Georgia Tech (2022-2023)

[vague belfry]

tok is easiest class imo

ib physics is rough

[verbal nacelle]

especially when you’re putting your exhibition together + your tok essay

[verbal nacelle]

the class is easy but cramming the exams are not

[austere tusk]

whats tok

[vague belfry]

theory of knowledge

[verbal nacelle]

thank god i did my tok exhibition last yr and my essay this yr

[austere tusk]

sounds like sum bs

[vague belfry]

yeah that’s what i did

[devout rover]

CBSE / ICSE (Indian education boards) worse

[verbal nacelle]

this is a total flex but i was predicted a 30 for tok

we finished exhibition + essay in december

[hollow crag]

add jee advance classes on top haha

[green delta]

JEE Adv phys 💀

[hollow crag]

frfr

[vague belfry]

probably, in my case it’s not being taught correctly more than anything else

[green delta]

which coaching ?

[devout rover]

does GAOKAO have physics? If so then its probably the god

[verbal nacelle]

my school doesn’t offer it

so i took the L there

[hollow crag]

cfal ion think many people know

[devout rover]

our teacher differentiated to find the area under the curve - go figure how great he teaches yourself 😭

[verbal nacelle]

gaokao is nightmarish lmfao

[royal gazelle]

Yeah JEE Advance is fairly tough.

[verbal nacelle]

my friends are cracked at standardized testing because of the “gaokao genes” so they say

[hollow crag]

cant imagine 12hr study days lmao

[devout rover]

lol

[hollow crag]

im out here chattinglike my mains isnt in a few days

[royal gazelle]

There migh be occasional 14hr days too☠️

[green delta]

our physics teacher is great, it is our chemistry teacher that one quoted "Question take as statement, statement take as question"

[verbal nacelle]

what

[green delta]

I got JEE mains plus INBO plus INAO, but I'm here so you aint alone

[verbal nacelle]

i’m lucky i just have IB, AP and final exams

[royal gazelle]

Even I got mains and INPhO 😶‍🌫️

[verbal nacelle]

😔

[hollow crag]

same haha

[green delta]

ayy we all in the same boat

[royal gazelle]

INBO is pretty cool.

[green delta]

like some sadistic educational noah's ark

[verbal nacelle]

fr

dude i’m so sad that i never got to do olympiads

there’s 0 offerings in my area for any of that

and the closest isef qualifying science fair is 4h away

[green delta]

yh it sucks they didnt have camp physically last year , i dont even know if i will make it again this year cuz jee mains

[royal gazelle]

Which center if you do not have prob in sharing?

[royal gazelle]

I couldn't make camp last year.... Missed by 4.5 marks and didn't give NSEB this year🥲

Hopefully I'll get into Phy

[green delta]

same happened with debate for me, I got selected onto the national team it was all looking great, we were all set to go to Colombo for the tournament, right then the easter bombings happened and the tourney got postponed then COVID happened and just like that I got 4 years on the team with no free intl trips

now that I am goign to colege guess what my juniors are getting to go to Hanoi

[royal gazelle]

☠️

[green delta]

also did anyone else make mascot puns in their essays

[verbal nacelle]

no but tbf my essay was kinda bland 💀

[green delta]

I was just going though my app and realised how cringe it was

[royal gazelle]

Yeah I did in many of them

[verbal nacelle]

what major are you guys applying for

[green delta]

Biomed

[royal gazelle]

Anyone read Ninth House? I mentioned that in my Yale essay.

[royal gazelle]

CS

[austere tusk]

cs

[lofty harness]

Nah apparently that's one thing u shouldn't do according to my personal counselor lol so I didn't do that, he said a lot of students who did that seem like they care but it doesn't show well in essays

[verbal nacelle]

you should talk more ab specific programs

[green delta]

aight I am out ggwp

[lofty harness]

nah LOL

ur good

who knows

[verbal nacelle]

i didn’t mention anything too specifically because it was REALLY REALLY HARD TO FIND

[lofty harness]

yeah 😭

[verbal nacelle]

especially for ae like mf i did an hour of digging on youtube to find anything

but 🤷‍♀️

lol

[green delta]

I wrote: my mind buzzes at the thought of working at the EPIC(Exoskeleton and Prosthetic Intelligent Controls) lab

[verbal nacelle]

buzzes

[royal gazelle]

Well ☠️

[green delta]

i just watched the 73 questions with gatech student video

and their insta page

[verbal nacelle]

i found a course intro video

[devout rover]

what does that even mean lmfao

[lofty harness]

You are fine 🙂 dont remove urself out of anything lol

[green delta]

none of us know

[gloomy coral]

electrical engineering

[verbal nacelle]

also btw consider that your ps will be viewed too

you’ve got your 650 word personal statement + sup

[green delta]

my PS was so trash that it didnt even get converted to a supp for my RD apps

[verbal nacelle]

rip

mine was pretty good

i improved it rd

but it contextualized me nicely

[royal gazelle]

PS is which one?

[lofty harness]

yea

[verbal nacelle]

commonapp

[lofty harness]

personal statement

common app

[green delta]

Hikaru fan ?

