#Princeton (2022-2023)

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upbeat scroll
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😤

royal lava
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ORGANIZER IMPLIES DUES AND ACTUAL WORK

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also like

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biden is not a socialist😭

floral holly
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what my guy

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princeton poli sci literally has an emphasis on data analytics too

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every single government or politics program worth their weight in gold deals with the quantitative

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this is insane to me lol

fast estuary
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is it too late to submit pfa?

sturdy tree
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anyone got tips for ionterviews.

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what should i prep for

light sandal
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Here

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@sturdy tree

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Read mine and Abhi's

sturdy tree
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Thx

limber vine
light sandal
royal lava
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Interviewers have even mentioned to me that they hate kids who prepare answers

sturdy tree
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Imma look through why Princeton more tho

royal lava
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id think is good to prep

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its not that common actually

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ive had 8 interviews and only a few of them have asked me why school

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the rest we just talked

sturdy tree
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gotcha well wish me luck 😭

limber vine
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interview for pton is cool

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not standardized at lamb

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all

full light
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Yeah my interviewer said that it wasn't the most impactful interview

plush niche
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As in like he insulted his experience with you?

peak lantern
upbeat scroll
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Morning

upbeat scroll
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wait how i thought ur legally allowed to see them

floral holly
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once you've matriculated

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but if they destroy the records there's no obligation

dry merlin
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huh...i got no request meltingsob

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from any of my colleges

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maybe i fucked up rlly bad

upbeat scroll
dry merlin
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okay thats a based way to look at it

plush niche
foggy merlin
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FRICK

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i broke the golden rule

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i read my essays 😭

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and i found a comma where there's meant to be a full stop

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but it's the last sentence in a paragraph so maybe they won't notice because i sure didn't for the last two months

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goddangit

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if i get rejected i'm blaming the comma it's a cope

fossil osprey
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Real talk though it doesn't matter at all lol

sturdy tree
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can anyone give last minute tips for why princeton

plush niche
upbeat scroll
desert rampart
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I asked my 70 year old Princeton interviewer what has changed since he was a student, and he just said “there’s girls in engineering now”

obsidian barn
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THATS CRAZY WHAT 💀

light sandal
royal lava
halcyon night
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eh not really

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70s

sturdy tree
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Just finished pton

sturdy tree
halcyon night
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well that was probably right after the civil rights movement

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so a lot of stuff was backwards

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i'm guessing princeton was still one of the more progressive schools

royal lava
desert rampart
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he didnt say anything objectively bad

royal lava
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ivies kind of

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represent the conservative establishment

desert rampart
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it was jstu yeaaa

royal lava
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administratively

halcyon night
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true

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these days ig they're trying to shake that image

royal lava
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very large leftist/socialist student body proportion at ivies

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bc a lot of those kids do the community organizing work that ivies like

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but the administrations dont do anything about social equality beyond demographic representation

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they still elevate right wing voices as long as they're not blatantly homophobic/racist/sexist

sturdy tree
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Welp

halcyon night
sturdy tree
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When’s Ivy day

halcyon night
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also right wing =/= homophobic, racist, sexist

royal lava
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dont say gay bills

halcyon night
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although i agree the administration is doing sketching stuff

royal lava
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environmental racism

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roe v wade

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anti gay marriage

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like

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yes right wing is all those things

halcyon night
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well yes, but there's other aspects to right wing, it's a very broad term

royal lava
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but it intersects with these things

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like

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given the history of the US and world obviously racism and sexism is prevalent to every single political issue

halcyon night
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true

royal lava
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i mean

royal lava
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theyd end legacy admissions

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but they exist

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legacy admissions are literally generational wealth + elitism

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and thats what ivies represent

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that and insane amounts of wealth

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bc legacy admissions is to satisfy alum so they donate more

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academia side is def less establishment-y tho, theres def some actual solid profs

halcyon night
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ok tbf alum donations can fund financial aid

royal lava
halcyon night
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not that i support or benefit from legacy

royal lava
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theres no reason ivies should cost money

halcyon night
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but i'm just saying it's not as one sided as u think

royal lava
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look at their endowments

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tuition is nothing

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compared to overall money they have

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tuition is literally just there so the school has a high sticker price

halcyon night
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only for hyp

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other ivies have lower endowments

royal lava
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Right

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Definitely hyp tho

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It’s just the effect capitalism and privatization of education has tho

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Bc naturally we think money = value

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So if something costs higher people think it’s better

halcyon night
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also endowments aren't as big as they seem

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like the whole purpose if that u have to keep it constant

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if u use it all up too quickly ur screwed

