College Reality Check

Carolyn gives us an overview of Yale University, and how being through almost 4 years of college, she thinks the college process is quite random and opaque. 

Carolyn tells us about her college application process, and how she was accepted into Harvard, Stanford, & Yale and decided to go to Yale even though Harvard & Stanford initially gave her better financial aid packages. 

Ben tells us about the the honors college system at UMD and whether there is a difference between those who are in the honors college versus those who are not. 

Ben, a senior at UMD, tells us about his application process and how and why he came to choose UMD over Northwestern University.

David tells us about how he had never expected to earn the Coca-Cola Scholarship (which is awarded to only 150 people of over 100,000) and why that taught him a big lesson.

David was accepted into UPenn, Duke, UChicago, Dartmouth College, MIT, Rice University, and more! How was he able to make a choice on which amazing school to attend?

Sohae tells us about the rough transition from high school to university and speaks about how her teachers at Northwestern, although brilliant, are not good at teaching.

Sohae discusses her application process with the added factor of being a QuestBridge finalist and how her college process was a bit different because of that. 

Jimmy talks to us about what it's like being a pre-med student at the university that is known for its research and medical programs. 

Did being a triplet create competition between Jimmy and his siblings? Did it influence how he approached the college process and the reason he aimed for Johns Hopkins?