Stanford (2022-2023)

[lost zodiac]

or was this guy legacy

[flat scroll]

i think you get 2 if you're not a legacy

and legacy might get 3

i'm not sure

i saw something saying that but nothing is ever confirmed

[lost zodiac]

HSR is high school rating"

?

[flat scroll]

like a case where a girl had 1 say "admit" and 2 readers say "don't admit" but she got in anyways, and she was legacy

yeah

like if you go to a magnet school or private competitive school

itll be higher

[lost zodiac]

u get a 1?

[flat scroll]

a public high school would be a 3

[lost zodiac]

so higher is wrose

more expecation

[flat scroll]

its also much less in your control

[lost zodiac]

How tf did this asian dude get a 1 for EC

[flat scroll]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/ydf56o/stanford_26er_does_his_best_to_decipher_the/

[flat scroll]

passion and commitment and his portfolio probably

[lost zodiac]

30% of class went to T20

and thats a 3?

better give me a 7+

[flat scroll]

this is a pretty good post though

[lost zodiac]

yeah that one is the best

econ = humanities

[flat scroll]

i've sort of read that recommendation letters aren't really dependent on who's writing them but more like how strong they are in assessing you and whatnot

so if it's like "oh they're the best student i've had in x amount of years" it'd be higher forsure

[prisma gazelle]

wait they got a 2, no?

[lost zodiac]

the other guy

music

[flat scroll]

my test is prolly a 2 💔

bc my uw is not amazing but i have a 34 act

[lost zodiac]

how does 35+ guarantee a 1

[flat scroll]

top percentile

[lost zodiac]

yeah but

[flat scroll]

i think test is the only one that's based solely on how good your gpa and score is

[lost zodiac]

https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-percentile-ranks-gender-race-ethnicity.pdf

[prisma gazelle]

maybe bc music composition is unique?

idk

it's really hard to get a 1 if ur main ec is violin or piano, bc everyone starts playing those instruments when they're 5

[flat scroll]

pretty good comment

i can't wait for stanford in like

10 days

[lost zodiac]

what

[flat scroll]

or 11

[lost zodiac]

actually

interview can sway like that

wow

arent stanford interviewers trained?

[prisma gazelle]

oops i kinda messed up my interview

[flat scroll]

i think so

did your interviewer ever ask you about what unique thing you would bring to stanford? @prisma gazelle

mine did

[prisma gazelle]

it was way harder/less straightforward than the others, and the interviewer was kinda uptight idk

[lost zodiac]

im pretty sure interview is a good sign

[prisma gazelle]

no

[flat scroll]

interesting

[ionic vapor]

Gettin an interview isn’t a sign

[prisma gazelle]

i'm pretty sure i'm getting rejected

[lost zodiac]

i know for a fact my interviewer will write me a good report

[ionic vapor]

They don’t pre screen

[prisma gazelle]

i half assed my entire app in 2 hours

[lost zodiac]

maybe

i thought my stanford app was really good

writing that roommate essay made me feel like i was gay tho

so cringe

[flat scroll]

i responded to my interviewer's question by saying that ultimately whatever i could possibly bring has already been thought of before or done before or possessed by people and it's very hard to be unique but i concluded that i would bring a new perspective in my disability/being deaf

[ionic vapor]

Damn me too

[prisma gazelle]

yeah

[lost zodiac]

worst feeling

[ionic vapor]

Never used that many exclamation marks in my life

[lost zodiac]

not even that

[flat scroll]

my roommate essay feels too short but it's a pretty realistic essay instead of the "maybe we'll get coffee! :D"

[prisma gazelle]

lmfao

[lost zodiac]

just the style in which i wrote it

[prisma gazelle]

yeah it was pretty cringe

i wrote it in 30 minutes

[flat scroll]

i wrote mine in 25 💀

i was in a dark hotel room when i did it

[prisma gazelle]

lol

[lost zodiac]

i think i have the best roommate essay in the application cycle

[flat scroll]

can i see how you wrote ur roommate essays

[lost zodiac]

no

[prisma gazelle]

[ionic vapor]

lol ok

[lost zodiac]

is something meaningful even important

[flat scroll]

ya i think

[ionic vapor]

Yes

[prisma gazelle]

yeah all of them are

[lost zodiac]

i heard its good to write about ur ethnicity

so i did that

[ionic vapor]

That one and IV

[prisma gazelle]

I think stanford cares a lot about the essays

[flat scroll]

i heard they really like the meaningful ones, the roommate essay, and learning one

and common app

[lost zodiac]

yeah id bet

[flat scroll]

idk

[prisma gazelle]

what about 50 characters?

[lost zodiac]

common app is prob less important than supps

[prisma gazelle]

I memed those so hard

[lost zodiac]

thats prob good

[ionic vapor]

50 are good for showing IV

[flat scroll]

the meaningful one i wrote about being alive 😭

[lost zodiac]

nah

show personality

[ionic vapor]

yea exactly

[lost zodiac]

One thing you are looking forward to at Stanford

this one might be mad important for fit

[flat scroll]

mine for this one was fucking horrid

💀

[lost zodiac]

mine was straightforward but honest

[ionic vapor]

50 words ain’t enough tho

[lost zodiac]

but i supported my response in my interview

[dim wagon]

I talked about traditions but I'm legit excited for them

I didn't get a interview

[prisma gazelle]

crap

[dim wagon]

Wish I did

[ionic vapor]

Talked abt hiking lol

[lost zodiac]

Learning how to make my own Theranos derivative product.

