Yale (2022-2023)

[hot sparrow]

What did you guys put for course you will teach

[hollow kite]

Is it 200 characters ?

Or 35 words

[night plank]

200 characters

which is on average about 35 words

but the input box counts the words

*characters

[frigid mauve]

Doesn't it count characters?

[night plank]

yes sorry typo

i just did six apps 💀

im running on fumes

[frigid mauve]

Ahhh college apps

[split jewel]

WEBTOON lmao

I wrote about WEBTOON

[tame rapids]

your yale course is by far my fav piece of supp in the entire yale app

[stable current]

^^

[muted grotto]

same tbh

like would it be a very useful course? no not really but it sounds so cool

[lost spire]

organization and time management

and it goes back to what I put about who I’d have speak

[hollow kite]

Oh lol I put balancing habitat preservation with economic growth

[tame rapids]

submitted, yale would be so happy to pad their rejection rate by rejecting me

[coral badge]

Anybody willing to read my yale supplements?

[mellow onyx]

yo is anyone open to see my short answers

[hollow kite]

Sure if you want a second opinion :)

[kindred zodiac]

lmao

[hollow kite]

Sure

[hollow kite]

Sure

[celest gyro]

Would it be worth applying to yale as a super technical cs students who's into robotics and has no humanities EC

[hollow kite]

I mean they always need one but on a real one how strong is their Cs program

[frigid mauve]

LMAOOOO NICE

[spiral dove]

guys what did you write for something that isnt mentioned in your application

[zenith olive]

does anyone know the deadline for the ferpa and recommenders to be completed? since i've received an email 6 days ago about the admissions accepting school documents and recommendations after the RD deadline

[frigid mauve]

i talked about how i love dishing up relationship advice

cause ngl it gets me hype asf

[vivid viper]

For the yale "free exchange of ideas" essay I wrote about arguing about the existence of God with a friend. Is that too controversial? 😬

[gaunt quarry]

bro

[languid magnet]

That's what I wrote about pretty much

[vivid viper]

Gonna get rejected together 🤝

[gaunt quarry]

I did homophobia

😭

[spiral dove]

thats so sleek

[frigid mauve]

lol

it's the truth, but on a more showy side i think it shows that I care about my friends/peers lol

[tame rapids]

what school in yale had this prompt?

[vivid viper]

Arts and Science

[tame rapids]

wtfygfhgve

[vivid viper]

Does Yale do seperate essays by school? There weren't any options to choose schools

[tame rapids]

i did a&s, pretty sure i didnt see it

is it a reqd question?

[vivid viper]

There was another prompt about community

They might have changed the prompt since EA

[tame rapids]

oh ok im so dumb, i totally forgot about the other one

[vivid viper]

I don't know how to do community essays. This was the only one I could answer 😭

[lost spire]

what's the grace period for counselors to upload my transcript and stuff?

[vivid viper]

the way i'm fighting for my life to get this why yale essay below word count

can we ban sub 200 word "why x" essays

[blazing steeple]

How can I say anything about Yale in 125 words

[vivid viper]

The fact that it's so low I think says something about the kind of essay they want

The don't just want a laundry list of what Yale has to offer

[blazing steeple]

Yeah I need to think of smth specific

[celest gyro]

yes please

[vivid viper]

thank god, after like 3 hours of playing with it, i finally got it to exactly 125

[blazing steeple]

Can I run an idea by someone in DMs

[regal relic]

ahh the why yale is so short

[blazing steeple]

I wanna figure out if my shit seems too generic

[blazing steeple]

This essay is so dogshit bruh

[regal relic]

sure

[blazing steeple]

Sent

[drowsy swift]

its either or right?

bro u gave me a heart attack i just checked it was either or

[vivid viper]

yeah either or dw

[spiral dove]

send me too!

[vivid viper]

yeah i was like, "when tf did we have a controversy essay" lol

anyways yale's basically done 🎇 doing one last review

[thorn pulsar]

struggling with this why us its so small

i cant think of something unique cause everyone and their moms write about yale's "and" 💀

[spiral dove]

I KNOW

just look up your major

find a professor

read his ressearch

say "professors x research y enthralls me and I want to work on his/her team

[tame rapids]

thats a terrible idea, ao's know how to sniff bs

they know you could give a random college to a random dude and as loong as they have a website, the kid will do his research in 5 mins, plus most research is beyond a HSer's capability to comprehend

maybe just look up student groups and connect them to your ecs, mention if you've had a convo with a yalie and if there's a 'vibe' you like like perseverance or social communication

I got an opportunity to converse with my cornell ao about how i was rejected , he said something along these lines, not something i pulled out off my ass

[drowsy swift]

wait howd u do this i lowkey wanna do this for brown

[tame rapids]

well idk if brown has it

but i dead-ass went on a flurry of emails, emailed every person who was remotely assosciated with cornell's admissions on the internet

eventually some heeded my mails, forwarded it and so on, until i got a very brief text that wasnt 'applicant pool was so diverse' bs, instead it was straight up why we rejected you

[spiral dove]

payment failed for yale, parents are out, deadline is in 3 hours💀

[lost spire]

maybe email yale? or call the office

[split jewel]

Any credit cards at home?

