I lowk did not wanna post this cause I don’t want people to stress themselves out, like I get it but please don’t just rely on stats and ecs cause half of it is storytelling, luck, and strategy I feel like. Stats and ecs do improve your chances and put the odds in your favor, but IT IS NEVER GURANTEED, I would recommend doing ECS YOU GENUINELY ENJOY DOING and spend a lot of time on it (for me I really enjoyed booktok) so that worse case worse you don’t get in, you don’t feel like you have wasted 4 years of your life, but instead still have something you are proud of accomplishing. NOTE JUST TO NOT MISLEAD: I swear I said it when I was recording, but it might have been cut out or whatever cause there was just sm footage that was not interesting (so please forgive me), but I applied for CS and data science second choice on every school except UCLA which I put computational math, I am just a hs school girl lmfaooo so sorry if that clip of me saying what major I applied for was cut out (that's why I later on said I regret appying for cs cause I just don't have the bg) 😭 and yes ik I was prepared to get cooked lol so treat this video as entertainment not for educational purposes stats: uw: 3.98 w: idk my school doesn’t do it aps: 1. ap world (10th) 2. ap csa (11th) 3. apes (11th) did not take the ap exam 4. ap lang (11th) 5. ap calc ab (11th) 6. ap psych (12th) 7. ap gov (12th) 8. ap microeconomics (12th) 9. ap calc bc (12th) 10. ap lit (12th) (got all 4s and 5s on the exams except a 3 in lang) also took 2 college courses just for ge credit (musical appreciation, intro to humanity) ecs: 1. ELD mentoring (3 years) 2. HS tutor (3 years) 3. Varsity tennis + captain (3 years on team, 1 year captain) 4. Booktok content creation (3 years) 5. Freelance ugc creation, specializing in books (3 years) 6. Started a book club (2 years) 7. Social media director for my tennis coach 8. Destination Imagination competitor (4 years, won multiple years at regionals, placed at states, went to globals) 9. RTW coach (4 years, basically just coaching the younger kids for the Destination Imagination competition) 10. Cousera cybersecurity certifications P.S. Your major also matters depending on how competitive it is cause ik I am not a horrible applicant, just for cs I am 😂 since I refused to do ecs that I was not passionate abt, cause to me my major doesn’t have to be something I LOVE/AM DYING to do, it is more like something I am willing to do and can do

@layla-nk7tm

3 ай бұрын

i love your ec’s just because like it’s mot over the top and like it looks like you pretty much did what you genuinely enjoy and like!! also i want to do some coursera neuroscience and cs courses and is that okay to put in my commonapp application? also any advice for rising seniors, im a hs junior rn who’s stressing

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

@@layla-nk7tmahhh thank you! i never wanna do things just for college and i hoped that was apparent cause ECS don’t guarantee admissions :(

@wallace6623

3 ай бұрын

@@nnatalielamm nice profile! You didn't take the ACT/SAT?

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

@@wallace6623I really wanted to go to a UC and they are test blind so I wasn’t really too concerned to take it :) and I ended up taking it, but decided applying test optional

@layla-nk7tm

3 ай бұрын

@@nnatalielamm yess that was absolutely apparent and doing things for yourself, your interests and passions is wayy much more better and fun than leading yourself upto burnout doing activities just for a college

aww congrats on getting into ucla i had just watched nicole laeno’s vid and i was really sad cuz she got rejected but seeing u made me feel better. congrats!!

@user-km4yo5nl1y

3 ай бұрын

it was so heartbreaking when Nicole got rejected by her dream school 😢😢

@gsarzeno

3 ай бұрын

Gurl me tooo

@jessicamejiacamacho11

3 ай бұрын

omg same

@lexine4epi

3 ай бұрын

nicole didn't deserve to get rejected, but I'm glad that she's happy w the college she's going !!!💕

@jessicamejiacamacho11

3 ай бұрын

@@lexine4epiyea fr colie loved that school but like u said at least she’s happy with her school!!! i lowkey kinda knew she got rejected cuz she kept saying it was a rough month and stuff and i think based on how she’s acted previously she would’ve been very happy this month if she got into UCLA

Congrats on UCLA!!! This year’s application cycle is AWFUL. I literally got rejected to most of the schools I applied to. Thankfully, like you, one of the only schools that accepted me was UMichigan! Wishing the best to you and congrats on UCLA again!

