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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,633 --> 00:00:01,900 hello today 2 00:00:01,900 --> 00:00:03,133 this is senior suggestions 3 00:00:03,133 --> 00:00:04,966 and we have a very special guest 4 00:00:05,033 --> 00:00:07,333 Edward from U Chicago 5 00:00:08,066 --> 00:00:12,233 we'll just first start off with some introduction to 6 00:00:12,466 --> 00:00:14,166 who edward is 7 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,133 why are you laughing 8 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,466 can you give us a little bit of background about 9 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:21,800 your activities 10 00:00:22,366 --> 00:00:25,200 your gpa okay so 11 00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:28,566 my name is Edward lou and I'm currently a senior at 12 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:30,500 Basis international school Guangzhou 13 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:33,100 I guess we can start 14 00:00:33,566 --> 00:00:35,366 with some statistics so 15 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:37,966 for the SAT I got 16 00:00:38,733 --> 00:00:41,766 1590 my gpa was 17 00:00:42,233 --> 00:00:44,200 four point o for high school and 18 00:00:44,666 --> 00:00:47,233 I think the way it was like 4.6 or 4.7 19 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:50,833 and some of the activities that I've done are 20 00:00:51,666 --> 00:00:53,400 boy scouts the 21 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:54,300 management technology 22 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:57,033 summer institute at the university of Pennsylvania 23 00:00:57,733 --> 00:00:58,533 and also 24 00:00:59,833 --> 00:01:02,066 a bunch of competitions in physics 25 00:01:02,266 --> 00:01:04,666 economics robotics and debate 26 00:01:05,666 --> 00:01:07,800 and my major that I applied for 27 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,166 mainly was in material science and engineering 28 00:01:10,166 --> 00:01:10,966 but I also 29 00:01:11,466 --> 00:01:13,966 applied to some schools for economics and as 30 00:01:14,433 --> 00:01:15,833 Anthea mentioned earlier 31 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:18,433 I got into 32 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,400 the university of Chicago for early decision too 33 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:24,633 after getting deferred from both 34 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,800 my early decision application to 35 00:01:26,933 --> 00:01:29,733 upenn as well as my early action to 36 00:01:30,466 --> 00:01:31,266 MIT 37 00:01:33,033 --> 00:01:33,833 and 38 00:01:34,333 --> 00:01:36,066 edward is very humble here 39 00:01:36,233 --> 00:01:38,200 he says he did a lot of competitions 40 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,800 but he's also like a champion and like 2nd place in like 41 00:01:41,966 --> 00:01:44,333 nearly all of his competitions and 42 00:01:44,666 --> 00:01:45,166 it's just 43 00:01:45,166 --> 00:01:48,333 really amazing how he can strive in both STEM and 44 00:01:49,233 --> 00:01:53,766 文科 like economics and debate and mock trial etc 45 00:01:56,833 --> 00:01:57,833 I think that 46 00:01:58,566 --> 00:01:59,166 the thing that I 47 00:01:59,166 --> 00:02:02,200 wanted to make myself stand out with was kind of 48 00:02:03,066 --> 00:02:04,500 as you mentioned earlier that 49 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:06,900 I like to participate in a lot of activities 50 00:02:06,900 --> 00:02:08,133 a lot of competitions in 51 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:11,866 many academic fields from like stem to humanities 52 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,533 and I think that this is part of 53 00:02:14,333 --> 00:02:15,133 my 54 00:02:15,533 --> 00:02:17,466 like inherent curiosity about 55 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,900 a lot of the fields in the world and like 56 00:02:19,933 --> 00:02:20,800 studying many different 57 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:22,333 things and how they're interconnected 58 00:02:23,166 --> 00:02:26,166 so I definitely tried to paint myself as a more 59 00:02:26,466 --> 00:02:28,800 well rounded applicant with 60 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,800 activities and leadership and volunteer as well as 61 00:02:32,166 --> 00:02:33,133 academic 62 00:02:33,266 --> 00:02:36,266 the challenging competitions and summer camps such as 63 00:02:36,366 --> 00:02:37,300 M&Tsi 64 00:02:38,666 --> 00:02:39,466 yeah 65 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,366 can you tell us what your personal statement was 66 00:02:43,666 --> 00:02:45,133 so my personal statement 67 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,633 was a kind of 68 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,666 a creative essay about 69 00:02:52,933 --> 00:02:54,900 all of the different things I've done and 70 00:02:55,033 --> 00:02:56,433 they're reasoning behind it 71 00:02:56,433 --> 00:02:59,233 so I wrote it in a kind of like 72 00:02:59,700 --> 00:03:01,300 sarcastic way almost 73 00:03:01,566 --> 00:03:04,300 in the form of a court case where I was being tried for 74 00:03:04,733 --> 00:03:05,533 all these different 75 00:03:05,566 --> 00:03:09,133 I called them crimes of different activities such as 76 00:03:09,333 --> 00:03:12,433 in debating I was caught and called gaslighting people 77 00:03:12,533 --> 00:03:14,433 or tricking people into believing me 78 00:03:14,666 --> 00:03:16,766 or in boy scouts I was 79 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,233 like kind of misguiding the youth like they say about 80 00:03:23,566 --> 00:03:25,800 by leading them into becoming better leaders 81 00:03:26,066 --> 00:03:27,100 and I think that 82 00:03:27,733 --> 00:03:28,733 the reason that I liked 83 00:03:28,733 --> 00:03:30,400 that personal statement was because 84 00:03:31,233 --> 00:03:35,000 it showed kind of the humor side of myself as well as 85 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,233 it gave me space to present 86 00:03:38,833 --> 00:03:40,766 all of these different activities and in the end 87 00:03:41,933 --> 00:03:44,566 I write I read it as a dialogue where 88 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,766 the judge ultimately asked me why I did 89 00:03:46,833 --> 00:03:47,700 all of these things 90 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,466 why I committed all these crimes 91 00:03:50,966 --> 00:03:54,266 and that's when I start to say about what 92 00:03:54,766 --> 00:03:57,100 my philosophy on life and the idea about 93 00:03:57,300 --> 00:03:58,966 being able to explore as much as you can 94 00:03:59,500 --> 00:04:01,766 and view the world from different perspectives to 95 00:04:02,566 --> 00:04:04,366 make sure that you're not 96 00:04:04,566 --> 00:04:07,700 staying within a bubble of ignorance or 97 00:04:08,633 --> 00:04:11,066 only looking at something with a close mind 98 00:04:11,966 --> 00:04:12,766 wow 99 00:04:13,333 --> 00:04:14,466 that's very deep 100 00:04:15,066 --> 00:04:15,866 so 101 00:04:16,366 --> 00:04:17,166 like 102 00:04:17,966 --> 00:04:19,533 like stemming off of that 103 00:04:19,533 --> 00:04:21,766 what kind of advice would you give 104 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,933 like a 9th or 10th grader if 105 00:04:24,166 --> 00:04:24,833 they're also 106 00:04:24,833 --> 00:04:28,166 wanting to like explore a lot of different activities 107 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:29,233 and stuff like that 108 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:33,266 I think definitely get connected to people that 109 00:04:34,033 --> 00:04:36,100 will be able to help you find these activities 110 00:04:37,166 --> 00:04:38,000 for me personally 111 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,600 a lot of the activities that ended up participating in 112 00:04:40,833 --> 00:04:43,833 were either suggestions for my teachers who would say 113 00:04:43,933 --> 00:04:46,300 oh there's a national economics challenge or 114 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:46,833 hey guys 115 00:04:46,833 --> 00:04:48,666 did you know that there's a physic competition 116 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:49,366 that's going 117 00:04:49,366 --> 00:04:51,633 on this weekend like you guys want to just sign up 118 00:04:51,966 --> 00:04:52,766 and 119 00:04:53,366 --> 00:04:56,700 through my teachers as well as some friends for example 120 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,300 anthea here or 121 00:04:59,166 --> 00:05:02,733 some of my other friends in robotics or in debate 122 00:05:02,733 --> 00:05:04,633 they always do invite me 123 00:05:05,633 --> 00:05:06,833 to the competitions and 124 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:09,966 as much as I can I try to say yes if you have that 125 00:05:10,333 --> 00:05:12,833 idea or a personality of wanting to try as many things 126 00:05:12,833 --> 00:05:14,233 as possible I think 127 00:05:14,233 --> 00:05:15,533 that would definitely help you 128 00:05:15,533 --> 00:05:17,000 broaden your academy interest 129 00:05:17,766 --> 00:05:18,566 yeah 130 00:05:21,966 --> 00:05:23,666 I think one of the most important things is 131 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,966 looking at yourself from the outside and 132 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:27,700 