Cornell (SUNY Ithaca) (2022-2023)

[uncut mauve]

proceeds to find out I am secretly that friend

jkjk

[thick abyss]

I HOPE

all abt embracing imperfections and journey stuff

[crystal nebula]

looks at profile 👀

[thick abyss]

and a lil debate and trauma sprinkled in

[vernal raven]

Mine doesnt sound like ivy material !?!?

[crystal nebula]

MAN BUT LIKE

DO YOU SEE THE EXAMPLE ESSAYS ONLINE?

IT'S ALWAYS SOME METAPHOR, SOME LIKE

IDEK

[true ridge]

Didn't some girl write about being a papa johns pizza and got into Harvard?

[vernal raven]

Im just kidding :p

[crystal nebula]

yeahhh like

[true ridge]

Anything is ivy mat

[crystal nebula]

all the crazy, out of wack ones have some sort of deep metaphor

[uncut mauve]

time to write about being a domino's pizza

: )

[crystal nebula]

that one person that wrote abt all the diff kinds of sauces they are?

b r o

[limpid ocean]

i kinda

like

[crystal nebula]

i wouldve written that sort of essay if only i could write well

[limpid ocean]

i want to ed to wake forest

[thick abyss]

I had some today bae

[true ridge]

Galaxy brained essays

[vernal raven]

Mine isnt metaphorical at all

[thick abyss]

I actually love my common app

[vernal raven]

Rip

[limpid ocean]

but im still like what happen if i get into cornell

[uncut mauve]

same lol

[crystal nebula]

i think the best strat if u cant write well is to build a story

[thick abyss]

Dual narrative was SO hard to do

[crystal nebula]

and stick to the story

stick to the content

[thick abyss]

It’s not just some cliche metaphor too

[vernal raven]

Mine is super anecdotal

[crystal nebula]

man, it SOUNDS difficult

[uncut mauve]

mine literally is an anecdote so ...

😂

[crystal nebula]

mine was very much like

revelation like

oh its midnight

...

[uncut mauve]

yup

[crystal nebula]

poof i go

calc hw time

good night ya'll

<3

[uncut mauve]

aight gn

[true ridge]

Yall still in school?

Your principals are scrooges

[thick abyss]

AT MIDNIGHT

[true ridge]

Gotta get ready for all nighters at Cornell

[limpid ocean]

lol

[vernal raven]

I only get one week off for christmas break

Biggest L ever

[limpid ocean]

lol

i got 3 weeks

to revise for my mocks (before the real exam)

but havent revised shit

[unborn jackal]

Same^

For that math question, IB math AA HL would be “the equivalent of 2 calculus courses”, right?

[limpid ocean]

well not really

it has everything in it lol

it has calculus (diff, integration and all that stuff)

trigs

functoins

algebra

so the answer is im not sure myself

but comparing both courses i think ap is more centred and focused

[thick abyss]

U have exams after break?

I feel like that’s worse somehow

[limpid ocean]

while ib is more diversed and integrated

[limpid ocean]

yep

not really lol

it has been this way since forever

also its a good practice for our real ib sit in june

[thick abyss]

We had the same but we switched this year

I much preferred this year

[limpid ocean]

and the content is mostly linked so its easier to revise

[limpid ocean]

how is it like for ap?

[thick abyss]

Fair fair

Wait r u talking abt ib exams or semester finals

[limpid ocean]

not easy easy but we practice with it and (genuinely) ib kids are mentally prepared

[thick abyss]

Tests are all just in may

[limpid ocean]

ah

same for ib

[thick abyss]

Makes sense

We usually finish content in march and review in April

[limpid ocean]

good lord ib ends earlier then igcse lol

[thick abyss]

(Midterms ofc still in December)

[limpid ocean]

ah

interesting

igcse was horrible

same testing

but we gotta sit it from late april to mid june

8 subjects and many papers for each subject

[thick abyss]

What’s that?

[limpid ocean]

its another british thing lol

for freshman and sophomore

[thick abyss]

OHHH

I thought yall just had A and O levels

[limpid ocean]

nah nah lol

ib is higher than a level (in terms of subjects and in some difficulty)

O level idk

[thick abyss]

WHAT

my whole perception is a lie

[limpid ocean]

damn lol

i mean a level its like igcse

no like internal exams (research papers)

no cas (creativity, activity, service - doing things that fit in these categories)

and no tok (basically philosophy but rather focses on the knowledge questions - why do we know what do we know, how do we know what we know is true, ...)

too many things for ib students

and we have to study 6 subjects :<

welp i felt better now 🙂

[rare kettle]

No, calculus is in the name

[wicked saddle]

yes what’s up

I got into Dyson, is the supp the same?

[thick abyss]

Same supp yes!!

[wicked saddle]

Oh that’s cool 😭 did you need help with something?