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and a lot of stuff like research and new facilities costs a ton

royal lava
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Dawg

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Do you know what the scale of billions means

halcyon night
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yes

royal lava
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No need to make excuses for ivies 😭😭

sleek axle
full light
tranquil flame
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If I'm sending an update now should I send my update via email or use that optional supporting material box on portal

royal lava
royal lava
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It’s less work for them

tranquil flame
royal lava
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But if you email they’re just gonna tell you to use the portal lol

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It’s less work for them, there’s no need to ask the email person to manually add it

plush niche
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Is that optional supporting doc really used for updates though

small garnet
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i asked here and a ‘27 said yes

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@plush niche

rocky ivy
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deferred gangg do your rea status update on your portal disappear

vague glade
ripe flame
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aaa please

ripe flame
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Princeton RD thread wake up

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Freak out w me

spark lotus
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let's focus on freaking out abt Swarthmore first and then Princeton @ripe flame 😭

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one at a time or else I'll collapse

ripe flame
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Okay deal deal bautimar

limber vine
royal lava
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Still more than 3 weeks fr

sage forum
ripe flame
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Been freaking out since I submitted my app

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Imagining that huge tiger at the top of my decision

ripe flame
light sandal
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These simulators somehow feel very similar to opening a real decision

limber vine
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f

ripe flame
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Not for me?? Just bc they’re called by whatever they’re simulating so

upbeat scroll
light sandal
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Congrats

upbeat scroll
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i got very lucky

plush niche
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To be fair you don’t really know

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You might have gotten lucky, you might have been a unanimous committee decision

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No way to really know

ripe flame
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^^^

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The horrifying part

plush niche
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Especially since Princeton shreds application files

ripe flame
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Oh do they now

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Ig that’s not too bad a practice

plush niche
royal lava
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Be serious dawg

upbeat scroll
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I expected a deferral and a rejection RD tbh

royal lava
upbeat scroll
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I did not expect to be outright rejected but I was preparing for the worst

royal lava
upbeat scroll
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it can be so random with ivies

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bro my friend had double legacy and got rejected

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4.0 1560 lmao

light sandal
upbeat scroll
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what grad school 🤣

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they were both undergrad yeah Princeton has like 40 grad students lmao

mellow geyser
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all jokes aside though

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if you have a hook advantage and you are equally qualified, you'll probably get in

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just the way it works

upbeat scroll
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I think you still have to just get lucky

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I felt like I was super qualified and had legacy + URM but still did not think I would “probably” get in

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even like the most qualified applicant unless they have a Nobel prize or are famous has probably a 30% chance

light sandal
upbeat scroll
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oh wow

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I guess just no professional schools

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most of their grad students are just MAs iirc

light sandal
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2500 doctoral

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And 300 masters

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But yeah no med school or law school I think

upbeat scroll
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i know nothing about my school huh i thought the grad population was next to nothing cause there was no med or law school

light sandal
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They need people to TA lol

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Actually Princeton is really good about having faculty teach

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And not TAs

sudden sparrow
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maybe cuz grad is so small

light sandal
limber vine
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come on princeton!!

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if i get in here it’s my first choice

plush niche
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Hey......... something isn't adding up!

limber vine
austere spade
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if i get in here it’s my first choice

ripe flame
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CHAR THATS A LIL SUS

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WAIT A MINUTE

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and I literally came here to say it was top three again lmfao ppl were boutta think it was copypasta

austere spade
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LOL

sick nacelle
ripe flame
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yeah so true 😭😭😭 and for what for why

desert rampart
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Also were we supposed to list or choose just one thing or r both okay

sick nacelle
sick nacelle
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but I just went with list

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cuz fuck it

fringe perch
sick nacelle
ripe flame
desert rampart
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probably but prompt seems to ask specifically 1 thing

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but since its a short answer it probiably does not matter

light sandal
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They might like it

sick nacelle
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well mostly serious

light sandal
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They like it. You gotta be QuIrkY

sick nacelle
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but whenever they gave me an opportunity to meme (all USC short questions and 1 question in ~40% of my applications)

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some apps didn't have prompts where I could meme sadly

light sandal
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I said curious george was my ideal roommate for USC

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Got deferred tho lmao

sick nacelle
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Rick from rick and morty

sick nacelle
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could you elaborate on his character

ripe flame
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wow that

sick nacelle
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and if hes fictional or real

light sandal
sick nacelle
sick nacelle
sick nacelle
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but good enough of them were

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you get the gist

ripe flame
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I’m dying @light sandal

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That’s wild af

sick nacelle
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Elon Musk's Replacement 💪

light sandal
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I said minecraft for what I'd teach a class on

ripe flame
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Curious George??? Would’ve vomited for fear

light sandal
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Elon Musk as a roomie is cringe af

sick nacelle
sick nacelle
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I said

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my dream job is

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his replacement

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💀

ripe flame
light sandal
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Ik you said