@82MCG

3 ай бұрын

It was wasn't it? Suuuuuper tough this year :/

@washed_pAsta

3 ай бұрын

yea this year was crazy esp for cs. i got into 4 out of 18 schools lol. thankfully one of them was UT so I'll take it

@user-we9ty7et5e

3 ай бұрын

Heyuy did umich send a welcome email to you after you were admitted?

@sachleenkaur5621

3 ай бұрын

@@user-we9ty7et5eyes! They did

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

congrats umich is amazing!!

You have quite a calm demeanor 😂, congrats on the acceptances!

i love how you were so calm till you got accepted into ucla, its easy to tell everything hit you at once 😭

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

atp i was like idc what major just take me cause application season was one of the worst times in my life 😭

CONGRATS ON UCLA!!! manifesting for next year 🤞

Watching the tears of joy from your UCLA acceptance in 2x speed is so funny😭😭congratulations‼️‼️

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

i am so glad i am entertaining the ppl fr

aww i’m so glad that u got into ucla, i was watching nicole laenos vid and she got rejected which put be in a bad mood but seeing u and the happiness made me feel better. congrats!!

@harjotqx

3 ай бұрын

yeah me too! :(

CONGRATS! You being so apparently calm is so funny and to see you actually feel the emotions when you thought you didn’t care is so realistic. UCLA is my dream school and I hope to be able to go bc I’ve been working for it since eighth grade

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

hahahaha thank youuuuu :) you got this!!

I’m so happy for you, congrats!!

No like this was one of the best college reaction videos idk it was just so real like no over the top reactions but also just like your honesty. Huge congrats on ucla!!

awe congrats!! you deserve this💗

Here in Australia if you go to university straight out of high school you dont apply directly through the university. What happens here is you select your top 6 choices for degrees and then universities will choose to offer a place and you can choose to accept or not. I got so lucky with my uni.

@vihaansharma3397

3 ай бұрын

what uni did u get into?

@ElizabethStone-TolcherJames

3 ай бұрын

@@vihaansharma3397 CQ University

i'm a transfer student (decisions don't come until april and may) but this is a very calming video :) your demeanor is awesome, don't apologize for being you!

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

yayaya wishing u the best on your acceptances!!

Congratulations!! The job market is like that as well. The point is to never give up!! 🎉🎉🎉

aww im so happy for you! ucla was also my top choice and i cried when i got in too ❤

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

yayaya congrats!!

Love the ive shirt when you were opening the ucsc + others decisions!!!

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

no literally the week before i got a bunch of rejections and then had the best time of my life at the ive concert lmaoooo

CONGRATS!!! u deserve it

CONGRATSSS ON EVERYTHING

CONGRATULATIONSSSS!!!!

Love your reaction to your UCLA acceptance. Keep up the good work and best of luck at UCLA.

CONGRATS ON UCLA!!! omg wow best of luck! i'm in 9th grade and UCLA is my dream school :))

Ur so calm with the reactions😭😭but congrats

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

bro i knew i was getting cooked for applying cs 😭 got lucky i did not put cs for la

first congrats on ur acceptances 🥳 second if you can stats and ecs would be cool to see and third this motivated me to make a vid and post my reactions so thanks PS: fourth im also cs major so tuff

@drew4770

3 ай бұрын

yes stats and ec's plss

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

I just wrote it in the comments of this video :)

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

@@drew4770 I just wrote it in the comments of this video :)

Congrats on the acceptance! College admissions have been rough this year, although I never got a rejection (I just never made it that far). I got accepted ED 2 into Vanderbilt so GL with UCLA next year!

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

that's crazy, congrats!!

the fact that im already stressed abt college and im in 8th grade 😭 on the one hand, ik i shouldnt be cuz i have a while to think abt it but on the other hand, im an overthinker and i stress about everything 🙈😭. Congrats on getting into UCLA!

