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dim wagon Jan 6, 2023, 6:39 PM

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zamn

past jay Jan 6, 2023, 7:23 PM

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Bruh I got no clue how I got into Tulane if it’s about yield protection - ig my why Tulane essay was decent then

crystal spade Jan 6, 2023, 8:23 PM

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I knew a guy that got into an Ivy that got deferred 😂

golden hare Jan 6, 2023, 8:31 PM

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past jay Bruh I got no clue how I got into Tulane if it’s about yield protection - ig my ...

Probably

golden hare Jan 6, 2023, 8:31 PM

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crystal spade I knew a guy that got into an Ivy that got deferred 😂

Yup that'll definitely happen

dim wagon Jan 6, 2023, 11:26 PM

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What were your short answers like?

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Now the deadline passed

dim wagon Jan 6, 2023, 11:35 PM

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dim wagon What were your short answers like?

Here was my two summers one:

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That's cool!

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Here's mine

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Nice

dim wagon Jan 6, 2023, 11:54 PM

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Has anyone else not received their portal yet??

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Stanford seems to have not downloaded my application into their system 😭

blissful magnet Jan 7, 2023, 12:14 AM

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dim wagon Here was my two summers one:

we didn't need to chronologically order the year right?

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:21 AM

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blissful magnet we didn't need to chronologically order the year right?

i did 2022, 2021

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that's how you're usually supposed to order them

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like on resumes

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most recent first

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also no, i doubt you needed to specify the year, whatever gave them a good impression of what you were doing

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:25 AM

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blissful magnet we didn't need to chronologically order the year right?

No need

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Everyone does it differently.

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:31 AM

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dim wagon Stanford seems to have not downloaded my application into their system 😭

Wait until midnight today

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They should download it

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oh okay!

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sweet

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yeah

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i was getting a little anxious for a second hahaha

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Same stuff happened with caltech and JHU

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Almost died when I realized

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🙏

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u submitted after 11:59 EST

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that's why it's not downloaded yet

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I see, I see... hopefully they don't count that against me???

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They did say to submit by 11:59pm your local time on their website... but still idk

tardy blaze Jan 7, 2023, 12:36 AM

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did u pay ur app fee befoer 11:59?

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:37 AM

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My local time, yes.

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I submitted 10:24pm PST.

blissful magnet Jan 7, 2023, 12:37 AM

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dim wagon No need

i meant like i didnt even say 2020: and 2021: i just listed the things i did

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:37 AM

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blissful magnet i meant like i didnt even say 2020: and 2021: i just listed the things i did

yeah i did it just to show the different trips i went on

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since i traveled a lot as you saw in my activities.

tardy blaze Jan 7, 2023, 12:37 AM

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dim wagon I submitted 10:24pm PST.

u should be good 👍

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:38 AM

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💪

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well i mean either way not like imma get in

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lol only 4% admit... but i'm still goin' for it

tardy blaze Jan 7, 2023, 12:39 AM

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at some point, for each school its a lottery

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if u throw ur name in a bunch

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you might get one

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:39 AM

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dim wagon I see, I see... hopefully they don't count that against me???

they don't generally but

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stanford's been "known" to dock for last minute apps

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they'll see i submitted last minute.

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according to some

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reddit post yeah idk

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youll be fine in terms of being "on time" though

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haha sounds good

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yee

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my essays were meh too so

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good luck

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lmao

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i doubt i'll get in but that's okie :D

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was a good try

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same

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all that matters is you tried ur best

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(not really for writing my last essay the day of LOL)

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(but thank you)

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yeah ofc

hybrid shadow Jan 7, 2023, 12:48 AM

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dim wagon Here's mine

heres mine

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from my first read, i got you like gardening since it reminds you of your mother

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:54 AM

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Mine explicitly answers but it's admittedly isn't as skillful as my other responses

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Yours is good

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I can still tell what's meaningful

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:56 AM

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dim wagon Mine explicitly answers but it's admittedly isn't as skillful as my other respon...

I do appreciate that we can all have a lot of flexibility.

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Lets our creative juices flow.

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Yupp

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My short responses and letter to roommate were my best responses I'd say

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I tried to show every aspect of my character through these essays

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Id say it was more strategic than my other app submissions

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is the hydrangea the meaningful thing

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:58 AM

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dim wagon is the hydrangea the meaningful thing

not the hydrangea itself 🥲

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like the act of planting it with respect to your Mama

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oh

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what's the meaninful thing

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but yes "gardening," with planting the hydrangea being more specific.

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:59 AM

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hybrid shadow from my first read, i got you like gardening since it reminds you of your mother

oh yeah i got this too

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:59 AM

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dim wagon but yes "gardening," with planting the hydrangea being more specific.

okay yeah i got that

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it answers the question fine

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mine was also not explicit lol

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 12:59 AM

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dim wagon it answers the question fine

fine 🥲

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it's okay i spent only 2 hours on it

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stanford app was the one i spent the least amt of time on

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~30 mins on the short questions, 2 hours on each 250 word.

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for most others i spent 4-5

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damnn

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columbia "why us" essay, I spent upwards of 12

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💀

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💀

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same

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it's well written though

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like a common app

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that took a lot of revision to get it right

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especially since there's ofc a lot about columbia in general

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 1:01 AM

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dim wagon it's well written though

🙏 thank goodness several people have said that

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just doesn't answer the question well enough 😂

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 1:01 AM

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dim wagon especially since there's ofc a lot about columbia in general

yeah and at the end i was like, i quit.

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BUT i ultimately came to this: "I endeavor to explore the world, but I also seek to either reinvent my worldview or better understand it. Thankfully, with Columbia’s Core Curriculum, I can do both."

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still kinda mid though since literally every kid says that

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 1:02 AM

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dim wagon just doesn't answer the question well enough 😂

i mean it does

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yale made me the most frustrated though

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like it lines up

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i took 3 hours to cut it down by 5 words to 125 words

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also doggo your response answers the question fs

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 1:02 AM

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dim wagon i took 3 hours to cut it down by 5 words to 125 words

o h m y

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yes

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all those words were important asf

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 1:03 AM

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dim wagon also doggo your response answers the question fs

not explicitely which is a weakness

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there wasn't ONE adjective you coulda taken

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no 💀

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like idk how i even made an essay like that

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wow

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hopefully it's just that impressive for them too

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oh well it came out as intended in the end
yeah i hope as well

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atp i'm trying to lock in

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as soon as i get these portals, i get to sending this research lmao

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i was looking at how many weeks till March 31... it's honestly not many

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yup

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exactly 3 months.

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we will know our fate.

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march will probably be the new craziest month of the season so far

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literally all my reaches release then

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totally

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except a few like washu, but barely

serene night Jan 7, 2023, 1:13 AM

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I just got my portal rn

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 1:13 AM

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What time did you submit?

hybrid shadow Jan 7, 2023, 1:14 AM

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Im gonna convince myself that Im not getting in anywhere good, so I don't have high hopes during March. I'll prob end up in CC.

tardy blaze Jan 7, 2023, 1:16 AM

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same just got mine 🙂

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 1:16 AM

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i am trying not to panic ✨

tardy blaze Jan 7, 2023, 1:16 AM

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i submitted right before 7pm est

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 1:17 AM

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i see so it'll probably be another hour before i get mine

hybrid shadow Jan 7, 2023, 1:19 AM

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@tardy blaze @serene night is your checklist complete?

serene night Jan 7, 2023, 1:20 AM

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I’ll check rn

serene night Jan 7, 2023, 1:25 AM

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hybrid shadow <@620825992390508545> <@577172708064886794> is your checklist complete?

Yes

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 1:26 AM

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I'm slowly going more insane 🤡

serene night Jan 7, 2023, 1:26 AM

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Just wait an hour or two

hybrid shadow Jan 7, 2023, 1:26 AM

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serene night Yes

👍 did you get an interview request yet?

serene night Jan 7, 2023, 1:26 AM

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No

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I live in Iowa

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So I doubt I'll even get one at all

hybrid shadow Jan 7, 2023, 1:27 AM

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serene night I live in Iowa

serene night Jan 7, 2023, 1:29 AM

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Yeah

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But it's all dependent by availability in your area which is very much lower as compared to something like the Bay Area

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There are barely any Stanford alumni around here

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 2:02 AM

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Mine was from a guy in Bay Area lol

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There was one in my local area but she didn't interview me

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Did interview the kids from my school that also applied

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 2:16 AM

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My app hasn't been downloaded either

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😢

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 3:31 AM

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here are my shorties
tbh i felt as if they ate when i submitted, now they feel mid asf

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 3:37 AM

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lol that's cute

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como estas shorty

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LOL it's stupid 😂

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 3:45 AM

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It’s cute tho

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 3:49 AM

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That's amazing. I wrote some boring ass essay about writing for the stanford economic review

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 3:50 AM

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aw well thanks, i went the creative route on these 💀

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 3:50 AM

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idk I feel like stanford loves that just based on all the example essays I see

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 3:51 AM

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🙏

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I wrote about food, plants, and more plants throughout most of my essays lol

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 3:54 AM

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My only good paragraph in those stanford essays (removed attachment)

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 3:55 AM

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tahahahaha

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*hahaha

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i love it

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oh and more plants 🪴

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 3:57 AM

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I like the plant and food theme

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 3:57 AM

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it's such a stupid theme 😭

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the only thing "intellectual" was chess, which i mentioned in my learning essay

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 3:58 AM

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ehh it's whatever... they'll see way too many intellectual essay kids, and all the important stuff is in your common app

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 3:58 AM

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and then i talked about "apathy" for the societal issue and FDR's third election (ngl a dull short response) for the witnessed moment.