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But a lot of people

ripe flame
light sandal
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Put elon

sick nacelle
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oh

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bruh

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thats just

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idk

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very boring?

light sandal
sick nacelle
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like there is nothing relevant about you that it tells other than ur an elon simp

light sandal
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Exactly

ripe flame
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Vijit would you kill Elon musk

sick nacelle
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Rick from rick and morty atleast tells im memeing

ripe flame
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To achieve dream job

sick nacelle
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for legal reasons thats a joke

ripe flame
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for legal reasons I recognize this joke

sick nacelle
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for legal reasons I recognise you recognizing my joke and now you are a witness in case of legal issues

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purely for legal purposes only

ripe flame
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okay cool

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Now neither of us can legally be held responsible for this conversation

sick nacelle
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exactly

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🤝

ripe flame
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🤝

sick nacelle
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whats t-8 in ur name btw

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like waiting?

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or smth

ripe flame
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countdown to swarthmore, uroch

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possibly more

sick nacelle
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ah

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all the best

ripe flame
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tyty

sick nacelle
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what major and schools u targetting?

obsidian barn
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would you go to swarthmore over any other school?

ripe flame
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Possibly, it’s top three choices for me

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Within those three it just depends on the day

obsidian barn
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if you get into hyp mit and swarthmore what are you choosing

ripe flame
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And I’m going for public health/health and society/polisci+bio depending on school

ripe flame
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ugh. Ugh ugh. Probably Princeton

obsidian barn
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mit is my instant commit and if not probably upenn but only if i get into lsm

ripe flame
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Ooooh

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good luck good luck

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Praying for you on pi day

obsidian barn
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we will both get into our tops 💏

ripe flame
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yes!!!

sick nacelle
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all the best

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fin aid restricting uni sucks :(

ripe flame
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yea fr :(((

sick nacelle
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lol

ripe flame
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ur seeking aid yeah?? good luck I’ll hope hard for u

ripe flame
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But I’m premed so still kinda basic

sick nacelle
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I see

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still all the best :)

ripe flame
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you as well!!!

upbeat scroll
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princeton > every other school

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pick us

royal lava
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i know the college with no law school is not talking

upbeat scroll
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i assume nobody here is applying for law school

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if you are yes don't pick us

plush niche
upbeat scroll
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yes!

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hype

plush niche
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if I get in will u meet me there

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👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

upbeat scroll
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ofc

wanton bobcat
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how bad is it to send an ungraded written paper(back story: there is no teacher in my school who can evaluate my English)

sudden sparrow
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its too late to send a graded paper

fossil osprey
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isn't it required...?

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i'm confused

wanton bobcat
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im just wondering

wanton bobcat
plush niche
wanton bobcat
plush niche
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It means that even if your paper doesn't really fit their criteria they'll still review your app

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They specifically mention they really want a grade for it and yours doesn't so

wanton bobcat
plush niche
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I mean I'm not an AO so I really can't say exactly how bad it is, but they specifically mention that they really want a grade for it (hence "graded" written paper) and their response to your question in the FAQ is basically "try to make it graded"

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so it's definitely not good

wanton bobcat
ripe flame
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The graded written paper req was so stressful

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Am I the only one who ended up writing a paper specifically for that??

wanton bobcat
wanton bobcat
ripe flame
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It was such a weird ask

plush niche
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I submitted a philosphy paper for mine lol

ripe flame
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The paper was so weird too

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Mine was a “deleted scene” of Hamlet written in the Shakespearean style + analysis

wanton bobcat
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i wrote bout astronomy

pallid notch
obsidian barn
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my grades paper was my comparing phineas and ferb to frankenstein 💀

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it was actually rlly well written though

minor sandal
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my grade paper was some random astro project i submitted to my school

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it wasnt a research project or anything, just an elaborative one

ripe flame
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I mean it wasn’t supposed to be a research project

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The three papers I wrote by app season for school between junior spring and senior fall were 15 pages long, 10 pages long, 2 pages long

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Only the 2 page one was eligible for submission due to length limits

minor sandal
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really?

ripe flame
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Yeah it’s tradition at my school

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You end history with a capstone research paper

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You finish up the collective English program with a capstone English paper

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which are typically written junior spring and senior fall respectively

floral holly
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technically you can submit any page length but they will stop reading at the 2 page mark

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thats all

ripe flame
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well yeah but like. 15 pager or 10 pager, neither gets to the point in 2 pages lmfao

minor sandal
plush niche
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I wonder how small of a font you can make it before they step back from the screen and go "what the fuck"

floral holly
limber vine
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i love fallon

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og girl boss

minor sandal
floral holly
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sounds like the reason they ask for submissions of academic papers is so they can gauge your writing ability

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that's all

limber vine
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wait

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i didn’t know what to submit for written paper

ripe flame
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yeah so it’s better if your paper fits the limit so you can showcase effectively how good a writer you are

limber vine
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is it okay if i submitred one of my exams

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that we did on paper

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and stuff

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and i explained it was done under exam conditions, attached a photo of feedback and my teacher’s email for any further queries

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my idea was that it would be something i’ve written by myself under time conditions

floral holly
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quality > trying to fit their preference for 2 pages

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so i submitted my best paper

minor sandal
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fr, mine was 10 or so pages i think
ik they wont read it after the 2nd page but I'm not summarizing ldr based astrophotographic techniques in 2 pages for anyone

limber vine
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what brings you joy?