[lost spire]

or beg 😭

or ask friends or other family members and pay them back (let them know that you will)

[spiral dove]

i just found one thank god

im guna ask the parents but i dont want a shouting😭😭

[split jewel]

It’s Yale they’ll understand

Not like you’re using it for something stupid

[spiral dove]

waiting for reply now

[lost spire]

Unless they’re really hard on cash I think you’ll be fine, this payment that’s under $100 could change your entire future

[spiral dove]

yeah truee

its an investment

[lost spire]

yep

[spiral dove]

but damn these colleges are expensive

[drowsy swift]

too expensive

i hate this why yale essay

like i was over the word limit i cut down now im 15 words below

theres no in between with a word limit like this lol

damn

they quick with it

alr i needa get off discord and submit ts

i was about to say like are u 2 days behind or smt

lol

[spiral dove]

got a small shouting for being late as usual

but finally done

[drowsy swift]

i wanna submit yale and go to sleep bru

im tired

[lost spire]

yo mind if I use this as a template?

also cool if you send it for me to copy and paste?

[blazing steeple]

I’m so fucked

I have 5 out of the 6 written answers left and the one I DO have sucks ass

[thorn pulsar]

i’m stuck on 2 of them

why us and the inviting a person to speak

[lost spire]

thanks man

[blazing steeple]

I have 2 ideas for the speaker but neither of them are great

I can’t write about inspiration in 35 words and I can’t write about something unique in 35 words

Flirting vs harassment but it’s Princeton short answer vs Yale short answer

[drowsy swift]

any downside to writing only 110 words instead of 125 for the why yale answer

cause i cant get a 15 word sentence that fits in, anything that fits in is longer

[regal relic]

if you have legitimate prior experience in the field i don’t think it’s bs

i have 300+ hrs of research and published data in orbital mechanics and chaos theory

so i was like “hey cool! i like doing this stuff too and would really like x professor’s guidance!”

for princeton my first astrophys textbook i started learning out of was published by a professor there so i talked about how i was fascinated with xyz and how x professor helped me connect my quantitative skills to a field i loved

[tame bobcat]

Okay

None of us will get into yale 👍🏼

[regal relic]

very true

[onyx kelp]

[thorn pulsar]

125 words is not enough 😭😭

[night plank]

honestly i liked it idk why

short and sweet

[lost gorge]

how?

[drowsy swift]

how many words did u guys write for the topic that excites essay

[trail arch]

192 rn

subject to change

in the next few hours lol

what question did yall ask the the speaker youll invite

[blazing steeple]

Exact same

[muted grotto]

didn’t do a question, i said a topic

[drowsy swift]

im at 182 after my brother took out a whole sentence saying its irrelevant 😭

[trail arch]

what topic

i feel like mines is so lame

idk what to do

[stable current]

i focused on my major for that one

[blazing steeple]

I cannot do any of the short answers I hate these

[blazing steeple]

Do you think that if I made a funny response to one of the questions that Yale would auto reject me

[regal relic]

no

[pseudo plinth]

these are sm fun to write

[blazing steeple]

It’s kind of making fun of the question though

Hard to explain

[drowsy swift]

AHHHHH I hate these 35 word STs

for the inspiration question did u guys list or talk about 1 thing?

[regal relic]

i don’t want what inspires me to sound too cliche 💀

[vivid viper]

If yours is super serious/a famous historical figure you could always try a more "fun" angle

[blazing steeple]

Yeah I can’t say someone in my family

[regal relic]

so we’re allowed to talk about living people right?

i’ve got a few ideas

[blazing steeple]

I have an idea for a speaker but it’s not great

[vivid viper]

It can be anyone I'm pretty sure

That's like a real person

[blazing steeple]

Yeah

I can’t choose someone too niche which makes me upset

[regal relic]

i’m tempted

[vivid viper]

You can if you explain

I did someone pretty niche

[regal relic]

i had dinner with this nobel laureate who lectured over the summer

we had a rlly good convo

i would love to have him lecture again

else i might do someone ancient

[blazing steeple]

I was gonna choose Joji for a topic that I won’t share because I don’t want ppl stealing lol

[stable current]

i wrote about my grandpa

[blazing steeple]

Joji is definitely not niche in some areas but I don’t think his music will be recognizable to middle age people

[stable current]

i don’t think you need to worry ab that

[regal relic]

is it fair game to paste a why major essay for the first question?

[blazing steeple]

It also rlly isn’t abt me but more abt my interest

[blazing steeple]

I sure did

I changed the “why us” part to delve more into a specific area of interest tho

I kind of separated my why major into 2 paragraphs, 1 abt major and 1 abt school itself

[regal relic]

yea i have a section at the end of mine which is college specific

[drowsy swift]

quick question before i submit, for the what inspires u did u guys list or talk about 1 thing?

