oh mighty mit, please let me in, i shall take your AOs to haiti and leave other colleges in the bin, MIT is mighty, going anywhere else is a sin
#MIT (2022-2023)
next hinge
grave river
oh mighty mit, please let me in, i shall take your AOs to haiti and leave other ...
"going anywhere else is a sin"
unless its caltech,
then its a win-win
queen ledge
"going anywhere else is a sin"
unless its caltech,
then its a win-win
Nah if it’s uva it’s heaven
next hinge
"going anywhere else is a sin"
unless its caltech,
then its a win-win
yh there aint no heaven at new haven
UC "L" A
odd oracle
has there been a confirmed admissions date yet
granite knoll
has there been a confirmed admissions date yet
14 march
not sure
but it's gotta be 14th march
granite knoll
oh alr thats less than 3 weeks away
pain!!!
odd oracle
pain!!!
true, im nervous and excited at the same time
rejection letter gonna hit different
granite knoll
rejection letter gonna hit different
it will be like "PAIN!!!" and then believer
odd oracle
it will be like "PAIN!!!" and then believer
W
if i get in, im uncommitting from gt and going to mit straight away
we shall see tho
granite knoll
if i get in, im uncommitting from gt and going to mit straight away
If I get in, I'm uncommitting from everything except Harvard and gonna run straight to MIT
odd oracle
If I get in, I'm uncommitting from everything except Harvard and gonna run strai...
oh damn you got accepted to Harvard. congrats man
granite knoll
oh damn you got accepted to Harvard. congrats man
didn't but I hope I will
like they will release their results on 31st marcg
so I am gonna wait
timber urchin
My MIT decision is going to be the first rejection in my family possibly ever
timber urchin
I don't know if it's a bad idea to ruin this record
(This is all assuming I'm not in the 1.8% who gets deferred EA and accepted RD lmao)
quasi rover
My MIT decision is going to be the first rejection in my family possibly ever
Me too
Although I didn't apply ea
mint swift
??💀
ruby stag
me when i must racially profile someone to collaborate with them /j
royal acorn
😭 you what
royal acorn
has there been a confirmed admissions date yet
always march 14 at 6:28pm boston time
vernal fossil
I am gonna cry after I see the decision...
vernal fossil
what decisions are coming out on the other ones tho?
ruby stag
what decisions are coming out on the other ones tho?
march 11 is caltech, 17 is JHU, northwestern is 24, 30 is ivies, and then i think my rest are 31
ruby stag
the last few weeks have been utter fucking hell so i know i’ll be getting a ton of acceptances to make me feel better!
🥰
grave river
the last few weeks have been utter fucking hell so i know i’ll be getting a ton ...
orz
although idk but the expecting acceptance thing devastated me in December
barren lily
In order to cope with rejection, break up with someone. You will be too sad to care about MIT when you have lost your partner. 
grave river
In order to cope with rejection, break up with someone. You will be too sad to c...
anti rizz W
barren lily
Literally what i'll do before i open my application portal
ruby stag
anti rizz 😭
barren lily
still not getting what the whole rizz thing is about but sure
grave river
example: me rizzing up caltech 😇
ruby stag
it’s used in a bunch of different contexts but it’s mainly a joke at this point
barren lily
i feel like im from another planet when i dont get these things
ruby stag
i fr wouldn’t break up with a partner though over an acceptance 💀
unless you KNOW they wouldn’t get in in a million years, and you know the type of people you’d attract there are way better than them
grave river
i feel like im from another planet when i dont get these things
dw, joined discord pretty late too, just say W's and L's and you'll be fine imo
barren lily
i fr wouldn’t break up with a partner though over an acceptance 💀
oh i have planned that for a while but 14/3 feels like a good day for some : 
ruby stag
damn
barren lily
i hope they didn’t also apply to mit 😭
no, they are at Harvard 💀
ruby stag
oh okay based then
grave river
for me decisions are gonna be at 4 am so i'd be pretty sleepy to be heart broken anyways
barren lily
for me decisions are gonna be at 4 am so i'd be pretty sleepy to be heart broken...
do a power move, just dont open it
i'll have my friend open it and i'll probably get pranked but still nice
grave river
do a power move, just dont open it
cant, my anxiety would eat me up💀
ruby stag
i think i’ll be fine
ik i got autorejected by caltech
so it’ll be like L caltech when i open my decision
grave river
ik i got autorejected by caltech
autoreject gang welcomes you 😇
ruby stag
fr
barren lily
cant, my anxiety would eat me up💀
grave river
i'll prolly oscillate between
"oh thats alr, life move's on ig"
and
"shove it up your butts fucktards"
ruby stag
by spending 2 days grinding out a 22 page research paper i have realized that i’m not cut out for ivies
grave river
i’m insensitive to pain now
based
ruby stag
like if i’m going to keep doing this i’d rather just go to uofa and take a vacation for 4y
anyway i totally wrote a math paper with 0 appendices
which was crazy
barren lily
anyway i totally wrote a math paper with 0 appendices
I got some weird ass responses for my paper (with shit ton of appendices), the professors at WACQT basically sent me a 2 A4 pages with everything that is wrong like "your tables suck", "i cant see why you have that formula there", "i dont like the pictures", "you should add some pictures to the first pages", "what is dynamic viscosity?" etc and then ended everything with "and yet everyone else sucks more, see you at finals". idk if i should be happy or mad but academica is wack
ruby stag
academia is wack
the first time i submitted my draft my advisor straight up said he didn’t like the math i was using 💀
so I got ZERO points for math understanding
barren lily
i love how they literally save 50 words for positive energy and then destroy you in the rest of the email
ruby stag
i switched it and now it’s really cool but he was like “it’s too computer science-y. include some math.” bro 😭
barren lily
i switched it and now it’s really cool but he was like “it’s too computer scienc...