[lofty harness]

my ps is good but maybe a bit generic

[lofty harness]

Lol yeah

[royal gazelle]

Ohh.. I wrote the prompt 4

[lofty harness]

"i literally don't care"

[verbal nacelle]

i did a choice prompt

[green delta]

same

more freedom

[lofty harness]

Ah

interesting

My GA Tech essay is also a bit generic i feel like

unsure lol

apparently i applied computational media and not CS 💀

so i lied

lol

[green delta]

@royal gazelle just tbc this is a hikaru thing he didnt say that to what u said

[lofty harness]

Yeah lol

[royal gazelle]

For my GA Tech I wrote a letter to myself from future lol

[royal gazelle]

Yeah I did get that

[lofty harness]

can i share my ga tech essay

and can u guys tell me whether its generic or not

[green delta]

share share

[lofty harness]

kk

[crude pilot]

ong mine was so bland

and bolded tf out

[desert hill]

Colleges like bold applicants

[verbal nacelle]

bolded shows personality obviously smh

[crude pilot]

lmaoo

i just ended the essay

with

restating their motto

"creating the next"

[crude pilot]

like i mentioned it in my closing sentence

[desert hill]

Next what tho

[lofty harness]

its kinda cringy tho be warned

LOL

[desert hill]

This literally doesn't make grammar sense

[crude pilot]

wait a min lemme send on dms

[desert hill]

GT L

[crude pilot]

no no there is something after the phrase dw

[desert hill]

Don't dm me

[verbal nacelle]

blahblahblahblahblah we get it you’re good at stuff

[desert hill]

I get social anxiety

[verbal nacelle]

💀

[crude pilot]

huh

why

[lofty harness]

LOLL

i think its generic

[verbal nacelle]

my sup kinda sucked because i didn’t chock it full of what i did

[lofty harness]

idk

[crude pilot]

what the-

[elfin perch]

i thought my supp was good

[crude pilot]

as you say

[verbal nacelle]

i only talked about model rocketry

[lofty harness]

it is 🙂

[verbal nacelle]

and earlier stuff

[crude pilot]

exactlyyyy

i went very towards what they did

and shit

[desert hill]

Peak social awkwardness

[crude pilot]

focussed too much on Why GT part than Why me for GT

[crude pilot]

its alright

[lofty harness]

this is good!

dwai

[crude pilot]

imma send it here and delete it then

[verbal nacelle]

i focused on the why me for gt i just didn’t focus a ton on the why me

but it’s in my lors and ps so i think i’m good

i just didn’t want to be repetitive

[desert hill]

I mean using their motto is at least somewhat quirky

Though it's also corny

[verbal nacelle]

did that for northwestern 💀

it almost never pans out well

[desert hill]

But cornily quirky is better than bland

[lofty harness]

lol

[desert hill]

I guess

[lofty harness]

i think yall are fine

[edgy sun]

Idk i feel like i shouldn't be scared cuz my stats and all are fine

[lofty harness]

dont overthink it

as long as u come out fine

[edgy sun]

But i'm oos

[marble hemlock]

Nahhhh

[crude pilot]

that bad?💀💀💀💀💀

[verbal nacelle]

in grade nine i was nasa

bro

ughhh

none of my achievements are in engineering

[desert hill]

It ok

[verbal nacelle]

😔

[lofty harness]

nicee

[desert hill]

I think it's better than mine

[lofty harness]

its good

[crude pilot]

eesh

[crude pilot]

pretty generic

and not very

memorable

imo

[lofty harness]

Maybe lol

[crude pilot]

and yes bolded tf out lol

[edgy sun]

Would a generic essay but good stats make it?

[lofty harness]

i think mine generic too possibly

[opal swan]

no

[crude pilot]

lets see on 27th

[verbal nacelle]

you guys have to stop

like fr

your essays are amazing

😭

[edgy sun]

1550+, good ecs

But mid essay?

[verbal nacelle]

i won’t even get looked at

[desert hill]

What do you mean by good ecs

[crude pilot]

i got 1530, good ecs but essay mid

[rough galleon]

1000 + bad ecs + presidents son??

[green delta]

if they are reading your essay you are getting looked at

[desert hill]

Should've gone to Penn

[verbal nacelle]

[green delta]

ay yo which contries president ?

[rough galleon]

russia

[verbal nacelle]

i am president of the world now let me in

[edgy sun]

Good ecs as in like state level, nothing national but solid participation and leadership

[desert hill]

State level awards?

[edgy sun]

Ye a

[verbal nacelle]

nothing national could be a hinderance

unless your state stuff is big impact

[green delta]

I got 1540, great awards, good ECs, terrible flaming shit essays

[edgy sun]

Like state competitions

[marble hemlock]

Bro shut up

[verbal nacelle]

i’m kidding i’m kidding i’m kidding

[marble hemlock]

Also this is Georgia tech

Not MIT

[verbal nacelle]

this is gatech 🌝

[edgy sun]

Frc, deca, etc.

[desert hill]

Realistically I think 2 out of all of us are going to be accepted

[rough galleon]

basically mit of the south

[desert hill]

But I don't know which 2

[crude pilot]

i got no awards but since im intl, it shouldnt be held against me right?

[verbal nacelle]

if you’re not founder of the international society for computer science you are getting rejected you must also be a bee? hornet? keeper

[green delta]

nah A2c is over represnted, like 10 from Pton channel got in

so i think aroound 7-8 of us will get in

[verbal nacelle]

our channel is massively over represented 💀

[edgy sun]

I'm kinda nervous

[desert hill]

its called the ACM smh my head

[green delta]

atleast

[verbal nacelle]

true and based

[rough galleon]

yes when you have people who simp for colleges 🗿

i try not to get my hopes up for any college

[royal gazelle]

Not me definitely

[edgy sun]

Not cuz i wanna get in and go to gtech but more cuz this is my first REAL target school

[crude pilot]

guilty

[desert hill]

Y'all put gatech as target??