[regal relic]

2 paragraphs?? lol

[regal relic]

one thing

[blazing steeple]

2 paragraphs that are like 100 words each

[regal relic]

ah okay

[stable current]

i wrote ab 1 thing

[regal relic]

i feel like most of mine is going to be why major bc why school is another question

[blazing steeple]

I don’t know if I should do the Joji idea because it rlly doesn’t say much about me, more about my interests

[regal relic]

at least that’s how i did it for columbia

i’m rlly lucky i omitted my chess stuff from my app

that’s been my trick up my sleeve

[blazing steeple]

But it’s kinda my best idea so far

[stable current]

i was going to copy and paste my why major essay from columbia to the yale one

[regal relic]

for all of these “is there anything else about you?”

[regal relic]

me too

[blazing steeple]

I’ve omitted my love for music from my app so that’s always my unique thing

[trail arch]

its an author and criminal justice lawyer

[regal relic]

i kept that in my app 😭

it’s like my main selling point for awards

since i have 9x natl awards in piano

[blazing steeple]

It’s bc I don’t do anything with music

I just love that shit

Only thing is that I’m pitch perfect lol

[regal relic]

sheesh

i am certainly not

[blazing steeple]

I like trying to make sheet music for other songs sometimes

[regal relic]

ooo

[blazing steeple]

Like if there’s a solid lead melody for a song I can get notes down for it

[regal relic]

anyone who did why major did you focus on one topic

mine leads up to it

[blazing steeple]

Mine leads up to 1 topic too

Wait “anyone who did” as in its optional?

[regal relic]

not optimal

*optional

i start w/ watching & researching meteor showers and constellations, then go to building model rockets and watching rocket launches, then to orbital craft dynamics then to orbital dynamics in general

but 2/3 is dynamics

i hope that’s ok

[muted grotto]

yeah like one topic/initiative within my major

[regal relic]

i narrowed it down to chaos theory and dynamics is that fine?

as an astrophys major

i talked about what led me there

lemme find what research yale actually has

for columbia i bs’d a little

i have some rlly long sentences

[blazing steeple]

I hate these short answers

[drowsy swift]

same they lowkey worse than the essays

[regal relic]

well fudge

[blazing steeple]

Yeah

[regal relic]

yale doesn’t have dynamics research

[drowsy swift]

[regal relic]

um uhh umm

[blazing steeple]

Time for a short answer

[primal gorge]

dude i hated those yale short takes

[regal relic]

orbital dynamics class?? fr fr

“EXPAND YOUR RESEARCH”

[blazing steeple]

What was ur approach

[primal gorge]

@regal relic i play piano too

[primal gorge]

um

[trail arch]

i was quirky for two

[primal gorge]

give up

i can show yall what i wrote, just like please don't copy it

[stable current]

i wrote the short takes first whaaa

[blazing steeple]

Obviously

[trail arch]

LMAOO why would we copy it

[primal gorge]

okay just double checking lmao

[blazing steeple]

If ur approach was “give up” then idk if I’d wanna copy

[regal relic]

fff idk i talked about 50M years so i guess galactic astronomy works

[trail arch]

we dont want the recipe to yo mamas peach cobbler

[blazing steeple]

I’ll gladly look at whatever

[primal gorge]

lmao

im joking

[primal gorge]

lmao it's a joke

but my short takes are kind of cliche and not amazing

[blazing steeple]

Ik I’m going along w it

Ahh

[regal relic]

orbital dynamics -> galactic astronomy?

idk

i guess they consider it as kinematics

that works

[blazing ether]

phiew, right on the limit

[primal gorge]

mine are quite short, i hope there's no judgement lol

[regal relic]

Oh wait we don’t need to elaborate as to why it’s called such?

[primal gorge]

I don't know. I heard that some people did, and others didn't.

[regal relic]

interesting

[primal gorge]

I mean it probably would be better if you did

I just didn't realize that before I submitted

[blazing steeple]

Love tennis

[blazing ether]

short takes, ure fine

[blazing ether]

35w max

[primal gorge]

on goddd

[regal relic]

i’m thinking of writing something a little bit silly for what inspires you

[primal gorge]

i mean it's not like im gonna get in

[regal relic]

☺️ “x professor from another university inspires me”

[trail arch]

my "something we dont know about u" is silly

[blazing steeple]

Deadass just typed “Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson”

[trail arch]

and the my course is silly too lol

[blazing steeple]

And couldn’t stop laughing

There is something so goofy about that name

[primal gorge]

i wanted to write "for something we dont know about you" as allergic to watermelon

but i opted against it because my dad said no

[regal relic]

i’m prolly going to be boring

[drowsy swift]

im debating if I should take out the period at the end of one of the STs im at 201 characters

[regal relic]

and just be like “i love chess puzzle 🥵”

[weak shoal]

i audibly cackled

[blazing steeple]

Almost did left handed

as the unique thing

[regal relic]

i’m left handed too

🌝

[blazing steeple]

Niiiice

Thoughts?