bruh moment
ruby stag
i love how they literally save 50 words for positive energy and then destroy you...
it was like 2 words of positive energy
he told me i had to trash two 2000-3000 word drafts i had
TWO DAYS BEFORE THE FINAL WAS DUE
barren lily
bruh
barren lily
so my problem is that i sent a report that was not done to the selection round
in my defence i am not yet done
ruby stag
“How can propositional calculus and Boolean algebra be used to improve the efficiency and reliability of fault detection systems in industrial automation applications?”
barren lily
he told me i had to trash two 2000-3000 word drafts i had
that's just mean
ruby stag
i made my own fault detection system for a temperature sensor with boolean circuits & propositional logic
and it was really cool
small forge
Is this IB?
ruby stag
yep
small forge
Oh my
barren lily
i made my own fault detection system for a temperature sensor with boolean circu...
my sensonrs are warning me, for a research paper what is not theoretical
I'm not doing IB, i was not allowed to
ruby stag
the domains were so wide that i could’ve written on anything so i was like fuck it, we are being compsci industrial engineers today
The conclusions I reached were particularly insightful. By proving that the "normal" and "fault" status transmissions are valid, I demonstrated that a fault detection system constructed using propositional calculus and Boolean algebra can detect fault statuses in overheating machinery. This finding suggests that these mathematical tools can significantly improve the safety and reliability of industrial automation applications. Additionally, I found that the critical row in the truth table plays a vital role in establishing the validity of the fault detection system. By demonstrating that the premise and conclusion are true in the critical row, we can prove that the system acknowledges both propositional statements. This validation not only establishes the system's reliability but also allows for more efficient and effective fault detection. I also recognized that propositional calculus and Boolean algebra are particularly useful in complex fault detection systems where multiple inputs need to be evaluated simultaneously. These mathematical tools can be used to simplify the logical expression and improve the system's efficiency. Additionally, propositional calculus and Boolean algebra can be used to reduce the number of inputs required to detect faults, which can help reduce system complexity and increase reliability.
those were my findings
it went so hard
ruby stag
I'm not doing IB, i was not allowed to
good. it’s hell
surreal eagle
I'm not doing IB, i was not allowed to
my monetary status didnt allow me either💀
ruby stag
i go to a shitty public school
i don’t even know why we have it
but if ur investing in a ib world school
it might actually be a half decent idea to do ib
surreal eagle
our IB is too expensive
barren lily
my monetary status didnt allow me either💀
more like "if you wanna attend the ccompetitive math program you cant do IB" 💀
ruby stag
more like "if you wanna attend the ccompetitive math program you cant do IB" 💀
that’s what they told me too
they were like “ur going to have to drop your dual enrollments”
i told them basically fuck you and did it anyway
they don’t recommend doubling course types with ib
but i’m proof it’s doable even with shit time management
surreal eagle
bruv my board doesnt allow me to choose
im ready to take on higher rigour
but i dont have the option to do it
we dont even have weighted courses
fucked system where students cant even choose their own rigour
plus no APs offered either
but like 3 exams till im done with this curriculum
might as well spend it complaining less about it
ruby stag
ohh
surreal eagle
rote memory lite ®
ruby stag
is that higher than CBSE (that’s like the only system im familiar with)
ruby stag
i see
surreal eagle
but ICSE is usually considered more rigourous
for 11th 12th ICSE is called ISC
and there aint as many ISC schools as there are of CBSE
hence BSE more prevalent
ruby stag
i see i see thank you for enlightening me
surreal eagle
but ICSE is usually considered more rigourous
the english, thats all
ruby stag
i’m being fr i like learning about different educational systems
i’m big into educational policy and curriculum stuff
ruby stag
the english, thats all
interesting
surreal eagle
i’m being fr i like learning about different educational systems
yeah well ours is super weird
u can choose either commerce, science or humanities stream
all of them have select subjects
and u get to customize them very mildly depending on if your school offers that subject
(usually schools will offer you 5 options for a particular stream out of which u gotta choose 4)
ruby stag
so like there’s subpaths for each subject?
barren lily
they were like “ur going to have to drop your dual enrollments”
oh i have that too, French and math but i dropped French last week
surreal eagle
and since there is a only third subject choice concept, we can choose either Biology or CS, not both
so basically fuck anyone planning to do BioTech
surreal eagle
so like there’s subpaths for each subject?
yep
ruby stag
but i’m taking my verbal exam next week so i will finish my slow death
surreal eagle
u can do physics, chemistry, CS and fashion designing
ruby stag
and just be done with it
surreal eagle
half of the combos dont make sense
ruby stag
u can do physics, chemistry, CS and fashion designing
fashion designing sounds so cool
they’re fr training you guys to be fashion designers
surreal eagle
fashion designing sounds so cool
well most schools dont have the facilities
ruby stag
ah
surreal eagle
and the training they porvide is ass
usually students learn from their moms
(actual fashion designers)
cuz the area the school is located in is known for moms in the fashion industry
and film industry etc etc u get the point
barren lily
i have finally made it to my friend's prom. this shit is awkward, i'll just ignore my prom
ruby stag
prom is usually monumentally bad
last year the catering tasted like plastic and they gave you like 2 spoonfuls worth of food
small forge
☠☠☠
I'm ignoring our theme this year, it's so gross
Likr i wouldn't get any clothing that surrounds that
barren lily
I'm ignoring our theme this year, it's so gross
you have themes?
small forge
Yeah, its was like "the great gatsby" or something
clear gulch
march 11 is caltech, 17 is JHU, northwestern is 24, 30 is ivies, and then i thin...