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 3:58 AM

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When is Stanford’s deadline extension till

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Or have they even given an extension

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 3:58 AM

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wind ridge When is Stanford’s deadline extension till

there isn't an extension.

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 3:58 AM

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I hope not lmao

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 3:58 AM

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they've never given one.

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 3:58 AM

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Oh

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Okay lmao

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 3:58 AM

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or I wouldn't be posting my essays

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 3:58 AM

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me neither ✨

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 3:59 AM

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makes sense lol I was wondering

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 3:59 AM

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yeah i'm deleting these soon, too. but i figured i'd just share them to see where others were at.

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gauge how others responded to these unique questions

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i wanted to make sure mine were extra niche just so that it's not really easy to replicate.

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 3:59 AM

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Somehow I managed to not answer this question at all in the way it was asked (removed attachment)

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:00 AM

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Interesting thought.

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took me a moment to interpret tho

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:01 AM

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yeah idk it could have been better. But I didn't want to say some worn out shit like the moon landing or d-day

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:01 AM

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😂 that's so right

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mine is lowk so boring

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and then i answered the extracurricular one with a very interesting response

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kinda personal but, just about being me ✨

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wow my answers are pretty different

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:02 AM

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This is my EC essay. It's not too bad I think (removed attachment)

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:02 AM

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dim wagon wow my answers are pretty different

i think all of ours are, which i think is the beauty of stanford's essays. they really get a mixed bag

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damn that's good

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:02 AM

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golden hare This is my EC essay. It's not too bad I think (removed attachment)

aw this is cute

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:02 AM

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dim wagon i think all of ours are, which i think is the beauty of stanford's essays. they ...

💀

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my essays are...

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LOL

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eh

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:03 AM

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dim wagon damn that's good

hopefully his not mine

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because mine are... just kinda weird lowk

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:03 AM

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dim wagon hopefully his not mine

both of urs lol

blissful magnet Jan 7, 2023, 4:03 AM

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i was about to go with the food route but ppl kept advising to not do food

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:03 AM

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ahaha

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:03 AM

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blissful magnet i was about to go with the food route but ppl kept advising to not do food

gg probably a bad idea

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they get a lot of those... maybe.

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:03 AM

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blissful magnet i was about to go with the food route but ppl kept advising to not do food

food is super relatable though. Most AOs aren't gonna relate to AIME or coding competitions lol

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:03 AM

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at least i have a legit reason for saying food

blissful magnet Jan 7, 2023, 4:04 AM

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dim wagon they get a lot of those... maybe.

apparently they do

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:04 AM

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because i actually do eat... the same thing, every day.

blissful magnet Jan 7, 2023, 4:04 AM

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i thought id be being "cheeky" saying food but its more common than ppl expect

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:04 AM

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so it won't be "i'm excited to try their coffee" or something stupid.

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:04 AM

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blissful magnet i was about to go with the food route but ppl kept advising to not do food

i did no food 😭

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LOL

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:04 AM

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golden hare food is super relatable though. Most AOs aren't gonna relate to AIME or coding c...

lmfao

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AIME

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😭

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my intellectual essay is literally the worst topic to choose from

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:05 AM

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I'm not smart enough to really even know what AIME is. I've just seen it on reddit

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:05 AM

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(same)

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lol

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AMC -> AIME

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AIME qual

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ohhh

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american math competition i see

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if high enough score on AMC

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yep

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america's intellectual math egalitarians

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pure guess

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:07 AM

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This one isn't good, but I again was scared of doing some overdone topic like political divison, income inequality, etc (removed attachment)

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:07 AM

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Interestinggg

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:08 AM

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Maybe they'll relate to the highspeed rail though, because it was supposed to go from san fran to LA

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and it goes from like fucking bakersfield to modesto or some shit

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That's so good. Best one of your stanford essays you've showed IMO

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:08 AM

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golden hare That's so good. Best one of your stanford essays you've showed IMO

WAIT WHAT

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I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE WEAKEST ONE

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:09 AM

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NO. It's a shame it's only 50 words. But that's just about the perfect answer

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:09 AM

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thank you for that 😭

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i still highly doubt i will get into stanford

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because of that stupid 4%

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but i'm going for the lottery ticket

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:09 AM

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I mean with a 4% acceptance rate, and certainly even lower for RD, I have zero expectations

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:09 AM

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yeahhhh

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:10 AM

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But that's why I applied to 11 schools with no expectations

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 4:10 AM

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golden hare That's so good. Best one of your stanford essays you've showed IMO

i wouldn't say it's his best one, i liked the other meaningful essay more personally

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:10 AM

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if i get in somehow, i will literally experience cardiac arrest from the sudden rush of adrenaline through my heart

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 4:10 AM

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the way this short one is written is quite good, but imo the idea is a tad bit generic

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 4:10 AM

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dim wagon because of that stupid 4%

the 2% of those 4 are just stellar students who'd be juggling mit harvard, oxbridge, stanford acceptances at the same time
for normal kids its 1-2%

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:10 AM

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wind ridge i wouldn't say it's his best one, i liked the other meaningful essay more person...

same, i personally like talking about hydrangeas lol

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:10 AM

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hybrid beacon the 2% of those 4 are just stellar students who'd be juggling mit harvard, oxbri...

💀

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:10 AM

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wind ridge i wouldn't say it's his best one, i liked the other meaningful essay more person...

It's a style thing. I stay away from the flowery/artsy writing style and I found the societal issue essay to be very direct

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:10 AM

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wind ridge the way this short one is written is quite good, but imo the idea is a tad bit g...

a very good critical response.

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 4:10 AM

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golden hare It's a style thing. I stay away from the flowery/artsy writing style and I found...

fair enough

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personal pref then

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:11 AM

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it is indeed generic, but thankfully i didn't write about climate change or politics.

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well in a sense i did politics, but not really

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 4:11 AM

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hybrid beacon here are my shorties tbh i felt as if they ate when i submitted, now they feel m...

mine's the most generic then coolcry

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:11 AM

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A well done generic essay is better than a half-assed "unique" essay

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:12 AM

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hybrid beacon mine's the most generic then<:coolcry:790555852977078282>

You use very interesting language.

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yeah i feel like it's hard to pinpoint a problem that snaps an AO's attention

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 4:12 AM

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yeah true

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:12 AM

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woah that's a long sentence 👀

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:12 AM

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I'm really sorry to do this to you but the grammar is incorrect afaik

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:12 AM

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but it's quite true.

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:12 AM

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good essay though

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:13 AM

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💀

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 4:13 AM

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golden hare I'm really sorry to do this to you but the grammar is incorrect afaik

oh rlly?

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oops

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:13 AM

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"changing" is a noun (gerund)

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which means you don't have a parallel structure in your verb/noun form agreement

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oh wait it's not a gerund

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but something about that first part isn't correct grammatically but whatever

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i love the word "co operate" oh gosh

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 4:14 AM

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dim wagon which means you don't have a parallel structure in your verb/noun form agreement

okay frankly got no idea what you're talking about but yes 😭

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:14 AM

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wind ridge oh rlly?

It reads like two dependent clauses

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 4:14 AM

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i just made a yt video abt my passion, should I include it in creative portfolio?
for refrence, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyF8-1m-9SE

YouTube

kushagra tiwari

A Note to the Cosmos

Writing up my 200 words "why major" supplements deeply unsettled me.
There was no way the eternal pursuit of astrophysics could be summed in those word limits.
Here's my quick attempt to explain why the wonders of the universe have intrigued me for almost all my life.

▶ Play video

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:14 AM

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hybrid beacon i just made a yt video abt my passion, should I include it in creative portfolio...

Unless it's award-winning and will literally change a rejection to an immediate acceptance, no

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not sure if it's just me but i hear a tick-tock in the background and it's driving me crazy 😭

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 4:15 AM

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dim wagon Unless it's award-winning and will literally change a rejection to an immediate ...

well I made it last night, not getting awards in a giffy ofc

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 4:15 AM

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dim wagon not sure if it's just me but i hear a tick-tock in the background and it's drivi...

i dont hear it idk

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:16 AM

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No. You tell a good story, but I don't see an AO taking 4 minutes to follow the whole thing

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I hear something like keyboard clicks

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:16 AM

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yeah they have fifteen minutes max to read your app, and they don't want to spend a third of it watching a pink screen and a man talk

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:16 AM

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It would make a great essay tho

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:16 AM

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great thoughts are shared, but it would likely reject you

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:16 AM

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wind ridge okay frankly got no idea what you're talking about but yes 😭

sorry 😭

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 4:18 AM

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dim wagon great thoughts are shared, but it would likely reject you

um okay, I'm not really looking to get a likely letter or anything but it can't harm if I do put it right?

