Stanford (2022-2023)

[terse notch]

either way im sure i can transfer to GT so im chilling

math was easier for me

[mortal pecan]

true, in state transfer pathway is so nice

[terse notch]

reading was the worst bc i read slow

[mortal pecan]

dude idk why but i can’t do standardized testing math

and it isn’t because i’m bad at math it’s just i can’t grasp the standardized stuff because that’s not how i learned it

[terse notch]

both english and math scores was low

but my math score was higher

[mortal pecan]

reading sucked for me

[terse notch]

SAME

[mortal pecan]

i was in this weird accel program at a college so we did everything wonky and really rushed

i took alg 2 before hs so i never really remembered half the shit i needed to for the math section

🥴

[terse notch]

damn

thats very nice

im taking ap calc rn 😂

[mortal pecan]

sweet

[terse notch]

hbu

[mortal pecan]

ap calc is nice

[terse notch]

super fun

[mortal pecan]

i finished calc 3 last semester, taking discrete math this sem

[terse notch]

thats amazing

[mortal pecan]

indeed

[terse notch]

when u go to college ur basically gonna be done with math

if u go to harvard u could take math55

[mortal pecan]

yeah i get the credits for it all as well since it’s dual enrollment and i’ve verified it transfers basically everywhere except for ivies

[terse notch]

damn

why dont ivies accept dual

[mortal pecan]

stingy

[terse notch]

lol

[mortal pecan]

also a lot of their classes have analysis mixed in

which is smth most colleges teach separately

[terse notch]

yeah

did u apply EA to any colleges

[mortal pecan]

yeah gatech, harvard, and university of arizona

[terse notch]

did u get in

[mortal pecan]

harvard deferred
uofa $140k merit scholarship + honors college for astro
gatech ea2 comes out friday

[terse notch]

i didn't apply early anywhere

[terse notch]

good luck on harvard and GT

im sure GT will accept u

[mortal pecan]

i shouldn’t have applied harvard rea but my loci was good

[mortal pecan]

i’ve heard calc bc was a prereq lmao

[terse notch]

not true

[mortal pecan]

one of my in state friend’s counselor said that 90% of attendees have taken calc bc

[terse notch]

plenty of gt students got accepted without taking calculus

but i did hear taking calc at GT was not that great

[terse notch]

thats true

[mortal pecan]

it takes 5 years to graduate if you haven’t taken bc

that’s why

[terse notch]

im only taking AB unfortunately my school does not offer BC

[mortal pecan]

yeah i think that’s totally fine tbh

the thing is i don’t have a strong physics background

[terse notch]

yeah plus a lot of GT students take summer classes to graduate on time

especially math

[mortal pecan]

this is the first year my school offered physics

yep

[terse notch]

what physics are u taking

[mortal pecan]

last yr i took a 140 level astrophysics course dual enrollment, this yr i’m taking AP physics 1 (first year offered since pre pandemic) and physics w/ calc dual enrollment

[terse notch]

damn

i only took accelerated physics

[mortal pecan]

i don’t have phys c or e&m or modern or anything

[terse notch]

my school doesnt offer ap

[mortal pecan]

feeder?

[terse notch]

nope

regular public school

[mortal pecan]

ah kk

[terse notch]

lol i wish i went to a feeder

[mortal pecan]

yeah i know there’s schools that say their courses are “better than ap”

💀

[terse notch]

but im also not rich enough to pay tuition

[mortal pecan]

same

[terse notch]

yeah LOL

[mortal pecan]

i go to a public as well

[terse notch]

my public school is not the best

[mortal pecan]

i just got lucky and was able to dual enroll

[terse notch]

not the worst

[mortal pecan]

mine is like the worst in my state lmao

i go to a random title I rural hs

[past jay]

Thanks so much! I know my field pretty well but I’ll brush up on my second option too

[terse notch]

i dual enroll at a technical cc so barely any math related courses like physics and such

[mortal pecan]

omg same

[terse notch]

but also bc my SAT was bad so i couldnt go to another cc with better "top level" courses

[mortal pecan]

i had to beg for discrete

[terse notch]

lmao

i wish i had that problem

[mortal pecan]

we only have a technical cc around here

they were like “we’ll let you take physics w calc but you’re going to have to pay for discrete”

and then i never had to pay

they let me take classes for free

which is nice but i’m def going to have to pay for this class key unless they’re generous enough to pay for me by friday

ok i def have to work on this stupid 25 page proof paper but i’ll be back later

[terse notch]

same i get to take classes for free too

the only top level class i took was principles of chem

it was so hard

[mortal pecan]

perk of being in a low income areas with good grades

[mortal pecan]

sounds hard

[terse notch]

i hate chemistry

but i ended up doing well

[mortal pecan]

my school is rlly wonky in the sense that we’re some random public with like 3 accessible aps and an ib program

[terse notch]

okay bye!

[mortal pecan]

a really half assed ib program

[terse notch]

LOL

ur in the ib program???

[mortal pecan]

yeah i’m going to get so distracted 😭😭

yeah

i’m in ib

😵‍💫

[terse notch]

damn im only doing ap and dual

nothing special

[mortal pecan]

this semester it’s IBDP + AP + dual

[terse notch]

wow are u gonna be val or something

[mortal pecan]

nah. i’m .02 from val

i’m sal

[terse notch]

so sal

[mortal pecan]

yep

[terse notch]

nice im like top 20% of my class 😂

[mortal pecan]

there’s way too much pressure being val/sal tbh i think it’s better to just be in the top quartile

[terse notch]

yeah agreed

[mortal pecan]

there’s no distinguishable difference between top 3 other than ecs

i’ve practically died doing ecs to make myself competitive for t20s

[terse notch]

damn what ec's did u do

bc i live in a poor area my ec's arent that special

[mortal pecan]

same p much

[terse notch]

i think my essays for stanford with probably get me in

this one girl at my school already got in through questbridge

[mortal pecan]

i got lucky so i do educational policy with my state dept of education; creating curriculum and programs and stuff

then i have a few other things like an astro club i made, a few yrs of regional math league awards, ~9y of national piano awards, some volunteer work in stem, and a summer program

[mortal pecan]

nice!

val got into an ivy this yr

proud of him fr but i want that to be me too

[terse notch]

which ivy

[mortal pecan]

i’ve been told my essays are not mid but not insanely good

dartmouth

so hopefully my “pretty good” essays w/ my ecs and course rigor is what gets me in somewhere decent

[terse notch]

you'll get in dont worry

i believe in you

[mortal pecan]

hopefully 😔

still have only had 2 interviews total

[terse notch]

idk if i'll get in lol but as long as i end up at GT im good

i didnt have any interviews lol

[mortal pecan]

nah you got this tbh

[terse notch]

if none of the colleges were test optional id end up at my state school

so i got really lucky

[mortal pecan]

