- (man whistling) - (laughs) My favorite part
is seeing parents that are so happy for their success.
- (teen) Where do you think I'm going?
- Oh my god. It's literally a gender reveal.
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- (teen) So, I'm definitely gonna get rejected,
'cause I already got deferred once when I applied early.
- Are these acceptance letters for college?
- 'Cause I already got deferred once. - Oh my god.
I watch these all the time even now as a third-year college student.
- (teen) We know that waiting can be really stressful.
- This is MIT?
- Did she get into her college?
- Did she get in? Please get in. Please get into MIT.
You got into MIT!! (claps) - (gasps)
- (teen) Holy [bleep]. Oh my god. Aww.
- (teen) Oh my god. - Damn! MIT, though?!
That's [bleep] crazy. - (teen) So, let's open her up
and see what she says. So, this is what you get
on the inside. This is so fancy. Oh my god.
- Ooh, it's so fancy. I never got one of these.
It was just an email. - (woman) Welcome
to the Trojan family. - Oh, I'm so proud of her.
- (woman) ...offer you admission to the University
of Southern California.
- I know USC has a lot of scandals, though.
- I hope she didn't pay her way to get in, though.
You know, people be doing that nowadays.
- (woman) #IGotIntoUSC. - Wow. It's something I did not know
was a thing on the internet. - I did not know this was a thing!
I've never seen these, but I love them.
- Getting accepted into a college where you worked really hard
and you did all your tests and everything is just
a great feeling. - (teen) It's December 15th.
And this is... - Wow, Georgetown.
- (teen) ...my Georgetown letter. - Okay. Good. Smart.
Cover your address. - Oh, she's blocking out her address.
Okay, but the corgi's cute. - (teen) It looks really thin,
so I probably got deferred. But...
- Yeah, nowadays it's weird, because everything's through email.
If you get an actual letter, it usually means a no.
- (woman) It's a great pleasure to inform you that...
- That's awesome. - It's actually the best feeling
in the world to get this type of letter.
- (man whistling) - (laughs)
- (laughs) My favorite part is seeing parents that are so happy
for their success. - Aww, this is warming my heart.
- Oh, I'm gonna cry! - This one feels a bit more genuine.
I'm getting all those feels. - (man) I know.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪ - (woman) Got in.
- We love a supportive dad and a supportive mom.
We love supportive parents. - I love watching them get accepted,
'cause it's like (claps). Yes! You did it, man!
I don't know if this person is maybe a first-generation American.
A lot of immigrant parents come to give their children
the best opportunities that they can. And to see your child get into
a prestigious university or maybe just university at all--
It doesn't matter. Junior college, whatever.
It's a different feeling, you know? Maybe a lot of people
can't relate to it, but that's what makes it more special.
- It reminds me of my own family. There's just this different sort
of feeling when you're a first-generation student,
where it's like, "Wow, I'm getting into these major schools"
from parents of immigrants who came here on literally nothing.
And then, now I get to go to this amazing school.
And it's such a cool feeling.
- He got into Princeton?! Look at him.
Look at his face! - His silent disbelief
is one of the best reactions. (laughs) - (teen) I got in.
- (laughs) At least, he acknowledges the cringiness.
I like that. - it's not cringiness.
That's what you're supposed to feel. - (teen) Oh my--
- God, I love these videos. I never opened my acceptances
around my parents. I always did it alone,
because I didn't want them to be there if I didn't get in.
- I know the feeling, 'cause when I was applying to schools,
my number one was the University of Wisconsin.
I saw the acceptance from Wisconsin.
I was like-- you're just kind of speechless.
You're like, "Holy [bleep]." This is my number one choice
and I'm getting to go there. - (woman) Waiting for her results
to see if she's gotten into ODU.
- Why does this make me wanna cry?
- (teen) Application term, fall of 2014.
- The whole family's there. - (chuckles)
When you can't even read it yourself. - (teen) ...status decision made.
- So nerve-racking! - I love the family is just like
so supportive and they're just like, "Pleeease!"
- (teen) I'm sorry, Janelle. - (Janelle sighs)
- (teen) ADMITTED! - Ah! (laughs)
- (teen) I'm sorry, Janelle. - (Janelle sighs)
- (teen) ADMITTED! - (laughs)
- (teen) I'm sorry, Janelle. - (Janelle sighs)
- (teen) ADMITTED! - (family screaming)
- You know how depressed I would be if someone was like, "Nah,
you didn't get in. Just kidding!"
My bootyhole clenched. - Oh my gosh.
Even the little brother's like, "Yeah!"
- That's so cute. Oh my god! That's so--
I love that! Your family just wants
to see you succeed, so just to have these big moments
like college acceptances together, that's a sweet moment.
