MIT (2022-2023)

[trail bone]

very true

[merry mantle]

"Your counselor does not need to mail your midyear grades to us directly—we will verify the accuracy of the information you submit as needed." https://mitadmissions.org/apply/firstyear/february-updates-notes-form/

[stark fox]

midyear grades as in semester 1 grades or my grades rn, need clarification ty

[merry mantle]

"...after completion of the fall semester (or after completion of the second quarter, if your school uses a quarter-based system)....If your school uses a trimester schedule, please use your first-trimester grades......your official midyear grades" https://mitadmissions.org/apply/firstyear/february-updates-notes-form/

[ruby stag]

sheesh

so you could totally just submit wrong info

idk i like that they put faith in us ✨

[stark fox]

ohh oki ty 🙏 ig ill just submit the same thing i did on my app 💀

[clear gulch]

you can also do that for the SAT/ACT

[ruby stag]

except SAT/ACT they can verify

[clear gulch]

after they accept you

[ruby stag]

yes

[clear gulch]

same thing with mid term grades

[ruby stag]

you can’t just send in a march test 💀

[ruby stag]

they check final

for everyone

also dude i’ve been sitting here waiting for this meeting for an hour and realized it’s literally next week.

😶

[clear gulch]

final also includes mid term grades, so they are also verifying your mid term grades at the same time

[clear gulch]

what meeting

[ruby stag]

training

for work

[ruby stag]

not really… my school does “midyear grades” through a report card

and it really sucks

they don’t take your semester averages they just slap two bad quarters on there

and some phony comments

[clear gulch]

you international?

[ruby stag]

nope

domestic

🙃

and aside from that, IB

but no predicteds 😓

[clear gulch]

well, good luck!

[ruby stag]

thanks!

[mortal quarry]

I specified that my midyear grades will only be available later (the day after the form is due rip), does anyone know when mit will email me so that i can submit them?

[ruby stag]

is the form due tomorrow??

11:59pm est?

[mortal quarry]

yup

[ruby stag]

oh fudge

let me type it up then

i don’t have grades though

[mortal quarry]

yeah, they said theyll send a follow up email to submit them later

it's annoying since i technically know my midyear grades but i only receive an official copy of them feb 8th 😭

[ruby stag]

same.

💀

well you can just submit them tbh

[mortal quarry]

yeahh, i ended up not submitting

[ruby stag]

i doubt anything will change in 1 day

[mortal quarry]

thats true

in case my gym teacher fails me or something idk

[ruby stag]

i mean for me i still have an incomplete on my transcript

oopsies

[mortal quarry]

ohh omg

[ruby stag]

so i need to get that done

i’m just rlly worried bc i know it’ll be a B

and i’m trying to get a semester average

[mortal quarry]

what class is it?

[ruby stag]

IB visual art HL

💀

[mortal quarry]

at least it isn't a stem class!

so mit hopefully won't be too harsh about it

[ruby stag]

yeah i’m really trying to get a semester average

else imma have to submit my quarters

and those ARE NOT pretty…

[mortal quarry]

omg yeah i'm so thankful my semester averages worked out 😭

[ruby stag]

had a few scattered B+s first and second quarter

[mortal quarry]

my quarter grades are comical

[ruby stag]

but averaged to an A

[mortal quarry]

yeah samee

[ruby stag]

i’m not even sure i’m going to be given the option to not submit quarter grades

and that terrifies me

[mortal quarry]

like i got an 89 in one of my classes first sem and it was a B rip

[mortal quarry]

wait really?

it's all self report so i think you can just submit first sem average

[ruby stag]

dude I got FOUR B+s first quarter and a B+ and a B second quarter :/

so i hope i can just average

because it all averages out

[mortal quarry]

yeah i think in the form you can just put one grade

like the average

[ruby stag]

hopefully

[mortal quarry]

so it should work out

🤞

[ruby stag]

i’m going to hopefully sit down with my counselor tmr and figure it out too 💀

need that semester average or else i’m screwed everywhere else

[clear gulch]

is an 89 really a B?

[mortal quarry]

in my school, yup

an 89.49 or below is a B

we dont have pluses or minuses either

[small forge]

I wish my school was like that😭

92.9-86.9 is a B

[amber turret]

I hate plus and minus systems

[mortal quarry]

wtf

thats crazy

[small forge]

Ikr

[amber turret]

For some classes the added effort from a 90 to a 93 is seriously not worth it at all

[mortal quarry]

yeah but it would be nice to have pluses when it comes to Bs and below

[amber turret]

But yet there’s still the dumb A- difference

[clear gulch]

in my school a 70-79 is a B 💀

[small forge]

Meanshile the HS down the street is rocking that 10 point grading scale

[mortal quarry]

omg what 😭

[amber turret]

Oh yeah fs lol

[small forge]

90 and above A

[amber turret]

I like that

[small forge]

I wish my school had +/- ngl, would give me a leg up against the others for class rank and GPA lol

When does A+ typically start

[mortal quarry]

yeah but the pressure to get all A+'s would be insane

i can't imagine that

[dusky tide]

97

[ruby stag]

same

I’m glad we don’t have -

[clear gulch]

93 for me

[ruby stag]

95-97

[mortal quarry]

if we had minuses then almost all my A's would be A- 💀

[small forge]

Yeah AP bio would've ruined my straight A+ last semester lol

I think I had like a 96.8 there

[dusky tide]

A+ >>> A-

[ruby stag]

minuses suck

[small forge]

Imagine your A being worth a 3.7

[dusky tide]

They should def exist

[clear gulch]

does MIT consider A+ = A- ?

