Duke (2022-2023)

[ebon salmon]

Then congress/policy

[solemn pasture]

😦 ig debate in the US is diff from Caribbean

[ebon salmon]

But speech is bettter if we had it

Extemp

[solemn pasture]

Do u use BP debate?

Or world school style

[robust chasm]

we do world school at the nsda nats

[fathom river]

i like debating but with friends

[robust chasm]

we don't do parli because we're not losers

sorry intrusive thoughts

[fathom river]

cuz its fun when u know someone and respect their boundaries

[solemn pasture]

I suppose I’m a loser lmao

[fathom river]

and know to bend your own views for a hot second

im bad at public speech

[robust chasm]

[solemn pasture]

It’s the standard style for my country

In national comps

[robust chasm]

where uk?

[solemn pasture]

No Jamaica

[robust chasm]

is it the super conversational/lay one

[fathom river]

i default to super formal language which is odd but it sounds stilted and i have a slight speech thing where i slip my words

[solemn pasture]

But uk uses it

[robust chasm]

nice

I've only ever hit a team from china lol

do you guys go to the nsda national tournament? this yr in phoenix, arizona

or compete in the u.s.

[solemn pasture]

I wouldn’t call it conversational lol

[solemn pasture]

There’s a team called the gold club that does US debates against us universities

Iirc last one we had was against Rollins college

[lethal quiver]

u live in jamaica @solemn pasture ?

[robust chasm]

public forum is the ultimate form of debate. No bullshit value/criterion, can be super lay/super tech so it makes you versatile, big on evidence and warrants/empirics, big on analytics, big on blocks, and gives equal value to either partner because summary is the hardest speech to get good at and probably the most important

[solemn pasture]

Yea

[lethal quiver]

thats fire

[solemn pasture]

U?

[lethal quiver]

nah

i went on spring break trip last week tho

[solemn pasture]

Nice how was it

[lethal quiver]

greast

great

montego bay

[solemn pasture]

Lol I knew it

I was just abt to type that

[lethal quiver]

do u know the hotels

[solemn pasture]

Yeah there’s moon palace

Riu

[robust chasm]

Bro it's crazy how people actually travel out of their country. like where yall getting the bag from

[lethal quiver]

i was all inclusive

[solemn pasture]

Royal ton

[thorn thorn]

i just chargeback the flight and the hotel after im back home

[lethal quiver]

didnt get it yet

[solemn pasture]

Yeah they’re always all inclusive the buffets are good

[robust chasm]

fym 💀

[lethal quiver]

oh rly

[thorn thorn]

dispute the charges

just some minor fraud

[lethal quiver]

hyatt ziva/zilara is where i stayed

[robust chasm]

lmfaooo

[solemn pasture]

The good ones are at least 💀

[lethal quiver]

nah

all inclusive isnt top tier

[solemn pasture]

Oh is this a new one

[lethal quiver]

really?

[solemn pasture]

For Jamaica the best ones usually are

[lethal quiver]

makes sense tho

[solemn pasture]

To attract more ppl

[lethal quiver]

vacation spot

[solemn pasture]

Yh

[lethal quiver]

yeah

[ebon salmon]

AGREED

and 2 v 2

And unhinged

[lethal quiver]

i mean

[ebon salmon]

Best vacation spot is Las Vegas

[lethal quiver]

i think the most expensive part is the drinks

[solemn pasture]

U should visit ocho rios or Negril next time

[lethal quiver]

even tho diluted asf

[robust chasm]

I wanna go to cancun, mexico bro

[lethal quiver]

maybe

we might go back

it was fire

[sturdy basin]

i stayed at a hyatt ziva when i went to cancun

[thorn thorn]

its fun

[robust chasm]

cancun is safe asl they got men with guns erywhere

[lethal quiver]

oh damn

[solemn pasture]

LMAO this is so true it hurts idk y they do that

[sturdy basin]

was really nice i went around christmas time

[lethal quiver]

yeah idk

its diluted but

sometimes they go crazy

[robust chasm]

how many men with ar's did you see

the guards no?

[lethal quiver]

They dont give shots eiher

u gotta tip

[solemn pasture]

U tried red stripe?

[lethal quiver]

lmao

yeah

its pretty good actually

[solemn pasture]

nice , personally I prefer the light version

Cuz of the flavours

[lethal quiver]

they had light

yeah

[sturdy basin]

i think only the front two security men had actual weapons on and they were like tiny batons and guns

[lethal quiver]

Tbh montego bay was kinda sketch

[solemn pasture]

Glad u enjoyed, as long as you don’t travel too far out u should be good 👍

[robust chasm]

my friend sent me a video and at one area they were posted up x10💀

[solemn pasture]

Well there’s a lot behind the reason why 😭

[lethal quiver]

lmao

i honestly was kinda scared for a bit

[solemn pasture]

Just don’t leave tourist zones

Literally

[lethal quiver]

yeah exactly

we didnt leave resort

except for booze cruise

[solemn pasture]

Ppl getting shot everywhere here 🕊️

[lethal quiver]

yeah i can imagine

its cool tho

[solemn pasture]

And when ur your guide says to stay in an area

He means it

[lethal quiver]

we didnt have a guide

lmao

[solemn pasture]

Other than that y’all are chillin

Oh lol

[lethal quiver]

i mean

there was the bus driver

thats all

[solemn pasture]

Did he try to put on an American accent 💀

[lethal quiver]

i think so actually

[ebon salmon]

I’ve been a few times

Super nice!