UGA is still phenomenal, same w/ gt

i have a friend who goes to UGA and loves it

[terse notch]

not UGA

GSU

i forgot UGA was the state school lol

i actually didnt apply to UGA

my parents wanted me to be at home so it was GSU or GT

[mortal pecan]

ohhhh

yeah tbh you still got this

[terse notch]

thank you :)

anyways i dont want to distract you from your work lol

i'll talk to you later

[solid warren]

mine didn’t rly do that

he asked me why Stanford and that’s it

and I replied with specific stuff

[lime igloo]

Hey! Sorry this is a little late. I am also wanting to do astrophysics, and there is actually an astrophysics pathway under physics at Stanford! They also have some other cool ones if you are interested in other fields of physics: https://bulletin.stanford.edu/programs/PHYS-BS

[warm wasp]

dude same my math section dragged down my SAT lol

[dim wagon]

fr, had 740R&W/660M 💀

i wanted to retake but literally nobody would let me

parents said no, counselor said no

worst part is, i missed like 9 math

that should've been a 700 lol but nooooo

[warm wasp]

mood I don't know what questions I got wrong but I'm 100% sure they're all some sort of careless mistakes 💀

[dim wagon]

yup

i noticed i made 3 directly after the test

for example, i forgot how to put in 0 for free response iirc 💀

[warm wasp]

yeah and the craziest part is that I'm doing well in advanced math so uhhhhhh i just can't seem to do simple math for some unknown reason

[warm wasp]

💀

[dim wagon]

fr like i literally jumped from AB to BC just now, it's not like i'm stupid in math

there's not a day that goes by where i don't wonder how much better off i would be if i did that retake

probably could've jumped my math to 750ish

[warm wasp]

honestly I don't think I could have done that much better because I'd probably get careless mistakes again, difference is just how many 💀 cos I got 750 lol

I also only took it once so

thinking about my friend who went in w almost no prep and did the same SAT as me and got math 760 like 💀

[dim wagon]

lol

thankfully, my other application aspects are strong without testing but still

[warm wasp]

yeah it's always the what if

[dim wagon]

yup

i irritate my counselor with that a lot

but it's also partially his fault 🙃

[woeful moat]

rip

800 math is so easy

on the other hand, i bomb english

[dim wagon]

lol english was ggs for me

i got a perfect writing score and missed like 7 reading iirc

wanna exchange scores

it'd be the ultimate superscore

[woeful moat]

100%

i took it twice

got 620 reading, 790 math first time. Then 730 reading, 800 math second time

[terse notch]

Omg thank you!

[terse notch]

Yes

[wind ridge]

stand

ford

[heavy turtle]

ok can you help me
bc i got 790 english 730 math on psat
how do you study

[mortal pecan]

on psat? lol

you can’t get a 790 eng

the max is 760

[lost zodiac]

Got interview

[heavy turtle]

adjusted lol
my question still stands, though

[golden hare]

Stanny interview tonight. I applied for econ. What should I know?

[heavy tapir]

Everything

[golden hare]

Well I have about an hour or two to research 😬

[heavy tapir]

Just know why you want to do econ, why stanford, and stuff abt ur school/town, ur leadership, and that kinda stuff

Prepare some good questions to ask

[dim wagon]

how did it go

was about to drop tips but realized it's been 3 hours lol

[heavy tapir]

Drop some for me

Mine is tuesday

[dim wagon]

make sure you have a good interview starter

like something that can effectively lead into the conversation

in most of the interviews i've done, it's a good way to prolong convo and help them know more about you

i think if you have a school uniform, it's a good starter lol

[past jay]

DROP ALL THE TIPS mine is monday (I’ve seen ur ones that you’ve posted and will defo try get a good convo starter but also if any other ones🙏)

Do you think they might ask me about my intended major and ask specific questions in that subject? (Any Earth Systems majors?😅)

[dim wagon]

yup hey certainly will

they'll at least ask you about your interests

the best way to attack it is to talk about it, then ask about theirs and try to make connections

it usually flows into a conversation if successful

[lost sandal]

Is there a way for me to tell the admissions committee that I am doing taking physics C next sem in addition to what I have submitted already?

[past jay]

Oh okay - I didn’t realise that they talk about their interests too

[dim wagon]

perhaps an email?

[golden hare]

Just had a super quick, casual, and friendly interview.

By quick I mean like 40mins

[heavy tapir]

Howd it go

What kinda questions

[golden hare]

Good, I think. Lots of "tell me about yourself"

I'd describe an activity and she'd then ask more questions related to it. I asked her a few questions too

But I didn't have to get super specific about why stanford or anything like that

[silent hinge]

yo guys for stanford deferrals should i just use their deferral form or also send in a LOCI?

i feel like only the deferral form should be fine but ive seen ppl also send in a LOCI

[livid hatch]

I thought LOCI was to get off the waitlist.

[tardy blaze]

interview in 30 🙃

[mellow sentinel]

Gl

[dim wagon]

I pray for a Stanford interview still

Otherwise I may be done i fear😭

[mellow sentinel]

They really don't hold much weight 💀

[dim wagon]

Oh ok☠ ig I'll let it go

I just hope my IV essay wasn't too nasty to them

[solid remnant]

yall are sending locis rly late

i sent mine within a week

idk if it makes a difference

[split atlas]

I need to start mine 💀

[solid warren]

usually if it’s within January it’s fine

[dim wagon]

is it normal to not have gotten an interview?

[solid warren]

yeah if there aren’t any alumni available in your area

they aren’t based on merit or anything it’s just based on availability so it u didn’t get one it’s normal and won’t count against u in any way

[wind ridge]

yeah it's pure availability

don't worry about ot

[stray anvil]

my interviewer said if i do get admitted he would know immediately…did anyone else’s say this? does that mean on decision release date or earlier?

[sonic silo]

i think it means on decision day

a lot of colleges let your interviewer know if you got in on decision day so that they can congratulate you

[stray anvil]

ah ok thanks!

is there a place to upload updates like pdfs? Or do we have to write them out

[shell rapids]

my interviewer said the same thing! he also said there is an alumni/offer holder day where he would talk to me again about the whole process

[dim wagon]

Getting no emails nor interview request... Feeling do down and anxious rn 😔

[stray anvil]

Nah im not getting my hopes up, just curious cus none of my other interviewers mentioned it before

[lost zodiac]

Real

[mellow sentinel]

Does Stanford even care about loci

[terse notch]

where do u send it to

is there an email or in the admissions portal?

just wondering

[solid remnant]

email ur local admissions rep

[terse notch]

oh okay thanks

[past jay]

Any last minute interview tips? 😅 mine is tomorrow morning

[heavy tapir]

Give em a big smoochy sloppy kiss

[lost zodiac]

CAID is common app number

[past jay]

Based will do x

[past jay]

Guys that was so roughhhh

[heavy tapir]

What happened

What questions did they ask

[terse notch]

damn i still havent gotten an interview

i guess i wont get one

[heavy tapir]

Im pretty sure most schools do them until like late-mid february

So u still have a good chance

[terse notch]

okay thanks!

