Harvard. The reasons that I have for wishing to go to Harvard are several. I fe (2022-2023)

[kind elk]

this one is better

nobody knows

[vague ice]

Idk if I’m 2 or 3

oh ill get a 2

[humble stirrup]

I could’ve gotten a 2 had i gone t/o

[vague ice]

EXCEPT i won a state competition, hopefully i can up myself to a 3+ or 2-

[hollow mural]

is it composite

or superscore

[vague ice]

superscore

Oh I’m 3 nvm

[humble stirrup]

wait huh?

[kind elk]

Abcde and sani get a 1 here

[hollow mural]

oh im a 2 then

[humble stirrup]

you can’t submit ACT superscore to harvard

[vague ice]

1-

[vague ice]

i hope i'm a 2+ here

given my special circumstances ✨

[vague ice]

Definitely not 😭

[kind elk]

you can’t get a 1- 😳

[vague ice]

oh

LOL

2

[humble stirrup]

I’m probably a 2 there

[hollow mural]

how does ec thing works

[kind elk]

nobody knows

[vague ice]

What’s the criteria to get in again

[humble stirrup]

i was still deferred so i didn’t have a 2 overall

[kind elk]

well, ao knows

[vague ice]

Like the threshold

[hollow mural]

what if i have a 200people npo

[clear imp]

I think I’m a 2 tbh

[hollow mural]

does count as 2

[vague ice]

this deserves a 1 guys

don't mind the yellow screen

it's for my poor asian eyes

id list my ecs but this feels like fear mongering

[kind elk]

yes

[humble stirrup]

very true

[vague ice]

My EC’s are like npc a2c member

[humble stirrup]

i think my ecs are 2+ worthy but harvard is havard

[vague ice]

calm down and let the aos handle it

yeah harvard is harvard.

[clear imp]

What would 1 count as tho fr

[humble stirrup]

i mean i literally published data to them

[clear imp]

Real

[vague ice]

yo personality matter dawg

[kind elk]

if this answers your question

[vague ice]

being literally like the best athelete in the world

cant be mickey mouse out here

[vague ice]

i hope i get 3

if i can get a two on extracurriculars and personal, i'm set.

[kind elk]

the most important category 🥵

[vague ice]

those will carry

oh

[humble stirrup]

it’s rlly hard to get a 2 solid personal

[vague ice]

@vague ice is my new ps immature

[vague ice]

My harvard essay lowkey ass

[humble stirrup]

only 50 ish people get a 1 personal

[clear imp]

I Hope i get a 1 bc honestly anything below would be so offensive🙄🙄🙄🙄

[kind elk]

😭

[vague ice]

well my personal statement is hopefully really good as everyone's told me it is????? and hopefully my teachers lors will carry, and samw with my writin gtoo

[kind elk]

did you submit already

[vague ice]

No I like it

Yeah

[vague ice]

ty!

[vague ice]

r u free

[vague ice]

i submitted my commonapp yes but not the writing supplement -- haven't started hehehehe

Over that crap bro 😭

[clear imp]

I’m so scared I wish I could read my LORs

[kind elk]

pray 2 rakats nafl

[kind elk]

always

[stuck pumice]

what type of information do harvard interviewers receive about the applicants?

[vague ice]

bet

[stuck pumice]

do they know our essays?

[vague ice]

You sound like my dad

[kind elk]

lmao

[clear imp]

Omg interview?! 🫣

Whatevs tho

[vague ice]

i just know one of my teachers is SO DANG GOOD at writing LORs (she's gotten people into harvard lol so that helps) and the other teacher is decent and really knows me well 😭 but then again um yeah they might just be a 3

cause i failed every test in one of those teacher's classes 💀

[vague ice]

Lol as long as they don’t have an irrational hate for you you will be okay

[clear imp]

SIMILAR TO ME

[kind elk]

but yeah, this is the last category (athletics) but it doesn’t matter because none y’all getting a 1 or a 2

[humble stirrup]

yea i hope i got a 2 as well because i have 2 “best in tenure” with 1 being “best in 11y tenure” in a rlly rigorous class and he said rlly sweet stuff about me, and then i got one from one of the top government officials in my state which i work with

still got deferred so probably not a 2 there

[vague ice]

my other teacher got into brown and said "nah i don't wanna go" 😭

my teacher got a girl into MIT 😒 but she had a 1600 so makes sense

ouch

[clear imp]

Yeah hope so I don’t think one of my teachers have ever written one but Ik the other has gotten people into the huntsman program at penn sooo

[vague ice]

um i'm a 5 hopefully

[vague ice]

I have no athletic EC’s lmao

[humble stirrup]

i really got screwed over rea

[vague ice]

Well I have one but I didn’t put it

[clear imp]

I think I have a 2 or 3 in this

[vague ice]

2

[humble stirrup]

i’m not sure my midyear is going to be good enough to get me admitted anywhere

[vague ice]

ope

i prayed to the lords my mid yr was all As

Does this count as "substantial time outside of conventional ec participation such as family commitments or term-time work???

(slightly sensitive because it's personal) -> deleted

or bsmds would kick me out

[humble stirrup]

my IB art teacher is throwing a hissy fit and wants a piece + 3 curated slides done a week + over break

[vague ice]

yes

[clear imp]

If I rowed in HS and then sorta stopped competitively due to health in my final year would that still be a 2?