[ruby stag]

my A is a 4.0, my A+ is also a 4.0

[dusky tide]

I doubt MIT even calculates a GPA

[ruby stag]

i don’t think they do

[dusky tide]

None of the top schools do

[ruby stag]

i don’t think they “recalculate” with your midyear either

it’s just a check to see ur not failing

[dusky tide]

Not really tbh

Mid year = most accurate representation as a student

[ruby stag]

i don’t entirely think so

senior year is a lot tougher than junior year

[dusky tide]

I mean

[ruby stag]

i feel like they still weight junior year more

[dusky tide]

By definition senior year is closer

Probably

[dusky tide]

Ah yes, the MIT Registrar’s Office

[ruby stag]

💀

[clear gulch]

whats that

[dusky tide]

Average international applicant

[ruby stag]

why would they recalculate your grades with the MIT registrar’s office scale

[clear gulch]

😦

[sweet forum]

average applicant

[clear gulch]

why not?

[small forge]

Why would they lol

I don't see a point

[ruby stag]

the registrar is for MIT students enrolling in classes

they’re separate from admissions

[dusky tide]

The MIT Registrar's Office is a department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that is responsible for maintaining the student records and overseeing the registration process for classes and academic programs. The office also manages the academic calendar, verifies enrollment and degree information, and provides support and services related to transcripts, course schedules, and graduation requirements.

[clear gulch]

oh nice

on the FUN Form i dont mention the new classes i have rn that will last till June, right?

[dusky tide]

Also GPA is the most unstandardized thing

[ruby stag]

true

i would assume they look at course rigor more

[dusky tide]

I mean that varies a lot

[ruby stag]

universally if you’re taking calculus 2 it’s going to be harder than algebra 1 🗿

[dusky tide]

Imagine some AP chem class where the avg is A+ but 2-3

[ruby stag]

could just be poor test prep

that’s how my school is

but not the A+ avg

[small forge]

Lol thats mine for ap stats

[ruby stag]

we settle around a C average

[small forge]

I think only 2 passed last year

But most got As

[ruby stag]

i mean i got a 99 in ap psych and a 3 on the exam

and was like the only person who passed it

[dusky tide]

Lol

Then what’s the point of AP

[ruby stag]

if i don’t get rejected for my test score i’m going to get rejected for my 4, 3, 3 ap exam scores because i’ve never taken a real in person AP exam or had a real in person AP class

🤷‍♀️

[dusky tide]

Damn

[small forge]

Bio and calc seem to be the only stem APs here where grades really correlate to scores, most people who get As got a 4 or 5

[dusky tide]

Did u submit those scores?

[ruby stag]

you can’t omit them

they’ll ask

they were all history APs

so 🤷‍♀️

[small forge]

You won't get rejected over AP scores

People get in with 2s

[dusky tide]

I think my friend didn’t get in anywhere good cuz of AP scores

[ruby stag]

i didn’t submit AP scores anywhere else

[dusky tide]

You can’t be a CS major and get a 3 on the apcsa exam

[ruby stag]

damn

and he reported that??

[dusky tide]

No

[topaz canyon]

FUN is due at the end of tomorrow right?

[ruby stag]

they don’t know abt it if you don’t report it

[dusky tide]

But if you don’t report they assume <3

[ruby stag]

yes

[ruby stag]

no they don’t lol

most people don’t take exams here

my friends just straight up didn’t take last year’s exams

[dusky tide]

I mean

Then what’s the most reasonable conclusion

[topaz canyon]

Praying that the national merit letter gets to my school in time bro

[ruby stag]

you just didn’t take the exams

🤷‍♀️

[topaz canyon]

I wanna report it on FUN but I might not know in time because NMSQT is dumb

And doesn’t put it on the portal

[dusky tide]

Nahhh u don’t know that

[ruby stag]

imo only the time it could be inferred badly is if you’re in an area with a ton of resources

[dusky tide]

The whole point of an AP class is to prep for the exam

[ruby stag]

and you have multiple other 5s

[dusky tide]

It’s basically a year long prep course

[ruby stag]

not here 😔

lol

[dusky tide]

Not sure then

[ruby stag]

only 28%? of people pass ap exams at my school

that take them

so 🤷‍♀️

[verbal walrus]

I did all of my AP exams by myself

[ruby stag]

most people don’t take them

and also most sources say that ap scores don’t matter in admission

[verbal walrus]

they are just extra stuff

[clear gulch]

any cs majors here?

[verbal walrus]

they show up on admissions files when AOs read but idk

i watched some guy show their stanford admissions file

and aps listed as 55555

[dusky tide]

I feel like everything matters

[verbal walrus]

i mean ofc getting straight 5s help

[small forge]

It matters to an extent, but probably not enough to get you rejected if you bombed an ap exam

[dusky tide]

If an AO sees a straight line of 5s it probably makes them be like “yeah, this guy is good”

[verbal walrus]

since i took exams only so i just cancelled my scores that are not 5

[gritty inlet]

does MIT have regional specific AOs like those who are familiar with exam systems in diff countries

[verbal walrus]

and only reported 5s

[dusky tide]

For sure

[ruby stag]

i don’t think seeing a line of 3s and 4s will make them go “yeah this guy sucks”

[verbal walrus]

🤷‍♂️

[dusky tide]

Well it def doesn’t help

[verbal walrus]

^

[dusky tide]

And when admit rates are <4%

U kinda need everything

[verbal walrus]

thats like submitting below median Sat

[dusky tide]

No

That’s cap

[verbal walrus]

lmao

[ruby stag]

💀 both of those are me

except the line is 3 aps long

[dusky tide]

