The Pressure to Choose the "Right" College

What do you do when everyone around you is pressuring you about college decisions? I'll let you in on a little secret; the only opinion that matters is yours. I'm discussing the important of making decision for yourself, especially when you're entering a transitional period in your life. You are on your way to adulthood, so it's about time you start acting like it! Trust me, you are the only one who knows what is right for you. Always listening to other people and valuing their opinion of you more highly than your own desires will only lead to resentment. This is a big decision, but you can make it!
About Me
-Name: Hailey Dollar (yes, that's my real last name)
-Age: 24
-CC: West Valley College, A.A. in Liberal Arts
-Undergrad: UCLA, B.A. in Applied Linguistics
Career goal: Speech Language Pathologist
Let's connect!
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/ haileygoes2ucla
Disclaimer: I am NOT affiliated in any way with the University of California, California Community College or California State University, or the admissions departments of these institutions. The information presented in this video is taken from my own personal experience and is a reflection of my opinion only.

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  • @karlamora3886
    @karlamora38863 жыл бұрын

    Hi Hailey!! I’ve been subscribed to your KZread channel since I began my journey at CC and I can now say I’ve been admitted to UCLA as a psychology major! Your videos were EXTREMELY helpful and I can’t thank you enough for all your help! Much love to ya! 💛💙🐻

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Karla, congratulations!!! I know you! This is a huge accomplishment and I'm really happy for you. Psychology is a very competitive major too. I'm really glad you found my channel helpful through the years and I hope that you choose to become a Bruin! You won't regret it. Thanks for watching 🙂

  • @sapphiremontrelle8091
    @sapphiremontrelle80913 жыл бұрын

    YES! As a young adult it is very important to ask yourself who am I and what do I want?

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    exactly

  • @loladecker6089
    @loladecker60893 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos so much, they’re so helpful! How did you overcome the stigma behind community college? I’m so scared about feeling like I’m behind compared to my classmates that are going to 4-years. I know everyone has a different path and CC is a great choice, but I can’t seem to stop feeling this way :/

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Lola, I'll keep it short and sweet for you because this is all you need to know; those that matter don't mind and those that mind don't matter. Also comparison is the thief of joy. HMU if you need anymore words of wisdom 😊

  • @macxe
    @macxe3 жыл бұрын

    Hailey, I just want to thank you for all of your videos, they were super helpful during my application process, and I don't think I would have been as successful without them. I just recently got accepted to every UC I applied to - LA and Berk included! Thank you for doing your best to shatter the negative stigma around community college. Now here comes the hard part with choosing between such great schools. 😩 Thank you, thank you, thank you!

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Mckennah, congratulations! There's no better feeling than the good ol' admissions sweep 😀you should be really proud of yourself. I'm sure you will make a great decision. There's no rush so really think it through. Thank you so much for watching.

  • @foodancooking
    @foodancooking3 жыл бұрын

    Hailey I think is important for us to believe in ourselves focus on our own goals because people in general are disingenuous and they either jealous / better than us

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    most definitely!

  • @MuhammadMI
    @MuhammadMI3 жыл бұрын

    Nice content. Stay blessed!

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    thanks, you as well

  • @backtobacknate1404
    @backtobacknate14043 жыл бұрын

    I decided to go to community college and a lot of people are telling me I’m going miss out on the “college experience”

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    The college experience is whatever you want it to be! And I can tell you from experience as a transfer, I did not miss out at all.

  • @omarzaifulizan3064

    @omarzaifulizan3064

    3 жыл бұрын

    it is true. But if you are an introverted person you should be fine.

  • @ericaaguayo3547
    @ericaaguayo35473 жыл бұрын

    Hi Hailey!! thank you for this video since I can 100 percent relate to it! Also, I got admitted into UCLA for this upcoming fall as a transfer but I am having a big dilemma! I got into UCLA as a sociology major but I really want to do Nursing. I got into Calstate San Bernardino as a Pre- Nursing Major but it’s not a guarantee that I would get into the actual Nursing Program since it’s highly impacted! Idk if I should just go to UCLA and get a bachelors degree and then later on apply to a nursing program. This is a really hard decision.