[primal gorge]

I dont get how everyones short takes are so long 😭

[trail arch]

LMAO ty

[primal gorge]

LMAFLS:JD

jUST SEND IT

[trail arch]

so backhanded

dont do it

[blazing steeple]

I know I was kinda fucking around

[regal relic]

i don’t think that’s a good idea but it’s funny af

[trail arch]

ya i giggled

[primal gorge]

I think that he's joking guys 💀

[trail arch]

yall wanna see. mine?

[blazing steeple]

Sure

That’s a rlly good one

[trail arch]

valid

[regal relic]

anyone able to check a why major rq

[blazing steeple]

Sure

[muted grotto]

i love my course one i’ll send after i submit

[trail arch]

my why yale is rlly holdin me back rn

[regal relic]

“i like the bulldog”

[stable current]

same

it’s such a small word limit

[blazing ether]

my course one was fire

Intro to sleep schedule (SLCH101)

[trail arch]

LMAOO

love it

[blazing ether]

explanation: because a well-rested body and a sharp mind makes perfect.

[weak shoal]

that one and the "enhance community" one got me too, do you know what u plan to major in/what ecs you're interested in at yale?

[trail arch]

poli sci / sociology / south asian studies

[blazing ether]

125w is just way not enough for a why us imo

[regal relic]

i’ve got a rlly funny one

does it have to be major pertaining

[trail arch]

no definiely not

my course is not major pertaining at all

[regal relic]

could it be?

[trail arch]

yes

[regal relic]

if it’s still silly

[trail arch]

DUH

[regal relic]

kk

LOL

[weak shoal]

samesies

mine was ab trader joe's in a really weird way

[trail arch]

i love that already

[regal relic]

IGSK390

[blazing steeple]

Thoughts? (Please do not steal!!!!!!)

[regal relic]

i’ll tell y’all after i submit

[trail arch]

lovee

this is good

[regal relic]

it has to do with sock knitting and galaxies

[trail arch]

ill share my short takes after i submit as well

[blazing ether]

welp deadline just passed in western europe

[weak shoal]

does yale have a grace period

[regal relic]

est gang here

[regal relic]

yea til 12am hawaii time afaik

[stable current]

I wrote my course about women loll

[blazing ether]

CET>>

[blazing ether]

prolly a few minutes

[weak shoal]

got 5 hours to edit 🥲

[blazing ether]

I wrote my supps in like 1 lmao, granted i recycled like 2 totally but smh, gotta do whatchu gotta do

[trail arch]

i recycled but completely rewrote the recycled work

so it was rough

[regal relic]

Meowtronomy and purr-bital dynamics 😼

[blazing ether]

lmao, when u hate your previous supps

wrote them with a former williams AO so they should be fine

[trail arch]

damn wtf

unfair!!! boooo!!

[blazing steeple]

I did something similar

Except I have a former AO for a college

[blazing ether]

family connections lmao 😭

[blazing ether]

williams is a college

best LAC in the states lmao

[blazing steeple]

My thing was that they were former

[blazing ether]

mine was a former too

[weak shoal]

gotta do what u gotta do

[blazing steeple]

Ahhhh

[blazing ether]

look what i wrote

[blazing steeple]

Ok so we got the same thing going

[blazing ether]

exactly aye, didn't even apply to williams for the sake of faireness im just like that

[weak shoal]

the hardest part ab writing these supps is that i overwrite and have to cut down SO MUCH

[blazing steeple]

I applied to the college my person was an AO for 💀

[regal relic]

do you think i’ll get docked points for my sentences being like eons long

[blazing steeple]

Feels a little like cheating but I won’t get in anyways

[regal relic]

like 1/4 of word limit long

[blazing steeple]

Try to find any way possible to split them a bit

[blazing ether]

they gon get u inn

[blazing steeple]

Hell nah bruh what

[blazing ether]

jk lmao

[blazing steeple]

I wish

[regal relic]

I like the mrbeast

[muted grotto]

def mr beast idk if talking about filthy frank is a good idea 😭

[blazing steeple]

Alr gracias

Deleted to avoid any stealing lol

[regal relic]

very sensible tbh

[blazing ether]

second to last one be quirky like yale

[regal relic]

yea that’s what i’m going for

🙏 if it got me into ssp it can get me into yale

manifesting

[blazing steeple]

Why couldn’t you stop 8 puzzles ago

[regal relic]

true

i was going to put “over 10k” bc i have the puzzle addict award

but eeeh

[blazing steeple]

You should add me on chess.com so I can totally definitely beat you with my 500 Elo and about 3 games played

[regal relic]

mayhaps after jan 5

i haven’t played chess in forever

like actually i’m sad i haven’t had the time

[blazing steeple]

I was gonna be done after Jan 5 but now I have to do a peer Rec

[regal relic]

peer rec?

dartmouth?