Then ig don’t have high hopes

[ruby stag]

me fr only having taken 4 aps total

[verbal walrus]

here people go TO of they dont have median sat

[dusky tide]

Not that any of us should haha

[ruby stag]

MIT to doesn’t exist unless you’re gollum

[verbal walrus]

Ooo lol yea

ofc mit u submit whatever u have if u apply

[dusky tide]

Still don’t really understand the fairness of TO

[ruby stag]

have you ever been in an area with very little resources

[verbal walrus]

i think it depends on ur GPA idk

[dusky tide]

I mean most people have an internet connection

[verbal walrus]

if ur from competitive school, good GPA, rigorous program, TO is ok

but if ur gpa is bad and stuff u better get a decent test score

[dusky tide]

I’d say SAT is the fairest asset of one’s app

[ruby stag]

not everyone can afford to drive 2-3h to a testing site or prepare for hours when they need to make money for their household

[clear gulch]

submitted my fun form rn

[ruby stag]

also some intl testing sites go up to $600

$200-400 is normal and driving 1-6h

[dusky tide]

Isn’t SAT offered for free at public schools

[ruby stag]

no lol

not most

my state is test mandated to graduate so they give you one attempt with no test prep

[small forge]

We only get one free SAT

[verbal walrus]

for us we have to pay $200

canadians

[ruby stag]

and if you want to retake you have to drive 2h and pay $60-100

[pearl heart]

my school doesn’t even offer the SAT

[verbal walrus]

...

[verbal walrus]

the centers are jam packed lmfao

[ruby stag]

i wouldn’t entirely say this either

[dusky tide]

Fee waiver exists

But I guess test center problem also exists

[verbal walrus]

idk lol thats j from what i heard online and elsewhere

idk how TO acc works

[ruby stag]

i come from an entirely uncompetitive school, someone in my class who had sub <4.4 W and not a perfect GPA got into princeton TO

I went test optional because I have a 4.0 UW 4.7 W and am vetted through a summer program & an internship LOR

it’s still not gonna help me

[verbal walrus]

🤔

[verbal walrus]

yeah if TO GPa has to be up there

[dusky tide]

Do Prof LORs matter

[ruby stag]

depends if you know them or not

i didn’t get a prof lor, my 3rd was from the director of a major educational sector of my state’s government

and I submitted my SSP generic LOR through supplemental material to all of my colleges

to vet that

[steep vine]

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/i-made-furry-art-for-caltech/

[dusky tide]

average MIT student

[ruby stag]

average MIT student

the two types of mit students:

IMO gold

furry fanartist

[dusky tide]

which is better tbh

[onyx pond]

good luck to all mit applicants

hope you get into furry university

[ruby stag]

i’m probably closer to furry fanartist

[dusky tide]

lol

[onyx pond]

saw this blog post and was immediately reminded of a2c

[ruby stag]

this is my fursona

don’t steal that i drew that

[dusky tide]

submitted to slideroom

[ruby stag]

🙀

i submitted an art portfolio to harvard then gave up

no way in hell would would IB VA HL teacher write me a good rec to submit with my portfolio

[tight jacinth]

Bro strung together some letters

[ruby stag]

true

woe is me, minest international baccalaureate visual arts higher level teacher noteth giveth mine recommendation scroll

[tight jacinth]

International Baccalaureate® VAlorant HectoLiter

[ruby stag]

HectoLiter ‼️⁉️⁉️‼️⁉️

[tight jacinth]

Like 100 liters

[ruby stag]

anyway i think i match the furry fanartist

mit should admit me

[tight jacinth]

Lmfao

I love their culture

[ruby stag]

mit quirky

[tight jacinth]

Its that and the feeling of camaraderie

[ruby stag]

during my interview i had an art piece in the background and i blanked and went “yeah i paint”

[tight jacinth]

LOL

Slay

[ruby stag]

it wasn’t even that good I was just like 😶 imakeart when he asked aboutb my ecs

other than literally evrrthing else i said or could say

[ruby stag]

indeed!

i told my interviewer

[tight jacinth]

Who knows maybe thats what they wanted- we dont rly know

[ruby stag]

i love the feeling of staying up until 2am grinding problem sets with my friends!

accept me!

[tight jacinth]

LOL

[ruby stag]

jk trust me it was more subtl than that but barely

i talked about stuff over the summer and working till 2am and said i work til 2am now but im@lonely

i live for the grind culture

<3

[tight jacinth]

U should play mmos

[ruby stag]

mmos?

[tight jacinth]

/hj

Rly grindy online games

[ruby stag]

ohhhh

i used to play

[tight jacinth]

Mmorpgs

[ruby stag]

osu

[tight jacinth]

LOL

[ruby stag]

im mit material

let me send you a clip

[tight jacinth]

Im p sure like 99% of CS at MIT has played osu

[dusky tide]

weird

[ruby stag]

god pass 🔥

[tight jacinth]

Bro tells his computer when to update

[ruby stag]

tell me that isn’t mit material

you’d be mistaken

[tight jacinth]

Idk what mit material is lol

[ruby stag]

it’s me

[tight jacinth]

Just be urself and if u fit, u fit 🤷‍♀️

[ruby stag]

caltech better accept me instead because there’s no way i’m getting into mit with my test scores 💀

[tight jacinth]

Haha there’s more than scores

But gl man

[ruby stag]

not when you submit a 32 🗿

[tight jacinth]

I submitted a 28

[ruby stag]

are you fr

[tight jacinth]

I got deferred 🤷🤷

Yea

[ruby stag]

💀

are you IMO gold

[tight jacinth]

Haha no idea what that even is

[ruby stag]

how many international awards we talking

[tight jacinth]

I just took the opportunities i had and Im pretty happy with that

0

[ruby stag]

national?

