Here's Why I Turned Down MIT & Stanford...

I was accepted to MIT and Stanford... but I turned down both of them. In this video, I break down how I made my college decision. I'll explain why I rejected MIT and Stanford, and chose a different school. This video is split up into three parts: culture, academics, and career.
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  • @RishabJainK
    @RishabJainK Жыл бұрын

    I'm Rishab, a KZreadr, student, and researcher. In 2018 I was named America's Top Young Scientist and one of TIME Magazine's 25 Most Influential Teens. I started this channel to share strategies that lead to productive lifestyles. Subscribe to join me on this journey - it literally takes 0.1 seconds and helps me out more than you can imagine. 😃JOIN THE SKOOL FOR HIGHLY MOTIVATED STUDENTS: skool.com/qurios 🎥My stats, ECs, honors video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYh5k6Sfm9C3esY.html 🎥College Decision Reaction for Harvard, Stanford, MIT: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lWdntayxgdu2p84.html

  • @xfgdf

    @xfgdf

    Жыл бұрын

    Interesting how a channel that was talking about free nitro can turn into america’s top young scientist.

  • @RishabJainK

    @RishabJainK

    Жыл бұрын

    @@xfgdf A lot of people never knew what I do outside of Discord!

  • @po6417

    @po6417

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RishabJainK I am here since Discord

  • @AshR1364

    @AshR1364

    Жыл бұрын

    @@xfgdf LOL did he delete the videos?

  • @RishabJainK

    @RishabJainK

    Жыл бұрын

    No, they’re on a different channel. Search Rishab Jain and click on the one that is verified (the check mark). It should have around 100K subscribers

  • @haseeb_chaudhry
    @haseeb_chaudhry Жыл бұрын

    Rishab explaining why he picked Harvard over MIT and Stanford has gotta be the biggest flex ever lmao

  • @suryaveertyagi5151

    @suryaveertyagi5151

    Жыл бұрын

    fr!

  • @humanoid8344

    @humanoid8344

    10 ай бұрын

    😂😂

  • @user-nj1yk3cp6t

    @user-nj1yk3cp6t

    9 ай бұрын

    fr

  • @milananand3637
    @milananand3637 Жыл бұрын

    Praying this is me one day, HAVING TO CHOOSE between the best schools in the U.S.

  • @AliAli-jv5sp

    @AliAli-jv5sp

    Жыл бұрын

    World lol

  • @kleefbellevue1014

    @kleefbellevue1014

    Жыл бұрын

    Real

  • @whydidiwritethat8218

    @whydidiwritethat8218

    Жыл бұрын

    He didn't get anywhere from praying, he put in hard work! Everything you can do is in your control.

  • @sophea3595
    @sophea3595 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine being able to pick between Harvard, Stanford, and MIT couldn't be me-

  • @danishpuri8783
    @danishpuri8783 Жыл бұрын

    Yay, so happy to see this video from you, Rishav.

  • @UnconventionalReasoning
    @UnconventionalReasoning6 ай бұрын

    Hope you enjoyed your first snowstorm of the year. Between the three, how you describe yourself clearly fits Harvard best.

  • @jonathancohen2351
    @jonathancohen2351 Жыл бұрын

    I've heard there is a lot of pressure and competitiveness to get into elite clubs at Harvard. The MIT fraternities have a selection process that is looking for a good personality fit, but there isn't much of a status difference between them. It's mainly a way to find a group of people you want to live with and interact with the most. A lot of other people want nothing to do with the frats, and that's fine too.

  • @MohamMeD-kd8gj
    @MohamMeD-kd8gj Жыл бұрын

    Amazing decision! Wish for the best!

  • @murmur578
    @murmur578 Жыл бұрын

    nah picking between mit stanford and harvard i wish bro 😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @yumyumanne5081
    @yumyumanne5081 Жыл бұрын

    Indeed you're lucky to choose between these schools but I think the thought behind how you chose which school you're going to can be applied to any student :) thank you

  • @RishabJainK

    @RishabJainK

    Жыл бұрын

    And that’s why I made this video! Hopefully it’s helpful to future students-regardless of their options.

  • @h.k.7360
    @h.k.73608 ай бұрын

    It is a personal preference, and Harvard University is not a better university than MIT or Stanford University.

  • @henrychang9776

    @henrychang9776

    5 ай бұрын

    You are right!!!