[flat scroll]

i think 50 words is necessary because readers aren't going to sit there reading ur essay for forever

[dim wagon]

My roommate essay gotta carry

[prisma gazelle]

💀

[ionic vapor]

Yea idk if that’s a good topic

[lost zodiac]

😂

nah jokes

obv its not

lmao

[dim wagon]

☠️

[lost zodiac]

they would laugh hard tho

[ionic vapor]

And reject you

[lost zodiac]

nah maybe not

[flat scroll]

i wrote about how i wanted to be able to learn at stanford and choose my own classes as opposed to being micromanaged in high school and being told i wouldn't be good for this or i have to take this

[prisma gazelle]

wait is the stanford hitler essay legit?

it's just a joke right

[lost zodiac]

bru thats so not unique to stanford

[prisma gazelle]

oof

[flat scroll]

ya thats why i said its pretty fucked LOL

[lost zodiac]

if thats actually ur reason for wanting to attend stanford

probs not the best fit

[mortal pecan]

I think that’s common at a lot of places but it won’t be a setback as long as your other essays were good

[flat scroll]

idk i just really like the idea of stanford's academic flexibility/freedom 😭

[mortal pecan]

true, did you mention any specific classes?

[flat scroll]

and the faculty to student ratio

sadly no

[mortal pecan]

maybe that’ll help?

[flat scroll]

it's a pretty weak essay but it's whatever

i think my common app one ate

[mortal pecan]

I think in that case you need to support WHY you want to learn there

[lost zodiac]

@flat scroll then just go to another school

brown

[mortal pecan]

your CA did eat

[prisma gazelle]

if i get into stanford i will lowkey jump off my roof, that's how bad my app was

[dim wagon]

I mean tbh it's 50 words Ion think they want u to mention a class

[mortal pecan]

true true

[flat scroll]

yeah it's 50 words i had like no space 😭

[dim wagon]

Send vid peli

[flat scroll]

do a flip

[lost zodiac]

i wrote about entrepreneurship cuz thats the real reason i like stanford so much

and thats what theyre looking for

[dim wagon]

Coolio

[flat scroll]

i feel like i'm going to be like "stanford is forever away" and then we'll already be into next week and it'll be here

i hate that it's during theatre tech week though

[lost zodiac]

31st 7pm

or 1st 7pm

[flat scroll]

either day really ^

we don't have a direct confirmation

[prisma gazelle]

i had nothing to write about, i really dk how stanford is unique

just wrote about some of their programs

[lost zodiac]

bruh stanford is stanford

[prisma gazelle]

couldn't be any more generic

[lost zodiac]

i feel like writing about programs and profs is generic nowadays

[prisma gazelle]

yeah

[dim wagon]

it's generic unless u can connect to something you've done

that worked for me at usc

[lost zodiac]

even then

i bet everyone connects

[prisma gazelle]

the entrepreneurial environment doesn't really apply to me

[dim wagon]

eh

[prisma gazelle]

bc i don't want to go into industry

[dim wagon]

Did u do mit

[prisma gazelle]

yea

took the L

[dim wagon]

tuff

Whatchu have rn

[lost zodiac]

how many quest bridge people does stanford take

[dim wagon]

more than 0

[prisma gazelle]

probably gonna go to yale, unless pton clutches up

[dim wagon]

Oh shit what the fuck

ur chilling

[prisma gazelle]

ye

[dim wagon]

bro dropped Yale casually

☠️

[lost zodiac]

why are stanford aos public

[thorn thicket]

yeah thevye said they dont

[lost zodiac]

is it too late to send an update

🤣

[prisma gazelle]

maybe, but it can't hurt

[lost zodiac]

its prob too late

decision already mae

so

@prisma gazelle what does it say for test score change form

[prisma gazelle]

"Access Denied"

[mortal pecan]

princeton >

[lost zodiac]

yeah same

access denied

[flat scroll]

wtf is the test score change form

[lost zodiac]

when u click the form

no

[flat scroll]

i don't even see the test score change form but i self-reported

[lost zodiac]

when you click change test score form

[rain dagger]

What form u talking about

[lost zodiac]

just ctrl f "this form"

and u will find it

[rain dagger]

I just have self-report test scores

[flat scroll]

@rain dagger did you self report

[lost zodiac]

99.999% of people do

[rain dagger]

Yeah

[lost zodiac]

i sent official to pretty much all

[flat scroll]

ya then it probably means nothing

[lost zodiac]

If i were intl i would send official 100%

does everyone have denied?

[dusky island]

wdym?

if you meen waive the right to view then ofc

[ionic vapor]

Is that good or bad

[rain dagger]

I'm poor so no lol

[lost zodiac]

idk

[flat scroll]

no but i don't think it's worth going insane over

[lost zodiac]

do u even know what im talking about

[novel sonnet]

it's just denied cuz the timeline to opt out of your scores being considered has passed

[lost zodiac]

yeah prob that

this thing

[flat scroll]

OHHH

you mean that form

ya everyone has that

[lost zodiac]

yeah it wasnt that hard

[flat scroll]

the deadline is jan 15th

[ornate bone]

my friedn got in thru qb!

i think they took in about 100?

[lost zodiac]

wow thats a lot

[ornate bone]

yeye

they got their acceptance packages recently

[mellow sentinel]

Yeasss

Everyone did

[heavy tapir]

What was in it

[flat scroll]

a small pipe bomb

[tulip bolt]

pipe bomb

[lost zodiac]

so is it worth emailing stanford ao rn

or no

a circumstance

u think?

wdym

should i email or use portal

portal only has lke 500 chars

is it even worth tho

[mellow sentinel]

|| letter from our AO, the admission decision, a Stanford branded journal, pen, water bottle, those triangle flags (idk what they're called), Stanford class of 2027 shirt, and some stickers ||

[lost zodiac]

to explain a few bad grades

yes

yes

its not like that bad

yeah

freshman year wasnt even my problem

nah my counselor doesnt know shit

i mean

on the cds

75% have a 4.0

wait

2023 cds was posted

decision alreaydm ade

[flat scroll]

what

isn't that just for 2022-2023

[lost zodiac]

ueaj

[flat scroll]

oh wait

[lost zodiac]

yeah

[flat scroll]

i'm silly

[lost zodiac]

which includes now

dude

[flat scroll]

i got confused for a sec LOL

[lost zodiac]

it went up so much

[flat scroll]

what did

[flat scroll]

the gpa?

