it's like stuck in POST DATA or something aye
#MIT (2022-2023)
placid fractal
placid fractal
yeye
royal acorn
icl
placid fractal
lmfaoooo
royal acorn
i think that's just a bug
royal acorn
like latency/lots of post requests at this time from students
yeah ik i'm not getting in it's freakin' mit and i'm an intl š
kind karmaBOT
Used 18 times.
placid fractal
im not even nervous for the mit decision now coz like i basically know its rejection already lmfao
royal acorn
oh lol i'm p sure it's just a 404 actually
unless i've found another page that doesn't work
just click on the mit logo on the finaid page
just doesn't go anywhere lol
placid fractal
yea but i think thats just a design flaw lol
royal acorn
for me it says 404 at least š
placid fractal
same
royal acorn
but in incognito it asks you to sign in
placid fractal
š
royal acorn
this better not be the way i go out š¤
placid fractal
bro are u just like
royal acorn
shit what if it is
placid fractal
trying every button rn š
royal acorn
yes š
placid fractal
valid
royal acorn
it just gives me the weird signin okay it's just bad design icl
placid fractal
prolly yea
humble ice
it just gives me the weird signin okay it's just bad design icl
404 on logoš
Time to panic?
royal acorn
404 on logoš
mit not found
placid fractal
bro the mit fin aid page looks like it hasnt received an update since 2013 šæ
royal acorn
or maybe i'm just a goner lol
humble ice
mit not found
Damnš
placid fractal
it just gives me the weird signin okay it's just bad design icl
is this when u open it in incognito?
i just get the normal 404 in the normal browser if i click on the mit logo in the fin aid page
humble ice
i just get the normal 404 in the normal browser if i click on the mit logo in th...
Sameš
half basalt
Why are people doing portal spec for mit
The fin aid page hasn't changed since last year
humble ice
Why are people doing portal spec for mit
Portal what? I have no idea what you're talking aboutš¤·āāļø
half basalt
My b I meant portal astrophysics
placid fractal
ayo
seph
may have stumbled onto something here
coz even when i do it in incognito
i get the normal 404
š
humble ice
My b I meant portal astrophysics
Is that the one where we calculate the amount of times we've opened a portal?š¤
royal acorn
is this when u open it in incognito?
ya
royal acorn
i get the normal 404
huH?
royal acorn
nah that wouldn't make sense bc incognito wouldn't be tied to my account
placid fractal
wait what
royal acorn
unless they're tracking IPs now š
royal acorn
can't atm, but feel free to dm!
minor isle
What percentage of caltech admits get into mit
Because I would assume with them being the selective tech powerhouses theyād look for similar qualities in applicants
ruby stag
What percentage of caltech admits get into mit
uncorrelated
the caltech admit ik got deferred ea mit
waxen gorge
caltech and mit look for different people
so there might be minimum correlation but it's just because the applicants who get into one are probably academically qualified for mit too
minor isle
caltech and mit look for different people
How so? Wouldnāt it be closer than any other two schools
ornate vessel
Different schools hold different values etc etc
minor isle
How so? Wouldnāt it be closer than any other two schools
Meaning like Iād assume thereās more of a correlation getting into one of those two and getting into the other compared to for example columbia and mit
ruby stag
How so? Wouldnāt it be closer than any other two schools
if every caltech admit got into mit their yield would be 0
minor isle
Different schools hold different values etc etc
Absolutely and thatās why itās rare for kids to get into every top school
minor isle
if every caltech admit got into mit their yield would be 0
Hmm thatās true, maybe thatās why itās like 40% š
minor isle
you just refuted yourself
I mean yeah obv caltechās yield rate isnāt below 50% because that portion of their admits go to just mit
But Iām sure itās generally some combo of various other top schools and maybe cheaper in states options for some
ruby stag
thatās what iāve seen
minor isle
But I mean would that not apply for every top school
ruby stag
even if every caltech admir got into mit there would still be 900 spots
minor isle
Like ppl who donāt go to cornel are going to other top schools instead
minor isle
even if every caltech admir got into mit there would still be 900 spots
Yeah and Iām sure a lot of the kids who applied rea to caltech this year prob didnāt even apply to mit
waxen gorge
i didn't apply to mit and i applied to caltech š
i should have applied to mit though, i was just too lazy for the application i guess
minor isle
Yeah it was annoying how mit had a whole separate application
ruby stag
i should have applied to mit though, i was just too lazy for the application i g...
you prob wouldāve had a better chance at mit
minor isle
Probably would see an increase in apps if they were on common app
waxen gorge
you prob wouldāve had a better chance at mit
that's honestly true
i have more humanities which mit likes
ruby stag
caltech is gigastem
waxen gorge
and mit takes test scores
makes me mad now š
but it's whatever
if i really want mit i'll just apply for their phd/grad school
ruby stag
Probably would see an increase in apps if they were on common app
they donāt care about shotgunners
ruby stag
hard to transfer yeah
half basalt
Probably would see an increase in apps if they were on common app
a MUCH HIGHER increase
A2C has taught me that too many people apply through the common app without even visiting the college websites
ruby stag
yeah itās kinda wild mit only got 27k
youād think theyād be at like 40-50 like harvard
ruby stag
mmmm total i think
minor isle
Wow that is pretty surprising
ruby stag
they got 6k less apps
minor isle
Test required
All the people with not as great test scores who were hesitant about applying probably just ended up not applying
ruby stag
even if ur hesitant if you have above a 1400 youāre not autoreject
30+ ACT or 1400+ SAT makes admission not impossible
worldly fjord
30+ ACT or 1400+ SAT makes admission not impossible
but with an average of 1550 its pretty hard
probably because mit also has its own app
more work
to just get rejected
ppl dont bother
clear gulch
they said only 10% of total applications r auto rejects
ruby stag
they said only 10% of total applications r auto rejects
and those apps wouldāve been rejected early
idk who would be shotgunning mit tho
if you have less than a 700 math i donāt think itās worthwhile to apply
100% were 700+ M
waxen gorge
my 29 math on act š
ruby stag
ehehe
quasi rover
they said only 10% of total applications r auto rejects
Sure
but if you're playing with a heavy disadvantage at a uni that already has a 3% acceptance rate
even if not quite an autoreject
you arent gonna bother writing all the essays
etc
ruby stag
my 29 math on act š
waxen gorge
LOL
ruby stag
would not apply with under a 30 math
waxen gorge
that's so funny
harsh rose
if you have less than a 700 math i donāt think itās worthwhile to apply
Not even that I would think it would be atleast 780
waxen gorge
i think i should have genuinely retaken the act at some point because it would be really easy to have studied to get a 35 act composite and better math
ruby stag
Not even that I would think it would be atleast 780
no lol
quasi rover
of the ACT
ruby stag
itās rarer to get in with a test score under 1550 but it isnāt unheard of
half basalt
itās rarer to get in with a test score under 1550 but it isnāt unheard of
eh isnt their 25%ile a 1510
quasi rover
eh isnt their 25%ile a 1510
you gotta consider hooked people though
but for sure 1510 is not like
impossible to get in with
or anything
pine prism
my friend got in last year ea with a low 35 on act as an unhooked asian male in cs
so idt it matters that much tbh
quasi rover
I doubt they differentiate between low and high 35
half basalt
you gotta consider hooked people though
yeah but they say that they dont use testing beyond a certain threshold
sweet elm
caltech yield protected me
quasi rover
ive heard they just translate SAT into ACT
sweet elm
mit here i come
quasi rover
and call it a day
placid fractal
my friend got in last year ea with a low 35 on act as an unhooked asian male in ...