[solemn pasture]

oh lord lmao ppl still twanging in 2023

[ebon salmon]

I go around Mexico too when I’m there

To like tulum and chichen itza

We left resort a ton and traveled far

[lucid mason]

World Schools/ BP >>>>

[patent flame]

duke thread be Poppin

I love my duke family

[wraith moth]

DUUUUUUUUKE THREAD

RISE UUUUUUP

[robust chasm]

Erm…

World Schools Judges when you talk over 50 wpm

[lucid mason]

omg this was so my problem, my debate coach used to say u will fit right in APDA tournaments

[uneven cargo]

ur good. Most interviews are just for institutions to engage alumni so they can donate back to the school

[tough hearth]

Fr they’re not gonna trust randos to make serious judgments of their applicants

[fathom river]

Thank u

[uneven cargo]

np

[dire pulsar]

I thought Duke's decision date is ivy day

Do they still got likely letters this year?

[uneven cargo]

that is ball state university

jk

nah she got a likely for BSAI

[solemn pasture]

bsai

[uneven cargo]

yeah

thats impressive

[dire pulsar]

What is bsai

[uneven cargo]

black student allience

spelled that wrong

but still

[dire pulsar]

Oh bruh

Sick

[uneven cargo]

waiting for my asian student alliance likely

[dire pulsar]

Lmao same

[uneven cargo]

asian cs male likely

[dire pulsar]

Lmao asian jew bme likely

[uneven cargo]

oh cool

[dire pulsar]

That sounds pretty unlikely

[uneven cargo]

i didnt know there are many asian jews

thats pretty cool

[dire pulsar]

Well yea but there u go

Two biggest debuffs on me

[uneven cargo]

GL for admissions i think it will go good

[dire pulsar]

Yep

U got an interview?

[uneven cargo]

nah lmao

[dire pulsar]

Ugh

My interviewer was the election manager of Ted Cruz

So I would rather to not have that interview

[night mason]

just got a likely

[trail oasis]

same!!!

[proper falcon]

so quick I got this after you posted

[drifting elk]

tell u my stomach dropped

[ebon salmon]

I haven’t got one

[drifting elk]

thinking they were out

[ebon salmon]

Fml not getting in

[drifting elk]

LMAO

[ebon salmon]

End of my life

Why didn’t I get the likely!!!

[dark oak]

I got my likely!

[sturdy basin]

i got the email

[night mason]

[email protected]

[sturdy basin]

caused a heart attack

[wide trellis]

fuck that email scared me

hahahahaha

[ebon salmon]

OMG IT CANE

YAY

LIKELY

[drifting elk]

is it a likely letter guys

[night mason]

yup!

[drifting elk]

🙏🙏🙏😨

[uneven cargo]

check promotions and spam

[hollow fossil]

they don’t have those do they..?

[uneven cargo]

no

they dont

sadly

[hollow fossil]

why would that be sad

LMAO

[uneven cargo]

becuase im asina

asian

lmao

[hollow fossil]

there would only be an alliance for asians if asians were the minority at duke

which they aren’t

[uneven cargo]

true

[hollow fossil]

so idk if u were saying that as a joke but…💀

[uneven cargo]

it was a joke

[hollow fossil]

it wasn’t funny

don’t make them again

[uneven cargo]

it wasnt a joke

[hollow fossil]

😘

[uneven cargo]

it was kind of a joke

[ebon salmon]

How do you always manage to get into fights here lmao

[uneven cargo]

i dont know

[ebon salmon]

Not you derp

[uneven cargo]

oh

I said it as a joke i guess it was too much

[dire pulsar]

@uneven cargo Just checked, the girl did not get a likely letter, she got in ED and did not withdraw other applications

That's fucked up bruh

[uneven cargo]

damn.

[low cairn]

duke fucking w us

[uneven cargo]

true

[dire pulsar]

Yes I'm having a heart attack

[uneven cargo]

nooooo dont

[bold knoll]

Is the email they sent a likely letter

[dire pulsar]

...?

[uneven cargo]

nah they send those to nonlikelys too sadly

[ebon salmon]

Yup

Everyone here is getting in

[uneven cargo]

true

[ebon salmon]

We all got this

[rustic fern]

hey you might wanna delete the ss if you don't want to reveal your email

[hollow fossil]

who even are u

[dire pulsar]

I'm manifesting

[lethal quiver]

Lmao

[ebon salmon]

Lmao just a bystander who witnessed your fight in one of these threads

[hollow fossil]

who’s fighting tho…

it’s a conversation

[ebon salmon]

Cornell lmao but I’ll drop it

Was just funny

[dire pulsar]

I'm calling the Duke admissions tmrw

[ebon salmon]

Abt what?

They’ve said Friday for abt a week now and just sent an email to confirm

[clear smelt]

yo i got my likely too

[ionic basalt]

Tell me why I just got the duke email

[clear smelt]

its a likely trust

[ionic basalt]

Didn’t some ppl get it like last week

No fr

They want me so bad

[willow saddle]

me

[clear smelt]

only admitted people get that leter frfr

[dire pulsar]

@ebon salmon lmao I was just kidding

I think her manner is violating the ED agreement but I don't think it's moral to report it either

[ebon salmon]

Oh lmao I thought you were talking abt release dates

Nah that’s fucked up but I wouldn’t report it

[dire pulsar]

Yep Yep

Anyone else here applied to Vandy?

