 What's up guys Nick chain back another video? What's happening guys? It's your boy Nick chain coming back with another video today We have a very special guest on the channel. It is my boy Amherst Magic Kane As many of you guys know or if you don't know you should know Amherst is my best friend from home We have done a bunch of traveling together. We've been to Europe. We've been to Paris, London Nice Barcelona Madrid soon to be Africa soon to be Africa soon to be Korea There's a lot of trips that we've done together and he is actually visiting Princeton for this weekend yesterday We went to New York and we filmed just a quick shopping vlog So that will be up later this week hopefully but today we are going to be doing Ivy League compared to state universities because Amherst is a Student at University of Alabama, you know, there's a lot of people out there that number one either get into state universities with full-ride scholarships So a lot of people get caught up of whether or not that is worth it compared to the Ivy League So today we're just gonna sit down and talk about a few different stuff that hopefully you guys can be able to take something away From so the first topic we are going to be covering are academics Obviously that is the main reason that you should be going to university I can start off by saying that yes, it's Princeton Yes, it's the Ivy League meaning that the education is very top tier It's probably going to be the best in the country just in terms of the quality of the education And what I mean by that is obviously there are classes some of them that I've taken which may not be the most Interesting or the most beneficial for myself But in terms of just the quality of the departments and the research that they do it's very top-notch So what do you feel like the academic opportunities are at Alabama? Um, I think it really depends on what you're doing. So I'm pre-med So I wanted to you know, I want to go to I want to go to med school in the future So, I mean our bio departments really good. What do you feel like in terms of the classes and the professors? Do you feel like you know people are there to support you and that like office hours are beneficial and that you're Generally learning a lot from the classes. I think it depends on the class and professor a lot of like, you know The intro classes freshman classes, there's like hundreds of people and you're never gonna meet your professor You can barely hear them sometimes But upper-level like upper-level bio like you really get to know your professor you go to office hours You talk to them. They help you out. I agree. I think that's very much the same thing over at Princeton is You know college once again is what you make of it meaning that if you take the initiative to Go out and schedule with dinners with your professors or go into the office hours You're going to be able to get a lot more out of it Now when it comes to like the intro classes like he was saying it is kind of hard to you know Get more involved, but as you get into the upper-level stuff You kind of have to be more in touch with your professor now a big thing when it comes to universities are obviously Affordability and how you're going to be paying for college now. Luckily. I will say that Princeton has some very good financial aid One of the best in the country meaning that it is all need-based There is no merit scholarship and there are no athletic scholarships This is very much the Ivy League only and it is very different for just about every other school out there Alabama obviously has a ton of merit and academic scholarships. So you want to talk on that? Yeah, Alabama has a bunch of merit scholarships along with athletic scholarships But you know like I got a full ride to Alabama. So in my it was at first album was my last option But it ended up being like my best option just because I'll graduate with no debt and I can have money to go towards grad school or you know do whatever I want to do with extra money So, you know a big thing is you need to be taking into account all the variables of your education It's not just the name brand or what university ranking it is It's really about the affordability and whether or not you're getting the best bang for your buck because there are you know Several students out there who are going to be in-depth when they come out of college But if you are offered a full right tuition to you know some big state school where you're going to be able to do a lot more with that Available resources and scholarships then you know it may be a good scenario for you And that's not something that we can decide it's very much of individual and personal basis So that's obviously a discussion that you need to be having with your family. Yeah, moving on to the social aspects of college Alabama is obviously one of the best football teams in the country. So there are way more football games There are way more, you know tailgates frat sororities all that stuff. So you can probably take it away Yeah, football games are huge tailgating huge Greek life is really big. Everyone goes to football games. It's really hot, but people are dedicated Or how many championships do you guys have? You're asking that a lot. So Alabama obviously has tons of championships their football team is very great You know if you're an athlete who is getting a full right scholarship to play sports at a state school where there are could be more Opportunities after you, you know, hopefully getting drafted or whatever. That's of avenues to consider as well. What do you think about like parties? What do you usually do on the weekends? There's stuff happening at Alabama every single night. Maybe not Sunday, but probably Sunday. Last night Amherst came to Princeton for