considering 133 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:29,633 different aspects that you might want to show 134 00:05:29,966 --> 00:05:31,533 the admissions officers about yourself 135 00:05:31,666 --> 00:05:35,033 so personally for myself it might be leadership 136 00:05:35,433 --> 00:05:37,566 service academic rigor 137 00:05:37,766 --> 00:05:41,633 both related to my major and in general like 138 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,066 non major related academics 139 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:46,600 certain hobbies and 140 00:05:48,300 --> 00:05:50,600 I take each of these different aspects 141 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,100 and I kind of look at how 142 00:05:52,633 --> 00:05:54,666 important these things are being 143 00:05:55,266 --> 00:05:56,700 and I'm trying to make sure that 144 00:05:57,533 --> 00:05:59,566 my application materials 145 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:00,200 reflect 146 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,800 each of these areas proportionally to how much they 147 00:06:02,866 --> 00:06:03,800 are important to me 148 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,266 of course I do make adjustments based on 149 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:08,066 like the school that I'm applying to 150 00:06:08,366 --> 00:06:09,166 for example 151 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:10,866 doing enough school research to know 152 00:06:10,866 --> 00:06:12,000 which schools prefer 153 00:06:12,733 --> 00:06:14,100 service and leadership 154 00:06:14,533 --> 00:06:15,500 with schools prefer 155 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:17,933 like more practical application base 156 00:06:18,333 --> 00:06:21,166 and experience within your academic major 157 00:06:21,833 --> 00:06:24,400 is also important into adjusting how important 158 00:06:24,866 --> 00:06:26,833 how much of these different aspects you put 159 00:06:26,833 --> 00:06:28,800 into your own application materials 160 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,233 and really I think using that as the 161 00:06:31,833 --> 00:06:34,100 starting point for deciding how you write your 162 00:06:34,100 --> 00:06:36,200 supplemental essays your personal statement 163 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:38,233 what you put into your activity list 164 00:06:38,833 --> 00:06:39,800 and all the 165 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,633 any of the materials that you end up giving 166 00:06:41,633 --> 00:06:42,700 to the schools 167 00:06:42,933 --> 00:06:45,633 should be based on this idea of 168 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,200 oh I want to show them 169 00:06:47,633 --> 00:06:48,566 this much of leadership 170 00:06:48,566 --> 00:06:50,433 this much of service this much of 171 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,100 major related academic interest and 172 00:06:53,133 --> 00:06:54,866 non major related academic interest 173 00:06:59,300 --> 00:07:02,166 well the interesting thing about U Chicago is that 174 00:07:02,966 --> 00:07:05,733 originally I didn't want to apply to it 175 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,500 because of its like core curriculum 176 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,166 which I thought was like 177 00:07:11,166 --> 00:07:13,433 kind of restraining on what you can learn 178 00:07:13,966 --> 00:07:15,266 as I thought more about it 179 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:17,533 the idea of having a core curriculum 180 00:07:17,533 --> 00:07:19,300 does reflect what I mentioned earlier about 181 00:07:19,366 --> 00:07:20,900 exploring as many things as possible 182 00:07:21,700 --> 00:07:22,900 it just forces me to 183 00:07:23,300 --> 00:07:24,666 like also have 184 00:07:24,966 --> 00:07:27,233 a strong enough background within 185 00:07:27,466 --> 00:07:28,566 literature and humanities 186 00:07:28,566 --> 00:07:30,400 and other things to supplement kind of 187 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,733 my knowledge in stem but 188 00:07:33,066 --> 00:07:35,266 what's more important it was originally 189 00:07:35,833 --> 00:07:36,833 people told me that 190 00:07:37,033 --> 00:07:39,433 Chicago didn't have a school of engineering 191 00:07:39,766 --> 00:07:42,566 and that was true however they did establish a 192 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,833 school of molecular engineering 193 00:07:45,833 --> 00:07:47,466 specifically focusing on 194 00:07:48,033 --> 00:07:49,866 molecular science and that's actually 195 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:51,433 the 196 00:07:51,433 --> 00:07:53,833 part of material sense