[humble stirrup]

and she has rlly strict grade policies, hopefully i can raise a 29% bc this is ridiculous

[vague ice]

💀 dawg what

that sounds unfair

[vague ice]

captain?

[humble stirrup]

tbf i have like 3 grades actually in and the rest aren’t but literally this is her 2nd year teaching ever

[vague ice]

or lead rower

[humble stirrup]

and she jumped into doing ib

[vague ice]

:pray

🙏 i hope it boosts me then

maybe????

[vague ice]

Bruh my calc teacher still has not graded the final

[vague ice]

☠️

[clear imp]

No but I was in a boat and got some okay places/awards

[vague ice]

still got a 5% lottery ticket chance to get into harvard

[vague ice]

id say 3 but it rlly depends

[humble stirrup]

bc some no name art college degree will qualify you to teach ib art and tell 16-18 yos they better dedicate their life to art if they don’t want to fail and they should consider not applying to college this year to focus on her class

but w/e

[vague ice]

💀

[clear imp]

When I wrote it in my CA i think I included some leader things one sec I’ll see

[vague ice]

oh then ur fine

im no AO

youll prob get in

rowing is cool

[humble stirrup]

state level sports is a 3

national/intl would maybe be a 2

varsity is just a 3

[clear imp]

I’m international and have rowed at the National schools regatta - we came T10 in the country

[humble stirrup]

ok then probably a 2

[clear imp]

Ok cool

Where can I find a doc with all of these rating things?

[kind elk]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cfwru7/interesting_statistics_and_info_regarding_harvard/

You can also just search "Harvard rating scale"

no idea

[clear imp]

Thanks a lot

[storm vigil]

bro i screwed up my application

im out before it even started

[knotty violet]

i have a quick question
for the supp to briefly elaborate on an ec u guys think its too generic to elaborate on tutoring?

[vague ice]

what happened??

[kind elk]

No, not imo

[vague ice]

i did

not exactly tutoring but of sorts

[knotty violet]

alright bet cause i got a good tutoring experience where like i had to tutor in a foreign language so thats the first thing that came to mind

[kind elk]

👍

[storm vigil]

Well I basically searched up my mistake on Google and found this reddit post

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/7kw4ae/application_mistake_for_harvard_need_advice/

did the exact same thing as OP

I switched the scale and put 5 instead of 1

[vague ice]

ohh

thats not bad

[storm vigil]

^

[knotty violet]

bro u'll be fine just send em an email im pretty sure ur not the first and def not the last to screw that scale up

i almost did it too

[storm vigil]

No but like I did that for all 3

And my entire profile screams CS/STEM

And then they see this shit

[knotty violet]

just get that email ready thats all u can do now

[storm vigil]

ok

when should i send it?

right now?

or wait after like Jan 1st

i think they would be on break right now

[vague ice]

😭

[knotty violet]

yeah they not gonna see it till sunday or monday so just send it before then

but my dumbass just noticed something too

i was reading the additional intellectual experiences prompt after I wrote smt and noticed i didnt rlly answer the question

I put smt about me organizing a conference with an organization

u guys think that would count as part of the question cause they do mention supervised or self directed projects not done as school work

[vague ice]

is there a better prompt

[knotty violet]

wym?

[vague ice]

like is there a prompt that better addresses your essay topic

[knotty violet]

oh no im talking about this prompt

Your intellectual life may extend beyond the academic requirements of your particular school. Please use the space below to list additional intellectual activities that you have not mentioned or detailed elsewhere in your application. These could include, but are not limited to, supervised or self-directed projects not done as school work, training experiences, online courses not run by your school, or summer academic or research programs not described elsewhere. [150 words]

[vague ice]

I did something about creating a data science & analytics entry for a competition, and when i tried to answer one question, i just found another, and another, and another.

and that's what fuels my energy and excitement for learning.

[storm vigil]

Ok idk if yall really care about my stupidity but like

That OP is an actual GOAT

I DMd him out of the blue

and he responded immediately

he made that post as a high school senior but he's now a senior at Harvard!

and he worked in admissions

and he showed me the email he sent and his response

omg

[vague ice]

Why does Harvard even ask those questions???

Do they want to see 1s

or 5s

[knotty violet]

damn that guy is a g

[storm vigil]

they want to see 1s/2s

[vague ice]

ur sure

dang cause i submitted a 3

and 2s

no 1s

[knotty violet]

damn i probably gotta rewrite this then

[vague ice]

3 for activities

2 for everything else

[storm vigil]

ur good dw

[vague ice]

are you sure????

[storm vigil]

at least u didnt put a fu**in 5

[vague ice]

i literally submitted like 20 minutes ago

i did 1s/2s

like my major might change

but my vocational plans wont

[knotty violet]

same

[kind elk]

yeah

[vague ice]

med gang

[kind elk]

you’re going to become a quant/cs sell out like us sani

[storm vigil]

fr i love him

[vague ice]

yeah maybe

so this isn't bad????

[storm vigil]

ur fine

[knotty violet]

did u write anything about like a medical EC for the intellectual activites question?

