Williams College (2022-2023)

[vivid junco]

so its a pain

gocha

[carmine anvil]

Yeah

[vivid junco]

do they give merch at previews

[carmine anvil]

they give a williams shirt

[vivid junco]

oh i think i saw that in the preview form

[carmine anvil]

But also easier to just buy merch around Williams campus rather than getting it shipped

[vivid junco]

gotcha

[olive elk]

wait does it come for international students

[olive elk]

hey can you dm it to me!

that's like half of the admitted student body 😭

[mint otter]

could u dm me the groupme link too?

[tiny spade]

lol do internationals/Canada get the package

would like a cow shirt

[dim arrow]

Yep yep go for it!!

During previews i believe they will come and pick u up from albany airport, atleast thats that they did for me

You can view it yeah, the weird thing is tho that the information that people have on theirs changes from person to person

Like one of my friends had acronyms on hers describing her and another had nothing

For me and other transfer students they send out a note saying why we got in

[olive elk]

wait can international students attend previews?

I am extremely interested in that, the only issue I had was like missing an year of your stay at williams? is it difficult like integrating into a new college environment and stuff?

[dim arrow]

Im not to sure on whether they have the same programming for international students but i definetly know you can come to previews!

[dim arrow]

Its pretty easy to come back, most people study abroad their junior regardless so integrating back is not a concern for the most part

Also feel free to dm if you have any specific questions regarding the WEPO program, my one thing I will mention is that you shouldnt come to williams just for the program however. This year was super competitive and i know someone who was super disspointed about no gettinf it because it was a major reason for them to go to williams in the first place

[vivid junco]

hey do any of you know current williams students that are from alaska

and if so is it possible for one of you to connect me?

[teal light]

If it makes anyone on the waitlist feel better I can’t go bc of cost so hopefully you will get my spot 💪

[delicate void]

twolf asks: which?

1⃣: reed
2⃣: grinnell

[lapis bear]

hey bestie

[teal light]

Wait look at us😭😭

Rejecting Williams bc of cost squad

[lapis bear]

exactly

[teal light]

Colleges be like you’re rejected

No

YOURE rejected by me

😇

[lapis bear]

I’m going to try and appeal the financial aid but it probably still won’t be enough

💔

[teal light]

Looks like Harvard tbh

[lapis bear]

deluding myself

[dusty pollen]

yesterday around this time my heart was in pieces </33

[proven grotto]

i don’t think so at all, it’s all about what you want out of your college experience

they feed you, house you, and i’m fine with being on campus most of the time

[carmine anvil]

yeah I agree with you on that

[proven grotto]

i think spring street is charming kinda norman rockwell vibe

[carmine anvil]

I just don't think spring street or transportation is a strength

[vivid junco]

yeah my dads worried about that

he said the programs at Williams sound intriguing but the town is so small and it’s hard to get to

especially since I’m from Alaska lol

i also have hopkins so I’m trying to consider that

@carmine anvil do you know anyone at Williams from Alaska ?

[carmine anvil]

I do but I don't know them well

[vivid junco]

what would be the best way for me to connect?

[carmine anvil]

Sorry I have no idea of their contact

[carmine anvil]

If you are on fin aid the school should pay for flights I thought

[vivid junco]

im full pay

[carmine anvil]

Nvm

😭

[vivid junco]

but it just takes a while to get there

is the point

mainly

[carmine anvil]

That's fair

[vivid junco]

like i have to go on a ton of flights then drive 😭

[carmine anvil]

For breaks Williams has motorcoach buses to Boston, New York or Albany and then you would have to fly from there probably

[lapis bear]

congrats on amherst btw i'm so happy for you

[dusty pollen]

thank you!

[lapis bear]

is that an elliott smith reference in bio

[dusty pollen]

and congrats on williams!

yep

[lapis bear]

tysm!!

[dusty pollen]

my dad

[lapis bear]

love that album so much

more than either/or tbh

[dusty pollen]

anthony fantanocore

[lapis bear]

is amherst your top choice for now

[dusty pollen]

yep

has to be because it's the only acceptance i have 😭

it's not like have options

[lapis bear]

W option to have though

[dusty pollen]

that's true

declining my waitlists

[lapis bear]

i have my state schools+williams

[dusty pollen]

lucky you have a great state school

gatech right?

im international so the only colleges ive applied to are t20s

amherst will likely be my only acceptance

[lapis bear]

yes!! oh extra congrats then!! intl admissions are rough

[dusty pollen]

yeah 😭 got rejected from all but one of the WASP lacs

outright rejected from the other 3

crazy

[lapis bear]

what do you want to study?

[dusty pollen]

econ

and physics

maybe

hbu

[lapis bear]

cool=) environmental studies/environmental engineering for me

depending on the school

[dusty pollen]

slayy

[lapis bear]

i'm not super sure yet, need to figure out if engineering is right for me

[dusty pollen]

yeah im not rlly sure either

so i get that

[lapis bear]

i think the ideal job for me right now would be like. climate research or something

but not in academia since that's so cutthroat

[dusty pollen]

that's really cool

ooo im super into academia

as of now

might be different four years down the road

[lapis bear]

i'm not built for it😭

a2c is the future of academics lowkey

[dusty pollen]

ahaha understandable

[dusty pollen]

fr lmao

[lapis bear]

some random kids saying "rate my AP schedule" on reddit will lead the exploration of knowledge

[dusty pollen]

lmaoo 😭

[olive elk]

do you people know if williams flies you in for previews cause I heard that somewhere-

😭 by that I mean if williams pays for it

[waxen frost]

have any accepted kids gotten their package yet

[olive elk]

nope I think some have recieved them

I am also intl so idk if they even send it

for us

[wicked quiver]

Waitlisted

[vivid junco]

mines coming on Tuesday

[lapis bear]

mine is expected monday

i’m very excited for the merch🙏🏼

[finite oxide]

How can I find out when my package arrives

[lapis bear]

if you have USPS informed delivery it will show you!

[raw monolith]

mine is also expected monday ahhh

[vivid junco]

do you guys know if math/cs/econ/stats students tend to feel limited by course offerings?

[lapis bear]

my bestie so pretty

[lapis bear]

so is there a discord or instagram chat yet because i don’t have groupme😜and have no storage on my phone😜

[vivid junco]

thats what im sayin

[dim arrow]

From what I know math and econ people have a tonnnnn of courses to choose from and are never limited to any degree. Stats is a newer department however so i think their course offerings are a little more limited. CS Is getting larger and larger and is getting revamped in order to provide more elective courses for students

[dim arrow]

@proven grotto

[dim arrow]

Also econ people can take grad level classes over at the CDE fr fr

[lapis bear]

if anyone has pictures of their admitted student merch i will kiss the ground you walk on

[vivid junco]

you’ll literally get it tomorrow no?

Lol

[olive elk]

Idt there is

Let's make one?