[lost zodiac]

last year

this year

[flat scroll]

😭

i'm not 25th percentile tho so slay i guess

[lost zodiac]

dude what

isnt that crazy?

so maybe they looked at scores more this year?

[flat scroll]

wait why does it have like

people who enrolled already

it shouldn't

this is last year @lost zodiac

there's waitlist stats on here but the waitlist doesn't even exist yet

[lost zodiac]

what

how does that wokr

[flat scroll]

this is last year

not this year

[lost zodiac]

u sure?

isnt this year 2022-2023?

oh

thats for this year

[flat scroll]

ok i mean last school year

technically

[lost zodiac]

so what are these stats for

[flat scroll]

also..

for last year

last admissions cycle

[lost zodiac]

its for submitted GPA

i didnt submit gpa

so im chillin

[flat scroll]

why not

[lost zodiac]

no gpa

wait

so cds is one year behind?

or what

[fringe notch]

when did standardized tests become very important to them?

[flat scroll]

yeah i don't get it

[fringe notch]

aren't they test optional

[lost zodiac]

yeah

i think the SAT and GPA stats are for this year

like our cycle

and the enroll waitlist is last

it kinda makes sense

[flat scroll]

standardized test scores have always been very important

even back to 2008-2009

[lost zodiac]

so

[fringe notch]

yeah but they were test compulsory back then

[lost zodiac]

stanford put more importance on test scores this year

for our cycle

[fringe notch]

i was under the impression that colleges only consider standardized test scores ever since they went TO

[lost zodiac]

i mean look

they consider everything

they admitted less 4.0s this year

[flat scroll]

i think it's because the evidence that sat/act is biased towards richer people who can afford tutors or like is very weak or minimal and having a high act/sat score helps identify applicants who have the ability and tools to succeed even without access to advanced coursework or "enrichment opportunities"

[lost zodiac]

it snot

[flat scroll]

so they wouldnt suddenly not consider test scores as much

its like why mit put it as required now

[flat scroll]

idk i'm rlly confused on this common data set but i don't think it's for this year

[lost zodiac]

it def is

[fringe notch]

yeah

[lost zodiac]

it makes sense

[night shard]

i love stanford

[lost zodiac]

2022-2023 is our year

[heavy tapir]

Cds doesn’t mean much

[lost zodiac]

???

[night shard]

i used to nerd over the cds last year lol

[heavy tapir]

^^

[fringe notch]

aren't we 2023-24

[lost zodiac]

i mean its a rough idea of the class

no

[fringe notch]

we were 23-24 on the CSS

[lost zodiac]

thats for the financial aid year bru

[flat scroll]

supernova how is there a waitlist already then

LOL

there shouldn't be

[heavy tapir]

And applicant year

[lost zodiac]

i think the waitlist is for 2022 fall admits

[flat scroll]

rea has no waitlist

[lost zodiac]

cuz thats the most recent data u know?

thats the most recent waitlist data

[fringe notch]

think the CDS refers to the incoming class of 2022-23

we're the incoming class of 23-24

[flat scroll]

and they're still making admits and decisions up to decision day

[heavy tapir]

^^

[lost zodiac]

nah

its done

[flat scroll]

so how do they have an accurate number

LOL

how do you know

[lost zodiac]

dude its def done

[heavy tapir]

Maybe maybe not

[fringe notch]

they aren't going to publish the CDS so soon lmao

[heavy tapir]

U cant really tell

[fringe notch]

it's last year's

[lost zodiac]

i think stanford would

[flat scroll]

everything ive heard implies they keep making decisions all the way up to the day before usually

[fringe notch]

dude how do they have waitlist numbers

[flat scroll]

for majority of colleges

[fringe notch]

I've had this cds on my phone since last month

or before

idr

[flat scroll]

why would they even upload the class of 23's waitlist numbers to this years cds

makes 0 sense

[lost zodiac]

cds_2022-2023_provisional_02252023.pdf

yale cds says provisional

[mortal pecan]

is that not graduating class of 22-23

[fringe notch]

there's no way they'd published this cds before feb 21st

i downloaded it to my device on feb 21

it's last year's

[lost zodiac]

yale posted the cds too

for 2022-2023

and it says provisional for a reason

[mortal pecan]

we’re not 22-23

we’re 23-24

[lost zodiac]

nah

[lost zodiac]

then why does it say provisional

[fringe notch]

it's last year's for sure

[foggy skiff]

bro how would yale know how many kids enrolled 💀 the cds is for last year's seniors

[lost zodiac]

who knows

[foggy skiff]

if it was for us, then they wouldn't have an enrollement number

[mortal pecan]

it’s for freshman class of each year

we are 23-34 though

since we’re 23 fall 24 spring

[fringe notch]

yeah academic year 2023-24

[foggy skiff]

yeah exactly, but considering decisions haven't been released yet, the cds must describe last year's incoming class

[mortal pecan]

Yes

[flat scroll]

and they're still definitely deciding on stuff 😭

[fringe notch]

fall 2022!!!