[blazing steeple]

Yeah

[regal relic]

ah

i got mine in already

[blazing steeple]

But THEN I’m done

[regal relic]

😼

[blazing steeple]

I can’t even think of what to write

[regal relic]

i told my friend i needed it days ago and he wrote it up for me

[blazing steeple]

very stressful and now the person doesn’t have a backup

[regal relic]

ok so

find a moment where they demonstrated a lot of a positive quality

[blazing steeple]

This person told me to write it a while back but I’ve been so busy I’m gonna do it probably on the 5th

[regal relic]

my friend wrote about how i’m really really good at pattern recognition

and talked about a game of chess i crushed him in months ago and how i told him “these are all of the lines you could’ve played” and we laughed together

think abt something like that for your friend

[blazing steeple]

I might write about the persons personal improvement but that means writing some bad with the good so idk

[regal relic]

i think he wrote me 500+ words

[regal relic]

yeah he expanded on that for me too

[blazing steeple]

The thing is the bad is p awful

[regal relic]

and talked about how i now talk in classes and am a treasure trove of knowledge for discussion

[regal relic]

maybe don’t mention it as much

i’ve grown from smth like that too but they used another form of growth; i grew from being very reserved to sociable and willing to contribute whenever possible

it was such a great rec fr

[blazing steeple]

Yeah I’ll try to think of smth else

But the improvement from the very very bad might impress AOs idk

[regal relic]

i wouldn’t talk about the very very bad if they’re violent or harmful to others

[languid magnet]

That is good, but can you maybe explain the chess jargon? I'd have no idea how good 3800 is, or what Elo (it's capitalized, and so is Chess.com) is.

[regal relic]

or if it has to do too much with mental health

[regal relic]

yeah true

[blazing steeple]

Yeah it’s mostly mental health/emotionally harmful stuff so I’ll try to think of smth else

[regal relic]

hmm

how would i do that

[blazing steeple]

Maybe say “international master level” instead of 2500 elo

[chilly sundial]

is it a good idea to anwer the new yale course question with a joke

[regal relic]

WGM puzzle level 🥸

[blazing steeple]

I almost did that

[regal relic]

i did

[chilly sundial]

that makes fun of the trust fund babies at yale

[regal relic]

no

lol no

[chilly sundial]

what was yours

[languid magnet]

"...and solved a 3800 rated puzzle--one of the hardest on the site." Maybe?

[regal relic]

mine was major & art related and silly

[regal relic]

kk i’d need to cut smth out since i’m at the word limit

do you think the dates are relevant

like the ones in parentheses

[languid magnet]

Not really.

I didn't even care to read them.

[regal relic]

kk that’ll help me cut down

[languid magnet]

Niceee

A 3800 hundred rated puzzle is impressive, what's your rating?

[regal relic]

puzzle rating or actual

puzzle is 2334 bc i haven’t played in awhile

[languid magnet]

Actual

[regal relic]

actual ~1500

i’m not that good

[trail arch]

my why yale is soooo

[regal relic]

i just really like puzzles

[trail arch]

ugh

[languid magnet]

Ah same

[blazing ether]

i did too

[chilly sundial]

mine is very risky though

[chilly sundial]

what was your joke

[gaunt quarry]

my course name is funny but the desc is normal

[regal relic]

my desc is funny too

[hasty canopy]

What is it, if y’all don’t mind sharing

[blazing ether]

well just a funny class that will (prolly) never exist

[regal relic]

mine was major related & related to art

[chilly sundial]

im thinking of submitting something along the lines of "how to not spend all of your parents money"

[blazing steeple]

1500 is awesome

[chilly sundial]

but probably not

[regal relic]

HAHAHAHH

[hasty canopy]

😭😭

[blazing ether]

damn lmao, could not be me xD but it's fun ig

[regal relic]

that’s hilarious but yale wants u to spend all ur parents money

[blazing ether]

yea kinda

[hasty canopy]

LOLL

[blazing ether]

try, how to spend a loooot of your parents money (but on stuff thats worth it, like a good education)

[regal relic]

“How to loot your parents’ dabloons”

[chilly sundial]

💀

[blazing steeple]

“The perfect application: how to donate a building to an Ivy League school”

[regal relic]

“How to get into Yale 101”

[blazing steeple]

Donate a building and fund an orphanage

Also 36/4.0

[regal relic]

I know someone with a 1560 who donated a bulk of money to ukrainian orphanages and teaches coding to orphans for free in russian

applied to mit was deferred

[blazing steeple]

And be a professional writer

[blazing steeple]

There’s a kid that I’ve kind of cited as “the perfect student” since 7th grade

Deferred from MIT

[blazing ether]

how to create a 503(c)

[blazing ether]

i do that in english for ukrainian kids owo, got rejected from my ED

[regal relic]

dude i have no clue what inspires me

[blazing ether]

teaching english tho not code

[blazing steeple]

I don’t do anything like that, deferred from my EA

accepted into other EA tho !!!

[blazing ether]

at least u got defered

ayye there u goo

[regal relic]

which ea?