i mean essays are also rly important
half basalt
yeah but they say that they dont use testing beyond a certain threshold
that is if they determine that you can handle their classes
and i dont think EBRW plays a huge role there..
placid fractal
caltech yield protected me
thats the mindset fr šÆ
quasi rover
I doubt they differentiate between low and high 35
seriously though
the AO isnt gonna spend time thinking about whether its a low or a high 35
pine prism
true
quasi rover
they might look at the math in particular though
pine prism
sat/act are very bad metrics though
quasi rover
but thats a different conversation
pine prism
how does sat correlate with essay writing bruh
sweet elm
(top 100 usamts or aime qual doesnāt matter just ACT trust)
clear gulch
i got a 790 on math, welp
pine prism
790 = 800
clear gulch
phew
placid fractal
sat/act are very bad metrics though
lol the sat math isnt hard content its just testing whether or not u can read and not make silly mistakes
pine prism
yeah exactly
barren lily
Do u also panic and send memes instead of having a normal conversation
placid fractal
š
half basalt
ruby stag
itās so funny everyone telling me iām autoreject š
placid fractal
Do u also panic and send memes instead of having a normal conversation
in what context bro
sweet elm
lmfao
barren lily
itās so funny everyone telling me iām autoreject š
Haters gonna hate. Don't listen
sweet elm
fax.
barren lily
in what context bro
Like with your partner
ruby stag
tbf if i wasnāt hooked it wouldnāt matter what act i have
placid fractal
Like with your partner
lmfaooooooooo
ruby stag
iād probably be reject
clear gulch
itās so funny everyone telling me iām autoreject š
dw, they'll accept us, a 32 and 1420 are impeccable scores.
placid fractal
Like with your partner
nah sending memes is a sigma move
ruby stag
dw, they'll accept us, a 32 and 1420 are impeccable scores.
true
placid fractal
iād probably be reject
statistically we're all prolly rejects lmfaooo
ruby stag
also true
barren lily
nah sending memes is a sigma move
Sent 4 random memes after "wanna go to the movies next week?" wtf is wrong with me
placid fractal
statistically we're all prolly rejects lmfaooo
dont think anyone should be rly confident in mit unlesst they got imo gold or something
placid fractal
Sent 4 random memes after "wanna go to the movies next week?" wtf is wrong with ...
impeccable rizz ong
half basalt
ruby stag
Sent 4 random memes after "wanna go to the movies next week?" wtf is wrong with ...
š³
ruby stag
yeah 750+ is the same no?
placid fractal
Sent 4 random memes after "wanna go to the movies next week?" wtf is wrong with ...
at least u have a gf tho so ur already like doing better than 90% of a2c š
sweet elm
Just to lighten the mood <:peepocry:790555234434023445>
lmfao
worldly fjord
A couple months later, Artemis was rejected from MIT
sweet elm
:kekw:
half basalt
A couple months later, Artemis was rejected from MIT
lmaoo
worldly fjord
my act -> sat math translation is a 730
Even if you had a 800 math ur chances would go from
1 to 1.1%
clear gulch
guys let's just chill, you knowing your gonna get in or not won't change the result in the next 3 days.
pine prism
my act -> sat math translation is a 730
you should've retook but it is what it is ig
worldly fjord
So oh well its mit
placid fractal
Even if you had a 800 math ur chances would go from
fr
ruby stag
you should've retook but it is what it is ig
extenuating circumstances
pine prism
oh wait yeah my b
barren lily
at least u have a gf tho so ur already like doing better than 90% of a2c š
u know how people get cheesy pics together and put on their stories and u look at them and think "id never do such thing" but then u do it and u cant stop regretting it
half basalt
hmm
pine prism
i think u mentioned before
placid fractal
800 math on the sat just means u have slightly better reading comprehension skills lmfao
placid fractal
u know how people get cheesy pics together and put on their stories and u look a...
joining the darkside huh
ruby stag
test centers closed; test center hours away, school was online for 2y and attendance wasnāt mandatory so teachers didnāt teach (they didnāt have to assign work) and after that it didnāt get any better š
but w/e
placid fractal
joining the darkside huh
nah but if its just ur girl making u do it thats still dignified
ruby stag
mit officer saying 1400 isnāt autoreject š
barren lily
joining the darkside huh
since everyone already seen shit ton of my pictures im fine with sending it because u mentioned "darkside" and the picture is black and white 
ruby stag
must not be true! proclaims the high school senior, sporting a 790 (which they cry over)
placid fractal
since everyone already seen shit ton of my pictures im fine with sending it beca...
ayo??
dm
sweet elm
letās see this
placid fractal
bruh just dm dont send photos into gcs š
ruby stag
heās sent imo photos here š
sweet elm
chad
sweet elm
explains the rea caltech dub jeez
barren lily
the thing is that i have +140 unread messeges and I cant find people fast because smh it's not chronological when people send new messeges
placid fractal
the thing is that i have +140 unread messeges and I cant find people fast becaus...