[thick abyss]

Lmao ig any tips

I’m 500 words in

[wicked saddle]

I posted on collegeresults, maybe you’ll find something I did helpful https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/zqfa1r/cornell_dyson_ed_no_aps_or_sat_submitted/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

SHA is big on hospitality so ig you’ll really need to make that connection

[thick abyss]

I’ve worked in the service industry for three years

Primarily at a restaurant

[wicked saddle]

Perfect ec to talk about

[thick abyss]

Ur stuff is INSANE holy crap

Lacrosse on top of all of those extracurriculars

[wicked saddle]

LMAO I think it’s just niche asf😭😭😭 looking at some other posts there and I feel small

[thick abyss]

I’m def trying to shine through with essays and my boss is writing a rec letter

[thick abyss]

Nah it’s super cool

[wicked saddle]

I really tried to talk about what I learned from starting a business and how it led me to starting a club. Thennnn connected all of it to Dyson and how Dyson will help me make a global impact blah blah

[thick abyss]

Exactly what I’m doing with my essay

But restaurant lmao

I just feel like I’m saying “I’m interested/I’m looking forward/I’m excited” so much

[wicked saddle]

this gives me some hope fr, this application feels down to earth ngl

W to you

[wicked saddle]

About 350/650 words in my supp were strictly about my EC's

rest of it was all "why cornell dyson" basically

[wicked saddle]

i used a lot of "i would learn x,y,z in X course"

"i would be better equipped for x"

"under x program i would learn this which would help me with x Ec"

nothing wrong with being straightforward honestly. my whole last paragraph was just me picking out a bunch of courses/dyson programs that I would take and making connections

[wicked saddle]

hey thanks. i appreciate it

it def is shocking to see ppl with literal patents and crazy internships/research get outright rejected, but i think i rly just tried to personalize it as much as possible. story over everything

[meager kayak]

Zamn

Anyone in here got in coe cs male

or applying

[thick abyss]

Oo ok

I just finished my rough draft!

[thick abyss]

Slay ok tysm!

[coral vessel]

for CAS, do i talk about both majors?

like primary and secondary choice

[crystal nebula]

it's tough for the cs males lol

only other person ik that got in coe cs is also a girl

[wicked saddle]

I did, but I related how I’d use both of them together

[coral vessel]

ah i see

thats what i was gonna do

[meager kayak]

yeah the only people who’ve gotten in from my hs are girls

[foggy chasm]

on the common app it only lets you put one major?

[thick abyss]

Depends on school u apply to

[foggy chasm]

ah gotcha

are yall writing ur big cornell supp with a narrative / creative intro or just kinda getting into the EC's and experiences

[uncut mauve]

both? idk lol

mine kinda has a narrative, but it's a narrative about my experiences in my ECs

[foggy chasm]

i have this weird ass intro i came up with about minecraft but its definitally more like quirky and narrative-y then like informative

[uncut mauve]

that sounds interesting

[foggy chasm]

interesting yes but will they like that idk

[uncut mauve]

lol tru tru

[limber kestrel]

for the question about the most advanced math class you've taken

for cornell engineering

which of these is considered the most advanced?

linear alg, multivar, ODE, discrete math

[thick abyss]

Multi I think

[limber kestrel]

that was the first one i took out of the four that i mentioned lmao 💀

[thick abyss]

“Multivariable Calculus is considered the hardest mathematics course”

Which did u take this year

[limber kestrel]

linear alg

[thick abyss]

Prob that then

[limber kestrel]

wait what if i put all 3 LOL

like with slashes

just to like flex as much as possible

bc im desperate

the rest of my app is mid

[thick abyss]

Sure

But holy rap

Crap

How can ur app be mid if ur that good at math

[limber kestrel]

i just took it for college apps lol

i dont really enjoy it that much

it's alr tho

im not that good

[thick abyss]

Lmao

R u a science person I assume

Ap psychics freshman year

[limber kestrel]

CS 😎

goofy ah bay area asian cs male

😭

why do we have such high standards

sometimes i feel it's just an A2C thing

and not IRL

lol

[thick abyss]

NO WAY

why are you real

[limber kestrel]

im fake 😦

[thick abyss]

Idk how people can even be into cs

Much less be an Asian make in the bay

[limber kestrel]

what r u gonna major in

[thick abyss]

Depends on school

I’m doing sha for Cornell tho

[limber kestrel]

whats sha lol

[thick abyss]

economics/polisci stuff at rest

The Nolan school of hotel administration

Part of the business college

[limber kestrel]

hotel admin??

why so specific

won't a business degree be better

and its like more applicable outside hte hotel industry

[thick abyss]

It’s an INCREDIBLE program and misnomer at Cornell

They’re top in the country

It’s basically a version of business through a hospital lens

[limber kestrel]

oh yea for that typa stuff prestige matters a fair amount tbf

[thick abyss]

From international trade to consumer behavior to tons of experiential learning programs

I also have 3 years of working in that industry so it works well

And I’ll just get mba from like Wharton

[limber kestrel]

woww

like internships?

