#Stanford (2022-2023)

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mellow sentinel
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Just simply search up common data set ___

ornate bone
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I heard for some schools like yale itā€™s not completely randomized

heavy tapir
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I talked abt my interests in physics including string theory and quantum entanglement, but i also talked abt how i liked puzzles like builiding pcs

mellow sentinel
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Stanford "considers" it

lost zodiac
heavy tapir
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Yale interviews are important

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Wdym bruh

lost zodiac
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I saw a Reddit post which stated an AO cited interview report

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I donā€™t see a reason for someone to lie

mellow sentinel
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common data sets bruh

ornate bone
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I think I did good on my interview but it was only 30 min long :((( but it was with a senior so it was easier to connect and stuff I think

heavy tapir
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Wdym AO cited interview report

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Obviously AOs are looking at interview reports

lost sandal
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Someoneā€™s reader also talked about interview of a student last year and they said it had a huge impact overall

ornate bone
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I think seniors are given a more strict guide to follow for interviews

heavy tapir
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I didnt even know stanny had senior interviews

lost zodiac
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If ur a clear admit to Yale, no interview

ornate bone
lost zodiac
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Is what Iā€™ve heard

ornate bone
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I havenā€™t gotten a Stanford interview šŸ˜¦

ornate bone
lost zodiac
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Yea

heavy tapir
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I dont think so bc i heard abt someone who had an ao rush request them an interview right before they got their likely

lost zodiac
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https://stanforddaily.com/2012/05/11/alumni-interview-program-offers-perspective-to-applicants/

The Stanford Daily
Sarah Moore
Alumni interview program offers perspective to applicants

he Class of 2016 admission cycle, the first after the Office of Undergraduate Admission announced the permanent installation of alumni interviews, saw similar success for the program. A three-year interview pilot program proved popular among both applicants and interviewers, and the University endorsed its full implementation in the next ā€œfive y...

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This post is from 2012, but it could give a perspective on their general pattern for interviews

ornate bone
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I thought my senior interview was kinda weird tho bc

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She didnā€™t ask me a single why yale question

lost zodiac
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Now, a lot has changed so Iā€™m not sure if the 10% statistically significant at all

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10% is definitely a low number

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California (specifically Bay) + no interview could be a bad sign

ornate bone
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Oh !

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El oh el

lost zodiac
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Or auto admit probably

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Lol

ornate bone
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šŸ’€ def not that

mellow sentinel
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My interviewer was from the bay

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Not a local guy lol

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I also got mine pretty late

lost zodiac
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@mellow sentinel ur questbridge right?

ornate bone
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Maybe itā€™s bc a lot of Bay Area ppl apply stanford idk

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Oh W my friend got into Stanford through qb too!!!

lost sandal
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Is Stanford interview a good sign or is it totally based on availability?

lost zodiac
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No one know

ornate bone
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They say availability

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but uh ig we have skeptics here

mellow sentinel
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Just rea admit lol

shrewd scarab
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i really do think it's just availability

shut trench
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^^ There are a lot of folks who get interviews in my area, and every kid in my school that applied to Stanford got an interview, including me lol (I don't think Stanford should even read my app)

ornate bone
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Hey

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Donā€™t be mean to urself

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Ur essay made me happy

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But I also donā€™t like gardening anymore

shrewd scarab
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aw why

shut trench
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Hahha

ornate bone
# shrewd scarab aw why

in 8th grade it was a really hot day and my dad made me go water the plants but i really didnt want to but he made me so i was already angry so then i was watering the plants the hose got dirty and my hands had like mud and dirt on them so then i tried to use the hose to wash my hands off but then i ended up spraying myself so then i was relaly mad so i tried to stomp on the hose but i was so angry that i accidentlaly ended up kneeing myself in the face and hten i got a bloody nose

lofty crescent
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because i havent gotten an interview yet

shrewd scarab
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i can relate to the "spraying myself" on accident, worst thing

dapper urchin
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true for u

ornate bone
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Some kid at the wedding yesterday

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He accused me of throwing hydrogen bombs at cats

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And my brother of throwing nuclear bombed at cats

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But mine was worse bc ā€œthereā€™s more hydrogenā€

dapper urchin
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you should have drowned that kid in sparkling water

ornate bone
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@dapper urchin do you want to explain why you just threw a rock at a sophomore because he said he liked Stanford more than Berkeley?

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He has a concussion now

fair aspen
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šŸ’€ what the fuck

dapper urchin
ornate bone
neat yew
dapper urchin
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well he should have stayed shshshsh

neat yew
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they kinda weird tbh

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berkeley suits you well

dapper urchin
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ur pfp looks like a 2014 hot topic catalog be quiet

neat yew
dapper urchin
fair aspen
neat yew
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okay a shirt could be dope tho

dapper urchin
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no it wouldnt

ornate bone
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I donā€™t know why veda05 is acting like she didnā€™t do anything wrong

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our class is planning to get her rescinded

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And this isnā€™t even the worst sheā€™s done atp

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There was one other valedictorian in our grade

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Veda eliminated her

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Berkeley fits tbh

dapper urchin
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oh

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you just want me to be poisoned by berkeley food

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be honest

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you want me to eat worms

ornate bone
dapper urchin
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im a vegetarian