[blazing ether]

life, passion, money, seeing Elon's downfall

[regal relic]

i’m waiting on gatech

[blazing steeple]

Fuuuuck GAtech

For their EA date

[blazing ether]

me USC, UMass and UF lmao

[blazing steeple]

“Georgia students get it tomorrow other people get it next year”

[regal relic]

i know if i put “the mysteries of the universe” i’d get laughed at by an ao for being cringe

[blazing ether]

fax

[blazing steeple]

Elons downfall tho

[blazing ether]

mine prolly cringe af too

[blazing steeple]

That inspires me

[blazing ether]

me too, shouldve put that 😭

[gaunt quarry]

i alrdy submitted

[blazing steeple]

Andrew Tate

getting arrested

[gaunt quarry]

Playing Games, Playing Genes, Playing God. Creating and using computational models and designs to play with genetic modifications or other biological aspects, testing the limits.

this was my course

[blazing steeple]

that’s rlly good wtf

[gaunt quarry]

i have a thing for alliteration

💀

[chilly sundial]

sheeeeeesh

[regal relic]

playing god 💀

[gaunt quarry]

idk i applied bme, playing god is just a term for

the ethics

[blazing ether]

he got released tho i believe

[gaunt quarry]

tf

no andrew tate talk but

[regal relic]

i’ve gotta find 200 words to talk about my community in this community essay

[blazing ether]

God Playing

nice acting class

[gaunt quarry]

lmao

[blazing ether]

what ommunity are u talking bout

[blazing steeple]

I did perspective for that one

Reusing 1 essay for every Ivy League:

[regal relic]

Yale community essay i’m talking about how i work with the state board of education to improve the post secondary conditions for students in low income areas statewide

my community is a low income area

i could try to tie it in with space

& my astro club

i kinda want to talk about my model rocketry demo i did for middle schoolers

ah ok wait princeton’s hold on

[blazing ether]

sheesh thats firee

[regal relic]

ok up to 315

imma take a snippet from my harvard essay

[blazing ether]

welp guys I wish you the best! yall are amazing, im going to sleep now!

[regal relic]

gn!

[blazing steeple]

My brown essays were SO good man

I hope I get in

[trail arch]

i thought the same

got rejected

tbf i reread my opposing view essay a month later and cringed

completely changed it

[blazing steeple]

Mine is rlly solid I think

idk it was the only opposing perspective convo I’ve had in forever

[regal relic]

my friend and i shared ours for princeton after we submitted and we wrote on the EXACT SAME THING

JUST DIFFERENT CONVOS

[shy crow]

woo submitted

[gaunt quarry]

🎉

[regal relic]

agh i feel like my app is so clunky

it’s so heavy with astro

it reeks of astrophys

[vivid viper]

Same

[regal relic]

my 400 isn’t as much astro related thankfully

[vivid viper]

I focused more on my interest in SETI though

[regal relic]

ooooo

orbital mechanics here

i tried to play into the galactic kinematics stuff they do

[vivid viper]

I think colleges like when you focus on a certain thing. Shows dedication or something

[regal relic]

if i were an ao not interested in astro i’d throw my app in the trash

[vivid viper]

Nice. Orbital Mechanics is rad

[regal relic]

i tried to add humor tho

I did fangirl over huygens a little bit too

[vivid viper]

Same. I really hope they find alien life atleast somewhat interesting

[regal relic]

astrobio is a lot more well known i think you’ll be fine

[atomic quartz]

So when do results come out

[vivid viper]

Hopefully 🤞

[regal relic]

march

[atomic quartz]

I’m c/o 22

shit good luck

[regal relic]

@vivid viper did you do something astro related for your 400 word?

i tried not to

[vivid viper]

I wrote about debating the existence of God with a friend 💀

[regal relic]

oooo

[vivid viper]

Might be too controversial now that I think about it

[regal relic]

ya i talked about public policy, that’s my 3rd choice

[regal relic]

i think it’s interesting

[languid magnet]

I don't think that's very controversial

[regal relic]

^

[vivid viper]

It was fun to write about though

[muted grotto]

WTF the short takes don’t let you do line breaks or italicize??

that’s kinda poopy….

[regal relic]

ah shit i just saw that they have to be under 200 characters

💀

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[muted grotto]

my first short take looks way worse without that formatting

[vivid viper]

Orbital Mechanics reminds me. Epic games is giving away KSP on Jan 5th. Everyone start ksp 🔫

[regal relic]

ah yes ksp

i must get it

[vivid viper]

There's a limit in the app if you exceed 200 characters dw

[regal relic]

yeah I know 😭

wait what

i have 35 words

is it fine or does it have to be under

let me check

[vivid viper]

Should be fine

I remember hitting a limit and not being able to write more on my 'guest speaker' short answer

[regal relic]

kk

[blazing steeple]

Oh fr

[regal relic]

my last sup is literally just “what inspires you”

i’m blank

[blazing steeple]

Mine too

[regal relic]

what inspires me? i don’t know

[blazing steeple]

I can’t think of anything that isn’t basic

[regal relic]

is there any way to submit another rec?

there’s no space for optional

[trail arch]

@gaunt quarry

[regal relic]

i had to plead a lot to get my 3rd recommender on commonapp

[gaunt quarry]

hi

[blazing steeple]