- Whether this person gets accepted or denied, that's what
the whole purpose of family is is to support each other
in the lows and the highs. And I think that's the importance
of having them there. - Regardless if it's just you
reading it, if you're with your family,
if you're with your friends, it's some good [bleep]
to be getting into college. - (FBE) So, we have more videos
to show you in just a second, but these types of videos
where students take a video of what colleges they were accepted to
have become really popular in the past couple years.
- Really? I've never heard of it until you showed me today.
I've seen a handful, but I didn't know that it was
as big of a trend as it is. - I'm glad. These should be supported
and spread around. It's really important to spread
some positivity when you can. - (FBE) Now, in addition
to these college acceptance videos, college reveal videos
have also become really popular. So, we're gonna show you
some of those as well. - College reveal video? What is that?
- I usually think of sports, like athletes that reveal
what college they're gonna attend. But I don't think I've ever heard
of a decision-making on academic purposes.
That's gonna be interesting. - (teen) Where do you think
I'm gonna go? - (teen 2) Ah...
I think you're gonna go to TCU.
- Oh, this is like [bleep] baby reveals?
- Oh, like a baby reveal? That's funny. (giggles)
- (teen) where do you think I'm going? - Oh my god.
It's literally a gender reveal. - (teen) Whenever you're ready.
- (man) But it's gonna hurt. - (teen) No.
- The school colors are in the balloon.
- Wait, it's just a bunch of sparkles.
- (teen laughing) He can't even...
- I'm like, what is it? - (teen) So, what does purple mean?
- These are not as exciting as the baby reveals, let me tell ya.
- (teen 3) Oh, you're going to TCU! Aww. Congrats.
- Aww. (laughs) This is definitely extra,
but definitely appreciated. I don't really get
the college reveal video, you know? I totally understand
the chronicling of like, "Hey, this is the school
that I got into." Their friends are just kinda like,
"Oh, congrats." - (teen) After careful consideration,
and pleading and praying to God and... - I like how this is like
an athlete sort of hat choosing. - Oh my god. So dramatic.
- (teen) ...and YouTube career... - YouTube career?
- (teen) ...YouTube career at... - (chuckles)
- (teen) ...the University of California--
- (people cheering) - (laughs) So funny. Sorry.
She said, "And YouTube career." - (teen) ...at the University
of California-- - UCLA!!!
That's my school! That's my-- oh my god.
Good choice! - She got into UCLA.
I'm so proud. That's such a hard school
to get into. (chuckles) - I think it's a little dramatic,
but at the same time, who am I to say that?
This is your experience. You know, you've worked
so hard for this. Just do it however you wanna do it.
♪ (upbeat rock music) ♪ - That's cute to make a cake.
- "Where to college?" - (teen) Virginia Tech.
- (teen 2) Virginia Tech. - This one really threw a full party.
- This is extra, but I LOVE it.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- Where's he going? What is it? It's red!
What does that mean? Virginia Tech?
- It's cute, but it also just feels really cheesy
with the baby reveal cake-cutting.
- That's so cute. - Ah, who thinks of that?
That's actually the most clever thing I've ever seen.
- If you're gonna do a college reveal, kind of go big with it.
Throw a little party. - I never get tired of these videos,
because I never get tired of seeing people succeed
in what they wanna be. - (FBE) So, like we said,
these types of videos have become increasingly popular
in recent years with some of the videos we showed you
getting hundreds of thousands or even millions of views.
- Wow. It's the internet. Everything goes viral.
If it's not viral, did you really do it?
- That's, I mean, surprising for sure. - It's just something that everyone
can be happy about, and it's so hard to find
something like that now. - (FBE) Before we talk more
about this, you're all college students,
so we wanna know, have you or anyone you know seen
or made a video like this before? - I I know I've never made
a video like this, and I don't think I've ever seen
someone I know make a video like this, but I've definitely--
lots of people like to post the acceptance things on Twitter
or Instagram. I've definitely seen those.
- No one that I knew definitely didn't make a video.
I didn't. I just walked into my parents' room,
and I said, "Hey, I'm going to this school."
- No. I think it's one of those things that's probably
been around for a bit, but it's just starting
to get attention and traction. - I watched a ton of college videos
in general when I was first applying. And then, during the process,
when you're waiting for your acceptance
or rejection decision. The most that we did, I think,
was on Snapchat or Instagram Stories.
That's where we would kind of post small videos.
- No. I had no idea people were doing this.
It kind of makes sense that people are doing this now,
'cause, you know-- just newer generations,
younger generations, are kind of growing up,
and they're always kind of into the whole sharing everything.
- (FBE) College is a huge part of many young people's lives.
And the process of applying and deciding where to go
can be super exciting, but it's also very scary.
As a college kid yourself, what was the process of opening
acceptance letters and deciding where to go like for you personally?
- For me, the acceptance letters or rejection letters were digital.
It's kind of scary, 'cause you read an email,
and it's like, "Open carefully" or it's something like that.
And so, you open it, and it's just like, "Hey,
you got accepted." "Hey, you got rejected."