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:18 AM

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hybrid beacon um okay, I'm not really looking to get a likely letter or anything but it can't ...

it can do harm if they don't have enough time to read your essays

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if you can't communicate who you are succinctly enough, then you are rejected.

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(succinctly as in 15 minutes) -> which means looking through your academics, stats, personal essay, extracurriculars, lors, etc etc

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so they will hardly have time to watch a video.

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 4:19 AM

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wont they look at optional materials at the last? I mean that only makes sense

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:19 AM

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I just would not add it. But you can do you.

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sigh i have not yet gotten my portal yet

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 4:24 AM

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i got portal

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:26 AM

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still waiting on 4 portals. Why can't every school be like columbia 😭

tribal crest Jan 7, 2023, 4:27 AM

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wait should we have written something like super intellectually engaging for stanford's moment in history prompt

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:27 AM

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ikrrrrrr

tribal crest Jan 7, 2023, 4:27 AM

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because i wrote about a fucking pink floyd concert💀

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:27 AM

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That's great

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:27 AM

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tribal crest wait should we have written something like super intellectually engaging for sta...

uh i wrote something very very dull

tribal crest Jan 7, 2023, 4:27 AM

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it was like super impactful historically or whatever

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:27 AM

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but still historical

tribal crest Jan 7, 2023, 4:27 AM

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but like

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im regretting it LOL

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:28 AM

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Seriously. First of all, it's 50 words... no one cares that much. Just say the event and why you'd like to see

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:28 AM

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mine was very dull

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sleepy dull

tribal crest Jan 7, 2023, 4:28 AM

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huh

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i said this

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:28 AM

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omg so good

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:28 AM

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That's great

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:28 AM

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that's beautiful and creative

tribal crest Jan 7, 2023, 4:28 AM

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ty

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:28 AM

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PSYCHEDELIC ROCK

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:29 AM

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with more words, you could have explained how and why it was revolutionary. But it shows a little about you and it's a historical event, no doubt. 350k is massive for a crowd

tribal crest Jan 7, 2023, 4:29 AM

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my meaning essay was about forming a rock band with a couple friends so like

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i guess it connects??

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:29 AM

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Somewhat, definitely a theme there anyway

tribal crest Jan 7, 2023, 4:29 AM

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golden hare with more words, you could have explained how and why it was revolutionary. But ...

i know i hate that it was just 50 words😭

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:29 AM

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LOL

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:29 AM

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It isn't as well known as woodstock or live aid but maybe that makes it better

tribal crest Jan 7, 2023, 4:30 AM

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true

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imagine if someone wrote about coachella

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 4:30 AM

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lmfao

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:54 AM

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still no portal 😁

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 5:05 AM

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Me either

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 5:09 AM

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how does stanford charge the highest application fee and take the longest to even download my application

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Not to mention, they take the longest to even release decisions

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april 1st 😭

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Butttt, they start super late. September 26

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 5:12 AM

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nah yall stressing about if they downloaded your app or not? 😭

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crazy

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 5:13 AM

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Not really, I'd just like to get all my portals set up

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I mean a little bit

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I'm gonna be on vacation and I don't want to deal with this shit while I'm gone

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 5:14 AM

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mellow sentinel nah yall stressing about if they downloaded your app or not? 😭

Well if they don’t download, that means theres a problem

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 5:14 AM

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catstand at least wait a couple days fr

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 5:20 AM

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you guys need to touch grass

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 5:20 AM

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i do every day

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😁

subtle forge Jan 7, 2023, 5:28 AM

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i submitted stanford last so the high app fee was a

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nice surprise 💀💀

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 5:32 AM

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I really really hope they download my app in the next hour

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otherwise i will go insane.

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 6:01 AM

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y’all

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Just forget about Stanford until April

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Or at least until interviews

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:02 AM

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Easier said than done.

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 6:02 AM

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yes I know

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:02 AM

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but you're right, i probably won't get in stanford anyways

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so why should i care 😂

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 6:02 AM

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but im trying that and it’s working as of rn

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 6:02 AM

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dim wagon but you're right, i probably won't get in stanford anyways

i have this mindset honestly

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low hopes

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so not too disappointed

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when decisions come

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:03 AM

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especially looking at the harvard lawsuit, my hopes have tanked.

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in literally every school i applied to-- stanford, upenn, nyu, columbia, northwestern, even uw in my home state

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 6:24 AM

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I have low hopes, but I still want to get a good acceptance so I don't end up going to my state school even tho it's a damn good school

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:24 AM

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haha SAME

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i want to go somewhere new and explore

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chicago, pennsylvania, new york, heck even georgia

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 6:25 AM

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Worse, I live in the same fucking city as my state school

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:25 AM

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i applied to emory

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:25 AM

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golden hare Worse, I live in the same fucking city as my state school

😭

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ngl UW is a great school but i don't really wanna go

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i've already been on campus a billion times

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 6:25 AM

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I was going to apply to emory but I missed their scholarship deadline

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 6:25 AM

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dim wagon ngl UW is a great school but i don't really wanna go

Me too, but the other UW

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Not Wyoming btw

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:26 AM

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oh -> university of washington haha

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 6:26 AM

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Yup I'm in wisco

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UNC is my #1 state school though

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But oos is so brutal there

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I'm probably more likely to get into duke lmao

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:28 AM

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gotcha

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hahaha

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didn't apply to duke though i considered it

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i considered duke, dartmouth, and brown. ultimately decided against all of them idk why

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probably just the time crunch

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 6:29 AM

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Fair. I thought about Dartmouth but I can't live in the middle of nowhere in New Hampshire. And brown grads don't make any money and don't place as well in finance

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:29 AM

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LOL

golden hare Jan 7, 2023, 6:29 AM

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And I decided against Yale for carnegie mellon because I can't handle living in New haven

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And don't get me started on Shithica

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:31 AM

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wind ridge i have this mindset honestly

So did I

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:31 AM

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golden hare And I decided against Yale for carnegie mellon because I can't handle living in ...

I got rejected from Carnegie 😁

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:32 AM

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dim wagon in literally every school i applied to-- stanford, upenn, nyu, columbia, northwe...

U from Washington?

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:32 AM

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mellow sentinel U from Washington?

Yes, I live next to a bunch of rich old white people as a poor asian bus boy

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:32 AM

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I'm in Washington too

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:32 AM

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Oh that's so cool! I am going to visit UW tomorrow :))

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(again, sigh)

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for the monthly foster school of business yeoc immersive program

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i'm so burnt out rip

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:33 AM

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I went there with a few friends spring break

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:33 AM

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it's a neat campus

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:33 AM

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Very lovely target

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:33 AM

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yes, yes indeed.

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although if i get into stanford... i'm going lol

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:34 AM

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Ya obvi

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:34 AM

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my responses are definitely... a little different for the most part i think

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a kid at my school has already been accepted though... so idk

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there's like a dozen kids from my school applying 😂

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:34 AM

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There were 4 kids including myself

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From my school

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I was so stressed when they all got an interview invite a week after the deadline and I didn't catstand

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:36 AM

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mellow sentinel There were 4 kids including myself

That got in???

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:37 AM

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That applied

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:37 AM

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It has also been officially four hours and Stanford has not yet downloaded my app 😭

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:37 AM

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mellow sentinel That applied

ohh i see, did they not get in?

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:37 AM

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Ya they didn't

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:37 AM

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LOL

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Well very neat that you did!

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:37 AM

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catstand

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:37 AM

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haha

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:38 AM

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a2chad

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:39 AM

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I doubt I will get in.

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But we shall see. My short answers are all "written decently"

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so hopefully that means something 🙏

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Darn !! Y'all got some pretty pumped up essays to present to AO's

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FINALLY YES LET'S GOOOOO

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my heart rate spiked to 140

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All I've got is food, how I love to part of the "bubble" , my crazy atheist friend and Discord Discord Discord...smh

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i spent 8 hours on my 8 essays

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and i love them all

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:D

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That's a great feeling bruh... savor it now and when you get admitted 🎉

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 6:49 AM

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Yea stanford has been my fav essays so far

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:49 AM

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for comparison, i've spent ~20 hours per most other colleges with the same types of questions

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 6:49 AM

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They actually have good prompts unlike every other school with their “why us” goofy essays

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:49 AM

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i talk about my hydrangeas, my rhododendroms, my azaleas, my succulents...