[storm vigil]

1 2 3 fine

[vague ice]

i look better in scrubs than suits tho

okay okay

[storm vigil]

4 5 bad

[vague ice]

WAIT

[vague ice]

yo screen mickey mouse

Can you ask him if the Crimson essays are personal statements or supplements???

also thats fine

[vague ice]

yeah my poor asian eyes

?

what happened to ur eyes

they're just very sensitive

ohh

damn sorry

nah it's all good

i'm used to it

orange looks cool tho

it's from being stupid and looking in the sun too many times :D

so now blue light is painful

😭

thats cute

but sad

yeah dont look in the sun guys

😂

[kind elk]

im struggling with writing a thank you note

[vague ice]

I've probably squinted in the sun for like.... a total of 4 minutes during my life

hence my dying eyes

[kind elk]

[vague ice]

nah

[vague ice]

for harvard?

i wrote about mickey mouse ECs

own topic?

im asian dawg

[kind elk]

for penn

I already finished Harvard app

[vague ice]

well write it like you mean it, don't do it for admissions

[knotty violet]

my guy what?

[vague ice]

whoops that was meant for luck u

quintessential asian doctor

imma probably write about penpaling someone that's 50 years older than i aam

😂

[vague ice]

i wrote goofy ecs

like stupid

i trolled the whole app

[kind elk]

😦

[vague ice]

?

[knotty violet]

and u got in?

[vague ice]

no

dunno yet

[kind elk]

Not her

[knotty violet]

oh i thought u alr applied

[vague ice]

will be rejected

[kind elk]

Yet*

[knotty violet]

rea

[bronze spire]

Why tf is harvard due tn

[vague ice]

nah i did mit ea

chose the better uni

[knotty violet]

idk i literally made a last second decision to apply to harvard

[bronze spire]

Like why do we need to apply if theres no AOs to receive our apps

[vague ice]

TOMORROW NIGHT

[kind elk]

😟

[vague ice]

WELL

[vague ice]

youll get in

SUNDAY NIGHT

[vague ice]

[knotty violet]

i needed a good laugh thanks

[vague ice]

lol

mood

[kind elk]

absolute 0 confidence

all of yall

[vague ice]

good

hubris is bad

[kind elk]

it’s good

[vague ice]

fine

[storm vigil]

ok the chance that i see u on campus is nonzero now

[kind elk]

😀

[storm vigil]

very low but nonzero

[vague ice]

hubris

[kind elk]

🥵🥵🥵

looks so nice

harvard '27

[vague ice]

💀

dawg

[storm vigil]

ok now i need to go celebrate new years with my fam

ttyl

[vague ice]

chill

bye

[storm vigil]

bye 🙂

[kind elk]

don’t go yet

there’s still 3 mins

[vague ice]

lol

[kind elk]

I need to say happy new years to you

[storm vigil]

no

bye

[kind elk]

You’re the last time zone

[vague ice]

its been done for 4 hrs

[storm vigil]

u can in 5 mins

[kind elk]

I wasted my entire winter break 😕

There’s still 1 min

💀

[vague ice]

o

[kind elk]

HAPPY NEW YEARS TO ALL MY PST PPL ILY! 🎊🎊🥳🥳🎈🎈

[vague ice]

Happy New Years!!

wow u beat me

[kind elk]

those bear emotes are so cute

[vague ice]

i know

[kind elk]

I needa get nitro

[vague ice]

[kind elk]

I think I’m 1 cent off though

and then there’s tax as well

💀

[vague ice]

damn

[kind elk]

avg life of a brokie

Wtf east Michigan

[vague ice]

i have a lot in my acct

[knotty violet]

bruh I hate how harvard says in the supp "not described elsewhere" like bruh its in my activites list

[kind elk]

change it back

[vague ice]

but i dont buy

nitro

[vague ice]

when i get in

[kind elk]

ok

[storm vigil]

happy new year!!!

[knotty violet]

damn where yall live cali?

always feels weird when i see a time other than EST lol

[kind elk]

I don’t live in cali but if I had to guess Adi is in Bay Area

[vague ice]

im CST

i live in yo moms bed

[kind elk]

lmao

[vague ice]

Happy New Years from Seattle

[knotty violet]

i needa go to sleep bruh its 3 am

[vague ice]

u dub

[vague ice]

do harvard tmrw its ez

[kind elk]

my discord usage has skyrocketed ove the past few days

[vague ice]

hard if u try tho

[vague ice]

same

[knotty violet]

im just stuck on the intellectual prompt

[vague ice]

Dubs

[knotty violet]

i got the others done recycled but done

[vague ice]

next week im done tho

for track conditioning

and school

[vague ice]

oh

[kind elk]

same

[knotty violet]

i cant wait till next week ima take a whole day just to sleep

[kind elk]

sani what do you plan to do in the server after rd decisions

[vague ice]

u do track??

[knotty violet]

my sleep schedule became so fked up this past week

[kind elk]

oh nah I just meant like school starts next week

[vague ice]

mod

[kind elk]

Ok

[knotty violet]

damn u not sending in the 2 week notice?

[vague ice]

nah i like modding

here

[knotty violet]

do u get anything for modding or just the cool tag?

[undone lintel]

Is putting all 1s bad

[vague ice]

no

[kind elk]

No

I think all 1s is unrealistic though

so I slipped in a 2 in mine

💀

[knotty violet]

same 😂

[vague ice]

fun staff community, occasional holiday nitro, and gratification from keeping a community that levels the playing field for applicants safe!