[verbal nacelle]

i think i’ve said farewell to my shot with my act but my hat is still in the ring

[verbal nacelle]

gatech is a reach for everyone

[crude pilot]

i tried a lot but GT is too good and i wanted it for a while now

[edgy sun]

I have a 1550+, i think gtech is a good target

[rough galleon]

you gotta treat colleges like a girl

just dont care about them

[verbal nacelle]

ain’t no way you’re calling a school with a 12% oos acceptance rate a target

[crude pilot]

GT is random as fuckk

[rough galleon]

and you get in ez

[crude pilot]

look at the Niche chart

[green delta]

I know which college you getting into

[desert hill]

I think admission to gatech is much more than test scores

[crude pilot]

the acceptances and rejections are all over the place

[green delta]

Hustler's university

[verbal nacelle]

you don’t need a 1500 to get into gatech

[edgy sun]

Well i feel like my ec's are pretty good as well

[rough galleon]

alr got in

[verbal nacelle]

ball state 😋

[marble hemlock]

@edgy sun what race

[edgy sun]

My common app essay is fire but why gtech is kinda mid

[desert hill]

You have a shot, but that doesn't mean your chance is high

[edgy sun]

😭😭😭😭 don't even ask

[vague belfry]

my why ga tech is kind of mid

[marble hemlock]

Yeah

That’s what I thought lmao

[verbal nacelle]

i’m a woman in stem ✨

[marble hemlock]

Shut up

[edgy sun]

I'm an asian male

In stem

[crude pilot]

ditto same

[verbal nacelle]

dude i was literally told i’d only get into gatech because i’m female

💀💀💀

[upbeat pond]

whats the oos early acceptance rate?

[edgy sun]

Thankfully not cs

[marble hemlock]

Women actually do better than men in stem

[rough galleon]

im a alien from another planet

[vague belfry]

i forgot to mention the intelligence thread 😭😭😭😭

[marble hemlock]

In all academics actually

[desert hill]

What an asshole

[verbal nacelle]

12%

[upbeat pond]

lower for cs?

[verbal nacelle]

they don’t accept by major

[upbeat pond]

or do they not do it based on major

[verbal nacelle]

they do accept by school tho

[desert hill]

Probably not much

[edgy sun]

Would yall rather go to UT OR gtech?

[upbeat pond]

oh ok

[verbal nacelle]

College of computing is probably low

[desert hill]

I didn't research about UT at all

[edgy sun]

Which is harder to get into? Ut or getch

[desert hill]

Because they have thicc essays

[rough galleon]

gtech

[crude pilot]

GT

[crude pilot]

true

[green delta]

gatech fosho, for biomed, Gatech is goated in BME

[verbal nacelle]

there’s COE and COC and both have a 3.3 gpa req and an abysmal # of applicants

[crude pilot]

UT got them texas kids

i'd feel outta place

[rough galleon]

cowboys 🤠

[desert hill]

Isn't UT pretty progressive

[edgy sun]

Gtech isn't?

[rough galleon]

guns ;-;

[verbal nacelle]

gatech is progressive

[desert hill]

It is too

Smth like TAMU probably isn't

[edgy sun]

Yea

[marble hemlock]

UT 100%

[crude pilot]

but gtech mad stressful as well

[marble hemlock]

UT social life is so much better than GT

[crude pilot]

true

[desert hill]

Is there any top college that are chill

Harvard?

[hollow crag]

I jus realised my ps and why ga essay have 3 lines that are basically the same thing, like the conclusion part lmfao

[marble hemlock]

Ofc

[edgy sun]

I feel like social life is up to individual

[green delta]

hey we dont talk about real stuff here, this channel is for portal astronomy and the dumb witchcraft that is college admissions

[edgy sun]

Not summed up to a school

[crude pilot]

but then again, literally no diversity at UT

[marble hemlock]

No lol

[edgy sun]

Wdyn

[crude pilot]

yale, penn etc

many there

[desert hill]

Wait is penn chill

[edgy sun]

More parties != better social life

[marble hemlock]

Stanford, Yale, Harvard, Princeton

[desert hill]

I don't like parties

I like to hang out with friends

[elfin perch]

gatech cause its cheaper oos

[crude pilot]

ive heard so

honestly its never chill if you're cs

[hollow crag]

is this a gg lmao??

[marble hemlock]

Duke arts & sciences CS is probably really chill

[desert hill]

id k

[elfin perch]

wdym chill

[desert hill]

Like low stress

[marble hemlock]

Good dept but not everyone’s life is school

[elfin perch]

duke and georgia tech both have a computational media major 😍 🫶 ✨

[verbal nacelle]

no

[elfin perch]

love them

[lofty harness]

Yeah

[marble hemlock]

What is computational media

[lofty harness]

I applied CM too

[verbal nacelle]

there’s no gg we have less than a week to go

[elfin perch]

to gatech?

hell yeah

[lofty harness]

Yes

:))

[elfin perch]

W

do you plan to stay CM

[lofty harness]

Fr

[elfin perch]

or switch to cs

[lofty harness]

Ye

Stay

[elfin perch]

ahok

[devout rover]

for intl? UT

[elfin perch]

ay W

[devout rover]

got everyone else: GT

[lofty harness]

CM better imo

[devout rover]

Im talking only about UT austin btw

[lofty harness]

Lol

[marble hemlock]

Full pay UT

[edgy sun]

University of tennessee duh 😒😒

[elfin perch]

https://tenor.com/view/bluey-awesome-yes-bandit-the-quiet-game-gif-20503326

[desert hill]

Ah yes. UT Tennessee

[lofty harness]

Unfortunately CM is as comp as CS

[edgy sun]

University of Tallahassee

[lofty harness]

Bc college of computing

[verbal nacelle]

UT georgia

[edgy sun]

University of Tulsa

[lofty harness]

And such

[desert hill]

UT Tel Aviv

[rough galleon]

u toronto 🤩

[lofty harness]

Why y’all wanna meet cowboys

[desert hill]

I don't

[lofty harness]

Lol

[green delta]

the crazy thing is how many NBA team statdiums are close to top universities

[verbal nacelle]

do people actually get admitted for their second major

[rough galleon]

then they can ride on the old town road

[desert hill]

Few

[verbal nacelle]

i’m ngl a little scared to get admitted for applied physics bro 😭

i wasn’t thinking

[edgy sun]

I applied comp e

[elfin perch]

yep

[lofty harness]

Uiuc or ga tech

[edgy sun]

How competitive is computer engineering?