  • @steve-dq7hh

    @steve-dq7hh

    3 ай бұрын

    The valedictorian at my sons school turned down an admit to MIT to take the presidential scholarship to Rutgers. After that he wound up at Cambridge then spent a year and a half at the Cern supercollider and he's now at Harvard for a phd. So the moral is it's just an undergrad degree it's what you do with the rest of your life that counts........

  • @zappist751
    @zappist751 Жыл бұрын

    nahhh picking between MIT, stanford, and harvard is crazy LMAO

  • @insomniang
    @insomniang Жыл бұрын

    Hey Rishab. A little bit of an out of place question, but is it still possible to access the ACT practice test files? I purchased The Proficient quite a while ago and went to go access it to review ACT Math, but I can't seem to find them anymore.

  • @RishabJainK

    @RishabJainK

    Жыл бұрын

    Please email me for these types of questions. Thanks!

  • @petertu7359
    @petertu73596 ай бұрын

    Harvard has to keep its classes easier so that it’s legacy admits and athletes don’t flunk out. MIT does not give any preference in admissions to legacies or athletes.

  • @steve-dq7hh

    @steve-dq7hh

    3 ай бұрын

    when you say legacy do you mean kids with a silver spoon in their mouths??

  • @petertu7359

    @petertu7359

    3 ай бұрын

    No, legacies are children of alumni.

  • @steve-dq7hh

    @steve-dq7hh

    3 ай бұрын

    @@petertu7359 Ok I see did you read the book by Kenny Xu. An Inconvenient Minority.

  • @petertu7359

    @petertu7359

    3 ай бұрын

    I note that my children are legacies since both my wife and I graduated from MIT. While they certainly had a privileged upbringing and attended a top high school, none of them had a “silver spoon” or anything handed to them. All three had to do chores, and all three had part-time jobs in high school (full-time during the summer). While we paid for all necessities, if they wanted to buy something that they desired rather than needed (or take a trip with friends), they paid themselves from savings (or sometimes we would split the cost). We also told them explicitly not to expect to inherit anything for us. We provided them with the resources to get a good education, and they should be able to do well in life without a huge inheritance.

  • @petertu7359

    @petertu7359

    3 ай бұрын

    One last comment: None of my 3 kids got into MIT. This is despite the fact that all were top students at one of the top public high schools in the state. My oldest scored 1600 on the SAT, and the other two scored in the high 1500s. As I mentioned above, both parents were MIT alumni, but that did not help them at all.

  • @stephane1623
    @stephane1623 Жыл бұрын

    Also, you can always apply there for Masters or MD, PhD programs. You goal is to excel at Harvard which I know you will 😊

  • @shivjasrotia8368
    @shivjasrotia83683 ай бұрын

    Love how the video is 9.11 in length

  • @xxxx-tb4de
    @xxxx-tb4de Жыл бұрын

    Seriously, why is this even considered a big decision. All there are top schools, and you pick one that fits you the best. If he had chosen say UC Davis instead of MIT etc., then I would have liked to hear his reasoning.

  • @TurboPacks

    @TurboPacks

    11 ай бұрын

    Bro but uc Davis is mid as hell compared to Harvard, the point is that it's a close decision between his top 3

  • @darwinsexplosions

    @darwinsexplosions

    10 ай бұрын

    @@TurboPacksexactly, which is why hearing the reasoning for that decision would be interesting. No one’s cares that you choose Harvard over Stanford and mit.

  • @ritikasavla3777

    @ritikasavla3777

    7 ай бұрын

    why are you watching this vid then? @@darwinsexplosions

  • @darwinsexplosions

    @darwinsexplosions

    7 ай бұрын

    @@ritikasavla3777 because the title was so clickbait. He said he turned down Stanford and MIT you expect it to be for a lower tier school not fucking harvard

  • @ewikgeiwgwe8971
    @ewikgeiwgwe8971 Жыл бұрын

    I'm a Stanford MD PhD and you can be successful going to any of the schools. Congrats

  • @Privateuser9999
    @Privateuser999911 ай бұрын

    Not many have these choices. Having lived in cambridge and shalo alto cambridge is better However mit should have been your pick and enroll in few Harvard classes Boston to new york city for a career is perfect Silicon valley is best if you plan to start your firm

  • @masonv9333
    @masonv93336 ай бұрын

    does anyone else see the painting in the background move at 3:27?