[undone lintel]

I had 2 2s and a 3 but my parents made me change it all to 1 so it seems like I am 100% certain of my goals lol

[vague ice]

nice

its ok

[kind elk]

ok sani but the question now is

do I have your vote for mod

next yr

or well, this yr

[vague ice]

you did back then

[kind elk]

oh ok

[vague ice]

but yeah

[kind elk]

that’s good

[vague ice]

u do

[kind elk]

idt anyone is 100% certain of what they wanna do

and aos know that

that’s why they ask

[undone lintel]

yeah that’s true

[vague ice]

suits or scrubs?

the question for me

[kind elk]

what are scrubs

[undone lintel]

What’s done is done though so

[undone lintel]

business or medicine?

[kind elk]

oh hmm

tough choice

imma go scrubs though ngl

[clear imp]

Lmaooo i got all 2s in my opinion and then my dad was like 😤no and changed extracurricular and personal to 1 💀

[kind elk]

just lemme be a quant with scrubs on

and ill be happy

[vague ice]

right

suits are uncomfy

[kind elk]

Agree

you’ve inspired me to buy a scrub

to wear at home

[vague ice]

only med kids do that bozo

[undone lintel]

i like to sleep in scrubs

[vague ice]

my uniform is scrubs

[kind elk]

yea because you’re doctor sani

[vague ice]

no

i dont even have hs diploma yet

[kind elk]

eh

hs diplomas overrated

[vague ice]

lol

[kind elk]

Good night

[storm vigil]

im p sure i've told u

[storm vigil]

lol same for me but the opposite

[knotty violet]

facts

finally done with the supps

ima submit it tmr to make sure i dont mess up anything when im tired af

[hollow mural]

that's a great idea

i was kinda drunk when i submitted my unc apps

i put fiance instead of finance on my ec list

[clear imp]

Is this a glitch? Why is the disciplinary stuff under writing

[clear imp]

Lmaooo😭

[hollow mural]

its not

[slow garden]

does harvard discourage supplementary letters of recommendation?

[queen quiver]

y'all besties

the extracurricular/academic/whatever plans don't really matter right

[winter smelt]

tbh I don't know a single astro oly kid

wait what mit definitely does not have 50 astro kids lol

[clear imp]

Does Harvard care if I add contacts who are family friends (not family)

Like I know it’s not major/ legacy but should I still add these people

[clear imp]

Also what are you guys titling the supplemental essay?

[humble stirrup]

could be totally wrong but i’ve heard they accept significantly more

[winter smelt]

They have like 50 physics majors a year total

Physics between Harvard and MIT are pretty similar sized

[humble stirrup]

ok yeah then they probably accept less astro but I would assume more than 9 considering theyre more geared toward stem

[winter smelt]

I would be highly doubtful lol

Astro is just a tiny subfield in the grand scheme

[kind elk]

I’m sure H has a big enough Astro/physics dept to accommodate more than ~9 students per year

[wild shore]

probs a lot because ssp has at least over 100 astro each year right (also sorry for stalking old msgs)

[winter smelt]

physics is ~40/year

astro is ~8

[wild shore]

was the deadline for harvard yesterday ?

[kind elk]

No, it’s tonight

[winter smelt]

if more people wanted to declare they'd have no barriers

[kind elk]

😳

[winter smelt]

but statistically that's what it shakes out to year over year

not like harvard admits by concentration anyway

but law of large numbers yada yada

[kind elk]

yeah

[wild shore]

twins omg

[kind elk]

🥵

[wild shore]

oo gl everyone don’t wait to the last sec

[kind elk]

^

[humble stirrup]

ssp has 108 astro but most don’t apply astro

very few stick with it in lieu of comp sci or math or phys

[wild shore]

true but everyone has the same research right ?

correct if i’m wrong btw

idk much about the program , did you guys ever have a discord?

[humble stirrup]

yeah

[kind elk]

there is an ssp discord

I left it though

[wild shore]

wait fr? i think i remember seeing one but it was super dead

[humble stirrup]

the admissions discord is pretty lively rn

[kind elk]

It was pretty active

[winter smelt]

statistically like... ~8 / 0.03 = 267

[kind elk]

iirc correctly

[wild shore]

like for next year?

[humble stirrup]

yeah

[wild shore]

i got into ssp too so i kinda wants in if they have a discord for last summer o_O

[humble stirrup]

they do but it’s private

[wild shore]

b b but i got in 😓

[humble stirrup]

we have a ‘22 cohort one, an alumni one, and then several splintered ones for different campus cohorts

but the public one which is the most used atm is the admissions discord

[wild shore]

would the ‘22 cohort accept me

[humble stirrup]

frankly i think it’s dead anyway

[wild shore]

applying to programs solely to get into their discord

LOL that’s fair

[humble stirrup]

you can join the admissions one

most of the alumni are in it

except ur gonna hear the same question 10x over

we have a bingo card

[wild shore]

got damn 💀

[wild shore]

nah that’s the rsi admissions server it’s insufferable

[wild shore]

ooh what for

[humble stirrup]

dumb questions people continue to ask

[humble stirrup]

ssp admissions server is becoming insufferable too

“can i put <insert international award> in awards section?”

“can i talk about <non stem subject>?”

“if i’ve done <big research project> will that hurt my chances?”

