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Dec 02, 2023

Students are filming the intense moments they find out if they got into Ivy League schools and posting the results to TikTok

Ivy League admissions day was on March 30 this year — a huge day for students

Ivy League admissions day was on March 30 this year — a huge day for students wondering if they got into one of the top schools in the country.

Some filmed their reactions for TikTok, including millions of people in the intense moment they found out if they had been accepted to their dream college or not.

The hashtag #IvyDay2023 amassed more than 30 million views on TikTok, featuring students from all over the US. Insider hasn't seen independent proof of the admissions or rejections the students said they got.

One was Muntara Singh whose family gathered around her computer to find out if she got into Princeton and Dartmouth — which she did. Singh screamed while her family jumped around and hugged her in the video, which was viewed 2.5 million times.

Another was Tinaye Ngorima, whose sister Tawana shared the video call to her TikTok where he looked up all his admissions offers. It ended up being viewed 20 million times.

After a couple of rejections from Berkeley and Dartmouth, Ngorima was placed on the wait list for Yale and Princeton. But the disappointment didn't last, because the biggest news came when Ngorima checked his status for Harvard.

Before saying anything, Ngorima started yelling "Oh my God" and his parents and little sister suddenly jumped and yelled in celebration.

"I got into Harvard!" Ngorima told his sister through the screen while his mom hugged him and his dad whooped and took photos.

Ngorima also got into Brown and UPenn, so he had a big decision on his hands. He told his sister in a follow-up video call that he still hadn't made up his mind.

Zac Kirchhoff's Ivy Day video started off slow like Ngorima's, with a rejection from Yale. He took the news hard but then carried on to check UPenn and Columbia with his mom by his side.

Kirchhoff ended up getting accepted by both UPenn and Columbia, with 15 million other strangers viewing the moment he found out.

"Oh my God, Zachary, what the hell? You got into both!" said Kirchhoff's mom as they celebrated. "Screw Yale!"

Not all of the videos were full of excitement. TikToker Anish, who applied to several Ivy Leagues, found out he was rejected by Yale, UC Berkeley, and Columbia, and was waitlisted by Cornell in his video. However, in previous videos, Anish had already been accepted into UC Irvine, Georgia Tech, and Purdue, so he had plenty of other options.

People in Anish's comments appreciated his thorough filming of acceptances and rejections.

"I want to thank you for posting these," one person wrote. "Your vulnerability shines through as a super power and I know you'll do great things."

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