[thick abyss]

Nah

I work in a restaurant

(Program focuses primarily on hotel and resturants(

)

[limber kestrel]

oh hospitality industry

LMAO

pls

[thick abyss]

Yup

[limber kestrel]

😭

ik nothing besides STEM

this is pathetic

[thick abyss]

LMAO

[limber kestrel]

anyway yea that's hella cool

[thick abyss]

It’s rly cool tho

You get 1000 paid hours too

And my boss is writing a rec letter

Let me into the happy part of cornell plz

[limber kestrel]

is it really that bad tho

i mean ik they have the nets and all

but

theoretically

if u hang out with the right ppl it should be fine right

[thick abyss]

I think it’s like 7.5/1000

[uncut mauve]

that's smart, ngl should've done that too

[thick abyss]

It’s just competitive

And rural

But I don’t think it’s anything crazy

[limber kestrel]

must be the isolation

since a lot of ppl come from cities

ig

[thick abyss]

And hospitality is all abt connection

Apparently it’s rly rly a good community and everyone dates people from that program bc they aren’t depressed

[uncut mauve]

"bc they aren't depressed" 😂

[limber kestrel]

so cornell SHA is like a more specific wharton degree?

wait would u rather attend wharton buisness or SHA?

(idk if ur applying to wharton but)

[thick abyss]

“Hotel school is full of fun people, a generally happy bunch when I interacted with them! My future girlfriend will definitely be from the hotel school, if I can learn to shower properly again”

Wharton rejected me ed

[limber kestrel]

makes sense, the depressed ppl in the hospitality industries lose their jobs due to bad reviews --> no customers

[thick abyss]

Hmm lemme think how to explain

[limber kestrel]

😭

dw

u got yield protected

[thick abyss]

“The Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration is distinctive and exemplary in the way it unites a hospitality and business education” basically this

The big thing is that it dominates hospitality market

If I ever want to go into that industry, I gotta go to cornel

Corn el

[thick abyss]

It’s bc of sports sadly

[wicked saddle]

highest math im in is Calc AB but then again im business not CS

[limpid ocean]

damn

u doing their bachelor of science thing?

is it applied econ and business

ye

damn but @wicked saddle reading ur on reddit about ur profile

u kinda built a really good finance/business based like mine with ur extracurriculurs and ur essays further elaborated on it so

u did a good job to get into cornell lol

im kinda like u just my gpa is like 3.7 ish (if i convert from my crappy IB scores)

[broken sierra]

ib conversion is so scuffed, it's why colleges don't do it most of the time

[limpid ocean]

ye

ig it also depends on schools

[tiny cobalt]

ayo u from vn

[tiny cobalt]

also u dont need to convert to gpa or anything

just put in ib if ur school doesnt do that for u

also i think most uni also recalculate gpa so dont worry if ur school calculated gpa badly

[limpid ocean]

yessir

ye ik ik

[limpid ocean]

no my school is really competitive so its lowkey good for me lol

[tiny cobalt]

lul if u do ib

ig like smth like concordia idk but will delete if u dont want to doxx

[limpid ocean]

like u wont believe how well they boost me lol

[limpid ocean]

why did u ask?

[tiny cobalt]

im from vn too lol

[limpid ocean]

damnnn

congrats my viet boy

which country u from?

[tiny cobalt]

like viet viet

[limpid ocean]

lol i mean city

[tiny cobalt]

oh lol

[limpid ocean]

my brain isnt doing well at 12pm

oh rl

ishmc?

wait

[tiny cobalt]

nah

[limpid ocean]

which school?

ssis?

[tiny cobalt]

nah

[limpid ocean]

ais?

[tiny cobalt]

im public

[limpid ocean]

damn

even more impressive

[tiny cobalt]

well

technically

my school have better cornell placement

than ssis

[limpid ocean]

damn

[tiny cobalt]

idk

[limpid ocean]

the school for gifted one lol?

[tiny cobalt]

ye

[limpid ocean]

trần đại nghĩa?

[tiny cobalt]

nah

[limpid ocean]

or lê hồng phong

or năng khiếu

[tiny cobalt]

nah

where are u tho

[limpid ocean]

i cant rmb any others lol

same as u in hcm

[thick abyss]

I’m at 700 words for this essay

UGH

[limpid ocean]

i havent written it yet 🥲

writing my emory

[tiny cobalt]

u doing cas

[thick abyss]

Ayy I did emory before this one

[thick abyss]

Business

[limpid ocean]

damn lol

[thick abyss]

Sha

[tiny cobalt]

lol the ib school i know here have bad gpa deflation

[limpid ocean]

?

whats that

[tiny cobalt]

arts and science

[limpid ocean]

ah

i wanna go to bus

but ye i apply as psych and then switch lol

[tiny cobalt]

sha or dys

[limpid ocean]

less competitive

dys

[tiny cobalt]

hmm u could do sha

[thick abyss]

I’m sha

[tiny cobalt]

but like dys

[limpid ocean]

ye

[tiny cobalt]

u have to redo

the entire app thing

[limpid ocean]

oh its fine

[tiny cobalt]

like interview and essay

[limpid ocean]

its just another day of suffering

[thick abyss]

Don’t get into a college just to switch a major

[limpid ocean]

i mean

[thick abyss]

Not worth it

[limpid ocean]

internal transfer?