[rustic fern]

ye

[dire pulsar]

Why is it so quiet

Like literally 0 emails after applied

while CWRU spamming my mailbox almost every day

[dusky swift]

Lol

True

[rustic fern]

frfr

[dire pulsar]

@dusky swift ur an artist?

[pastel cipher]

I hardly get any emails from anywhere

[dusky swift]

wdym

[dire pulsar]

That means likelies are coming

[dusky swift]

i am so confuse

dd

LMAO

[dire pulsar]

ever watched breaking bad?

[dusky swift]

oh

yes

[dire pulsar]

lmao

[dusky swift]

ur an artist mr white!

no

it's simple chemistry

[dire pulsar]

lmfaooooo

[solemn pasture]

hello ED contract..?

[dire pulsar]

lmao

[dusky swift]

"you have been rejected"

[dry aspen]

imagine it not even being another person on the other end

it’s an automated message

[solemn pasture]

if i hear the following words

• with regret
• unfortunately
• it was our final decision but to..

im hanging the phone up

[low cairn]

hanging up on an AO would be so satisfying

mr _____ we are afraid to inform you that you have been-

hello?

[sturdy basin]

the worst is “thank you for applying” 💀

you’re welcome for bringing down your acceptance rate ig

[patent flame]

just got my likely letter

[pastel cipher]

Good job

[robust chasm]

wtffffffffff

paper mail or email

[fluid cipher]

He is just kidding!!

[patent flame]

email !!

[pastel cipher]

Guys

chance me for Duke

with no information at all

[patent flame]

no

u no get

[fluid cipher]

Use !chance in #🤖-bot-commands

[pastel cipher]

Come on u know that aint no fun I need random strangers to make guesses for me based on my discord name and nothing else

[fluid cipher]

Pick a number from 0-10

[pastel cipher]

7

[fluid cipher]

Pick a decimal form 0-1

[pastel cipher]

0.727

[tawny dagger]

Wait someone does this for me too

[tawny dagger]

Ok you'll get waitlisted

[fluid cipher]

Your chances are 46%

[pastel cipher]

Not bad

[fluid cipher]

[fluid cipher]

a number and decimal

[tawny dagger]

8
0.329

[fluid cipher]

Your chances are ||53%||

W

[tawny dagger]

[subtle knoll]

what the fuckkk

fuck you duke

im paranoid an ao is watching

[fluid cipher]

💀

Okay cool!!

[drifting elk]

Yo do a cuance for me

[delicate drift]

Hi yan yan, we've added this information to your file. Have a nice evening.

[fluid cipher]

Well what is your number and decimal?

[drifting elk]

Ook uh

9 and 0.052

[fluid cipher]

||21%||

💀

[drifting elk]

Crap

🤬🤬

1 and 0..01

[subtle knoll]

what number what decimal

[fluid cipher]

[drifting elk]

0.001

🤬

[fluid cipher]

Random

[subtle knoll]

843 and .44112132

[fluid cipher]

Doesn't work like that (Multiple numbers)

[fluid cipher]

Number bw 0 and 10

[subtle knoll]

oh

[drifting elk]

2 and 0.01

😏

[subtle knoll]

9 and .44112132

[fluid cipher]

||68%||

🫡

[subtle knoll]

🫡

[patent flame]

how does duke engineering fare

compared to other top programs

ie MIT, stanny, berk, cmu, uiuc, gt

[solemn pasture]

as a duke man I thought you’d know ur own school is on the same tier as these for engineering

[patent flame]

never saw it that highly ranked tbh

[solemn pasture]

Stop reading rankings

And even then where are you reading?

[patent flame]

im computer engineering

cmu and berk are above

i think all are above in general engineering ranking aswell

same tier def tho

but just never saw it as THE eengineering school

as an overall school

in my book

duke is like top 1

[solemn pasture]

That’s what matters, you have the same grade of engineering education with all the things you love from duke

Imo that’s a win

[patent flame]

i love duke

[solemn pasture]

Only higher by single digits

[patent flame]

duke duke duke

duke ❣️

[patent flame]

ya i was just splitting hairs

we go duke

[solemn pasture]

W guy

Duke 💙

[patent flame]

Duke 💙Duke 💙Duke 💙Duke 💙Duke 💙Duke 💙Duke 💙Duke 💙Duke 💙

[somber saffron]

NC State is miles better

[runic kernel]

when do decisions come out

[clear smelt]

31

[runic kernel]

do uk what time

[clear smelt]

6 pm est

[runic kernel]

thank you

[clear smelt]

anytime

[rare tiger]

I am FUUUUUCKED for this school!

[rough panther]

!chance Duke

[sharp cargo]

Autoadmit

[rough panther]

Very generous
A shit ton of rejections so far as an Intl asking for aid

[sharp cargo]

🫂

[rough panther]

Appreciate it though 🫂

[chilly birch]

Bro what’s the deal with likely letters

Like just release all the decisions then wtf

[drifting elk]

Are there no likelies for non urm

For duke

[valid marten]

If you get merit scholarships they notify you early

[drifting elk]

Did they notify already?