[green delta]

Atlanta hawks are very close to GA tech, Celtics are close to both harvard and MIT, bulls are close to Uchicago

[verbal nacelle]

AE so my main

[edgy sun]

At gatexg

[lofty harness]

Big rips

[elfin perch]

uiuc probably

[desert hill]

Pretty

[elfin perch]

cs+advertising supremacy

[edgy sun]

As much as cs??

[lofty harness]

Lol

[elfin perch]

not like im getting into either tho

[rough galleon]

gt, too cold at uiuc

[desert hill]

They don't even admit by major

[verbal nacelle]

yes

[desert hill]

What are you talking abt

[lofty harness]

Yeah

[verbal nacelle]

COE and COC are equally as competitive

[edgy sun]

Said who

[lofty harness]

CS more competitive

At UIUC

[verbal nacelle]

said all of their top ranked engineering programs

they’re #1 for AE, tied with MIT

[rough galleon]

also gt doesnt admit by major like uiuc right?

[lofty harness]

Mhm

[verbal nacelle]

they admit by school

[lofty harness]

But they probably look at it

[edgy sun]

Wait so gtech doesn't admit by major but they admit by school?

[verbal nacelle]

yes

[desert hill]

Honestly I just feel bad vibes from CE

[lofty harness]

Yeah

[desert hill]

Not my thing

[lofty harness]

But college of LAS

Is hard

[verbal nacelle]

what’s LAS

[rough galleon]

yet u cant change ur major at gt 🗿

[lofty harness]

And computing

[edgy sun]

Honestly i like the hardware side of things more than just software

[green delta]

you can when you are declaring it

[verbal nacelle]

first year once you commit

[rough galleon]

after first year?

[desert hill]

You should've put CE for your first choice then

[verbal nacelle]

during

[rough galleon]

oh

[edgy sun]

I did

[rough galleon]

wait then

[desert hill]

Oh ok

[rough galleon]

cant i just apply to the least competitive school at gt

[edgy sun]

But i feel like I should've done maybe BME cuz my ecs are more geared towards that

[rough galleon]

then change to cs hehe

[verbal nacelle]

no

[green delta]

cant switch schools

can only switch majors

[rough galleon]

ah ok

[green delta]

i think

[verbal nacelle]

i think it’s way easier to switch majors in the school you’re in

unless you’re switching to CAS

[desert hill]

Why do you bother doing major change magic at a school with only 12% acceptance rate in general

[edgy sun]

Does what state you from matter? Ex. Is it easier for cal/texas where its more competitive

[lofty harness]

Letter and sciences

[verbal nacelle]

kind of

[verbal nacelle]

what

[green delta]

yh like i doubt you would have a better shot, cosnidering yur ECs would reflect the subject you are passionate about more than the other major

[verbal nacelle]

like arts and sciences

[lofty harness]

Yeah

[edgy sun]

Does gtech give anything for national merit?

[verbal nacelle]

how is that competitive

[rough galleon]

yea if u live in the same state as the college youll have a higher chance

[verbal nacelle]

no

[edgy sun]

I meant in terms of gatexh

[rough galleon]

cause they "serve their residents"

yea it does

[edgy sun]

I'm not a georgia resident

[verbal nacelle]

i mean oos apparently proximity helps

[rough galleon]

good thing im close to georgia :>

[edgy sun]

Damn it, i live in hawaii

[rough galleon]

;-;

[verbal nacelle]

i’m mid atlantic 😔

[rough galleon]

zaym

isnt it warm there all year long?

[edgy sun]

At hawaii?

[rough galleon]

yea

[edgy sun]

Yea its freakin hot af cuz valcanoes and shi

So much lava

[rough galleon]

makes sense

[clever marten]

better than my single safety state school

[verbal nacelle]

hey i mean if you’d be happy going there it’s a dub

i honestly might rather go to my safety school once the year is over lmao

depending on how the rest of the year goes

they’d cover study abroad so since i literally covered all of my math, english, and presumably history requirements (+ some electives), i could graduate in like 2y and do study abroad my first semester

low stress + quick graduation + tons of research

it’s kinda a dub

[opal swan]

i applied to almost all safeties

gatech and uva were my only reaches

[tardy crane]

apply to my balls

[verbal nacelle]

gatech my safety fr fr 🤓

[polar shell]

You technically could

When u deposit, you’ll be given an option to change or keep ur current major

[austere tusk]

in state for uva?

[crude pilot]

true

the no questions asked switch to any major

[opal swan]

oos

[verbal nacelle]

oh shit fr? and you can choose anything?

[polar shell]

But that kinda gets rid of the point of the essay I feel like

[crude pilot]

but i thought they limited changes to CS now

[verbal nacelle]

or only within the college

[austere tusk]

o gl then

[polar shell]

Yeah I could of switched to AE or music technology

[verbal nacelle]

I might honestly switch to astrophysics if i don’t get in AE

[polar shell]

Or public policy

[verbal nacelle]

or i might switch to astrophysics if i do get in AE 🤷‍♀️

[crude pilot]

naa but like changing to CS has become significantly more difficult now innit?

[polar shell]

No

[crude pilot]

i see

[polar shell]

Well not the deposit major switch

[rough galleon]

:o wow well i alr applied to cs anyway

lol

[polar shell]

No questions asked, u can just switch majors when u get deposit

[verbal nacelle]

so gt doesn’t admit by school?