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i hope ur stuck in an arid climate with only sparkling water

ornate bone
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eat worms

ember oriole
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Hey be nice

dapper urchin
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he wants me to die of malnourishment though

ornate bone
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You already are

runic talon
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yale senior intv is actually selective

ornate bone
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Itā€™s based on alumni availability ):

heavy tapir
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I think

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Bc all yale seniors are at yale lol

ornate bone
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This is what my email said

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

runic talon
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if they want to interview you so badly that they're finding ways to do so without having alumni near you, that's probably a good sign lol

ornate bone
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hmmm maybe but I donā€™t see the difference

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Also I didnā€™t get a likely or anything

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At least the interview went well

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only 30 min tho, my friend with an alumni interview had it go to 1.5 hrs

shrewd scarab
ornate bone
shrewd scarab
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m?? if not then i just know another veda lol

ornate bone
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RIP

shrewd scarab
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so no? i'm kinda relieved because it'd be awkward meeting someone i know on a2c šŸ’€

ornate bone
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nope

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Be glad u donā€™t know veda05

dapper urchin
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so rude

ember oriole
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šŸ–ļø

sonic silo
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in my roomie essay I said ā€˜I should be majoring in CSā€™

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then in the actual majors part of my app I put symsys, maths, and physics-

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Iā€™m going to hope they assume Iā€™m just gonna double major oop because that is what I wanna do

ember oriole
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They will accept it at face value

sonic silo
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frick

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theyā€™re gonna be confused then

ember oriole
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They might, but they shouldnā€™t

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CA shows them ur major

sonic silo
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although symsys and cs both tie in strongly with my essays and stuff so I wonder what theyā€™d think

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ah right

ember oriole
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Itā€™s just a little careless mistake, thatā€™s all

sonic silo
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phew okay

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I think I forgot to change the essay to symsys when i changed CA from cs to symsys

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but that shouldnā€™t make too much of a difference bc theyā€™re very similar at least

ember oriole
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Yea they go thru essays at lightning speed, so u just gotta pray they donā€™t notice

sonic silo
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oh yeah thatā€™s calm then

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same way I used a phrase in a different order in two essays but it took me like ten nitpicking re-reads to catch it so they prolly wouldnā€™t notice

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or by the time they notice they probably wouldnā€™t care if theyā€™re at that stage of review?

ember oriole
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These tiny details wonā€™t be the reason u get rejected

sonic silo
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fairs tbh

mystic nest
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My Stanford essays were the best but itā€™s a straight reject anyway

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Thatā€™s sad

terse notch
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same lol

terse notch
mellow sentinel
sonic silo
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so it's not a complete write-off hopefully they just don't notice that i forgot to change my essay to point towards symsys

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also kinda bc i thought if i mentioned symsys in my essay it would seem a bit too pandering, whereas saying cs keeps it a bitttt more general? but idk

mystic nest
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So the chances are reduced to almost 0%

terse notch
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she got in and we go to the same school

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she's in my ap cs class

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so my chances are slim basically 0%

mystic nest
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Oof

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well I hope you get accepted anyway šŸ’€

terse notch
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thank you

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when u say someone from ur town

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did that person go to the same school as u?

sonic silo
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when people from your school have already been accepted EA, does that mean your own chances are reduced now?

terse notch
sonic silo
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dang

terse notch
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especially if you don't go to a feeder high school

sonic silo
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oh okay

terse notch
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i go to a regular public

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nothing special

sonic silo
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my school is big but regular public

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yeah

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and awkwardly we're next to one of the uk's best private schools which sends tons of kids to T10s

terse notch
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although last year 3 ppl got accepted to NYU, but apparently our counselors have good connections with NYU i heard

terse notch
sonic silo
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oh calm

terse notch
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did someone from ur school already get accepted to stanford?

sonic silo
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nope ;-;

terse notch
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okay thats nice

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you have a fair shot

sonic silo
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our school has only ever had one kid accepted to a good american school

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2000 in my year, on average 5-10 apply stateside but usually just to mid colleges

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this year's a bit weird though because me and another guy (we're friends coincidentally and in the same classes) are both applying to T10s

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he got waitlisted uchicago ED II as a full aid seeking int'l so

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not too shabby

terse notch
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yeah this year at my school ppl are taking chances at t10s

sonic silo
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danggg

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good luck to you and them

terse notch
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4 ppl applied to stanford

mystic nest
sonic silo
terse notch
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yeah definitely

sonic silo
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he's also doing yale, harvard, p'ton alongside me

terse notch
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being intl and not needing fin aid boosts ur application

sonic silo
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i wouldn't say either of us are cracked

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we both have a similar background and alright ECs by uk standards but nothing big by a2c standards

terse notch
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what were ur main ec's

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if u dont mind me asking

sonic silo
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but bc they contextualise and i think our essays were alright then we've got some hope

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my friend was so shocked to get waitlisted

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but i really hope he gets in

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my main ec was winning an international fellowship which came with the undergrad scholarship

terse notch
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wow

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thats cracked to me šŸ˜‚

mystic nest
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Thatā€™s a big one tbh

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dk why youā€™d think itā€™s not up to ā€œA2C standardsā€