[tight jacinth]

Uno

[ruby stag]

damn

i submitted 11 national 0 intl

[tight jacinth]

But hey, yk i got what i could LOL

[ruby stag]

true true

i understand though

esp if you’re in an area with low accessibility to classes, ecs, etc.

i’m from a rural title I hs too

[tight jacinth]

Slay💅

Im sure youll do fine though :)

[ruby stag]

🙏 prayge

[tight jacinth]

How many schools did you apply to?

[ruby stag]

14

[tight jacinth]

My gosh

[ruby stag]

fee waiversssss

[tight jacinth]

I got one for mit but i didnt know how to use it in time for Early Action 😭

[ruby stag]

aaaaa rip

[tight jacinth]

Haha its pretty funny at least

Anyways ima go make some food or relax

Have funn

[ruby stag]

cya!

[civic shale]

mit

[clear gulch]

perfectly complete, like all things should be

[ruby stag]

fun

[pine prism]

i have no idea what to do for my fun form ;-;

and tomorrow i'm gonna be so busy with the AIME

[ruby stag]

hey tech people

my victus hp deleted its wireless driver

and now i can’t access the internet

what do i do

[indigo knoll]

how did you establish a bullet point format?

I don't think the MIT application allow you to do that

[brazen coral]

"

• text here ...
• text here ...

[pine prism]

is the fun form due on the 7th on 11:59?

[civic shale]

hm. good question

[ruby stag]

Yes

[pine prism]

ok, thanks

phew

[placid jungle]

guys im blanking on any updates

all i can think of is 1

i literally havent done anything cool

[amber turret]

And that’s perfectly alright :)

Throw in a joke

[placid jungle]

ahhhh i hope soo

hmmm

imma have to rack my brains for one

.

990/

oops sorry lol

[ruby stag]

y’all how do i get bios to boot my network adapter

it poofed it somehow

i tried redownloading the drivers but the drivers won’t install

because the bios won’t let jt boot

[indigo knoll]

bruh I filled my MIT fun form to the brim

[placid jungle]

lucky ahhaha i had 1 line

[weak thicket]

lol same bruh

i had 1 short paragraph and a quote

[ruby stag]

how long does it actually have to be

we only have 250 word

s

[ruby stag]

who ghost pinged me

[limpid ravine]

me

its due tmrw on the 7th at 11:59 pm ET right

yes

it is

[ruby stag]

yes

could someone proofread my FUN form?

[limpid ravine]

Lk i wannna see

[ruby stag]

sure i’ll dm

[faint creek]

does mit do likelies?

[serene tinsel]

proceeded to send wholeass 15 int/nat achievements in the FUN form 👿

its what you gotta do when MIT takes 5 people from your country every year

doesnt help that your country is the most populated goddamn country on the planet

blanket EA deferrals SMH

[ruby stag]

formatting

[ruby stag]

😶

[small forge]

You got 5 😭😭 mine is at most 2 a year

[serene tinsel]

tbf india has a much larger population so 5 is less lmao

[small forge]

True true 🤧🤧 sorry man

[serene tinsel]

yeah being a rise global winner isnt enough smh

[ruby stag]

i started off with a silly little joke!

and then a few regional and outreach things lmao i haven’t won anything national since i submitted less than a month ago

you guys are cracked tbh

[ruby stag]

did you know there are two types of mit students

1. IMO Gold (you)
2. Furry fanartist (me)

[serene tinsel]

furry fanartists and egirl pfp applicants have extreme rizz with admissions for some reason ngl

[ruby stag]

i’ve been realizing my MIT app was pretty hopeless so no better way to get my money’s worth than send meme accomplishments

I should redraw MITxCaltech

[random valley]

My fun form is like

A crappy joke mentioning each topic im abt to discuss

Then each topic bulleted format

Of achievements and projects ive worked on

Does that sound ok

💀

[ruby stag]

my update is i traveled around the sun

[gritty inlet]

I'm sure it's fine my FUN form updates section consisted of me writing no updates and giving them 2 jokes + 1 very long (unhinged) inspirational quote by Nietzsche

[random valley]

Yea

Fencing stuff from this season plus upcoming and an app ive started working on and a prediction model i did

[ruby stag]

i p much just said i got a regional award + my math team made it to invitationals + senator meeting for work + permission to do more data collection with 5.4k reach

[indigo knoll]

Sure, I already submitted mine so Ig I can take a look.

[fresh kelp]

Sure, I can as well.

[ruby stag]

thanks

[small forge]

About to submit fun tonight

(Not like I have a choice lol)

[ruby stag]

still down to proofread?

[ruby stag]

can you still look over mine?

my network adapter works again 🗿

DM me if you want your FUN form reviewed and/or can review mine 🙏

[trail bone]

sure why not

i dont even know if i should write more lol

[ruby stag]

aghh

i’m going to get smited

my friend only put her mp2

so i just put semester avg

since i finished a few classes

but I fr senior slipped 😭

my friend got all A+s

so now our school looks hella inflated

should i reorder them so my A+s are at top

[small forge]

I don't think order will matter

I ordered by how they appeared on my transcript

[ruby stag]

ic

yeah i did that at first

but when they reprinted the order switched

i regrouped by type of class

[indigo knoll]

I dmed you

[steep vine]

oh my god y'all so dramatic

a single B+ is bruh

[indigo knoll]