[valid marten]

Yes

[drifting elk]

ah ok

[subtle knoll]

duke

[robust chasm]

DUKE

[rigid pivot]

DUKEE

[plain ravine]

dook

[sharp shadow]

@thick bronze @wraith moth waitlisted at rice 🤬

[rugged orbit]

L uni

[robust chasm]

same, they don't take anyone off the waitlist so it's basically a rej

[opal rose]

i aint even get a wl lmao

[sharp shadow]

didnt u get in somewhere good

i forgor

[opal rose]

got uwisc wit 25k scholly

not t20 but W

[sharp shadow]

W

[opal rose]

and UF

but not goin there

[sharp shadow]

damnn

[opal rose]

hoping for ivy dub

🙏

[sharp shadow]

my biggest w rn is swat and its way too small for my liking

[sharp shadow]

frfr

[opal rose]

ah ic

where u goin if u dont catch a dub hypothetically

[sharp shadow]

ut

[opal rose]

fair nough\

[sharp shadow]

yees

[opal rose]

major?

[sharp shadow]

bme

[opal rose]

w major

hard tho

[sharp shadow]

my major getting me rejected everywhere 😞

[opal rose]

my cousin doin bme at duke i think

[opal rose]

me w cs

[sharp shadow]

duke v good for bme

i need duke dub

[opal rose]

ye shes insane tho

[sharp shadow]

oh

🤣🤣😂🤣

[opal rose]

like her ecs make mine look midget shi

[sharp shadow]

my ecs are not good

[opal rose]

mine r mid

started a few clubs, charity, working, babysitting pre much it

only interesting part of my app is my "hook" which i think ppl matters more than it does

gpa/sat jus aii

[sharp shadow]

my rank/gpa solid af, scores avg for ivy, ecs mid, essays idek, fgli lgbt woman in engineering

pls somewher

[sharp shadow]

what hook

[dapper creek]

u got into yale rea ?

[opal rose]

Lived in 4 countries + 3 american states

pretty much sums it up

[sharp shadow]

no

[sharp shadow]

ohh

[opal rose]

ye

some fire essays but yk

[robust chasm]

Alr

[patent flame]

wrong shanye

also mid school

[sharp shadow]

delete ur fucking old account

[patent flame]

how

[subtle knoll]

now that rice rejected me duke is my only hope

🙏

[robust chasm]

Yo what do I do if multiple people at my school already got into duke

[proud gazelle]

pray

[robust chasm]

Fuck 😭

[patent flame]

nobody got in here in ED...

meaning

I'm on the way 🔥🔥🔥

[robust chasm]

Our school got 1ed and one girl who literally got a finalist jn a duke scholarship

I am NOT getting in 🔥 🔥 🔥

[patent flame]

😭😭😭

[solemn pasture]

havent heard a single duke admit 🤫

issa sign

[robust chasm]

Guys someone lmk how fucked I am bro 😭

[solemn pasture]

no clue OG, but u heard mr. weatherman

dont speculate just wait n see

[patent flame]

it ain't looking too hot

but if ur cracked

[robust chasm]

Ty

[patent flame]

u got a shot

[robust chasm]

I’m like on the same sphere in academics but she is literally insane insane

[patent flame]

hmm

it's Ramadan

allah will help u

[robust chasm]

☠️

Bro I will literally create a mosque in south korea if allah guides his hand and pushes me into the admit paper folder

[patent flame]

I got wl by uci rejected by SB and SD and northwestern, then god said enough of this and gave me the cmu W

[robust chasm]

W

Opposite for me. Gtech in like december or some shit and then constant L’s from there

[patent flame]

u got gtech?

why worried

[robust chasm]

Gtech. Expensive

[patent flame]

I see

loan?

[robust chasm]

also I grinded my ass off so I kind of want to see if I can shoot higher than gtech

Bc people who have done a lot less got in oos

[patent flame]

gtech still amazing tho but fairs

for an intl gtech is impossible to get

never seen anyone get gtech

in my school

everything else we get but not gtech and yale

[robust chasm]

Yea it’s a great school but I just get mad that people who worked a lot less and fs tried less can shoot higher so i’m hoping to get maybe duke or an ivy bc they’re better with aid and also good edu

[patent flame]

this is me bro

[robust chasm]

but i’d be happy going gtech since it’s good really good edu for ece

[patent flame]

when I got into uiuc and got rejected by everything else

even tho I know it's good

I see ppl getting into way lower %AR schools

[robust chasm]

Ay cmu is a step up tho 🔥🔥🔥

[patent flame]

meanwhile me I was suffering

also our uiuc AR is like 90%

[sharp shadow]

no one in my school ever goes t20 so i feel like i dont even have a shot

[patent flame]

ur built different missy

[solemn pasture]

nah, one bro at my school got gtech and got MIT so i mean

[sharp shadow]

like i feel like if someone last yr got into x t10 then i would be much more confident because id know its a real possibility

[robust chasm]

You never know i guess

[sharp shadow]

yaa

im justlike

[robust chasm]

Nobody got into harvard ever/for a long time until last ur at our school

[patent flame]

intl from Jakarta then

[patent flame]

I'm below odds for cmu in everything still I got

ur essays are good I know it

just wait

boutta be blessed

[sharp shadow]

why would they take me
rural texas resident who has limited resources and has thus done nothing
vs
someone else from a good texan school who can still boost their numbrs since theyre from the same state

prayin

[patent flame]

you built a plane

[sharp shadow]

shanye what ur top choice from where yu have gotten in

[sharp shadow]

true

[patent flame]

carnegie ofc

did I tell u about berk?