[past jay]

Very generic questions, mainly surrounding my ECs, what I bring to campus why I’m applying, nothing too bad. He went into my ECs a lot (one of mine is reforming holocaust education at my school) and he asked me ‘if I could wave a magic wand what would I change about educating about the holocaust’

So I replied starting with a sentence/thought filler by saying “this is a difficult question” and I was abt to phrase my reply but he butted in and said “well ur applying to Stanford”

Like…. mf I know

[dim wagon]

. . .

Now why would he interrupt you-

[past jay]

It was so mad I was acc shocked and was like… I know haha

[past jay]

It was honestly so awkward

[fair aspen]

Tf kind of question is that

[gaunt minnow]

stanmid

😼

[past jay]

It was an interesting one for the topic but like his reaction to my response…. Like bro I’m 17 what do u want from me😭

[fair aspen]

Fr man

[junior elk]

Yea wth, at least you completed the interview, and that is good!

[faint fossil]

What would be the ideal response to that out of curiosity?

[deep wren]

Bro I told my stanford interviewer I was in a production of Hamlet and he said "i heard it's a great musical" 💀

ik he was mixing it up with hamilton but bro

[fair aspen]

😭

Shakespeare would prolly find it funny tbh

[tardy kettle]

https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/568243453206913024

Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)

Lady rolls down her car window at 181st street
"congrats on HAMLET!"
Me: "I WISH I wrote Hamlet!"
Lady: "Yay HAMLET!"
drives away
#myday

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[azure wren]

stop

LMFAO

WAHT

😭

IM SO SCARED NOW

OMG

[past jay]

To the question? I replied that I would wish that all people believe that it happened, and then worked off how not-believing it is a root of a lack of openness to education, etc

[azure wren]

does anyone have any tips

im so scared lmfaoo

[mellow sentinel]

Ain't a big deal fr

[azure wren]

bruh u alr got in

easy for u to say😭

[terse notch]

you got an interview???

i still havent gotten one yet

[serene night]

They’re still rolling out so don’t worry :)

[mellow sentinel]

[golden hare]

If I don’t get in Stanford imma just go to (UConn) Stamford

If I say it quickly no one will know. And I can just wear Stanford merch

[dim wagon]

Just had my interview 😃

[crystal fox]

nice

[dim wagon]

went poorly :D

[deft epoch]

big brains

[fallen slate]

I got mine tmrw

[terse notch]

Why what happened

[dim wagon]

He was like "so what are you looking for in your college exp" and I said "stanford's study abroad and stanford in washington programs"

then he said "what in particular about stanford interests you beyond those things"

and i had no clue how to respond 💀 i was like "well community not quite, and not the intellectual stuff either, but rather blah blah blah"

something super random

he was super nice for the most part but he did catch me off guard with "tell me five words that describe you" and I said "inquisitive, ambitious, growth-mindset, curious" and something else... and it took me like a whole minute to say something

[grizzled pecan]

five words that describe you was a previous stanford supp

[dim wagon]

yeahhhhh

i didn't even say "quirky" or "humorous" even though I have a ton of dad jokes to share

literally ask me for a joke and i got one somewhere

[fallen slate]

I hate these questions bro

the words to describe are so annoying

[terse notch]

It’s okay I’m sure the interviewer thought you did great

[dim wagon]

yeahhhhh

he like sighed sometimes lol

😂

and then other times he smiled

but you could tell when he didn't like my response

[terse notch]

Fr bc I don’t even know about myself 💀

[terse notch]

Oh no 😭😭😭

[dim wagon]

I could tell he was genuinely impressed with some of my answers and somewhat bored at other times

And he left 15 minutes for questions abt stanford at the end thank goodness i prepared a half dozen questions 💀

[tulip bolt]

I hate the 5 word thing

Like idfk either way I sound self deprecating or egotistical

[terse notch]

What else did he ask

[tulip bolt]

what questions did you ask

I never know what to ask them lmao

[terse notch]

^yeah

[grizzled pecan]

I remember reading somewhere like 2 years ago that an admitted bio major answered this question by "careful collection of compassionate cells" which I thought was a great answer lol

[terse notch]

YeAHH that’s a great answer

[dim wagon]

1. What extracurriculars did you enjoy doing most? (he said ceramics)
2. Is there anything you wish you could have done more during your experience? (he spent like a whole five minutes answering this one)
3. did you do research or study abroad? what was it like doing it at stanford (we talked more about his son for this and he LOVED that I wanted to travel to Spain -> so i asked more specific qs here)
4. What is your top recommendation for a balanced stanford life, especially in your first-year

[tulip bolt]

I like that

I need to figure out a physics version of that

[tulip bolt]

THANK YOUUUU

bro I don’t even have an interview at any college why do I act like I need to think about this LMFAO

[grizzled pecan]

I haven't had any interviews yet and was getting worried and thankfully princeton clutched up and sent me an email 2 days ago 🙏

[dim wagon]

Who do you see yourself becoming in 5-6 years?
What do you enjoy doing outside of school?
What is the biggest thing you've learned about yourself from the past four years?
What class do you feel you've grown the most and why? Was there a teacher that was inspirational or empowering?
How have you changed in the past four years?
What do you want most from your college experience?
What about Stanford, and not any other school, in particular are you excited for the most?
What are your interested majors?

And then he asked how many schools I applied to, and I said "a few, not many" (even though I am applying to 17 lol) and he said "oh good thank goodness you're not like many others who apply to 10-12" and i was like "hehehe "

[grizzled pecan]

LMFAO

[terse notch]

Same lol

[grizzled pecan]

[terse notch]

LOL

17 😭😭💀

I applied to 8

[grizzled pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/the-shield-vic-mackey-shotgun-shots-fired-fxnetworks-gif-14172041

POV doggo playing to colleges

[dim wagon]

yeah I said "oh, a few in-state like the University of Washington, and a couple sparse ones in the east coast like columbia and upenn"

little did he know i meant "a few" as more than 15 💀

he was like "good job applying to only 7 schools or so" and i was like, "thanks erm"

😂

[grizzled pecan]

"just some random schools in the east, I think their names are like harvard yale and prince-something"

[dim wagon]

😂

[soft stirrup]

Ngl interviewers who think 10-12 are a lot are so stuck in the past

[dim wagon]

v v true because now it's just so so competitive

[tulip bolt]

“Oh just a little school near Boston yk”

[soft stirrup]

If you genuinely want to break into a good school 20+ isn’t even unreasonable

Ye

[terse notch]

I would’ve been like “oh I only applied to state schools and Stanford bc it’s my dream” or something like that

Acting like Stanford is the only elite school I applied to

[dim wagon]

Well he like inserted that question in right before we left the call

He was like "oh btw before i forget"

[terse notch]

Oh it was on zoom?