[flat scroll]

all students who were admitted and enrolled in Fall 2022

not in 2023

so ya its not for this year at all

[mortal pecan]

wow they get equal men and women applying

[ionic vapor]

They calculate gpa based on what you put in your common app

[flat scroll]

wow they're one off of 28000

💔

[fringe notch]

but they admit and enroll more women 💅

[mortal pecan]

a woman is taking your spot!??!

so based

go women

😼

[flat scroll]

WOMEN IN STEM

[lost zodiac]

nah im pretty sure they use senior too

[flat scroll]

💅

[mortal pecan]

✨

[flat scroll]

i feel like they have to consider midyear

not sure

[mortal pecan]

bop you got this queen

[flat scroll]

if i get rejected i'm blaming you

[mortal pecan]

🐛

[lost zodiac]

also that stat on cds says for people who submitted gpa

[flat scroll]

i'll be the second stanford admit ❤️

[mortal pecan]

not my fault a woman took your spot 😦

its so funny to me

[flat scroll]

not my fault my friend is so talented she took all the t20s from my school 🙄

[mortal pecan]

frrrr

[dim wagon]

They released 2023 cds already?

[flat scroll]

nope

[mortal pecan]

no

[lost zodiac]

alright stop this woman shit

[dim wagon]

I was about to say

[flat scroll]

i wonder if they had more or less applicants this year

[mortal pecan]

keep coping

[past jay]

Probably more

[flat scroll]

not my fault a woman is taking ur stanford spot this year 🙄

[dim wagon]

Wouldn't be shocked if they hit 60k

[flat scroll]

i feel like they def had more

did other colleges have the same trend or not

i don't rlly remember

[dim wagon]

Some went down actually

Mit did

[flat scroll]

i mean obviously mit is lower because of test required

[dim wagon]

washu did too

That's TO

[past jay]

I think the UCs stayed roughly the same

[flat scroll]

oh nice to know

was it last year that everyone applied after covid ended

or is it continuing this year because of those taking gap years

[dim wagon]

Berkeley went down 3k

[past jay]

Yeah we actually are lucky

[dim wagon]

That's insignificant though probably

[past jay]

We miss that gap year thing

[flat scroll]

i think 3k is a pretty significant number but idk

[dim wagon]

Relative to the whole pool

[past jay]

Nah I would say 3k is decent

but in terms of UCs ….

How many people tend to apply to Berk?

[mortal pecan]

a lot

[mellow sentinel]

Isn't cal the 2nd most applied to uc

Arguably the best one

[flat scroll]

@mellow sentinel i'm kinda curious but what are your stats

also i feel like stanford will prolly have a dip in applications then

idk

like that initial surge last yr

[dim wagon]

125k applied this year

[past jay]

Crazy

[mellow sentinel]

[dim wagon]

5.0 1700✨✨

[terse notch]

WTFF

bro im not getting in

[flat scroll]

nobody is 😭

[dim wagon]

have faith

they take like 10kish

you could be one of them

[wind eagle]

sat is the easiest thing to do without money tho

compared to essay editors and ecs that use connections

like khan academy has all the resources you need to get well above 1500 i never paid for anything

[ornate bone]

Stanford kids

[wind eagle]

stanford announce decision date challenge

[mellow sentinel]

💀💀

[flat scroll]

i saw this exact tiktok wtf

[floral obsidian]

im going insane

waiting for decisions to come out

it's so far yet so close

like come out already

[dim wagon]

i just realized this will be my last decision

[floral obsidian]

exactlyyyy why does it have to be the last one

😭

[rugged laurel]

is it march 31

or april 1

[fossil badger]

Same 😭 and Stanny is my #1 choice

[flat scroll]

same

[floral obsidian]

officially it's usually april 1st

but they say early april

this year though 1st of april falls on a saturday

so they think 31st march

we'll get a confirmation 1 week out or less

[flat scroll]

no i think its cause they release day after ivy

[floral obsidian]

ya ivy is on the 30th right

[flat scroll]

mhm

[floral obsidian]

hope stanny comes out on the 31st

[flat scroll]

if it is the 31st we'll know on friday whether it's true or not

[floral obsidian]

I wont sleep the 29th or 30st lol

[fossil badger]

Same I just want to get rejected already lol

[flat scroll]

i just want to see if i got in or not 💔

[floral obsidian]

pls let me in

[rugged laurel]

Im in

[flat scroll]

ok nvm this gives me faith in my roommate essay 😭
https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/yb1ogy/some_advice_and_a_rant_about_the_stanford/

[deft epoch]

i took a big risk on my roommate essay and included a quote from joey in friends "how You doin" so its a hit or miss, if the AO loves friends then hopefully i get in 😅

[flat scroll]

my roommate essay was like straight up realistic if that makes sense

[deft epoch]

same i had so much fun with it

[flat scroll]

it was me listing the benefits and downsides of rooming with me

[deft epoch]

i just tried to be funny throughout

not much professional writing included cause at the end of the day its a letter so wrote it realistically like u said

[flat scroll]

can i read urs 👀

yeah

i agree

i tried to avoid like fancy language

and i even used technically grammatically incorrect words because its how id say it irl

[deft epoch]

same

[deft epoch]

sure

[floral obsidian]

let me in

pls

[wicked oriole]

i dont think my stanford essays were that good

did i even deserve

[past jay]

Dude my roommate essay didn’t even have a hello😭

[wicked oriole]

eh thats not important

my roomate essay was so wack bruh

💀

it was so weird

[lost zodiac]

gpt4 says my SPIV is 2

[wicked oriole]

and my intellectual essay was so freaking cringe

🤮

[lost zodiac]

😂

[wicked oriole]

🤮

[grave steppe]