[thick abyss]

Just apply how you want to do it

[tiny cobalt]

cuz technically

[limpid ocean]

nah it depends bro

i searched up

[tiny cobalt]

internal transfer

[limpid ocean]

i just need to maintain a 3.0gpa

[tiny cobalt]

u mean

[limpid ocean]

and other things

[thick abyss]

@limpid ocean do u have experience for sha

[limpid ocean]

to guarantee

[tiny cobalt]

i mean like doable but like suffering

[limpid ocean]

nope

[tiny cobalt]

but sha is niche

[thick abyss]

It’s rly important to have service experience to get in

[limpid ocean]

i've never done sth abt hotel

[tiny cobalt]

so no need to like care too much

about competition

[thick abyss]

hm I’d say do Dyson tbh

[limpid ocean]

ye

i mean

[thick abyss]

Bro I hope

[limpid ocean]

if i get into cornell alr

i would celebrate

[thick abyss]

My sha essay is fire

[limpid ocean]

and then keep grinding

[thick abyss]

And my boss is writing rec who majored in it

[limpid ocean]

i heard its really competitive tho

[thick abyss]

It is

[limpid ocean]

ye

[tiny cobalt]

i mean

[thick abyss]

I mean it’s all where ur ecs align

[tiny cobalt]

only dyson

u most do essay and interview

the rest u can just transfer with gpa

[limpid ocean]

ye

[limpid ocean]

i mean

mine mostly are marketing-based

all

[thick abyss]

Fair fair

[limpid ocean]

only like a few are kinda mun, marine conservation and a global issue network thing

[thick abyss]

Always up to you

[limpid ocean]

ye

[thick abyss]

Sucks how both are test blind

[limpid ocean]

oh

thats good lol

my sat is so bad

i cant do english

[thick abyss]

Idk I feel like it should always be optional

[limpid ocean]

ye

and bcuz of my procrastination in english

i cant do my math properly too

[thick abyss]

LMAOO

[tiny cobalt]

hmm

[thick abyss]

But ur essays are amazing in spite of that

@tiny cobalt what major did u do?

[limpid ocean]

cas i think

[tiny cobalt]

hmm eas

[thick abyss]

but like what exactly lmao

[tiny cobalt]

like

niche af

technically

[limpid ocean]

mine?

[tiny cobalt]

eas + cs but didnt really want to mention cs

[limpid ocean]

lol

cs is too competitive

[thick abyss]

Atmosphere sciences?

[tiny cobalt]

yea

i did

[thick abyss]

SICKKK

[tiny cobalt]

climate ML research

[thick abyss]

im def minoring in environmental

[tiny cobalt]

and some other envi stuff

so pretty nice

[limpid ocean]

wait

@tiny cobalt

can i ask whats ur gpa that u applied with?

or scores

[tiny cobalt]

hmm 1560 97/100

[thick abyss]

My teacher cried when I said I wanted to do business instead of environmental

So I have to honor him some way

[limpid ocean]

damn

[tiny cobalt]

hmm

[limpid ocean]

lol

both is fine

[tiny cobalt]

like if u

[limpid ocean]

i think my problem is

my scores are too shit

i really need to pull them up mid-term

[thick abyss]

Ur grades or sat

[limpid ocean]

both lol

they're great in freshman and sophomore

but they plummeted after that

not too bad

[thick abyss]

If ur gpa is like a 3.8 overall, you’re probably good

[limpid ocean]

but just like world's average

[limpid ocean]

nah probably like 3.7 or 6 lol 🥲

my school probably inflated our grades a little bit too much

[tiny cobalt]

like ur ib is wut tho

[limpid ocean]

its now 12am

[limpid ocean]

very bad

30/42 lol

[tiny cobalt]

like srsly

lol

[limpid ocean]

ye

its not bad bad

considering that a 7 is an A* (like the AP 5/4)

[tiny cobalt]

is it predicted

[limpid ocean]

so a 6 is an A = 4.0

[limpid ocean]

ye

im waiting for the mock in jan to improve

[thick abyss]

When r u submitting ur transcript

[tiny cobalt]

i think that is on their counselor

but like

midterm report are only really due on feb

[plain chasm]

6 is an A?

😢

here 7 is an A

7 = A (upper 7 is an A+)
6 = B
5 = C
4 = D

[limpid ocean]

wait wattttt

[coral vessel]

HUH

[limpid ocean]

yall dont have an A*?

[plain chasm]

yeah my school is rough 💀

[limpid ocean]

jan lol

[plain chasm]

We have A+, I’m in IB but it’s at a public school

[limpid ocean]

yep

[limpid ocean]

im confused lol

ig

the real Brits have A* only

[plain chasm]

So like, I go to a public school in the US

[limpid ocean]

ye

[plain chasm]

that has IB but the deflation is awful

[limpid ocean]

well

idk man

[plain chasm]

and it makes no sense for me to be doing full ib over ap 💀

but i did

[limpid ocean]

the Brits we have like

1-9

[plain chasm]

we have 1-7 but it’s converted to gpa

[limpid ocean]

goes from like A*, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, U

for IGCSE

which roughly converts to 1-7 in IB

idek

[plain chasm]

IB barely converts to gpa 💀

[limpid ocean]

i only know that my grades are rock bottom

[plain chasm]

my school has a 4.0 scale

[limpid ocean]

ye

we dont have that lol

[limpid ocean]

ye

too hard

[thick abyss]

Dang for us midyear was already sent

Like yesterday

[limpid ocean]

damn lol

i havent taken my mid-year yet

[plain chasm]

my grades slipped this year

[thick abyss]

Ours were last week

How bad?