I don’t think so

is 7/21 for essays

Please tell me it’s essays and not colleges

[lost gorge]

yeah u can do it it's just rly annoying

if u alr had to plead with them esp lmao

cuz they need to mail it physically

or do some stupid online form that seems to be more complicated than every other school's system

[regal relic]

it’s for.. it’s for

colleges 🫠

im ded

[languid magnet]

YOOO

[regal relic]

HUH

HUHUH

😭

wwwwwwwwwwhhhyyyy

[lost gorge]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-sad-sad-face-alone-waiting-gif-21396787

[languid magnet]

Let me send you my famous Reddit comment

[regal relic]

ok one 35 word supplemental left ✨

[languid magnet]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/zwq14i/comment/j1w5il2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

[regal relic]

ok listen

i have no excuse

there is no buts

i was just in nyc for 3 days and enjoyed life a little

but if i get done before 9pm im going to start on jhu and knock it out tn

[languid magnet]

Wait

You enjoyed life?

That's the greatest sin of all.

[regal relic]

😢

i’m really not looking forward to doing 3 college apps tmr

[languid magnet]

Only failures enjoy life!

[lost gorge]

LOL

[regal relic]

after school 🫠

[lost gorge]

bro is choosing violence

😂

[languid magnet]

I'm doing an impression of Asian parents

[lost gorge]

lmfao

[regal relic]

i was having the time of my life enjoying nyc nonstreet food

[languid magnet]

And now you pay!

No but seriously, good luck

I believe in you

[regal relic]

thanks

i’ve been meeting all of the deadlines so far

[languid magnet]

Just do it one sentence at a time

[regal relic]

literally it’s gotten a lot easier

[languid magnet]

Awesome!

[regal relic]

just copy paste

[languid magnet]

Factual

[regal relic]

i have like 5 different lengths of the same essay

it’s awesome

i feel like jhu’s just gonna be a copy paste of my yale 400

[languid magnet]

Love to see it

[lost gorge]

nicee

towards the end, maybe last 8ish supps out of 40 💀 it was just complete copy paste lmao

at least for me

[regal relic]

yes me but 7

[languid magnet]

Yeah I have one final essay, a "Why us?" for UChicago, that's totally going to be a blatant copy of my Cornell "Why us?"

[lost gorge]

oh i thought uchicago only had one

the weird ass prompts

i was gonna apply but then didnt lmao

[languid magnet]

And they want a Why Us essay on top of that 🙄

[lost gorge]

😂

unluckhy

[languid magnet]

I hated that uncommon essay

I wrote about being abducted by martians and proving the Collatz conjecture to them to save myself and then developing a new field of mathematics called MARS

Hell of an essay

Emphasis on Hell

[lost gorge]

damn bro

sounds wild

[languid magnet]

You're free to read it if you'd like

[lost gorge]

oh yeah could i?

dm?

[languid magnet]

Yeah sure

[blazing steeple]

No no no

[lost gorge]

👍

[tame rapids]

well yes i agree every X prof is good is not bs, specially considering your extensive background
but just the obvious ones where the kid had no idea an is blatantly listing stuff

[regal relic]

ok true

[primal gorge]

Lmao classic Alex behavior

[primal gorge]

painfully accurate

[pseudo plinth]

"Please indicate the number of the prompt you choose."
how did yall do this lol

[languid magnet]

"Prompt #1

 Blah blah blah..."

[pseudo plinth]

ah perfect thank you 🙏

[vivid viper]

just submitted yale 🎇

[weak shoal]

congrats!!!

[stable current]

me too!!

🥳🥳🥳

[weak shoal]

YAY

[trail arch]

about to submit

guys

[weak shoal]

is it due at 11:59 for est or does it depend on our time zone

🧍‍♀️

[trail arch]

if i say i wanna be considered for the ba/mm will it hurt my app?

[trail arch]

11:59 based on ur timezone

[rigid jay]

will yale extend the due date?

ik cornell already extended theres

[stable current]

doubt it

[tall bolt]

Gl everyone

[vivid viper]

Why are they even having extensions again ☠

[fading hemlock]

time to start my yale supplements 💪

[muted grotto]

bffr

[lost gorge]

🙈

[worldly finch]

so real

[hasty tiger]

fuckFUCK

I DIDNT INDICATE

RAAAAAAAAAA

is there a way i can fic that 💀 does it matter that much

should i email?

[regal relic]

submitted 🥵

[hasty tiger]

congrats!!

[trail arch]

me too lol girl

im emailing them

[jovial tinsel]

for yale, how would I submit my social science research abstract

it only shows science/engineering

do i just submit under that ?

[regal relic]

social science is a science

[jovial tinsel]

so history lmfao

💀

[regal relic]

i think ur good under science/eng

[jovial tinsel]

ok

thanks 😌

that is submitted after the app

[pseudo plinth]

ahhh submitted 😩

actually had fun w the supps tbh

[trail arch]

im so pissed i forgot to indicate which supp i was answering.

should i email now or after they download the application?

