Admissions Advice from a UC Berkeley Applications Reader

In this video Jessica from Magoosh interviews Tony Le, a UC Berkeley Admissions Applications Reader, about the admissions process. In this 15 minute video you'll hear Tony's top tips for applying to college in the time of COVID-19, and how to demonstrate why you should be accepted!

00:00 - Jessica introduces the video and Tony
01:00 - Tony introduces himself and his work in admissions
04:05 - What are a few things people don't know about admissions?
05:21 - How will Covid-19 change my application?
10:02 - Different ways to spend the summer with things being closed
13:40 - Advice for those seeking their passion

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[isha]

kids experiencing a pandemic in their peak developmental years which is probably leading to a lot of stress anxiety depression and just a hard time
colleges: yeah so how did you take advantage of that

[rachaelonweekdays]

Thanks for sharing your expertise Tony.

[rez]

bruh i turned in my application 3 days ago.... why am i seeing this now

[mdebrahimchowdhury]

I have applied just one school but they accept me.That was UC barkley.

[estrellasalazar]

What if I want to have Magoosh for more than a year? I am from a Spanish-speaking country and for me everything is twice as complicated, although I know English, taking an exam in English is difficult, and maybe I want to take the exam more than 2 times, with the coronavirus it is even more complicated and I don't know how much time it can take me in general, so well, that was my question :)

[bongbongtravels]

This application reader is saying all asians still has the advantage since most of them took the exam and he will choose them.

[BDune-sbzr]

Magoosh is the sound of a business model disapearing

[n]

AP Exam in my area has been cancelled, can I take CLEP exam instead, would the admissions department consider the CLEP same as AP?

[moonshinethics]

Any suggestions for a 40 year old guy with an A.A. from Diablo Valley Junior College in 2005 who wants to get a B.A. @ Berkeley in English Literature?