[limpid ocean]

i got a 30 🥲

[wind nimbus]

took igcse and my grade conversion wen I moved to america was so bad. Put add math as a c-level class which is the equivalent of like algebra 2 cba

[limpid ocean]

i memed too much

[plain chasm]

i had a 4.0 avg (all 7s)

[limpid ocean]

really

[plain chasm]

and they slipped to B+ and A

[limpid ocean]

dang

aint no way ad math is algebra 2

[plain chasm]

but grades don’t go in until the end of the year

[limpid ocean]

that school is not chilling bro 🥲

ad math is like half or a quarter of ib math aa hl bro

[wind nimbus]

Ye cuz theres no honors or ap so my school kinda jus weighted everything as a regular class which is bs cuz most my courses are harder than even honors classes

[plain chasm]

that’s awful

[limpid ocean]

damn 🥲

thats horrific

i'd cry

but ig all that matters is

[wind nimbus]

i mean i got a 3.9 gpa but rly should be round 4.3

[limpid ocean]

u learnt all the content

[wind nimbus]

ye

[limpid ocean]

so u be chilling with calc

ap calc

[wind nimbus]

doing 7 ap classes before i grad

[plain chasm]

7 this year?

[wind nimbus]

got a 4 on ab taking bc this year

[wind nimbus]

3 last year 4 this year

[limpid ocean]

wow

[plain chasm]

ohh okay that’s good

[limpid ocean]

calc ab?

[wind nimbus]

ye

[limpid ocean]

idk what that is lol

[plain chasm]

glad ur not taking 7 💀

[limpid ocean]

lol

if u take 7 ur crazy

6 is madness

[thick abyss]

Damn I’m just taking ap stats this year

[wind nimbus]

um a 4 is like an A Id say 5 is like A*

[thick abyss]

Y’all r crazy

[plain chasm]

i made the mistake of doing IBDP + Ap physics + calc 3 and discrete dual enrollment this year

[wind nimbus]

I hate ap stat sm

[plain chasm]

and i have suffered for it

[limpid ocean]

i mean calc ab lol

[thick abyss]

LMAO same

[wicked saddle]

thank you brotha. Lmk if you need help

[limpid ocean]

rough

[wind nimbus]

i wouldve taken 5 but psych is boring and didnt want to do lit

[limpid ocean]

well-deserved brotha

[wicked saddle]

Yeah AEM @ Dyson

[limpid ocean]

dont thank me but thank urself for the grind lol

[thick abyss]

Danny if u ever have time could u read my supp?

[limpid ocean]

lol

[wicked saddle]

Yeah I can

[wind nimbus]

oh its like slghtly more than add math content u do like integrals, under the curve and all but go furtheer in that aspect although theres no permutations and combinations or seried

[limpid ocean]

ah

oh

wait wat

[wicked saddle]

I’m trying to help my best friend get into Cornell as well haha, it’s kinda fun now that I’m on the flip side of it 😭

[limpid ocean]

perumtations is calc?

ib listed it as algebra lol

[wind nimbus]

nah it was in add math for me

[limpid ocean]

lol

[wind nimbus]

not in calc

[limpid ocean]

ah ye

it is

i hate that crap

idek the diff lol

[wind nimbus]

i skipped it on the exam lmao

[limpid ocean]

i just randomise and hope that its right

[limpid ocean]

lol

[wind nimbus]

was more focused on passing

[limpid ocean]

i mean

im at a 5 now so

[wind nimbus]

after covid i did not know what was happening in that class

[limpid ocean]

really got to get to a 6 or 7

[wicked saddle]

I’m in calc AB it’s genuinely shocking how so many ppl are passed that here😭😭

[limpid ocean]

but my school is full of sweats 🥲

they pulled the grade boundaries so high that a 82% is a 7

[thick abyss]

I took stats to avoid calc ab lmao

[limpid ocean]

normally its like a 75 or sth 🥲

[limpid ocean]

IB math aa hl

[wind nimbus]

honestly i think the american system is way easier than the gcse/a-level one unless u absolutely try hard and max out on ap classes

[limpid ocean]

gotta do all of it lol

[limpid ocean]

ye

[tiny cobalt]

wait u doing british system or smth

like bis

[limpid ocean]

u dont have to do research thing

[wicked saddle]

I was going to do that too until I read that Dyson requires a year of high school calculus

[limpid ocean]

thats right senor

[wicked saddle]

But you should be good with sha

[tiny cobalt]

wait u dont have to do tok/ee

[thick abyss]

SMARTT

I hope it’s okay for sha

[limpid ocean]

ye 🥲

[wind nimbus]

most ppl take it jr year in my school but thats like <30 out of 200

[thick abyss]

I’d rather die than do calc

[tiny cobalt]

wait really

[wicked saddle]

I read SHA just needs precalc

[tiny cobalt]

i thought u have to do it

[limpid ocean]

i grinded my tok essay too much and forgot to do my business research paper 🥲

[wind nimbus]

used to live in nigeria before i mvoed to va

[tiny cobalt]

oh okay

[limpid ocean]

dang

[wind nimbus]

calc>stat

[limpid ocean]

good background lol

[limpid ocean]

ye

cant deal with stats

i hate my gdc

[wind nimbus]