[waxen frost]

if y’all make pls send the link 🙏🏻

[olive elk]

Wait do insta groups work with links? We can make a discord server too yea

[waxen frost]

i feel like a disc server cld handle the most amnt of ppl

[olive elk]

Fair enough

Just made a rudimentary server, dm for link

[vivid junco]

omg my package is coming today!!

[raw monolith]

SAME SO EXCITED

[lapis bear]

mine says today but it didn’t come with regular mail ?

[raw monolith]

these socks r perf for school tmrw actually

[vivid junco]

SEND PICTURES @raw monolith

what’s in the package

socks and beanie?

omg I need to see

[raw monolith]

yes socks and beanie !

and a lil like

thingy

gimme a sec

[lapis bear]

AWW

that pennant looks rlly tiny LOL

[raw monolith]

it is LMFAO

[lapis bear]

mine still not here

there’s no acceptance letter?

[vivid junco]

So the blanket WAS a myth

smh

[dim arrow]

They give transfer students a personalized letter saying why they got in

[lapis bear]

my parents don’t understand liberal arts colleges

[dim arrow]

but yes no blanket fr

[lapis bear]

my dad just told me i won’t get a job if i go to williams because it’s an extended summer camp…

he’d never heard of it before friday when i told him i got in

[dim arrow]

Mine too 😭all my friends are going to Mckinsey next year tho which i consider worse

[vivid junco]

all my classmates when I told them I was considering Williams over hopkins

“What’s Williams”

“I can’t believe you would give up both hopkins and umich”

[lapis bear]

if my parents were gonna force me to go to my state school they shouldve told me freshman year so i didn’t sweat so hard😭

[vivid junco]

@raw monolith ur lighting makes it look weird

[lapis bear]

bro lives in alaska and got his before me

[vivid junco]

LMFAO

@lapis bear wya

I’m surprised it came today

it was originally indicating for tomorrow delivery

[raw monolith]

mb ..

[crystal crater]

LMAOO i got the same “why would you choose williams over ucla” talks today

[crystal crater]

i heard the beanie looks like an M pls confirm or deny 🤞

[tribal oxide]

Got my package today😭🫶🏾

[raw monolith]

huh

an M?

[crystal crater]

LMAOO kidding my dad said the williams beanie looks like an M not a W

[crystal crater]

no literally same

[lapis bear]

i live in georgia

[vivid junco]

Wait guys is the beanie not huge? 😭

it’s so big

[waxen frost]

ok tbh the patterns rly cute ngl

[olive elk]

The socks are so cute

[carmine anvil]

oh nice!

It looks to be the same as last year's package

[carmine anvil]

😭

extended summer camp is funny

If any of you are going to previews I could probably show you around campus with my friend (if I'm not too busy)

[vivid junco]

@carmine anvil i might take you up on that

[tribal oxide]

Same here

[crystal crater]

got my acceptance package today 🥳

[radiant cedar]

I didn’t apply but how are y’all feeling about Williams T7? https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/

[olive elk]

Should be T1 🥰

[vivid junco]

One list as Williams as the 12th ranked LAC so idk

All arbitrary

[dusty pollen]

i feel like shit

malding and seething

wish williams had a grad school

i'll come back as a professor :((

[compact ocean]

is anyone familiar with the maths program at Williams? how does it compare to other top universities like MIT or Princeton?

[dim arrow]

Williams has in my opinion one of the best math programs out there. However, MIT and Princeton are just the best at Math point blank. The program itself is super flexible, after you take the core you can choose what you specialize in pretty quickly and everyon in the department does research directly with faculty

[compact ocean]

thanks so much for your response

very helpful

what do you think about the postgraduate/job opportunities coming out of Williams as an international student, compared to these other big-name top universities? is it a dealbreaker?

[lapis bear]

my package got lost in the mail hello

[dim arrow]

Its absolutely not a dealbreaker from what ive seen. Everyone in my immediate friend group at williams whos graduating got into a top graduate program (mostly Stanford) or is going to a pretty good entry job if they wanted to go into industry right away. This includes my international friends. I will say however that most of my international friends after their 4 years dont want to stay in the US for work due to the working culture

Not because they get less opportunuties to do so however

[vivid junco]

All my teachers act like Williams is nothing when I ask for their thoughts ):

I feel like I lean towards williams but I feel so conflicted between it and hopkins

[olive elk]

what's your major"?

I would choose williams anyday, the people who are important and worth it like recruiters and grad schools know williams

and thats what matters

[vivid junco]

math or more specifically applied math

applied math is housed in the engineering school at hopkins

while I’d be getting a BA at Williams

I definitely like the atmosphere and types of opportunities at Williams better

but I like the size of hopkins better and also the range of courses in my major

[olive elk]

The size is something you can't change about Williams and is a huge part of the expirience, so I would be a little careful if you prefer larger sized unis

For math though, I feel Williams is the best choice because it has one of the best math programs in the country. It hosts SMALL which is a math conference and the math education and opportunities are really good

I am not too sure about the engineering aspect of Hopkins, but both are great schools and you cant go wrong

[vivid junco]

i just prefer something thats like

4-10k

[carmine anvil]

BA vs BS doesn't really matter

[carmine anvil]

For what it's worth, the catalog for Williams for last math semester isn't representative of all the electives because some profs choose to rotate the electives they teach

Williams math catalog is good for its size, but of course you can't really beat a large school in course selection

[carmine anvil]

I agree, size is pretty important to consider. Williams is a small school, no way to escape it.

[carmine anvil]

How much did the financial aid offers vary between the two schools?

You should contact the financial aid to renegotiate your aid, once you contact them they have you fill out a form ircc

[vivid junco]

4-10 k student pop

but i dont get any aid

[carmine anvil]

Ohh right

Sorry I remember you saying this

Yeah both schools are quite expensive sticker price 😭

[vivid junco]

Williams is a bit cheaper

but that’s just off the website coa and not a personalized breakdown

hopkins is 87k bruhh

[carmine anvil]

Huh how did they make it 87k 😭

Williams at 81k is already so expensive

Honestly I enjoy Williams but I don't know if any school is 80k per year good, state school is definitely valid option

[vivid junco]

lmfao

[carmine anvil]

😭

Wow

[vivid junco]

there aren't any great schools in alaska

at least state schools

i mean theres university of alaska fairbanks but its literally in the middle of no where and gets to like -40 F

[carmine anvil]

OH 😭

[vivid junco]

before i got into these two i was just planning on going umich

[carmine anvil]

-40F

[vivid junco]

72k 😭

[carmine anvil]

Umich is 72k??

[vivid junco]

oos yes

so i am v happy to pay like 9k more to attend williams

[carmine anvil]

yeah I agree with that lol

@vivid junco do you still need help finding the contact of someone from Alaska at Williams?

[vivid junco]

yeah

[carmine anvil]

I can DM you their email

[vivid junco]

that would be great

well if you would think they would be open to that

lol

i think im like 80% commited to williams

now if i got brown plme in some other world

im not sure but

chances of that are near 0

[carmine anvil]

are you premed?