[sharp shadow]

W

NO

U GOT INTO BERK???

[patent flame]

yeah

come i2u

[sharp shadow]

ok

[robust chasm]

Bro you built a plane?

☠️☠️☠️☠️

[sharp shadow]

yes

not singlehandedly

LOL

[robust chasm]

This is essneutally a top 20 guarunteed

It’s super substantial

Unless your essays were talking about hate crimes and unless your academics were mid you have a good shot

[sharp shadow]

💀

thank u for believing in me

[robust chasm]

You got it

Where have you gotten acceptances

[sharp shadow]

it wasnt a huge commitment bc we had a massive team working on it

[robust chasm]

It’s how you present it tho. If you can say/prove that you had a decent impact then its good

[sharp shadow]

william&mary (honors), ut (honors), connecticut college (honors), swarthmore

[opal rose]

yall hving an admissiont depression talk?

[sharp shadow]

yes

[opal rose]

ur not goin w&m right (from va)

[opal rose]

i want in man

[sharp shadow]

in where

[opal rose]

@patent flame im gettin fucked man

[sharp shadow]

prob not

[opal rose]

convo

[opal rose]

ye me neither lol

[sharp shadow]

oh

LOL

[sharp shadow]

idk not vibing wit it

[opal rose]

shits ass outside humanities

[opal rose]

wen ppl like this i aint even surprised i got wut i got

overrestimated 100%

but we vibin

[sharp shadow]

mid

its basically my only STEM ec

[robust chasm]

Ngl maybe be more specific in what you did 😭

But still fire

[sharp shadow]

i mean theres nothing i did

its literally like

put together plane

woopty doo

fly

[solemn pasture]

bro acting like putting a plane together is like lego bricks 💀

[sharp shadow]

LOL

[robust chasm]

Bro there mustve been something technical yk

Like

Involved in sensors, radar, materials idk

[sharp shadow]

everything like that was premade

LOL

i couldve lied ig

but ya

[robust chasm]

Okay just lie ❤️

Lie

Lie

Lie

[sharp shadow]

too late

[robust chasm]

how they gonna check bruh, deconstructing the plane 💀

[sharp shadow]

frl

its TOO LATE!!!!

[solemn pasture]

i mean

it is "technically" the truth

[sharp shadow]

STOP JUST HYPE ME UP ITS TOO LATE

[opal rose]

😭

[patent flame]

why

[patent flame]

u r so cool

[sharp shadow]

no

[vital maple]

I just realized that I never submitted my CSS to Duke just Fasfa is that an auto reject? Idgaf tho I already committed to state school and only applied to a couple of reaches because I worked too fucking hard in hs

[opal rose]

12 rejections

[dark oak]

dont think its an auto reject

i think you just wouldnt get your aid if you were admitted

[patent flame]

oh my

youll get somewhere

chillax

[opal rose]

UW Madison 25k scholly

[patent flame]

free

[opal rose]

yuh

[patent flame]

big up

[subtle knoll]

lemme in duke 🙏

in december i was 4 accept w some reaches 1 reject now im still 4 accept w 9 waitlist/rejections 💀

[solemn pasture]

where did you get accepted to

[stiff kraken]

YO WHAT GGG

[opal rose]

Ty : )

[subtle knoll]

ut austin in state and unc oos + some safety/targets

both gave me honors so tbh im pretty happy w going to UT but like, all rejections or wl rd still hits 😭

what time is Duke

[ebon salmon]

6est

[wraith moth]

oh no

It’s alright

[still bobcat]

🥶

[wraith moth]

Duke incoming for us

[uncut ivy]

same

[dusky swift]

stfu

LMAO

[uncut ivy]

i cant take it anymore

ive been rejected everywhere

[shut dock]

It’s worthwhile to have a good rolling safety if you don’t already have one, I’m in the same position (and it sucks! but what can we do). Reminder that your actions speak leagues louder than what school you attend, and many people go to prestigious schools and do nothing with their degree. You’re strong for sticking through the rejections and something good will come soon

[dusky swift]

😭

[uncut ivy]

my parents keep telling me my major will be worthless and they aren't willing to help me pay for college. I used to have dreams of becoming a civil lawyer and my parents support this, but I'm more passionate on gender studies. what do you think?

[shut dock]

if it comes down to it and you really need the financial support, you could always double major

afaik you can do gender studies undergrad and still go into law

or “go into law”

whatever will convince your parents to support you

[uncut ivy]

my parents want me to handle like smaller cases

the cases are like i slipped in mcdonalds

[uncut spade]

my interviewer just emailed me about getting a house on the river for the fourth of july

is this a rebound likely

[shut dock]

🤨 they’re inviting you over to their house?