[wild shore]

tbh it might be better off without those places
bc most rsi kids (me included) had no idea there was an admissions server

[kind elk]

🎉

[wild shore]

just start banning people

[kind elk]

good luck

[humble stirrup]

same

[wild shore]

just let natural selection take its place LMAO

[humble stirrup]

i joined the admissions server this year to try to help but it’s become a little bit mindless with the same questions being asked

[wild shore]

hope that doesn’t sound bad

[humble stirrup]

and now there’s some kid trolling as a rsi ‘21 in there

[wild shore]

but i mean if you somehow misunderstood something so bad you submitted two extra LORs that’s on you

[humble stirrup]

i have intel they’re in ur server too

[kind elk]

most admissions and applying servers are garbage

[wild shore]

yes 😭 i saw that

[wild shore]

real

[kind elk]

well, this one is an applying one as well but it’s cool

[humble stirrup]

it’s just a hivemind of insecurity and flexing

[kind elk]

agree

[wild shore]

and d riding 😮

[humble stirrup]

i guess so

[wild shore]

the way ppl glorify rsi is wild

[winter smelt]

I love a2c

[humble stirrup]

this one applicant stalked an alum for 3 months

like, added her on all of her social medias

[wild shore]

were u on the prospective harvard server?

[humble stirrup]

and sent her a message on her birthday saying they wished they could meet her in person

[wild shore]

bro some kids find every rsi kid on linkedin

[wild shore]

unironically i do

[humble stirrup]

they also commented on our campus instagram and streamed ssp youtube videos in vc for 4h

[humble stirrup]

fan behavior

[winter smelt]

ofc there's a prospective harvard discord

[wild shore]

i wouldnt know about all the opportunities i’ve gotten / used my time wel without it

[wild shore]

my friend made it

it’s not as insufferable as it sounds surprisingly

at least not since the humbling ™️

[humble stirrup]

i left after i got deferred

[winter smelt]

LOL

[humble stirrup]

i’m not setting myself up for failure again

[wild shore]

damn😭 my friend who made the server left too it was so dramatic LMAO

it’s ok he knows i bully him for it

[humble stirrup]

lmfao

[wild shore]

yea no one should be confident they’re getting in

[humble stirrup]

meh i feel like it isn’t necessary to be in a prospective server

especially ones that are solely prospective

[wild shore]

it’s nice for making friends

[humble stirrup]

it’s better to be in a harvard hivemind server once ur in

[wild shore]

i talk to the kid who made it every day now

[humble stirrup]

fair enough

[wild shore]

true 😭 i can see how that’s painful

[winter smelt]

why not join the real discord aiiyah

[wild shore]

i mean i can now

but before that wasn’t rlly an option

[kind elk]

I’ve been in it since 2021 but I haven’t sent a single message or even really looked at it until after REA results 😳

wait, is the harvadd community hub server the same as the prospective one?

[clear imp]

Guys I’m freaking out I hate my supp essay 😭😭 and my deadline is in 2 hours

[winter smelt]

no that's the real one

[kind elk]

oh ok, I was never in any prospective server then

[vague ice]

i feel like the servers are nice once youve gotten in

its easy to navigate matriculating i assume

with other friends

[kind elk]

agree

I already have a few ppl im going to hang out with at visitas by talking on the discord

it’s prob gonna be very hectic though so idk if we’ll get to

@winter smelt you should be my visitas host 😳

[winter smelt]

Not not down

[kind elk]

I think it’s random anyway

[vague ice]

you committed?

[kind elk]

No

but I will one day

[humble stirrup]

are you applying to other colleges RD?

[kind elk]

I did

fale, cornL, and pen

[humble stirrup]

nice

[kind elk]

ty

[bronze spire]

I woulda took the harvard acceptance and chilled for the rest of the year

[kind elk]

yeah, i think most ppl would

[humble stirrup]

no clue how i’m going to get yale and cornell done in one day

need to finish columbia

[topaz tusk]

CAN SOMEONE LOK OVER MY HARVARD ESSAYS LAST SECOND

[runic sleet]

We all would've

[kind elk]

😔

[winter smelt]

You can request I think?

[knotty violet]

damn I noticed last second before submitting that I messed up the intellectual life essay 😢

[queen quiver]

that's just called my hs

well moreso for Princeton but harvard is popular too

[vague ice]

where's the prospective harvard server

[knotty violet]

how did u guys submit the additional essay?

pdf or doc?

[agile harbor]

hey do you guys know if there was a word limit on the additional essay

[queen quiver]

it automatically is converted to pdf when you upload

[knotty violet]

oh

[knotty violet]

mine is 658

[queen quiver]

i couldn't find any info online about a limit. mine's about the length of my personal statement (~630)

[knotty violet]

idk bout hard limit tho

[vague ice]

My personal statement is ~590 words, my supplement is going to be around the same.

[agile harbor]

okay so safe to say max would be 650

[vague ice]

Yes

[agile harbor]

okay thank you!!