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

don't stress out, you got so many years left 😭 and keep in mind that admissions change over the years

congrats! you should feel proud of yourself 🫶🫶

college decisions were brutal this year TT huge congrats on ucla tho!! :)

@editsbyme953

3 ай бұрын

Imagine next years… praying for those who come after this year 😭

@laurenbaoren

3 ай бұрын

@@editsbyme953 man it’s gonna get worse and worse 😭😭

@yunakang3739

3 ай бұрын

@@laurenbaorenhow come next years decisions are gunna be worse

BABY BRUIN! See you on campus!!! I'm a grown ass man and I cried too :)

Congratulations Natalie! 🎉 Thank you for sharing you reaction video. I love your UCLA sweater. Could you please share where you bought it?

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

it's vintage cause my dad went to ucla and just never wore his crewnecks sorry :(

@JonFord12

3 ай бұрын

@@nnatalielamm Thank you, Natalie! No wonder I couldn't find it on Amazon or on UCLA student store. UCLA is a beautiful campus. It is a wonderful place to spend 4 years of your college life!❤

CONGRATS !!!!! I'm so happy for you and proud of you ! Goog job Natalie !!!!!! How did you apply: regular decision or early action? and can you explain what are your extracurriculars, your SAT scores, and how you applied??? briefly??? THANKS !!!!

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

I have all of it pinned in the comments :) and I did not do any eds

I got in every us except Berkeley n ucla. CS major is brutal, hope I swapped position with you, one top acccept an all rejects. Congrats!

Congratulations 🎉

Community is a great money saving choice in 95%+ of cases.

congratulations!

Congrats on ucla🎉💕

Congrats on ucla

Congrats! Also nice shirt haha

Getting into UCLA without coding experience at all is crazy. I doubt I would’ve gone somewhere that prestigious and I had a reasonable amount of experience outside of the classroom. I hope you enjoy it, but if you don’t, you’ll be fine and you can switch out. You have the right attitude about it. Best of luck.

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

Yah hahaha I knew I was getting cooked lol it is the truth in competitive world of cs, also I got in for computational mathematics (just so I don't mislead people, I said it in the video 🫶)

@bigbusiness7035

3 ай бұрын

@@nnatalielamm Degree name doesn’t matter. Colleague in my lab did his undergrad in physics. Became a top deep learning researcher for his PhD. Now there’s a competition to throw cash at him. Your degree will be what you make of it. And fortunately, you don’t have to compete to do that. I should clarify by “you” I mean all people in general, not you specifically.

Agree w the luck statement. imo, ALWAYS SHOTGUN UR APPLICATION if you have not worked ur whole life for an ivy/t10. I know many advisors say this is a bad idea, but trust me it works and is fun.

Congrats on UCLA!!! Go Bruins!!!

Congratulations on the acceptances! 🎉 I just realized that was IVE’s first world tour shirt 5:16 . How was the concert if you don’t mind me asking?

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

AMAZING had the best time of my life

@mikefang2000

3 ай бұрын

@@nnatalielamm Late reply, but glad to hear you enjoyed the concert!!

The way you were so calm we are such opposites 😂😂 I would be doing backflips for making it into UCLA but to all their own❤❤❤ congrats 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

dw did backflips in my backyard on the trampoline that day 😭

Who are here after watching nicole's reaction vdo 😢

@my.lifestyleX0X0

3 ай бұрын

omg yesss

Congrats on UCLA I heard it’s a great school 🎉😀

Can we have stats and ec’s

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

I just wrote it in the comments of this video :)

where did you get your sweatshirt?

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

it's vintage cause my dad had it and never really wore it :( maybe try image searching sorry

congrats on ucla thats my dream school 🥲

yo ur goodreads link is broken :(

hey whats average to you? what are your stats and ECs?