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 6:49 AM

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for me, i really like caltech's and yale's
thought i liked stanny's but now they just seem too cliche

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:49 AM

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heavy tapir They actually have good prompts unlike every other school with their “why us” go...

yeah i hate these essays

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 6:50 AM

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dim wagon yeah i hate these essays

The stanford ones?

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I read yours, i think yesterday, and they were super good

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:50 AM

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oh yes!!

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you did! i super appreciate you btw <3

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:50 AM

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heavy tapir I read yours, i think yesterday, and they were super good

"super good" 😭

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i can't anymore

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even my DAD said they were good when usually he says "it's fine"

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he told me this morning "william, i read your hydreangea essay. and i just wanted to tell you that you really are a beautiful writer"

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That's the nicest thing he's said to me in my life lol

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ripp yikes

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yeah

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my dad usually is very critical

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 6:52 AM

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indian moment

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:52 AM

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so for him to tell me something like that means a ton.

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My dad is only good at writing financial statements 💀

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literal mood

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 6:53 AM

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i showed my dad my college list in august
he just looked at harvard and laughed

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 6:54 AM

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hybrid beacon i showed my dad my college list in august he just looked at harvard and laughed

like he hasn't laughed that hard ever
didnt even apply after that

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:54 AM

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hybrid beacon i showed my dad my college list in august he just looked at harvard and laughed

:((

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 6:55 AM

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i wanted to say it won't be so funny if you were rich
but the i didn't cuz i wanna live💀

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fr

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:56 AM

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well hey always good to give stuff a try

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my dinner convo tonight:

me: "Dad, would you be shocked if I got into Stanford, Harvard, UPenn, Columbia, or Northwestern?"

him: "It would be a very pleasant surprise."

😂

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🙏 i sent it in several days before the deadline and a lot of people said it was "good" so I'm hoping that they were right

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shooting for that seven percent lol

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nahhh

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No

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I don't think they ever have.

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very basic responses

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i would have deleted the first sentence in answer four since it's just filler space. answer 5 was unique.

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 7:00 AM

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lemme share mine, ig i've shared the shorties already

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:00 AM

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good, but could probably improve with a little more personality shining through other than the very blatant quirk lots of kids try to show

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 7:00 AM

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Dear roommate
I'm hardly athletic, but I'm game for weekly jogs. I may lack the speed or endurance to keep up, but yelping with sore knees, I’ll try.
Getting into comedy as a 15-year-old wasn't exactly in-line with the age-restrictions of open mics. In the treachery of immaculate rejection from every club, it was my innate will to persevere and try that drove me to perform on streets, parks, and slums. So the next time you see me refusing to drop a mind-boggling course, you’d know why- it’s because I try.Hey, that rhymed!
When not exerting my utmost, you’d find me dismantling appliances. While the divine convenience of a microwave is considerably comforting, I, for one, am obligated to investigate the insides of it. Don’t worry though, I assemble it back…mostly.
I don't believe Stanford has any, but if we get trapped together in an eternally boring lecture, I'd have plenty of ideas. During this 5-hour statistics class in sophomore year, I jotted the numbers of all the interstate vehicles I could make out from the flimsy windowsill of our class. Based on the direction they were headed, transportation trends of State-highways from geography textbook, and newfound knowledge of statistics, I managed to concoct an algorithm to roughly determine the traffic of a neighboring city. Google Maps narrowly beat me by 20 years, but hey, I try.
I wish I could elaborate upon my hobbies like card-stacking, or gardening cacti, but for now, I've a microwave to tend to...

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 7:01 AM

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eternally boring lecture 🥶

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 7:01 AM

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wind ridge eternally boring lecture 🥶

yep

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:01 AM

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hybrid beacon Dear roommate I'm hardly athletic, but I'm game for weekly jogs. I may lack the ...

divine convenience of a microwave

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 7:02 AM

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also yep, im a weird writer

fervent perch Jan 7, 2023, 7:02 AM

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hybrid beacon Dear roommate I'm hardly athletic, but I'm game for weekly jogs. I may lack the ...

I loved the dismantling electronics part

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:02 AM

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it was cute

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My essays were... all varied

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across the board

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 7:11 AM

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Same 💀

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Like none of them related, but they all kinda fit in to paint my personality

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I mean theyre not horrible, so if u have a strong application outside of essays id say u probably have a chance

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Idk how good they actually are, but ik theyre not bad

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Well ive read them, but nobody on this server would be able to tell u how strong ur essays are other than professional counselors

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:14 AM

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i have nearly 0 honors lol

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don't complain

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 7:14 AM

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dim wagon My essays were... all varied

i'd say your essays were more overarching, there was a connecting theme for sure

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:15 AM

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mine are few.

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 7:15 AM

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dim wagon i have nearly 0 honors lol

My honors are like nhs and high honor roll 💀

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:15 AM

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🙏

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 7:15 AM

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I hated my gpa, but honors were better

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:15 AM

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hybrid beacon i'd say your essays were more overarching, there was a connecting theme for sure

my intellectual vitality essay is completely unrelated

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but thank you :D

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1% 💪

tame dome Jan 7, 2023, 7:17 AM

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damn fire

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 7:17 AM

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Nobody here can accurately chance u either

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 7:18 AM

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its ocsc camp but like yeah
tbh its funny how actual medal winners are applying and im jumping over a simple nomination

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 7:18 AM

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Bc a lot of it is luck

hybrid shadow Jan 7, 2023, 7:18 AM

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I only had one honour 😭

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:18 AM

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Low.

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For all of us.

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LOL

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 7:20 AM

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Id like to hope im in the why-are-you-even-applying-low bracket 😄😄

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:20 AM

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my favorite phrase in my chess essay is "I often played against myself" but that's about the only fun thing in there.

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 7:20 AM

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it has occurred to me that i've shared so many snippets of my app, someone patient enough to scroll through all the threads can impersonate me with 0 problems

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 7:20 AM

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I got a fee waiver 😎

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:21 AM

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hybrid beacon it has occurred to me that i've shared so many snippets of my app, someone patie...

nah nah people have common decency

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 7:21 AM

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Nah my hooks will carry me 🙏🙏🙏

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:21 AM

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what junior is wasting their time checking a bunch of kids who just submitted their stanford essays

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I think you will be rejected.

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Straightforward comment.

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I do not think you will make it to the Committee phase.

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 7:22 AM

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heavy tapir I got a fee waiver 😎

yeah me too and its so fun
like I legit just scroll down the list whenver im bored and apply to a obscure uni with no supps, i even got into a couple and i don't even remember applying lol

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 7:22 AM

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I mean realistically speaking, none of us have a chance lmao

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:23 AM

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Yeah I'm looking at my own and think I will be rejected, too.

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 7:23 AM

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hybrid beacon yeah me too and its so fun like I legit just scroll down the list whenver im bor...

I might actually do this bc ive dropped a bunch of my schools that had too many supps lmao

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:23 AM

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I did not connect my stuff well enough to my interested majors

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 7:23 AM

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I've decided to include that yt video
idk what they'll make of it but its legit and its me

hybrid shadow Jan 7, 2023, 7:25 AM

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for my IV supp, i talked about iron man, connected that to programmable matter, then to medicine, and then a theory I had, then back to iron man

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iron man's nanotechnology

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that sounded cool

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and we have something like that in real life

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programmable matter

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very abstract though

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 7:32 AM

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hybrid shadow for my IV supp, i talked about iron man, connected that to programmable matter, ...

I did something similar with my ps 😳

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 7:48 AM

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i did NOT just go onto chance me to ask for people to evaluate me 😭

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 8:35 AM

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hybrid shadow for my IV supp, i talked about iron man, connected that to programmable matter, ...

😭😭😭😭 man, what the heck... I feel drawn in by the essay already

past jay Jan 7, 2023, 12:14 PM

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hybrid shadow for my IV supp, i talked about iron man, connected that to programmable matter, ...

This sounds soooo cool holy shit

fringe notch Jan 7, 2023, 1:09 PM

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reading this thread gave me bad anxiety

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getting #rejected 💔😭

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it took me a good 20 minutes to get over the fact that id SUBMITTED my stanford app

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harvard's a yolo submission but w the amount of time I'd spent writing my stanford supps i fell into the trap of becoming attached to a fucking building and a name

fair aspen Jan 7, 2023, 1:16 PM

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Same dude

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Stanford got me feeling a kind of way

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 2:38 PM

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here's my short responses and roommate essay lol, the IV essay, I talked about a hurricane simulation I made and my presentation (+ how it made me excited ofc), and the other essay I talked about the algorithm I made as something meaningful

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 3:23 PM

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they did?

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 3:38 PM

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well i read at least 5-6 on this very thread

tough anchor Jan 7, 2023, 3:53 PM

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Lmao 😭

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 4:02 PM

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hybrid beacon well i read at least 5-6 on this very thread

oh well, ik it wouldn't really be unique, just hope for ti to be well written

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how were the rest in your opinion?

hybrid beacon Jan 7, 2023, 4:42 PM

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well yes, I was just saying how its incredibly prevalent

wind ridge Jan 7, 2023, 4:43 PM

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😭

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i wrote about something similar

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but not the same ig

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mine was more about people 'refusing to have difficult conversations'

past jay Jan 7, 2023, 5:20 PM

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What is the IV essay?

