#I believe in yall

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ornate pecan
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Bro people be talking about cracked and shit

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It’s all meaningless

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Its effort

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Mfs don’t put in effort and think it’s cuz they aren’t cracked so they shouldn’t put in effort

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Circular logic

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Bro I was such a bum n school

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I only got into like working cuz my dad told me to get a job or no more ps4

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And then I got into women 💀and you need money for dates

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That isn’t just going to the park

unreal sedge
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It's just like it idk where to start

heavy depot
unreal sedge
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Obviously I need to put in effort somewhere but idk where

heavy depot
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A girl I had a crush on was a cs major

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So I locked in 😅

unreal sedge
ornate pecan
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Yh and effort isn’t exactly a perishable resource

unreal sedge
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all my TA money goes into AMD rn

heavy depot
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Man my investment strategy is lame

unreal sedge
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AMD gonna be $300 soon bro I swear

heavy depot
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Just chuck it into an index fund, and buy a ton of gold

ornate pecan
unreal sedge
ornate pecan
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💀

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Never again bro

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I’ll still with pre med and law and shit

heavy depot
unreal sedge
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Issue for me is I know I'm smart but I'm not good at anything

steel hearth
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kerfuffle is spitting

unreal sedge
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I tried grinding leetcode like crazy

ornate pecan
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Thags it

unreal sedge
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I'm better than most now at leetcode but still not "cracked*

steel hearth
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you dont need to be cracked kanucool

unreal sedge
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And idk how to get research

unreal sedge
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Idk anyone with an internship who isn't cracked

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Besides this one guy who got lucky with meta

steel hearth
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dude apply to random companies

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i did like 300 apps

unreal sedge
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I'm tryna get my foot in the door not jump straight to faang bro

steel hearth
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yee yee

unreal sedge
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I applied mostly to companies I never heard of

steel hearth
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you in any clubs at school?

unreal sedge
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They all ghosted

steel hearth
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// design teams?

unreal sedge
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Currently the only thing I'm doing is some "corporate partners" thing where we do a project with a company

steel hearth
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thats awesome

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hell yeah

unreal sedge
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Yea but other than that all I do is TA stuff and leetcode

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Should I email profs for research for summer or fall

steel hearth
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yeah

ornate pecan
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Both

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Does your uni have SURF

steel hearth
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and ask the prof ur TA'ing for to give you some advice

ornate pecan
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Or DURI

steel hearth
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and see who they know in the faculty

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never be scared to ask ur profs for connections

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like my first internship was IT lol

unreal sedge
steel hearth
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at my university

unreal sedge
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I applied to SURF but no response

ornate pecan
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Ohhhh

unreal sedge
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I think my personal statement or whatever it's called was kinda weak

ornate pecan
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Did you reach out

steel hearth
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yeah im a waterloo man so i will sub outta this one

unreal sedge
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Is it too late for that

ornate pecan
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I haven’t heard anyone get offers

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Oh my friend did

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But he reached out before apps

unreal sedge
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O

ornate pecan
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Duri opens up next week

unreal sedge
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Btw r u soph or junior

ornate pecan
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Do that

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Junior

unreal sedge
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What's a duri

ornate pecan
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It’s also research

unreal sedge
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What's it stand for

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Oh

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Oh so they open in a few days

ornate pecan
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Yh

unreal sedge
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U know if I can see the project list beforehand

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Or should I email once apps open

ornate pecan
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Immediately as they open

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And apply

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Idk if my project is there this year

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Andreas Jung

unreal sedge
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Ooh

ornate pecan
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QC

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There’s usually some biochem ones that need hella cs people

unreal sedge
ornate pecan
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It pays 5k

unreal sedge
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I can only apply to one it seems

ornate pecan
unreal sedge
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Ok should I do a lot of research into their project beforehand

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Before emailing

ornate pecan
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Yh

unreal sedge
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Splendid

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Thanks

stuck grail
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wait so which offer did u actually get i'm confused 😭