I don’t even remember what I put but I do have my Harvard one tho

[wicked oriole]

my intellectual essay was so mid

[past jay]

Mine was about compromise😟

My Harvard one was ass

[grave steppe]

Na I feel like mine after low key

[past jay]

Based

[wicked oriole]

mine was a love letter to a specific biochemical patheway that i indeeed love 😭

^intellectual essay

[flat scroll]

what even is technically the intellectual essay this yr

[wicked oriole]

it was so fun but its so cringe looking back

[flat scroll]

i dont know which prompt it is

like is it the learning one

[wicked oriole]

tell us about something that excites you

yea

[flat scroll]

or is it the meaningful one

[wicked oriole]

learning

[flat scroll]

I WROTE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO LEARN MORE

😭

[past jay]

I acc liked my iv essay

[flat scroll]

like

you know the feeling you get

when you know something now

[past jay]

I like my roommate one too but like idk I think it was too serious

[flat scroll]

and you begin to understand a topic better

[wicked oriole]

i liked my iv essay but then hated it

my extended roomate essay was best writing ive done in colleg app

shortened was ok

[solid remnant]

i wrote about not during brain surgery on my roomate while theyre sleeping

[wicked oriole]

worked out

u never know

[past jay]

Yeah that’s true

[flat scroll]

idk if i'd get into stanny though because my calculated UW is probably like a 3.75 or 3.8 idk

excluding freshman

[wicked oriole]

i had a 3.7 including freshman

[flat scroll]

but i also listed circumstances that made freshman and sophomore year hard so

[wicked oriole]

but freshman had a shit ton of genuine extenuating circumstance

sand my ecs were strong

[flat scroll]

cause being completely deaf is something

[flat scroll]

😭 i only have 7 ecs but i've been pretty consistent with them all

[past jay]

Do they actually take into account extenuating circumstances?

[wicked oriole]

Stanford seems truly hollistic so dont worry

yes

esp if counselor includes

which is what mine did

[past jay]

Yeah I’m pretty sure my councillor included it becuase she asked me if the paragraph she wrote about my circumstance was fine

[grave steppe]

How did y’all interview go, does it hills any weight

[past jay]

Mine went so awful and awkward 😔

[solid remnant]

we talked abt deer baby

[flat scroll]

on apps that are just almost admit it can hold weight

[solid remnant]

i love portland

[flat scroll]

mine was pretty good

[grave steppe]

Noo that’s how my mit one went and he couldn’t hear me, and ended up saying I need to align my plans better🧍🏾‍♀️💀

[past jay]

Oh god that’s awful OMG😭😭😭

[flat scroll]

i loved mine because it felt pretty realistic and we had to keep checking the time so we wouldn't run over

idk if i did absolutely spectacular but i talked a lot about being deaf and then also a lot of questions

[solid remnant]

did you guys do it online or in person?

[flat scroll]

i asked my interviewer what the food was like at stanford

[grave steppe]

I loved mine she was an immigrant like me so I felt she could understand a lot and we talked for a while

[flat scroll]

i even emphasized to him that the food at colleges was very important to me

[past jay]

My interviewer asked me if I could wave a magic wand what part of the Holocaust would I make everyone understand/know 💀

[grave steppe]

I had mine onions

[past jay]

Online

[flat scroll]

WHAT

[grave steppe]

Online*

[flat scroll]

mine was in person

[solid remnant]

HUHHH

[dim wagon]

What's a spiv

[flat scroll]

i got mine like a week after applications got sent

[solid remnant]

stanford applicant ranking system

[grave steppe]

Kinda lucky the only one I had in person was Princeton at this big firm building 😭

[solid remnant]

ivy league actually

[past jay]

TO BE FAIR my jewish identity carries through some of my major ecs and I do Holocaust education stuff but like 💀come ON

[dim wagon]

Oh

[lost zodiac]

Nah

[solid remnant]

dont they all use similar rankings

[lost zodiac]

idk

[solid remnant]

ok

[lost zodiac]

stanford is kinda different

[past jay]

and I said “hm tough question” like as a sentence filler and the guy goes “well ur applying to Stanford” like BRO I KNOW

[flat scroll]

my applicant asked what unique thing i would bring to stanford

like what unique talent do i have

[solid remnant]

this is comical

[past jay]

Dude it was so awkward

I had to be like haha well yeah

[grave steppe]

I can imagine💀

[flat scroll]

and i told him that no matter what i answered it would be impossible to be unique because inevitably there have been people before me with the same talents and abilities but i concluded with an answer of "my unique perspective of being deaf" because it's true

how many deaf admits are there to t20s 💀

[past jay]

Number one on things I never ever want to experience again

[flat scroll]

like 2 or 3 a year?

[wicked oriole]

bro what the fuck

that interview q is crazy

[novel crane]

tbh i wonder how common this is now

[wicked oriole]

good thing i didnt have a stanford interview

[novel crane]

i see so many ppl w deaf as their disability

[wicked oriole]

my harvard interview was peak tho i got so lucky

[novel crane]

so idk if it's actually unique

[flat scroll]

i'm completely deaf

like deaf from birth

[novel crane]

cochlear implants?

[grave steppe]

Wish I got one

[flat scroll]

yes

[past jay]

Sames

[flat scroll]

i'm not like, deaf in one ear or something

[novel crane]

me too but my story is v unique

[flat scroll]

RLLY?

[novel crane]

yeah my story is v unique tho LOL

[flat scroll]

you're completely deaf too?