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I’m hearing so many people mention it

azure wren Jan 7, 2023, 5:41 PM

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past jay What is the IV essay?

Intellectual vitality

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How much do ap scores matter for stanford? I applied as a biochem major but i didnt put in my ap bio score cuz i took it during the pandemic year and that shit was butt hard 😭😭 i got a 3 but my chemistry course grades n everything were rly good

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So im nervous

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😭

azure wren Jan 7, 2023, 5:42 PM

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past jay What is the IV essay?

The the first long response p sure

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 5:56 PM

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azure wren How much do ap scores matter for stanford? I applied as a biochem major but i di...

I dont think ap scores matter as much as like sat or grades

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But they could definitely be a boost

azure wren Jan 7, 2023, 6:08 PM

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heavy tapir I dont think ap scores matter as much as like sat or grades

I didnt submit sat lmfao

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😭😭

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Im screwed asf

past jay Jan 7, 2023, 6:37 PM

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azure wren The the first long response p sure

Ohhh got it

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:44 PM

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azure wren I didnt submit sat lmfao

i didnt submit either, ur fine

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:47 PM

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dim wagon they did?

Yep.

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Like everyone

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 6:49 PM

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mellow sentinel i didnt submit either, ur fine

Would u feel comfortable sharing essays since you’ve already gotten in? Im just curious 🫣

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:50 PM

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catstand which ones

heavy tapir Jan 7, 2023, 6:54 PM

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Roommate and intellectual curiosity 😙😙

azure wren Jan 7, 2023, 6:57 PM

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mellow sentinel i didnt submit either, ur fine

Whats ur major?

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:57 PM

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cs

azure wren Jan 7, 2023, 6:57 PM

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Oof

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Thats like rly

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Hard

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😭😭

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:58 PM

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doesnt matter what u say, cant even declare till sophomore year

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u either get in or not lol

azure wren Jan 7, 2023, 6:58 PM

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Omg rly

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:58 PM

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yeah

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it doesnt ask for your major, if you recall

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it just asks what your interests are

azure wren Jan 7, 2023, 6:58 PM

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How were ur ap scores

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Omg

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:59 PM

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they want you to explore and have an open mind

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i think i put cs, bio, econ as the 3 interests it asked for

dim wagon Jan 7, 2023, 6:59 PM

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mellow sentinel it just asks what your interests are

Which align 1:1 to majors iirc

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 6:59 PM

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azure wren How were ur ap scores

pretty good but i dont remember them asking me to report them on the app

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i can send them in on my portal now tho

mellow sentinel Jan 7, 2023, 7:00 PM

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dim wagon Which align 1:1 to majors iirc

there isnt a specific building your applying to, ex USC viterbi, doesnt matter really

hybrid shadow Jan 7, 2023, 7:50 PM

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i started mine with "Picture this:" and described a scene. the challenge was indfference

crystal spade Jan 7, 2023, 10:24 PM

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wind ridge mine was more about people 'refusing to have difficult conversations'

literally the exact thing I wrote about 😂

sonic silo Jan 7, 2023, 10:48 PM

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wooo stanford for the win

hallow pendant Jan 8, 2023, 1:31 AM

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im ngl i didnt know how important intlelectual vitality essay wwas

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at all

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kinda memed it 😭

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 1:31 AM

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Ohh yours are very very diff from mine lol

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first one made me very uncomfortable 😂

Second one one was good, but I do think that the relationship was pretty irrelevant to the essay as a whole.

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imo

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 1:34 AM

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dim wagon here's my short responses and roommate essay lol, the IV essay, I talked about a...

Loved your fifty words.

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I really like your essays!

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I find it funny we both talked about Coupa cafe during our roommate essays

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 1:47 AM

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dim wagon I find it funny we both talked about Coupa cafe during our roommate essays

That is in fact, very funny haha

I appreciate that you like my essays, I hope the AOs do, too. Right now I'm reading them and I'm cringing, especially my IV one that I didn't post 😂

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yeah you're not alone 😭 my IV essay I think highlights a great experience, but idk if I elaborated enough

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with that essay, you answered the prompt by highlighting that chess interested you and encouraged you to learn more, then you demonstrated that you wanted to learn more by watching youtube vids and more practice

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it at least goes beyond the prompt in that fashion

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Not too good though. I can imagine them just sighing and being like "um okay"

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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It will be a very pleasant surprise if I get in, especially because someone else from our school just got in.

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So I think our chances for another kid will be even lower.

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i think that serves better tbh, especially if they actually matriculated to stanford

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they'll have a better taste of the students your school produces and might be more favored towards you

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Yeah every year there's 1 student that goes.

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But rarely 2.

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Last year they accepted 2.

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And the time before that was like in 2018

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yeah i don't see it as a negative

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wish my iv essay was more fluid tbh

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hybrid shadow Jan 8, 2023, 2:01 AM

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hallow pendant im ngl i didnt know how important intlelectual vitality essay wwas

its the **most **important essay for stanford

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cause at the end of the day, they're looking at ppl who will work alongside professors

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:02 AM

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I had no clue it was the most important lmao

hallow pendant Jan 8, 2023, 2:02 AM

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I absolutely memed it and talked about how I broke my computer and fixed it when i was 12 LMAO

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:02 AM

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But I talked about my research internship

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:15 AM

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dim wagon Ohh yours are very very diff from mine lol

Haha I think mine were quite seriously written

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Honestly I really like all of the essays I wrote for Stanford ! I’ll send through my IV and room mate essays now :)

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:18 AM

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dim wagon Ohh yours are very very diff from mine lol

I just read yours I love them!

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:18 AM

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past jay I just read yours I love them!

I appreciate how so many people like them I'm shocked tbh

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:19 AM

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dim wagon I appreciate how so many people like them I'm shocked tbh

Honestly there are so many people here who are really talented, I think it sucks how short the AOs spend looking thru apps. It’s so dumb

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:21 AM

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This is so heartfelt

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Shows how you aren't selfish

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I agree.

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:23 AM

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dim wagon This is so heartfelt

Thank you ❤️ haha it took a bunch of drafts to land on the right thing I wanted to talk about

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:23 AM

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be careful posting your essays

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:23 AM

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dim wagon be careful posting your essays

Why? I thought the deadline passed

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:24 AM

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past jay Why? I thought the deadline passed

uhh just to be safe

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puts out a lot of ec information and stuff

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that can be used to doxx

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:24 AM

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Oh so true

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:24 AM

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so yeah just delete when done showing

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nice work though siena

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good reads

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:25 AM

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Thank you!

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:26 AM

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dim wagon

Anyone have an opinion on my IV essay, this was the worst one on my Stanford app

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:26 AM

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dim wagon so yeah just delete when done showing

Yah I'm deleting all my stuff probably tomorrow and not releasing it again for that very reason.

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yep

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its a thread so its safer in here

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but just in case

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Although I wouldn't imagine why someone would want to doxx with so much energy.

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people suck

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its better to know that before you experience it

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Yeah that's true

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:28 AM

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dim wagon Anyone have an opinion on my IV essay, this was the worst one on my Stanford app

Do you want me to be nice or critical?

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Honest

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:28 AM

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dim wagon its better to know that before you experience it

As my mama used to say, "better to be safe than sorry" and "stranger danger!" :P

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birbtippytap

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:29 AM

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dim wagon

prompt?

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i think you spend too much time being descriptive rather than getting to the point

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these essays are 250 and not 650 for a reason

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personally, I dislike sentences that give little to no meaning

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otherwise i think it's a fine essay

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def could be edited but not horrible at all

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:30 AM

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dim wagon Honest

It was really hard to follow the lines with the tangential information like "overpowered my spotify music" and other details thrown in there. Somewhat difficult to follow with so many prepositional phrases. I read more about the simulation itself than seeing emotion come off the page to show your excitement about it.

I like the idea, but I do think that it could have done a few more edits to be more refined and responsive to the prompt.

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ive seen worse

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:30 AM

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dim wagon prompt?

The Stanford community is deeply curious and driven to learn in and out of the classroom. Reflect on an idea or experience that makes you genuinely excited about learning. (250 words)

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ah nice

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Of course, mine isn't much better.

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:31 AM

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dim wagon ah nice

Oh you didn't apply to Stanford??