[shut dock]

yeah you def don’t have to do that

as the saying goes

need your parents’ support? just lie

don’t think that’s the actual saying but yeah

[uncut spade]

hi calypso :3

[uncut ivy]

yea i got into a school for computer engineering and they r trying to push me to go there but im not sure if i really want to

[shut dock]

hiii magi

[shut dock]

ayo invite me too

but like why are they randomly inviting you over to their house 😭

[uncut spade]

it's gotta be a wrong email address

but what if it isn't

[shut dock]

maybe something like “I’m not sure if you have the correct email—have a good time at xyz” and let them correct you

if it’s not a wrong email that’s sus af

house party with your interviewees

[dusky swift]

i think u have a shot at gender studies it makes bank so underrated

@solemn pasture

[uncut ivy]

theres a fire starting in my heart...

[dusky swift]

CAB YOU FEEL THE SILENCE

CAN YOU FEEL@MY HEARTTTT

[uncut ivy]

i think im gonna end it fr fr

i got flat rejected by all the ucs

im tired of this monkey business

[undone nymph]

wait which finalist is she for

[dusky swift]

not kewwwwwll.

[rigid wigeon]

!duke

[solemn pasture]

yeah free pre law

[stiff kraken]

Hi guwuest

[proud gazelle]

on a scale from chillin to fucked, you are FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKED

jkjk

lmao

ur chillin dude

don't stress it too much

[willow saddle]

PLS

[hidden meteor]

did anyone else get their dku decisions

[unreal dock]

Duke slate updated yday - still on complete?

[rocky flax]

I still have complete 😭

[uneven cargo]

mine is on decided

[rocky flax]

I’m def getting rejected then lmao

[uneven cargo]

nah bro

i dont think so

likely people had completed on slate

But slate isnt accurate and u shouldnt pay attention to it

[subtle knoll]

mines has been decided since the first wk of march dw about it

dumb site

[dark oak]

Your decision is already final so it’s not like it’s gonna change rn anyway

[robust chasm]

I’m a vanderbilt refugee

[dusky swift]

🫡

[robust chasm]

The worst part isn’t even the waitlist/rejection it’s telling your parents and them being disappointed about it

[dusky swift]

yeah my mom was j yelling at me abt how i wasted my time in hs lmao

[robust chasm]

Sorry bro, trust me we’re in the same boat ☠️

Duke got us

[dusky swift]

hopefully

lowk lost all hope tho

p much reject/wl at every school in RD round

[pastel cipher]

My chad family all just agree that it's a yield protection after I get waitlisted Lmao

My grandma thinks CMU SCS yield protected me

[dusky swift]

nah my parents j don't believe LMAO

[robust chasm]

Yea i’ve basicslly lost all hope

The most devestating one was WashU, I did everything for that college and not even waitlist

also it was one of the least competitive schools on my list and i’ve been growing triple the gray hairs now

[dusky swift]

damn

[pastel cipher]

Mm unlucky, you do have safeties though? Good to throw in a few targets, too.

[robust chasm]

Yea I do, but I feel like everything was for nothing then. I wanna achieve

[pastel cipher]

Yeah ikwym

Maybe ivy day will throw u a pleasant surprise

Never know

[dusky swift]

i got northeastern and purdue for engineering + premed

but i dont wanna go to either lowkey

[robust chasm]

Yo you gotta be asian if your parents still mad abt rejections if you got northeastern

It’s a good school

[dusky swift]

its ok

[robust chasm]

(I am asian)

[dusky swift]

i dont like how they accept people to overseas programs even if they didnt register forit

im not lol

im middle eastern

[pastel cipher]

Ye that is cringe asf

Did that happen to you

[robust chasm]

Same vein of hell from wht i’ve heard ☠️

[dusky swift]

yea my mom is super mad lmao

and i had good ecs

my grades were just okay tho

[robust chasm]

I feel like my dad thinks lesser of me and it’s making me depressed lmfao

[dusky swift]

i only had a 4.2W

[robust chasm]

opposite for me, good grades and mid ecs

[dusky swift]

like 3.7 UW

fucked me over

ngl

[robust chasm]

Ig it depends on sat

[dusky swift]

i had a 1500 lol

it was ok

perfect math tho

[pastel cipher]

Meh sat is not that important anymore

[robust chasm]

If that was good it makes you comp enuf for academics

[pastel cipher]

It still matters but not what it was

[robust chasm]

Like a 4.2 and a 1500 puts you in the running

[dusky swift]

im also from bay and doing engineering

i think thats what fucked me over big time

my ecs

were like

[robust chasm]

Bro your parents have warped your perception, it’s a good score

[dusky swift]

not bad

[pastel cipher]

Bruh

[robust chasm]

Great score even, perfect math is exactly what they want from engineers

[pastel cipher]

Ur ecs are cracked

[dusky swift]

i got rejected like everywhere still lmao

maybe i clutch this week

[pastel cipher]

[dusky swift]

🫡

[pastel cipher]

Bay area effect ye

[dusky swift]

my essays might pull thru?

who knows

i wanted northwestern the most bad lmao

[pastel cipher]

I'm from ruralish oklahoma

[dusky swift]

congrats fo ru

[pastel cipher]

So

[dusky swift]

yeah rural boost is crazy

[pastel cipher]

They forgive my gunk ass ecs

[dusky swift]

LOL

[robust chasm]

Ec’s are cracked im negl

[pastel cipher]