[novel crane]

well now yes

i got surgery in 8th

[flat scroll]

i was born w the connexin 26 mutation so im congenitally deaf aka deaf before learning language

[novel crane]

at stanford actually too LMAO

[flat scroll]

WHAT

LOL

THATS A STORY TO BEHOLD

stanford chose you

[novel crane]

i got my cochlear implants from a stanford professor, medical researcher n surgeon

he's v impressive actually

his waitlist is like a year

[flat scroll]

I HAVE COMPETITION

💀

[novel crane]

he also looks dead inside

idkkkk

[flat scroll]

what's next ur 4.0 36 1600 😭

[novel crane]

i see sm ppl w hearing loss/deaf

[mellow sentinel]

Bruh huh

[novel crane]

so idt it's unique

[flat scroll]

i don't

[wicked oriole]

also guys

[flat scroll]

i don't see anyone ever with cochlear implants at least

[wicked oriole]

if u guys get in

join the stnaford discord i made

[novel crane]

idk if they would even know

[wicked oriole]

rea admits galore on their 🥳

[novel crane]

did u write in ur essays

[past jay]

I wish they just dropped the dateeeee

[mellow sentinel]

Mid discord fr I would leave fr

[wicked oriole]

[mellow sentinel]

🙄

[wicked oriole]

damn

[flat scroll]

my essay was about the difference in channels of sound that people w implants hear versus people without hearing loss

[novel crane]

oooo interesting, what maj do u wanna do LOL

[wicked oriole]

too active for this argument

[flat scroll]

physics

[novel crane]

i wrote more so abt tech

cuz cs

[flat scroll]

thank god im not cs

[mellow sentinel]

🙄🙄🙄just left

[novel crane]

but brown's my dream school

[wicked oriole]

exposed

[mellow sentinel]

Woah now

[flat scroll]

stanford is my dream school but i'm already in umiami so i think i'm personally fine :p

[novel crane]

that became my dream school once again after my dream yesterday 💀

[wicked oriole]

Stanford disocvrd peak

join 🥳

[flat scroll]

i'm just hoping on a pipe dream bc i don't really have strong ecs

[mortal pecan]

smh flexing

[novel crane]

ooo nice LOL for me it's cuz i live here so i want out

[mellow sentinel]

I'm so glad I never discovered a2c before getting into Stanford lmfao

[novel crane]

i want stanford for grad tho

[flat scroll]

in florida?!

[mellow sentinel]

I would've overthought everything

[wicked oriole]

u fr never heard of a2c

impressive

[flat scroll]

i live in florida too

[wicked oriole]

💀

[flat scroll]

😭

[novel crane]

nahhh bay area LMAO

[past jay]

I wish I didn’t discover a2c during apps

[wicked oriole]

i overthought everything and suffered 😄

[flat scroll]

oh

[novel crane]

i used to live in florida tho

[past jay]

All it does is stress me out 😭

[novel crane]

orlando

[wicked oriole]

ive been on a2c since freshman year 🤪

[flat scroll]

oh god bay area nvm none of my accomplishments will compare LMFAO

[past jay]

This is wildddd

[mellow sentinel]

I'm not a Reddit kid 💀 I found out about it cuz my friend was showing me the Yale interview guy lol

Made me download the app

[wicked oriole]

lolll

[mellow sentinel]

nah that's crazy

[past jay]

I hadn’t heard of a2c till like december literally

[flat scroll]

same

i didn't hear ab a2c until like February

[wicked oriole]

im literally so activer its bad 😭

[flat scroll]

@novel crane whatd you even write ur common app on

[wicked oriole]

and it wont stop

[rugged laurel]

me too bruh

[wicked oriole]

now im on r/premed

[rugged laurel]

💀

its awful

[mellow sentinel]

Nahhh

[novel crane]

anorexia and drama

[flat scroll]

theatre kid too???

[past jay]

Theatre slay

[flat scroll]

or like drama drama w people

[mellow sentinel]

I've yet to make a post or comment on Reddit lol

[novel crane]

as in theatre LOL

[wicked oriole]

yall shud be bffs

[flat scroll]

i'm a theatre kid and i wrote about thespians in the "extracurriculars" section

LOL

[novel crane]

lets get into stanford n meetup : D

if i get into stanford my parents r gonna make me go

[flat scroll]

i said i loved expressing myself and also like appreciating how happy i am to have cochlear implants that way

if i got into stanford my parents would find some way to pay for it

[wicked oriole]

when is stanford out

[flat scroll]

💀

[wicked oriole]

31?

[novel crane]

so idk if i'd tell them if i get into brown

[flat scroll]

i think so

or the 1st

[wicked oriole]

naice

so u open staqnford

i open duke

[flat scroll]

just fake a rejection letter

[novel crane]

LMAO

[wicked oriole]

hopefully i dont care about duke dedcision at all by the time i open it

[novel crane]

what did u guys write ur roommate essay on

lowk my fav essay

[flat scroll]

MY COCHLEAR IMPLANTS 😭

like how hard it would be for me to wake up

[wicked oriole]

spilling ink on my hands and not wiping it off

[novel crane]

LMAOOOO i wake up v easily

j turn on the light

and im up

[past jay]

I wrote mine on compromising with my sister when we share rooms on holiday😭

[flat scroll]

and how my roommate would benefit from like me not hearing anything

like they can have ppl over

and play music and noise

[novel crane]

LOL nice i wrote mine on protein bars and rock climbing

my 100+ protein bar collection

[past jay]

But mine got super cringe bc I spoke about how I would compromise for a worse bed or whatever for experiences

[flat scroll]

i feel like mine is genuine but i also didn't show much of what i do or my personality in it so it's like a little concerning 😭

[novel crane]

nah im sure u did good if u feel like its genuine

[mellow sentinel]

After the first, no excitement from opening letters 💀

Absolutely 0

[wicked oriole]

💀 na i want harvard brown

💀

[mellow sentinel]