[vivid junco]

Applied math

but potentially interested in med school

[grizzled lance]

if you had to choose

between williams and ucla

which one would you choose

(for political science)

[waxen frost]

i feel like

both r probably similarly good for the field

but they’re so different as colleges

i’d choose based on fit

like which school u think matches u better

[grizzled lance]

i see

my fit would def be williams

but i live in cali so it's gonna be a huge decision if i move

most of the graduate schools that know abt williams are on the east soooo

[waxen frost]

hmm yeah that’s p big

is the price for williams similar to in state ucla for u?

[grizzled lance]

williams is a little bit cheaper actually, but i'd imagine that flight costs will rack up

my parents have a steady income tho so i should be able to afford both

[waxen frost]

i feel like if yk u want to go to graduate school

williams is the way to go

it’s just so good for feeding into grad school

[grizzled lance]

a lot of people on the east coast have told me that

[waxen frost]

• i think generally polisci is more of a east coast thing tbh

i’m from the west coast and i still think williams tbh

[grizzled lance]

as a person that hadn't even heard of williams until last year i wanna be careful before i make a huge decision to move yk; especially since i'm considering law school

[grizzled lance]

that's fair

there aren't a lot of people on the west coast that know about williams

[waxen frost]

i’m a law school hopeful too tbh

i think williams is better

ucla is such a giant public i think it’d be difficult to get opportunities

ik a girl who turned down stanford for williams even

[grizzled lance]

bruh 😭 😭

that's the thing

like ill go on reddit

and ill see people turning down cornell dartmouth and a bunch of other ivies for williams

and then i feel hella dumb bc i still can't make up my mind

[waxen frost]

same so real bro

idk

i think grad schools on west coast will still know abt williams

[grizzled lance]

maybe

imma prob ask more people

bc i've heard a lot of positive things about the school but they've mostly been from people on the east

ty for your help

[waxen frost]

ofc!

gl w ur choice

[little ether]

I got into Williams but I withdrew bruh

[grizzled lance]

ty and gl on duke!

[grizzled lance]

damn why

[little ether]

Idk man they just sent me this

[waxen frost]

omg my package came today too

it was so cute

oh shit

LOL

[grizzled lance]

same haha

[waxen frost]

that’s kinda funny

[little ether]

They socks ugly as hell bro ngl

[grizzled lance]

right???

[waxen frost]

they’re cute in an ugly way

ykwim

like for an ugly sock day

[little ether]

Their normal merch lowk fire tho

[grizzled lance]

lmfao

[waxen frost]

their graphic design majors must be crying at that card tbh

[little ether]

Tbf it’s hard to make a good sock with yellow and purple

[waxen frost]

i guess they cld just do a solid purple w a yellow band or smthn

but it’s just a very bold set of colors

[olive elk]

Actually if you are on fin aid, Williams pays for a roundtrip every year

[grizzled lance]

they covered like 99% of my tuition and fees

but everything else still racks up to about $23K

[olive elk]

Right

Though even if it isnt mentioned on your document, I think they cover travel, books and insurance costs for EVERYONE getting aid. Not completely sure though

[grizzled lance]

I have travel expenses listed as indirect costs, which are not covered by financial aid

either ways, money is expungable so aid is aid yk

[olive elk]

Ohhh okay

[vivid junco]

OK GUYS

whats your favorite merch

from williams

[crystal crater]

yup 😭 i’m also from california and not a lot of people from west coast know about williams

[vivid junco]

here in alaska -- everyone now thinks im choosing like a community college over hopkins

[crystal crater]

LITERALLY

The amount of “why aren’t u going to ucla” i got

[crystal crater]

actually williams is one of the best at getting their kids into the top grad schools! if ur considering that 🙏

[vivid junco]

lol yep

[crystal crater]

it’s really satisfying when somebody knows the school though

[vivid junco]

^

some of my dad's doctor friends spoke v highly of williams

[crystal crater]

my dad is obsessed with williams cause he’s from the east coast

[vivid junco]

at least williams kids are far less pretentious than those at ivy leagues

lol

[crystal crater]

so true they’re so humble

the ones i’ve met have been super nice and they’re always like “i go to this small school you’ve probably never heard of :))” and it’s williams

[vivid junco]

I was telling one of my teachers that I like Williams over hopkins

and he kinda gave me a look

but it’s okay

i will make it known at my hs

be the change you want to see in the world !

Bruh but my dad was comparing the average sat of Williams to hopkins

and the % of students in the top 10% of their hs class

and he’s like

are the hopkins kids better than Williams

😭

[vivid junco]

I’ve never met anyone who’s gone to Williams

[crystal crater]

HELLO?? my teacher who went to MIT applauded me so just pretend he applauded u too

[crystal crater]

YESS build ur legacy >>

it’s also only undergrad.. you’ll never have the chance to go again

[vivid junco]

may not have the chance to attend hopkins again 😭

[crystal crater]

also true 😭 you really can’t go wrong either way but i hope u choose williams!! :)) i’m sure you’ll be happy at both

[unkempt rover]

Do y’all know what the social scene is like at Williams

[vivid junco]

Sounds pretty good to me

[dim arrow]

Hopkins has 99% for top ten percent, i think both princeton and williams are around 95-93% on there thing. I think its more that williams is more established (cause its older) so it has less to prove while hopkins wants to boost its numbers to maintain its t10 position.

Hopkins priority is more about raw numbers and clearly shooting for high scores. I think williams is lookign more holistically but like to be honest the difference is so marginal 💀

[vivid junco]

but they didn’t have supplements until this year lol

[dim arrow]

The personal statement matters a lot to AOs at williams, even tho they didnt have a supp i believe

[vivid junco]

The version of my PS that I submitted to Williams was so bad

😭

[dim arrow]

Oop not this

😵‍💫

[vivid junco]

deleted 😭

[dim arrow]

it wss a whole thing about like school priorities and stuff but honestly this is so semantic it dont matter 😭

[vivid junco]

o

[tribal oxide]

Excited for preview day literally making my packing list

[crystal crater]

WOO i’ll be there too !!

[tribal oxide]

Can’t wait to meet you guysss we should meet up at some spot discord live🤭🙌🏾

[vivid junco]

who’s going to the thing at 8 eastern

[tribal oxide]

I think I’ll join in

[unkempt rover]

me too

[vivid junco]

Do we have to register for the Williams event

[tribal oxide]

Which one the zoom or preview?