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Half the people are CS and have skewed the stats here šŸ’€

sonic silo
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then some original ai research/projects, volunteering on public policy comps for high schoolers, national public speaking/essay writing, explanatory writing as a hobby, selective oly camp for state school/underrepresented students, and some other random stuff ranging from writing/producing my own rap music to lecturing at my school and teaching AI/ML

terse notch
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yeah my main ec was robotics and refugee volunteering. i applied for STS for reference it was mainly STEM volunteering

sonic silo
sonic silo
terse notch
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does it align with my major?

solid warren
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someone in my county got accepted REA so ya Iā€™m expecting rejection

sonic silo
mystic nest
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I donā€™t have a single award

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  • international
sonic silo
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my friend's main ECs are internships and projects too

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but the thing is

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he's applying for econ

terse notch
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someone from my SCHOOL got in

mystic nest
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Literally anyone has a better chance than me

terse notch
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im def getting rejected

sonic silo
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and i'm applying for somewhere between maths/cs/physics/symsys

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so

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frick

solid warren
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good luck šŸ˜­

terse notch
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thank you

sonic silo
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glglgl to all we got this

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california of the hotel variety

solid warren
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my top EC on my common app is actually my tiktok ACC

terse notch
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this just makes me feel like ill def get rejected now

solid warren
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but itā€™s more than that now itā€™s a business

sonic silo
terse notch
mystic nest
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My top EC is just a published research paper you good bro

solid warren
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oh ya I did research too but couldnā€™t get it published in time

sonic silo
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:o

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that's

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amazing

terse notch
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unfortunately i never did research

solid warren
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but I still submitted it to Columbia since it was official research through an internship

terse notch
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i live in a poor community with barely any opportunities

sonic silo
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i'm sorry this is hilarious šŸ˜­

image.png
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day in my life
dangerous content warning

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love it

sick mesa
terse notch
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guys should i update my application stating i managed a refugee gardening event?

sonic silo
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tho i should probably send it to my other schools about now

terse notch
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or should i only update on huge things

sonic silo
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it's meant to be pretty big things but tbh it probably isn't going to hurt you

sick mesa
sonic silo
# sick mesa repo ?

github repos! and jupyter notebooks which contain some of the results from the code i ran/tested/coded

terse notch
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@sonic silo did u apply for CS?

sick mesa
sonic silo
mystic nest
terse notch
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compE as first for most school

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STS for stanford

sonic silo
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i think i put cs as top for columbia? but my top choices were usually maths or physics - put symsys for stannie

mystic nest
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Isnā€™t gold first place, are these people tied or something

sonic silo
sick mesa
sonic silo
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imagine if we all made it into stanford

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i'm just

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scared shitless

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bc i haven't had an interview yet and a lot of uk peeps had

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my fellowship thing is cool i'd say but it's not straight auto-admit either esp since my majors are cs-adjacent

sick mesa
sonic silo
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so

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GAH

sonic silo
terse notch
sonic silo
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no fair how must they be this darn amazing

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i'm just hoping for MIT in four weeks and a day

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that'd be a fat dub

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though my english teacher from 10th grade still hasn't sent his supp rec

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he,, better get on that

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bc i think everything else is alright

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oh thank goodness he just responded

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he ghosted me for two weeks but now was like

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(paraphrased) it's been very busy here but i'll send it tomorrow

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PHEW

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okay

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panic averted šŸ™

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now i can go back to just panicking about my actual rejections rather than having the supps in place šŸ˜­

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</rant>

terse notch
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lol

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same

mystic nest
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I think I saw some Reddit post about a 7th grader sending someone a linked in request

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Their page even had their preschool down to the course and graduation year etc cursedmoon

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What are these kids bro

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These kind of kids are going to be yield protected fr fr

sick mesa
mystic nest
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Bro imagine

terse notch
mystic nest
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ā€œMITā€™s gonna pick him upā€

sick mesa
mystic nest
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Lmao šŸ’€

solid warren
mortal pecan
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wait did we have to title our essays

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OH hi I know who you are then

ornate bone
mortal pecan
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yeah my ps was a little iffy

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it wasnā€™t cliche but if i didnā€™t have the rep i have it wouldā€™ve fallen flat af

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itā€™s the equivalent of my intl oly gold friend writing an essay on how a fun fact about him is he plays minecraft

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except a bit more nuanced and personal because i donā€™t cut the intl oly gold standards enough to do that

fossil badger
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Are all interview invites sent out yet?

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Still havenā€™t gotten one :(

sonic silo
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iā€™d imagine they keep on going till late feb at the earliest

sonic silo
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if itā€™s any consolation though, a decent chunk of applicants get into stanford without interviews

mellow sentinel
dusky seal
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Ayo whatā€™s up w international interviews šŸ˜­

terse notch
sonic silo
hybrid shadow
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i got one but then they ghosted me

sonic silo
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when does stanford send likelies?

serene night
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One person from my school got in rea

rugged laurel
ornate bone
sonic silo
ornate bone
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How does this even happen

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terse notch
rugged laurel
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No idea

terse notch
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i hope i get one

rugged laurel
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I cant imagine theyre done giving a decent read through all apps yet

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so I think prob more will come (?)

