how i got into yygs || stats, activities, essays, tips and more ✨

Summary

Скрипт видео рассказывает о том, как автор был принят в летнюю программу для молодых ученых в Университете Йейл. В видео обсуждается состав заявки, включая рекомендации, резюме, оценки и эссе. Автор делится своими опытом и советами по подготовке заявки, включая раннее подачу, честность в эссей и непринужденность. Также приглашаются потенциальные участники летнего обучения общаться и присоединиться к группам в Инстаграм.

Takeaways

• 🎓 Вступление в программу 'Young Global Scholars' в Yale с акцептансом около 20%.
• 📚 Участник был принят в сессию 'Applied Science and Engineering' и хочет поделиться своими ответами и эссейами из заявки.
• 📑 Для заявки необходим транскрипт и рекомендации от учителя физики и советника.
• 🏆 Участник участвовал в общественно-признанных инициативах, таких как кампании против одноразового использования и организация научно-технических соревнований.
• 🏅 Отсутствие значимых наград национального масштаба, но участник получил школьные награды в области социальных наук.
• 📈 Участник получил 'A*' на последнем отчетном семестре и получил положительные отзывы от учителей.
• ✍️ Эссаи являются важным элементом заявки, и участник рассказывает о том, как он подготовился к ним и что написал.
• 🌐 Участник выражает страсть к глобальному обучению и активности, которая включает в себя участие в проектах, связанных с ООН и целями устойчивого развития.
• 🎹 Эссаи также включают личные истории, такие как влияние игры на фортепиано на развитие личности и лидерских качеств.
• 📝 Советы по подаче заявки, включая раннее подачу и написание эссеев, которые отражают настоящую личность и ценности.
• 📆 Подсказка о том, что участник планирует посетить программу в 2020 году и предлагает связаться с будущими участниками через социальные сети.

Q & A

Что такое Young Global Scholars (YGS)?

Young Global Scholars (YGS) - это летняя программа в Университете Йейл, которая принимает около 20% от всех подающих заявки.

Какой секциюApplied Science and Engineering выбрал автор?

Автор был принят в секцию Applied Science and Engineering, которая является частью программы YGS.

Какие документы нужно предоставить для заявки на YGS?

Для заявки на YGS необходимо предоставить транскрипт, рекомендации от учителя физики и консультанта, а также резюме.

Какие дополнительные материалы включены в заявку на YGS?

В дополнение к стандартным документам, в заявку включены эссе и краткие ответы на определенные вопросы, ограничивающиеся 140 символами.

Какие активности автор участвовал, которые он указал в своем приложении?

Автор участвовал в кампаниях по сокращению одноразового использования пластика и организовал соревнования в области STEM в своей школе.

Какие награды автор получил, которые он включил в заявку?

Автор получил награды за социальные науки в верхней школе и за выдающуюся работу в классе.

Какие оценки автор получал в школе?

Автор получал высокие оценки, включая 'A*' в последнем семестре 11 класса.

Каковы основные темы первых эссе автора?

Первое эссе фокусируется на том, как автор любит обучение с прикладным подходом и как он может внедрить свои знания в глобальные цели.

Какие советы автор дает для подачи заявки на летнюю программу 2021?

Автор рекомендует подавать в рамках раннего действия и не принуждать себя писать то, что, как он думает, хотят увидеть в его эссах.

Чем автор завершает свой видеоскрипт?

Автор заканчивает видеоскрипт, предлагая зрителям следить за своим аккаунтом в Instagram и возможно присоединиться к групповому чату для YGS.

Как автор подготовился к написанию эссе?

Автор утверждает, что потратил всего около часа на написание эссе, выбрал структуру, которая логична и соответствует требованиям научной секции.