- I applied to 13 different schools, 'cause I applied to my top five.
But then I was like, "Wait, I need a backup.
But I need a backup for my backup."
- I went to community college for about two years.
I applied for Cal Poly. it wasn't a crazy, like,
I applied to five, and like, "Oh, no.
Which one will I get into?" But I could definitely see that,
'cause even me getting into Cal Poly, I was like really nerv--
I'm like, "What if I don't get in?" - I got bullied a lot in school
from beginning to end. And so, that gave me a lot
of anxiety going to school. And so, I was like,
"You know what? Maybe there's an option
for online schooling. I applied, and I got accepted.
But it wasn't a huge thing. It was one of those things,
where I'm like, "Oh, it's an art school. Sure."
- After I'm done with my second year of junior college,
now I'm able to transfer. Honestly, the JC grind
is so much different. At a JC, it's so easy to just say,
"I'm done" and just stop and just stop showing up to class.
- I was just kind of like, "Guys, I think I'm gonna go here."
Also, you have to work with what you have
and what you're able to afford. Sometimes, you can't always go
to your dream school, 'cause it might be a little too pricey.
- (FBE) So, this isn't the first time that we've seen trends like this
pick up online. There's promposal videos.
There's actual proposals, gender reveals, and many more.
However, these types of videos are obviously a lot of work,
and they often require a lot of preparation.
- Yeah. - (FBE) Why do you think that people
make videos like this? - I think it's nice to share.
I feel like people ultimately like seeing people be happy.
- Even if you're in a sad space, seeing someone else get their dreams
come true or just seeing some happiness in other people
at least has to bring you some joy. - Maybe there's a little bit,
you know, not showing off, but just like, "Hey,
I got into whatever." And I understand that.
You wanna be happy, and you wanna share that
with the world. - I think it's just like,
"Y'all wanna record my reaction?" If I get in and I'm hyped,
it's gonna be really cool to look back and see myself
opening up my acceptance letter to this college.
It's just something cool to have to look back on
and be like, "Yo, look at how hyped I was when I got in."
- (FBE) Lately, there's been a lot in the news
about the college admission scandals, where celebrities,
including Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman
and other wealthy people, were paying sometimes
exorbitant amounts of money to get their kids into good schools.
As college students, what do you think about the fact
that sometimes it's not about the grades
and that there can be corruption inside of college acceptance?
- I'm gonna say this, and excuse my language,
but it [bleep] sucks, because not everybody
is born in privilege. Some people are first-generation Americans.
Some people, they're the first ones going to college that are here
in this country. If you value yourself as a person,
you wouldn't cheat, because you know that you're good enough
to do it on your own. And if you have to have Mommy
and Daddy swipe the card, that means you're not good enough.
You don't deserve to be at that university.
- It blows my mind, because you're--
you can pay all the hundreds and thousands and millions of dollars
if you want. You can pay that all,
but good luck applying for a job. You didn't earn it.
- You can tell these people who are uploading their videos,
they're very excited to get those acceptance letters,
because they've worked very hard to get to where they are.
It sucks, you know, to, I guess, kind of learn
that other people didn't have to, I guess, work as hard for it,
because they were born into, you know, an opportunity.
- (FBE) And finally, you recently went through this
nerve-racking process. - I did.
- (FBE) What would be your advice to other kids who are currently
choosing colleges or even those who might be applying next year?
- Oh my gosh. Good luck. Don't stress out too much.
Work hard to get to where you need to go.
- Ask for help. Take those AP classes.
Take those honor classes. If you wanna get
into a really good school, you gotta put in work.
- Don't apply to as many schools as I did.
You don't need a backup for your backup for your backup
for your backup. - I didn't get into my dream school,
so it's definitely a little heartbreaking at first.
But don't be afraid to keep moving forward.
There are definitely gonna be more opportunities for you.
One door closes. Another door opens.
- Just try your best. Go for it.
If you didn't get in, it's not the end of the world.
It's just, you know, what was planned for you.
It's all part of what your life story's gonna be.
- Don't feel pressured by society. Do whatever you feel is best for you.
If you're not doing something you love, then you're just kind of
coasting by, being a robot, doing whatever.
And I feel like whenever you're doing something
you're passionate about, it just makes everything
more worthwhile. - From the moment you're born
until you're 18, all that is just to get
a letter to define how much you are worth as a person.
I don't think any admission letter should ever define your worth
as a person. When it comes to the actual applications,
don't stress, because the more you stress,
the worse your application's gonna be. Just take your time on it,
give yourself time to think about what you're gonna write about.
And don't be discouraged if you get denied,
because there's always gonna be someone that gives you a chance.
- Thanks for watching this episode of College Kids React.
- Shoutout to Emilia Emilia and Isabella Sears.
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- Thanks for watching. Bye! - Hey! It's Sierra,
producer here at FBE. Thank you so much for watching
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