  • @vishu1334

    @vishu1334

    5 ай бұрын

    I just saw that 😆

  • @riddhivasu.studies
    @riddhivasu.studies Жыл бұрын

    Wow!

  • @abhinavdamarla4963
    @abhinavdamarla49632 ай бұрын

    Soooo i understand the intended point of this video but idk how many people are going to need to choose between the top 3 colleges in the country...

  • @Beck-Stein
    @Beck-Stein Жыл бұрын

    Grade inflation is great. It makes entry into graduate school easy.

  • @vishu1334

    @vishu1334

    5 ай бұрын

    How?

  • @Beck-Stein

    @Beck-Stein

    5 ай бұрын

    @@vishu1334 look up the average gpas now vs past. People did not get smarter. More dumb and of a class due to affirmative action. Not merit based but yet gpa higher now than in the past. Average gpa today 3.8 and in the 50’s was 2.5. Harvard trying to keep up intellectual image.

  • @johnhuang3671
    @johnhuang3671 Жыл бұрын

    Harvard is a great choice for pre-med!

  • @hanbipark7972
    @hanbipark7972 Жыл бұрын

    Did you use adobe AI for the audio?

  • @RishabJainK

    @RishabJainK

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep!

  • @tgreyzero2790
    @tgreyzero2790 Жыл бұрын

    Remember me when ur famous 🙏

  • @danishpuri8783
    @danishpuri8783 Жыл бұрын

    I guess it was pretty obvious as you EDed to Harvard.

  • @pooootube
    @pooootube3 ай бұрын

    1:14 and harvard isn’t nerdy

  • @fawcheck7552
    @fawcheck7552 Жыл бұрын

    I support you bro though am from Uganda and MIT is my dream school.

  • @po6417
    @po6417 Жыл бұрын

    NOOOO I WANTED HIM TO GO TO MIT

  • @peaceonearth1971
    @peaceonearth1971 Жыл бұрын

    MIT is nerdy, no doubt

  • @nabi5864
    @nabi58645 ай бұрын

    I visited MIT ... 1000000% geeky nerdy universe

  • @fhasalalam
    @fhasalalam Жыл бұрын

    Great vid Rishab! I was also making the difficult decision of choosing between Harvard and a few other top unis like Yale and Penn. Can't wait for next year, definitely made the right choice :) Roll Crim 🗣️❤️🤍

  • @snappy2k
    @snappy2k Жыл бұрын

    What is better, IIT or MIT

  • @UnamedUser849

    @UnamedUser849

    Жыл бұрын

    i think mit

  • @somitrasharma3317

    @somitrasharma3317

    Жыл бұрын

    MIT

  • @aditraha5027

    @aditraha5027

    Жыл бұрын

    MIT far surpasses IIT in virtually every aspect.

  • @saatvicksaxena2666

    @saatvicksaxena2666

    Жыл бұрын

    IIT has better students, MIT has a lot more of facilities,exposures and opportunities. MIT is a better institution.

  • @t.s5806

    @t.s5806

    Жыл бұрын

    MIT by far. Its disgusting to even compare the best IIT to MIT. I mean... most mid-tier US colleges are better than IITs

  • @Beck-Stein
    @Beck-Stein Жыл бұрын

    I wish my kid had your problem. Lol.

  • @ranganmukherjee9283
    @ranganmukherjee92836 ай бұрын

    just a tad bit cocky

  • @yEs-qw2cy
    @yEs-qw2cy Жыл бұрын

    Thats makes sense, harvard is a no brainer if you dont want to go into tech

  • @shadowmt6735
    @shadowmt6735 Жыл бұрын

    what about money? Who support your study at Harvard?

  • @RishabJainK

    @RishabJainK

    Жыл бұрын

    Just made a video about that. Go check it out!

  • @yashdagade1240
    @yashdagade1240 Жыл бұрын

    Your voice sounds like AI generated, lol

  • @RishabJainK

    @RishabJainK

    Жыл бұрын

    It's AI enhanced :O

  • @po6417

    @po6417

    Жыл бұрын

    well he is an AI dev

  • @roshansj
    @roshansj Жыл бұрын

    1000th view

  • @coolguy2407
    @coolguy2407 Жыл бұрын

    firsf