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im not the admissions office

terse notch
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okay thank you

rugged laurel
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it's very unlikely though

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only a few % of admits

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would def be nice to calm the nerves though

terse notch
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yeah fr

last oxide
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Is it bad I never got a stanford interview request?

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there is definitely alumni near my area

ember oriole
last oxide
ember oriole
dim wagon
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yeah

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also be mindful, not every alum is going to participate in their uni's interview stuff

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so there may be many nearby, but no guarantee that they're actually interviewing

hybrid beacon
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in the last two summers prompt i mentioned astrophy stuff + how i got started in comedy and i titled it
"stellar laughter"
so cornyšŸ’€

lost sandal
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Do they send likelies after the interview or could it be anytime?

hybrid beacon
heavy tapir
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Not after an interview

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And i dont think anyone knows if theyre rolling or released at once

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Probably rolling tho

lost sandal
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Ohhh I see

ornate bone
heavy tapir
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Some might

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Only like 3% of all applicants get a likely at most T20s

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But wayyyy more kids get interviews

fallen slate
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I did something similar and got similar feedback from my school and others Iā€™ve shown it to

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I wrote about my nickname (Gogo) , how it came to be, and how much it means to me, as well as how it had impacted my life and my mindset over time

wind ridge
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3% of applicants would mean almost half the accepted students get likelies

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not true

heavy tapir
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my bad

azure wren
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wait stannie sends out likelies

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payne

heavy tapir
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ye

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idk if theyve already sent them tho

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i havent seen anything abt it

civic hinge
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I really hope my roommate essay didnā€™t make me an auto rejection. I had to write it in 15 minutes which only made something that would be inevitably bad even worse:

heavy tapir
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the less time u have the more honestly u write, more honestly u write the better the AOs like u

azure wren
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Or smth

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You canā€™t rly mess up essays

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Unless itā€™s like

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Yk

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Dumb

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šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

civic hinge
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It was beyond stupid and ā€˜cringyā€™

azure wren
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LMFAOO

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No

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Thatā€™s good

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They like corny shit pretty sure

civic hinge
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Not in a good way

azure wren
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Out of the box

civic hinge
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In a badly written kind of way

azure wren
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Typa stuff

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How

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šŸ˜­idk how youā€™d mess up

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šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

civic hinge
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Itā€™s riddled with poorly written stuff elsewhere because I was trying to sound casual despite the fact that I always speak to people I know in a very formal manner.

azure wren
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No way

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Okay itā€™s not that bad

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At least u didnā€™t write about becoming hitler

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So

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šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

civic hinge
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That isnā€™t the worst part.

azure wren
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ā˜ ļøstop

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Thatā€™s not that bad

dim wagon
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how did they make you

azure wren
civic hinge
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They watched me when I submitted and said to add that at the end.

dim wagon
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lawd

azure wren
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šŸ˜­u couldā€™ve been like nah

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Iā€™m good

civic hinge
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I only had a couple minutes before the deadline, so I couldnā€™t think about it

azure wren
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But itā€™s okay

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Donā€™t stress

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Idk why Iā€™m saying Thai

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This

dim wagon
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yeah you're good fr

azure wren
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LMFAOO

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Iā€™ve such bad college decision anxiety

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šŸ˜­

dim wagon
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march is either going to be the best or worst month of my life

azure wren
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True

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Right now

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Itā€™s not looking too good for me

azure wren
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Whatā€™s the worst part

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Itā€™s cool if u donā€™t wanna share tho

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šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

civic hinge
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But, this is all my fault as I wrote that essay in 10 mins.

azure wren
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Okay okay itā€™s okay

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šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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It couldā€™ve been worse

dim wagon
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yeah šŸ˜­

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at least it was specific

azure wren
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yup!

civic hinge
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I have one where I talk about playing an instrument, and just say, I hope it doesnā€™t distract you lol

heavy tapir
azure wren
civic hinge
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There good news is that a team at SLAC contacted the admissions office asking for them to admit me so I could work on research there with their group

azure wren
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I still havenā€™t gotten a reply to my thank you email

heavy tapir
azure wren
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U got connections

heavy tapir
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bro has got to be lying

azure wren
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LMFAOO

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Nah I think itā€™s true

civic hinge
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They wanted to fly me out to lead a beam time there, but quickly realized it was impossible when I told them I was a Hs srudent(this was at an international conference and they thought I was a grad student

azure wren
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I mean thatā€™s a very specific lie

heavy tapir
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no way ppl at SLAC asked u to be admitted

azure wren
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Wait tho

heavy tapir
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nah wtf

dim wagon
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sir

azure wren
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U have to be a Stanford student to be a part of SLAC

heavy tapir
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if ur fr that cracked ur essays arent gonna make a difference lol

azure wren
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or can u work whilst Iā€™m attending another uni

azure wren
wind ridge
heavy tapir
azure wren
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U sound like you got it like that

wind ridge
dim wagon
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man probably the most cracked thing in this convo rn

heavy tapir
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they got like other researchers and stuff working there

heavy tapir
azure wren
heavy tapir
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only reason i even applied is bc i had pretty cracked academics and crazy hooks

azure wren
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Iā€™d put Stanfordā€™27 in my bio rn if I were u

civic hinge
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I didnā€™t work there. I did research at a state university and presented at a large international conference as a lead speaker, and they wanted to deploy my work at their facility. They wanted me to come there for a beam time to collaborate? But that is a logistics impsosaoblility for an underage hs student

dim wagon
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like forget my 17 acceptances, a SLAC invite is just crazy asf

azure wren
heavy tapir
azure wren
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Okay Iā€™ll just cry myself to sleep

civic hinge
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No, I didnā€™t get an interview(I was hoping I did as I have good reasons for Stanford)

azure wren
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Wym

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Youā€™ll prolly get one soon