[vague ice]

I just started and I'm already starting to cry as I right this ngl

:\

[queen quiver]

One of the REA admits in this server wrote 900

So just write however much you see fit tbh

[agile harbor]

oh so ig it doesn’t really matter

that’s nice

[vague ice]

It's not a traumatic event or anything, just very personal but i also don't know if Harvard thinks that's stupid

[thorn niche]

Yeah there's no hard limit but they usually suggest around 650w

[queen quiver]

happened to me while writing my Princeton difficult convos, i feel that

[queen quiver]

"they" being random people on the internet. Harvard websites/etc don't say anything at all about a word count

[thorn niche]

I mean you can write as much as you want, you just gotta make sure you keep it engaging if you're gonna write like 900w

[queen quiver]

Well yeah

But that applies to any essay

[thorn niche]

yeah ofc but the longer it is the harder that gets

[vague ice]

So I learned Harvard usually only gives each applicant one reader, and that reader spends fewer than 15 minutes at each app. So you better keep yours short.

lol

[queen quiver]

Fair fair

[queen quiver]

AOs are masters at blasting through essays. My counselor (ex Brown AO) read through all my Yale supps + feedback in like 7-8 mins

[vague ice]

WOW

That's actually impressive.

[queen quiver]

They also don't read in super super depth

[vague ice]

okay well then good my essays get points across pretty explicitely

🙏

[pearl briar]

is there any specific way the long essay document should be formatted? should it include like name and date or just the essay itself and nothing more or?

[kind elk]

I did it like this:

Full name
date of birth

Essay

[vague ice]

you get a second reader if you're competitive tho right?

[vague ice]

wait what did u have to do name/dob

[kind elk]

I don’t think so. You can just put the essay and prompt.

no

It’s in your portal so just name is fine reslly

[vague ice]

i just put my custom prompt at the top and then essay, that's fine right

[kind elk]

Yeah, i think that’s fine

It’s linked to your CommonApp

I just put my name and dob in case they lose it or some shit due to a bug or glitch but that’s unlikely

[queen quiver]

I didn't even do a prompt, just the straight essay lol

[kind elk]

that’s fine

They make you select which prompt you’re doing anyway

[vague ice]

i put name CAID

[queen quiver]

no...?

[vague ice]

and prompt in header

[queen quiver]

oh fuck did i mess up

[vague ice]

yes

oh

[kind elk]

They make you select your prompt im p sure

[vague ice]

DOB is a good idea

[vague ice]

they do

only then can u upload

[kind elk]

yeah, it says which one you picked

[pearl briar]

if i chose the “a prompt of your choice” is it okay if i don’t specify an actual prompt… like just freestyle it

[queen quiver]

oh i must have said topic of my choice

[kind elk]

yeah

[pearl briar]

okay ty

[kind elk]

Np, gl! 🙂

[queen quiver]

yeah thank god

and i also freestyled my essay LMAO

[kind elk]

I like picking a prompt bc then I know what to write about

🤷‍♂️

[queen quiver]

i started going off a prompt and then diverged as my ideas evolved

[sacred beacon]

I include my prompt at the top of my PDF anyways.

[queen quiver]

so i just chose "prompt of my choice" because it felt easier

[vague ice]

No, only if yours is confusing or if you have special circumstances.

[vague ice]

good job

I am seriously winging this

[queen quiver]

i literally had a heart attavk 😭

[vague ice]

youre so organized

[kind elk]

No, i think most applicants that make it past the screening phase have 2 readers

[vague ice]

my idol fr

[queen quiver]

harvard has to be the only place I haven't heard does two readers. ik both Yale and Princeton do

[sacred beacon]

A bit too much

[vague ice]

According to this youtube vid, no.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWXOfnRmwU

[kind elk]

hmm

I don’t want to watch that so I’ll believe you

[vague ice]

So it's pretty unfair because most every applicant only gets 1 reader, some stricter than others.

[vague ice]

HELP ME

WHAT THE FUCK

And there's several categories that are subjective.

[queen quiver]

holy fuck you're built diff

[queen quiver]

committee exists for a reason

[vague ice]

vijit is a God

[sacred beacon]

irl as well lol

[vague ice]

VIJIT

WHAT IS THIS

ITS SO CLEAN

I HAVE A NOTION TOO

[vague ice]

Yeah so they have all those different areas, right? But the committee doesn't necessarily see your profile unless they're really interested in it, it's just a general overview of who gets to move on to the final stage.

[vague ice]

no

if ur competitive u get another reader

2- or better competitive, anyway

i think

**vast majority of applicants gets one reader only

[queen quiver]

most schools committee all applicants regardless of what happens

[vague ice]

because they're ✨ not competitive ✨

[sacred beacon]

I have an organization problem

[vague ice]

YOURE MAKING ME CRY

SCREAM VOMIT

AND CRY

y'all should see my desk

[queen quiver]

well yeah but those are the ones for whom a second read wouldn't make a difference anyways

[kind elk]

sani, out of all ppl I would’ve thought you’d be the most organized here

[vague ice]

yeah so about 4% of ppl get a 2nd reader

about 4%

[sacred beacon]

@vague ice just to make you cry a bit more

[vague ice]

same

my beautiful desk space y'all

[sacred beacon]

last but not least

nice!

[vague ice]

same

[sacred beacon]

btw that was an old image of my desk, should I send my current one

[runic sleet]

That's rough 😆

I respect the calculus book though

[kind elk]

I just made a google doc and type on my phone 💀 you mfs got notion and everything

[vague ice]

i got a lot of snacks for christmas

[kind elk]

damn

[sacred beacon]

nice

[vague ice]

[sacred beacon]

lol

[vague ice]

i literally just have everything lying around lol

it just gets put in piles depending on whcih pile is whic

[kind elk]

My phone isn’t organized but my stuff irl is

[vague ice]

vijit

you and i are quite similar

except my room is not that organized

thankfully my drive is organized

its clean but not organized

fairly

[kind elk]

I want to use notion but I don’t have a computer

[vague ice]

idk where anything is

[kind elk]

and the mobile app is buggy

[vague ice]

yeah mobile notion sucks

[kind elk]

sani

did you delete your college list again

😭

you’re so insecure

[queen quiver]

and i thought my spreadsheets were advanced..

