How to Get Into an Ivy League University.

After reading more than 1000 college apps, here are some things I noticed about kids who get into Ivy Leagues, and kids who don’t.

If you want help with your college essays, this is for you ⬇️

For more in-depth help, go here ⬇️

To see examples of successful college apps, follow me on IG! ⬇️

[Apap.-iw]

Trust me you know don’t how much of a relief it was hearing you talk about awards
I’m an international student who have couple of awards in school nothing too crazy and one state wise + accepted into a scholarship to study abroad with ~1% acceptance rate
So it was really a bummer hearing “what awards you have to get to be accepted”
But now I think it’s kinda possible and worth trying especially when I have decent extracurricular activities considering my background
I’ll try killing it in my essays.



Thanks Limmy❤

[dogeplayz]

Letters of recommendation note to self:
1. One letter from a STEM subject teacher/professor
2. Second letter from a Humanities subject teacher
3. Someone who helped/related or was part of your extracurriculars

[Stephen.Stefano.L]

Sure It’s fine to get into a prestigious university that Everybody has heard of… But being in a relative old timer I can tell you folks don’t worry about where you get into. Just go to school you can afford… And study hard and do the best you can… People who graduate from no-name state schools end up excelling in business law medicine… I got into Yale and Columbia and ended up going to the University of Rochester… Because I got a full scholarship there… My cousin went to Cornell and was dissatisfied. Sophomore year she ended up transferring to a state school and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Same for another friend of mine who went to PENN. She ended up finishing her degree at Temple and was much happier there.

Don’t be obsessed with getting into a specific school… Analyze your abilities, your chances of getting into different schools, applied to a variety of schools and focus on your commitment to education rather than a big name…

I got an excellent education at the University of Rochester… Graduated without owing money… It’s all what you do with your education rather than the name… Good luck to everybody who wants an education and just go for it! ..

[danielliko]

Bro's the type of guy to kill our hope with his shorts and bring it back with the vids

[Stephen.Stefano.L]

The reality is, somebody has to be at the bottom of their class at Harvard and Yale… Going to a good school where you’re not just one of the super bright students has its advantages … You may get a lot more opportunity to shine and get internships. Your professors may be more dedicated to teaching than their own personal research and be more willing to write an amazing reference for you… bottom line… Don’t be impressed by the term “Ivy league“… After your first job, nobody cares… And even with your first job, most people who hire you just care about what you can do for them rather than the school you went to…

[pianodan]

The thing you said about crazy awards took off so much weight off my back.

I’m from a pretty small highschool in Canada (around 1200 students in my school total), and while I have a perfect 100 average, a decent SAT (740 English, 800 math), and I’m rank 1 in my school, I have no crazy awards to show. I have a couple good extracurriculars like piano for 13 years (a diploma in the RCM), three-time provincial finalist in advanced piano (so beyond ARCT), 12-time champion of my school for math contests, and top 1 percent scorer in a math contest, but as you can tell none of those are flashy enough to even compare to say performing well at an international math Olympiad or winning an international piano competition.

[Danitux]

Thanks for the insightful video. Planning to apply to various ivyes in EA. My only problem rn are my EC's and essays (ik, rhats baskcally 80% if the app, but i have some plans lol)

[shairaanjuman]

Thank you so so so much for this video. It genuinely put things into perspective.

[Iceify_]

I’m a senior, what he said is true. I’ve slacked somewhat during highschool and ended up with a 3.7/4 gpa unweighted. It’s good but it isn’t competitive in the t20. There’s no room for slacking to get in an Ivy

[EpicSpino]

Been a long time fan, thanks for the video!

[N____er]

0:28 btw top 10th percentile means you're in the bottom 90%. :)

[mPdA]

when are you posting the extracurriculars video

[niharika]

Hi, I am a sophomore, and I failed to take the highest courses that my school offers because of my own personal family issues in Middle school. Unfortunately, its too late for me to change my courses now, specifically my math and science courses. What do you recommend that I do to make up for the fact that I have these missing courses? I am planning on taking a pre-calc course over the summer of my junior year in order to catch up with my peers. Thank you.

[NolanRabe-zbcp]

Hey Limmy, can I have your opinion on my extracurriculars? I think they are pretty mid but I'm ranked in the top 200 in North America for freeride big mountain skiing in the junior freeride tour out of 7-10 thousand competitors, I have been on varsity XC throughout high school, I am a writer for the school newspaper, I am in the midst of a completely independent research project about using AI to improve the dexterity of bionic limbs (trying to get a mentor), and I am going to start a school rock climbing club with my friends this coming year and I am going to try to see if I could get sponsored for skiing (no promises though). Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

[mrmyth]

Is programming a good extracurricular activity? I've been working on my own projects for years and I don't have any bond with any company or institution right now. I'm thinking about studying Computer Science.

[fengyuan]

Uhh... why did my video get automatically paused at 2:39 on the "resources"?

[jeniebe]

Hello there! I am a student who has just completed 7th grade, and … honestly, very very far from getting into a Ivy League school. The only thing I have running for me is acceding academically, (99th percentile in all my tests, A+ student, and I skipped a grade). Do you think I can get all my achievements and ECs (that I genuinely do have passion in) in this one year I have before getting into a highschool?

[maidel]

should i list my chess and mun awards in the honors section? cause I have no awards except outstanding success on some universities' summer schools :(

[professionalyapperhehee]

Is 11-12 AP classes out of ~21 offered strong enough?

[ningurp]

Can U get tagged to the 100 extracurricular video please?