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also a lot of your guys' essays have comma misplacement

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if youre applying to others make sure to get it edited/grammar checked

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by other people

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:31 AM

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I think it could have had a bit more emphasis on your personal experience and feelings other than that it’s good

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:31 AM

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Yeah that's something I gleaned about it, it didn't have as much emotion as my other responses

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:32 AM

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dim wagon also a lot of your guys' essays have comma misplacement

Me and commas do not vibe I never have any idea when to use them live laugh love

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:32 AM

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dim wagon if youre applying to others make sure to get it edited/grammar checked

Well, I checked mine with Grammarly premium 😭

And anything that is more of a splice is a stylistic choice but rip

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lmao, i think commas are useful in that they can add flow

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:32 AM

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I just use them when I feel like I need a breather in the sentence LOLL

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:32 AM

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dim wagon Well, I checked mine with Grammarly premium 😭 And anything that is more of a ...

your essays have pretty good grammar ive seen

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:32 AM

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past jay I just use them when I feel like I need a breather in the sentence LOLL

😭 omg please no

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:32 AM

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dim wagon your essays have pretty good grammar ive seen

Oh okay because I was like... I'm a grammar freak when I write 😂

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:32 AM

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dim wagon Oh okay because I was like... I'm a grammar freak when I write 😂

yeah the flow is good

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I know the difference between "everyday" and "every day," "fewer" and "less than," etc 💀

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:33 AM

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dim wagon 😭 omg please no

Live laugh commas being a breath in the sentence

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:33 AM

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and i often correct my dad...

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let me know if you want edits or anything theyre not useful since yall have submitted but im pretty honest

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:33 AM

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dim wagon let me know if you want edits or anything theyre not useful since yall have subm...

I totally would but it’s submitted - can’t do much now haha

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:33 AM

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dim wagon let me know if you want edits or anything theyre not useful since yall have subm...

Did you read my roommate essay? If so, how unique do you believe it is, comparatively?

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:33 AM

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past jay Live laugh commas being a breath in the sentence

lol that's not bad usually breathers are where there's supposed to be commas

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youre probably right 75% of the time

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:33 AM

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past jay I totally would but it’s submitted - can’t do much now haha

true its all good

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:34 AM

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past jay I totally would but it’s submitted - can’t do much now haha

🥲 the mistakes we see after submitting

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:34 AM

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dim wagon Did you read my roommate essay? If so, how unique do you believe it is, comparat...

can u reply ping me to it?

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:34 AM

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dim wagon Did you read my roommate essay? If so, how unique do you believe it is, comparat...

Send it again? Or how far up was it

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:34 AM

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@dim wagon I believe it is the second snapshot.

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:34 AM

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dim wagon 🥲 the mistakes we see *after* submitting

These stress me out sooo much which is why I never re read essays after submitting

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:34 AM

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i think "unique" is a strong word, some kids go so far to be unique that it get's overly fake/showy, i would like an ideal essay to maintain some sincerity

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:34 AM

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past jay These stress me out sooo much which is why I never re read essays after submitti...

I don't blame you.

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:35 AM

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dim wagon <@456226577798135808> I believe it is the second snapshot.

hmm

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:35 AM

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dim wagon i think "unique" is a strong word, some kids go so far to be unique that it get'...

Okay, well I definitely wanted to show my individuality (as a substitute for uniqueness). And through that, I tried to be as genuine as possible, almost as though I really was writing to my future roommate.

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I've gotten mixed thoughts. Some thought it was "brilliant," others thought it was bland.

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I guess the AO will determine the final verdict 💀

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:36 AM

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Your essay is definitely sincere and realistic as a note to roommate but I’m not sure it shows something insanely “revealing” about you as other people may end up writing about

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LOVE. the hamilton reference

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If u need a roommate if we both end up at Stanford…. I’m the one

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:37 AM

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past jay If u need a roommate if we both end up at Stanford…. I’m the one

I've watched the Hamilton broadway show like half a dozen times 💀

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Looks like it's also a snapshot in a day of life at Stanford

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:37 AM

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dim wagon I've watched the Hamilton broadway show like half a dozen times 💀

I’ve seen it on the west end twice and twice on Disney plus and once on YouTube 😩

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:37 AM

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dim wagon Looks like it's also a snapshot in a day of life at Stanford

🙏 It was intended to be written that way...

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Nice

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:38 AM

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past jay I’ve seen it on the west end twice and twice on Disney plus and once on YouTube ...

OH YES... the original one

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:38 AM

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dim wagon Looks like it's also a snapshot in a day of life at Stanford

Yeah I like that becuase it let’s the AOs visualise you there

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:38 AM

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Yeah I didn't want to write some stupid thing about smelling roses or being addicted to minecraft or rubbing my nose.

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Same

hybrid shadow Jan 8, 2023, 2:38 AM

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did anyone get an interview request yet?

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:38 AM

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I wanted to sound genuine but show a couple ways I could interact with the roommate

wary hemlock Jan 8, 2023, 2:38 AM

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hybrid shadow did anyone get an interview request yet?

no i wishhh

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:39 AM

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and btw i LOVE the good place

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LOVE IT SO MUCH

wary hemlock Jan 8, 2023, 2:39 AM

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do u know how stanford selects who getsvinterviews?

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:39 AM

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hybrid shadow did anyone get an interview request yet?

No, and I do not want to be interviewed.

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:39 AM

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dim wagon <@456226577798135808> I believe it is the second snapshot.

all i got from your roomie essay was that you like food and plants, which i could probably find these qualities in other people, especially the combination of the two, you definitely could have used the 250 words to say some other stuff about yourself and let your honest quirks shine through. i think people tell you it's brilliant because it's written well, like the flow is nice and it is pretty sweet lmao. it's a well written essay but i think you really could have made it stronger with more unique qualities, the essay is supposed to be a large fit maker/differentiator. it's not a negative thing though, i think it's fine. imho i dislike roomie essays that reveal large amounts of unnecessary and uncomfortable quirks.

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:39 AM

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wary hemlock do u know how stanford selects who getsvinterviews?

It is based on volunteer availability

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i read your harvard one

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i thought that was better

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:40 AM

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dim wagon all i got from your roomie essay was that you like food and plants, which i coul...

Oh v v interesting insight.

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but you obviously had more room ahah

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:40 AM

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Agreed- I’ve read ones that are very unnecessarily open about certain things … wouldn’t reccomend

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:40 AM

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I feel like they also might get caught off guard by how bland it is in a sense

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real lol

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people be like

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my shit smells like strawberries

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:40 AM

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I used my stanford IV for harvard and added a paragraph or two

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:40 AM

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dim wagon here's my short responses and roommate essay lol, the IV essay, I talked about a...

@dim wagon could you take a look at my roommate essay? It's the second image

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:40 AM

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dim wagon all i got from your roomie essay was that you like food and plants, which i coul...

They were honest quirks 😭 but thank you

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:41 AM

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dim wagon They were honest quirks 😭 but thank you

they were honest but not quirks

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the ones in your harvard essay

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like the smells/candles was a quirk

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for example

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:41 AM

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dim wagon <@456226577798135808> could you take a look at my roommate essay? It's the secon...

sure

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Tysm

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Ohhh I see

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I wrote about candles wha-

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i forgot what i wrote tbh

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:42 AM

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Guys icl why is everyone mentioning the coupa café and what is its importance 😭

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:42 AM

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😂

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seriuosly though

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Idek why😭

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I didn't know it would be common

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:43 AM

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dim wagon They were honest quirks 😭 but thank you

I think they were defo honest but I’m sure you have a lot more things that you may class as more of a quirk

heavy tapir Jan 8, 2023, 2:45 AM

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I liked my roomie essay

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I was just being my usual self, it was super sarcastic

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My most fun essay

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:46 AM

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dim wagon <@456226577798135808> could you take a look at my roommate essay? It's the secon...

similar thing to doggo, the music score thing is pretty unique though, and what's with this cafe? 😭 otherwise i think it's written fine, your semi-colon usage is a bit heavy though, on future essays make sure to limit that and use periods, it makes sentences unnecessarily choppy. i don't think anyone would talk about tik tok though 😂 or at least watching it lmao - i don't know if that's a quirk either, i feel like a lot of people watch it but may not admit due to it's tendency to lead to procrastination. also you use a lot of adjectives, i think if you remove enough you have space for some more meaningful sentences. the good thing is that this essay felt real and sincere, you seem like a chill roommate, i like people with funny laughs haha.

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:46 AM

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bae will you judge mine

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:46 AM

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dim wagon bae will you judge mine

sure

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im not qualified

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i have not gotten in

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but ill rip it apart

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:48 AM

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Omg you didn’t get a chance to rip mine

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:48 AM

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😭😭😭 tiktok was part of my life, it'd be a crime if I didn't, thx for your review

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:48 AM

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I low-key got scared abt the doxx thing and deleted them all even tho my roomie one only shows that I’ve been to prague 😭

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:53 AM

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past jay Omg you didn’t get a chance to rip mine

you can send it again

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:57 AM

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dim wagon you can send it again

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:58 AM

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past jay

OOOH

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I LIKE THIS

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very unique original format

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only issue you use a lot of space for descriptiveness rather than more info about yourself

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:59 AM

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dim wagon I LIKE THIS

OMG SANI STAMP OF APPROVAL IS ALLLLL I NEED

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:59 AM

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you go into the technical aspects of being a roommate rather than your own interests, but it still reveals a lot of about you

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well done

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:59 AM

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dim wagon only issue you use a lot of space for descriptiveness rather than more info abou...