fair enough
placid fractal
thats based
imo is way harder than other olys lol thats respectable
idk if i could speedrun an imo medal like i did with ibo
clear gulch
does MIT take bribes?
clear gulch
lol
barren lily
idk if i could speedrun an imo medal like i did with ibo
I tried IBO and just made it to the top 4 and only the top 2 went to national finals from my school š„¹
placid fractal
I tried IBO and just made it to the top 4 and only the top 2 went to national fi...
lmfaoooooooo
placid fractal
I tried IBO and just made it to the top 4 and only the top 2 went to national fi...
which country r u from
clear gulch
the applicant fee
what if my dad donates a building?
clear gulch
just buy mit
i need 24.6 billion dollars
ruby stag
what if my dad donates a building?
that would work
ruby stag
thatās what jeff bezos did
ruby stag
ikea land
clear gulch
thatās what jeff bezos did
yea, that worked 25 years ago, now every kid is doing it
barren lily
i didnt talk much with the swedish kids during ibo
i dont know any of them actually haha
fun fact, i go to the same school as the founder of IKEA, get your stereotypes straight
clear gulch
im gonna be flying by Sweden today
placid fractal
i dont know any of them actually haha
the only interaction i had with the swedish team is sitting behind this girl in the bus and explaining how morality can be explained solely with game theory to my teammate and this girl turning around and calling me "based"
barren lily
the only interaction i had with the swedish team is sitting behind this girl in ...
was she thin, long light brown hair, no glasses
sweet elm
average olympiad participant
placid fractal
was she thin, long light brown hair, no glasses
i think so lmao
barren lily
i think so lmao
i know who she is, she is majoring in pure mathematics at Cambridge now, also went to my school.
sweet elm
sprague grundying my way into an ethical murder trust
placid fractal
i know who she is, she is majoring in pure mathematics at Cambridge now, also we...
oh thats so cool lol
yea i mainly spent ibo hanging around the brits and the dutch lmao
the swedes kinda just socialized within themselves
sweet elm
where the IOIers at
barren lily
Scandinavians usually hang out together. I always hang out with Norwegians when im at olympiads because we can speak our languages.
sweet elm
quasi rover
idk just me or does thin, long light brown hair, no glasses probably fit the profile of like dozens of people there
barren lily
where the IOIers at
only BOI
placid fractal
Scandinavians usually hang out together. I always hang out with Norwegians when ...
fair enough lol
quasi rover
š
barren lily
idk just me or does thin, long light brown hair, no glasses probably fit the pro...
not all of them know game theory and are from Sweden
placid fractal
imo was held in oslo last year aye
quasi rover
Ok true I suppose
barren lily
whatās that
barren lily
u a cs major?
hell nah, theoretical physics
barren lily
thank u
sweet elm
heard it is mad rigorous
placid fractal
hell nah, theoretical physics
lmaoooo all my imo friends are going into cs or econ š
making bank fr
barren lily
lmaoooo all my imo friends are going into cs or econ š
Well i was recommended by some professors to not pay for CS degree, id still love to learn and perhaps work in that industry for a while but not really worth the money since i have already taken the majority of the courses and a lot is available online. Or else Id would have also gone for CS. + CS is all about skills, you can literally get a job at google without a degree if you are good enough.
Econ is based sorta, specially if you do finance.
placid fractal
fair enough
sweet elm
true
going to caltech for theoretical physics
and then making millies at a finance firm
utmost based route
placid fractal
all ik abt caltech is that that's where the big bang theory was filmed š
so yes theoretical physics sounds fitting
barren lily
yeah id 100% end up at Sachs after caltech 
placid fractal
physics --> engineering --> weapons development at raytheon technologies
sweet elm
placid fractal
physics --> engineering --> weapons development at raytheon technologies
the engineering pipeline
iron heron
would not apply with under a 30 math
math was my lowest score 30 in math barely acceptable
barren lily
Im literally doing some function analysis and i drew the graph but it smh looks nothing like the actual graph? my life is a hoax, what have i missed. 
ruby stag
math was my lowest score 30 in math barely acceptable
if u got a 30+ i wouldnāt be worried
ruby stag
for MIT if itās not 36 iād be worried
bros coping
iron heron
i got a 32 in science 30 math 35 grammar and 36 reading
sweet elm
depends
iron heron
depends on the test
ruby stag
should i set my caltech balloon on fire or just release it
sweet elm
on math
iron heron
sometimes it can be like 36 or even 34 just depends
pine prism
that's more than fine
sweet elm
iron heron
i hate standardized testing so much it kinda sucks that mit requires it i wouldāve expected them to also start phasing it out
sweet elm
MIT gigachads for keeping it
ruby stag
nah
sweet elm
without it i am empty.
ruby stag
they donāt want shotgunners
pine prism
standardized testing is based
sweet elm
its p awful to not have that
by going test blind caltech just showed
unless youāre absolutely cracked
sturdy fox
Bill gatesā kids gonna be able to go anywhere they want, literally every school Iāve seen has a āGates Buildingā or āGates Hallā or something
pine prism
bc otherwise grade inflation is unfair
clear gulch
one of these ppl will look at ur application if ur curious to know: https://mitadmissions.org/about/meet-the-admissions-officers/
sturdy fox
one of these ppl will look at ur application if ur curious to know: https://mita...
I donāt wanna meet the people who are gonna tell me Iām not good enough š
quasi rover
i hate standardized testing so much it kinda sucks that mit requires it i wouldā...
they got rid of it
and then reimplemented cus they felt they needed it
ruby stag
petey clutch
vestal notch
pog
sweet elm
o ram
dam *
most schools optional
i prefer required
cuz im biased
i think thatās the way it should be tho regardless
ruby stag
iām not gonna lie
there is 0.01% of me that wants to go to a top school so someone will take me to the vienna opera ball
so based
royal acorn
mit stays balling
snow thunder
yeah itās kinda wild mit only got 27k
I mean pretty much only stem kids apply to MIT and itās test required so this is sensible
verbal idol
one of these ppl will look at ur application if ur curious to know: https://mita...
lol
playing video games with the boys
lone tusk
š
royal acorn
i need him to check out my essays ong
sweet elm
i doubt they give a shit
covert sentinel
Hey dw ill do that for you
Hey guys am i screwed if ive already been rejected twice :((((((
lofty vortex
i really hope mit doesn't consider my subscores outside of my superscore bc yikes
quasi rover
i really hope mit doesn't consider my subscores outside of my superscore bc yike...
was ur math bad
devout field
plot twist mit accepts their worst applicants this year (me) (please)
covert sentinel
False
Youre amazing
This should be an ideal application though
I wish you could put like 1 image as like "haha this is totally me" i would totally send that (it is entirely false)
warm imp
!mit
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lofty vortex
was ur math bad
my superscore is a 36 (36s on M/S and 35s on R/W) but one of the scores i had to submit to make the superscore had a 31 math and 30 sci š
quasi rover
i bet they just have some thing grab the superscore
I would not be surprised if they had never even seen the 31/30
snow thunder
i hate standardized testing so much it kinda sucks that mit requires it i wouldā...
