How Fanfiction Got Me into a Top 20 College with a SCHOLARSHIP

Fanfiction is literally the BIGGEST reason why I was able to get accepted into a top 20 university and become a finalist for their full-tuition scholarship. If you're looking for advice on how to get into a top college or if you're just looking for legit college admissions tips, this video should help you! My goal here is to share exactly how fanfiction helped me get into top universities and inspire you to change your perspective on the college admissions process. Below are some major takeaways:

1. Don’t be afraid to do things that you love doing, even if you don’t feel like it would benefit you in terms of college admissions. If you asked freshman, sophomore, or even junior year me, there’s no way I would have thought fanfiction would help me with the college application process.

2. It’s fine if you do stuff you genuinely like doing, and who knows, you may end up being able to write a really great essay about it too!

3. At the same time, you should also definitely try picking up some activities with college admissions in mind. Like in my case, I initially went into speech/debate to make my application more appealing to colleges, but I stuck with it because I actually liked it as well.

4. Also, colleges would rather have you do only a few extracurricular activities but invest a lot of time in them and be consistent with it than have you do a bunch of different things and spend little time on each activity.

5. Also, besides having good extracurricular activities, you wanna make sure you get pretty solid SAT or ACT score and write great essays since the acceptance rates of top 20 colleges are really low and they're dropping every year.

6. Don’t be afraid to take a small risk with your essays. You can take a risk in not just the essay topic, but also the way you write your essay.

If you're reading this, hi! I'm Shiv, a sophomore at the University of Southern California. I make weekly SAT tips + College Admissions advice videos, as well as meme/fun videos to keep things interesting and perfectly balanced, as all things should be :P

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