how do you know march 11 is caltech?
grave river
im ready to take on higher rigour
in all fairness, one could just compensate for rigor by olys, self studying for APs, private olys, competitive exams etc
(although having a choice would def better i agree)
ruby stag
in all fairness, one could just compensate for rigor by olys, self studying for ...
a lot of people don’t have access to that kind of stuff
private olys and competitive exams at least
anyone can pretty much self study for an AP if they can find somewhere to get the course material, and somewhere to take the exam
grave river
~~a lot of people don’t have access to that kind of stuff~~
ironically, here those are the two things with the highest accessibility 
ruby stag
RIP that is really cool tho
grave river
RIP that is really cool tho
mostly due to the rampant commercialization of both,
there are like multi billion dollar tutoring institutes where thousands go to prep for competitive exams
ruby stag
goddamn
verbal idol
And then they move to the US and compete for us 
lone tusk
mostly due to the rampant commercialization of both,
there are like multi billi...
wym, like jee coaching institutes?
grave river
wym, like jee coaching institutes?
yep
lone tusk
bruh ngl
even though im american
physics wallah vids help me so much in ap physics c
i can understand hindi luckily
surreal eagle
in all fairness, one could just compensate for rigor by olys, self studying for ...
umm, i had to travel 6 hours to reach the nearest AP center
opportunities are expensive
and most olympiads offered in my school werent that renowned either
exampls, SOF olympiads
grave river
opportunities are expensive
agreed
devout field
lmao who’s ready to get rejected
brave ibex
I am still manifesting acceptance🫡
humble ice
lmao who’s ready to get rejected
Meeee🙋♀️
next hinge
lmao who’s ready to get rejected
i have been conditioning myself to expect rejection, every time i see pi, i remind myself of all my past rejections (both girls and colleges wise), so when pi day comes i will be prepared
devout field
I am still manifesting acceptance🫡
ykw i’ll manifest for you 💪
devout field
i have been conditioning myself to expect rejection, every time i see pi, i remi...
LMAOAO
desensitized
iron heron
lmao who’s ready to get rejected
anytime i think mit i just remind myself there is no way i’m getting in but getting in would be fun
lone tusk
i have been conditioning myself to expect rejection, every time i see pi, i remi...
congrats on getting into berkley tho fr
i would have preferred to go to caltech but since they rejected me rea im ready to get rejected by mit as well 💀
devout field
i would have preferred to go to caltech but since they rejected me rea im ready ...
caltech <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< mit
devout field
anytime i think mit i just remind myself there is no way i’m getting in but gett...
real
iron heron
i would have preferred to go to caltech but since they rejected me rea im ready ...
caltech is insanely hard to get into they only have 900 undergraduate students don’t beat yourself up
lone tusk
caltech <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< mit
yeah facts (only because caltech rejected me)
barren lily
lmao who’s ready to get rejected
devout field
yeah facts (only because caltech rejected me)
LMAOO
verbal walrus
i have been conditioning myself to expect rejection, every time i see pi, i remi...
🤣
lofty vortex
march 14 at 6:28 pm is gonna be so humbling fr
the way that it's litr two weeks away is scary
royal acorn
i’m just trying to prepare myself for the pain
because ik mit would be amazing for me if i got in, it’s incredible in literally every aspect i’m passionate about
buuuuut,, it’s mit, and doubly competitive for internationals
they’re a meritocracy which i honestly do admire a ton, but when the bar’s set that high, naturally it becomes way harder to meet the threshold in a sense
but such is life so even if i’m not fully superrr hopeful i’ll still be hoping :) who knows what’ll happen hehe
iron heron
is it 1:59 est?
ruby stag
is it 1:59 est?
no
6:28pm
3/14 * 2
i don’t think they’d be able to have everything ready and uploaded by 1:59pm also people are still in school, which could be a shit show
iron heron
oh that’s so boring
snow thunder
guys 16 days
im excited tbh
this is such a good intro to rd's
ok uchicago will be first but that doesnt count
mit is an exciting start lol
pearl heart
wait omg uchicago has a confirmed date?
pearl heart
ohh
snow thunder
valid tbh
NAH CAUSE
i was not equipped for this wait dawg
bc i made it all romanticized and fun in my head
and i have a spreadsheet with decision dates and all
pearl heart
this is literally the longest 30 days of my life
snow thunder
who was gonna tell me just cause i applied to lots of rd's doenst mean march will arrive faster
pearl heart
and i have a spreadsheet with decision dates and all
i gotta do that
pearl heart
ya
snow thunder
but that doesnt change that they're in march
💀
statistics flop idk im not a stem kid
pearl heart
what major did u apply for at mit
snow thunder
what major did u apply for at mit
well im a politics/law kid
pearl heart
oh thats cool
snow thunder
i put pre-law for the dropdown
whcih isnt a major
but it was an option
?
mit silly for that
pearl heart
isnt mit the one w the cool government lab thing
snow thunder
i wrote poli sci major energy studies minor tho
like climate politics angle
it was fun!
reframing myself a bit
i enjoyed writing the app
snow thunder
LMFAO
pearl heart
IM SRRY IM NOT POLTICIAL OMG
snow thunder
mit x military industrial complex core
pearl heart
understandable
snow thunder
LOL
ruby stag
i put pre-law for the dropdown
wait you can unironically do pre-law at mit??
snow thunder
wait you can unironically do pre-law at mit??
its not a major
prelaw isnt a major at any top school
anyone can be prelaw
plenty of stem majors go to law school
ruby stag
i’m doing astro but i’m likely going to be prelaw (however doesn’t like any major qualify)
yeah make sense
snow thunder
i’m doing astro but i’m likely going to be prelaw (however doesn’t like any majo...
law schools dont really care
if you can get 170 LSAT youre set
cause lsat is much more difficult than SAT
not many people get high scores
ruby stag
makes sense
pearl heart
https://mitgovlab.org i think it was this
ruby stag
my main field is astro so i’m not sure i want to go law entirely but i don’t think i’d be able to double major in public policy because afaik mit doesn’t have that? but a gov lab sounds so cool
snow thunder
the residual physics awards got slabbed onto my app
quasi rover
but it was 3/11 last year
if its 11 its 12 days
snow thunder
was so funny
snow thunder
LOL
quasi rover
You think UChicago is 11 again this year?
or any idea?