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(less than 50 words)

minor sandal
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which was recycled from yale's what brings you joy

ripe flame
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Yea I recycled all the same ones

minor sandal
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which was recycled from a reject CA essay draft of mine

plush niche
ripe flame
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My what brings you joy was rly cute tho

ripe flame
knotty sapphire
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what song did you all pick

left needle
ripe flame
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picked uh

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Seasons of Love from Rent

minor sandal
left needle
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so yeah it’s fine

floral holly
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thought it would fit exactly what they look for

left needle
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Princeton physics is goated

minor sandal
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how come, so far i've seen 2 or maybe 3
idk who else is astro

minor sandal
knotty sapphire
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and my song choice was kind of predictable :/

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time by pink floyd 😭

minor sandal
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there could be some overlap

limber vine
minor sandal
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ayee comrade 🫡

limber vine
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nah i picked fleetwood mac song for USC tho

knotty sapphire
minor sandal
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30th/31st gonna be a bloodbath fr

plush niche
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I swear half of the people in this channel are applying for astro

left needle
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ppl switch out

ripe flame
left needle
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sellouts for CS

ripe flame
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I watched a rejection reaction vid earlier

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yikes. the sheer depression going through Ivy day with reject reject waitlist reject reject

minor sandal
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idk but i'll be an astrophysicist no matter how brutally princeton rejects me

plush niche
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I applied aero for princeton

left needle
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MAE?

plush niche
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yes

minor sandal
plush niche
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after seeing how many people online were applying for astro I'm just like naaaaaaaaaw 💀 and did aero

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plus I have a lot of aero ECs like a nasa internship so I think it fits my profile better

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like a combination

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and not just astro

minor sandal
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they dont admit by majors tho

plush niche
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yeah they don't but also like

minor sandal
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or so they say

left needle
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it might play a small role

plush niche
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it has to be a diverse class

left needle
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but the difference in MAE and astro would be minimal

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mech is the most popular engineering major

plush niche
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I mean I put MAE first major

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astro second

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so like

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same thing basically

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also pton minors are super cool

left needle
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yeah they go hard

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especially the non-stem ones

plush niche
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yeah

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are you an REA admit?

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@left needle

left needle
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yeah

plush niche
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Nice

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What major are you?

left needle
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currently ECE

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idk if I’ll change because I’d rather do phys but job prospects are worse

plush niche
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Ayyyy, I'm considering switching to that if I don't like MAE (if I get in that is)

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international is crazy though

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how many nobel prizes do you have

left needle
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0 I’m not that cracked

plush niche
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💀

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Bro answered it seriously

left needle
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no lmao I know it’s a joke

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but

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impostor syndrome is real

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tbh at some point it’s just luck and I think my essays were good so it worked out

upbeat scroll
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i got lucky as hell

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bless

plush niche
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idk

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I'd feel a lot better if I had double legacy lol

left needle
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lucky for the right parents lmao

plush niche
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hahaha I guess

upbeat scroll
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for real

plush niche
upbeat scroll
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it definitely gave me a massive leg up

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but again my friend who was also double legacy with the same stats got rejected

left needle
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aren’t you like an elected official

upbeat scroll
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he was white though

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shhhh

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be quiet

left needle
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smh

plush niche
upbeat scroll
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true omg sorry

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LMAO

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he was also canadian

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i think being international makes it a lot harder

plush niche
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intl?

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ohhhhhhhh well

upbeat scroll
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though hes a dual citizen

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idk how they factor it in

light sandal
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That's not intl then

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Us citizen is us citizen

upbeat scroll
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ah

plush niche
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don't you have to be in a US secondary school

left needle
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nah citizenship

light sandal
plush niche
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what country are you from kras

left needle
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if you have US citizenship but study abroad youre considered domestic but evaluated in the country’s context

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India

light sandal
plush niche
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yeah maybe

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international is a whole different beast

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they're like that group at the end of that meme going "wait, y'all are getting paid?"

light sandal
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Idk why private schools are so anti-international

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They don't have an obligation to educate citizens like publics do

plush niche
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Princeton stopped releasing their data

sudden sparrow
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<= RD

upbeat scroll
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it's probably only a little bit higher