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Erica, congratulations on your acceptances! Sounds like you have a lot of thinking to do. Whatever you decide, I'm sure it will be the best decision for your circumstances. Good luck on your academic journey 😀

  • @samkiryu5073
    @samkiryu50733 жыл бұрын

    Hi Hailey!!!! I just got into Berkeley!!!!! Thank you so much for your vids xxxxxxx

  • @TechVHD

    @TechVHD

    3 жыл бұрын

    Major? Which cc?

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Sam, that's awesome! Congratulations, I'm really happy for you

  • @samkiryu5073

    @samkiryu5073

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@HaileyDollarGoesToCollege update on this. I got into ucla as well jdhdjdhehdjddhhd 😭😭😭😭thank you so much Hailey

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@samkiryu5073 Hey Sam, congratulations! I'm really proud of you and you should be too! This is a huge accomplishment. I hope you choose to become a Bruin.

  • @samkiryu5073

    @samkiryu5073

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@HaileyDollarGoesToCollege 🥰 thank you so much!!!! I'll try my best to make the decision soon and update you on it. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • @pedrolizardo2784
    @pedrolizardo27843 жыл бұрын

    Hey Hailey, how long did it take for you to choose your school? I just got accepted to Cal yesterday. But I’m still waiting for UCLA. I want to know how long it took you to decide, cause I don’t want to miss out on schools events and housing opportunities by the time I commit to a school. Also I still need tour campus.

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    The choice was pretty much a no-brainer for me. Once I got my financial packages I made my decision within a few days. I don't think you'll miss out on any events considering they will probably be online this year. And in my experience, housing applications and such don't need to be filled out until after you commit.

  • @jannahkhan5151
    @jannahkhan51513 жыл бұрын

    I want to go to mission college because its a semester system and I know I will do better in a semester system than a quarter system. But my parents want me to go to De Anza which is a quarter system and has a way higher transfer status then Mission College. I know they are right but at the same time I just dont want to do bad. No matter where I am going I will have to take risks. I dont know which college to pick. I dont want to disapoint them but also at the same time I don't want to regret anything.

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hope everything works out for you, Jannah! Just remember that it's your life.

  • @TechVHD
    @TechVHD3 жыл бұрын

    Did you have a video on when you got accepted to where you did, did you make a video explaining on which schools you were picking between

  • @ayoayiloge2098

    @ayoayiloge2098

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah go to her page and scroll all the way down. It's her first couple videos

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    yes, it's one of the first videos on my channel

  • @Clara-nj6vv
    @Clara-nj6vv3 жыл бұрын

    i would like to ask sth😁 I m thinking to study at CCSF and how's ccsf? And do you know any website for renting rooms or shared rooms for international students?

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Clara, I don't really know much about CCSF, aside from that a few years ago they almost lost their accreditation. I'm not sure of any websites geared toward housing, but I think craigslist would probably be a good starting place. Sorry I can't be more helpful!

  • @Clara-nj6vv

    @Clara-nj6vv

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@HaileyDollarGoesToCollege it's ok thank u

  • @faviopaz584
    @faviopaz5843 жыл бұрын

    Hey hailey, just a question on why you didn’t go back to UCLA for your graduate program ?

  • @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    @HaileyDollarGoesToCollege

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Favio, UCLA doesn't offer a program for SLPs.

  • @faviopaz584

    @faviopaz584

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@HaileyDollarGoesToCollege oh okay sorry I was just curious and your videos has helped me a lot to reach my educational goals hailey very glad to have suscribe I never miss out

  • @Clara-nj6vv

    @Clara-nj6vv

    3 жыл бұрын

    Excuse me,What is SLPs?😁

  • @faviopaz584

    @faviopaz584

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Clara-nj6vv is speech-language pathologist

  • @Clara-nj6vv

    @Clara-nj6vv

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@faviopaz584 thank u