Nah i agrƩe w their decision
SAT math is algebra 2 content like
It is fair that anyone who canāt handle that probably canāt handle mit rigor
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half basalt
!mit
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royal gull
!mit
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royal gull
!caltech
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royal acorn
!mit
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royal acorn
everyone's manage recommenders button have disappeared, right? just manage financial aid now
quasi rover
I would tell you
but for some reason I cannot load the MIT portal
It appears to be google chrome trolling me because my other browser loads it
Yes, manage recommenders is gone for me.
placid fractal
everyone's manage recommenders button have disappeared, right? just manage finan...
yea but why do i remember it also being gone yesterday as well š
idk maybe im just forgetting things lol
royal acorn
yea but why do i remember it also being gone yesterday as well š
tbh i think my memory's really crappy so i ended up asking again š
placid fractal
lmao fair enough
we'll find out very soon anyways
im just tryna keep my mind off of it and trying to focus on other things lol
its like pretending not to care abt the pot to make the water boil faster lmfaooo
royal acorn
true hahaha
i'm just prepping for my a levels which keeps me busy š getting to grips with some calc
we have mock exams on ivy day so i'll be making use of the slow time perception to get more apparent work done
royal acorn
!mit
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ornate gust
is mit fin aid still glitching for supposed accepted ppl?
weak thicket
Nah i agrƩe w their decision
i agrƩe
bro my phone does the exact same accent
š
small forge
ngl, if i don't get in, i'm not coming to school the next day š
snow thunder
bro my phone does the exact same accent
Itās bc I have the french keyboard
weak thicket
lmao
barren lily
ngl, if i don't get in, i'm not coming to school the next day š
just eat some ice cream and you will be fine
weak thicket
my french teacher made me change my phone to french 5 years ago
itās still here š
small forge
i got none lol
barren lily
Go get some L-tryptophan, just drink milk after your rejection. Scientific coping method
small forge
perhaps i will !
either way, i got waitlisted after deferral from my top choice, rejected by my 3rd, then deferred by MIT (my 2nd, probably current top choice) š
idk what school would be after those 3
barren lily
idk what school would be after those 3
pyongyang institute of technology
small forge
is it too late to send an app or is it rolling
barren lily
no idea tbh but it's a good choice worth looking into
small forge
alr thx for the suggestion, although idk how they'd like me
barren lily
i literally just edited wikipedia to avoid plagiarism in my homework.
small forge
they rejected someone for not being domestic
barren lily
they rejected someone for not being domestic
step 1: move to north korea
royal acorn
is mit fin aid still glitching for supposed accepted ppl?
nah there's no glitch it's just broken webpage design probably
small forge
oh well, at least my hurricane simulation is finally properly now, stuff kept happening that would break it after ~6 irl days and now that doesn't happen anymore
that's one w that's happened over the past 2 days āØ
queen ledge
is mit fin aid still glitching for supposed accepted ppl?
Wdym I donāt think the error means anything
I havenāt gotten it but
I havenāt gotten an interview either
š¤©
royal acorn
I havenāt gotten it but
means nothing it was just some POST request error that popped up for a second before loading the finaid website like usual
worldly fjord
Hi Mass tech student
lone gull
!mit
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lone gull
dookie
minor isle
BostonTech
indigo knoll
!MIT
kind karmaBOT
indigo knoll
!chance MIT
snow thunder
guys 2 days til masstech
pliant cedar
2 days before heartbreak š
royal acorn
frrrr
pine prism
MITs been my dream since middle school this will be so sad
waxen gorge
2 days until i watch all of you either get in or don't get in
timber urchin
2 days until I get yield protected
waxen gorge
smh why is your name cal(umbia) it should be a play on MIT
ruby stag
smh why is your name cal(umbia) it should be a play on MIT
because
well idk
Cal(ssachusets) Institute of Technology
royal acorn
if i get waitlisted i'd be so happy
which sounds weird but an acceptance is so far gone that i'd actually feel proper fulfilment and happiness from that
ruby stag
same
royal acorn
like bro it's enough for me š
ruby stag
dude also something i realized
iron heron
a waitlist is basically an acceptance just with bad luck
royal acorn
i told my mum that and she was like wait do you not even want to get in
ruby stag
all of the women i know that applied to caltech got straight rejected
royal acorn
a waitlist is basically an acceptance just with bad luck
EXACTLY and like i'm fine with that icl
ruby stag
all of the guys i know except for two got waitlisted
royal acorn
damn
ruby stag
who does caltech even accept in terms of women
royal acorn
better to be a bad luck accept than a very lucky reject or something idk probability
dense echo
my dad and brother both got deferred -> waitlisted -> rejected so I can't let them win here š
royal acorn
nah you gotta get this bread joe
dense echo
I've given up on deferred -> accepted so I'm just looking to tie
iron heron
also a waitlist is when you begin your groveling you fly to mass and get on two knees and scream and cry
royal acorn
TRUE i can't wait to do that
gonna put on my best šš grovelly (gravelly?) voice
solemn hare
all of the women i know that applied to caltech got straight rejected
Damn, during womenās history month too?
caLtech
royal acorn
Damn, during womenās history month too?
cal takes no one prisoners
timber urchin
Damn, during womenās history month too?