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i

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idk what their deferral rate was though

sudden sparrow
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nah probably lower

upbeat scroll
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they seem to defer a fair bit of applicants

sudden sparrow
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princeton defers like 60%

left needle
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not this year

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all the ivies rejected more than deferred

upbeat scroll
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yeahhh

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i think deferred kids must be competitive at least

sudden sparrow
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well no one knows for sure

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princeton/harvard are known to defer pretty much everyone

light sandal
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My guess would be about the same as RD applicants

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3-4%

plush niche
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Imaging all the people who applied early to ivies this year thinking “worst case I’ll probably get deferred because they do that to everyone” and then getting gobsmacked in the face with a fat rejection because of this years change 💀

light sandal
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Because they were a little more selective with who they deferred. So the average deferred applicant is probably better than the average RD applicant. BUT princeton already passed these people up, so maybe they are mostly not what princeton is looking for

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For MIT, it's about 2% of deferred students get in RD

tiny forum
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i heard the same

fleet badger
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Why? That' seems much lower than the past.

ripe flame
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Harvard

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Ngl it felt good to know at least I’m not completely uncompetitive per Yale AOs

ripe flame
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Harvard was 10/80/10 accept/defer/waitlist (roughly)

sudden sparrow
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yeah

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no one knows about princeton

ripe flame
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Yale was 10/20/70 accept/defer/waitlist (again rounded, slightly more deferrals but only by a percent or two)

ripe flame
sudden sparrow
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if i were to guess, i would say princeton is 10/60/30

ripe flame
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hmm could be

sudden sparrow
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usually u dont get rejected from princeton unless ur blatantly unqualified

ripe flame
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Princeton is much more secretive than HY in terms of admit stuff ig,,,

ripe flame
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No one at my school talks abt admissions

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Found out my best friend was admitted a month after earlies

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Someone actually lied and said they were deferred Princeton when they were accepted Harvard cursedmoon

sudden sparrow
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i wonder what Stanford's defer rate is

ripe flame
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Really low apparently

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They have a high defer -> admit rate at least

sudden sparrow
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someone in my grade got deferred

ripe flame
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Wow congrats to them

sudden sparrow
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double legacy + LGBTQ

ripe flame
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oh wow

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Is LGBTQ rly a hook

sudden sparrow
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shouldnt be

ripe flame
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idk i don’t rly believe in lgbtq or urm as hooks

sudden sparrow
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urm is definitely a look

ripe flame
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or at least urm can’t possibly be as big of a hook as ppl claim

sudden sparrow
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it is

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lma

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o

ripe flame
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idk ppl will claim otherwise clear reject ppl get admitted over URM

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oh you know we shouldn’t discuss

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i don’t wanna be like that one guy from the Yale or Harvard thread

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Who was complaining URM is such a huge hook

sudden sparrow
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no one should compain

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complain

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it is simply a big hook

ripe flame
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wonder how the Harvard/unc lawsuit changes admissions next year

sudden sparrow
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just look at this

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ripe flame
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?? What is this

floral holly
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It's likely that schools are going to replace it with income-based admissions

floral holly
sudden sparrow
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yeah obv

ripe flame
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what is that supposed to say to admissions

floral holly
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Not sure? just pointing out lower performance among other ethnicities beyond whites/asians

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Personally, as an Asian applicant, IDGAF lmfao

ripe flame
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it’ll be interesting I guess

foggy merlin
sudden sparrow
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rea obviously bruh

civic bone
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Lets shy away from borderline aa discussion thank you

sudden sparrow
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cringe

foggy merlin
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what's

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wait nvm

civic bone
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Its in #📜-rules under rule 5

sudden sparrow
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still cringe

foggy merlin
ripe flame
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yes, definitely!! thank you mod Jae

sudden sparrow
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ik ur just a mod

foggy merlin
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darn i should've applied rea!

foggy merlin
ripe flame
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where did you early, seph?

sudden sparrow
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yeah but defer is harder than rd

ripe flame
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why do you say that?

foggy merlin
plush niche
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I'm applying under DD

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DA

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disciplinary action

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just like the other dude

civic bone
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I applied under double d as well

sudden sparrow
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if u dont get in first time

civic bone
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🥴

ripe flame
foggy merlin
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i have some friends at the uk big boi private schools and apparently they all got deferred too

sudden sparrow
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why would they admit second

foggy merlin
ripe flame
foggy merlin
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and the broader applicant pool could be mid

sudden sparrow
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idk

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i think yale is diff

foggy merlin
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yale is weird

sudden sparrow
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real

foggy merlin
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my spiky friend got an ao interview

ripe flame
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Nice

sudden sparrow
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i didnt get an interview

ripe flame
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Me neither

foggy merlin
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i think he'll get in, he's a great guy and honestly deserves it (and the world)

ripe flame
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Makes me nervous

foggy merlin
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i didn't get a yale interview :o my ECs aren't particularly spiky but they're arguably at a higher level of attainment

sudden sparrow
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pretty sure no yale interview = clear admit or deny

foggy merlin
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wait rlly?