[vivid junco]

Zoom

[tribal oxide]

Na you just clink the link in ur acceptance letter

[vivid junco]

yea i got it thank u

[tribal oxide]

No my bad my internet went out so it took a while to respond

NP*

[grizzled lance]

Aww man I just reached home from school

I’ll see ya guys on campus if I end up attending lmao

[vivid junco]

If anyone here has not gotten the Williams ‘27 discord yet you can dm and I’ll send an invite

[proven grotto]

it’s fuckijg hilarious to have an a2c and williams crossover

i was an ED admit so i just kind of was quiet on a2c

and now all of the sudden a good amount of the RD admits are a2c people

[vivid junco]

LMAO

[vivid junco]

is that not typical

[tiny spade]

how is the food

and how does the isolation factor into like the social scene

[proven grotto]

not at least in the ED group but i didn’t expect the crossover at all, i know a2c is huge but it was a surprise that there were members at the small liberal arts college i’m going to

[proven grotto]

for food/isolation, i recommend watching videos from current students. search up GenuinelyGwyn for an honest review of food and student life

on Youtube

[vivid junco]

we need more Williams YouTubers lol

[proven grotto]

i have a playlist of my favorite videos i’ll send it soon!

[dim arrow]

Im friends with Andrew oh and im lab partners with gwyn 😭

[vivid junco]

That’s so cool

[dim arrow]

Gwyns rlly nice fr fr, also rlly smart. Id die for andrew fr fr

Just to emphasize how tight knit everyone is here lmfao

[vivid junco]

Pog

i never understood why she starts her videos not facing the camera 😭

[carmine anvil]

It's okay. Not ideal and depends on the day. Sometimes there is good food and sometimes there isn't.

[carmine anvil]

It has people socialize more and do things around campus that can be more accessible to other students

The isolation itself can be tough depending on the person. I think first semester was a lot more tiring than I realized at the time.

Did you guys get to choose ephventures/Woolf trips yet?!

[tiny spade]

oh man ☹️ are there any chances to go out into boston/nyc during long weekends or breaks?

[vivid junco]

What’s that?

[proven grotto]

that’s crazy williams is so small

both of them are great

[olive elk]

not yet idts, which one do you recommend though?

[vivid junco]

@carmine anvil @dim arrow any suggestions for traveling to previews alone?

[dim arrow]

For me it was a bit different since williams books rooms for transfers but I would say make friends with your fellow preview peeps and just explore campus as much as you can. Ill be trying to help out a bunch of the preview people when i have time off class so you might see some other upperclassmen showing their preview buddies around

For the trip youll have a student mentor so theyll find you accomodations and how to get around but for the most part theyll have events for all the preview people to go to

[vivid junco]

Ah I meant more logistical like shuttle and housing

since Williams isn’t paying for my ticket (I think) not sure if those things would be provided

[dim arrow]

I believe williams pays for the ticket lemme check

[vivid junco]

even if not on financial aid?

[dim arrow]

actually i dont think they fly out students who are not on financnial aid but email your dean (as shown in your admissions letter) and ask whether its possibke for your ticket to be paid for

and also email about a shuttle

[vivid junco]

alright tysm!

[dim arrow]

If u ask there is a good chance theyll pay fr fr

[vivid junco]

rly? they’d do that?

[dim arrow]

Si si

[raw monolith]

wait lmk if u email and they say yes !

[vivid junco]

too bad I don’t think I’m actually able to go so I’m not gonna email 😭sorry

[raw monolith]

noo

[vivid junco]

i might just email and see what happens but lol i don't wanna be on bad terms with the dean before i even enroll 😭

[molten knot]

Hello everyone! So at the moment, Williams College is my first choice, but I'm concerned about the academic rigor, especially since I'm going to do pre-med. Would you say that Williams College prepares extremely well for grad school and you still have time to relax outside of class?

[vivid junco]

Absolutely. It helps especially for having good rec letters

[molten knot]

Have you been able to pursue courses you're interested in that are outside of the pre-med requirements? Also, is it difficult to maintain a high GPA?

[vivid junco]

I’m also a class of ‘27 admit but that is just what I heard, can’t say from experience

[molten knot]

Gotcha

I mean, I heard that those in pre-med at Williams felt that medical school was easier for them because of the academic rigor they faced at Williams.

But I still would like to have a social life outside of academics, lol.

[vivid junco]

What schools are you comparing to?

[molten knot]

So at the moment, my top two are Williams and Amherst, but if I get into Brown as well as their PLME, then it'll be a competition between Williams and Brown.

[vivid junco]

Oh I’m sorry I misread your question

[molten knot]

Oh lol

No worries!

[vivid junco]

Yeah Williams is academically rigorous but you’re gonna find that’s the case for all top LACs/t20/t30s

I think you will have plenty of time to socialize

I think most of the time you hear about kids being under time crunch from the workload because they want to do so many other things (clubs, socialize, work, other hobbies, etc)

[molten knot]

Yeah, but from what I've heard, it's one of the most, if not the most academically rigorous out of all the LACs. I'm fine with that, but I would definitely like to have time to do the things I enjoy.

[molten knot]

True, that might be me, lol.

Anyways, I'm like 95% sure I'm going to Williams. I'm just waiting for Ivy Day.

[vivid junco]

Sounds just like me! Waiting for brown PLME as well but doubt I’d get in since didn’t really demonstrate commitment to medicine

[molten knot]

Samee, I couldn't get any clinical experience during high school because of COVID-19. Also, I come from a small town with very little diversity and opportunities.

I seriously doubt that I got into PLME.

[molten knot]

Is Williams your top college at the moment?

[vivid junco]

Yeah I mean the acceptance rate is like 2.8% or something for PLME so most people won’t get in lol

[molten knot]

^^

[vivid junco]

Yeah, I also have Johns Hopkins but I think Williams is the place 4 me

[molten knot]

I got rejected from there, lmao. It's my only rejection 🤣

[vivid junco]

Wow

[molten knot]

But yeah, in my opinion, Johns Hopkins is overrated 😛

[vivid junco]

I’ve been rejected from Stanford, mit, northeastern, Pomona and Harvey mudd lol

[molten knot]

Did not apply to any of those, lol

[dim arrow]

I would personally say that williams does extremely well for premed placement and preparation. Ive heard from majority of people that while they had to pull allnighters at williams they never had to at med school so take that as you will lol

[molten knot]

I've heard similar things!

[dim arrow]

A bunch of people i know are getting into stanford and harvard med from williams this year, either that or theyre taking a gap year and working at harvard med school lol

its weird idk why this happens 😭

[vivid junco]

Crazy

[molten knot]

Damn, that's insane. I guess you could say that I'm worried about the academic rigor and the learning curve, lol

[dim arrow]

I think swarthmore and williams are like neck and neck fron what ive seen fr fr

[molten knot]

I never applied there, but I heard that Swarthmore is slightly easier than Williams

But not so much

Someone said they're pretty much the same in terms of academics, though I might be wrong.

[dim arrow]

Trust me yall will be fine if you choose to come here, its a lot but its an environment thats made to try and help u succeed, also like if u got in the learning curve will be manageable

I think the biggest learning curve was time management

[molten knot]

Gotcha

I think that will be my biggest issue

I'm lowkey slacking this semester due to senioritis, lol

[dim arrow]

Also i was choosing between amherst and williams as well congrats lol!!