My #2 EC is varsity chess team captain only for senior year

#3 is also chess just separated to pad

[robust chasm]

All I had for relevant experience was a mid engineering firm internship I cold called

[pastel cipher]

#4 is playing osu with no special distinction

Like

💀💀💀

[dark oak]

2 more possible schools man

[robust chasm]

and rest is debate, physics club, science bowl club

[dark oak]

[dusky swift]

maybe it's bc a lot of ur classmates didnt apply to northwestern

or jhu

or vandy

forsay

[pastel cipher]

Uh yeah

None of them did

[dusky swift]

☠️

[pastel cipher]

We never sent to a t50 ever

[dusky swift]

thats fire ngl

[pastel cipher]

Before

I guarantee none of them did

[dusky swift]

im happy that ur the first tho

big

[pastel cipher]

Yeah thanks

Me too obviously LMAO

I was afraid I'd get in nowhere but I think the middle of nowhere Oklahoma buff is carrying me

[dusky swift]

lol ye

[valid marten]

oklahoma dub

used to live there

[dusky swift]

thx

[robust chasm]

There is a valedictorian at my school that has bar for bar, line for line, matching every college I applied to ☠️

[dusky swift]

i think gpa screwed me over

i had good essays

[pastel cipher]

[dusky swift]

cuz i had an advisor look over them lmao

[robust chasm]

It is literally fuxking tragic

[pastel cipher]

Yeah I feel like it's the weakest part of ur app but still it's not that bad so I'm surprised ur getting bent

[robust chasm]

See I did too for a second but idk if I trust his judgement

He worked at BU but like looking back, the essays were mid

[dusky swift]

yeah

i feel like <3.6 is where its bad

[pastel cipher]

Idk being from the bay just goes crazy bruh

U can get fucked for anything

[dusky swift]

but there are plenty of people w my gpa who have gotten into T20s

exactly

[pastel cipher]

My ecs are 0

[robust chasm]

Ngl i think it also depends on what type of middle eastern ☠️☠️☠️☠️

[pastel cipher]

I'm carried by academics + essays + middle of nowhere

[dusky swift]

iranian

lmfao

[robust chasm]

Like idk about saudi but syrian and lebanese is what they really like from what ive seen

[dapper creek]

i have a 3.9w, good ec's same boat as you. rejected everywher

[robust chasm]

That shouldnt hurt you tho lol

[dusky swift]

yea

[robust chasm]

probably help a little but

[dusky swift]

oh that's tough

lmao

[dusky swift]

yeah

wtv i hope i land umich

🫡

[robust chasm]

Same

[pastel cipher]

I applied umich for CS no way I get CS lmao

[robust chasm]

If one umich kid already got in at my school and I got deferred ea, am I fucked

☠️☠️

[dusky swift]

bruh

[pastel cipher]

OOS cs rate is like 0.00% from what I've heard

[dusky swift]

my school has had like 6 kids get into mit

this year

[pastel cipher]

Wtf

[dusky swift]

public bay school

[robust chasm]

This is the bay area effect bro

[pastel cipher]

💀

[robust chasm]

I live in the deep south

[dusky swift]

damn

[robust chasm]

• i’m asian

• i’m not wasian

• i’m going into ece

• mid essays

[pastel cipher]

💀

[robust chasm]

tragic ass combo nightmare blunt rotation

[dusky swift]

bro

[pastel cipher]

Wasian is the same as being asian though ngl

[dusky swift]

every single part of my app is good except for my grades LOL

worst part

fs

[pastel cipher]

Cus u gotta list parents name

[dusky swift]

too many APs screwed me over

[pastel cipher]

Ur basically still dead

[robust chasm]

Nah duke loves mix raced people bro even wasians

[dusky swift]

duke🙏🏼

i applied for a music minor also

[pastel cipher]

Good thing my school only offers 6 so I had no opportunity to overload myself 💀💀

[dusky swift]

hopefulyl it helps?

[dusky swift]

☠️

[robust chasm]

I kid you not, there was a girl who had a shit rank and did lacrosse as her only extracurric, was rich, but was german chinese and she got duke.

There is no way in God’s green kingdom that she got in off of that

☠️

[delicate drift]

"was rich"

🤔

[pastel cipher]

Duke need blind, no?

[robust chasm]

Unfortunately she got hit by a bus and is paralyzed from the waist down jeb. They had to pay for intense treatment

[delicate drift]

jesus

[robust chasm]

Jeb are you a migrant from vandy, jhu, washu, rice, and cmu like us

[delicate drift]

yes

fuck the aforementioned institutions

[shut dock]

your ecs are amazing

[dusky swift]

thank you😭

[tribal minnow]

im not islamic

but

im doing ramadan for next 3 days

anyone wanna join me

[pastel cipher]

Hello fellow Eric

[tribal minnow]

yo

im really hoping for ivy day and duke

cuz like

i got a full ride to UR with benefits

but i really dont like UR

[robust chasm]

No 🗣️

[pastel cipher]

Rochester?

[tribal minnow]

richmond

university of richmond

[pastel cipher]

Sorry Lmao didn't know which

Why don't you like?