5 countries gang trust me my common app is interesting xD

[limpid ocean]

bought it at the start of junior year

havent seen it

[limpid ocean]

lol

me and @tiny cobalt just rice farmers out here

[wind nimbus]

nah its like easy in class then the tests dont make sense

[limpid ocean]

ah lol

i get it

like my environmental class lol

i revise and the topics are interrelated so

gotta revise everything for a single 1 unit test

[wind nimbus]

i thought it was just probabilities fr

[limpid ocean]

lol

[wind nimbus]

its like literature but math

so much explaining and analysis for no reason

[limpid ocean]

ah

yeye

ima continue writing

[tiny cobalt]

u should lol

[wind nimbus]

[tiny cobalt]

rd is in like a week

[limpid ocean]

i be grinding

grinded all my essays for early like

exactly 5 days

b4 the deadline

8 schools for the 1st week of new year 🙂

lesgo

[wind nimbus]

i have like 6 left

had 11 going into the break

[thick abyss]

I just finished my last essay!!

Got Cornell down to 644

[wind nimbus]

w

[limpid ocean]

rip

actually got 7

finished wake forest yesterday

[limpid ocean]

W

[thick abyss]

Chef wtf

Are we applying to all the same schools

[limpid ocean]

lol

[wicked saddle]

Let’s go

[limpid ocean]

same mindset

big brains think alike lol

i lowkey wanna apply to wharton

but its campus sucks so

cornell lesgo

i love being in the middle of nowhere 🙂

[wicked saddle]

Loolll def almost ED’d there 🤓🤓

[limpid ocean]

lol

2 of my friends did

both got in

[limpid ocean]

2 sweats 🥲

[thick abyss]

@limpid ocean

This plus Wharton but didn’t get in

[limpid ocean]

same lol

[wicked saddle]

Ayeeee maryland

[limpid ocean]

was gonna apply to all

but maryland, NYU, Mich state and NEU

[wicked saddle]

Maryland was my top school under Cornell

[thick abyss]

Maryland’s essays were fun

[thick abyss]

Oooo

[wicked saddle]

Well mainly cuz I’m in state

[limpid ocean]

all cuz campus issues

lol

[thick abyss]

Lmao I applied bc my friend is in state too

[thick abyss]

Hello?

[limpid ocean]

ye for nyu and neu

neu campus is fine

just idk

felt weird

[thick abyss]

Not for u

Fair

I haven’t visited any schools

Besides mich

[limpid ocean]

nyu everyone can just agree its pathetic

doesnt even have a campus 🥲

[thick abyss]

It’s just New York yeah

[limpid ocean]

and even boston uni lol

but boston uni kinda have a campus

more than nyu but still bad

my list also has usc, uva, purdue, case, a few more

[wicked saddle]

haha I feel like everyone that applies there just sucks it up for the sake of location

[limpid ocean]

nah bro

i love mountains 🙂

[wicked saddle]

Have you been to Ithaca by chance?

[limpid ocean]

i totally love being in the middle of nowhere

[limpid ocean]

nope lol

[thick abyss]

I considered uva but I’m oos

[limpid ocean]

sadly no

[limpid ocean]

ah

uva essays are interesting lol

[wicked saddle]

They give aid oos iim pretty sure

[limpid ocean]

i talked abt cooking this crispy noodle thing

and how that led to me meeting new friends

for uva lol

i love 2023 🙂

my exam table looks totally fine

[thick abyss]

Mad hard to get in rd tho

[limpid ocean]

starting my year stronger than ever

[wicked saddle]

I’ve been to Cornell a couple times, it’s definitely nice asf but the location def gets annoying I can’t lie 😭

[thick abyss]

Are English lit and lang combined

[limpid ocean]

yessir

[limpid ocean]

y?

is it too isolated?

[tiny cobalt]

yea

4 hours drive from nyc

the scenery is nice but the town is pretty small

[limpid ocean]

ah

[wicked saddle]

Nah you genuinely have everything you need in that area but I think a lot of y’all severely underestimate the weather😭😭😭. And unless you’re flying, getting there can be a litttlleee annoying

[tiny cobalt]

so a hit or miss for most ppl

[limpid ocean]

ah

[limpid ocean]

ye

a desperate one lol

my smart friend

really smart one

did like 5 APs while doing the IB

[wicked saddle]

I imagine everyone adapts tho fs LMFAO

[limpid ocean]

but his essays were apparently not too good and he applied to engineering so

did make it

[limpid ocean]

ah its probably be all fine when we get there lol

i have a big question

if i go to kelley school in indiana uni

ranked 8 top undergrad bus school

[thick abyss]

Kelleyyyy

[limpid ocean]

would it be better than going to cornell dyson?