[molten knot]

Thank you!

[dim arrow]

Amherst flop tho 🙄🫶

[molten knot]

Lmaoo, I'm visiting both schools in April, so we'll see!

I most likely will go with Williams tho 👀

[vivid junco]

Same

[dim arrow]

Amherst campus is more traditional but williams campus is a lit more like…. Unique

It has its ups and downs 😵‍💫

[vivid junco]

are there any Williams hoodies that are a must have

[molten knot]

^^

[dim arrow]

si si we have a store here

[molten knot]

I need a hoodie, lol

[vivid junco]

I was considering the cow spotted one and the purple Williams one

[molten knot]

Wait does someone have a link

[dim arrow]

i myself dont have a hoodie, i needs to buy one

[molten knot]

I was literally thinking about purchasing one last night

[dim arrow]

People wear that at the football games fr fr

[vivid junco]

😂

[dim arrow]

Yassss williams slay, whatre u planning on majoring in btw i think thats the big distinction between the two schools

they are exactly the same in my opinion

[molten knot]

I'm thinking of majoring in Psychology or English with a concentration in Neuroscience. I intend on going to med school after college, so...

I know Amherst has a Neuroscience program, but Williams seems like a better fit for pre-med in general

[dim arrow]

I think youll be successful at either, i personally like that professors are more intense here tho but amhersts do what you wanna do mentality also helps when making ur schedule

[molten knot]

True true, but personally, I would prefer to have the smaller classes, winter study, and closer relationships with the professors.

And the tutorials seem really appealing!

[vivid junco]

you also get to be an ephman

[molten knot]

Lmao, true

[crystal crater]

omg do u have the link

[vivid junco]

https://www.williams-shop.com/contents/en-us/p2936.html

[crystal crater]

THANK UUU

[vivid junco]

u buying it? 😂

[crystal crater]

i needed the shop link ofc

maybe 🤞🤞 gotta represent my cows

[vivid junco]

r u committed?

[crystal crater]

not yet but likely will be !

[molten knot]

There are so many sweatshirt/hoodie options for men, but not for women ;-;

I'm just gonna purchase a couple of men's sweatshirts/hoodies, lol

Which one are you guys thinking of purchasing?

Omg, there's stuffed animals

I'm getting the cow

No questions abt it

[vivid junco]

The cow one and then the purple Williams one from the Williams bookstore

[molten knot]

Nice nice

[radiant warren]

hey! i’m a current junior. dm me if you have any questions or wanna talk about williams

congrats on getting in! and if you didn’t, I wish you the best wherever you go! college is really what you make of it

[vivid junco]

im in but i hate when people say that from a perspective of being in a top school

it's a true statement but it doesn't make people feel better 😭

[radiant warren]

i would offer ben and jerry if I could

[vivid junco]

what made you choose williams over other choices?

[radiant warren]

i ed so I didn’t have a choice

but really it’s the people, fin aid, and post-grad options

I also attended WOW and that really helped inform my decision

[vivid junco]

would you say there’s a sufficient variety of food options at Williams?

[radiant warren]

for special diets, less so but overall it’s not too bad

[vivid junco]

ik there's the blue mango thai place but how's the asian cuisine at williams?

[radiant warren]

it’s a hit or miss, sometimes it’s pretty decent

they have sriracha so I sometimes just put a bunch on my food lol

there’s also chopsticks and meng’s

which both do delivery

if time gets desperate

[restive crypt]

When do i need to accept waitlist by?

[vivid junco]

april 15th i think

[carmine anvil]

To be fair, how academically rigorous a class is really depends on the class itself and prof

All nighters are generally avoidable with better time management I feel like

Cause workload can be like waves during semester, so if you find a way to lessen the workload during exam season it becomes a lot more managable

Something I feel like that's good about intro premed courses is that it feels like Williams profs aren't intentionally trying to weed out people

[carmine anvil]

Apparently Harvard medical school matriculate average GPA is like a 3.96, hard to believe many people can have that GPA here 😭

[vivid junco]

what's the average gpa at williams ?

[carmine anvil]

Not sure. I remember reading like about 3.5-3.6

Premed in general is stressful worrying about grades though 😭

My choice to try to be math major as premed is probably not the smartest choice...

Some math courses do be pretty difficult

[vivid junco]

i was thinking about that too lol

of doing that *

i like applied math but i would like to keep med school open as option, but not sure if that's wise or not

[carmine anvil]

Hmm if you are confident about math it could be fun

[vivid junco]

well, i don't have any olympiad background nor proof based experience

am currently taking diffeq but thats about it lol so def not a math genius

[carmine anvil]

That doesn't necessarily mean you aren't good at math

[vivid junco]

sure yeah lol but we'll see

do alot of the freshmen math majors have aime/usamo/etc experience and have already taken graduate level analysis courses

[carmine anvil]

not really

I feel like Williams math doesn't have that many competition math background people

I know some people who started off in upper level math courses, but isn't the majority

What math courses have you taken?

[vivid junco]

but isn't williams math pretty good

[carmine anvil]

Yeah

But competition math doesn't equate to strength of math department

[vivid junco]

calc ab (got Bs in both semesters but 5 on exam (jhu cty 😭 )) calc bc (5) calc 3 (A+) but not very rigorous at all and currently diff eq (again not very rigorous)

[carmine anvil]

okay you will be placed into linear algebra probably

[vivid junco]

well i am worried that i forgot alot already

esp alot of the calc 2 series stuff and already forgetting calc 3 stuff

so im thinking i should just study up over summer break

but idk if it would be wise to retake some of those just to get a better foundation

[carmine anvil]

Hmm if you wanted to take calc 3 again then Math 150 is pretty superb and covers series and sequences at the end

[vivid junco]

not sure though

[carmine anvil]

If Colin Adams teaching math 150 again, I would choose it over math 151 with loepp (harder grader, both are fantastic teachers)

I would just take Math 250 tbh, Williams is lenient with letting people skip up and not have to retake courses

[vivid junco]

Well im more concerned with having a weak foundation

[carmine anvil]

Lol I didn't take a math class this semester because of premed reqs and prof choice

[carmine anvil]

Valid

[vivid junco]

my math up to now has not been rigorous at all so if i do end up skipping i'll study a ton over summer

[carmine anvil]

For what it's worth, my math IB score was so bad and they placed me into calc 3, when I should've retaken all of calc prob

[vivid junco]

what does that mean lol

like a 3 on an AP exam?

[carmine anvil]

Not sure how it translates into AP

But think like someone with only AP AB calc with mediocre score getting placed into calc 3

[vivid junco]

oh

so how did you decide to major in math?

[carmine anvil]

It is very interesting (but hard 😭)

Take math 250 with me next semester!