[tribal minnow]

ye

[pastel cipher]

Not to say you have to

[tribal minnow]

its 5 minutes from my house

[pastel cipher]

Just curious

Ah I see

Want to get away

Gotcha

Oh well gl for ivy day

[tribal minnow]

yeah so like my parents said the only schools theyd let me go to over that are duke upenn yale

yeye

got deferred from duke ED

so it might be wraps

[pastel cipher]

Bruh

Good luck

[robust chasm]

We will rise again

👹

[pastel cipher]

They aren't ok with like HPS???

Usually parents like that are fine with those

[tribal minnow]

didnt apply

[robust chasm]

They accept like 10% deferred so

[pastel cipher]

Gotcha

[tribal minnow]

ye

especially since im tryna med school

so they say that undergrad isnt as important so i should just go to richmond and get good grades

which is true

but i love duke sm

[uncut spade]

IK we left the topic a while ago but I personally feel more like a disappointment than my parents make it out to be

[shut dock]

definitely

[robust chasm]

No they make it very well known ☠️🤞

[shut dock]

i think the mindset for me is “i worked so hard during hs and i’m going to end up at a school i could’ve gotten into with a 3.0 gpa????”

like 💀 it makes me feel like everything i did was worthless, but if i don’t get any of my last 6 schools, i’m going to transfer

[robust chasm]

Yea but transferring is going to suck bc then you have to literally make new friends and shit. I’m hoping I hit my mark here

[shut dock]

my last 6 schools are all ivies

so it’s kind of inevitable

[pastel cipher]

U never know

[uncut spade]

calypso where are you going

[pastel cipher]

Gonna reiterate the fact that my friend applied 12 places and got rejected everywhere other than his 1 safety and Princeton

[shut dock]

so me

i’m likely going to university of arizona unless i pull an ivy

because it would be $4k/y

[uncut spade]

nice!

[shut dock]

if i got this scholarship i’m finalist for

[somber saffron]

Calypso you’re back!

[shut dock]

hey yeah i am

[somber saffron]

Welcome back

[shut dock]

momentarily at least, idk what’ll happen after ivy day

i’m trying to cut back on obsessing over colleges

[opal rose]

real af

[shut dock]

started off by getting deferred by harvard going to finish by getting rejected by harvard

jk hopefully

[pastel cipher]

Did u write loci?

[shut dock]

i did

it was good

[pastel cipher]

I wrote loci after Harvard defer but I don't think it will save me my essay was too bad

[shut dock]

my essays were weird

my 650 word one was essentially a watered down commonapp

and i misinterpreted one of the others

[uncut spade]

choosing to believe my wls were yield protects 🤭

[shut dock]

so true

(i have no wls)

trusting the holistic evaluation process

[uncut spade]

I believe in you :)

[pastel cipher]

My family thinks every rejection I get is a yield protect

And every waitlist

Like unironically

[uncut spade]

and believe you’ll continue being a good and talented person after this shitshow

[pastel cipher]

Except MIT they assumed that was legit

[uncut spade]

same 😵‍💫

[shut dock]

if i get the scholly to uofa i might not transfer

because it would be easier for me to just grind research there

my parents idk i think they know i’m not good enough for these schools but they didn’t go to any fancy colleges

[pastel cipher]

Bruh

[shut dock]

they’re ok with me going to arizona because it’s better than they did

[pastel cipher]

Not getting in don't mean you ain't good enough

[shut dock]

mom went to cc my dad went to junior college

so it’s pretty nice that im going oos

today i was like “i wish i had applied to usc” and my dad said “you would’ve gotten rejected, usc is like caltech”

[pastel cipher]

???

L parenting right there

Although I can't pass a judgement on your dad as a whole

But L parenting in this instance

[shut dock]

nah it’s fine i’m glad i’m not being roasted alive by my family for potentially going to arizona

my romanian grandparents are proud of me going to college

cus neither of them went either

[opal rose]

😭 sounds like my dad wen i said i wanted to do upenn and he was like u got rejected by colombia y would upenn let u in

he wasnt wrong ❤️

[shut dock]

my grandma is proud of me going to arizona too because she didn’t finish hs so i’m pretty much doing great for my family

[opal rose]

W

[pastel cipher]

Bro idc if my kid has an 1100 sat and 2.8 gpa I'm ready to throw hands with any admissions office that turns him down

[shut dock]

so true

[pastel cipher]

W

[opal rose]

[somber saffron]

You can throw down some money to make them reconsider

[shut dock]

me when i take out a 5 million dollar loan

to guarantee my acceptance

[pastel cipher]

Bro better be going to Stanford and starting up the next google then

[shut dock]

it’s chill i’ll just freeze it for a few years

only like 250k interest per year

[somber saffron]

Yeah but don’t fumble the bag with AI 🗿

Google’s AI is ass

[undone nymph]

RELATABLE

[ripe totem]

Bullshit lmaooo

Stop doing portal astrology and go outside

[patent flame]

DUKE

[uneven cargo]

Not doing astrology I’m not saying it’s correlated just saying what their slates said. I don’t believe in portal astrology and slate isn’t a good indicator of acceptances.

[sharp shadow]

duke hates me

[patent flame]

duke love. me

[woeful nova]

what’s slate?

[uneven cargo]

Eh where can see where the AOs are in reviewing ur app

It’s not important tho so I woulldnt worry about it

[robust chasm]

duke i love you

[rigid pivot]

👀

[ripe totem]

There is no correlation

Between completed and decided

And your admission decision