[crude pilot]

either way, the entire application itself weeds out kids which dont exactly seem interested in the subject they're interested in but are rather interested in some other subject

[verbal nacelle]

because that’s would take away any sense of admitting by anything other than gt itself

[polar shell]

Well if u look at the acceptance rate per school, cs has like 11% compared to engineering with 16%ish

(Something like those numbers)

[verbal nacelle]

oh shit what

[crude pilot]

AOs can see thru that

[verbal nacelle]

where can i find that

[polar shell]

I’ll send once I get on my pc

[austere tusk]

well im kinda screwed

[crude pilot]

practically everyone is so dw

[verbal nacelle]

nah i’m a woman in stem

i’m not screwed

[rough galleon]

ill be pretty happy to get into my state school tbh

[austere tusk]

im African maybe it counts for sth

[austere tusk]

fair enough

[verbal nacelle]

diversity

[austere tusk]

maybe

[verbal nacelle]

y’all see this

gatech cds

acceptance rate was 2x for women

[crude pilot]

wow

[polar shell]

Yeah recently they’ve had like 51/49 ratio I think

[crude pilot]

y'all are lucky

im an indian male applying cs

really not diverse

😭

[austere tusk]

dammn xD

[winged sedge]

😝 LET MY ASS IN PLEAAAASE

[restive sapphire]

Identify as a woman

Easy

[austere tusk]

[crude pilot]

i had this legit plan

to be gay

till may 1

[restive sapphire]

😂

[verbal nacelle]

nah 💀 i think it’s good that they’re actually trying to get equal representation of women in stem schools

🥰

[restive sapphire]

Fs

[crude pilot]

yeah but dont fuck us males chances up😭

increase your overall acceptance rate

and get more ladies

[austere tusk]

same with race fr fr just need affirmitive action to stay 1 more year

[restive sapphire]

Where is the mandalorian representation

I am disgusted

[verbal nacelle]

you’ve had your chances for the past thousands of years

[crude pilot]

I WASNT BORN THENNNN

😭

[verbal nacelle]

😚 women in stem are now commendable and not overshadowed

[crude pilot]

take their jobs idm

[austere tusk]

not me loool

[crude pilot]

we're innocent

[verbal nacelle]

also you wanna know the gender split of AE

82:18 male to female

[winged sedge]

sheesh

[crude pilot]

i wanna know gender split of cs

[crude pilot]

gt gets no bitches

L rizz

[rough galleon]

they just roll an uneven die

[restive sapphire]

LOL

[austere tusk]

everyone and they mama doin cs rn it aint fair

[verbal nacelle]

AE has the biggest gender gap of any profession

[rough galleon]

wait till ai does it for them 🗿

[crude pilot]

truee

[opal swan]

this math ain’t mathing

[crude pilot]

become the one who makes the ai simple

[rough galleon]

yea true

if u cant beat em join em

[austere tusk]

ai gon be able to do a whole lot of stuff before they can automate themselves

[crude pilot]

exactly

[opal swan]

either this is saying women are on average wayyyy more qualified than men or we are just picking less qualified people to make diversity better

[austere tusk]

so if software engineers are fucked so r lawyers, engineers etc

[crude pilot]

yeah i dont get equality sometimes

[rough galleon]

just work for ai to make them more powerful 😈

[crude pilot]

but fine

[verbal nacelle]

it’s not picking less qualified ppl, they’re just trying to get equal representation in stem

[crude pilot]

if it affects me i'd be pissed thats all

[austere tusk]

majority of the people at these schools are white males

after that its asian males

[crude pilot]

true but for this good PR, everyone's taking underqualified minorities to fill their classrooms

[austere tusk]

whole point of a holistic review is that not everyone has equal oppurtunity

[verbal nacelle]

dude also i assure you a woman isn’t “taking your spot”

you can’t discount women to being less qualified because there’s a smaller percentage that applies and they want equal representation

[tardy crane]

bruh wtf

its just equal representation

[crude pilot]

women equality has been around for a while now so its not like others havent faced similar issues so im not complaining one bit

[polar shell]

https://irp.gatech.edu/fact-book

[tardy crane]

why do you assume women are less qualified

[polar shell]

there u go

[verbal nacelle]

like most of these fields have been male dominated for years

lmao

[crude pilot]

im not discounting, females def are qualified

but as there are underqualified men, there are underqualified females as well

thats all

[winged sedge]

😞 female

[crude pilot]

dk why you'd take offence

[austere tusk]

bottom line if ur qualified no matter race/gender you will get your spot

[verbal nacelle]

yeah and they’re not admitting under qualified females, im not offended

[tardy crane]

also why are y'all assuming when minorities get into good schools that they aren't qualified and its just PR

[austere tusk]

if ur not then so be it

[crude pilot]

and thats how it should be

race and gender shouldnt come in the picture

[tardy crane]

just odd behavior

nobody is rejecting you because you're male or straight or white bro

you just weren't qualified in the AOs eyes

[austere tusk]

thats how it is allocating some spots or giving conscious consideration to underrepresented groups isnt taking anth from anyone

[tardy crane]

and if the gay black women gets in, its because she is qualified

thems the facts

[austere tusk]

this is an elitist way of thinking

[verbal nacelle]

they wouldn’t admit someone who wouldn’t succeed

[carmine gale]

Are you an Asian/white male?

[austere tusk]

stats arent everything is these top schools want ppl who can change the world then hving ppl from diff backgrounds is essential

[winged sedge]

everyone has access to diff opportunities depending on their location and such and its not fair to judge everyone within the same lense if some ppl cant help where they live and whats available there

[crude pilot]

im an asian male but it has nothing to do with it innit...we just looking for qualified people

[crude pilot]

ahh fair

true

my bad

[tardy crane]

im just taking offense to the part where u just assume people are underqualified because they don't fit the stereotypical idea of a stem major

is fucked up bro

[carmine gale]

Because you don’t know what other people go through so don’t assume that you all face the same hardships. Colleges aren’t as stupid as you think and maybe the whole idea has been actually thought about by a massive committee of people of different backgrounds

[crude pilot]

what is the stereotypical idea of a stem major?