I hope so, get the L out of the way early
UChicago RD 💀
ruby stag
probably
snow thunder
my main field is astro so i’m not sure i want to go law entirely but i don’t thi...
they have public policy
yes
ruby stag
uchi/caltech march 11
snow thunder
UChicago RD 💀
💀
ruby stag
are you instate for mich?
ruby stag
that’s awesome
ruby stag
you got this dw
snow thunder
me explaining to my advisor why i wanna skip all the calc and physics courses and dual enroll 20 credits at harvard 1st semester
😍
ruby stag
i’m expecting a harvard L rd since i got deferred so if i want to be in cambridge i gotta pull mit
ruby stag
me explaining to my advisor why i wanna skip all the calc and physics courses an...
same 🥲
snow thunder
but also mit is based
like
the lack of history of legacy and athlete admissions
and the social good its alum have done
is lowkey unmatched
and that is a really good thing
ruby stag
i’ll be a fan of mit once they accept me 💀
the only college hoodie i have is from touring mit
quasi rover
Fuck MIT
its the only place Im legacy at
and they dont care
Fuck them
I hope it burns down
unless I get in
snow thunder
its the only place Im legacy at
bro what LOL
ohh
both ur parents
wow
mit kids gotta marry to ivies
if they want their kids to benefit
quasi rover
my dad got into
stanford
harvard
cornell
etc,
and he had to troll me by going to MIT
I blame him
ruby stag
damn your dad was cracked
lofty vortex
i applied poli sci to mit too!
i just had to reframe myself as someone that really likes the statistics/math-based portion of it
ruby stag
i just had to reframe myself as someone that really likes the statistics/math-ba...
^ did this as a secondary interest
talked about survey analytics, collecting data / data visualization
prisma mica
I applied as econ but if I get in, I might switch to finance
pine prism
This school makes me depressed 😦
Bc I know I’ll just be rejected
But I wana go so badly 😭😭😭
timber urchin
15 days
iron heron
I applied as econ but if I get in, I might switch to finance
same
barren lily
talked about survey analytics, collecting data / data visualization
wtf, everyone's second interest is so "useful" like i picked linguistics 
covert sentinel
Linguistics is useful
I personally find it cool as fuck
Eg- using linguistics as a method for decrypting text where you only have encryption text (and the sender is dumb enough to use something that doesnt flatten the distribution of letters used)
Like instead of decrypting via brute force you could be like "these people are dumb and likely french because they use a lot of stupid letters but its a caesar cypher with an offset of 3" which granted would likely not happen irl
But it would be cool to do i think
Also like
Conlangs?? Are so cool though if im being honest theyre a bit like cool recipes that you see on youtube and never make
covert sentinel
But it would be cool to do i think
There are definitely more complex applications of linguistics w/cryptography but i do not know them (but theyre probably very cool!)
barren lily
I just took it because i like to study languages not for all the applications of linguistics. Sure you can do a lot but i never study it in order to actually decrypt stuff
covert sentinel
Based
Im ngl i remember finding some videos on language types and its like
Ive both forgotten it and just lack the vocab but its pretty cool seeing how different languages are structured and why
timber urchin
I applied as econ but if I get in, I might switch to finance
Finance > econ
ruby stag
I didn’t know we had space to indicate one?
essays
granite knoll
MIT would yield protect me
ruby stag
MIT would yield protect me
not with a 1330 sat
granite knoll
not with a 1330 sat
hahaha
sweet elm
2 weeks
pine prism
😭
amber turret
LOL
jolly harbor
14 days friends
why r u hanging out here, u polisci major
jolly harbor
.........
snow thunder
Poli sci is for jfk fans
tight jacinth
No shot
snow thunder
lol why go to mit then
you think id be fighting for my life in rd if i got into my rea
💀
i literally have only gotten into umich so i am trying to keep an open mind
snow thunder
ur gonna hate it
- mit humanities is actually really really strong like t3 in some areas
- mit student body is no legacy no athlete admissions
pine prism
1. mit humanities is actually really really strong like t3 in some areas
wait rlly
pine prism
also i was thinking they'd force u to do so much math/stem that you would hate it
columbia has a t10 math program but i didn't apply bc i'd get killed by the core
snow thunder
- many humanities things have stem adjacent fields that are important to understand
snow thunder
also i was thinking they'd force u to do so much math/stem that you would hate i...
well just cause im prelaw doesnt mean i hate math and stem
i think all fields have their intellectual value
pine prism
ah
snow thunder
and are beneficial to learn
honestly math/physics logic is really beneficial in general
i feel like proof logic and derivations are universally necessary abilities
iron heron
2. mit student body is no legacy no athlete admissions
one of my fav things
snow thunder
one of my fav things
ikr
mit is so based
and like
the best school of actual class mobility for low income students
iron heron
they’re also so genuine through out the whole admissions process
snow thunder
they’re also so genuine through out the whole admissions process
fairest process imo
of all the top schools
solemn hare
To be an 'MIT man' is an enviable distinction, and one that I sincerely hope I shall attain…
(I didn’t apply)
harsh rose
5. many humanities things have stem adjacent fields that are important to unders...
