This is a throwaway because I want to be a bitch and moan and insult people and I find that shit funny, but nobody else does.

When I was 14 (my collegemaxxing era) I spent fucking HOURS on Instagram reels. I would waste like 4 hours a day on average scrolling through car crashes, brainrot, and random ass weight loss reels (I was a fat kid so I saved these and then never watched them again). Then I stumbled upon the source of my sadness:

Admissions influencers.

LimmyTalks:

LimmyTalks makes me want to apply ED to heaven.
LimmyTalks makes me want to bite the curb.

One time I sent my friends a LimmyTalks video and said, "we're so cooked," or "what the FUCK is the point in applying to T20s"

And they replied with "WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO TO STAND OUT BRO 😭," because the average LimmyTalks video is:

"This dude got a 4.0 GPA, 1600 SAT score, volunteered 150 hours, did research at their state flagship, is a FIDE grandmaster, blah blah blah tons of other crazy shit. They got into every university they applied for except Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cornell, UPenn, Princeton, Darthmouth, Columbia, Stanford, MIT, and every other fucking college they applied for."

I hadn't cried since I was 6. I was fucking sobbing that night.

What my stupid little idiot brain failed to account for (and yours too probably) is that he's really good at making you compare yourself to these guys and their ECs in the videos. Except, THEY AREN'T FUCKING REAL. He goes on r/chanceme, or asks people to submit their own apps. But people embellish their accomplishments so that THEY DONT LOOK STUPID ON THE INTERNET.

HarvardHoney:

HarvardHoney sells advice on how to get into Ivy League schools.

I took a look at her Ivy League Tea website and HOLY SHIT IT'S SO BAD. 1 hour of meeting with her is $675. 1 HOUR IS MORE THAN THE ALL THE APPLICATION FEES I'LL HAVE TO SEND. She also has a service where if you pay 13k, she'll personally coach you so that you get into a top college, so SHE'S MAKING MORE THAN 40K A YEAR JUST BY GIVING OUT SKETCHY ASS ADVICE.

AND ITS SUPER FUCKING SUSPICIOUS WHEN EVERYTHING SHE'S SELLING HAS PERFECT 5 STAR REVIEWS. YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL IF SHE'S USING HER HARVARD ADMISSION AS A WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO PAY HER FOR SHITTY ADVICE, OR IF IT'S ACTUALLY GOOD.

I'll give you some good life advice FOR FREE: Stop paying for Netflix, fasting is the best way to burn fat, and DO ECS THAT YOU LIKE, NOT ECS THAT YOU THINK MAKE YOU LOOK GOOD.

It's not just them:

LimmyTalks and HarvardHoney are the worst people that I know of, but there's so many college admissions infleuncers that do all of these things. LimmyTalks also does essay writing services and chancemes , and HarvardHoney is hella clickbaity, even if not as clickbait as LimmyTalks. Some people say Elise Pham is the same,

I've heard that supposedly Gohar Khan is goated coz he's more about how to pick the right college for you and how to get good grades and other good life advice rather than "OH MY GOD HERE'S THE DEFINITE FORMULA FOR GETTING INTO AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL."

There is no formula. People that say "uhh yes there is 🤓🤓" are wrong, because not everyone's circumstances are the same. Don't fall for these types of scams that make you feel like you're too dumb to even be considered by top colleges, and then try to sell you "the correct way" of getting into top schools.

I think that's it for the week I'm all ranted out

TL;DR: College admissions influencers are dumb and I explain why

My last 2 rants had some bad takes and a little bit of misinformation on them coz I'm a little stupid (very sorry) so I hope I didn't repeat those mistakes here. As of right now I'm trying LinkedIn as a lot of you said it was super useful.

Anyways, do you guys think I could consider this ranting shit down as a writing EC? I don’t actually like writing but I might have spots free on the common app 😭😭

Next rant: strict parents on college amissions maybe??

EDIT:
Mahad is SO MUCH BETTER THAN GOHAR