I got two B+

lol

[steep vine]

as if anyone is going to give a shit

[indigo knoll]

one B+ first term, two second term

[steep vine]

and its a B+ in fucking art of all things 😭

2 B+ doesn't matter

[indigo knoll]

I got B+ in calc BC

[steep vine]

when will you people realize that Bs are fine and grades don't matter in the long run

[indigo knoll]

I hope I am not fucked

[steep vine]

i dont give a fuck and mit doesn't either

calc BC has B in the name

[indigo knoll]

because I worked hard to keep all As for the three years before 😭

[indigo knoll]

so I am fucked

[ruby stag]

no dude

my friend reported all A+s

in all of her classes

[steep vine]

holy shit i said long wrong

am stupid

why would your friend matter

[ruby stag]

bc she only sent second mp

she didn’t do sem average

[steep vine]

do you think MIT goes "oh no we can only pick one student from this school"

[ruby stag]

she just sent her best marking period

[light depot]

wtf is your about me

[steep vine]

then she did it wrong bruv

its a tumblr post 💀

[light depot]

💀

[steep vine]

tell her to correct it

send an email to admissions or something

cause if she gets in they're gonna check that and they're not gonna be happy if she was lying

[weak thicket]

No quotas?

[steep vine]

wdym

[weak thicket]

Like if a school has 5 insane kids surely they won’t take them all

[ruby stag]

idk bruh they’re all full year classes 💀

wouldn’t they just want a final transcript

[steep vine]

if they have 5 insane kids then they would take them all

oh true

[weak thicket]

Damn rly

[steep vine]

well i hope her final transcript isn't a lie

[weak thicket]

Is this just MIT

[ruby stag]

i could report all A+s

[steep vine]

bro thats every school

[ruby stag]

and get my grades as As

[weak thicket]

Huh

[ruby stag]

💀

[steep vine]

what school is going to be like "oh no all these students are amazing but we can only take 1 from every school"

thats dumb as fuck

[weak thicket]

Bruh the pton AO I talked to basically said there’s quotas

[steep vine]

if all the students are qualified they'll just take them all

one singular AO

[ruby stag]

“sorry! we can only take 1 IMO gold medalist from this school!”

[steep vine]

who doesn't even decide the princeton process

[ruby stag]

💀

[weak thicket]

Lmao

💀💀💀

[steep vine]

and princeton's admission process has no relation to any other school

also ngl i feel like a lot of AOs are talking out of their ass

[weak thicket]

Ok good lol

[ruby stag]

ok but where is my yale likely letter

[steep vine]

i consider their word mostly nil at this point because its basically only applicable to their school and half the time the shit they say doesn't make any sense

but in defense of the pton AO

i don't doubt that there are quotas of some sort

[kindred forum]

what should i put in my FUN form

[steep vine]

like perhaps "we're gonna take X amount from this region"

but it would be never be something like "only 1 from this school" or some shit

[ruby stag]

you mean one from each state

they try to get 1 from each state

[small forge]

I've never heard of a school quota

[ruby stag]

at minimum

no school quotas tho

[weak thicket]

Fr

[weak thicket]

Oh ok

[small forge]

Literally look at some feeder schools lol

[steep vine]

and i doubt its even X amount

its probably like X% from each region

honestly i doubt its even a specific X

probably a range

and it would definitely be flexible because sometimes you just have to take someone

cause they're good

bottom line is nobody is doing some choice between 2 students because they came from the same school

the idea of competing with your classmates is stupid

you're either good enough or you're not

the classmate who did ISEF does not affect your acceptance

[weak thicket]

Ye I agree

I think it’s stupid that people break friendships over college

[ruby stag]

can anyone give me a quick read

[steep vine]

i aint reading allat

its supposed to be 250 words tho

[ruby stag]

💀

IT IS

242

🤷‍♀️

i literally shortened it

[steep vine]

i mean if you have all the important info then its good

idk what u want me to say bro idk what half that shit means

[indigo knoll]

Sounds good!

Do you wanna read mine lol

mine is kinda informal

[ruby stag]

sure

[trail bone]

ahh you changed it to bullet points? i think either way it was fine

[ruby stag]

does the other look better or nah

i think the other was a little more cohesive

and contextualized things a bit better but i included a new award

[trail bone]

i liked the other one better for sure

the reason i wouldn't do yours bullet pointed is because it's not as disjointed as mine lol

bunch of essentially unrelated updates

[dusky tide]

Lmao

[ruby stag]

bro lmao’d me

[dusky tide]

Gotta be interesting

[small forge]

finally submitted my form

[ruby stag]

wdym 😭

[weak thicket]

2nd point of activities has an extra space before it starts :)

[ruby stag]

yup fixed that on form

my fun form timed out 💀

[weak thicket]

Ok lmao

Oof

[ruby stag]

have to re-add all of my courses

RIP

[dusky tide]

It just looks like an information dump imo

[weak thicket]

Kinda the point?

[ruby stag]

is that not what it’s supposed to be

it’s an update form lol

[ruby stag]

i see

alright

[dusky tide]

@ruby stag u applied EA right?

[ruby stag]

RD

[dusky tide]

RD deadline was a month ago

[civic shale]

Wa

[ruby stag]

yes?

lol

[civic shale]

Wat

[ruby stag]

what about it

[dusky tide]

Idk just kinda makes u look like a robot

Maybe they like that

[ruby stag]

bro

[civic shale]

???

