reading the college essays that got me into princeton!!! 😩

as requested, today i'll be reading the commonapp essay that got me into princeton, brown, duke, northwestern, and other schools as well as my princeton supplemental essays!! i know youtube helped me a lot when i was starting to write my college essays, so hopefully this helped y’all out a bit

(y’all should watch my reaction vid and stats vid if you haven’t yet 👀 )

‘intro’: 0:00
personal statement: 0:21
supp 1: 5:15
supp 2: 6:58
supp 3: 9:17
short answers: 11:19
gen. advice: 13:02

tiktok: @kalesigh

filmed on my iphone 12 pro
edited w/ final cut pro

music in this vid 🎵

[cacau]

I did almost cry in the beggining, but now I'm wondering how did you keep the same pillow for 16 years.

[emmanuelmulwa]

I lost my bestfriend at 16...
Me: starts crying😥

It was my pillow Fufu...
Me:😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[aaronliu]

Rip Fufu, a legend to be remembered…………

[HelenPiltner]

YOUR ESSAYS ARE SO GOOD WHAT THE HECK and omg I also wrote about piano for my civic engagement essay (the similarity is uncanny😱😱😱)

[manamsetty]

I was angry at first because I thought this is unfair I can't write essays and that I wasted my school life but thinking now I think I still got a shot if I study and work well and try to improve myself and have a life I may get into a good grad school, thank you for your candid advice.

[parkeranderson]

Recently accepted into Columbia class of 2026 ED!! Your videos helped me a lot when fine-tuning my essays and inspired me to (potentially) start vlogging when I arrive in the city this year so thanks a ton! Hope you continue to achieve great things at Princeton and have fun filmmaking there!

[hansouljung]

Princeton deserves you
You’re so inspiring!
Also thank you for adding in the written essay pictures :)

[loriweinstock]

Kyle, congrats on your successes so far. I was perusing videos on college acceptances and I found yours. My twins are applying for the class of 23 and of course that is where my head and heart are now. On a side note, the fact that you want to study medicine and in particular delve into lung cancer really got me. I have stage 4 NSC lung cancer with EGFR mutation. You have my gratitude for taking this beast on.

Thank you once again and if you ever need questions answered about my experience, I am happy to help such a kind and talented person.

Best wishes!!

[LucyCao]

ahhh your such a good writer basically ur good at everythingggg

[JefferyChen]

The man, the myth, the legend returns

[nikkisur]

thank you so much for this kyle you don't understand how helpful this was

[Evelyn-modm]

I did a research paper on how music can improve memory, especially for people with dementia so I love ur 3rd supplement!

[martin_lu]

This video is so helpful and inspiring, can't wait to see your next video Kyle🤩

[dfult]

You're essay was awesome, I was especially hyped when you mentioned how you auditioned for HYS (I was a former member, only for the String Orchestra in the 2020-2021 Season), what group's did you make and in what years?

[PTJStudios]

At the beginning I was about to be like oh shit this is depressing but I read a Harvard one that was depressing it was about how the S in parents was taken away from them and it was very unique and memorable that definitely would get the admissions people to notice you

[f_yeevy]

Why does "narrating Shostakovich's struggles with Stalin" sound like a complex love relationship to me?

[desolatedreams]

I’m still in middle school and planning for college apps haha

[zaidmuqsit]

damn it's hard to imagine kyle as the shy kid

[jamesgonzalez-ruiz]

Amazing Essays! Kyle, could you do a video on your study techniques?

[BunnyHobi]

For the first few seconds I was just vibing to the song lol. Love Zico!!