Historically women couldn't go to university š
ruby stag
tfw they make a statement that they admitted too many women last year so they had to only admit 3 women
idk iām still curious
dense echo
caltech cds is wild
dense echo
only 30% of the applicants are female isn't that insane
timber urchin
caltech cds is wild
Insane I would have 100% applied as a woman if I applied to caltech
ruby stag
IT DOESNT RAISE YOUR CHANCES LOL
dense echo
wait how doesn't it
timber urchin
Look at those numbers and tell me that again
ruby stag
literally everyone ik who got rejected was fucking cracked out of their mind
idk who they accept in terms of women
it isnāt like ābreathe air and have a good gpaā
timber urchin
The chance is still stupid low but it would for sure be better
waxen gorge
isn't it like a weird phenomenon with caltech because normally most schools have too many women
timber urchin
isn't it like a weird phenomenon with caltech because normally most schools have...
Basically all tech/eng schools
dense echo
isn't it like a weird phenomenon with caltech because normally most schools have...
stem schools
waxen gorge
that's true
timber urchin
MIT, GA Tech
dense echo
mit
timber urchin
Literally double the chance š¬
dense echo
equalish
solemn hare
because Iām sure they try to balance the class
ruby stag
I really donāt think it means āthings are easier for womenā lol. They have the same criteria, a women isnāt āgetting in over youā because they need to balance the class
dense echo
yeah ^
timber urchin
I really donāt think it means āthings are easier for womenā lol. They have the s...
No but since, in the colleges own words, at the top level it comes down to luck
dense echo
culture forces women out of stem so often
timber urchin
The chance of good luck is higher for a woman
solemn hare
Huh
royal acorn
alright about 230 people in here - how many people do y'all think are gonna get in on pi day
my guess is 10
timber urchin
12
ruby stag
I can assure you they arenāt picking a woman whoās going to be ālesser than youā because literally all of the women ik who were either deferred from MIT or rejected from caltech had several published papers, phenomenal gpas, and a slew of awards, it doesnāt mean that women have it any easier
dense echo
^
ruby stag
it isnāt like AA lmao
small forge
Yeah lol
iron heron
alright about 230 people in here - how many people do y'all think are gonna get ...
i can say with like 90% certainty iām not getting in
ruby stag
letās not talk abt it
dense echo
also forbidden topic
really?
royal acorn
i can say with like 90% certainty iām not getting in
i raise you a 99.9% chance i'm not getting in š
timber urchin
Not gonna argue it because it isn't allowed
dense echo
okj moving on
small forge
How is everyone doing on this fine Sunday
dense echo
let's keep the mit thread open
timber urchin
Regardless we're all gonna get yield protected
dense echo
yes! mainly because it devolves into some mix of racism/sexism
valid
ruby stag
yea I really donāt like when people are like āi shouldāve applied to mit as transgender, i wouldāve gotten inā NO you wouldnāt have ššš
timber urchin
To be clear I wasn't saying I'd get in doing that
ruby stag
if you wouldnāt have gotten in as a male you wouldnāt have gotten in as a female
royal acorn
also the utter callous lack of integrity or morals that shows ^^
dense echo
i should've applied as a building donatorā¹ļø
royal acorn
like respectfully you don't deserve to be at mit if you're willing to go that far š
ruby stag
but there have been people in this thread saying wild shit
timber urchin
But there's no doubt it improves odds at least as far as random chance goes
iron heron
i applied as nb but i did for most schools any schools my parents werenāt around when i applied i put nb š
dense echo
guys againnnn getting close to forbidden topic
timber urchin
Close is okay š
Also we should literally just have a channel for forbidden topics
iron heron
i should've applied as a building donatorā¹ļø
this reminded me of the article they said of the kid who built a generator or soemtbing in his garage got denied š
solemn hare
No
royal acorn
but it'll devolve into a dumpster fire given that a2c is paranoid college kids hell-bent on maximising their chances
ruby stag
Also we should literally just have a channel for forbidden topics
just make a separate server if you want to argue that stuff
dense echo
this reminded me of the article they said of the kid who built a generator or so...
LMAO YEAH
and it was spun as like a
solemn hare
just go to dm with someone if you care that much
dense echo
look admissions are random chance! Don't worry!
royal acorn
nuclear freakin' reactor in his background
royal acorn
nah that was spun as a 'we admitted a full class and none of them had a reactor'
ruby stag
this reminded me of the article they said of the kid who built a generator or so...
that was a safety hazard ššš
mit made a public statement
timber urchin
just make a separate server if you want to argue that stuff
I'm not too much of an arguer. I just think there should be some room for discussion
solemn hare
They wanted to show that people who didnāt make a nuclear reactor got in
so u donāt need to be super crazy
royal acorn
just be yoself and hope mit loves you
ruby stag
āwe wonāt admit someone who tries to impress us by blatantly violating the law to an extreme extentā
timber urchin
š
dense echo
but imagine you do all that and mit is like
royal acorn
ik a guy who got into mit and his biggest EC was regional hockey team captain and they won a local comp
dense echo
yeah but we don't really like you as a person
royal acorn
it's all about passion and fit
ruby stag
QED donāt build a nuclear reactor for mit
iron heron
IMAGINE HAVING THE ARTICLE WRITTKE ON YOU THATS SO EMBARRASSING
royal acorn
IMAGINE HAVING THE ARTICLE WRITTKE ON YOU THATS SO EMBARRASSING
š
i wonder how that kid's doing
iron heron
probably amazing
royal acorn
ah he dropped out of college bc he won the thiel fellowship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Wilson i believe this is the homie from a cnn article
cool guy
waxen gorge
ik a guy who got into mit and his biggest EC was regional hockey team captain an...
also to be honest the more i look at colleges and stuff the more i realize that colleges really also want to see you have fun and do something other than academics
royal acorn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn
wtf i can't believe there's been two of them
but that's wild
waxen gorge
and even if you find academics fun, like, there are ways to make it more fun than just doing research or etc.
royal acorn
also to be honest the more i look at colleges and stuff the more i realize that ...
yeah fr, hence the mit fun essay
can't just be a robot bc then what's the point of going to a school with a broad curriculum
everyone at mit, even the crazy maths geniuses, have other diverse and wonderful interests
waxen gorge
also it differentiates you from the rest of the geniuses with no personality
iron heron
in the fun form i talked ab my favorite movies and shows and said iām finally able to pick up reading again cause iām done with applications
waxen gorge
š
waxen gorge
in the fun form i talked ab my favorite movies and shows and said iām finally ab...