[vivid junco]

haha okay will do

[carmine anvil]

Hoping it is loepp even though she is difficult grader

[vivid junco]

you'll probably carry me

jk

[carmine anvil]

lmao I struggle in math

[vivid junco]

i mean i got b's in both semesters of calc ab lmao

somehow still got into williams

[carmine anvil]

U know way more than I did lol don't worry

[vivid junco]

have you viewed your admission file?

[carmine anvil]

no

Also just curious, what chem course have you taken?

[vivid junco]

currently in ap chem

[carmine anvil]

okay if you can place into chem 156 with a high ap chem score, I would suggest caution depending on prof

For example, I've heard Lee Park was pretty difficult last semester for Chem 156

On the other hand, I took chem 153 and was really pleased with my prof.
In general, if there is an easier version of the class with a good prof then I don't see a reason to needlessly take a harder version of the class. Of course, there are times where harder class can also be the better choice.

Also something interesting is that Williams has orgo for second semester chem instead of gen chem 2

[vivid junco]

the thing is

whenever people say something is rigorous idk how rigorous it actually is

cause everyone said on the forums that ap chem is super hard and ive breezed through it so /shrug

[restive crypt]

cap

ap chem is the devils class

[vivid junco]

well okay

my class only is graded on tests

and we only do ap style q's

so idk if that makes it easier

also we get a slight curve

[dim arrow]

Thats pretty standard, the fact that ur class is only graded on tests already makes is much harder then majority of highschools lol

[vivid junco]

everyone on reddit says its hard asf so

but when I look at amc / aime problems I have no idea lmao

so

it’s hard for me to pick a school cause I don’t know what I want and I’m interested in too many fields

[dim arrow]

U gots that liberal arts education mindset

[vivid junco]

but they’re all stem fields 😭

[dim arrow]

Liberal arts just means “broad intellectual fields”, thats why LACs make u take bio and math and english fr fr

liberal arts education would mean u wanna take a bunch of stuff in different subjects

[vivid junco]

Man I’m so bipolar

yesterday night I was like hard commited to Williams and this morning I wasn’t so sure

[little ether]

What other schools do u have

[vivid junco]

Johns Hopkins

[little ether]

Damn that’s tough. Atleast u rlly cant go wrong

[tiny spade]

sorry just reading this convo LOL! potential stats major here— I was reading the major requirements and for math it needs a math 150 calc 3 + linalg but I’ve already taken calc 3 as dual. would I retake it again (which I am totally ok with) or it sounds like as you’re saying they might just let skip it entirely and go direct to 250?

sorry that sounds a lil messy

[carmine anvil]

Go direct to 250

I recommended STAT 201 next semester cause Prof. Plantinga will be teaching it

[dim arrow]

Thats perfectly normal fr fr dw

whichever you choose will be good fr

[vivid junco]

How difficult is it to double major in applied math and cs at Williams?

[restive crypt]

Idk abt those majors specifically but double majoring is super easy at williams

Most students do it i think

Some people even triple major

[carmine anvil]

if you're not premed it is fine

If you're premed, it would be difficult to fit in both majors on top of premed reqs

[crystal crater]

sorry random question but is taking the AP tests worth it for williams?

[vivid junco]

If you want advanced placement then yes

[crystal crater]

but it won’t count as course credits right

it’ll just put me in higher classes?

[vivid junco]

only for a few courses

[vivid junco]

https://registrar.williams.edu/course-registration/placement-information/ap-placement-guide/

[crystal crater]

perfect thank u !

[vivid junco]

np

[vivid junco]

How’s the depth of the machine learning/ai courses at Williams? Hard for me to gauge simply from the course offerings

[tiny spade]

is it easy to double major+pre med? I’m looking to be a stats major and potentially doubling in econ and LOL my parents want me to be premed and I might as well as it’s just a couple extra chem courses

[vivid junco]

are you me

[tiny spade]

Hahah no way what are you looking to do

[vivid junco]

applied math + Econ/cs/stat + premed

Not entirely sure yet but gonna figure it out

[tiny spade]

no way haha

for the schools that didn thave a stats major i was applied math

[vivid junco]

Williams has applied math pathway

[tiny spade]

those four majors are literally my choices

[molten knot]

Yooo, a fellow pre-med!

Nice to meet you 🙂

[tiny spade]

i think i might opt for stats -- a little easier i feel 💀

[tiny spade]

nice to meet you!!

[carmine anvil]

Hmm. It is easier with econ + stats compared to the previous math + cs because stats is a div 2 which helps with prereq

You might (probably?) have to fifth course to double major on top of premed reqs

That being said, econ is nice because it is div 2 and from what I've heard, it isn't a hard major

I know someone premed who is taking econ as a fifth course for GPA boost

Btw if you are gonna major in econ, make sure you take the standard econ first semester class unless you place out of it of course

Because econ has a lot of required courses for major, you need to start early. You could start 2nd semester with econ 110, but worse prof and gets stressful with planning with study abroad.

[molten knot]

Quick question

What are you currently majoring in?

[carmine anvil]

Uhh tentatively math as premed?

[molten knot]

I'm thinking of majoring in Psych with a concentration in Neuroscience because I'm interested in both fields, and I think it'll also help fulfill the pre-med requirements

[molten knot]

Gotcha

How are the math courses at Williams?

[carmine anvil]

I've only taken one course, but from my experience and from what I have seen very good teachers and department.

[molten knot]

That's good. I'm currently taking AP Calculus AB and I'm wondering if I should try and get a good score so that I can opt out of the intro courses

But on the other hand, I'm thinking maybe I shouldn't opt out because it might serve me better if I take an intro course at Williams

[carmine anvil]

Lol I think even if you don't do the best in AB they still place you in multivariable but not sure abt this

[molten knot]

I see, I'll prob have to do more research tho

Thank you!

[carmine anvil]

I think that multi is a good intro class to start with though

A lot of first years take it, and if it is Colin Adams teaching it first semester then he is very excellent teacher (I took with him).

[molten knot]

Oo, I'll look for courses with him then

Thank you!

[carmine anvil]

Lol besides multi first semester he teaches tiling or knot theory.

His expertise is knot theory mainly.

[molten knot]

Gotcha gotcha

[carmine anvil]

Also the way calc 3 is taught, it's not like you need a strong foundation of calc 1 or 2 because their focus is different.

[molten knot]

I see

[vivid junco]

what's the focus?

[carmine anvil]

Extending calculus to another variable. Like for example finding the bounds for a triple integral, but not focusing on integrating complex integrals.