[dim wagon]

It was on FaceTime

[tulip bolt]

LMFAO

[terse notch]

That’s way better than zoom

Zoom can be slow

[dim wagon]

yeah cause he didn't have zoom and my device doesn't support microsoft teams

LOL I spent so much time perfecting the lighting JUST to realize my device doesn't support microsoft teams 😂

easily 20 minutes playing around with like 3 different lights adjusting them to perfectly shine on my face

[grizzled pecan]

"I applied to 30 colleges. 20 of them are taken straight from the first 20 in the USNWR Rankings. I wrote all the supplementals for your alma mater the day of the deadline, and am only applying so I can tell other people I go here and so my instagram profile looks blingy."

[dim wagon]

💀

yeah the first part of my interview was great then it just... tanked as he got microspecific with stanford qs

[terse notch]

LOL

If I ever get an interview I’d be scared if they ask about my major STS

[dim wagon]

plus there's no chance imma get in anyways, there's literally always 20 students who apply from our school every year

[solid warren]

Fuck stanford my interview was ass

[tulip bolt]

Bro if I got asked about my major I think I’d die

[terse notch]

Lol Fr

What’s your major

[tulip bolt]

Like I love physics and all but if the mf knows more than me he will see I don’t really know that much

[solid warren]

They didn’t have business major so I chose like..the weirdest major

But maybe that’ll help me 😍

[tulip bolt]

Idk why I applied for physics at every schooo

[dim wagon]

bro i was talking about data science so so much, then he was like "what's ur interested major" and i was like "sociology or econ" and he was like "why not statistics bruh" and i was like 🤡 "WELL SIR i wanna get a master's in statistics (totally no lol) and before i do that i wanna understand humans better" (which in context actually sounds really good) and he was like "oh that makes so much sense wow"

[terse notch]

Ohh physics is nice

[solid warren]

I chose a major that made sense kind of with my ECs

But also just

[dim wagon]

same

[solid warren]

Was not very popular

[terse notch]

LMAO

[solid warren]

I wish they had business major

[tulip bolt]

I have 0 physics ECs

They’re all med

[terse notch]

I thought they did??

[solid warren]

Which did u choose

[solid warren]

Nah they don’t

[dim wagon]

well i said maybe one of those and he was like "v v interesting"

[terse notch]

Same if I get in I’m switching to cs so fast bruh

[dim wagon]

he would always be like "oh that's a great answer" or just be like "erm well"

💀

And he'd say that to my face

😃

[terse notch]

LOL

[dim wagon]

so thankfully i knew how i was doing at any given moment

[solid warren]

what major did u pick on common app @dim wagon

[dim wagon]

he'd literally say "wow that's a great answer" or be like "um okay well uh just curious... [insert next question]"

[grizzled pecan]

stanford watching their cs major population peculiarly triple in size immediately after the beginning of freshman year classes

[dim wagon]

i said econ and "xx in society"

forgot the xx part

[tulip bolt]

LMFAO

[solid warren]

Valid. I think I’d keep my major tho it looks interesting enough

[solid warren]

Omg I did that too

Ethics in society

[dim wagon]

bro my interviewer literally said "thank goodness you don't want to be a cs nerd"

[solid warren]

That was what I put

[dim wagon]

yesssss

[tulip bolt]

I did not know you could apply as random majors and switch easily

[dim wagon]

ethics

that is so so funny

[tulip bolt]

I didn’t want to get fucked and be stuck as a classics major so

[terse notch]

Right I watched a yt vid of this girl who applied for Asian studies and switched to cs

[lost zodiac]

I don’t think Stanford cares about major

[tulip bolt]

good I have 0 physics ECs

like holy shit

[terse notch]

Yeah that’s what I heard

[grizzled pecan]

I think it's just how it flows w the rest of your app

[solid warren]

Not much but it’s still considered for interest

[grizzled pecan]

tells a story

[dim wagon]

they do in the final selection ***

don't want 70% of kids being cs

[lost zodiac]

Well, of course

[dim wagon]

😂

mb

[tulip bolt]

I think all of my schools are like “why is this mf talking about changing legislature up in her app if she’s a physics major”

[lost zodiac]

All colleges do that tho

[dim wagon]

💀

[tulip bolt]

I would be a great polisci applicant ngl

[grizzled pecan]

Applies as an ETHICS major
Immediately switches to CS upon entering when admitted
💀 💀 💀

[tulip bolt]

but I don’t want to do polisci

[dim wagon]

my interviewer literally like "why are you interested in econ if you literally have 0 previous experiences having to do with it"

[terse notch]

My major is science tech and society I might double major in it since I genuinely like it.

[tulip bolt]

Nah fr

[lost zodiac]

That’s not good

[terse notch]

If I get in ofc

[tulip bolt]

Ok I have 0 physics experience other than taking app1

[dim wagon]

i answered well cause he was like "oh that makes so much sense" after i responded

[lost zodiac]

Aren’t Stanford interviewers actually trained

[tulip bolt]

I still want to major in it

[dim wagon]

so 🙏

[solid warren]

Bruh I didn’t realize this mant applied as ethics in society majors 💀 scaring me

[dim wagon]

yeah thankfully mine was older though

he's like 62

[terse notch]

I wanted to major in astrophysics for a while

[tulip bolt]

Everyone has the same plan as you

[tulip bolt]

I do not like astrophysics

[solid warren]

Well I don’t plan on changing my major lolllll

[terse notch]

Why it’s so interesting

[solid warren]

I’m actually interested in it

[lost zodiac]

I heard interviews are for verifying ECs and interest cuz u can’t really lie in a conversion

[solid warren]

Bruh mine didn’t even ask ab my ECs

[dim wagon]

interesting, well thankfully i said everything truthfully ✨

[tulip bolt]

But I do think it is a little funny that when ppl discover like super far planets and stars and shit they probably don’t exist anymore bc they’re millions to billions of light years away so you don’t see its current state

[solid warren]

He was seven minutes late and asked about my family and why I moved and then what I would do with a million dollars and then asked me why Stanford

[dim wagon]

bruh mine asked about my ECs for literally 3/4 the time

[lost zodiac]

I had a really good personal connection with my guy

[tulip bolt]