Outlines

00:00

🎓 Прием в летнюю программу в Йейл

Автор делится своим опытом поступления в летнюю программу 'Young Global Scholars' в Йейле, которая имеет около 20% коэффициента приема. Рассматривает, что включено в заявку: рекомендации, резюме, учебные достижения и экстраурокулярные деятельности. Также автор делится своими ощущениями о приёме и неожиданностью своего успеха, упоминает о своём участии в различных инициативах и отсутствии значимых наград.

05:01

📝 Опыт подачи заявки и написания эссе

Второй параграф сфокусирован на написании эссе для поступления. Автор описывает, как искал вдохновение на крупных сайтах, стремясь найти пересечение между своими возможностями и требованиями программы. Рассматривает важность написания логичной структуры и честности в изложении своих достижении и целей, что, по его мнению, могло сыграть роль в его приёме.

10:02

🍽️ Эссе о ужине с Ричардом Фейнманом и навыках жизни

Автор делится своими ответами на короткие вопросы о том, кто бы он хотел встретиться на ужине и какие навыки он бы хотел изучить в школе. В ответе на первый вопрос упоминается Ричард Фейнман, а во второй - курсы, которые могут быть полезными в повседневной жизни взрослых. Также здесь представлен краткий ответ на вопрос о влиянии музыкального искусства на личность автора.

15:04

🎉 Подготовка к участию в YGS и советы для будущих подавателей

В заключительном параграфе автор выражает свою радость и благодарность по поводу своего приёма в YGS, делится своими планами по ведению влога о своём опыте и предлагает советы для будущих подавателей, включая раннее подачу заявки и честность в написании эссе. Также автор рассматривает возможность создания общей группы в Instagram для участников YGS.

Keywords

💡Young Global Scholars (YGS)

YGS refers to a prestigious summer program held at Yale University with a competitive acceptance rate of around 20%. The speaker was accepted into the Applied Science and Engineering session of YGS, making it a significant accomplishment. The program is designed to cultivate globally aware leaders by combining lectures, discussions, and projects.

💡Application

The application process for YGS involves submitting a transcript, recommendations, and essays. The speaker shares the contents of their application, emphasizing the importance of showcasing one's authentic voice rather than forcing what might seem impressive to the readers.

💡Extracurricular Activities (ECs)

Extracurricular activities are non-academic pursuits that students engage in, often seen as crucial in college and program applications. The speaker highlights their involvement in initiatives like reducing single-use plastics and organizing STEM competitions, which were key aspects of their YGS application.

💡STEM

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The speaker's passion for STEM is evident in their participation in and organization of STEM competitions, as well as their application to a science-focused session of YGS. Their involvement in STEM activities reflects their commitment to these fields.

💡Essays

Essays are a critical part of the YGS application, where applicants express their motivations and experiences. The speaker discusses their approach to writing essays, which included a logical structure and a focus on personal experiences rather than attempting to fit a particular mold.

💡IB (International Baccalaureate)

IB is a globally recognized educational program that prepares students for university through rigorous academic and personal development. The speaker mentions being in their first year of IB, which highlights their academic background and the level of preparation they bring to the YGS program.

💡IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education)

IGCSE is an international curriculum for students in grades 9-10, offering a broad range of subjects. The speaker completed their IGCSEs with strong grades, which likely contributed to their successful YGS application. The IGCSE serves as a foundation for the more advanced IB program.

💡Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The SDGs are a set of 17 global goals established by the United Nations to address various global challenges. The speaker mentions their involvement in promoting SDGs within their school, particularly through initiatives related to peace, justice, and strong institutions, which align with the values of YGS.

💡Early Action

Early Action is an application process where students apply earlier than the regular deadline and receive their decision sooner. The speaker recommends applying Early Action for YGS, suggesting that it may offer a higher chance of acceptance, similar to how it works for college applications.

💡Voice

In the context of the application essays, 'voice' refers to the applicant's unique perspective and personality that comes through in their writing. The speaker emphasizes the importance of letting one's authentic voice shine in the essays, as this likely played a role in their acceptance into YGS.