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

I just wrote it in the comments of this video :)

Nat congratulations for UCLA, you were a little late to the video sorry, but congratulations, you worked hard and you deserve this and I am very happy and proud of you and I wish you the best in this stage of your life, be very happy Nat and again congratulations, I send you a hug 🤍

@nnatalielamm

2 ай бұрын

ALO thank you for your support as always, posted this for you, thank you to you and everyone else from the beginning of booktok account to now, couldn't have gotten into college without u guys ♡‧₊˚

i’m from wa and i never heard someone called uw “uwash” 😭😭.. we usually say “udub” BUT CONGRATS GIRLY LOVE HOW U HAVE SUCH A CALM DEMEANOR REACTION LOLOL

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

STOP another comment said that and i am so sorry i really am dumb lmfaoo but when i search up uwash it shows up so i was like 🤷🏻‍♀️ I AM SO SORRY

@vitcoktoria5355

3 ай бұрын

@@nnatalielamm ITS OKAYYY 😭💕

Congrats on UCLA!!

@stellarconvergence

3 ай бұрын

And Barnard

waittt so u didnt do any CS ECs (besdies scoring 4/5 on AP exam) and got into UCLA CS!? R u sure the only CS thing u did was primarily in-school? Or did u have a good essay abt CS lol I was rlly wanna know as a hs junior considering CS...(but also hasnt done much CS-y stuff yet.)

@remi0e

3 ай бұрын

its crazy UCLA was one of the few that accepted u for a super comp major👀👀 I NEED TO KNOW HOW !!!

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

i said in the video that i applied cs for most except ucla for computational math 😭😭😭 praying ppl read the comments cause i don’t wanna mislead, i elaborated in my pinned comment sorryyyy

Congrats. Why do you cry? This should be gladness!

how does a teen publish a book? I'm a sophomore and I'm wondering if its too late

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

i never published a book, i just worked mainly in booktok :)

Congrats on your acceptances! Also you put in the video that you’re a California kid which means I went to the the Ive concert on the same day as you

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

thank youu, were you at the LA concert?

@pizzaodyssey4424

3 ай бұрын

@@nnatalielamm Yeah!

Good job ❤🎉

im going to community college and then i’m transferring

Congrats you did Great...

what were your stats, extracurriculars, etc?

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

I have them pinned in the comments :)

Congratulations!! 🥳 Also someone from Washington I have never heard anyone called the University of Washington “UWash”, everyone calls it “U-dub”, so it was interesting hearing a new name!

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

oh lmfaoo i don’t know anything sorry 😭 i just assumed it was like the UCS in the name shortening

@user-ws5hk9fp1y

3 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@nnatalielamm haha, you’re completely okayy😭 just pointed it out bc I assumed maybe out of state people called it that

Thanks for putting yourself out there. It is sort of numbing to see video after video of hyper type A’s choosing between Harvard and Yale. That’s not real to most of us. Have a lot of success at UCLA. It is a great school.

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

Yeah that's why I posted cause all the other videos are people deciding which ivy league school to go to 😩 like they obv worked really hard and def deserve it, but for most of us it is not realistic

Hopefully you love math and have done well in it in HS because a caveat to choosing Mathematics of Computation at UCLA is that it's a full-on math major, of which ~10% of the undergrads major in one of the eight or so math offerings at UCLA: Math of Comp, Financial Math, Applied Math, Pure Math, Data Theory, Mathematics and Economics, Mathematics/Applied Science, or Statistics and Data Science which is in its own department. All the math majors, not including Stats/DS, have to take a couple analysis classes, about which you'll see a lot of complaining on Reddit. The good news is that Math of Comp and Ling/CS place well as SWEs at various companies including MAANG. You could also add a minor in Data Science Engineering onto Math of Comp to add on more CS classes, which would be restricted in the major itself, because, again, it's predominantly math. And if you were to go for an MSCS, the Math of Comp major will get you in because of the math[, and a good number of this major get into top-tier grad schools.] Applied Math majors often do this or even go for PhDs in Math or CS with designs of working for companies like Google which have a lot of MS and PhDs. You also did well in not choosing to apply to CS at UCLA because the acceptance rate is ~ 3% and may have dropped below that for those entering in the fall of 2024. All the best...