Imagine discovering a star and that shit actually doesn’t exist you’re just looking millions of years into the past

[solid warren]

Lucky. I did take the opportunity to get it all in at the end bc he asked “is there anything you wished I had asked”

[dim wagon]

mine too i mentioned how i wanted to study abroad at spain and my interviewer just went off about his incredible trip and he was like "if anything, go to spain as soon as you can"

[solid warren]

And I was like “yeah… I wish u asked about my extracurriculars…”

[tulip bolt]

I would buy a Bugatti /j

[dim wagon]

yeah that's why i always mention extracurriculars in the "tell me about yourself" so that becomes the starting point of the convo

[solid warren]

I LITERALLY DID THAT

HE STILL DIDNT CONTINUE

[dim wagon]

😭

[grizzled pecan]

seriously spain is awesome. I've been there as well

[solid warren]

so annoying

He was an awful interviewer

We didn’t even click in any sense he was a literal bio major

[dim wagon]

never been there 😭 it's on my bucket list

[tulip bolt]

I want an interview I’m so good with interviewers

[dim wagon]

how old was he

[grizzled pecan]

if only I got one

[tulip bolt]

like ong I match their personality and they think I am them

doesn’t work well if they hate themselves though

[dim wagon]

i just try to treat the interviewer like a friend that i want to share my entire life story with *(condensed)

[grizzled pecan]

I just kiss them

[dim wagon]

...

ok bru

[tulip bolt]

me when the AO asked for my phone number

I got in so it worked fr

[grizzled pecan]

me when the AO compliments my feet and asks how I take care of them!

(A2C edition)

do yall remember that post

💀

[tulip bolt]

Yes lmfao

[solid warren]

Like 50

[dim wagon]

ope

yeah i feel like the 40-50 year olds don't really care

then the 60 year olds are sweethearts

[solid warren]

I asked him what clubs he did he goes

[dim wagon]

and everyone younger than 40 is just v over the top

[solid warren]

“Nothing.”

[dim wagon]

💀

research?

[solid warren]

“I was just in the lab most of the time”

Ya

[dim wagon]

ahhh...

i'd be like 'OH MY GOSH WHAT RESEARCH DID YOU DO'

try and hype him up a lili bit

seem "genuinely curious"

even though you don't care

that's soo cool i'm so excited to do research too omg omg omg omg

start doing cartwheels on the cam

[grizzled pecan]

that reminds me of a prof I met at pton, he was so sweet and told me what the best places where go to was if I was touring campus, and he said he lives in the lab lol

he was like a grandpa lol

[grizzled pecan]

what da hell 💀

[dim wagon]

*not really lol

[wind ridge]

bruh how’d y’all have such thorough interviews lmao

my inyerviewer was so chill

asked all basic qs

and just wanted to know more about me actually

[south sonnet]

no stanford interview yet and im in the bay ! im fucked right

[lost zodiac]

or autoadmit

[south sonnet]

ds/cs applicant >_<

1x grad school legacy but that's like nothing right

[lost zodiac]

it is

stanford counts grad as legacy

[south sonnet]

is no interview a bad sign tho 😭

[heavy tapir]

Nj

No

Its only on availability

[fallen slate]

got my interview today

wish me luck ya'll

[terse notch]

good luck!

[sonic silo]

gl!

[novel sonnet]

good luck! 🙂

[serene night]

gl!

[fallen slate]

Went very well

[serene night]

Yay! Awesome job :)

[junior elk]

Hello yall, for the Stanford self-guided tours on the weekends, what are the available times we can go? We can go anytime right?

[dim wagon]

Yeah you could essentially go at any time, but it might be helpful to try and find someone that you know or someone else who goes there that can take you to the coolest places. I had a Stanford senior last year who is a family friend who spent 2 hours walking with our entire family through campus, it was really nice.

Went everywhere including using the underground tunnels.

[junior elk]

Ahh so 3pm-5pm should work? I am going with someone else who is also a senior in high school but not someone who is at Stanford

We can use the campus map and virtual 360 tour I guess if I can't find anyone who is at Stanford

[dim wagon]

Yeah you could go essentially any time

[junior elk]

Ye!

do you know if they give free merch? 😂

[dim wagon]

uh no

hahahaha

[deft epoch]

i wish, they didnt even give me a bag 😂

[deft epoch]

damn i didn't even know there were underground tunnels

such a beautiful campus tho, can't get over how nice it looks

[dim wagon]

There are many lol

The Allen building was by far the coolest

[deft epoch]

i did end up going to checkout the first server that was created for google

that was pretty cool

after the tour finished i was like i might as well I came all the way here

[junior elk]

😂 So you had to purchase the merch at Bookstore then

[deft epoch]

Who said i purchased merch 😅

Im not about to drop $$ on sweatshirts unless i got in, never understood why ppl be buying so many different college shirts

Me personally id not wear them if i got rejected

😂

[runic dome]

did my interview today

almost wish more colleges sent me interview requests now it was so great

[clear copper]

i sitll wont get in w that interview

😔

[wind ridge]

lmfao my interviewer straight up said

that the interview won't have any bearing on my admission

i don't believe him fully ofc but yea it's extremely minor for stanford

[fair aspen]

XD

[sacred lion]

It just depends

Interview can be important, but for most people it doesn't contribute anything

[fair aspen]

Tbf a good interview doesnt have much of a bearing on the admissions

but if the interview goes terribly it would have a decent effect

[sacred lion]

for these schools a very good interview can bring your application up from the borderline

[serene night]

Just had my in-person interview! I think it went rly well

He was planning on a 45 min convo but we ended up nerding out about mechanical/aerospace engineering, mechatronics plus material science, and martial arts plus club sports for a good hour and 35 minutes 🥴

He asked me some rly hard upper level engineering questions but it all went pretty well

[split atlas]

That sounds very positive

[serene night]

Yeah I’m so happy about how it went

Rly hoping for Stanford 👀

[glass surge]

Bro what

[serene night]

He asked me how ice detection works on planes

[split atlas]

Ye me too. I got deferred rea so hoping rd pulls through

[serene night]

Plus the design and functional differences between the three main engine distinctions in Mach

Like scram, hypersonic, etc.

We talked a lot about vortex shedding

Robotics

Making iron man suits 🥴

Etc.

[serene night]

Best of luck!