[thick abyss]

No

[limpid ocean]

(which i think is like t20)

[thick abyss]

Indiana has no clout

[tiny cobalt]

so u friend got in coe right

[thick abyss]

Coming from a father who graduated there

[limpid ocean]

oh no didnt lol

[tiny cobalt]

oh okay

[thick abyss]

I’m not an expert but like the university name itself matters too

Indiana is a t70

[limpid ocean]

ye

[limpid ocean]

wow

apparently one of the sharks from shark tank is from the school lol

[tiny cobalt]

if not then cornell really likes vn this yr since they admit the same amount for ed as they did for both

[thick abyss]

Acceptance rate matters a lot lmao

Like Kelley is direct admit

[tiny cobalt]

IU kelly is good tho

[limpid ocean]

ye

[thick abyss]

40% get in

[limpid ocean]

ye

[tiny cobalt]

if u want to do high finance

[limpid ocean]

i think like the stats said from 20 to 36%

[tiny cobalt]

since they have pipeline to ib and consulting

but i heard if u're intl dont expect to break these

since they dont take intl

from an intl cornell grad

[limpid ocean]

hm

welp too bad

ima grind to 1am and sleep

[thick abyss]

@limpid ocean def apply to Kelley thi

Tho

Easy and rolling

[limpid ocean]

i did alr lol

i got in

[thick abyss]

Ohh gotcha

[tiny cobalt]

nice

[limpid ocean]

it was expected so

ill see

if they give me good scholarship i might go lol

[wicked saddle]

I mean if you just strictly care about rankings lmfao

[limpid ocean]

but still

ye

ig so lol

i applied to like most of the good business school lol

just need to pull my scores up

[wicked saddle]

I applied to kelly as well but i could almost guarantee Cornell would’ve been more affordable for me assuming they didn’t give me any bread

[limpid ocean]

really?

why?

cornell is that cheap?

[wicked saddle]

Need based aid and two kids in college my friend

[tiny cobalt]

no but aid is good

[limpid ocean]

ahhh

aid is amazing

sadly i cant apply to it lol 🥲

welp finished emory

grinding northwestern

[wicked saddle]

To Kelly?

[tiny cobalt]

nah like to aid

since we are intl

[limpid ocean]

any

[wicked saddle]

Ohhh I see. Damn

[limpid ocean]

all aids

ye

[tiny cobalt]

death setence

[limpid ocean]

i mean

i think some allow '

[wicked saddle]

But it’s like need aware tho yeah ?

[tiny cobalt]

yea

[limpid ocean]

does anyone know the dyson acp rate?

[tiny cobalt]

need blind for domestic tho

[wicked saddle]

So are y’all still doing css profile then?

[tiny cobalt]

oh we can afford it

[thick abyss]

Did u do the scholarship stuff

[wicked saddle]

Oh my bad brodie 😭😭😭😭😭

You got it😹

[tiny cobalt]

around 3-4

really low

[limpid ocean]

i think it automatically does it lol

[limpid ocean]

aint no way 🥲

i searched and it was like 5 or sth

[tiny cobalt]

im first person to go to us uni in my fam so hopefully worth it

[thick abyss]

No

[limpid ocean]

also

[wicked saddle]

3% apparently which Is absolutely insane

[thick abyss]

They invite people to programs and it’s An entirely new application

[limpid ocean]

honestly my fam can afford it too lol

we be farming our rice for ages for this momment

[wicked saddle]

Hardest business school to get into in the world

[limpid ocean]

i mean

[thick abyss]

@wicked saddle did u submit a resume

[limpid ocean]

i cant find a place to apply lol

[wicked saddle]

Hell yeah

[thick abyss]

Invite only

[limpid ocean]

wait wat

u can?

[limpid ocean]

really

[thick abyss]

Ok can u look over mine too plz

Idk if it’s good man

[limpid ocean]

i saw on the thing

i meet all the requirements

[thick abyss]

Dis thing

[tiny cobalt]

i can look at ur resume if u dm me, i submitted a resume to cornell

[wicked saddle]

Yeah sure

[thick abyss]

@limpid ocean when did u apply to iu

Thanks cornell fam 🥹

[limpid ocean]

early lol

[thick abyss]

I need to finish but it’s almost done

[wicked saddle]

Oh I just realized you’re committed😭😭I need sleep

[limpid ocean]

oh thanks lol

[thick abyss]

u have to do it before Nov 1st

[limpid ocean]

ye i did

[thick abyss]

Idk why u wouldn’t get it besides that

[limpid ocean]

hmmm

idk too

welp too bad then 🥲

[wicked saddle]

Congrats to that man. Serious accomplishment. Hope to see you there

[tiny cobalt]

kay thanks alot hope to see u there too

[wicked saddle]

Wait what school ?

[limpid ocean]

sent this one to me

[tiny cobalt]

cas(arts and sciences)

[limpid ocean]

honestly same for most of the viet lol

i mean

my parents were sweats

and they got this fullride to the world maritime uni in sweden

[tiny cobalt]

t20 for viet is like 60-70 admits for the whole country

[limpid ocean]

ig they count lol

[limpid ocean]

really?

it must be higher

[wicked saddle]

Major?