[vivid junco]

oh

so like normal calc 3 stuff

so its not gona prepare me for mit integration bee

[carmine anvil]

lmao

You should take the Putnam

[vivid junco]

LMAO I’m no where near knowledgeable for that

[dim arrow]

Im taking one rn its pretty good!! Pretty theoretical but i still get a lot of skill development in the labs

[dim arrow]

The prereq for finishing the math major is doing putnam

[carmine anvil]

😎

If you take CS as premed first year you are gonna have 3 labs a week lol

[vivid junco]

Do you have to score high or smth lol

[dim arrow]

Also i saw a previous thing about this but i do know a few math olympiad people at williams, super smart guy and hes going to cmu grad for computer science fr fr

[vivid junco]

Dang

[dim arrow]

i think its just that most of the olympiad people dont talk it about it

[vivid junco]

Humble fr

[carmine anvil]

yeah I feel like there's not really an Olympiad culture

[dim arrow]

theres a bug culture here about being super quiet abiut the stuff u do 😭

[dim arrow]

Def yeah, theres not a lot of competition stuff here that people continue here.

I think the olympiad math stuff is starting back up next year tho! One of my friends wants to start it back up or start a diff one

[carmine anvil]

Interesting !

[dim arrow]

i have to talk to him to confirm tho 🙏

[vivid junco]

Bro u know everyone lol

[carmine anvil]

I think putnam studying was the only Olympiad related thing before

It's a small school and some people just know a lot of other people

[dim arrow]

i think its more just i have a weird amount of friends who are math/science people

Its not a good thing

[vivid junco]

lol

[carmine anvil]

Are you CS major?

[dim arrow]

im anthro and geos but i do cs stuff on the side

[vivid junco]

Have you two met irl

[dim arrow]

nope

[carmine anvil]

Prob not

[vivid junco]

Ah

[dim arrow]

I dont hang with the williams freshman plebs

[vivid junco]

A2c meet up 😭

[dim arrow]

….

Rhe most cursed meetup

[carmine anvil]

would be so cringe 😭 saying we met from a2c

[dim arrow]

Downbad behavior

[vivid junco]

“Hey guys I met my girlfriend on a2c”

Me and my wife of 25 years met on a2c

HAHA

[dim arrow]

imagine meeting ur wife from a college decision mega thread

[carmine anvil]

Someone at Williams figured out who I am on discord...

[vivid junco]

Imagine

LMAO

[dim arrow]

I know the person too, she did the same with me lmfao

😭

[vivid junco]

Well my irl name is Ben so…

[dim arrow]

[vivid junco]

Looks like I’m getting doxxed

[carmine anvil]

Yeah we are thinking of the same person I think

Based on your edit

[dim arrow]

LMFAO STOP I SERIOUSLY MISCLICKED

My cancelled era

[carmine anvil]

[dim arrow]

[vivid junco]

what does your discord handle mean

what’s a scythner

[dim arrow]

Its weird, basically the scythe username was used on wizard101.com so i used scythner instead

[vivid junco]

get on rn

[dim arrow]

And then ive been using it since

never, my wizarding days are long gone

[carmine anvil]

Ben do you play league of legends?

[dim arrow]

Cursed days

[vivid junco]

😡😡

[vivid junco]

Nah ow/cs

[carmine anvil]

Good no league

[dim arrow]

Please dont, this is supposed to be a safe space

[carmine anvil]

Gaming club at Williams is basically league club

[vivid junco]

Cringe

I’m starting w101 club

we making it through arc 4 it’s time

[dim arrow]

Trust me i know, i can tell by the smell in jesup when i walk in for lab

[carmine anvil]

LOL

TRUEE

the Jesup smell

I opened all the windows on the 2nd floor before and it kept smelling

[dim arrow]

they need to knock that ugly ass building down and do some urban renewal on it

[carmine anvil]

Naww

Jesup is my safe spot

The other buildings too new

[dim arrow]

[carmine anvil]

it gives me a sense of rundowness

[dim arrow]

why is it pink tho

[carmine anvil]

lmao true

[dim arrow]

Like it stands out so much from the rest of the quad 😭

[carmine anvil]

The gaming club is trying to expand, it just becomes difficult with OIT and installing different games on the PC

[carmine anvil]

Jesup is 😳

[dim arrow]

Humanities quad is sexier def

[vivid junco]

I’d never join gaming club

too much stigma

[dim arrow]

jfskdbjss

[carmine anvil]

Gaming club is pretty casual

[dim arrow]

The gis class kicked yall out

[carmine anvil]

what's gis

[dim arrow]

We make fun of yall a lot fr fr

geospatial information systems

[carmine anvil]

lmao

That's fair

People play too much league what can I say

[vivid junco]

we should start a four square club

[dim arrow]

Im trying to support yall tho, i stand with the marginalized

🫶

[carmine anvil]

I wish I could say the same

Jk

[vivid junco]

@dim arrow how’d you choose W over UPenn

[olive elk]

oh btw do you know anything about the debate team?

[carmine anvil]

I've heard mixed things about them but Scynther probably knows more

[olive elk]

interesting

[carmine anvil]

I know more about the mock trial team

[carmine anvil]

I've only heard people's first impressions of the debate team, which I don't think are probably that accurate.

[olive elk]

also- I have pretty much graduated and now I have 5 months of nothing lined up and I was wondering if I should just do calc 3 so I can skip it or would you recommend just doing it in college instead-

[olive elk]

oh how is that?

[carmine anvil]

Great people

[olive elk]

that makes sense!

[carmine anvil]

What's your tentative major again?

[olive elk]

i have no idea, maybe math with a neuro concentration? maybe double with anthro?

but math is probably going to be sneak in anyway

[carmine anvil]

Honestly, I would try to enjoy your time before college!

[olive elk]

fair enough 😭

[carmine anvil]

But if you are finding yourself bored, then studying for multi won't hurt either 🙂

[dim arrow]

In what sense like what made me so delusional or 😭

[vivid junco]

like why

just curious

[dim arrow]

I think the freshmen are starting somethin, its okay but i thibk mock trial is better

[dim arrow]

It fit me more and also gave me more aid, i also think academically it was gonna prepare me better for a phd and has better phd placement overall fr fr. The academics are much more tailored to each student snd theres a bigger academic culture here, upenn was just way too preprofessional for me and the people i found at williams i just liked more

a lot of other stuff too but williams just seemed to have better professor student interactions and atleast for my department was a lot more rigorous which i preffered

upenn is a great school no doubt about it but it was just too big for me and the people are like hopkins level competitive there which i wasnt too into

[vivid junco]

More or less competitive than hopkins ?