- to say ur a MIT student
iron heron
does anyoen here genuinely think they’re gonna get in liek with 90% certainty?
covert sentinel
Ik a2c is the top right of the neurotic nerd spectrum
But lord have mercy i hope not if any of yall have an ego that large it needs to be deflated rapidly
ruby stag
does anyoen here genuinely think they’re gonna get in liek with 90% certainty?
yes
(kidding)
i’d say it’s 50/50 for me
iron heron
id say it’s like 10/90 for me and 90 is me not getting in.
snow thunder
does anyoen here genuinely think they’re gonna get in liek with 90% certainty?
campers have like 100% chance
rsi kids like 50
snow thunder
i’d say it’s 50/50 for me
i mean
snow thunder
what's your SAT percentile
raw compass
I know someone who did primes and got deferred
pine prism
I know someone who did primes and got deferred
plenty
raw compass
yeah I know but he was cracked regardless
snow thunder
so like
pine prism
ik plenty of primes kids who get deferred - > waitlisted/rejected
raw compass
that's what i mean
pine prism
ik plenty of olympiad campers who get deferred -> waitlisted/rejected
snow thunder
for example
snow thunder
ik plenty of olympiad campers who get deferred -> waitlisted/rejected
huh
pine prism
at least 3 moppers
ruby stag
i mean
it’s probably less for me, but generally with SSP it’s 50/50 given last year’s matriculation:application rates
snow thunder
it’s probably less for me, but generally with SSP it’s 50/50 given last year’s m...
well yea but what about test scores
like
r u at/above mit average
tight jacinth
I legitimately didnt even know what an olympiad was until after my application
LMAO
pine prism
wait does mit take donations?
pine prism
I legitimately didnt even know what an olympiad was until after my application
good olympiad is bad
covert sentinel
Yes
raw compass
I legitimately didnt even know what an olympiad was until after my application
It's called being normal
ruby stag
yeah I’m not in a position where my score would completely invalidate my application
covert sentinel
wait does mit take donations?
5 million minimum
solemn hare
does anyoen here genuinely think they’re gonna get in liek with 90% certainty?
if I applied I would have gotten in 🥱
jk
prob reject or waitlist
mit is too cracked
snow thunder
yeah I’m not in a position where my score would completely invalidate my applica...
well
raw compass
mit is too cracked
U only got harvard with triple legacy fgli urm
snow thunder
id def say as long as ur above like 1540ish you're fine
solemn hare
my grandfather actually founded harvard
snow thunder
cause thats mit average if i remember
raw compass
Even then they don't have hard cutoffs
solemn hare
also triple legacy fg doesn’t even make sense 💀
covert sentinel
my person character will pull through dw
REAL
pearl heart
praying to the mit gods
ruby stag
nah I don’t expect to get in
covert sentinel
They gotta accept solely on the basis of being swag
solemn hare
i wanna read my admission file
ruby stag
my application was a shot in the dark
solemn hare
I wonder if they liked my personality or what
raw compass
they prob had to have
snow thunder
I wonder if they liked my personality or what
for harv rea?
solemn hare
Yep
covert sentinel
I mean if you applied ea and got deffered at least they didnt hate you??
snow thunder
I mean if you applied ea and got deffered at least they didnt hate you??
no harv just defers everyone
restive flume
she got in
snow thunder
LOL
ruby stag
it would genuinely be embarrassing for mit if they let me in, but I’m hoping to get waitlisted
restive flume
luck i need to be u
snow thunder
I wonder if they liked my personality or what
well
raw compass
Harvard doesn't have ED nor do they reject most people early
covert sentinel
BRO
snow thunder
you can def look at ur file
ruby stag
Harvard doesn't have ED nor do they reject most people early
they do reject people early
covert sentinel
WHAT
ruby stag
being deferred doesn’t mean u suck or ur good
snow thunder
How the fuck does harvard not have ed
the good schools dont need it
ed is for yield
pine prism
none of hypsm have ed
ruby stag
it’s neutral for harvard imo
covert sentinel
Like if ANY school is going to be egotistical enough to offer ed it would be harvard
solemn hare
Harvard has REA and they do reject ppl REA
pine prism
wait rea is an ego booster
solemn hare
although a small amount
snow thunder
it’s neutral for harvard imo
well harvard rea is mostly for athlete + legacy
raw compass
Yeah you're right maybe I'm confusing it with smt esle
solemn hare
usc doesn’t reject ea
snow thunder
like
snow thunder
there are just very few unhooked spots for harv rea
ruby stag
yeah i completely wasted my ea on harvard
snow thunder
so i wouldnt take personal offense to being deferred
raw compass
I would
snow thunder
like i know some absolutely insane kids who got deferred
restive flume
does second interview from harvard mean anything?
restive flume
i asked this yesterday but am still a bit confused
pine prism
ea mit + chicago is the way
solemn hare
it can be a good thing
ruby stag
everyone ik personally got deferred except for 1
raw compass
does second interview from harvard mean anything?