[split atlas]

You as well! I have a feeling we’re both getting in 💪😎

[serene night]

Yesss

We got this 😎

[sonic silo]

lowkey scared as a uk applicant that i haven't had an interview req yet

[glass surge]

you're fine. it's mostly based on whos near u

i havent gotten one yet and im usa

[sonic silo]

i'm only an hour away from london 😭

consoling myself with the classic "it's okay they're all busy doing tech stuff in california"

hopefully we get ones soon

though equally ik some peeps got in last year without interviews? which sounded wild

[heavy tapir]

Getting in without interviews is very common

[past jay]

My one was virtual btw so I don’t think it’s on location but then the guy who interviewed me had a kid who went to my literal next door neighbour school

[sonic silo]

oh pls lord let it beeeeeee

[sonic silo]

Oh fairs, I wonder if they live in the UK then! Is your school boarding?

[past jay]

Noo I’m at a day in london so yeah he was defo living in london but I think he was actually Italian? He didn’t sound british at all

[terse notch]

same

[clear copper]

dw its not like british schools in terms of interviews

[placid obsidian]

Any intls got interviews?

[tardy blaze]

yes some internationals did get interviews

[wind ridge]

yes

but it's completely availability based fr

so dont stress it

[placid obsidian]

kewll

[junior plinth]

Yeah i think stanford its completely random for intls

[frosty bear]

i recently got an email asking for an interview
for those of you here who have had an interview, do you have any tips? (this would be my first ever interview)
also, what kind of questions are generally asked?

[heavy tapir]

It’s completely random for everyone

[heavy tapir]

Be ready to talk abt ecs, major, what makes u unique, have specific things u want to talk abt

Have a why Stanford answer ready

[frosty bear]

alright, thanks
i'll make sure to have those ready

[heavy tapir]

Also have some questions ready for them

And be ready to explain ur answers in depth

[frosty bear]

alright 👍

thanks a lot :)

[heavy tapir]

Np

[serene night]

Best of luck!

[frosty bear]

thank you :)

[prisma gazelle]

anyone else from new england still not get an interview? 😔

[lost zodiac]

Got

Idk if Stanford is availability based

[prisma gazelle]

oh no...

tfw you know ur an auto reject

😔

[heavy tapir]

Im an auto admit

No cap

[tulip bolt]

iirc it's availability based

if not then shit well idk that sucks for me

[rugged laurel]

Mine only asked like 2 questions, why Stanford and how online schooling differs from physical

it seemed mostly like informational (she told me to ask her whatever questions I had within 10 minutes of interview beginning and she talked a lot about stanford and what it offers etc,)

but I think the interviewer is pretty free to do whatever they want

[frosty bear]

Ah I see, that’s interesting

[rugged laurel]

yeah idk I think they have a large amount of leeway though

so be prepared

[serene night]

I posted how my interview went over here if that helps :)

[serene night]

Definitely

[terse notch]

how do u know

[heavy tapir]

Im just like that tbh

[terse notch]

wish i felt like that 😭

[heavy tapir]

Lmao im just trolling ik im not getting in

[terse notch]

oh lol

who knows maybe you will

[frosty bear]

Alr, thanks for the info, I’ll keep that in mind going in

[frosty bear]

Cool thanks :)

[heavy tapir]

Has stanny sent likelies?

[terse notch]

i think so

thats what someone on reddit said

ik im not getting a likely 🤣

[tulip bolt]

I would sell my soul for a stanny likely ong

[grizzled pecan]

Did u get into UT

[tulip bolt]

capped LMFAOOO

I have been taking Ls this EA season fr

only 2 ppl out of my nearly 700 person class got in for non auto

and it was for COLA

[grizzled pecan]

That’s usually how it is lmfao

Ik some people who got capped from UT and got into HYPSM later

Like if ur not top 6% or really damn close u can p much kiss goodbye to UT unless it’s COLA or some really rare case in STEM

[tulip bolt]

yeah same

[lost sandal]

Could you tell me what’s the name of that Reddit page?

[heavy tapir]

ApplyingToCollege

[terse notch]

i can send u the link

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/10xmrql/harvard_and_stanford_likely_letters_yesterday/

[rough plaza]

is stanford still sending interview requests or are they done with those?

[tardy blaze]

i think on their website they said that they send until mid feb

https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/first-year/interview.html#:~:text=Interview opportunities are offered throughout,address provided in your application.

[rough plaza]

it's almost mid-february, so very unlikely to get interview request now

i guess

[uneven egret]

My interviewer said Feb 27 is deadline for Stanford interviews to be completed

[lost sandal]

Thank you

[dim wagon]

Still haven't received one lol

[terse notch]

same

[sonic silo]

same

[red trail]

same but i think its because i opted for no interview lol

[terse notch]

yeah if u opted for no interview you wont get one

[red trail]

yeahhh

[rancid relic]

i just got one 2 days go for New England

[placid obsidian]

Are stanford interviews out for international? Esp South east asia

[placid obsidian]

mid feb is 14th. could stanny be my valentine?

[terse notch]

Yes

[floral osprey]

my interview was last thurs but then my person asked to reschedule last minute and they never got back to me 😵‍💫

[sick mesa]

Rescheduled to after decision day 💀

[floral osprey]

LMAO 💀

[ember oriole]

Good evening stanford

[dapper urchin]

hi stanford

[deep wren]

whats good stanford

[grizzled pecan]

good night stanford

[fair aspen]

Good afternoon stanford

[grizzled pecan]

international moment

[shut trench]

Friendly reminder that you are required to submit your MidYear Transcript by February 15! Official transcripts must be sent by a school official, preferably through CommonApp. It can also be submitted by school personnel to [email protected].

https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/first-year/forms.html

[terse notch]

@shut trench how do i know that my mid year transcript was sent

it doesnt say anything about it in the portal

[red trail]

oh yeah same

[mellow sentinel]

Common app

[terse notch]

Thank you

[lost zodiac]

Honestly it’s annoying that Mid year doesn’t show on checklist

[sonic silo]

most trifling thing probably but how much would stanford care if i used a similar phrase in two of my short responses

'societal and legislative frameworks' in one, 'legislative and societal response' in another

i'm just bored and nitpicking because i haven't gotten an interview 😔

it took like ten rereads of my essays checking if there was anything especially weird/off-putting/wrong bc i was stressing to find that and i'm lowkey just hoping they don't 💀

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)
for this did you guys talk about an idea/experience of your own or one in the subject in general kinda

[wind ridge]

i made my own unique idea in the subject

it shouldn't be just a general description about the subject afaik

[sonic silo]

ah okay perfect

[lost zodiac]

Personal experience

[ornate bone]

I did this too I think

[ornate bone]

:(( I reread one of my essays and was just like ahh I should’ve reworded that one sentence

[sonic silo]

oops- i guess either way it won't make or break us it's just mildly annoying to ourselves

the AOs themselves probably won't care/notice

[solid warren]

personal experience in a way

I talked about a very unique part of learning I love

[ornate bone]

now I think I did the prompt wrong

I just wrote about a topic/idea that interested me.. 💀

[red trail]

don't worry about it .. everyone's different perspective ig

[mellow sentinel]

That's what your supposed to write about fr

That's what I did, and how I pursued it

[ornate bone]

mm ig but idk if I made it super personal but wtv

[lost zodiac]

As long as it’s academic

[sonic silo]

if it’s okay to share, what did you write about? in general terms if you don’t want to be too specific

[mellow sentinel]

I listed cs for my intended major so I talked about what drew me in etc

[ornate bone]

I did the what is smt meaningful question as a why major kind of

My commonapp is very academic though so I hope that doesn’t hurt me

[mellow sentinel]

My personal statement is not academic at all lol

[lost zodiac]

That’s what it should be

[lost zodiac]

I mean hopefully u shows intellectual vitality in that essay cuz rating depends on that

[ornate bone]

I have no idea what that is ❤️

intellectual vitality =

your passion to

Learn ?