[tardy crane]

straight white/asian male

[austere tusk]

thing is its personal for me im african tryin to do cs no access to hackathons, no courses or clubs centered around cs. Had to start a coding club and self teach myself languages cuz of the lack of oppurtunity. Is it fair to compare me to some kid from cali thats come 1st in multiple intl competitions?

[covert fern]

Does a 3.66 GPA & 1540 SAT disqualify me from getting accepted?

[crude pilot]

i've never said you've gotta be that to get in

[austere tusk]

youll be fine lmao

[tardy crane]

cause when u see other minorities or women going into STEM suddenly there are a whole lot of comments talking about "ohhhh this is AA"

completely disregarding the fact that these people can also be qualified

[rough galleon]

nothing disqualifies anything unless you got a criminal record 🗿

[carmine gale]

White/Asian males have significantly more resources to succeed in highschool than others

[verbal nacelle]

the reason AE gender split is 82:18 male to female IS NOT because females are less qualified, it’s because there’s stupid stereotypes that it’s a masculine career and for decades it’s been pretty much barred to men

[crude pilot]

my bad, i realise that

[tardy crane]

naw im just saying that you were kinda pushing this idea, perhaps unconsciously, that people who aren't that stereotype aren't as qualified

[crude pilot]

that im aware of

[tardy crane]

i dont think ur a bad person because those biases are usually pushed on to people unconsciously

[crude pilot]

no i wasnt but if u felt so then im sorry

[tardy crane]

but it helps to be more aware of what you say and what you are implying

its no problem bro

just tryna educate

[carmine gale]

Will we get into Georgia tech now for our social activism

[austere tusk]

i mean i get y its ez to shit on AA but theres no way to fix that without going in a completely wrong direction

[lilac summit]

me when i join threads of schools that i didn’t apply to

[austere tusk]

lmfao

[verbal nacelle]

fr. i also come from a high poverty rural area and don’t have access to olympiads or isef or anything like that. i’ve still worked my ass off to be as competitive as the typical applicant and the fact that i didn’t have access to any of that doesn’t make me less qualified either

[rough galleon]

what if its just a roll of a die

they see 2 perfectly equal applications

and choose one :)

[crude pilot]

being from india and the national board, i didnt get most of the opportunities either so i get you

[rough galleon]

noone can tell the future or whats in the AO's heads

[tardy crane]

i come from a rich area 🗿 i have no sad story

im just black lmfao

[austere tusk]

exactly i moved to america in my jr year and was pretty much told to spam AP classes and I have to score high on the sat and i did both of those things. Opportunity is such a huge limiting factor u just gotta do wut u can

[austere tusk]

real

[verbal nacelle]

for real

[tardy crane]

moving in jr year must have been crazy

school system is different and everything

[austere tusk]

it was too much ngl xD

I aint even kno what ap classes were just picked eng bio and calc

but struggled at the start ngl

[tardy crane]

tbh those were good choices

and yeah i can imagine it would be a struggle

[austere tusk]

ye now i got stat calc bc csa and gov

so a decent amount

if i was here from freshman year would hv like 11/12 and gpa would be much higher

but cant change that

[carmine gale]

As an upper middle class Asian cs male, we are extremely oppressed in society. We are called rich. How dare they? I am not rich. I am simply comfortable and well off.

[tardy crane]

u can explain ur circumstances tho so u should be all good

and u have been working hard

[carmine gale]

W classes

[tardy crane]

i just imagine that getting transcripts and stuff gonna be annoying as hell

[austere tusk]

ye i did but my class rank kinda ass and gpa is like 3.9 so dk how it looks

[verbal nacelle]

“oh no my school only let me do isef 3 years in a row. i’m so mad. why couldn’t they have let me do isef my freshman year too?”

[austere tusk]

im scared for my ea cuz i didnt know add info was supposed to be short

fixed it for rd

[verbal nacelle]

smh how y’all sound sometimes

[crude pilot]

whats isef

[austere tusk]

😭

[carmine gale]

Prestigious research comp

[crude pilot]

oh research

can high school students even do novel research?

[carmine gale]

Yes

You’d be surprised 😵‍💫

[crude pilot]

isnt like practically most feasible questions already been solved and researched on

[carmine gale]

some kids built diff

[crude pilot]

like

how do they find problems

to research

😭

and once they do, where do they research?

[carmine gale]

well not all novel research has to be new new

it can be improving upon something else, gaining new insight, etc

[austere tusk]

idk nearly enough to do the research that im interested in

[crude pilot]

i mean if u do know so much abt the subject, you wouldnt go to uni in the first place would u

[carmine gale]

wdym so much

[crude pilot]

i dont get research at all

[carmine gale]

u don’t need to know everything to do research

[crude pilot]

no like if u knew so much to do novel research...

[austere tusk]

well ye but i want to do ai/machine learning research

[carmine gale]

Research doesn’t require that much knowledge

well Ofc it depends

[crude pilot]

same

[austere tusk]

idk enough to make a simple ai talk less of acc research

[carmine gale]

I’m not that smart in cs but after csa/data structures/ self studying basics of ml I started ai research

Ofc it was

Extremely difficult

[austere tusk]

ig for science its easier ig

[carmine gale]

but u learn as u go

[crude pilot]

same hence never went for it

[austere tusk]

fair enough

[crude pilot]

done all that but dont know where to start

[carmine gale]

oh yea that’s the hard part

[austere tusk]

i mean to put it on college apps it has to be somewhat official no

[carmine gale]

I did it with a friend

so it became easier and more motivating

[austere tusk]

same

[carmine gale]

Shared cs trauma yk

[austere tusk]

im jus working on projcts rn

and praying for an internship

[carmine gale]

we first just found a cool niche topic that interested us

[crude pilot]

same, i find that easier

cuz

ik what i want to make

idk what im researching

[carmine gale]

and then we were like “what the fuck this has been barely saturated”

[austere tusk]

tbh its lowkey hard cuz i self taught and hv some holes in wut ik

[crude pilot]

im bad at academia, better at practical things

[tardy crane]

i mean i just have fun coding stuff cause why not

[austere tusk]

taking csa now tho so im geetting better

[carmine gale]

Then we went on arxiv and binged papers about it and found a prof w cool/relevant research on it

[tardy crane]

did some ai stuff and highly enjoyed it

[carmine gale]

Then we emailed a few w a proposal + current research etc

[crude pilot]

csa is pretty basics of java so idk how much it can help with ml and pything

*python

[carmine gale]

And then boom ml research secured !