[vague ice]

my brain would literally explode if i had to keep everything organized like that

sometimes i can manage it, but i usually can't

yeah

but organization is just so nice

[kind elk]

im going to hop on the notion trend when I get a computer for college

until then, I’ll stick to paper and pencil

[queen quiver]

i compulsively organise as a form of procrastination ngl

[queen quiver]

just use Google sheets smh my head

[kind elk]

eh

my school uses Schoology

so it’s kinda organized already

[vague ice]

ew mine too

[kind elk]

notion looks cooler

[vague ice]

wait so

this person got a 3+ even tho they were "truly unusual" and "outstanding"

💀

[humble stirrup]

i think it might be better to pick a prompt unless you’re 120% sure your essay will be solid af

[vague ice]

how do u break 2- on personal 😭

[queen quiver]

rich WASP

[kind elk]

idk, personality is the most controversial part of the admission process

[queen quiver]

smh you youngsters and your trends

[vague ice]

did u have interview

[kind elk]

Yes

[kind elk]

im prob older than you

[queen quiver]

...it's the thing they're getting sued over

[queen quiver]

nov 04

[kind elk]

how old are you

[queen quiver]

18

[kind elk]

oh damn wyf

[queen quiver]

jersey

I'm normal age for my grade...

[sacred beacon]

lol

[kind elk]

18 in hs though

feels illegal

lol

[queen quiver]

????

most people turn 18 during their senior year

[kind elk]

I guess

[queen quiver]

at least in NJ the cutoff for class of 2023 is September 2004-August 2005...is it different where you're from?

[undone lintel]

I just started using notion more today and i lowkey find it confusing

[kind elk]

idt there’s a cutoff for us

I’m about to turn 17

[queen quiver]

if you were in my grade at my school you'd be the youngest person...in fact you'd be around the middle of the junior class

[vague ice]

no i dont want ppl being like

whyd u apply to this state school

blah blah

also question

did u put word count on ur harvard optional

[vague ice]

im 2006

[kind elk]

No, I didn’t

[vague ice]

[vague ice]

okay

font TNR

and size 11

[humble stirrup]

did you skip a grade?

[vague ice]

does that sound good?

[vague ice]

yes

[kind elk]

I put size 12 double space tnr

[humble stirrup]

okay that makes sense

[queen quiver]

TNR 12 double spaced left indent, no extra spaces between paragraphs, extra tab before each paragraph

[vague ice]

double space

wait whats a left indent

[kind elk]

idk either

[vague ice]

oh bruh

thats just normal

[queen quiver]

well not justified

[vague ice]

double spaced??

i like it being on one page tho

[humble stirrup]

I double spaced

[queen quiver]

idk i just use MLA format for everything by default

[humble stirrup]

it makes it easier to read

[vague ice]

it looks so beautiful

[kind elk]

I did double for this reason

my eng teacher said it’s easier to read

[vague ice]

TNR is harder to read than Arial

why TNR

[queen quiver]

MLA formatting

[kind elk]

because it looks more professional

[queen quiver]

It's just the standard

[humble stirrup]

TNR is easier to read double spaced and looks better

[vague ice]

did u put spaces between paragraphs

[kind elk]

No

[humble stirrup]

no

[vague ice]

ok

[queen quiver]

no

[vague ice]

indent?

[kind elk]

Yes

[queen quiver]

ya

[kind elk]

Indented every paragraph

[queen quiver]

i converted it to common app format (left indent, 12 pt. roboto, extra spaces between paragraphs, no indents at the start of each paragraph, 1.15 spacing) and it looked worse so

[kind elk]

send the confetti picture on the cmmomapp when you submit it @vague ice

[vague ice]

okay lol

i was gonna take a video

but doxx

[kind elk]

ah

[vague ice]

oh

ill just do comic sans to stand out from yall mickey mouse essays

[kind elk]

😳

write it in latex

[queen quiver]

go to my aunt's house today and they just got back from boston and my 12 year old cousin is wearing a harvard hoodie mf

[kind elk]

lol

My sister bought me a Harvard hoodie in 10th grade

I never wore it

[queen quiver]

W

[kind elk]

but I can now so it don’t go to waste

[queen quiver]

My cousin got me a Princeton sweater and I only wear it at home

[vague ice]

oh wait

ill do this

[kind elk]

don’t

🥲

[vague ice]

why

[kind elk]

just do it in times new roman

join the Mickey club house

[vague ice]

what will give me the best chance

[queen quiver]

^

[vague ice]

no fuck yall mickey mouse

[kind elk]

!chance sani being accepted to H with times new roman font

[queen quiver]

it's optional. go full sigma and don't submit

[vague ice]

!chance sani being accepted to H with times new roman font

[chrome grove]

sani_tizer’s chances at sani being accepted to H with times new roman font are 33%.