[lost zodiac]

Yea

[hardy dune]

interview was only 23 minutes... ??

[ornate bone]

Damn

[mellow sentinel]

💀💀

[ornate bone]

Yeah I mean that’s what everyone says to do

to not make it academic

But I didn’t really know what else to write

[lost zodiac]

Academic PS is not good

I mean

Surely u have a life right?

[ornate bone]

💀 yeah?

[ornate bone]

Why would they have a prompt for it if they didn’t approve of it though

[lost zodiac]

Then write about something outside of school

[ornate bone]

I mean it’s outside of school but still academic

[lost zodiac]

It’s a personal statement for a reason

Supposed to show character

[ornate bone]

yeah

Those aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive ?

[solid warren]

My common app essay is about pens.

[mellow sentinel]

Lmao

[lost zodiac]

Your whole application is academic

Test scores, grades, even activities

U need to show character

If everything is academic

[ornate bone]

Why does writing about something academic mean it can’t show character 😭

[lost zodiac]

They are going to think ur not going to contribute imo

@ornate bone how many interviews have u gotten

[ornate bone]

2

yale and Princeton

[lost zodiac]

How many applied?

[ornate bone]

uhh

idk how many schools I applied to have interviews

i think only Stanford and 4 ivies (yale Cornell Columbia Princeton)

[lost zodiac]

Oh

Not bad then

[ornate bone]

why

isn’t it based on availability

[lost zodiac]

They say that

Some colleges are clearly availability

But

Can’t be true

[ornate bone]

“Due to limited alumni availability in your particular area, you are invited to interview virtually with a current Yale senior.”

they say limited availability in the email

[ornate bone]

Why would they have an academic prompt as an option then

They’re not gonna set ppl up for failure

[lost zodiac]

Not sure

Ask Common App

[ornate bone]

Or!!! Maybe it’s because they’re fine with an academic prompt!

shocking

[lost zodiac]

Ok

[ornate bone]

Lol

[lost zodiac]

I’d rather use the personal essay to show something important about my character

[mellow sentinel]

sleep until April 1st fr

[lost zodiac]

Real

[ornate bone]

why do you think an academic essay can’t show character

[ornate bone]

Im on an airplane so I can’t sleep actually 😢

[dim wagon]

Academic prompts are obv fine

[ornate bone]

or rather it’s just much harder

[solid warren]

Academic prompts are fine it just depends on how it’s written

[ornate bone]

Well that’s everything

[solid warren]

Any subject can be well executed

Doesn’t matter what it is

The writing matter

Matters

[ornate bone]

what if I wriote a prompt about how I like bullying people and throwing rocks at children

but it was really well written

It’s not academic 🙄

[dim wagon]

Be fr☠

[ornate bone]

💀

[mellow sentinel]

Turn airplane mode on and delete discord

Watch the Super Bowl

[ornate bone]

I am

[neat yew]

think about how much technological jargon they read every day

sometimes about a good story is what they need

[solid warren]

Ya

Idk I wrote mine on pens

Let’s hope it’s a good story!

[neat yew]

id also caution against too much technological jargon because you cant promise that they will understand what ur saying

[shut trench]

My personal statement was read by MIT alums and several faculty at my school, and it was later published on our school's CCRC for future students. I talked about something that a lot of kids deal with, and how I dealt with it myself. They all said it was a very strong and provocative essay (provocative as in, several cried when they read it).

That said, your personal statement doesn't have to be super unique or anything. Just make it "you" (which is so cliche but true).

[lost zodiac]

Yeah

That’s why academic isn’t a good idea

[ornate bone]

U have not addressed why you think academic can’t be personal/demonstrate characteristics

[lost zodiac]

Forget it

[ornate bone]

Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?

[solid warren]

Where do u go

[ornate bone]

That is a literal prompt lmfao

[ornate bone]

💀 okay

[solid warren]

I don’t think op meant it in that sense I think they meant it in the sense where some students use the prompt to talk about classes they’ve taken or something cliche like a time they got a bad grade or underperformed in a class or had trouble with something academic related

Those kinds of essays can be very generic and mundane

[ornate bone]

Does that not apply to everything

Sports injuries aren’t academic but are “cliche”

[solid warren]

Ya that’s why sports injuries are awful essays lol

[shut trench]

I've not been accepted anywhere, but my College Counselor (who, to give credit to, has done his job for 30 years and has helped kids get into every T20 school, with 5+ going to Ivies a year) said that what I'd written was one of the best he's seen in the past few years...

And given that I'd only written the statement in 5 hours (because I was just writing it like I was writing to a friend -- simple language and story), I was pretty surprised.

Decisions come next month, since I'm still a senior.

[ornate bone]

slay William!!!

[shut trench]

Thank you :))

To be honest, I spent like 20+ hours just sitting at my computer staring at a white Google Docs...

Then the epiphany happened, I wrote, and I shared it with several people.

[ornate bone]

I am not worrying too hard about decisions , Umich tuition is a bit pricey but I will just pray on ucs

What major did you apply for

[shut trench]

Yeah I didn't apply to UMich cause they're over priced.

[ornate bone]

Yeah and I’m oos :((

[shut trench]

I applied to Economics, Ethics in Society, Sociology...

[shut trench]

Same here.

[ornate bone]

Wow

I think anything ethics related is really cool

Or rather like

Hard to wrap my head around

same with Econ… it’s hard to think about how others think

[mellow sentinel]

Damn shoutouts all humanities majors

[shut trench]

I applied to different ones depending on the school:

Economics
Sociology
Information Systems/Business
Data Analytics
Systems Engineering

[ornate bone]

Ong I could never

I just did cs everywhere

[shut trench]

Yeah, I applied to Econ to a lot of schools and that is actually my intended major. I don't want to just apply to some random major to try and switch internally.