Not gna theorize much but I'm pretty sure it's good yeah
restive flume
okay
snow thunder
my friend has like 5 personal awards from the biden administration and got deferred LOL
pine prism
wat
ruby stag
harvard moment
snow thunder
ik kids who literally opened their harvard deferrals at the white house 😭
restive flume
but most applicants that get accepted dont have a second interview right?
raw compass
ik kids who literally opened their harvard deferrals at the white house 😭
brooo
pine prism
my friend got in last year rea bc he was an imo gold medalist
ruby stag
but most applicants that get accepted dont have a second interview right?
if you have a second interview (AO) it could mean that you’re very borderline so you’ve got a 50/50 shot
snow thunder
does second interview from harvard mean anything?
it gives u 60% acceptance rate
pine prism
🫠
snow thunder
its published info
restive flume
ahhh okay
snow thunder
my deferred friend got one today
ruby stag
oh fr that’s interesting
snow thunder
actually
we were confused
bc
ive never seen one after deferral
and i have another friend who got it rea but got deferred
so like
neither of those have exactly been positive experiences so far
LMFAOO
i feel so bad for them
restive flume
oh....
pine prism
oof
snow thunder
personally im fine without a personal failed interview with an ap
ao*
i wil take my deferral in stride
and move on
ruby stag
i’m content with my safety atp
restive flume
same
restive flume
im chillin but still in love w harvard
pine prism
mit > harvard
ruby stag
the rest of my schools are reaches so it’s like 🤷♀️ whatever happens happens
pine prism
i don't really like harvard anymore
honestly a big part of why i applied was prestige
raw compass
- Everyone
ruby stag
i liked their astro stuff
a lot
but i’m not IOAA so i don’t have a chance at getting in
everyone in astro is cracked
restive flume
honestly my essays were bad😭
cuz i applied rea and they were the first application essays i wrote
ruby stag
same
snow thunder
IM SO EMBARASSED
restive flume
LIKE IF I APPLIED REGULAR
snow thunder
ABOUT MY HARVARD ESSAYS
ruby stag
my long supplemental was a really fluffy story
restive flume
I WOULDVE HAD SUCH A BETTER CHANCE BC I HAD EXPERIENCE FROM WRITING OTHER ESSAYS
MY LONG ESSAY WAS SO BAD
restive flume
NO SAME
ruby stag
my cornell essay was absolutely fire
ruby stag
the last one i wrote versus my first
snow thunder
i used the experience on princeton
ok the princeton ao's get to see into my fuckin soul
ruby stag
yeaaah
snow thunder
i wrote ab my ex boyfriend LOL in the soundtrack prompt
snow thunder
i had time to reflect
ruby stag
my soundtrack prompt went hard
snow thunder
i think uchic is my only good good essay
I MADE MY OWN PROMPT
restive flume
my others were kinda poop
ruby stag
i don’t even know how i did it but i did literary analysis on the song lyrics in the 50? words they gave us and it was somehow reflective
snow thunder
just my bird making fun of me
from her bird perspective
guys my umich ea essays also sucked
like
im so thankful
they didnt get me deferred
that wouldve been a literal crisis
zero acceptances going into MIT DAY
💀
can we talk ab uva oos
like
my friend got in
and her bill is 83k
like
restive flume
oos...?
restive flume
oh shit
raw compass
How wtf
restive flume
oh wait she committed?
raw compass
Even 69k is horrendous for a public
snow thunder
after you get in
raw compass
Looking at umich
restive flume
oh rly
snow thunder
she has a full ride to uf
raw compass
yeah i know i'm just comparing
snow thunder
yeah i know i'm just comparing
did you get into umich
raw compass
ugh yeah
covert sentinel
and her bill is 83k
Uva hates everyone
Like i have an instate friend and their tuition is 65k after aid
covert sentinel
Idk if its unique to virginia but they kinda expect in state students to gargle their balls or something they fr dont give a fuck about helping you
covert sentinel
Uva on their villain arc or something idk
covert sentinel
Oos?
steep vine
mason gave me a 1k a year scholarship which was honestly more insulting than nothing 😭
in state
covert sentinel
NO
BC FUCK MASON
BITCH I AM ABOVE YOUR STATS THEY GIVE EVERYONE AT MY SCHOOL THEIR STUPID 1K SCHOLARSHIP
And these stupid fucking mfs cant even tell you the god damn price to attend
steep vine
naw they sent it to me
covert sentinel
"Use this calculator :)" "its this much per credit" FUCK YOU
steep vine
my COA is like 35k........
covert sentinel
naw they sent it to me
Email???
Wait actually wheew did you find it the portal is like
Barren
covert sentinel
Like i have an instate friend and their tuition is 65k after aid
Also i worded this wrong its 65k as the cost of attendance
Which like granted is still fucking ass but at least its not just tuition
Nvm i found it!!!!
32k college is a scam it is cheaper to go oos for me lol
ruby stag
i would not go to college for 32k
if my offers are not in the teens i am not attending unless it’s a t5
for astro
i would pay 20k+ for caltech but that’s never going to happen
covert sentinel
Youre getting offers in the teens???
ruby stag
i am yea
covert sentinel
Me when i need safer safeties i guess lol
ruby stag
my cheapest in $19k rn but ivies would be cheaper
hollow tangle
Mit financial aid is goated
timber urchin
Fr should have filed for emancipation to get that sweet fin aid
Unless someone here wants to marry me. That works too I've heard
iron heron
Unless someone here wants to marry me. That works too I've heard
im@up for it
timber urchin
We're gonna need a lawyer for that prenup cuz I don't wanna split 50/50 lmao
ruby stag
Unless someone here wants to marry me. That works too I've heard
wait fr if you get married you’re independent?
ionic spruce
Apparently our family scraping by paycheck to paycheck means we can afford to pay... a LOT every year toward school
I don't know how we're gonna sell our house a second time when the younger one is ready in two more yrs
the kid with the most money shouldn't "win" in what might otherwise appear to be a tie--if anything, it should be the other way around, but ... ehhhh
ruby stag
Apparently our family scraping by paycheck to paycheck means we can afford to pa...
are you 110% sure you put in all of your financial information correctly?