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If not

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Ur prolly an auto admit

dim wagon
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They didn't need one for you, pack your bags you're going to stanford

civic hinge
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But I donā€™t have competitions like USAMO and I didnā€™t enter into ISEF because I was lazy

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So, idk

azure wren
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Damn I donā€™t have competitions at all.

lost zodiac
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Donā€™t need that stuff

azure wren
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ā˜ ļøā˜ ļø

azure wren
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ā˜ ļø

civic hinge
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I also am taking graduate math classes at a state university, but I donā€™t think that matters when compared to USAMO

azure wren
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I saw this guy on YouTube who go into Stanford with the shittiest essays Iā€™ve ever seen

dim wagon
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not necessary, 2 people got in from my school last year and had no competitions

azure wren
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I was sleeping half way through

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And he got like ISEF 3rd place

heavy tapir
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imagine bro gets rejected after we hype him up like this lol

azure wren
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Or some comp sci compeition

#

Idk

dim wagon
azure wren
#

ā˜ ļøā˜ ļø

heavy tapir
#

bros just stunting on us

lost zodiac
azure wren
#

wym

lost zodiac
#

Bro just said ā€œIā€™m taking Graduate Level Math Coursesā€

heavy tapir
dim wagon
#

what are the courses

azure wren
civic hinge
#

Well, tbf, my time commitment on activities is pretty high. Half the time, I sleep in my car in the university parking lot outside the lab(I spend like 60-80hrs/wk on activities).

azure wren
#

Oh

#

Ur lying

#

Good night

lost zodiac
#

No shit dude

#

šŸ¤£

azure wren
#

CAN U BLAME ME BRUH

#

SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE HELLA CRACKED

#

ā˜ ļøā˜ ļø

#

His prolly not like that but some kid somewhere is

dim wagon
#

lmfaoo

azure wren
#

And his or she is prolly like 15 too

#

ā˜ ļøā˜ ļø

lost zodiac
#

This kid just said ā€œI sleep most in the car outside the labā€

heavy tapir
#

bro is homeless

lost zodiac
#

Lol

azure wren
lost zodiac
#

Bro is a pathological liar

azure wren
#

Cuz

#

šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

#

I actually liked Stanfordā€™s essays

#

They were fun

#

To write

#

I feel like I got to show all of me on there

heavy tapir
#

bro is thinking of how to lie his way outta this one lmao

azure wren
#

IK HIS TYPING FOR SO LONG

#

Whatchu conjuring up?

heavy tapir
#

bro rn

#

ignore the yoyo part i didnt know that was there lmfao

civic hinge
#

lol

heavy tapir
azure wren
#

Laugh out loud.

lost zodiac
#

@civic hinge if ur not joking I donā€™t even know what to say

azure wren
#

LMFAOO

civic hinge
#

Seriously, I'm not lying.

azure wren
heavy tapir
#

"Hmm. Hmmmmmm. Hmmmmmmmmm.
Iā€™m trying to approach this problem in any way I can, but I've got nothing. I'm stumped."

#

thats the start of my IV essay

#

w opening?

azure wren
#

Hm hmmmmmm hmmmmmmm

#

Idk

dim wagon
#

ig we'll know in late march

azure wren
#

Im trying to approach ur question

heavy tapir
#

nah the hmm. hmmmmm. hmmmmmmmmm. is fire

azure wren
#

But I got nothing

#

Nah fire intro

#

Ngl

lost zodiac
#

@civic hinge you know I sleep in the lab instead of my car

#

They have a room for me

#

My own

heavy tapir
#

thats probably my favorite college essay bc i compared solving a physics problem with my friends to an orchestra playing a symphony

lost zodiac
#

I can analyze data 10x faster than an average human

azure wren
#

Idc if Stanford found it funny or not

#

But I did

heavy tapir
azure wren
#

Thatā€™s all that matters

#

!

dim wagon
#

my fav essay is my common app

heavy tapir
#

my stanford essays have been my favorite ones

azure wren
#

I totally donā€™t need validation from admissions officers

dim wagon
#

i really liked my short responses and roommate though

heavy tapir
#

my common app essay was so so so bad lmao

azure wren
heavy tapir
#

what historical event did u guys write abt

azure wren
#

uhh

serene night
#

I talked about the ligo gravitational wave detection

azure wren
#

that was it

#

idk

#

i wrote it last minute

#

lmfaoo

#

idk if thats my final copy tho

dim wagon
#

i wrote about ballroom iirc

azure wren
#

but i def wrote about that

azure wren
dim wagon
#

LGBTQ+ ballroom events

civic hinge
#

I wrote about the oil drop experiment

azure wren
#

sick

heavy tapir
#

also last minute and only wrote it bc i had vagabond on mind lol

azure wren
dim wagon
#

i talked about how i wanted to be at the first one in the 1980s at the house of labeija

