Avoid College Admissions Brain Rot

TikTok is NOT the place to receive your college admissions advice! Watch as University of California admissions director Robert Penman reacts to the terrible college admissions advice that proliferates on social media.

TL;DR - Every applicant has a unique story to tell and admissions officers DO read EVERY application through a human lens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTbtn5Tr7Jw

Pay attention to this key excerpt from the video:

"You don't have to have a sob story. I think that there is some thought amongst students that they have to overcome some significant challenge. I find sometimes students really feel like they're stretching to find a challenge that they've overcome. You don't have to have had a bunch of life challenges to be admitted to [a] university."