sudden sparrow
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ye

foggy merlin
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but they don't even interview that many ppl do they

sudden sparrow
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yeah

foggy merlin
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damn

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hmm

plush niche
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that's the general consensus here but that doesn't mean it's right

foggy merlin
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my friend (and the ao hinted) that he got an ao interview bc they didn't believe his ECs

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like the interview was just them interrogating him about his internships and stuff

sudden sparrow
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probs deny

foggy merlin
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nah he's done everything he said he's done

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like he talked about each one a lot in detail in the interview

ripe flame
foggy merlin
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it's just that he said on common app he described them very vaguely so that's why

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but like as far as spikes go he's cracked

ripe flame
foggy merlin
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a ton of amazing econ internships and stuff

ripe flame
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I covered so many of my ECs in essays

foggy merlin
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hence quite literally the 'need more info'

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and AO since they need more info about his ECs specifically

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my ECs are good-ish

sudden sparrow
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yeah im pretty sure it does

foggy merlin
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me and him read each other's essays and he said mine were more polished

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BUT

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being spiky as hell + ao interview

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bro's deffo getting in

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and i'm not cracked enough to be an auto admit sooooo

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probably a new haven L

sudden sparrow
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I dont think anyone is an auto admit unless URM or something

foggy merlin
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damn

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in which case, prolly an auto reject for me

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😔

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hoping 'n' praying i get a last-min yale interview

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that apparently indicates you're borderline

sudden sparrow
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theyre done

plush niche
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there's an internal borderline applicant interview deadline of march 15

foggy merlin
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dang

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okay i'm screwed 😭

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i'm not an URM i think

rich lotus
sudden sparrow
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they prob finalize most decisions by mar 17

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thats cap

foggy merlin
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unless you count coming from a random city in england outside london and being british-indian as an auto admit 💀

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and low income isn't a hook i think right

sudden sparrow
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indian is an anti hook

foggy merlin
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oops

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but born and raised in the uk

sudden sparrow
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doesnt matter

foggy merlin
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crap

sudden sparrow
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also that isnt necessarily a fair argument regardless

floral holly
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hilarious that we are talking about yale interviews in here

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honestly may as well merge yale and princeton threads

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that's what i've been feeling recently LMFAOO

foggy merlin
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big up the mods for letting these channels be really permeable

floral holly
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fax

foggy merlin
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@civic bone appreciation!!

ripe flame
civic bone
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Nova why r u preaching aa

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💀

sudden sparrow
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im not really

foggy merlin
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do british people get the double alphabet thing

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tbh i think we do bc the uk is HUGELY overrepresented in every intl pool

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like how the heck is this tiny nation sending more peeps to harvard each year then india and china combined

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then again we do have those elite london private schools so there's probably that

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yoooo i wonder if they'll admit me then

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cheeky wink to the AOs

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(pls let me in)

floral holly
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"cheeky"

foggy merlin
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yeah it's a bri'ish thing to say cheeky right

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screw citizenship, residency, anything

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a true brit is measured by if they can appropriately use the word "cheeky"

rich lotus
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yeah British slang is fun lol

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So many words with weird prononciation

foggy merlin
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cheeky nando's is the best

floral holly
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reminds me of that one guy on tiktok who drinks fanta

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cheeky

foggy merlin
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that's pretty cheeky

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a2c has given me self doubt but also a more balanced perspective on admissions

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i went from

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"i won't get in" to "oh i have a good chance" to "oh i have no chance" to "okay no one has any vaguely quantifiable chance it's luck"

floral holly
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just do grad school if you really want to go to a school LOLOLOL

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Who cares

ripe flame
#

idfk this process is so

foggy merlin
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5 students in my school of 4000 students (across two year groups/grades) applied to america this year

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so we don't even have a counsellor 💀

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they gave me some dance teacher who does some UCAS stuff

frank bramble
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u guys think it’s too late to do a pton update lmao

foggy merlin
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well it probably won't hurt

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help is debatable

plush niche
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send ASAP

floral holly
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ok i know this is not uchicago but surreal to watch the final decision for that school pass by

upbeat scroll
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y’all actually taking more about Harvard and Yale in this thread than Princeton 😭

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I’m already feeling the Princeton inferiority and I’m not even enrolled yet tf

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I swear guys New Jersey is nice I swear

floral holly
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Yale is at the bottom for me lol

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for T5

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princeton is so pretty

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prettiest t5 for real

ancient mesa
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Fr tho and the town is amazing