#

then some other details

#

i really liked it

serene night
#

Thatā€™s cool

azure wren
#

what did yall write for the why stanford one

heavy tapir
#

i wrote abt how I watched The Flash and wanted to see a real life particle accelerator at SLAC lol

azure wren
#

damn

#

whats ur major

#

i rmber that

heavy tapir
#

i wanna double major in econ and physics

#

i think

azure wren
#

makes sense

serene night
#

I talked about how I want to ā€œtake my current research on robotics and computer vision to the moonā€ with the Stanford student space initiative and ARL

heavy tapir
dim wagon
#

i wrote about how i wanted to start my recreation in photography, but my current surroundings weren't really serene enough imo. Then i talked about how i would actually start this at their cactus garden, which has over 500 types of cacti and would be perfect

serene night
azure wren
#

i wrote about their special language program and how i want to learn Sanskrit

#

and related it back to my culture

lost zodiac
#

I wrote my essay about balancing my life with research

azure wren
lost zodiac
#

Yes

azure wren
#

are all of u physics majors or smth

heavy tapir
#

did u talk abt continuing ur research or starting more research at stanford?

lost zodiac
#

And how I was forced to persevere and live off Fast food

azure wren
#

what

#

u did all that in 50 words

dim wagon
#

nah, i think i selected earth science

heavy tapir
azure wren
#

niche ngl

dim wagon
#

something like that

#

very

azure wren
#

lmfao

#

im just asking cuz ive seen SLAC or wtv like 5 times in this chat

heavy tapir
#

slac is dope

azure wren
#

alots of physics nerds

heavy tapir
#

its an underground particle accelerator basically

serene night
#

Idek what SLAC is lol

#

Oh

azure wren
#

in one of my interviews i got asked what subject i didnt like

#

and i said physics

heavy tapir
#

i wanted to be a quantum physcist back in middle school, then kinda dropped the idea until this year

dim wagon
#

all my majors are niche asf ngl, gonna need them to appreciate that for me !

azure wren
#

lmfao i couldnt explain why tho

#

i was like its not as interesting as bio or chem

#

lmfaoo

heavy tapir
#

but im super interested in quantum physics so im thinking abt going for a phsyics phd

azure wren
#

oo

#

wtv quantum phyics is

#

it sounds dope

heavy tapir
#

it is

azure wren
#

@civic hinge

#

why are u like

#

typing

#

but not talking

#

lmfaoo

dim wagon
#

he's still pondering

civic hinge
#

Because Iā€™m not. I just have discord open in the vacjfround

azure wren
#

for sure

heavy tapir
#

ima be the first physicist to prove where gravity comes from šŸ™

azure wren
#

damn

#

yo

serene night
#

The graviton troll

azure wren
#

do yk abt that one guy who like faked a bunch of physics experiments and almost got a noble peace prize

#

lmfaoo

#

that was crazy

rugged laurel
#

I assume u mean nobel physics?

azure wren
#

not crazier than the guy who made up a bunch of fake elements at berekly

rugged laurel
#

Lmao

#

peace would be sth

azure wren
#

but crazy

azure wren
#

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine and Literature.

#

nope

#

nobel peace prize

ornate bone
#

@civic hinge My roommate essay was cringe too dw šŸ«‚

#

I wrote about cs major stereotypes lmaoaoao

rugged laurel
#

but for physics..?

azure wren
#

it says physics

ornate bone
rugged laurel
#

there are several distinct nobel prizes

heavy tapir
civic hinge
#

I posted an email from them for a brief second

azure wren
# rugged laurel "along with the..."

"The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger ā€œfor experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information scienceā€."

serene night
azure wren
#

bro i just said noble peace prize

ornate bone
heavy tapir
azure wren
#

idc for specifics

#

its one of the categories

#

lmfaoo

dim wagon
#

for my roommate essay, i mostly made a play on sound kind of, it's hard to describe without straight up posting it šŸ˜­

heavy tapir
rugged laurel
#

Bro I wasnt trying to be nitpicky

#

but just so yk nobel physics and peace are completely separate

ornate bone
rugged laurel
#

re-read it

serene night
heavy tapir
azure wren
#

idk

#

whatever prize he almost got

#

i paid more attention to the chem one than this one

#

chem> physics

serene night
#

Oh yeah Iā€™ve seen that series before, the extent he went to lying on so much of his work and the fact that he didnā€™t get caught until so long is crazy