Highlights

Introduction to the Young Global Scholars (YGS) summer program at Yale with a 20% acceptance rate.

Personal experience of being accepted into the Applied Science and Engineering session.

Importance of submitting a transcript and obtaining recommendations from a counselor and a physics teacher.

Surprise at acceptance despite not having outstanding extracurriculars or awards.

Involvement in social enterprise activities, such as reducing single-use plastics and food waste.

Organizing STEM competitions and the impact on the school community.

Lack of national-level awards but inclusion of school awards in the application.

Academic achievements including straight-A stars in the latest semester.

The significance of teacher comments being positive in the application.

Emphasis on the importance of essays in the application process.

Description of the first essay focusing on fit with the YGS program and personal learning approach.

Reflection on the structure and content of the essays, including the choice of a narrative essay format.

Fast takes section discussing challenges of writing short responses within a character limit.

Sharing personal beliefs, values, and the influence of playing the piano on personal development.

Tips for future applicants, including applying early action and being genuine in essays.

Encouragement for future YGS applicants to reach out and connect through social media.

Potential for a future vlog documenting the YGS experience.

Transcripts

I bet you guys are gonna be like what

the heck it's just a summer program you

know what I don't care okay so if you

don't know you young global scholars is

a summer program at you guessed it Yale

and it has like a 20 percent acceptance

rate

I was recently accepted to the Applied

Science and Engineering a session and I

thought it was might be useful to share

what I put on my application because on

the internet like on college

confidential I've been getting like a

lot of messages asking me how I got in

and stuff so I'm gonna look at what I

put on my application I'm just gonna be

reading from here and I'll also be

reading my essays as well so for the

whole application I can't speak they

asked you to they asked you to put in

like your transcript which you have to

ask your counselor I think to put that

in I just asked my counselor and also

you need to less a recommendation for

that I asked my physics teacher and also

my counselor so I basically gave my

resume and just highlighted sections I

wanted my counselor to highlight in the

recommendation letter I was so surprised

when I got accepted um q the screen with

the confetti on it

there two other people who got accepted

honestly their activities like their

eces extracurriculars in case you didn't

know we're like I was here that you were

like there and my essays

we're like they look just fine I didn't

think they're like outstanding or

anything so again like I was really

surprised that I got in for the activity

section you got to put in I think maybe

up to three activities I'm not I don't

actually remember it was like December

when I got accepted and I felt in my

obligation in November but anyway for

the two activities that I put in the

first one was like it was this activity

called the social enterprise which is

where like my friends and I we started

to like campaigns to do single-use and

now I'm also working on an initiative to

reduce food waste around my school the

other activity was me collaborating also

with my friends to organize like stem

competitions in my school and we

organized like quite a lot last year and

it has like it was quite a big part of

my year 11 or a sophomore career oh and

by the way I'm a junior I should have

said that earlier but yeah for the

awards like I did not have any like Oh

national champion of like I don't know

science Olympian I our school doesn't

even have Science Olympiad so um I

basically just put my school awards

which was upper secondary social

sciences award which is really sad

because I applied to a stem session but

I put it down anyway because I had like

this many awards the other one was award

for basically being it was off in the

class which is like I mean I'm not

complaining but ya know I'm gonna talk

about

I really should have prepared a script

for this now I'm gonna talk about my

stats yes so before I go to kind of like

British school so we have IGCSE and now

I'm doing I be so I GCSE East four years

is ten to eleven which is great

ten grades nine to ten and IB which I'm

in my first year of his four years

twelve to thirteen or grades eleven to

twelve on my report card for the most

recent semester which was my year 11

second semester I got straight-a stars

which that was like the first time I

don't usually get straight-a stars so

that's basically like a plus I think so

I think that might have helped as well

and my teachers comments are also pretty

positive so yeah let's get into the

essays which is probably the most

important part of the application not

just for like summer programs but also

for college applications

so I mean well I literally worked on