based
i've been trying to figure out github pages because i want to make a page to keep track of the books i've been reading
idk
iron heron
i updated them on some stuff like i told them iām certified to treat overdoses and a comp i placed in but not tok much emphasis on that
small forge
i talked about how i got into gardening and music composition iirc, for like half of it
iron heron
you should read my fav book i burn paris
royal acorn
also it differentiates you from the rest of the geniuses with no personality
^^ they're looking to build a class of diverse peeps
iron heron
reading anna karenina rn š¤
royal acorn
in my fun form i just put weird assorted quotes
in my fun essay i talked about rapping
waxen gorge
you should read my fav book i burn paris
i'm reading the complete persepolis rn i just haven't had a lot of time to do so
i also don't get github pages š mine is just not leading to a page at all
but it's ok i'll troubleshoot it today
iron heron
im too lazy to keep track
minor isle
if you wouldnāt have gotten in as a male you wouldnāt have gotten in as a female
this is very true for all top schools
waxen gorge
all work but no play makes jack a dull boy
ruby stag
Quod erat demonstrandum
š„°
that one slipped but therefore is such a long word for QED and isnāt as effective
sharp karma
hoping this will be the first
Such an us moment
indigo knoll
my dad and brother both got deferred -> waitlisted -> rejected so I can't let th...
bruh
sad moments
ruby stag
mit accepts 0 people off waitlist
indigo knoll
I honestly don't care at this point about where I get into lol
indigo knoll
I'm just gonna go to umass amherst if I don't get into neu or any of my top schools lol
Purdue and UIUC are just too far away for me
even though I got into engineering
ruby stag
unrelated but do you think mit has a harpsichord
indigo knoll
have you heard that rap music video made by a MIT phd student?
ruby stag
no
small forge
i swear, these colleges songs are just ick š
i couldn't be caught dead recording these
ruby stag
still flexing that when i was in the coop after taking a tour and went to get a hoodie the guy thought i was frosh and asked for my id
indigo knoll
you look nerdy?
indigo knoll
do you look bigger than you actually are lol
or like
showing signs of college-level maturity
ruby stag
i kinda look nerdy, idk
iām 5ā9ā and i was wearing a short sleeve kirby collared shirt
with jeans
maybe i just look approachable
barren lily
you look nerdy?
Happened to me too like you can take a walk around MIT if you have glasses while carrying a laptop and people will think you are a CS major.
indigo knoll
oh that might been it
small forge
that's probably why lmao
ruby stag
not sure
when i was in the coop i didnāt
idk iām just that good
i mean at harvard i was there with my friend who lives in cambridge and we were walking around with my aunt and my grandma/great aunt
indigo knoll
maybe they normally don't see non-MIT affiliated individuals there to purchase hoodies
so when you walk in
ruby stag
maybe they normally don't see non-MIT affiliated individuals there to purchase h...
after a tour š
indigo knoll
looking a bit MIT-like
ruby stag
i mean also it was near frosh day
ruby stag
like orientation
indigo knoll
yeah
ruby stag
so could be
indigo knoll
the CPW?
indigo knoll
ooh
barren lily
i just ordered a whiteboard table so that i can do physics smoothly while i sit
waxen gorge
i just ordered a whiteboard table so that i can do physics smoothly while i sit
wtf is a whiteboard table
barren lily
wtf is a whiteboard table
ruby stag
i just ordered a whiteboard table so that i can do physics smoothly while i sit
that is so cool
idk why but itās also the case for me that i love to do physics/math on a whiteboard
like writing on paper is so confusing and cramping
waxen gorge
i personally enjoy paper but i hate the fact that erasing = sometimes messes a lot up
so i would also love one of these
i like using ipad but i just lose apple pens all the time š
mint swift
https://www.schoolsin.com/mrc-apex-series-rec-whiteboard-act-tables.html
every table is a white board table if you try hard enough
gaunt zenith
It does not
ruby stag
every table is a white board table if you try hard enough
true
restive flume
does it mean anything if an mit sloan ao looks at ur linkedin
waxen gorge
does it mean anything if an mit sloan ao looks at ur linkedin
possibly, it means they're interested enough to check it out. idk? who knows
sturdy fox
does it mean anything if an mit sloan ao looks at ur linkedin
It may mean something but I wouldnāt put too much stock in it because thereās no point getting your hopes up
restive flume
not sure but i checked yesterday night and it said āmit sloan school of managementā under the ācompanies ur top viewers work atā
mint swift
dont overthink linked in views
restive flume
okay okay
gaunt zenith
also if theyāre a Sloan ao theyāre not an mit undergrad AO
mint swift
damn loopy was out for blood on this day š
snow thunder
damn loopy was out for blood on this day š
š
battleground in the a2c mit channel
snow thunder
i wasnāt even flexing š
to be fair mentioning your awards on discord is like kind of the definition of that
gaunt zenith
yeahā¦
waxen gorge
no i mean how was he not nice
barren lily
every table is a white board table if you try hard enough
wlecome to the whiteboard spectra
mint swift
this is probs what they were referring to
ruby stag
to be fair mentioning your awards on discord is like kind of the definition of t...
p sure they were shitting on me for my act score and asked if i had math oly
iām sorry for mentioning tho
sturdy fox
p sure they were shitting on me for my act score and asked if i had math oly
Yeah they were eviscerating you
ruby stag
ik im not that impressive, i got defensive too and i shouldnāt have
sturdy fox
Probably they were just having a bad day
solemn hare
ik im not that impressive, i got defensive too and i shouldnāt have
u are
sturdy fox
ik im not that impressive, i got defensive too and i shouldnāt have
Bro shut up youāre insanely impressive
If cal isnāt impressive then Iām literally a waste of life š
ruby stag
no i meant to address that i got defensive over being shat on for my act when i literally knew i would be š
sturdy fox
Every time I see that cal applied to a school Iām like āoh well thatās one less spot for meā
ruby stag
very intimidating
shhhh
ruby stag
Every time I see that cal applied to a school Iām like āoh well thatās one less ...