heavy tapir
heavy tapir
azure wren
#

nope

heavy tapir
#

chem is dumb

azure wren
#

how

heavy tapir
#

stupid class

foggy skiff
#

bro my essays are so straightforward

azure wren
#

wtf

foggy skiff
#

whoops

azure wren
#

was that

azure wren
heavy tapir
#

its what hes being typing

#

he made a fake email

azure wren
#

physics was dumb

heavy tapir
#

smh

azure wren
#

lmfaoo

heavy tapir
azure wren
#

the effort

rugged laurel
#

Bro is schizoposting

azure wren
#

he put in

#

was crazy

azure wren
heavy tapir
#

physics is sm easier than chem

azure wren
#

oh for sure

heavy tapir
#

i was deadass fighting for my life in chem

azure wren
#

but i love chem

#

so fun

heavy tapir
#

i got a 75 on a chem test

azure wren
#

i would get a phd in chem if not for my md dreams

heavy tapir
#

worst test score ive ever gotten

dim wagon
#

please biochem in ap bio had me dead asf, idk how i did it

heavy tapir
#

and i wasnt even mad abt it

dim wagon
#

meanwhile physics was a breeze

azure wren
#

physics was like so boring

rugged laurel
#

I got a 5 on ap bio

#

cus there was no krebs cycle

#

šŸ™

azure wren
#

i fell alseep in class

heavy tapir
#

i finished ap chem with an A- and got a 3 without knowing how to do stoich

azure wren
#

dumbest class i ever took

civic hinge
# azure wren he put in

I literally just copied their email and changed my name to X, but okay lol(it even had specific grant names and proposals)

dim wagon
azure wren
#

i didnt even read it

#

put it again

#

lmfaoo

heavy tapir
#

yea send in dms if its real

azure wren
#

deadass

civic hinge
#

If I didn't, sokeone would just highlight it and hit command c.

azure wren
#

why

#

would someone care enough to do that

civic hinge
#

It has my personal information on it.

ornate bone
azure wren
#

idk idrc

#

do whatchu want

#

it doesnt matter till decisions come out

ornate bone
#

I wrote about just about a cool course at Stanford and why I want to take it

civic hinge
#

But, lol, this isn't worth my effort anymore. I will share it after decisions if I'm rejected.

ornate bone
#

But it wants really academic

azure wren
#

lol

heavy tapir
azure wren
#

ok

ornate bone
#

I can dm u if u want to see it šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«

heavy tapir
rugged laurel
#

bro

#

I just realized I wrote about several things id like to do at stanford

#

in that prompt

#

LMAO

#

probably ok>?

azure wren
#

yea

#

my friend totaly forgot he had to list things for the columbia prompt

#

and like wrote out full sentences

#

pretty sure he applied as a joke

#

lmfaoo

#

his application was funny asf

ornate bone
#

Guys now Iā€™m paranoid I did my ā€œthing ur looking forward toā€ wrong šŸ˜­

#

And maybe all my short answers

#

šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«

#

whatever !

heavy tapir
#

dont reread anything

#

biggest tip for college apps

#

never reread

#

lol

ornate bone
#

ong

ember oriole
#

fr

mellow sentinel
heavy tapir
mellow sentinel
#

callin up my dawg richard shaw rn

heavy tapir
#

me to richard shaw

lost sandal
#

šŸ’€

ornate bone
#

Who is Richard shaw

lost sandal
#

admission director

mellow sentinel
heavy tapir
#

let him know i got a $5 with his name on it

mellow sentinel
#

emailed

heavy tapir
mellow sentinel
ember oriole
sonic silo
#

finally got a stanford interview

#

now i just have to not screw this up

#

easier said than done oops

ember oriole
#

ezpz

sonic silo
#

šŸ™šŸ™šŸ™

#

manifesting a pā€™ton-level interview for me and everyone here

#

idk why but everyone including myself seemed to have a great one so itā€™s kinda an exemplar

#

my oneā€™s class of 1980-something but heā€™s a programmer and seems pretty chill so i better not screw this up

rugged laurel
#

i dont know

#

my interview wasnt super great I think

#

She only asked me two questions and she had me ask her questions for most of the time but she talked so much and I literally did not know what to say

#

Lmao

#

hopefully yours goes better than mine

#

not that it was like a disaster but yeah

mortal pecan
#

but makes no sense

hybrid beacon
#

idk if they'll like it but i do like itšŸ¤”

mortal pecan
fringe notch
#

um are you supposed to give your essays ...

#

titles ...

#

am i missing smth

red trail
mortal pecan
ember oriole
hybrid beacon
terse notch
#

lol

fringe notch
#

okok then what titles were y'all talking about RDJScream

fringe notch
#

y'all keep pinging me

#

and then deleting those nessages

#

strange šŸ¤Ø

sonic silo
#

JKJK

fringe notch
#

I SEE YOU

sonic silo
#

AHAHAHHA

fringe notch
#

firestarxyz

ornate bone
#

ā˜¹ļø

sonic silo
#

šŸ¤Ø

fringe notch
#

you're not sneaky

sonic silo
#

i plead the fifth

fringe notch
#

shoo

ember oriole
#

Guardian angel is here

fringe notch
#

benz why are you on a2c all the time

#

at the big age of

#

20? 22? 25?