[ruby stag]

i put it back into paragraph format

[dusky tide]

How u gonna do 1700 new activities in one month

I get home at 8pm

[ruby stag]

wym?? i have a lot of stuff i do outside of school 💀

i work a job and have clubs and play piano

and got an award for being top of my state

[small forge]

ice why don't you just submit 😭

[ruby stag]

i’m still getting actual feedback from my friends

and paragraph does look better

[trail bone]

literally a hater lol

[ruby stag]

submitted FUN

🙏

[small forge]

finally lol

imo you were fine the whole time, such a large amount of accomplishments since RD is already eye opening

[ruby stag]

gonna plagiarize this and use it as an update letter for my other colleges too

i forgor to add a bunch of stuff about art too

i’m working on an exhibition and almost finished with curating my gallery!!

got approved for a space too

[small forge]

oooo

[ruby stag]

we’re setting up a reception

and fundraising for my school

i’m collaborating with a few other ib art seniors

but idk that isn’t really relevant

esp since my art grade

lmao

[amber turret]

What time is the form due?

[ruby stag]

11:59pm est

[steep vine]

how about you collaborate with those seniors to get some bitches

[amber turret]

Oh ok

Ty Icy

[ruby stag]

i have rizz

[steep vine]

bro is coping

[ruby stag]

i’ll submit my yale update and i’ll get an interview with an ao who will buy me a nice dinner, treat me well, take me on a second date, and then say yale college wants to marry me

i’d actually be surprised if i got anything before march

[fresh kelp]

Sure, DM me

[ruby stag]

already submitted, thank you though!

[fresh kelp]

I hope MIT realizes my school doesn’t give A+s, not that I didn’t get any:

[ruby stag]

i don’t really think they care about A/A+ difference

[civic shale]

have kids gotten in before?

[fresh kelp]

Because the state college I have an A+ in all the classes the teacher does that, but the grading scheme is up to the professor, so I have As in all the classes where A is the highest grade and A+ in the others

[ruby stag]

a lot of my As were borderline A+s but they weren’t there

[fresh kelp]

Nah. No one from my school gets into anywhere better than UCLA typically.

[civic shale]

no one ever?

first time for everything :D

[fresh kelp]

Not in their history of using Naviance. The same for all icy leagues and Caltech and Stanford.

[ruby stag]

sheesh

[civic shale]

cali school im guessing?

[fresh kelp]

But there’s a school in my city that’s a big Ivy + Caltech:Stanford/MIT feeder

[ruby stag]

how does one feed into caltech

they accept like 250 people total

[topaz canyon]

Is that Harvard-Westlake bro

[fresh kelp]

No

[topaz canyon]

I know they go crazy

Oh nvm then

[fresh kelp]

Maybe that was an exaggeration. But like 3 kids from that school get into Caltech each year

[civic shale]

o..

[ruby stag]

damnnn

[fresh kelp]

And a huge amount get into at least one T10

[ruby stag]

that’s an exeter moment

[topaz canyon]

There’s this school in cali that consistently gets like 5 kids in every ivy

Hurts when I look at my school’s naviance bro

[civic shale]

5 each ivy?

[ruby stag]

harker?

[civic shale]

or like 5 that get into every

[topaz canyon]

Might be a bit hyperbolic but a lot of Ivy kids

[fresh kelp]

It’s one of the Basis schools. I used to go there, but it was too boring for me as they wouldn’t let me take a full time college coursework load.

[ruby stag]

i see

wait is it in texas?

[fresh kelp]

I don’t want to at s which state it is or isn’t because Basis isn’t in a lot of states and I don’t want to DOS myself.

[ruby stag]

understandable

i have a friend who goes to a basis in texas

[topaz canyon]

Ok so looking at the stats

Last year they had 10 Harvard, 5 brown, 8 Cornell

Just to make a few

*name

[civic shale]

jesus

[topaz canyon]

Ye they’re crazy

[devout field]

mit thinks theyre so quirky w the fun 💀

[ruby stag]

they are quirky

i love that they don’t make me scramble to submit grades

[devout field]

maybe

but i am a hater to my core

[ruby stag]

ngl i kinda love mit but my app is such a meme

if i had a half decent test score i might actually be competitive

[devout field]

😭

its ok

[ruby stag]

if i got in i’d fr laugh my ass off

[devout field]

proof its rlly a gamble

[ruby stag]

i told someone i’d buy a fursuit if i got in

[devout field]

and just random

[indigo knoll]

Bro prob be saying that with a 1500+

[ruby stag]

like literally

[devout field]

oh my god

[indigo knoll]

😭

[devout field]

keep me updated on 3/14

[ruby stag]

32 act

don’t come at me

[devout field]

thats not horrible

[ruby stag]

it isn’t ideal 💀

[indigo knoll]

Break down?

[civic shale]

ur ecs are insane tho

[indigo knoll]

It depends on math and science

[small forge]

reminder that someone at my school got in with sub 700 math lol

[ruby stag]

32M/32S/35E/28R

[kindred forum]

Calypso congrats on all ur accomplishments, they seem so interesting

[ruby stag]

🗿

[small forge]

there's probably a certain threshold with tests

[ruby stag]

thank you

also i accidentally submitted a freaking 1390 to them last year 😭

720 M tho..

so it’s fine

that was my one mandated SAT

and then i submitted the one act i took

🐱

[devout field]

slay

[topaz canyon]

I got so lucky with my SAT bro

The December 2021 one was so easy

[devout field]

i never took the sat

[ruby stag]

context fr makes me look good tho

[devout field]

got lucky w my last act tho

[topaz canyon]

Bro I’m so mad that national merit still sends letters to your school before actually telling you

[devout field]

ooooooooh

[topaz canyon]

Because I couldn’t put it on my FUN and the letters got sent yesterday 💀

[devout field]

💀

did u qualify as a finalist?