these essays for I don't know like an

hour I'm like I looked at them for like

20 seconds and submitted it like I I

feel like I should have maybe spent more

time working on them but whatever so

let's read my essays the first essay is

500 words long and he's the prompt

so when planning this I basically like

scroll through all the pages on the

largest website which I'll link in the

description below it was like really

helpful it was really informative cuz

they were asking for how I would be a

great fit for the program so I had to

focus on where their features and mine

intersect and overlap basically let's

start reading why would I like to

participate in why ygs the answer is

obvious I love learning not only in the

classroom but with an applied approach

which combines all styles from lectures

to discussions to projects with the

unanimous aim of cultivating globally

aware leaders I'm intrigued by the ygs

community and I would love to hear

stories young people my age have to

share from their schools families

backgrounds and everything in between

it would be an eye-opening experience

for me to meet people from every part of

the world and learn about their

experiences which would undoubtedly be

different to mine I'm grateful that in

my school students are encouraged to

think global act local and strive to

become better global citizens each day

it is this mantra that pushes me to

venture out of my comfort zone and

undertake activities that make my school

community a better place throughout my

high school career I have led and

participated in numerous student-led

initiatives

beginning with stop single-use Shanghai

which aims to reduce single-use plastic

in our school we students participated

in a global issues network conference to

share our ideas and action plans like

selling reusable cutlery pouches and

campaign posters and discuss other

global issues linked with the u.s. UN

sustainable development goals SDGs with

students from all parts of the world

stemming from my passion for stem no pun

intended

that's cringe eaf my peers and I

organized stem competitions for

secondary students

I mean priceless experience from

participating and I also helped others

in this park of interest when they took

part in our competitions and to know

that you have incited interests in

interest in young aspiring

mathematicians like yourself is

incredibly rewarding this year I was

chosen to be a prefect a role model for

students that promotes the UN SDGs

I recently gave a presentation and a

whole school assembly raising awareness

of goal sixteen peace justice and strong

institutions I received a merit and

learner profile thinker Award nomination

for this because I quote quotation marks

delivered a thought-provoking

presentation and engaged my audience to

quote my teacher I hope to gain

inspiration for how to better

incorporate these SDGs in their everyday

learning from participating in why ygs

so I can bring a greater impact on my

school community besides leading various

initiatives I'm an avid communicator in

class unafraid to question anything and

express my opinions in ygs is diverse

community with students coming from all

over the world with unimaginable

experiences I believe my contributions

from my international background will be

invaluable moreover as someone living in

China spending two weeks in the u.s. we

incredibly foreign to me so I'm grateful

for the inclusion ygs brings accepting

every person for who they are regardless

of their background I truly believe I

belong in this company as my values of

learning for the sake of it giving back

to others and taking action to achieve

global goals aligned perfectly with

those of my ideas so that was the first

essay and honestly

um well after I got accepted and I was

like whoa like did I do something like

really good and I was looking back

reading on that say I was like this is

really bad because I was like watching

some videos about why why Gia's and some

of the accepted applicants or saying how

they they found what they found hardest

about the application was having to

write the required narrative essay I

just like freaked out like I did read a

narrative essay that they like I said

the wrong person but I think that may

have been one good thing in that like I

did choose to stick to a narrative essay

which is what most college essays like

asked for well not expensive

they don't explicitly ask for narrative

essays but those tend to be the most

successful ones and therefore the most

common ones I think but I chose to just

basically list my kind of my

accomplishments and like why I do what I

do in school and what I find meaningful

and I think that might have helped

because the structure was very logical

and I think that might have matched like

by choosing the science session because

it's very you know scientific I think

yeah like otherwise I don't know why the

application readers might have thought

this was really good but that's just

what my two cents are here the fast

takes which are basically really short

responses that are limited 140

