international relations major, although I may have a change of heart once I actually get to college!

  • @zxcvbnmasdfhjkkl
    @zxcvbnmasdfhjkkl Pƙed 4 lety +50

    I’d like to hear supplementals from brown and Stanford!

  • @CloutGaming-ve7ji
    @CloutGaming-ve7ji Pƙed 4 lety +4

    Really awesome content!

  • @khokonkhokondakpari101
    @khokonkhokondakpari101 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    I really love your speech and Channel

  • @pingpongpingpong0518
    @pingpongpingpong0518 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    hey I LIVE IN JEONJU!! this was such a beautiful essay : )

  • @MLai-iv1qg
    @MLai-iv1qg Pƙed 4 lety +3

    Thanks for sharing your essay! Can you share with us your Columbia supplementals too?

  • @eliseruiz8922
    @eliseruiz8922 Pƙed 3 lety +6

    Also, you would make a good writer!the essay was very interesting :)

  • @arkuhnpublic6541
    @arkuhnpublic6541 Pƙed 4 lety +10

    Great video! How did you get real in your essay? I feel like my ideas for the common app are going to come off really cliche

  • @savitargaming1958
    @savitargaming1958 Pƙed 4 lety +12

    Omg, was it you on Stanford’s Instagram. You’re reaction😂😂

  • @peijack3910
    @peijack3910 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    Also another question, Lour Drick, how is your story connected to your applied major? Many Thanks!

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety

      I’ll go into this more when I talk about my supplemental essays

  • @andrewchen2590
    @andrewchen2590 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    Was there a video made for the supplemental essays? If so, I can’t find it.

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 3 lety

      i have separate videos for stanford, columbia, and brown on my channel!

  • @christianbaluyut4971
    @christianbaluyut4971 Pƙed 4 lety +4

    Thanks for the video! can you also share your Stanford supplement essays and short answers?

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety +1

      short takes?

    • @bethanytong2338
      @bethanytong2338 Pƙed 3 lety

      yo! my friends and i started a company called collegae (collegae.weebly.com) that provides affordable college counseling where you can speak to a collegian from schools (we have stanford, uc berkeley, harvard, upenn, princeton, and so much more) for just $20/ half hour! they can answer questions like what their essay was on, how they got in, their stats, extracurriculars, campus life/culture, and so much more! hope this helps:)

  • @sherrrrrryy587
    @sherrrrrryy587 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Where does one get the prompts? I'm going to apply next year.

  • @peijack3910
    @peijack3910 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    What is your intended major, Lour Drick?

  • @shujayethossain6554
    @shujayethossain6554 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Hey there!
    I am applying to Cornell and jist finished my common app essay.
    I was wondering if you could review my essay.

  • @sealy999
    @sealy999 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    I keep on seeing example essays on seemingly ordinary happenings which tell a great story, yet I can’t seem to pull a story out of the ordinary happenings in my life. All my ideas so far were about my extracurricular activities. Does writing about something else give an advantage and is writing about your experience in an activity too cliche?

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Like I mentioned in my video, it’s less about what you write about than how you write about it. Any topic is good if it can show your growth as a person and your personality well

    • @bethanytong2338
      @bethanytong2338 Pƙed 3 lety

      heyy! if you're interested, my friends and i started a company called collegae (collegae.weebly.com) that provides affordable college counseling where you can speak to a collegian from schools (we have stanford, uc berkeley, harvard, upenn, princeton, and so much more) for just $20/ half hour! they can answer questions like what their essay was on, how they got in, their stats, extracurriculars, campus life/culture, and so much more! hope this helps:)

  • @yashmoitra
    @yashmoitra Pƙed 3 lety +1

    how many times did you get called lord rick

  • @NicolaiMendoza
    @NicolaiMendoza Pƙed 4 lety +3

    Would you be able to give any tips for an incoming freshman? After going through the private high school application experience, I realized how much more prepared I needed to be for college apps and how lucky I got for considering how unprepared I was. Any feedback would be appreciated!

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety +1

      hi are you currently a senior in high school?

    • @NicolaiMendoza
      @NicolaiMendoza Pƙed 4 lety +2

      Oh sorry for the really late comment! I am actually an 8th grader! I’m tryna get a heads up on college admissions while I have time

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety +1

      oh awesome awesome. would a video on that be helpful?

    • @cybergamer2329
      @cybergamer2329 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@LourDrickValsote plz man make the video if you can

  • @BobBob-jg2fn
    @BobBob-jg2fn Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Can I ask how many words ur essay was?

  • @aieshaayaanahamid7106
    @aieshaayaanahamid7106 Pƙed rokem

    thank you so much 💌;-;

  • @kevinvaladez6432
    @kevinvaladez6432 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Are you still in touch with Geon?

  • @kaleb_t4818
    @kaleb_t4818 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    it would be nice if u would type it in the description or in the comment section so i could copy paste it

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 3 lety +1

      not a good idea

    • @kaleb_t4818
      @kaleb_t4818 Pƙed 3 lety

      @@LourDrickValsote don't worry I will jumble up the sentences and paragraphs so that admissions officer doesn't notice 😉😎. 😂

  • @ishaanpanigrahi8258
    @ishaanpanigrahi8258 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    This guy is so đŸ”„ đŸ”„đŸ”„

  • @milo2879
    @milo2879 Pƙed 4 lety +7

    goddam thats a good essay,

  • @kiky.mp4
    @kiky.mp4 Pƙed 3 lety

    beautiful

  • @andregiannotta8287
    @andregiannotta8287 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    I’m a freshman, should I start writing my essays

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety +6

      I think it’s a little early for that

    • @bethanytong2338
      @bethanytong2338 Pƙed 3 lety

      heyy! if you're interested, my friends and i started a company called collegae (collegae.weebly.com) that provides affordable college counseling where you can speak to a collegian from schools (we have stanford, uc berkeley, harvard, upenn, princeton, and so much more) for just $20/ half hour! they can answer questions like what their essay was on, how they got in, their stats, extracurriculars, campus life/culture, and so much more! hope this helps:)

  • @Smokie_bear9896
    @Smokie_bear9896 Pƙed 4 lety +8

    a2c gang

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety

      smokie I did it for you. btw are you subbed? this was such a quick comment

    • @Smokie_bear9896
      @Smokie_bear9896 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Lour Drick Valsote of course I am subscribed

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety

      @@Smokie_bear9896 my life is complete

    • @LourDrickValsote
      @LourDrickValsote  Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@Smokie_bear9896 are we gonna see any smokie vids??👀

    • @Smokie_bear9896
      @Smokie_bear9896 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Lour Drick Valsote no smokie vids unfortunately

  • @YourWrongImRight933
    @YourWrongImRight933 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    I plagiarized bros essay and got into Harvard.. lmfao

  • @sofiahenriquez1802
    @sofiahenriquez1802 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    I can relate so much to your essay, also experienced life as an exchange student finding my real independent self, thank you for sharing!đŸ„șđŸ€