[dim arrow]

About the same just differently, people competing to get into mckinsey rather then jhu med school if that makes sense

[vivid junco]

Got it

what about the people not in pre med

[dim arrow]

jhu and upenn are super similar in my opinion, its just that everything at upenn is geared towards business and consulting while jhu everything is geared towards medical research no matter the department

[vivid junco]

Makes sense

[dim arrow]

theres more of a student body focus, williams has a lot more academic diversity which has its pros and cons

[vivid junco]

The problem for me is that I want to do something engineering/ai related w medicine and I’m just interested in too many fields and want to combine them

[dim arrow]

even the venture capital at jhu is medical oritented 😭

[vivid junco]

so idk if hopkins would be better for the former

[vivid junco]

oop On my way!

omw*

autocorrect 😭

[dim arrow]

Hmmmm well you can def do that at jhu, you can do that at williams as well but itl be through different means. Its gonna be down to what you want to do

[vivid junco]

yeah the thing is idk yet lol

im super experienced in equity trading, but interested in engineering and ai solutions in healthcare so

ahhh I spread myself too thin

I promise im not entirely a finance bro 😭😭😭

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Hmmmm

[vivid junco]

idk what I want to do as a career path yet that’s why I’m not sure

sure as hell not something like finance that’s not beneficial to society

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this is definetly difficult, i think if you go jhu youll def be funneled in that direction real quick but it will be harder to get yourself out of it while in it while at williams you can definetly explore it but itl be more up to independent research grants and professor support that you get rather than the venture capital stuff that jhu does. Williams will give you more time to try out and stuff and more leeway to step into diff things but jhu will give u that research focus

[vivid junco]

Yeah my parents think Williams a better fit

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Engineering at hopkins is a commitment point blank, if you do it youll have to decide to major in it really quickly and youll only be able to take one class per semester outside of the major itself. Its a different experience but worthwhile if you feel like its something you wanna do

Williams has a materials science pathway but its defiently not as confined fr fr

but also not as structured lol

[vivid junco]

well they said that applied math is a p light weight major and easy to double major at hopkins

but Williams to me gives me more of the home vibes so

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oooo if ur doing ams then its easier to double major, if u were doing chem be that would be difficult lmfao

[olive elk]

Starting something as in?

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After covid everything went to hell but i think they are trying to piece the club back together

[olive elk]

Oh oops

[vivid junco]

Is the food better now that covid restrictions are getting a bit lessened

[molten knot]

How's the difficulty of the chem major 👀 I'm slightly interested

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its difficult def, its one if the harder majors at willy

[molten knot]

... maybe I'll stick with Psych?

We'll see, lol

[olive elk]

I can not stand chem at this point in my life

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Its okay, i think williams is hiring new people for the dining and revamping stuff but its not back to normal standards yet

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You can def try it out! Dont knock it till you try it

[vivid junco]

Chems fun

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I loved chem until orgo oof

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Omg chem besties

[molten knot]

Lolll, everyone loves chem until orgo

Orgo's another language entirely

[olive elk]

Orgo is the only chem I like 💀

[molten knot]

Lmaoo

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[vivid junco]

Chem feels so intuitive and logical to me

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I liked a lot of the physical chem stuff more then orgo but i self taught that to myself, i cant say too much bout the class itself

[olive elk]

Idk it feels so disconnected to me, like a million half true theories with weird exceptions and so much useless memorisation

Physical is better for sure, inorganic sucks though

[molten knot]

Really off topic, but do you know how easily Williams provides disability accommodations?

As for the sciences, I love anything chem, but hate physics

With a passion

For some reason, physics doesn't click in my head

[vivid junco]

what kind of accommodations do u need ?

[olive elk]

From what I read on their website, I think you can mail the student services or something and request specific accommodations

[molten knot]

Yeah I saw that too, I'll prob ask someone at the Previews as well

[vivid junco]

if you feel comfortable saying I realized I shouldn’t have asked 😭

[molten knot]

Lmaooo, you're good

I just don't want to be doxxed by random people💀

[vivid junco]

oh

okay

i mean you guys can probably find my LinkedIn

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The accomodations office is super lenient and a lot of the students atleast have absolute support when it comes to anxiety, extra time on tests, taking less classes per semester etc etc. i cant say too much for the physical disability stuff however

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Omg not linky den

[vivid junco]

lol

probably doxxed myself just by having my first name lmao

[molten knot]

Gotcha, I do have a physical disability, but I'm not in a wheelchair or anything. Thanks for letting me know though! The extra time accommodation is def going to come in handy

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I had my whole efc in my username once it was so bad

[molten knot]

Stopp, that's so bad 💀

[vivid junco]

What’s efc?

Effective family contribution? College ?

[molten knot]

Expected family contribution

I think

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Si si its from fafsa

Not my proudest moment

[vivid junco]

weirdChamp

😭

alr well now that I’m committed (at least until tmr morning) I can buy merch !

[molten knot]

Haha, I need to buy merch too

I'm def buying the stuffed cow

[vivid junco]

im too bipolar on this decision

falling under peer pressure to chase the t10 prestige 😭

and the 5 year bs + ms in AMS

and hopkins as a medical institution

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The ams masters is useless from what ive been told, engineering masters 🙄

[vivid junco]

o

NVM ok im going to williams !

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Come back to the light jk if u become a hopkins baddie thatl be so slay but no cow petting for you

[molten knot]

LMAO

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Trust me when i say this, there are no cows at jhu

[vivid junco]

nah im like 85%

sure

im going to williams

my parents are telling me to go to williams

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go to amherst

[vivid junco]

my dad wasn't sure until his doctor friend he looks up to said that williams is a top 1% school lol

then he was like yep def williams

LMAO

[vivid junco]

sorry i don't apply to extinct mammal schools

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[vivid junco]

i applied to williams as part of a last resort after stanford rea reject

lol

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We have a dinosaur skeleton thats slay

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Stanford rea is the bane of everyones existence it seems

[vivid junco]

stanford enrolls the highest number of kids from alaska out of any t20/tlac

and so it hought i was *for sure gonna get in

come dec 16 2022

dear ben we are very sorry to inform you

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so glad i wasnt ever a stanford simp haha (i wanted yale so bad)

[vivid junco]

startup simp

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simp for northeast uni

[vivid junco]

the #1 us news ranking school

northeastern :prayge

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southwestern is on the up

[vivid junco]

williams pr needs to put out new youtube videos for me to binge watch

need some inspirational videos 🙏

[molten knot]

^^

[vivid junco]

definitely did not watch the cornell 150 video like 7 times last semester

and the into the columbia blue

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williams has a weird policy that they dont like to boast about themselves or publish any accomplishments. Like williams was the only top producing fullbright school that didnt make a post about it on their social media channels

[vivid junco]

well

better to work in the dark than

do nothing

lol

and be boastful lol

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Trust me, they work in the dark dark.

[vivid junco]

like i watched all those top school promo youtube videos

nostalgic already

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i told andrew to make more videos just for you

[vivid junco]

LMAOO

ima need to find my way into an andrew oh video

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dumb mf works at the library front desk and i harass him everytime i see him

[vivid junco]

sadge

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the library staff got mad at me cause i was standing there for thirty minutes roasting the shit out of him for being from LA

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I watch the oxford ones all the time, ive actually got tired of the school already

[vivid junco]

have you seen the

cambridge one

lol

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unfortunately, i think oxford is prettier fr fr

[vivid junco]

well you're gonna have to be there for a year next year so

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its like the williams equivalent of the UK, amherst is cambridge

[vivid junco]

LMAO