#

shhh

#

shhh

#

shhhhhhhhh

#

SHHHHHSHSHSHHSHSXBNDNDND

#

@fervent perch

#

@fervent perch

fervent perch
#

Lmao

fringe notch
#

@fervent perch

fervent perch
#

Got caught šŸ„ŗ

fringe notch
#

do better next time

sonic silo
#

yeah frfr

ember oriole
fervent perch
#

No sir

sonic silo
#

real Gs move in cilence

#

the c is silent

#

like in cilantro

#

ill-antro šŸ˜Ž

fringe notch
#

ok ceph

sonic silo
#

exactly

fallen silo
#

Hi

terse notch
#

Hi

sonic silo
#

Hi

fringe notch
#

Hi

ornate bone
#

Hi

heavy tapir
#

Hi

hybrid shadow
#

got an interview

#

I just emailed the office saying I don't have one yet and they gave me one

heavy tapir
terse notch
#

i didnt even know u could do that šŸ˜­

dim wagon
#

wait wtf

#

i thought they specifically said don't request one šŸ’€

#

ig it wasn't a request but

terse notch
#

oh fr šŸ’€

dim wagon
#

yeah

hybrid shadow
#

šŸ¤·

#

alumni interview office

#

they responded in less than a day

lost zodiac
#

I wouldnā€™t do that

hybrid shadow
lost zodiac
#

Lol

hybrid shadow
#

I dont think its stupid

lost zodiac
#

Desperate

hybrid shadow
#

whats the matter? you dont have one?

foggy skiff
#

bruh stanny is the ONLY school that hasn't given me an interview

lost zodiac
#

I got one

#

Lol

hybrid shadow
#

good, so dont talk

subtle forge
#

šŸ’€

ornate bone
serene night
#

Lol

serene night
#

Good luck on your interview!

hybrid shadow
#

ty

dim wagon
#

And it's the one I needed most

#

I'm now slightly tempted but idk if it'll turn out like EKmasterā˜ 

ornate bone
lost zodiac
#

Dont it literally shows desperation

floral osprey
#

interview in a few hours praying

novel sonnet
#

good luck!

floral osprey
#

thank youu

serene night
#

Best of luck!

ornate bone
#

Good luck!!

lucid gale
#

How long are Stanford interviews

hybrid shadow
#

45 mins

rustic sluice
#

any still get interviews

#

i have not got one yet, but rank #1 kid in my school got one a while back.

lost zodiac
#

dont have an interview? email the admissions office!

mortal pecan
#

W rizz

#

obviously i got auto accepted

hybrid shadow
lost zodiac
#

lol

tardy blaze
#

if u guys are rlly stressed abt decisions

#

and can't wait for decision day

#

there is a way to perhaps get ur decisions early

#

this might work

#

withdraw ur app

#

and if they rlly want u

#

they'll ask u to not withdraw

#

šŸ™‚

hybrid shadow
tardy blaze
#

i alr know decision šŸ™‚

ornate bone
#

oh my god

tardy blaze
#

lol would be hilarioous if someone did this

ornate bone
#

i just got a likely letter

tardy blaze
ornate bone
#

šŸ„¹

tardy blaze
#

hmmmmmmmmm

#

sususususususususus

ornate bone
#

?

#

cant you just be happy for me

tardy blaze
#

im very happy

ornate bone
#

okay

tardy blaze
#

im sus why they didn't

#

give u a better intro line

#

like you'd think

#

they'd be more careful

#

with their use of "ur"

ornate bone
#

stop diminishing my accomplishments

tardy blaze
#

not your accomplishments

#

just dissapointed

#

with the school

ornate bone
#

????

#

r u just jealous bc im going to stanford adn ur not

#

lol

heavy tapir
mortal pecan
ornate bone
#

THANK UUUU

#

im glad some of u are happy for me unlike randint....

heavy tapir
#

TREE ā€¼ļø

ornate bone
#

šŸŒ²

heavy tapir
#

emre future tree admit

#

šŸ’Æ

tardy blaze
ornate bone
#

typical

tardy blaze
#

well i did

#

and then i withdrew

#

and they didn't ask me to not withdraw lololol

ornate bone
#

you withdrew because u knew

#

i was better

#

and u wouldnt stand a chance

tardy blaze
#

i thouguht they'd appreciate 80k a year lol

heavy tapir
#

tree tree

tardy blaze
heavy tapir
#

me asf

slender arrow
#

i have my stanford interview rn

#

pray for me

ornate bone
#

GOOD LUCK

tardy blaze
#

nice

#

gl

heavy tapir
#

GOIODLUCK

slender arrow
#

Thanks šŸ˜­

#

It's ltierally with the US attorney for central district of california like wtf why such a high profile interviewer šŸ« 

#

they're literally going to interrogate the heck out of me

tardy blaze
#

tbh

heavy tapir
#

i had such a good harvard interview it got my hopes up for harvard, but like ik im not getting in coolcry

tardy blaze
#

they prob get so bored and tired of interrogating in their job

heavy tapir
#

its better when theyre more accomplished

tardy blaze
#

that the interview will be more smooth

heavy tapir
#

dont talk abt insane stats and stuff

subtle forge
heavy tapir
#

dont mention stuff already on ur application

slender arrow
heavy tapir
#

keep it as personal as possible

slender arrow
#

thanks for the advice šŸ™

heavy tapir
#

np

#

actually

#

if u do have any super strong ecs i would mention those

#

and elaborate if requested

#

but generally keep it personal bc thats what the point of the interview is

slender arrow
#

oh ok

#

thank you very much

hybrid shadow
#

my first alum was the chief legal officer of a law company and my second one is a high ranked manager at Apple with a phd.

heavy tapir
#

npnp