that I was most interested in 197 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:55,866 and seeing that this school had a 198 00:07:56,500 --> 00:07:57,666 specialized 199 00:07:58,366 --> 00:08:01,133 college just for molecular engineering as opposed to 200 00:08:01,366 --> 00:08:02,933 other schools which offered a major in 201 00:08:02,933 --> 00:08:03,966 like material science 202 00:08:04,666 --> 00:08:06,566 that is one of the things that drew me to it 203 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:07,866 and also the fact that 204 00:08:07,866 --> 00:08:09,866 the university of Chicago has such a strong 205 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:11,866 economics department also 206 00:08:12,366 --> 00:08:13,766 like my secondary major 207 00:08:14,466 --> 00:08:16,533 meant that I was hoping maybe 208 00:08:17,066 --> 00:08:18,500 if I go to U Chicago I could 209 00:08:19,233 --> 00:08:20,400 double major between 210 00:08:21,566 --> 00:08:22,966 molecular engineering and 211 00:08:23,833 --> 00:08:26,500 economics it's that sounds pretty tough too 212 00:08:27,933 --> 00:08:30,700 yeah but we'll see how it goes at U Chicago 213 00:08:31,333 --> 00:08:34,733 and also for the school culture to me I think that 214 00:08:35,500 --> 00:08:37,100 the school culture 215 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:44,466 often the school culture is like 216 00:08:44,466 --> 00:08:46,000 based on a lot of stereotypes 217 00:08:46,266 --> 00:08:48,000 you just listen to what people say is like 218 00:08:48,366 --> 00:08:49,966 oh they're all nerds oh 219 00:08:50,166 --> 00:08:52,500 this is a party school but personally I feel like 220 00:08:52,933 --> 00:08:55,333 I'll be able to find a group within any school 221 00:08:55,533 --> 00:08:58,133 so that's not something I viewed as heavily as 222 00:08:58,666 --> 00:09:00,233 maybe like major fit 223 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:02,933 about your high school life now 224 00:09:03,133 --> 00:09:05,600 is there anything you really regret doing 225 00:09:07,766 --> 00:09:10,500 high school life that I regret doing 226 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,433 ... 227 00:09:17,966 --> 00:09:20,000 can I say becoming friends with anthea 228 00:09:21,166 --> 00:09:21,966 yeah 229 00:09:22,633 --> 00:09:24,433 really no okay 230 00:09:24,633 --> 00:09:25,733 cut that out cut that out 231 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:28,966 I think that I 232 00:09:28,966 --> 00:09:31,133 managed high school pretty well 233 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,266 so I don't think I have any regrets 234 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,233 I mean I already talked about both of these things 235 00:09:39,233 --> 00:09:40,033 but I guess 236 00:09:40,466 --> 00:09:42,933 one would be attending competitions and camps 237 00:09:42,933 --> 00:09:43,733 I think it's 238 00:09:44,566 --> 00:09:45,500 not only are you 239 00:09:45,866 --> 00:09:47,766 kind of strengthen your application and also 240 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,333 increasing your knowledge base in learning 241 00:09:50,333 --> 00:09:51,066 about different things 242 00:09:51,066 --> 00:09:52,166 but you're also getting through 243 00:09:52,166 --> 00:09:52,966 other people 244 00:09:53,433 --> 00:09:54,466 other students who 245 00:09:55,066 --> 00:09:56,833 are excited about learning these things and 246 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,700 I'm being able to talk to them about 247 00:09:58,766 --> 00:09:59,866 their perspectives 248 00:10:01,133 --> 00:10:03,600 and I guess the other thing that was really fun was 249 00:10:04,133 --> 00:10:05,533 although it took like 250 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:10,233 20 draft my personal statement was also a very 251 00:10:11,666 --> 00:10:13,700 like I mentioned I was humorous and I thought 252 00:10:14,500 --> 00:10:16,833 the process of hiding that was very 253 00:10:16,966 --> 00:10:18,566 interesting and very fun to me 254 00:10:19,533 --> 00:10:21,500 that's painful it's very creative 255 00:10:22,633 --> 00:10:24,833 you didn't mention SC Basis 256 00:10:29,233 --> 00:10:30,033 yeah yeah 257 00:10:31,766 --> 00:10:33,233 one of the most fun things was 258 00:10:33,633 --> 00:10:37,233 creating SC basis with my dear friend and the idea 259 00:10:38,133 --> 00:10:38,933 okay 260 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,033 I think that's it 261 00:10:43,366 --> 00:10:44,766 thank you guys for watching 262 00:10:44,766 --> 00:10:46,066 and if you like this content 263 00:10:46,066 --> 00:10:47,400 please don't forget to subscribe 264 00:10:47,900 --> 00:10:49,066 and leave a like below 265 00:10:49,833 --> 00:10:51,466 bye thank you 17559