I jus say "ok cool"

[flat scroll]

i'm hoping there's some like

[wicked oriole]

too true

[flat scroll]

stanford committee member

[wicked oriole]

i got into all my targets and im like

[flat scroll]

arguing over me and bria

[wicked oriole]

"nice"

[flat scroll]

"WHO IS MORE QUALIFIED"

"THEY'RE BOTH DEAF"

[novel crane]

LMAOOO

'admit both'

[flat scroll]

"HE WAS DEAF FIRST"

[wicked oriole]

they admitted threee people with the exact same niche research interest rea

[mellow sentinel]

I had 2 targets

[wicked oriole]

so u never know

agfain

[flat scroll]

"DISABILITY'S NOT A COMPETITION"

[past jay]

Dude I’m scared bc there’s a girl at my school who has the EXACT academic goals as me - I’ve gone more research and generally more but i haven’t acc seen her application so #stressed

[wicked oriole]

nothing u can do so dw

wanna here the stress i went through

i was competing with someone who got won vex robotics worlds

💀

[past jay]

Like I didn’t realise but we applied for UCSD for the same thing and the same college and somehow we both got in for the major and college😭

[wicked oriole]

i had some signficiant ec achievemnts too but i thought that winning vex worlds was massive

so i like

gave up

after applying

[past jay]

Omg😭

[rugged laurel]

I have ltierally no ECs at all

[wicked oriole]

ok jhu

[rugged laurel]

luckily for me I am competing with nobody as far as my schools go

[past jay]

Yeah but like yk at the same time think of all the applicants to wharton that had to compete against Noah schnapp💀

[rugged laurel]

Im not even in a single club

0 competitions since freshman year

[flat scroll]

my ecs are like mediocre but i have dedicated commitment and a scholarship to my school for english excellence LOL

[wicked oriole]

they dont tho

[rugged laurel]

my only ecs are things I do by myself

[wicked oriole]

stil ecs 😎

[night shard]

i kinda liked my roommate essay lol, i pretty much just pointed all my red flags lol

[past jay]

I did that originally then my counsilor was like absolutely not 💀

[night shard]

i took a unique take on it, because i go to a residential school rn, i talked about the essay from the perspective of my current roommate and stuff hes told me

[flat scroll]

same

[wicked oriole]

most of the accepted studenrs had unique takes on the roomate essays from what ive seen in the discord

[flat scroll]

i wrote ab red flags of mine too because i thought it was a like

[wicked oriole]

but then again selection bias

so u never know

[night shard]

and my college counselor told me it was genuine, and even if its not refined, stanford wants to see your raw personality

[flat scroll]

genuine essay

[lost zodiac]

bro is not a2c

[wicked oriole]

i wrote about inky hands and how i purposely keep myself inky

[flat scroll]

can you look at my roommate essay

[wicked oriole]

sure dm

[grave steppe]

Omg could you look at mine🙌🏾

[night shard]

i didnt share red flags per se but just talked as if i was talking with my dorm floor rn

[night shard]

same lol could you?

[wicked oriole]

sure LOL

[mellow sentinel]

Why would u snitch on urself 💀

[wicked oriole]

sure LOL but i am not more knowledgeable than others

just cuz i got in

but i can surely look 😄

[grave steppe]

Thank you

[lost zodiac]

nah u gotta be self deprecating

[grave steppe]

Praying we get in fr

[mellow sentinel]

Good luck nerds

[hybrid beacon]

[mortal pecan]

that happened with me (i’m the girl) and he still got into his dream school

so dw

i’m ngl i kinda wonder what would’ve happened had he gotten into the research program instead of me

we probably would’ve switched places

i probably would still be doing engineering and he’d be doing astrophysics

[solid remnant]

if someone at my school alr got into stanford does that affect my chances

[mortal pecan]

no

[hybrid beacon]

On an unrelated note I havent slept in 40 hours and now have two 3 hour tests to sit through

[solid remnant]

but dont they like have a cap per school/ region

[mortal pecan]

per region maybe

not per school

[solid remnant]

mmmm

[night shard]

they dont admit by region, stanford director of admissions said during an in person admissions event

[mortal pecan]

i see

[flat scroll]

what else did he say

[night shard]

i flew all the way to california for stanford bruh wish i can make that trip again

[hybrid beacon]

well ofc they'd say that

[mortal pecan]

so ur good

[night shard]

they dont superscore act

[mortal pecan]

i remember when

[night shard]

which i learned for the first time then

i also found out that student services work alongside admissions to help them read apps

came as a good surprise since my aunt heads student services at stanford 💀

[mortal pecan]

i toured mit and the ao there said “please don’t feel pressured to apply EA, utilize the extra time to raise your grades, take a standardized exam again, be more involved in your ecs”

and then RD we got slaughtered

[flat scroll]

😳

[mortal pecan]

seems like everyone who followed their advice got slaughtered

[flat scroll]

thank god i didnt retake then

[solid remnant]

fantastic

[night shard]

well region as in urban, suburb, rural will be taken into context, just not state

[mortal pecan]

does being in rural actually help

[hybrid beacon]

maybe they dont have a quota per se but like
the same way cs is more competitive than east asian studies even if they dont admit by major

[lost zodiac]

nah bru

[novel crane]

nah my bf got in

[lost zodiac]

only low income

[flat scroll]

is physics competitive

[mortal pecan]

oo congrats

[novel crane]

he didn't apply EA and i was like bro

he took more time to do his video

[hybrid beacon]

we'll know shortly

[novel crane]

cuz he built smthn for it

[solid remnant]

thats fine

[mortal pecan]

i’m jus saying out of like 400 people i know who are cracked af nobody got in

rd

[solid remnant]

everyone is suburban basically

[novel crane]

yeah it's def partially luck

and what they need

and the combo of everything

[mortal pecan]

yeahh

[night shard]

well im not sure, because for cs, you need to be better than other cs applicants or unique, region is contextual, if ur in california, a san jose applicant will be viewed differently from a rural redding applicant