š not how that works
trust me you got way more competitive people than me applying
sturdy fox
š not how that works
Just saying youāre very impressive
waxen gorge
i remember when the /r/chanceme tryhards tried to assassinate caly for being too good but she survived
gaunt zenith
college admissions isnt exactly a zero sum game
solemn hare
Harvard really fumbled the bag on you calypso
gaunt zenith
since class sizes r variable
solemn hare
I think I need to send them an email too
ruby stag
not until after rd
solemn hare
Ok, I gotchu
ruby stag
š
ruby stag
mint swift
Just saying youāre very impressive
yeah i agree you've done cool stuff but being humble's important too
and you can always learn from failures
instead of shifting the blame lmao
sturdy fox
Iāve never mentioned anything cool that I have done
gaunt zenith
idk uh taking urself seriously is cringe
ruby stag
nah of course I understand and I shouldnāt have gotten e defensive
gaunt zenith
in general
sturdy fox
idk uh taking urself seriously is cringe
Yeah agree
snow thunder
idk uh taking urself seriously is cringe
yea LOL
sturdy fox
But itās always nice to talk other people up if they are feeling down
snow thunder
college apps is the most unreasonable brutal process
mint swift
idk uh taking urself seriously is cringe
and victim card'ing šØāš¾
snow thunder
just go with the flow and dont try to justify rejections by saying it was for some other reason
like
lots of people get rejected from harvard and mit
š
sturdy fox
and victim card'ing šØāš¾
Acshually I am a big victim, mit deferred me despite my exceptionally average application but I really wanted to go there
mint swift
Acshually I am a big victim, mit deferred me despite my exceptionally average ap...
lmao š
ruby stag
yeah once again I apologize, I shouldāve been more humble in that situation and never shouldāve brought up stats, but that doesnāt exactly refuse the other party from saying ālooking forward to seeing your rejectionā while openly shitting on me lmao
I should definitely have reassessed my approach and i am sorry
sturdy fox
yeah once again I apologize, I shouldāve been more humble in that situation and ...
Youāre good cal
ruby stag
it wasnāt correct for me to retaliate in any circumstance, this is literally discord
sturdy fox
The other party was being pretty assholeish
āBeing in top 1% of 10 people isnāt that jmpresssiveā - š¤
mint swift
I should definitely have reassessed my approach and i am sorry
yea i undersatnd
solemn hare
I feel like the best way to deal with those type of ppl is to ignore them or continue to be nice so they feel bad
sturdy fox
I feel like the best way to deal with those type of ppl is to ignore them or con...
My approach is be nice until the other people make a valid point against me, then I block them
solemn hare
lmao
ruby stag
so based
solemn hare
probably Harvard
ruby stag
i feel like every other day thereās either a āyou deserve to get rejectedā or a āi shouldāve applied to mit as a transgender, since women have such an advantage i wouldāve gotten inā discussion in the stem school channels
sturdy fox
i feel like every other day thereās either a āyou deserve to get rejectedā or a ...
Damn the only people who deserve to be rejected are the ones who say āyou deserve to be rejectedā
solemn hare
why would you hit them when theyāre already down
solemn hare
waiting for the the ivy day bloodbath
solemn hare
sturdy fox
waiting for the the ivy day bloodbath
This server gonna be hellish that day
No way am I coming here until the debris settles
sturdy fox
Iām gonna give it a safe berth from March 29 to April 2
solemn hare
idc about the rest
sturdy fox
Iām only looking forward to ivy day to see if some ppl on here get in
#āØ-celebration-station is gonna be the sole refuge of happiness that day
barren lily
If i end up at KTH @ruby stag
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/996120932785590354/1084579948129431692/335552545_170175589149524_8197922135500981169_n.png
ruby stag
the coffice š
waxen gorge
wtf is kth
ruby stag
wtf is kth
kentucky tech highschool
waxen gorge
oh interesting
ember sorrel
are there any actual imo medalists in this gc
sturdy fox
are there any actual imo medalists in this gc
Iām a 12 time gold medalist of the olympics, sadly one year I got silver. In my life I have eaten 1403 different medals, 76 of which have been tasty.
worldly fjord
Dont forget the integral of pi with respect to t is pit which is close to mit
ember sorrel
Iām a 12 time gold medalist of the olympics, sadly one year I got silver. In my ...
only 12?
sturdy fox
Dont forget the integral of pi with respect to t is pit which is close to mit
Thatās a really good point, I forgot about that
sturdy fox
only 12?
Yeah I kinda slacked off for a few years
But those years that I didnāt win Olympic medals I made sure to eat extra medals
To make up for it
ember sorrel
dw man, there's always community college
sturdy fox
dw man, there's always community college
Hopeufllly I get in
ember sorrel
Hopeufllly I get in
i wouldn't bet on it
sturdy fox
the truth hurts
waxen gorge
Dont forget the integral of pi with respect to t is pit which is close to mit
the integral of mi (with m being a constant and i being the imaginary unit) with respect to t would be mit
worldly fjord
the integral of mi (with m being a constant and i being the imaginary unit) with...
š²
sturdy fox
the integral of mi (with m being a constant and i being the imaginary unit) with...
The integral of 1 with respect to mit would be mit
barren lily
wtf is kth
like MIT of Sweden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTH_Royal_Institute_of_Technology
fervent junco
How many here are deferred EA?
solemn hare
the integral of mi (with m being a constant and i being the imaginary unit) with...
- C for caltech
royal gull
like MIT of Sweden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTH_Royal_Institute_of_Technol...
what about ETH Zurich
heard alot about that
sturdy fox
How many here are deferred EA?
Actually they didnāt defer me they just told me to wait a couple months for the acceptance because they wanted more time to make it special for me
fervent junco
Got deferred from UVA and Michigan also so Iām not feeling good
And flat-out rejected from UChicago
main shuttle
Got deferred from UVA and Michigan also so Iām not feeling good
dw I think everyone oos got deferred from mich
sturdy fox
Got deferred from UVA and Michigan also so Iām not feeling good
No but fr man donāt worry, I got deferred from 4/6 places so far. Weāll be fine
small forge
what about ETH Zurich
same hard rigor, just that one caters to european industry better and one caters to american industry better
main shuttle
One of my friends who got a likely from Yale got deferred mich
barren lily
what about ETH Zurich
Good but you need to know German for bachelors, KTH is larger and more international. I did an exchange semester att ETH 2019, it was hard but could have been me too.
sturdy fox
One of my friends who got a likely from Yale got deferred mich
Damn, likely from Yale is awesome
royal gull
Good but you need to know German for bachelors, KTH is larger and more internati...