[vague ice]

!chance sani being accepted to H with latex essay

[chrome grove]

sani_tizer’s chances at sani being accepted to H with latex essay are 62%.

[kind elk]

[queen quiver]

to haverford??? omg

[vague ice]

!chance being accepted to harvard with TNR 12 double

[chrome grove]

sani_tizer’s chances at being accepted to harvard with TNR 12 double are 39%.

[vague ice]

!chance being accepted to harvard with latex

[chrome grove]

sani_tizer’s chances at being accepted to harvard with latex are 69%.

[kind elk]

😭

[queen quiver]

62 OMG

[vague ice]

!chance being accepted to harvard with arial 12 double

[chrome grove]

sani_tizer’s chances at being accepted to harvard with arial 12 double are 47%.

[kind elk]

[queen quiver]

there is a really good joke here that I'm not willing to make on someone under 18

[vague ice]

ok

[kind elk]

then don’t lol

[vague ice]

So I've spent 4 hours trying to decide what to write as a topic, I think I'll just do a cute roommate one

Since my stanford one was pretty good i have some practice, but harvard will be much more detailed lol

Just submitted

[vague ice]

ayo.

[vague ice]

hm?

sir

you have a very limited amount of hours before your due date

I thought I was the most procrastinating procrastinator here

I'm chilling.

I have "Dear Future Roommate" and i'm just drafting

question

@kind elk

what did u name ur optional essay PDF

[kind elk]

Let me check

[vague ice]

thanks

this is very important to me.

i highly value formatting.

[kind elk]

[First Name Last Name] Intellectual Experience Essay

[vague ice]

no underscores??

[kind elk]

No

[vague ice]

ok

[vague ice]

They say in the thing only letters I’m pretty sure

I just did first name last name

[queen quiver]

i had mine as "Your Buddy Harvard Optional Supplement"

[vague ice]

!chance being accepted to harvard after simping for it for 2 years straight

oh 83% not bad

[queen quiver]

my Yale simping ended pretty abruptly after i was deferred ngl

[vague ice]

Do they defer a lot? You probably still have a good chance

[humble stirrup]

they deferred ~25%

which is still rlly good odds

[kind elk]

21% deferred, 67% rejected, 2% incomplete, 10% accepted

[queen quiver]

I mean 21% but like... I'm just not tryna set myself up for disappointment yk

[vague ice]

oh it was only 21?

[kind elk]

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/12/15/yale-accepts-10-percent-of-early-applicants-marking-lowest-early-acceptance-rate-in-20-years/

[vague ice]

i heard up to 80 💀 yeah you're good honestly

[kind elk]

Harvard was like 70% deferred

[queen quiver]

harvard deferred 78%

[kind elk]

I made a really cringe video for when sani sends the confetti image

Yeah, I’m considering not even sending it that’s how cringe it is

[humble stirrup]

although harvard said their acceptance rate for deferred approximates their rd do you guys think it’ll be around mit’s rate

i think mit actually deferred less and deferred rd rates end up around ~0.5-1%

[vague ice]

That’s good tbh

[queen quiver]

someone told me something like 1/3 of MIT's ultimate class is deferred to accepted

[vague ice]

that sounds like a lot lol

considering they defer 70% of EA

is there a source?

[vague ice]

ok

i did first name last name prompt #

is number ok

[vague ice]

where do they say this

@kind elk

Hold up lemme pull it up

[vague ice]

good job bae

am i gonna get rejected if i said prompt #

Wait they won’t let me access the instructions cause I alr submitted

same lol

ok well

[vague ice]

Nah you’re fine

im going to be rejected then

I may be wrong

I just thought I remembered that

Idk

@glad karma

[kind elk]

🎊🎉🥳

[vague ice]

what are the instructions

on the writing supplement

mit for 2026

Damn 176

there's like 2k less deferred this year though

[vague ice]

this is for harvard

[vague ice]

lol whoops

[glad karma]

hi

[vague ice]

^

[vague ice]

meant to respond to this

[vague ice]

go on harvard writing supp and screenshot the instructions for uploading a file

[glad karma]

1s

[kind elk]

do you wanna see my cringe video 😳

[vague ice]

for

brown?

[glad karma]

It just has a little upload thing

for a pdf

[kind elk]

No

[vague ice]

for?

[kind elk]

For haravrd

[vague ice]

u made a portfolio??

[kind elk]

No no

[vague ice]

any instructions

[kind elk]

I just made a video

[vague ice]

bro abcde where r u getting this from

[glad karma]

No, I was confused lol

It just said upload your doc as pdf

[kind elk]

I think it’ll be better to share it after harvard rd decision

[vague ice]

Sometimes I remember things that aren’t actually real and I just make them up in my head I’m sorry

💀

[glad karma]

what she say?

[vague ice]

its okay, i support your rights and wrongs

I could have sworn

i will be rejected regardless of the document name

[glad karma]

ok I half assed my harvard writing supp so i dont know that much lol

I just coped my stanny roomate essay

[vague ice]

It said somewhere in there to only have letters in the file name

[glad karma]

but some people think it's like 1-2pg

[vague ice]

mine is

2 pg

[glad karma]

I dont remember seeing that ever

[vague ice]

Maybe I imagined it

[kind elk]

wait, what’s the question

[vague ice]

i named my doc

for the writing sup

first name last name prompt #

like if it was 5th on the list