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

What is your definition of done well in HS in math hahaha cause I am a bit worried for that? But thank so much for the input!

@robjohnston366

3 ай бұрын

@@nnatalielamm Quick response... What level math have you taken and what are your stats in math? These would answer some of the questions you want answers to. And since you probably took the SAT, though UC is test-blind, what did you score on the math side?

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

@@robjohnston366 uhhh for math I took calc ab my junior year and did fine on the ap exam and decent in class, and this year I am in calc bc bc this is the highest level of math my school offers and am doing okay, for the SAT on the math portion I only scored a 700 cause I did that type of math awhile ago and could not remember much

@robjohnston366

3 ай бұрын

@@nnatalielamm Here are lower division six math classes at UCLA: Math 31-33 A-B which are of course six classes [actually there are more, but the these are the primary ones -- there's Math 61, Intro to Discrete Structures]. If you score a five on BC, then you can opt out of Math 31A and 31B. Your five on AB will let you skip out of Math 31A. Math 33B is actually a Linear Algebra class, so there are five quarter-term calc classes. You'll hopefully only have to take three of them, but you may want to repeat one or both depending on fresh they are in your mind, or just review them on your own, during the summer. You sound really competent in math; I'll predict that you'll do well.

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

@@robjohnston366 thank you sm for your help, appreciate it!

The American University schooling system is so interesting

Can you post your stats and EC?

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

I have it pinned in the comments

Gosh you’re gorgeous

I literally don't get it, how is it possible that she got rejected so many times but she got into ucla? I'm so confused.

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

bro college admissions is a gamble and i applied cs to all the other schools without a super strong cs background

Stats?

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

it’s pinned in the comments

rick ross is the biggest boss

tips 4 getting into ucla?? lol

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

I just wrote it in the comments of this video :)

@simplyemily6960

3 ай бұрын

@@nnatalielamm what major did u apply 4

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

@@simplyemily6960 major is another huge factor, for ucla i applied for computational math, but everything else i put cs

What happened to "Im not a very reactive person"🤣😂🤣

UCLA? It's awesome. You seem a very smart.

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

awww, trust me i am not lol, but thank youuu

@kamertonaudiophileplayer847

3 ай бұрын

@@nnatalielamm Sometimes you have no idea about your smartness.

WTF I got into UCI but Rejected UCLA. Can we trade plz? congrats by the way , UCLA is my dream school.

OMG CONGRATS ON UCLA GIRRLLLFOIDSJFJSDBFHSDIFHSDJFBNPSIDUVHAEJVBNLJWDBFIASDHF im a sophomore in hs and omg i am dying to get into ucla with a major in compsci. i wanna be a software engineer so bad and omg im literally tearing up for u like u really did that. STATS PLEASE AND AGAIN CONGRATS SO PROUD OF U

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

awww thank you!! i have my stats pinned in the comments, but also keep in mind (and personally i would not recommend) applying for cs or like applying cs for all schools unless you’re dead set on it or have a lot of ecs to back up your qualifications in cs cause IT IS LIKE THE MOST IMPACTED MAJOR and truly the best of the best get in (i feel like i would have gotten into more schools if it weren’t for my major choice cause i don’t have a lot of cs ecs to back it up) but maybe by the time you apply it won’t be as impacted 😭, i am majoring in computational math at ucla (think like cs mixed with math) and i might try to switch in but lowk gunna try comp math out first lol, but good luck!!

@nnatalielamm

3 ай бұрын

also like don’t take my advice as word (i’m just speaking from what i saw this year from my friends and i’s college decisions) but do your own research as well cause many jobs (idk abt software engineer) and like for the stuff i wanted to do, though cs is a better degree as entry way, you can get into the field with many other majors

"Degrees, like laws, love, and most things that matter, have a price tag. Even a multimillionaire in Singapore, nearly dead, can buy an illegal kidney transplant and escape jail time, while the poor farmer who sold his kidney not only loses an organ but also faces years in prison and loses 500K SGD. If self-proclaimed 'zero corruption' Singapore can get away with such crimes, why can't US Ivy League do the same?"

💐👍

Congratulations 🎉