characters you found these are really

hard to write because I didn't realize

how little 140 characters was so the

first one was if you could design a

semester long course at your high school

what would what would it be called um I

gave a really generic answer but anyway

a course that teaches life skills such

as how to negotiate in the workplace or

cooking as these will benefit us as

adults in the future

honestly like anyone can write that I

don't know why I did that

but next if you could have dinner with

anyone living or deceased who would it

be and why

Richard Friedman from what I've read

from his two biographies he seems like

an intriguing insanely intelligent

happy-go-lucky person I quite like my

answer because I really do like like

admire Richard Feynman like if you don't

know like I just in this response I said

he has two biographies you should go

read them they're like a really funny

here's the last thing which is 200 words

we want to learn more about your

background beliefs values and or the

important people in your life please

tell us something that has influenced

you and articulate how it has shaped you

again you could say that this is kind of

like cliche maybe but I tried to put my

own twist in it kind of you see as a

young girl of age six i associated

playing the piano with tedious work fast

forward 10 years 8 ABRSM exams and the

same number of distinctions later I've

grown to love playing the piano for how

significantly it has influenced me I

hated practicing why was it that while

my friends could play video games or

hangout I had to spend that hour moping

of the piano striking keys that only

brought ugly distance yet gradually as I

mastered technique after technique I

learned the importance of practicing

practice makes perfect

they say but I never believed it until I

heard it with my very own ears as a

result I learned value of hard work and

now strive every day to become more

diligent in my studies

furthermore as I become more expressive

in playing sonatas and stern shows the

shy 10 year old introvert was replaced

by a confident young leader I'm now

comfortable with expressing myself not

just artistically but in everyday life

establishing my unique identity I don't

put on a pledge unapologetically I'm

incredibly grateful for all the lessons

playing the piano has talking about

living life yeah that was it those were

all my essays for this one anyone can

write about playing an instrument and

how it has influenced them I basically I

don't know I just talked about because

it was because the story's just my own

so I think maybe you probably felt like

genuine for them like when when the

admissions officer application reader I

don't know what they're called when

they're reading my essay they probably

maybe they could see my voice I'm

guessing I'm guessing like I'm legit do

not know at all why they accepted me but

I'm grateful anyway after reading my

essays

here are some tips I guess for your

application when you apply for the

summer of 2021 first if there is one

definitely apply early action so 2020

which is the summer which I'll be going

to for a while Jess this is the first

time they opened an early action

deadline basically and from what I'm

gauging like I think the acceptance week

while they say oh it's not going to give

you an advantage but like again for

colleges like even if they have early

action people usually say to apply early

action because you usually get an

advantage like the acceptance rates are

higher and also you get to know your

decision sooner second is like don't

force anything in your essays honestly

other people that I I saw who work

subdued they had like a lot more

impressive like stats extracurriculars

but I just like make sure my voice shown

through the essays and I think that's

what helped me get in because like I'm

not like a gold medal champion whatever

whatever like obviously like I was those

people are like really good and they

honestly deserve acceptance is for to

like release look do summer programs but

that doesn't mean people like me but

like that's that's I can't get in okay

maybe not bad stats but like very not

very good eces and okay ish essays I

mean you could say the same for a

college application essays but don't

don't try to force what you think they

the application readers want to see in

your essay just you do you basically

thanks for watching I guess I really

really can't wait to go to ygs and

you're also going to allow a GIS in 2020

be sure to like I don't know reach out

maybe comment if you want honestly I

don't even know if I'm gonna upload this

on youtube because I'm lazy AF and I

like my editing skills are actually like

so I don't know in the chance that I do

upload this on youtube and make it

public

please maybe like in comment if you're

coming as well and let me know which

session you're attending so and also if

you want you can join our Instagram

group chats for ygs and just follow me

on Instagram

I'll put it down below I guess so yeah

thanks for watching and I might do a

vlog for ygs maybe but stick around

Thanks