[ornate bone]

Though I hope to end up doing a comp bio job

we’ll see

[shut trench]

I applied to UPenn Wharton for instance, the most competitive school at UPenn :(( but if I do get in, that means that I actually made it and didn't just try to transfer from some misc major like other kids.

[ornate bone]

upenn has some really hard program I think I forgot the name though

M and t

[ornate bone]

oh that’s so valid

[lost zodiac]

@ornate bone I, personally, believe that an “academic” essay can’t have the impact as a true personal statement

[mellow sentinel]

Lol

[ornate bone]

Though I haven’t heard of anyone actually doing a major switch like that

[shut trench]

That is word

[shut trench]

I haven't either, because I hear it's nearly impossible to transfer.

[ornate bone]

I personally believe that you aren’t addressing my argument at all and are repeating the same thing over and over

[shut trench]

💀

[lost zodiac]

None of us have an argument

[ornate bone]

Why do you think an academic essay can the personal dawg

[ornate bone]

Nah my argument is that u can have both

Ur argument is “no it can’t” 💀

[lost zodiac]

None of us can substantiate our “arguments”

[ornate bone]

I can???

[lost zodiac]

show

Proof

[ornate bone]

because commonapp offers an academic prompt

but uh if u think that they set up that prompt so that people who pick it are at a disadvantage

then idk what to tell you

[dim wagon]

like every topic

[ornate bone]

U also csnt just say one essay is inherently better than another bc if it’s academic or not

They can both be personal

And reveal characteristics

[shut trench]

My friendly opinion is that whatever you write about (academic or not), it should demonstrate something about your character or personality that an AO otherwise wouldn't be able to find from other parts of your application.

[lost zodiac]

It’s just my intuition

[ornate bone]

okay

And my intuition is that urs is wrong

❤️

[shut trench]

I think it may be harder writing about something academic simply because that's demonstrating you as a student, not you as a person.

[ornate bone]

by academic…I’m talking about anything that’s like

[shut trench]

But that's just my two cents.

[ornate bone]

Subject related

[shut trench]

Anyone can take it their own way.

[ornate bone]

not just school

[lost zodiac]

Well yeah

What subject did u write about?

[ornate bone]

just clarifying

machine learning

[lost zodiac]

Yeah

[ornate bone]

Though a more niche application

[lost zodiac]

Machine learning to solve x problem in ur life?

[ornate bone]

no ?

[lost zodiac]

Ok

[shut trench]

My essay was titled "Becoming Extroverted" and my essay was how:

I frankly can't become extroverted, but I can become confident.

So I embrace who I am -- everything I am. And I smile.

[ornate bone]

though I don’t see the problem in that…

[lost zodiac]

I saw an essay like that

[shut trench]

I changed my account so I might have shared it earlier.

I was previously "doggo"

[ornate bone]

doggo

I want a cat

I wrote a short answer on cats

[lost zodiac]

See

That would make a better PS than ML

[ornate bone]

see what

bro

U don’t even know what I wrote

[foggy skiff]

i wrote ab barbies 💀

[shut trench]

Yeah cause I do think for academics, you need to reserve space to talk about the subject at hand, when 100% of it should be about you.

[lost zodiac]

If everything on ur application is academic, I’m gonna assume ur a robot

[shut trench]

Dw for the meaningful short-answer for Stanford, I wrote about planting a hydrangea 😂

In fact, half of my short answers had something to do with plants.

[ornate bone]

okay…??

[foggy skiff]

my stanford essays were not quirky at all

[ornate bone]

I am not a robot but think what u want ig

[shut trench]

Mine weren't quirky either, but I wanted my voice to shine through. So I just answered questions like I was talking to a friend.

[ornate bone]

I wrote about peanut m&ms

[foggy skiff]

like super straightforward which in hindsight was a poor decision bc everyone that gets in writes such weird essays i feel like

[shut trench]

Can I read it 👀

[foggy skiff]

i wrote ab storytelling for the meaningful prompt

[ornate bone]

it’s about cs and healthcare actually lol

so u probably will not enjoy it

[shut trench]

Oh. I didn't even answer the Meaningful prompt explicitly.

[ornate bone]

I did not either

[lost zodiac]

I believe you

[ornate bone]

but my opening and ending

[lost zodiac]

But what matters is what u present

[ornate bone]

Tie back to peanut m&ms

[shut trench]

And I don't recommend doing so.

[ornate bone]

NAHHH BC SAME

[hybrid shadow]

ayy yo i saw that exact same essay before

[shut trench]

I recently changed accounts :)

[ornate bone]

I was in Hawaii when I was doing my Stanford essays 😭

[hybrid shadow]

oh ok

[shut trench]

As I read it again now, I don't think it's that good tbh :\

[hybrid shadow]

In my personal statement, I talked about my excessive ambition and arrogance and how I overcame that. I connected the journey to my passion project, Macbeth in English class, constant comparison of my achievements to others, teaching others, and a hook metaphor that I come back to at the end.

[lost zodiac]

I think intellectual essay is the most important one

[ornate bone]

The view was so nice

[ornate bone]

I didn’t read it super closely but I liked it and I can tell why hydrangeas are important to you

which is all u need

Ofc I can’t interpret it in the context of ur overall app

But for what it’s worth I think it was well written

[shut trench]

There are a lot of references to other parts of my application, so you did read it out of context ;)

But thank you haha

[ornate bone]

Is that the first one

I thought essays are all equally impt

[lost sandal]

I agree

[mellow sentinel]

I've heard the same

[heavy tapir]

Intellectual vitality is very important at stanford

[lost zodiac]

Given a rating

[heavy tapir]

It has its own category for aos to rate u on

[heavy tapir]

?

[ornate bone]

10/10

[lost zodiac]

This is exactly what I said

[ornate bone]

I am so intellectually vital 😎

[heavy tapir]

Oh lmao i didnt realize u meant its given its own rating

[ornate bone]

ohhhh I rmb seeing a stanford admission file once

spiv or something

[mellow sentinel]

IV isn't just from one prompt tho, it's throughout ur essay and interview if u had it

[heavy tapir]

^

[ornate bone]

idk what sp is though

[heavy tapir]

And ur entire applicatiob

I feel like I showed pretty good iv

[fair aspen]

What's IV?

[ornate bone]

Intellectual vitalitiyy

[heavy tapir]

Intellectual vitality

[fair aspen]

Ah

[ornate bone]

it means like

[lost zodiac]

Interview is important for Stanford I gathered

[heavy tapir]

Yr curiosity outside of the classroom

[fair aspen]

And SP?

[ornate bone]

Do you like learning !!

[fair aspen]

OHHH

[heavy tapir]

Source?

[fair aspen]

That's cool

[mellow sentinel]

It's considered, as is in every other school

[ornate bone]

It’s based on availability tho right