[hybrid beacon]

thats fair yeah

[flat scroll]

apparently there aren't many physics majors at all so i think i'm fine

vast majority of ppl are just cs

[night shard]

i am happy, purely for college apps that i live on a farm in the middle of nowhere oklahoma

[mortal pecan]

physics is still popular

[mortal pecan]

hasn’t helped me being in a rural LI area

i don’t think the boost is genuinely applicable for more than contextualization

[night shard]

bruh all the farmers where i live are loaded with that cash crop flowing in

[night shard]

yeah contextualization is it

but it is a boost

[mortal pecan]

opposite here

[night shard]

at the same time, if you dont have opportunities in your rural community, its not great

[mortal pecan]

yeah

it’s not exactly beneficial

[night shard]

for me, i live in a rural farm, but i go to school in downtown of the largest city in my state

[mortal pecan]

not the case for me

i live on rural fringe

go to school in rural area

there’s like 0 ecs around here outside of school

[night shard]

i revolved my whole application around living in a rural community and tying that into healthcare, so i used where i live to my advantage, because thats truly what im interested in

[mortal pecan]

and we have like 6 clubs

[mortal pecan]

i should’ve

[night shard]

we dont have clubs at my school either, i dont have club leadership position, but i have research

[mortal pecan]

i didn’t really think it was necessary to tie into anything other than using my state internship to help people in my community

i’ve got a research internship and some other research/outreach stuff

[night shard]

in your community, does everyone get hype over the fact that you applied to masssive schools

[mortal pecan]

nah i get mocked for it

everyone’s like “AsTrOPhYsIcS”

most people don’t go to college and the ppl that do typically stay local

[flat scroll]

everyone just stares at me like i'm an alien when i say astrophysics too

[night shard]

like my neighbor was so excited that i even had the chance to apply to harvard, like he was so confused that im not going to the university of kansas or something

[flat scroll]

LOL

nobody applies stem in my area except like bio or something

[mortal pecan]

most of my IB class is going to either state flagship here or state flagship one state over

we did get one to dartmouth tho

[night shard]

my neighbors also rant about how elite schools change ur political ideology or whatever, for context one of my neigbors homeschools their children cause they "don't want to inject government chips into their children"

[mortal pecan]

literally my entire life i’ve had huge pressure on me to succeed because my parents made the argument “i didn’t immigrate for my children to be mediocre”

and also i’m generally considered gifted for my area

so it was kind of a given i’d be applying to these types of schools

will i get in? prob not

the pressure was there the resources were not

it was kind of aimless

[ivory sand]

GIFTEDNESS IS A SCAM

ITS THE EXPECTATION ON YOURSELF THAT SCREWS YOU UP

[mortal pecan]

yep

[ivory sand]

YOU THINK YOU ARE SO GREAT AND HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH

[flat scroll]

people consider me gifted in terms of my disability 💀

[ivory sand]

EVEN WHEN YOU ARE JUST A NORMAL HUMAN BEING

GIFTEDNESS DID NOT HELP A SINGLE PERSON

ONLY THAT PERSON'S EGO WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG

[mortal pecan]

yeah i agree lmao

[ivory sand]

BUT DESTROYED THEIR EGO WHEN THEY WERE OLDER

[mortal pecan]

it’s so stupid

it’s like a self detonating bomb

it’s just sabotage

you’ve got the pressure but you don’t know what to do with it

in most cases

i mean i just recently figured it all out

and if i hadn’t stumbled by chance i would never have figured it out

[flat scroll]

"oh my god your application looks so good 😻 youve done so much even when youre completely deaf"

[ivory sand]

Put yourself into situations where you are not considered great

and face the problem of not being the best at something

LIKE WORKING AT A FAST FOOD JOB

THAT HUMBLES YOURSELF REAL QUICk

[mortal pecan]

i almost did retail last summer

most of my friends went retail

[flat scroll]

completely deaf from birth with cochlear implants

[mortal pecan]

i was going to work at hot topic for the discount

[ivory sand]

Just do it

[flat scroll]

yeah but it's like, significantly worse

i have no idea if things sound robotic

[ivory sand]

all these people who work there are usually so skilled but in a way thats not what is traditional

[flat scroll]

ive never heard what it sounds normally

💀

my common app essay was ab that 😭

i say it's worse cause i only hear like 22-122 channels of sound

and people normally hear 20k+

and also its very fucking annoying to be in any convo with more than 3 people or very annoying to be in a big room/one with horrible acoustics

[ivory sand]

Ive always wondered this but is it enjoyable to watch movies or tv shows when having such restrictions

[flat scroll]

literally can't hear anyone

[ivory sand]

pardon me if its tone deaf

[flat scroll]

yes, i dont think im impacted on this front at all i just need closed captioning

music is fine too i just have a weird taste

[ivory sand]

ohh alrihght

DO YOU LISTEN TO KENDRICK LAMAR

[flat scroll]

i listen to tame impala and my favorite indie niche band beach bunny

but like

i'd describe myself as mostly indie music

which most ppl dont really like

i don't even hear lyrics most of the time 😭

probably not

deaf ppl will still have diff tastes like normal people

[ivory sand]

DO EITHER OF YOU LISTEN TO KENDRICK

PLEASEE I NEED TO KNOW SOMEONE ELSE WHO DOES

[flat scroll]

no