[topaz canyon]

Idk yet

[ruby stag]

rip

[devout field]

rip

[topaz canyon]

Letters got SENT not received

[ruby stag]

semi is still insane!

[topaz canyon]

So I can’t put it on my fun

[ruby stag]

i put commended on mine 😎

[devout field]

i put commended on my commonapp

[ruby stag]

same

[devout field]

[small forge]

i reallyyyyy hope this comes in clutch for me

i was the only 1400+ in my class

[topaz canyon]

I hope that the schoolhouse.world tutor thing helps bro

[ruby stag]

didn’t you get like a 1540 tho

💀

[devout field]

ayo thats awesome

[small forge]

nope

like 1430

[ruby stag]

OH

[small forge]

i wish

[ruby stag]

you and me both

I think a 32 is roughly a 1430-1450

[small forge]

yeHah

[devout field]

yea it is

[small forge]

i bombed my act though

28 💀

[ruby stag]

i’m kinda scared tho

[devout field]

💀

what was each subsection

[ruby stag]

my friend who applied is 1500 + WTP + QB finalist but not matched & deferred MIT

and she was the highest in our class

[small forge]

i think i had some crazy stuff like 27M/23S/26R/35E

[topaz canyon]

Like I got pretty good stuff

[small forge]

like it was so wack adjusting to the timing

[devout field]

that kinda makes sense tho

[small forge]

i was really only acclimated to the writing stuff

[devout field]

english is the easiest section

[topaz canyon]

I got 1590 with 790/800, pretty good (but not great) ECs

[small forge]

yeah

[topaz canyon]

But like

[ruby stag]

i’m p good at english

[topaz canyon]

Who knows with some of these crazy people bro

[devout field]

i thought you said a 1590 isnt great 💀

[topaz canyon]

Lol

[ruby stag]

i got a 73/75 on my first ACT 😭 and that was a 35… for english

[devout field]

its ok

i got deferred w a 36

[small forge]

i also got a perfect grammar section score on the SAT so it's been my strong suit

[devout field]

[ruby stag]

damnn

[devout field]

slay

[small forge]

i think i was one point from perfect on ACT 😭

not losing sleep though

[topaz canyon]

I missed my 10 points from writing

[devout field]

omg

[ruby stag]

ok so ur more than solid

[topaz canyon]

Idk about my essays tbh

They pretty mid

[ruby stag]

i’m so tempted to doodle mit x caltech and submit something as supplemental material for the meme

[devout field]

i wish i could submit my score and only my score

[topaz canyon]

Same

[devout field]

💀

[fresh kelp]

The curve was horrible on the sat I took. I literally only got one question wrong on the reading portion, and that put me at a 1580

[topaz canyon]

That sucks dude

[devout field]

thats iconic

[small forge]

i missed like 7 math and got 690 iirc

like that's bs

that's usually like 740

[devout field]

yeah thats so bs

[small forge]

i remember that there was this one free response question

i forgot how to input a 0 and got it wrong lol

so close

idk i feel like i've been snubbed by standardized testing, but not too bad

[ruby stag]

wait you submitted a 690 M?

[small forge]

yes

i tried to retake but no one would let me

[ruby stag]

sheesh gl, you’re on a crazy good streak already

[small forge]

thx 😭

[ruby stag]

were you t/o elsewhere?

[fresh kelp]

I mean, I doubt it matters if you have strong math coursework or ECs.

[small forge]

yeah i was test optional to all my reaches iirc

[ruby stag]

i’m hoping this carries me too

[ruby stag]

same

[small forge]

i hope they don't think i'm incompetent tbh

[trail bone]

nahh they wouldn't

[ruby stag]

i don’t think they will

[trail bone]

lol

[indigo knoll]

77% have scores ranging from 600-990???

Wow

[small forge]

like i literally jumped to calc BC this semester from AB last

wrote about it so

[fresh kelp]

They even say themselves they don’t use SAT scores to rank applicants, just in combinatioation with other things to see if you meet a certain bar, then it doesn’t matter.

[ruby stag]

yeah. rural title I hs with high poverty rate and only one test with no test prep 🤷‍♀️

[small forge]

ee

my school's average last year was like 900

the lowest ever

[ruby stag]

my school’s avg is an 800

[small forge]

oop

[fresh kelp]

I am honestly surprised I even got deferred here. My essays were so bad, I think they could only be worse if I was intentionally writing them as poorly as possible.

[indigo knoll]

Same

[ruby stag]

you have an insanely good test score and i’m assuming you also have strong coursework and good ecs

[indigo knoll]

I am so anxious for the decision

😭

I see so many people with 1550+ get rejected

[devout field]

LMAOOO SAME

[indigo knoll]

And deferred

[small forge]

march is going to be a real rollercoaster

[ruby stag]

im hoping for waitlist

[small forge]

i have like 20 schools coming

[ruby stag]

🙏

[indigo knoll]

March is also the month of my birthday

[devout field]

i hope ed2 goes well and i have to withdraw

💀

[ruby stag]

where did you ed2?

[indigo knoll]

Gonna be a depressing birthday boy this year 💀

[devout field]

washu

i find out friday

friyay!

[ruby stag]

oh very nice, gl!

[topaz canyon]

Gl

[fresh kelp]

I mean, Ireally don’t deserve to get in and certainly won’t as I spent only a couple of hours total on my application and didn’t have any prior written college essays. It’s just unfortunate because MIT was my second choice.

[ruby stag]

nah you got this, you already have 6A

[devout field]

thanks guys :)

[ruby stag]

I have 1 acceptance :/

[devout field]

where to?