[limpid ocean]

like 100

mb

[tiny cobalt]

eas + cs

but applied eas since cs crazy

[tiny cobalt]

oh idk

ig since like

cornell is like 5/year

[wicked saddle]

Oh that’s a super cool combo

So you already wanna double major 😭

[tiny cobalt]

yea climate modelling and gis is super fun

idk tho

i need to get used to the workload first

[wicked saddle]

Right right. I’ll def minor tho but we’ll see

[limpid ocean]

go crazy and do double degree

[tiny cobalt]

lol idt u can in cornell

[wicked saddle]

You def can

[limpid ocean]

prob can lol

[tiny cobalt]

oh really

[wicked saddle]

But it could be limited by major/school

but I’m pretty sure anyone can double

[tiny cobalt]

since u cant double major cross college so

[wicked saddle]

You sure?

You’re prolly right tho iidek

[tiny cobalt]

https://cornelladmissions.happyfox.com/kb/article/393-can-you-double-major-in-two-colleges/#:~:text=Students can only double major,classes across colleges at Cornell.

yea

[plain coral]

lol imagine someone at coe double majoring in cs and ece

😭

[limpid ocean]

damn u be grinding

11 essays left to go 🥲

[tiny cobalt]

the pain but i think alot of courses double count

[plain coral]

Yess

[limpid ocean]

thats like

[plain coral]

Mit penn and nyu

[limpid ocean]

the amount of colleges i have left to finish lol

[wicked saddle]

Fair enough. I was only planning on minor for now haha

[limpid ocean]

damn

[wicked saddle]

How many schools is that

[limpid ocean]

3?

[tiny cobalt]

might have to minor tho since i might not survive organic chem

[plain coral]

Lmaoo

[wicked saddle]

No I mean for your 43 essays

Sorry

[plain coral]

Lemme count

[limpid ocean]

ah lol

[tiny cobalt]

and u have to do it if want to do eas

[plain coral]

43 essays is 12 schools

Lok

Lol*

13*

[wicked saddle]

Oh damn Wtf 😭

[tiny cobalt]

i realize something

for eas

[wicked saddle]

I think I was up to like 16 schools but it felt like a fraction of that

[tiny cobalt]

u have to do eng course

prob have to minor now

[plain coral]

Yale is like 7, caltech is 7, mit is 6 i think

[wicked saddle]

Ohhhh that makes sense

[plain coral]

Sot hat adds a lot

[tiny cobalt]

cant survive doing both a&s req and eng sci req

[wicked saddle]

It’s in COE so you probably don’t need to minor for it

[tiny cobalt]

im in cas

[limpid ocean]

big question

[tiny cobalt]

and it is offered in cas

but the prob is

[limpid ocean]

should i pull an all-nighter right now 🙂

[wicked saddle]

Wait im now confused 😭

[tiny cobalt]

the req are eng class

[wicked saddle]

Wait so EAS is in two diff schools ?

[tiny cobalt]

it is actually in 3

cals, cas, coe

[wicked saddle]

Ngl it could work out kinda

The pre req crosses over

Still hell tho

[plain coral]

Yaa

[wicked saddle]

You could just try to find the degree checklist or something. Cuz for Dyson it’s similar we have CALS requirements

[plain coral]

Tbh id double major in my dream world in like neural engineering and cognitive neurosci

[tiny cobalt]

yea i did

[plain coral]

It bothers me how cmu forces u to double major if u wanna take bme tho 😭

[tiny cobalt]

https://www.eas.cornell.edu/eas/programs/undergraduate-programs/babs-earth-and-atmospheric-sciences/eas-major-requirements

they said it right here u have to take phys + chem + bio

[wicked saddle]

I was originally going to do bme but I realized I could’ve just done bio and apply double major cs in cas

[tiny cobalt]

and they force u to take engineering sequence also

[plain coral]

My thing is i dont like solo bio

I like the applications part

Like design and building

More so than anatomy

[wicked saddle]

yeah I was gonna do the computational biology concentration

[plain coral]

So ignid major eng then double major in bio

[tiny cobalt]

i like eas courses not so much eng courses

[wicked saddle]

I see. But I don’t think it’ll be a forced minor tho you’ll just have classes in different schools prolly

lmao we still got a long way out let’s no go too crazy over this now😭😭 my brain will explode if I start trying to look into it too much

[tiny cobalt]

yea

i was mostly afraid of doing the engineering science courses so i applied cas

to avoid them

but i realize now that if u want to do eas u have to do them

[wicked saddle]

Some ppl I saw have to start in the summer. Happy I wasn’t selected and hopefully they don’t hit me up later 😭

lol, I did CAS in case the engineering passion died out

[wicked saddle]

Ahh damn you’ll be fine tho 💪🏿💪🏿

[tiny cobalt]

ngl i need to try things out to see whether or not

[wicked saddle]

My sis was telling me there’s like cheatsheets for majors or something with like class recommendations idk

[tiny cobalt]

prob i really need it

since cas req is very diverse

so have to take courses in a bunch of fields

hopefully dont i dont end up in an insane workload course

[wicked saddle]

We’ll be alright I’m sure there’ll be a ton of eas ppl to guide you 💪🏿

[tiny cobalt]

about that, i saw that

like it is one of the really niche major lol

probably like 80 majors across 3 college

not that niche but still

prob shouldnt be chatting too much

it is midnight where im at

anyways see u on campus and hopefully i can have some fun there without being overloaded (ngl a bit insecured rn)

[limpid ocean]

wait