Yeah I can defo see that

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:59 AM

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REALLY strong conclusion

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:59 AM

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dim wagon you go into the technical aspects of being a roommate rather than your own inter...

Yeah I do go into creative writing mode which has sometimes been a problem lol

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:59 AM

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haha it's fine

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 2:59 AM

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dim wagon REALLY strong conclusion

Thankyou!!!!!!!

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 2:59 AM

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it stands out in a good way

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:00 AM

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My last sentence low-key cringe but whatevs

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 3:01 AM

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nah i like it

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Are Stanford interviews in person

deft epoch Jan 8, 2023, 3:26 AM

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past jay

damn my letter was so informal lol

wind ridge Jan 8, 2023, 3:27 AM

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crystal spade literally the exact thing I wrote about 😂

well fuck💀

tough anchor Jan 8, 2023, 3:33 AM

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dim wagon first one made me very uncomfortable 😂 Second one one was good, but I do thin...

lmfao really 😭 it's kinda ironic though because i got the most help with the first one

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well too late i already submitted so hope the AO likes it ig coolcry

modest ingot Jan 8, 2023, 3:46 AM

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hello my harvard of the west people

tough anchor Jan 8, 2023, 3:55 AM

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past jay

omg this is really good! i really love how you ended it

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i love the one where you talk about worship in one of the short essay questions, you make it very powerful in such a limited amount of space

umbral flame Jan 8, 2023, 3:58 AM

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have emails with portal info been sent out yet?

serene night Jan 8, 2023, 3:58 AM

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Yes

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But as long as you submitted your app on time, you're def gonna get your portal soon

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dw :)

umbral flame Jan 8, 2023, 4:02 AM

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i didn’t apply, but i’m looking for a pdf of what the confirmation email with the portal info (with all personal info blacked out) looks like

tough anchor Jan 8, 2023, 4:03 AM

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you'll get an email titled Your Stanford Application

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i would send a pic but im lowkey lazy to block all my personal info out

serene night Jan 8, 2023, 4:04 AM

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yeah, too much work

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lol

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 4:06 AM

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Dear Kushagra,

This email confirms we have received your 2023 Regular Decision application to Stanford!

The next step is to use the information below to log in to your Stanford portal, which is where you can check the receipt of required materials, update your application, and view your decision letter once decisions are released.

It takes time for materials to be matched to your application. Therefore, do not worry or contact the admission office if materials show as "Awaiting" and you know they have been sent. This is perfectly okay, even if it is past the deadline.

Please just log in to your portal regularly and continue to monitor your checklist. Once we process all materials, we will contact you if you are still missing a required material.

If you have questions regarding your submitted application, please review the information on our After Submitting Your Application page.

Thank you for applying to Stanford. We look forward to reviewing your application!

Best,

Mike Devlin
Director of Admission

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 4:06 AM

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umbral flame i didn’t apply, but i’m looking for a pdf of what the confirmation email with th...

hope it helps

umbral flame Jan 8, 2023, 4:07 AM

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hybrid beacon hope it helps

godsend thanks.

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:07 AM

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shoutouts mike

tardy blaze Jan 8, 2023, 4:08 AM

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is it possible to change our financial aid status after we've applied (aid to no aid)

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 4:09 AM

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mellow sentinel shoutouts mike

just curious, how are you ed kids going for rd? (not mad, just asking cuz ed was binding, also congrats)

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:09 AM

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what

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 4:09 AM

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mellow sentinel what

you got into dartmouth right?

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:09 AM

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no i got into stanford

serene night Jan 8, 2023, 4:09 AM

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the farm

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 4:09 AM

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oh fuck im dumb

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 4:10 AM

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mellow sentinel no i got into stanford

nvm sorry

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:10 AM

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catstand im not tryna go into the middle of the forest, ed to dartmouth is for the brave souls

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 4:10 AM

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yea, its so damn green, i saw a tree in your username and immediately though of dartmouth

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congrats on stanford tho

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:10 AM

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stanford's mascot is a tree lol

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 4:11 AM

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yeah, ik, just slipped my mind

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:11 AM

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haha ok

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 4:18 AM

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How does Stanford consider interviews

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Are they evaluative?

hybrid shadow Jan 8, 2023, 4:21 AM

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yes

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but at the end of the day, we all know Stanford doesn't exist

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so lets move on with our lives

terse notch Jan 8, 2023, 4:25 AM

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hybrid shadow but at the end of the day, we all know Stanford doesn't exist

Lmao

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 4:26 AM

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Maybe it only exists in my frame of mind

fair aspen Jan 8, 2023, 4:26 AM

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XD

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 4:26 AM

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That would also mean you guys only exist in my frame of mind

wind ridge Jan 8, 2023, 4:27 AM

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hybrid shadow but at the end of the day, we all know Stanford doesn't exist

this this this

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Stanford doesn’t exist it’s just a random farm in Ohio

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:37 AM

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dim wagon Are they evaluative?

yes, honestly so up in the air

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u can get a great interviewer or an old head lol

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 4:39 AM

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tbh , i just need an interview to patch any holes left by my essays 💀 i've had pretty liberal interviewers from other schools so far so I'm hoping that doesn't change

subtle forge Jan 8, 2023, 4:39 AM

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i’ve had no interviews so far so

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one would be nice 🤷‍♀️

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:40 AM

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i had a pretty chill guy

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our convo lasted over an hour lol

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 4:41 AM

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Yess love the interviewers that actually converse

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 4:45 AM

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tough anchor i love the one where you talk about worship in one of the short essay questions,...

Thank you! I appreciate it :-)

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 4:46 AM

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tough anchor lmfao really 😭 it's kinda ironic though because i got the most help with the fi...

My personal thought :-)

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 4:46 AM

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past jay I think they were defo honest but I’m sure you have a lot more things that you m...

vv true something to keep in mind

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 4:56 AM

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does stannie look at midyear reports

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:56 AM

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dim wagon Yess love the interviewers that actually converse

ya fr

heavy tapir Jan 8, 2023, 4:56 AM

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azure wren does stannie look at midyear reports

Think so

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:56 AM

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it was some chill guy from san fran, wasnt even a local alumni

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 4:57 AM

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then where is it

Screenshot_2023-01-07_at_11.57.07_PM.png

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lol

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:57 AM

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i dont think they look at it until u get accepted

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spinthink maybe wrong tho

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 4:57 AM

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OMG GOOD

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I LOVE STANFORD

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lets hope it loves me

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:57 AM

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lool

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 4:58 AM

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this college process is like dating

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lmfaoo

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:58 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/shoot-your-shot-hey-basketball-gif-7494594

Tenor

shoot your shot

▶ Play video

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me on nov 1

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 4:58 AM

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guys should i update my app for course schedule change once i get it for the new semester?

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to show im still taking rigorous classes n whatnot

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 4:59 AM

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mellow sentinel me on nov 1

wish it was me too

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but i was an idiot

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 4:59 AM

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azure wren guys should i update my app for course schedule change once i get it for the new...

catstand did u not report it on the common app

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 5:00 AM

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yeah i did

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but im dual enrolled at a college

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so i get new schedule for the spring semester

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the ones i reported are my fall semester courses

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 5:00 AM

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spinthink i mean if there is a change, id report

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 5:01 AM

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alrighty

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and stanford doest look at freshmen grds

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woooo

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i need to recalculate my gpa then

mellow sentinel Jan 8, 2023, 5:01 AM

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didnt know that

fallen slate Jan 8, 2023, 5:08 AM

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azure wren and stanford doest look at freshmen grds

Fr?

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Wonderful

fair aspen Jan 8, 2023, 7:16 AM

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fallen slate Wonderful

That's awesome

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 7:42 AM

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Y'all don't think the essay sharing here is becoming a bit over the bar. I mean it's cool but it might make some applicants insecure and anxious 💀💀 just saying

wind ridge Jan 8, 2023, 7:43 AM

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💀💀

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Valid point imo

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maybe a risk of someone using your essays for another college as well

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id suggest sharing essays via DMs

dim wagon Jan 8, 2023, 7:44 AM

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fr... you're right

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 9:31 AM

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i just discovered stanford fleet singers and omg they align so much with my ECs
I would've talked about it in the why stanford instead of a random stem club I partly liked, too bad i submitted already coolcry

fair aspen Jan 8, 2023, 10:05 AM

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XDxD

fair aspen Jan 8, 2023, 1:20 PM

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Just followed Stanford on Linkedin

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hope this shows my commitment to the college and gets me in

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 1:33 PM

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for my stanford IV essay i wrote about an idea i had for protein folding

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then tied it to potential societal impacts, what i did to explore/research, then tied it to stanford's options

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hopefully they like me 😭

fair aspen Jan 8, 2023, 1:38 PM

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They will man

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Dw abt it

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 2:52 PM

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fallen slate Fr?