[ruby stag]

university of arizona

[devout field]

ayee nice

[ruby stag]

i got deferred harvard and rejected gatech

[indigo knoll]

Oh yeah just remembered that 💀

[topaz canyon]

Deferred Harvard gang

[devout field]

gt is for losers

[topaz canyon]

Honestly feel like I wasted the REA tbh

[devout field]

unless ur going to gt and reading this

[ruby stag]

yeah i’m hating on gt rn

fr big gt hater

[devout field]

nah

[topaz canyon]

I didn’t realize how insane Harvard kids were gonna be

Would’ve rather ED to another Ivy

[devout field]

i dont think any early app is a waste

[dusky tide]

Its Harvard

[small forge]

i almost yale REAd until i realized "this is not it"

[ruby stag]

i accidentally submitted my test score to Harvard :/

[topaz canyon]

I wanna do econ so connections good

[solemn hare]

hi nerds

[devout field]

ni herd

[topaz canyon]

Hi luck

[ruby stag]

hi luck

[dusky tide]

REA is honestly a waste

[fresh kelp]

I sent my sat scores to Harvard and some others when I was in 6th grade and didn’t know anything about how college applications work. I hope they didn’t save them on file lol.

[ruby stag]

they do but it shows improvement

[devout field]

HELP

[ruby stag]

i was jumpscared by my VERIFIED sat score when i went to do my mit app

[devout field]

"unfortunately we cannot admit you bc ur sat score from 2017 sucks"

[fresh kelp]

How bad will a 1320 then look to them? I’m worried that will be a big red flag, but I don’t know?

[topaz canyon]

1329??

Oh

[devout field]

fuck kinda sat did you take

[fresh kelp]

Typ

[devout field]

Oh

lMOA

[ruby stag]

a 1320 in 6th grade bro 💀

[topaz canyon]

Yeah I should’ve assumed my b

[ruby stag]

shut yo goofy ahh up

[devout field]

thats pretty impressive tbh

[ruby stag]

yes it is

[dusky tide]

Why is bro taking the SAT in 6th grade

[small forge]

when we did our school SAT, my counselor walked in and specifically said "do not send your score to any institutions yet" lol

[solemn hare]

Probably. I think most people are better off doing ED to another school or RD

[topaz canyon]

Fr

[devout field]

college apps are stupid

dont apply anywhere

[ruby stag]

i wish dude, we were forced to send them to 4 because we were told we might not get another chance :/

[topaz canyon]

My EA essays were also much worse

[devout field]

dont go to college

drop oout'

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[ruby stag]

if i don’t get into mit i think the best course of action is to drop out of school and go live in the woods, living off the land

[solemn hare]

[devout field]

exactly you get it

[ruby stag]

i get it

[fresh kelp]

I needed for a summer program application xbuf , my parents told me it was 90th percentile, which they said was pretty bad.

[devout field]

im gonna go chug a dr pepper and work on my Fun! form

[ruby stag]

fun!

[devout field]

[ruby stag]

i need to submit my cornell writing supplemental

😎

[brittle anchor]

should the fun form be lightheartedf?

[ruby stag]

so i’m going to work on that

[ruby stag]

it can be

[topaz canyon]

I should actually talk to my coach

[ruby stag]

or it can be an info dump that “makes you look like a robot”

[topaz canyon]

See if I can get in contact with MIT lacrosse people

[ruby stag]

💀

[topaz canyon]

Shoot my shot

[solemn hare]

I think having legacy parents and a high income helped me in admissions a bit

[topaz canyon]

It’s D3 surely they need me…

[dusky tide]

Recruiting is kinda late

[topaz canyon]

Ye lol

Hopefully they didn’t recruit a lacrosse goalie yet

[ruby stag]

for real! my parents are also 10th gen mit alumni which donate $45m a year so obviously i will get in

[dusky tide]

100% have one already

[solemn hare]

yep

[ruby stag]

they usually admit those EA

most sports people

[topaz canyon]

Ye

[dusky tide]

No

[solemn hare]

my dad is john harvard’s son and he was actually friends with the guy who made mit

🤓

[ruby stag]

really? because i made mit

[dusky tide]

U could be the best football player and still not get into to MIT

[solemn hare]

[ruby stag]

i am “that guy”

[small forge]

When your college app bs is finally complete
Hopefully stanford sends me that interview but otherwise it's done

[solemn hare]

🫢

[ruby stag]

😱

[solemn hare]

please be friends with me

[ruby stag]

congrats

[small forge]

thxx

[solemn hare]

i need that guy to be friends with me for admissions boost

[dusky tide]

Stanford interview is op

[ruby stag]

i would never be friends with a h*rv@rd student

[solemn hare]

😟

not after you become one yourself?

[ruby stag]

i’m jk harvard pls accept me

i can’t be friends with myself no

😔

[solemn hare]

😔

you’re cool though

I’m sure you’ll get in somewhere really good

[dusky tide]

Harvard or bust

[ruby stag]

harvard or bust

nah i’d accept mit… or caltech

😣

[solemn hare]

sending this to Harvard AOs

[dusky tide]

https://caltechrejects.com

[ruby stag]

or i’m going to go live in the woods and take care of my woodland animals

[ruby stag]

😓

trust me i want to ivy sweep rd so i can go to all of the admitted weekends

• mit + caltech that would be cool 100%

[solemn hare]

If I get into yale I’m gonna go to their admitted students weekend with Harvard merch on

[ruby stag]

i want to taste visitas steak

[solemn hare]

🦫

[amber turret]

Just submitted my form!

[brittle anchor]

should i submit a poem i wrote, on the fun form?

like rlly small one