[austere tusk]

if we get in gt anyone want to make a research group

[austere tusk]

i jus mean in terms of projects and organizing my code

[carmine gale]

we prolly join one right

[crude pilot]

nicee

[crude pilot]

ahh like the niche professionalism

[austere tusk]

i kinda jus did whatever so it was impossible to read and not efficient

[carmine gale]

worst part of research is making the paper.

[austere tusk]

ye

[carmine gale]

I hat it

[austere tusk]

fair enough

[carmine gale]

But I’ve talked to some people with very bad research experiences

their professor criticized them in the group chat

Like an essay of “fuck you” and “get out”

ahahaha mine was nice though 🫡

[austere tusk]

well dam

[crude pilot]

for what reason

[carmine gale]

bc they emailed another prof and that prof somehow found out ??

Weird

[austere tusk]

thats weird

[clever marten]

spittin

[clever marten]

super lucky I had a professor reach out to me

[verbal nacelle]

the paper .___.

[clever marten]

the editing process is equally as painful

[verbal nacelle]

yes.

will be me

paper due wednesday

20 pages 🥰

yippee!

[clever marten]

good luck

[meager fog]

After you finish your paper write another 20 page paper about why I should be accepted to Georgia Tech and send it to the office of admissions

[verbal nacelle]

nah but we can switch

🌝

you do my 20 pages, i do yours

ez

[meager fog]

this was not apart of the contract

im filing a lawsuit

[verbal nacelle]

too late

the contract was already made

gl with my math ee

[meager fog]

but fr tho how do you get a 20 page paper in hs 💀

like my English DE final paper was 5 pages 🤣

honestly struggled crunching it in that space

[verbal nacelle]

international baccalaureate

[broken arrow]

ib physics ia

[verbal nacelle]

😔

[broken arrow]

😭

[verbal nacelle]

ib math ee

😓

[broken arrow]

goddamn u brave i just bsed an english one

[verbal nacelle]

nobody told me it was a bad idea

[broken arrow]

getting a c on that for sure lmfao

[verbal nacelle]

i was told that i HAD to do something related to my career i wanted to pursue

we don’t offer physics

so i did math

and this is my advisor’s first time advising for an ee

🥰

[broken arrow]

my school has limited options too

i looked up the options one time i was like damn

[verbal nacelle]

he also said he’d figure out what math i was using from my paper

💀

[broken arrow]

my math ia should’ve been an ee it’s getting more complicated than i thought it would

[verbal nacelle]

i explained it out to him and he went “uh huh well i have no clue what that is so weird about it well”

SAME

SAME OML

UGHHH

[meager fog]

seriously?

[broken arrow]

yeah it’s too late now lmao

[verbal nacelle]

“building a parabolic mirror telescope shouldn’t be that hard”

[meager fog]

ib sucks wtf

[verbal nacelle]

NO

[broken arrow]

yes

[verbal nacelle]

JT SHOULD

[broken arrow]

4k ee essay

[verbal nacelle]

JT IS THATHARD

[broken arrow]

and ias are huge too

[verbal nacelle]

DONT TELL ME TO BUILD A PARABOLIC MIRROR TELESCOPE FOR MY IA TO PROVE ONE PRINCIPPE >:(

ugh

i’m so dead

[broken arrow]

nah girl i don’t think u actually have to make it if it’s not group 4 (sciences)

it can be theoretical

i’ll probably try and do mine irl to check the data

[verbal nacelle]

dude my math teacher said if my ia is pure math iit won’t score

[broken arrow]

uhhhh

[verbal nacelle]

he said i’d fail my math ia if it wasn’t physically applicable

[broken arrow]

well yeah it needs to be applicable but you don’t actually need to full on apply it 😭

[verbal nacelle]

that’s what i was thinking

💀💀💀

don’t tell me to build a goddamn telescope

for a math ia

[broken arrow]

u hl?

[verbal nacelle]

SL

SL AA

[broken arrow]

DAMN

[verbal nacelle]

💀

[broken arrow]

U DEF

[verbal nacelle]

BRO

[broken arrow]

DONT NEED TO

LMAOO

[verbal nacelle]

😭

dude i’m getting no credit for sl anyway

[broken arrow]

pls why would u need to

no that’s foul 💀

[meager fog]

yeah SL gets nothing

[verbal nacelle]

fr 😭

i’m lucky i have dual enrollment so i know math shit

[meager fog]

honestly IB is a scam go AP

[verbal nacelle]

but literally

[broken arrow]

i’m hl aa it’s so weird bc it’s not equivalent to bc calc lmfao

[verbal nacelle]

UGH I WISH

[verbal nacelle]

it’s not??

dude

[broken arrow]

like fuck memorize ing the formulas 😭

no

there’s differences

[verbal nacelle]

i purposely dual enrolled to bypass the ib stupidity

i took bc last yr

[meager fog]

thats me with AP Lit

[broken arrow]

like calc is way more specific + u need to memorize way more, but ib covers a huge range of stuff that bc doesn’t go into i feel

[meager fog]

❤️

[broken arrow]

like non-calc topics

calc bc goes way deeper into calc

[verbal nacelle]

it’s fun and games until you start failing the probability unit 😭😭😭

[broken arrow]

LMAO

[verbal nacelle]

literally killed my grade goddamn

[broken arrow]

no i took stats and ib does like semester one

it doesn’t do probability testing or confidence intervals

[verbal nacelle]

all throughout calc i was fine and then the prob part killed me

[verbal nacelle]

dude i took stats in 9th grade

and ib still kicked my ass

this one unit

[meager fog]

I know kids straight up dying from AP Stats lmao

[broken arrow]

ap stats was a fever dream lmfao took that shit online

[meager fog]

AP Stats is chill but my teacher makes it hard for the students

im good with numbers so Im doing fine

[broken arrow]

no it was all fine once u figure out what a hypothesis test is

after that it was easy to conceptualize

[meager fog]

my counselors sending my mid-year on feb 1st

[verbal nacelle]

i dual enrolled for stats .__.

i took this class called “functions statistics and trig”

[meager fog]

interesting

[marble hemlock]

do you guys have a "Pay Now" button on my account canvas?