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Also they have a very cool record shop

floral holly
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i dont think there is a single person who could say that the school doesn't look great

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i would love to go for politics

wanton bobcat
floral holly
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thats pretty good lol

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stanford to san francisco is 1 hour : p

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sounds similar

wanton bobcat
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but you can go nyc whenever u want lol

ripe flame
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imo it’s Yale Princeton >> Harvard

upbeat scroll
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I chose primarily based on location honestly yeah

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I love it

floral holly
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really depends on major i feel actually

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maybe im insane

upbeat scroll
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idk if it does honestly they are all pretty amazing at everything

floral holly
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i would say harvard politics is insane

upbeat scroll
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they def have different vibes though

floral holly
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they do a good job of marketing with the JFK school

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and all of the programs there

upbeat scroll
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that’s only a grad school though

ripe flame
#

i like Yale’s vibe best

floral holly
upbeat scroll
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I’d say Harvard is the preppiest, Princeton is the nerdiest, Yale is the coolest

floral holly
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this is what i mean

upbeat scroll
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ah

floral holly
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I cant really find other similar things on other school websites

upbeat scroll
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Princeton school of public and intentional affairs is pretty amazing

floral holly
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but i know they have similar things anyways lol, just gotta search for it

ancient mesa
rich lotus
upbeat scroll
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like an hour and a half - two i think

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i guess it depends very much on if youre willing to pay for amtrak

royal lava
upbeat scroll
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pretty easily

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I imagine Yale is the most social

royal lava
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the yale kids i know are so introverted

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they're just theory leftist girls

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idk a single man at yale

floral holly
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LMFAO

upbeat scroll
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Yale is slightly less pretentious l think though

royal lava
#

tbh i think yale has no men

sleek axle
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bro what

royal lava
#

yale men are a myth

sleek axle
#

yale kids r most social

upbeat scroll
#

it seems like a much more welcoming environment

royal lava
#

ive never seen a man at yale

sudden sparrow
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for sure

sleek axle
#

yale seems sm more fun

royal lava
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i have scientific proof

sudden sparrow
#

yale > princeton

sleek axle
#

and like a lot less competitive

sudden sparrow
#

princeton is much more stuffy

upbeat scroll
#

Two very good friends of mine go to Yale

sudden sparrow
#

yeah

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its true

wooden granite
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I only considered applying to Yale for the good

upbeat scroll
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they are both guys

wooden granite
#

*food

royal lava
sleek axle
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i applied to yale for the winter holiday ball😍😍

royal lava
#

youre lying

upbeat scroll
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actually an ex of mine goes to Yale too

sleek axle
#

the tiktoks won me over

upbeat scroll
#

So true

sleek axle
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bro ik men at yale

royal lava
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😧

sleek axle
royal lava
#

i didnt even know what that was til like january

sleek axle
#

MONEY IS MONEY LAKE

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IM CHASING THE BAG

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UR FUMBLING

marsh token
#

emory is a W

royal lava
sleek axle
royal lava
#

umich and their in state tuition want me fr

royal lava
sleek axle
#

bro if i get the full ride i’d be paying less for emory than for in state 😭

sleek axle
sudden sparrow
#

so in other words

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yale > princeton

ripe flame
sleek axle
ripe flame
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no aid OOS crying screaming

royal lava
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im sorry

ripe flame
ancient mesa
royal lava
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umich oos is such a ripoff

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like

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75k for what

ripe flame
ripe flame
#

depending on Ivy or top LAC to pull through

sleek axle
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i feel like all public OOS feels like such a ripoff cuz i’d just feel mad paying 85k knowing the guy next to me is paying 70k less

royal lava
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uva is like 84k

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who tf do tehey thinl they are

floral holly
#

uva

sudden sparrow
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uva is rich kids

ripe flame
#

UVA

floral holly
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we are all so creative and funny

sleek axle
royal lava
#

we're literally the same ik youre not talking

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at least i didnt get deferred from usc

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😸

upbeat scroll
#

Imagine having a state school

sleek axle
#

mods? mods?! mods?!?!?!!??

upbeat scroll
#

would be crazy

sleek axle
#

i’m being bullied rn

royal lava
#

🥱

upbeat scroll
#

I hate you

ripe flame
ripe flame
royal lava
sleek axle
#

lake hates women alert

ripe flame
royal lava
#

you better be ready for june

ripe flame
#

respect women!!!

sleek axle
royal lava
#

whens aapi history month again

sleek axle
#

YOU GET NOTHINF SPECIAL LAKE

royal lava
#

oh wait nvm

sleek axle
#

IM ASIAN LAKE

ripe flame
royal lava
#

are we both asian and gay

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LMFAOAOO

ripe flame
#

LMFAOO

royal lava
#

WHENS MENS HISTORY MONTH FR

sleek axle
#

DUMBASS LMFAOOOOO

sleek axle
ripe flame
#

Holyyy

sleek axle
#

ur def the kid who shotgunned all the top schools and ended up applying to wellesley

royal lava
#

TF

ripe flame
#

Can you?