ionic spruce
I think so, yes.
but when we filled out fafsa house prices were at an all-time high
we had some money put away for a school trip this summer for two kids that we were afraid NOT to mention
like, already spent, but still sitting in our account, sooo
ruby stag
I don’t think fafsa factors in the current price of your home if it is your primary residence, I’d triple check if you put information in for secondary residences
I could be totally mistaken though
ruby stag
the current price of our house has doubled since my parents bought it, Im not sure what my css “efc” is because I don’t believe they tell you, however fafsa should be close and you should always run net price calculators
ionic spruce
secondary residences might include our 12- and 16-year old cars
ruby stag
they wanted to know a LOT
yep, same here. they wanted to know the make and model of my parents’ cars, and a bunch of other random info
ionic spruce
yeah. like, if I had tens of Ks sitting around, I would not be driving a rusting-out Honda, but sure
ruby stag
yeah unfortunately i’m not sure why they make you include all of that, like I’m glad they don’t expect you to sell your primary residence for your child to go to college, but you shouldn’t have to sell your transportation either
ruby stag
pretty much everything is about money in education
ionic spruce
yep. ah well. can't wait for those parent PLUS loans I guess
verbal idol
i’d say it’s 50/50 for me
I'd feel so goofy if I said this and then just got rejected lol
ruby stag
is there anywhere your child applied where they could get good merit aid?
my safety gave me a ton of merit aid, to the point where i could work over the summer and completely cover my costs
ruby stag
I'd feel so goofy if I said this and then just got rejected lol
🤷♀️ 50/50, if i get rejected i get rejected
verbal idol
33/33/33! You can get waitlisted!
ruby stag
oh shoot you’re right. well then i can add it to my resume that i was waitlisted at mit
timber urchin
wait fr if you get married you’re independent?
Apparently. For FAFSA purposes anyway
ionic spruce
A few he got accepted to already I expected he would, but no, which is weird to me. Top of his class, perfect GPA, younger than usual, tons of APs, decent ECs, some state recs. He didn't start a fortune 100 at 8yo doing genetics research or anything, but he's busted his butt the entire time and ... crickets
Some are still processing scholarships I guess, thru March
but his first finaid offer was 2k in loans and "yer on yer own"
ruby stag
:( that really sucks
I’m glad my safety gave gpa based scholarships, or else I’d be medially screwed
I feel like getting merit aid in general is already really difficult for most competitive schools
more or less getting an acceptance this cycle
ionic spruce
I'm hoping some more competitive schools have more $ to splash around, but I'm not holding my breath at this point
But he also completely avoided talking about his anxiety, his queerness, etc in all of his apps, which might have helped paint a better picture of just how much he's had to work for everything
Not easy in a very... Trumpian community
ruby stag
yeah I definitely understand that, it’s hard to talk about very personal stuff with someone who knows you as practically a number
I’m from a similar area
very rural and conservative
ionic spruce
Yeah. He wasn't budging on talking about that stuff; I did try to encourage him to do so, but he felt like it was excuses and didn't want people feeling sorry for him or something.
I was "they're gonna find out eventually anyway, so run with it"
but nope
anyway, these schools that don't take him, or won't help fund him, they're missing out on a very bright, hardworking 16yo
their loss
ruby stag
I kind of tried to run with the narrative REA that I was being restricted by my poor, rural high school and trying to help my “demotivated community” but I don’t feel like it helped more than me being genuine about my own aspirations and thoughts and putting more into what I hope to achieve and have been achieving than solely my restrictions
so I think he’ll be fine
ionic spruce
Yeah, he didn't want his essays to read negatively, but talk about what he has done and wants to do
ruby stag
his area might be evident through his school report, maybe
ionic spruce
the school only cares about getting local kids into local business, maybe junior college or trade schools. 😐
ruby stag
yep, ~21% of my high school actually attends a 2 or 4 year college
so it’s kind of hard to be high achieving in that sense
ionic spruce
it's been a fight since kindergarten for both my kids, for sure
ruby stag
i asked my counselor for a copy of our school profile as I was really curious about how it contextualized my area, and it was really interesting tbh. even though he may not have expressed it himself, likely his teachers/counselors will express the state of the area around him and how he’s succeeded
ionic spruce
"It'll get better in the second half of elementary school", then "it'll get better in middle school", then "it'll get better in high school". Damn TAG coordinator for the district was more concerned about him being too young to get his drivers license same time as his peers than anything academic. Luckily she retired last year, so she had no input on anything. Maybe the HS counselor did something nice, but she's not been very helpful either. But you're right, it's possible. We did have a copy of our school/district profile, and from my perspective, it looked pretty grim. We should have switched districts when they were young.
anyway, fingers crossed on all fronts
nothing else to do now but wait
ruby stag
Yep, there’s nothing we can really do now
queen ledge
Like i have an instate friend and their tuition is 65k after aid
thats literally cap but ok
small forge
Is it
slim charm
well harvard rea is mostly for athlete + legacy
is that for real? I read some article that said this for most Ivies
covert sentinel
thats literally cap but ok
It was coa
covert sentinel
Also i worded this wrong its 65k as the cost of attendance
Im dumb i corrected myself here
next hinge
do you guys think MIT would have decided on most apps already
ruby stag
do you guys think MIT would have decided on most apps already
yes
committee rn i saw an AO on reddit who said theyre in committee (accept & waitlist)
verbal idol
committee rn i saw an AO on reddit who said theyre in committee (accept & waitli...
like MIT AO?
ruby stag
like MIT AO?