[meager fog]

no

[broken arrow]

where

[verbal nacelle]

wbu

nova do you have it?

[meager fog]

are you talking about the thing i said earlier?

[marble hemlock]

maybe

what did u say

[meager fog]

its supposed to be on oscar

and it doesnt appear until like the day of

[marble hemlock]

whats oscara gain

again

finaid?

[meager fog]

yeah

it would theoretically be one of the links

on the list

[marble hemlock]

@meager fog

can non finaid get oscar

[clever marten]

we don’t have CS so I just did stats

[meager fog]

Yes

[clever marten]

because you can still get merit scholarships

[verbal nacelle]

stats for what

[clever marten]

for a research project

oh nvm, I didn’t realize what you were talking about

[winged imp]

hi techers

would any of you like to create a server icon and/or banner for the 27th

[marble hemlock]

Here

[meager fog]

i dont think we got any graphic designers here

and also uiuc comes out on the same day

[austere tusk]

was boutta say

[austere tusk]

gt bigger i think

[meager fog]

true

graphic design kinda based tho

[winged imp]

Yeah I’m asking them too

[marble hemlock]

Uiuc better tho

[meager fog]

not true

GT has better prestige for sure

[marble hemlock]

Isn’t male to female like 75 to 25

[clever marten]

60-40

[clever marten]

does it have to be animated?

If not, I can try to make on by Friday but no guarantees

[winged imp]

Nope

[clever marten]

ooh, I’ll try to think of something

but it’ll be super upsetting if I make something and all and end up getting rejected

[austere tusk]

tru

[meager fog]

itll be worth it if you get accepted

[winged imp]

If you want our official a2c text lmk and I can send an ai file or png or whatever. I have ai file of full logo or png or full logo + transparent text in both black and white

[clever marten]

I'm considering using the old gt logo with buzz on the name

so that would be pretty helpful

[winged imp]

Which did you want

Ai file?

[clever marten]

a png would be better

haven't used AI in a hot minute

[winged imp]

Sent

[strange forge]

Got folio 👀

[pale marsh]

doesnt mean anything

ive seen it work on edge but not chrome so

[strange forge]

Probably right lmao. I’m clinging on to hope though I can’t take another deferral

[austere tusk]

how bout a rejection

[strange forge]

Honestly I’m due for my first one. If not tech it’ll be from UNC

[austere tusk]

fair enough

[foggy lagoon]

If I get waitlisted/deferred from Gtech I’ll take that as a W tbh

[meager fog]

yeah its purely an error message

[clever marten]

got mine on chrome

although it’s unlikely it means anything and mods have said not to talk about portal astrology anymore

[glossy aspen]

same 😭

[carmine gale]

haha aah a ah ah ha ha h aijkfhbdjgkd .

[solemn talon]

wait so how many ppl are being deffered

[strange forge]

They defer about 20-30%. But I'm not sure how that breaks down between EA1 and EA2. They don't blindly defer though. You still stand a good chance, if not even a better chance (than RD applicants), at getting in if you get deferred

[solemn talon]

so getting deferred ea is still good

[strange forge]

Yes

[solemn talon]

how many accepted ea

[strange forge]

It was like 12%? last year for EA2. Much higher in state ofc

But it will depend a lot on what you applied for

I'd imagine humanities have to be in the 30% range and business maybe around 20%. Engineering and CS are almost certainly sub 10%

I don't know that for a fact though

[solemn talon]

wow

thx

[strange forge]

np

[carmine gale]

hha aaha ah aha ha

[verbal nacelle]

someone posted a chart in here with the exact admissions rates last year, I’ll find it

https://irp.gatech.edu/fact-book

[clever marten]

sub 10% 😬

[verbal nacelle]

it’s not sub 10

that’s oos

[clever marten]

college of computing

[verbal nacelle]

13% isn’t much different from 15 or 16

[green delta]

i mean it is, it means 20 more people get in for every 1000 applicants

[clever marten]

damn that feels like nothing

[strange forge]

That's fall 2021 and includes in state applicants seemingly

Bc they did not have 45k oos applicants https://news.gatech.edu/news/2021/03/18/georgia-tech-admission-announces-decisions

[verbal nacelle]

ohh okay

then yeah. definitely could be a lot less

[lofty harness]

Wait up numbers are messed up

It says 44048

But link says 45350…

[verbal nacelle]

yeah

[verbal nacelle]

could be transfers btw

[winged sedge]

i am but i dont have time sob

[lofty harness]

oohhh

[idle night]

😭

gotta love having the lowest acceptance rate in coc

[rough galleon]

4 days to doomsday 🗿

[verbal nacelle]

4

🥰

[rough galleon]

lol

[verbal nacelle]

27th!!

[rough galleon]

i just edited

when u said

[verbal nacelle]

true

[rough galleon]

or maybe it will be happy day

:>

[verbal nacelle]

happy day

trust

even if you get deferred

you have a better chance rd

[rough galleon]

hope so

[finite frost]

good luck everyone