sleek axle
#

i feel like u wld tho

royal lava
#

we can celebrate togehter

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OK TOO FAR

sleek axle
#

that ones all urs 👐🏻

royal lava
#

not on the public princeton a2c discord dawg😭

ripe flame
#

ok dears have fun

royal lava
#

I SEE U DELETING LIKE A COWARD

sleek axle
#

IM DOING U A FAVOR

sleek axle
royal lava
#

i dont chase i attract

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💀

#

real

marsh token
#

damn, princeton thread turned into fight club real quick

royal lava
sleek axle
#

that’s crazyyy

sleek axle
#

tbh lake id dust u in a fight

royal lava
#

IM 5'10

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SQUARE UP

sleek axle
#

u better hope our results don’t keep lining up cuz if i see u at an admitted students day 👊

glad lion
#

Fight?

sleek axle
marsh token
glad lion
sleek axle
#

based on pure vibes who do u think wins in a fight me or @royal lava

royal lava
glad lion
#

I’ve seen capy more often

royal lava
#

NO WAY

sleek axle
#

THATS NY HEIGHT BRO

royal lava
sleek axle
royal lava
#

we're gonna get world champion tie for most delusional

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and then update harv

sleek axle
royal lava
#

auto admit

sleek axle
glad lion
royal lava
candid geode
#

my friend tried to apply to spelman💀

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wondered why CA wasn’t letting him add it

sleek axle
ripe flame
ripe flame
candid geode
ripe flame
#

Oh cursedmoon

upbeat scroll
#

i'm 6'2 just thought everyone here should know

candid geode
royal lava
upbeat scroll
#

this is factually incorrect

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i may or may not have been in a GW dorm last night

#

😬

upbeat scroll
#

you'll get in though i believe in you

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capy will not

#

i dont believe in him

obsidian barn
royal lava
upbeat scroll
#

thank you

obsidian barn
#

anytime 💏 (you can thank me by giving me your diploma)(and marrying me)

candid geode
#

do you have a trust fund or are you in search of people with trust funds

upbeat scroll
#

in search of

candid geode
#

oh rip nevermind

upbeat scroll
#

sorry bro

candid geode
#

💀

royal lava
#

😐

#

thought we were getting married

obsidian barn
#

i told you i marry everyone 🙁

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@upbeat scroll is my og 🫶

upbeat scroll
#

i hate this school

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but i love alan

upbeat scroll
obsidian barn
#

LOVE YOUU

glad lion
#

We need a special guest list

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Of all of guest’s harem

plush niche
candid geode
#

sus af

sleek axle
royal lava
royal lava
#

19 days guys

proven current
#

hii

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how is everyone feeling

ancient mesa
#

Nervous but excited

#

How about you?

proven current
#

super nervous but not as scared as i was before

#

i know there is no correlation but i clutched caltech today so i feel a little better than i did before

ancient mesa
#

To be honest I haven’t gotten accepted anywhere yet

proven current
ancient mesa
#

I’m just like nervous

proven current
#

do you have any decisions coming out soon prior to ivy day

ancient mesa
#

Yeah Johns Hopkins and tufts in the next few weeks the rest haven’t announced

proven current
#

i got jhu as well

ancient mesa
#

Also like I’m just sort of undergoing a preemptive down

marsh token
ancient mesa
#

Ayyyy we’re both gonna be freaking out next Friday lol

marsh token
#

ooh can i join the freakout gang next friday?? i got 5 decisions then

ripe flame
ancient mesa
#

Bc tho I realize like not getting into a t20 is realistic at the same time I just want my hard work throughout high school to be rewarded by getting into a top school, and I know everyone else feels the same 😭

ripe flame
proven current
#

its gonna be crazy

marsh token
proven current
#

idk how i feel about hopkins tbh

ancient mesa
#

Like I feel like otherwise if I don’t get in I could have done so much more socially in high school and not worked so hard 💀

ripe flame
#

I dunno it’ll make me feel. Validated like I wasn’t wrong for the way I did high school

ancient mesa
proven current
#

admissions is just so competitive now, feels like you genuinely have to no life school to make it to one of the top schools

ancient mesa
ripe flame
marsh token
proven current
#

i love school and learning etc, but sometimes i wish i spent a bit more time developing myself and focusing on hobbies and having fun rather than just the grind of classes ECs and more

ancient mesa
#

like it’s the if I don’t get in I don’t wanna face the fact I could’ve chilled a bit more in high school and not developed mental issues rip

minor sandal
proven current