not MIT so it doesn’t really connect generalization wise
verbal idol
are you talking about the aggravating_humor dude
indigo knoll
Umass Kendall Square
verbal idol
he works for berk
nah I'm looking at the thread rn and he says he doesn't
ruby stag
nah I'm looking at the thread rn and he says he doesn't
ohh weird
huh maybe i got it confused
he said he went to berk
clear gulch
got email from mit
verbal walrus
^
fierce rapids
it’s promotional
maybe its a secret likely
amber turret
Lol
covert sentinel
The forbidden likely letters (the mit mailing list)
fierce rapids
Knowing MIT, they’d have like secret binary code at the end of specific newsletters which are likelies
ruby stag
maybe its a secret likely
yes definitely (my friend is actually featured in it!)
compact imp
my deferred friend got one today
hello lake😭😭😭
snow thunder
hello lake😭😭😭
Hello
harsh rose
MITCH for short
devout field
Mid Institude of Technology
timber urchin
I'm honestly not at all worried about whether I'll get into MIT
harsh rose
I'm honestly not at all worried about whether I'll get into MIT
Same kinda wanna get rejected
I’m too lazy to have to sweat
For MIT classes
devout field
im gonnna make a whole joke abojut it
timber urchin
It's a 1.8% acceptance rate for deferred EA to accepted RD. I cannot be bothered to give a fuck
harsh rose
I applied RD
harsh rose
why do they defer so many people
Prob to lower their rd acceptance rate
timber urchin
Low key MIT undergrad isn't amazing
harsh rose
USC took a play out of the MIT playbook
timber urchin
Fuck USC
devout field
uscs even worse
timber urchin
What stupid fucking school defers literally everyone
devout field
(unless you wanna go to usc)
devout field
What stupid fucking school defers literally everyone
stupid ones
timber urchin
Not even wait lists or rejections EA
Literally everyone except the 4% that got in
And there was no pattern to who got in either
Great students got deferred and mid students got in
devout field
same happened w michigan at my school
timber urchin
Michigan didn't even bother to read all the applications or something lmaoo
devout field
😭
harsh rose
Michigan didn't even bother to read all the applications or something lmaoo
that's what everyone speculated lmao
timber urchin
Because some of the in state kids who got deferred...
Had no reason not to get in
I didn't apply because 80k/yr for Michigan is insane
harsh rose
I got defer
harsh rose
I didn't apply because 80k/yr for Michigan is insane
valid
devout field
I didn't apply because 80k/yr for Michigan is insane
right
harsh rose
no one wants cold ass Ann Arbor anyways
devout field
i got into uf anyway if i wanted to go to a big state school id go there
for free too
devout field
no one wants cold ass Ann Arbor anyways
real
harsh rose
damn that's clean
devout field
cold isolated and miserable
devout field
im saying this even tho im from NH
LMAOO
brave ibex
Lol I just saw the email from MIT and instantly came here to see if yall got it too😭
Because I literally am international and applied for pre-law or whatever it was..and they send me emails about math camps
granite knoll
Because I literally am international and applied for pre-law or whatever it was....
heart ripped
xD
brave ibex
fr:(
snow thunder
hello lake don't know who u are but u seem like an annoying guy
Same tbh
Wouldn’t wanna be friends w u🔥💯
snow thunder
Had no reason not to get in
I mean they care about ecs too
Even if ur stats r fine they do pay attention to depth/impact of ecs which isn’t that objective
snow thunder
just ann arbor slander
That’s the only thing in Ann Arbor 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Also like maybe it’s cuz I live in mi but Michigan weather is not bad
At all
Like just wear a coat and you’ll live
devout field
😭😭
MIT let me in 
royal gull
Whats up with the CA 👀
verbal idol
Whats up with the CA 👀
?
verbal idol
Maybe Caltech
royal gull
after Pi day, if I am accepting then lfg. If I am rejected then fuck MIT, all my homies hate MIT. Stanny and Caltech on top
Although Caltech is prolly gonna come before Pi day I reckon
subtle lodge
I decided to name my newborn child "Massachusetts Institute O'Technology" - does this show demonstrated interest? Should I mention it in my application?
royal gull
It does but its a pretty old trick in the book, your admissions officer will probably be more dissapointed that you didn’t do something unique
might have worked for harvard though
slim charm
Does anyone know if you're accepted to another college under early decision, other schools are notified?
true violet
No, maybe a small group but not really, and only after acceptances.
But it’s bad form to not withdraw after getting into your ed
ionic spruce
very bad form
slim charm
yeah. I know someone whose doing that. got ED @ JHU and not withdrawing from MIT.. Bad form.
indigo knoll
yeah. I know someone whose doing that. got ED @ JHU and not withdrawing from MI...
is she willing to break ED agreement for MIT or is she just doing it know whether or not she could get in.
slim charm
break ED for MIT
indigo knoll
oh well
if she does get in
I would feel bad for '24 applicants at her school who plans on applying there
timber urchin
Colleges do ED for their own benefit. If you want to risk it and break ED, fair game
Just be ready for any consequences
Including being rescinded at both schools
slim charm
How would the other school know?
I heard there was a list that goes out...
but not sure if it's real
timber urchin
Apparently some of the top schools do share lists or something
Otherwise you could ED multiple places
quasi grove
that’s fucking terrible
timber urchin
And no one tries that
indigo knoll
There's a greater consequence that affects not just the student but also other future applicants. If they get caught, the university might blacklist that entire high school because of that student backing out of a legal contract.
slim charm
anyways it's bad form. some applicant got rejected or deferred cuz of this right?
timber urchin
But given MIT doesn't do ED, they probably wouldn't know about a Hopkins agreement as in this case
timber urchin
There's a greater consequence that affects not just the student but also other f...
Only if there was some indication the school was to blame
Like a pattern of it happening