Oh I didnāt know that
cool
sturdy fox
Oh I didnāt know that
Congrats on davis
royal gull
ty!!
waxen gorge
somehow i got waitlisted uchicago over other people so i think college admissions are either just blatantly broken or they really prioritize essays/circumstances to make people stand out
royal gull
its both
sturdy fox
somehow i got waitlisted uchicago over other people so i think college admission...
Essays are pretty important
barren lily
somehow i got waitlisted uchicago over other people so i think college admission...
my dad said it's like a lottery
waxen gorge
like how do i get wl'd uchicago but flat out rejected UF š
sturdy fox
my dad said it's like a lottery
Thatās true
waxen gorge
my dad said it's like a lottery
i don't get it anymore and i agree
fervent junco
like how do i get wl'd uchicago but flat out rejected UF š
EA or RD?
waxen gorge
UF doesn't have EA
sturdy fox
like how do i get wl'd uchicago but flat out rejected UF š
I got rejected from somewhere with a pretty high acceptance rate then got into a t10 for cs lmao
sturdy fox
I think thereās a lot of personal bias from the aos
waxen gorge
that's true
sturdy fox
Just if they vibe with your essays
snow thunder
they deferred you because they needed to give the EA pool a chance
So true
You were too good
waxen gorge
someone told me once they'd probably feel bad for me as an AO because of my circumstances (being completely deaf) and i think abt that a lot
snow thunder
One of my friends who got a likely from Yale got deferred mich
Yield probably
If theyāre oos
fervent junco
I donāt think umich would yield
sturdy fox
Yield probably
Umich is umich, they donāt yield protect
fervent junco
Most of the time āyieldā is just a cope
ember sorrel
someone told me once they'd probably feel bad for me as an AO because of my circ...
is your discord in braille?
ruby stag
someone told me once they'd probably feel bad for me as an AO because of my circ...
duh how are you going to hear their applications
snow thunder
Most of the time āyieldā is just a cope
I mean I got in so Iām not coping š
But like Ik kids at Princeton and Stanford who didnāt get into umich
Like
Itās pretty clear tbh
waxen gorge
is your discord in braille?
my discord is in ASL
sturdy fox
Most of the time āyieldā is just a cope
The way I see it is if itās a school people care enough about to complain about getting rejected from, they probably didnāt get yield protected
fervent junco
I didnāt say you were Iām just saying that a lot of people say they got yield protected as a cope
snow thunder
Cause umich oos is just as expensive as any private
Being 70k+
They know really cracked oos kids are probably not going to go
fervent junco
I donāt think public schools yield as much
ember sorrel
i have 5k+ keys for this
you're such an inspiration
snow thunder
Itās not only about merit but a cost analysis
waxen gorge
tbh when i go to college i want to genuinely actually learn asl
snow thunder
Cause umich oos is very very expensive and they donāt meet need for aid
waxen gorge
it's embarrassing to be deaf and know no asl other than simple things
main shuttle
Yield probably
maybe but idk if mich would YP
they deferred everybody I know, nobody got straight rejected
kinda strange
snow thunder
they deferred everybody I know, nobody got straight rejected
Yeah defer can be yield too
main shuttle
hm ic
snow thunder
Like defer -> waitlist is really common
For kids who up at hypsm
Itās not exactly a coincidence
main shuttle
I see
ember sorrel
it's embarrassing to be deaf and know no asl other than simple things
forgive my asking but what are the alternatives to asl?
waxen gorge
forgive my asking but what are the alternatives to asl?
i have cochlear implants and i've been speaking english since i was about 3-4, i had speech therapy until i was like 8 or 10 and i had to go to a specially zoned school for it but it was worth it
there's things like oralism/lipreading or texting whatnot but they've been largely left out because they just simply aren't good and even discriminate against deaf people because it's like forcing a deaf person to act like they're not deaf
barren lily
While me hiding my OCD for Caltech and MIT :
waxen gorge
i wrote my essay ON being deaf š i can't hide it
waxen gorge
there's things like oralism/lipreading or texting whatnot but they've been large...
there's also total communication which is basically using everything you can to communicate instead of just relying on one thing
barren lily
My OCD affects my studies but I thought it would make my application worse even tho it's literally how i learn things, im so obsessed with perfect logical steps, order, symmetry and repetition that I repeat everything and learn step by step methods for all problems or else my brain will collapse. When I study physics I can never use a formula that i have not proven, it might take weeks if i cant prove it i wont be able to use it. I cant just jump over the proof-step.
When I study for admission tests, I cant just do a test, I have to do ALL the tests from the earliest to the most recent one.
waxen gorge
it's pretty hard to say if you should have included it or not because some schools have to think about if they can give you accommodations or whatever
it's always great to prove something first though cause otherwise you're blindly using something you have no idea why it works
barren lily
I spent 3 days on the fundamental equation of thermodynamics, it looks easy but try to actually prove it.
barren lily
it's pretty hard to say if you should have included it or not because some schoo...
I sometimes have extra time during tests but idk if i'll have it at any colleges
waxen gorge
it's so funny to look at a simple equation and then realize how complicated the proof is in actuality
i think you should have extra time
i get extra time just for being deaf but i never have a reason to use it
it's like an extra 30 minutes to an hour too š
ember sorrel
it's so funny to look at a simple equation and then realize how complicated the ...
like the proof that x^3 + y^3 = z^3 has no solutions
worldly fjord
I like mit, but mit doesnt like me
verbal idol
yeah once again I apologize, I shouldāve been more humble in that situation and ...
I mean yeah is how pretty much every online discourse goes between people lol
start trying to brag --> get shit on for it
pliant cedar
gosh i'm so nervous for tuesday
my friends got into yale and northeastern and the idea was if we all went to our respective dream schools, we'd all still be nearby
but i might be the only one staying on the other side of the country lol š
kind karmaBOT
iron heron
you think if i email the admissions office and send a picture of me crying theyāll tell me my decision early
trail bone
they would probably move you to the reject pile
ruby stag
theyād reply with a ā:(ā
half basalt
you think if i email the admissions office and send a picture of me crying theyā...
I do not encourage using emotional manipulation tactics to try and influence a decision. Admissions offices typically have a set process and timeline for notifying applicants of their decisions. Sending a picture of yourself crying is unlikely to result in a faster decision or a positive outcome.
It's important to respect the admissions office's process and wait for their decision. If you have any concerns or questions, you can try reaching out to the admissions office through a polite and professional email or phone call, but it's best to avoid using emotional manipulation tactics.