the first time It was a Friday night. He's like wow it is dead. There's nothing happening here Yeah, Alabama's popping like every day every night. We have this place called The Stripped where like all the bars restaurants are every night It's like tons of people mostly frat parties or bars. No, it's like bars and there's frats They have like big functions, but you have to be in a frat to go to that usually so going off of that We do have things called eating clubs at Princeton. They're similar to frats But they're co-ed and you eat all your meals there but at night That's where the social scenes happen The good thing about eating clubs is that it's essentially open to anyone if you are able to get a pass or find a list spot from an upperclassman It all sounds very complicated. I know it's very weird I try to explain it to people all the time like what the hell is that but as far as just like around Alabama What do you usually do to go hang out go eat? Are there a lot of restaurants shopping? Yeah, there's lots of restaurants So one big difference I noticed like there's a lot of like I live off campus a lot of upperclassmen live off campus So, you know people cook together like lots of like friend groups just like make dinners together And like that's their night out and then hang out in the living room because we just have a lot of space People go hiking. There's like a river they go most people have cars, right? Yeah, everyone has cars They take like weekend trips to the beach Atlanta Birmingham so speaking off that I will say that just about everyone on Princeton lives on campus for all four years Just because number one apartments are pretty expensive off campus and number two everything is pretty centrally located We also don't have cars meaning that it's hard to get out of the town unless you go to New York or Philly But it's very much Focus on academics like people won't take weekend trips because it's study time So what are extra casers? I would say in a real sports huge like frats play frats There's men's teams co-ed teams like every sport men's basketball soccer indoor soccer rug B No So in terms of just like the overall quality of your time at experience including academics extracurricular is social life Atmosphere and affordability What is your overall? But you know, what are your overall thoughts your sophomore? So having enjoyed your past two years so far Yeah, I'm glad I made the decision. I made like where your other options other options were UT like Texas A&M just like state schools and then I just applied to Alabama because a friend told me to and Got in full scholarship ended up deciding on May 1st Emerson's on a scholarship meeting. He doesn't have to pay for tuition You mind telling us like what your scores were to get that? Yeah, so I got a 32 and on the ACT 32 ACT and then if you have above a 3.5 GPA So I mean it doesn't seem like the bar is set too hot. It's it's changed now It's like 33 or 34, but it's still a 3.5 GPA You heard that boys if you guys are in high school, make sure you guys are Study for those tell them your big your number one tip in high school. I wish I would have tried harder in high school for sure Yeah, freshman year and sophomore year. I did give the effort I should have so I had some catching up to do junior year and then I met you know Learned some good study habits started hanging out with different people. Well, I don't know where you started hanging out I wonder when we started having classes together. Yeah, I definitely didn't know how to study at first Yeah, that's a big thing. It's like if you don't know how to study properly and find Study groups and habits that will help you be more productive Especially when you're in high school and you're getting ready for those tests that can come back to bite you in that ass I'm still learning how to study honestly every new class every new person I study with I learned a new habit That's really helpful facts one place where I think your school doesn't matter as much as if you're you know pre-med Predental pre-law if you can do good at really any school then I guess the grad school that you go to matters more I will say that going off of that my friends were doing pre-law or pre-med right now are literally Struggling so much because they have to maintain a super high GPA of like a 3.8 3.9 even a 4.0 And especially at an Ivy League that is incredibly difficult to do so for anyone interested in going to those type of grad schools Where your GPA is really going to be that important then genuinely take into consideration of whether or not you want to be Struggling very much for the next four years at an Ivy League Not that a state school is going to be less harder or the less rigorous at all But the fact that number one grades can be counted for differently depending on the type of school We are at the difficulty of the course loads all that is very able to take into the factor Yeah, I mean I have the 4.0 still but like it I know it wasn't as hard to get as it is here I mean not to say it wasn't work. It's gonna be working. It's gonna be working any school And you're gonna have to put in a lot of hours a lot of library time. That's facts Anyways that about wraps it up for this video. I hope you guys enjoyed this first on this new series I will say if anyone can come up with a name for this series leave it down below if I end up picking it I will shout you out because I have no idea what to call this, you know fireside chats or cactus chats Guys this battery is dying. I think it's slowly gone down there. I think I did this video. Maybe just give you a timer Make sure to go follow Amherst on Instagram. I will have it linked down below Comment down below for more videos and as always don't stress finesse. Yeah