Yup i found out in freshmen year when i wasnt doing too well in math

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Lmfaooo

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Thats when it became my dream school fr

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 2:52 PM

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sonic silo then tied it to potential societal impacts, what i did to explore/research, then...

Wait were we supposed to connect to stanford

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😭😭

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I jst talked about the reason i got into cancer research

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N like how cool new cancer therapies r

wind ridge Jan 8, 2023, 3:15 PM

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azure wren Wait were we supposed to connect to stanford

nah I don’t think so

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I’ve read essays of some accepted students and they didn’t connect it

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Even I didn’t connect mine to Stanford

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You’re fine

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:18 PM

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😭

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:18 PM

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wind ridge nah I don’t think so

Thank god😭😭

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I dont think i mention stanford once other than the

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Looking forward to experiencing one

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:20 PM

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azure wren Wait were we supposed to connect to stanford

nah it's not mandatory at all

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and it was just a small part at the end for me

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:20 PM

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😭ok good good

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Man i was struggling w the word count

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:20 PM

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damn

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too much to say or too little

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:20 PM

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Too much

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😞

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:21 PM

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honestly fairs haha

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:21 PM

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But its okay i got to say what i wanted to

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And showed as much of me as possible

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:21 PM

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the two stages of college essay grief:
(1) oh my goodness this is so long how am i gonna fill it up
(2) AAAAAAAAAARGH NOWHERE NEAR LONG ENOUGH GOTTA TRIM

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:21 PM

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The stanford apps were the funner ones

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:21 PM

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sonic silo the two stages of college essay grief: (1) oh my goodness this is so long how am...

YES

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😭😭

wind ridge Jan 8, 2023, 3:21 PM

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sonic silo the two stages of college essay grief: (1) oh my goodness this is so long how am...

no fr same😭

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:21 PM

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I WAS LIKE 250 + 250 + 250

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ITS JST TOO MUCH

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and then i did too much

wind ridge Jan 8, 2023, 3:22 PM

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My first CA draft was like 950 words😭

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:22 PM

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😣

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Nah now thats too much

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😭

wind ridge Jan 8, 2023, 3:22 PM

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took me a solid week to cut down

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and then do so many more drafts

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:22 PM

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I did my app in a day

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😭😭

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Yo please

wind ridge Jan 8, 2023, 3:22 PM

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oh

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:22 PM

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my harvard ones took weeks to do

wind ridge Jan 8, 2023, 3:22 PM

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💀

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You a speed runner

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:22 PM

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Like in 6 hrs

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THATS RIGHT

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:22 PM

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bc i'm an int'l and the uk system is completely different so i had noooo idea how to write

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but after that i really got into the flow

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:22 PM

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AND ITS FUNNY

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CUZ ITS MY DREAM SCHOOL

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:23 PM

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sonic silo bc i'm an int'l and the uk system is completely different so i had noooo idea ho...

UK

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Ooo

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No university of oxford typa stuff

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:23 PM

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i did columbia, stanford, MIT-tens, and my other choices in about two days each (one to write, one to edit/trim/polish)

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:23 PM

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sonic silo bc i'm an int'l and the uk system is completely different so i had noooo idea ho...

Same omgggg the writing is what got me at the start it took me months to write my common app

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:23 PM

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azure wren No university of oxford typa stuff

frrr i applied so we'll see

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:23 PM

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past jay Same omgggg the writing is what got me at the start it took me months to write m...

my first one was BORING

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:23 PM

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If u got into stannie and oxford

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What would u choose

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:23 PM

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i showed my american friend and they were like we love you but this sucks

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:23 PM

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AW

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LMFAOOO

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:24 PM

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azure wren What would u choose

i stan stannie so imma be a cali boy 😎

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they were like

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you're nice, your ECs are nice, i'm sure your interview would've gone well

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:24 PM

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sonic silo my first one was BORING

My first essay was so shit omg my advisor was like this is such a depressing style you need to ramp up the American optimism

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:24 PM

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but they'll throw your file out reading the first sentence

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:24 PM

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sonic silo but they'll throw your file out reading the first sentence

Lmaoooo omg

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:24 PM

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nah can't lie i thought that first draft slapped so it hit me 😭

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 3:24 PM

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sonic silo bc i'm an int'l and the uk system is completely different so i had noooo idea ho...

yeah same here
I messed up a good chunk of essays cuz i simply didnt know what I had to do
like for penn's thank you note I wound up writing an essay, often I'd ask chatgpt to write an essay just to see what its about😭

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:24 PM

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I fully wrote like 12 common app essay drafts

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:24 PM

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sonic silo nah can't lie i thought that first draft slapped so it hit me 😭

SAME

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:25 PM

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past jay My first essay was so shit omg my advisor was like this is such a depressing sty...

lmaooo i think my first draft was lowkey a satire on american values hence why they were like ;-; do NOT send this

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:25 PM

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hybrid beacon yeah same here I messed up a good chunk of essays cuz i simply didnt know what I...

lol 😭

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:25 PM

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The way u guys talk abt america is so funny

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😭😭

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:25 PM

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ah, america, the plucky colonies that could

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we're rooting for ya!

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and that one old guy in vermont he's a g

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:26 PM

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sonic silo lmaooo i think my first draft was lowkey a satire on american values hence why t...

I can’t remember what my first one was but I just remember I wrote it like you would write a personal statement and they were like what the fuck is this

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:26 PM

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past jay I can’t remember what my first one was but I just remember I wrote it like you w...

yeah omds sameeeeeee pahaha are you a uk too

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:26 PM

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azure wren The way u guys talk abt america is so funny

How😭

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 3:26 PM

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as a non american person who's seen the insides of the comedy world,
i can confirm that some standup comics here use fox news and cnn for material;

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:27 PM

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sonic silo yeah omds sameeeeeee pahaha are you a uk too

Yeah I’m in London lol - there r a bunch of us on the server

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:27 PM

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ayyy, sweet! i'm from southampton myself

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don't suppose you attend westminster? 👀

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uk gang rise up

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:27 PM

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hybrid beacon as a non american person who's seen the insides of the comedy world, i can conf...

My cousin does standup in LA but like she’s a girl and an immigrant not going aaaaanywhere near Fox News lmao

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:28 PM

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sonic silo don't suppose you attend westminster? 👀

Nah I got rejected for 6th form 💔💔💔

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 3:28 PM

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past jay I can’t remember what my first one was but I just remember I wrote it like you w...

my first one was about how hated the color red, refused to use red pens, used green instead
then in some fictitious incident i had to use red, it had great results now im open to trying red pens
i tried to link it with getting out of one's comfort zone

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:28 PM

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past jay Nah I got rejected for 6th form 💔💔💔

rip but it's okay you're a slay

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which others are you applying for

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:29 PM

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hybrid beacon my first one was about how hated the color red, refused to use red pens, used gr...

OMG I REMMEBER MY FIRST ONE it was a similar theme but I did it that I refused to learn how to read sheet music and just sat at the piano for hours learning songs from YouTube videos or listening to Spotify

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:29 PM

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past jay How😭

I can jst imagine the accents

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😭😭

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:29 PM

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sonic silo rip but it's okay you're a slay

So kind 😍 thank tho

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:29 PM

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American optimism is mostly the white ppl

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😭

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The american dreams and values are a lie

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:29 PM

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bernie is the real american dream

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:30 PM

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And the ppl who rly achieve those r the ppl who r rich and connected

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:30 PM

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and he's still more right than our green party

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:30 PM

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Were all jst pawns in the games of capitalism

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:30 PM

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sonic silo which others are you applying for

Bruhhhh so many: UCLA, SD, SB and berk, then Harvard, Yale, Tulane, NEU, NU. And a few lacs

azure wren Jan 8, 2023, 3:30 PM

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But imma still eat it up

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And go to a pwi school

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😞

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:30 PM

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past jay Bruhhhh so many: UCLA, SD, SB and berk, then Harvard, Yale, Tulane, NEU, NU. And...

sick!! i was gonna do berk but had no time - regretful bc they're awesome - so i'm doing HYPSM + Columbia wooooo

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hopefully i get into one

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:31 PM

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sonic silo and he's still more right than our green party

Our Green Party is almost communist 😭

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:31 PM

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realistically it's one or none icl

hybrid beacon Jan 8, 2023, 3:31 PM

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azure wren I can jst imagine the accents

um yeah, i've been meaning to ask that @past jay or any other brit feel free to chime in
as such a deeply amalgamated and geographically linked cluster of people, how did yall wind up with 88878 accents?

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:31 PM

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sonic silo sick!! i was gonna do berk but had no time - regretful bc they're awesome - so i...

Ayyyy r u applying Uk too? I’m not lol

sonic silo Jan 8, 2023, 3:31 PM

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past jay Our Green Party is almost communist 😭

better than the tories 🙏

past jay Jan 8, 2023, 3:31 PM

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sonic silo better than the tories 🙏

REALLLL