THAT WAS MY BEST SUPP TOO

bruh

[celest gyro]

Anything like this for Yale?

[acoustic pilot]

Common App said my application was due by 11:59 my time, so I submitted at 11:07, but when I submitted it said it was 12:07 EST

will I be okay?

[trail arch]

yes

[viscid idol]

wth

I had no idea you could max out at 20 colleges

[regal relic]

No

[regal relic]

Yes

[celest gyro]

sad

[vivid viper]

I want you to be so fr

Did you actually finish

[fading hemlock]

no

[onyx kelp]

lol

[celest gyro]

Deadline has already passed lmao

[tame rapids]

cool

what did yall put down for what inspires you

[lofty swift]

these were my short answers

[tame rapids]

these were mine:
What inspires you
From an old shirt to an embroidered handkerchief to a dusting cloth to a recycled mop.
The imaginative obligation of rejuvenating the seemingly mundane has driven me throughout.
Your yale course
"Pandora's Plethora": a course where students choose 2 courses, 1 they excel at, 1 they struggle at; and correspond with the profs to put together a project integrating the 2 curricula.

What historical fig you’d invite to your res college
Crumbling marriage, disdainful job, a frustrating obsession with the (seemingly) unattainable . "What kept you going?", we stare down Albert Einstein as he emphasizes perseverance in STEM and in life.

Something not conveyed anywhere else
The last leg of my aunt's treasure hunt involved ankle deep mud. The pre-existent footholds were tempting, but the struggle of creating my unique footprints brought about seamless joy, it still does.

[lofty swift]

omg i love yours

[gaunt quarry]

Dystopian literature

As a bme applicant

[regal relic]

very cool

i want to share my course bc i thought it was neat

Intergalactic Sock Knitting and the Art of Galactic Fashion: Learn to knit stylish socks accessorized with all the latest celestial trends, from shimmering star sequins to interplanetary embroidery.

I had a few more characters but had to cut down for yale .__.

[tame rapids]

knitting and astro is an interesting combination fr

[regal relic]

yeah it corresponds with all of the artsy stuff i blabbered about

my what inspires you is so generic 😭

Motivated by my mother's journey as an immigrant and her unwavering determination to overcome challenges, I strive to pursue my own dreams and be the success she never had the opportunity to realize.

it connects to my commonapp essay & i mentioned it in my app so i think i’m safe

[tame rapids]

come'on its what inspires you written by you it can never be generic
also, i'd say its incredibly mature to realize such insightful topic about responsibility at this age and you're doing great!

[regal relic]

also Einstein is very cool

i wrote about huygens

[tame rapids]

the waves one? or the bio one?

[regal relic]

I would invite Huygens to discuss his theory that "light is a wave motion of the medium which fills all space,” a fascinating principle used to analyze diffraction patterns and oscillations of stars.

waves

[tame rapids]

I'd be intrigued to hear huygens out tbh, thats a great response

[tame rapids]

anyone got portal yet?

[regal relic]

nope

[gaunt quarry]

Yes

[steady edge]

yes

[thorn pulsar]

nope

[coral badge]

nope

[lost spire]

yep

[alpine rover]

Does anyone have the portal yet?

[gaunt quarry]

Look up 💀

[alpine rover]

Soz 😭

[nova frost]

does having a portal yet or not mean anything

[tame rapids]

dont start portal astrology so soon

[alpine rover]

It means they want you so bad they're too shy to send a message 😍

[gaunt quarry]

It means u submitted later than orhers

Ill check how many hrs it took me to get mije

[alpine rover]

Thank youuuu

[gaunt quarry]

took nearly exactly 36 hours

for mine

i think

oh 12 hours

lol

💀

submitted 10pm

got it 10am

[alpine rover]

That's decent, guess mine is just taken long

[gaunt quarry]

i probably submitted when there was less traffic

idk

[alpine rover]

Yeahhhhh that makes sense

I wish I did but my laptop was down for like an hour or two lol

[regal relic]

ahh i submitted mine a bit after 10pm

still no portal

[alpine rover]

Maybe they split it into batches? Some get in the first wave others get in the second

[nova frost]

LMFOAOAOAOA

[fading hemlock]

yalls short takes are so good mine are generic asf 😭

[primal gorge]

mine suck dw

[tame rapids]

well you have the wave eqn in ur status,
applying physics?

[fading hemlock]

as like an additional interest or whatever they call it

main is eecs💀

[primal gorge]

wait is the equation shrodinger

[fading hemlock]

gradient of a scalar field

[thorn pulsar]

i submitted 6pm and i’m still waiting on my portal

[regal relic]

same

[tame rapids]

same

[night plank]

i got a little tired of mine:

not my best work but i was super series in my other essays so i figured i’d lighten it up a lil ^.^

[blazing ether]

Means ure rejected bruv, in less than 24hrs they got the time to review all their apps already

[night plank]

yale admission butt dialed me and they were talking shit about my mom 😵‍💫😵‍💫

[blazing ether]

Ah fuck im sorry lad

[regal relic]

what .___.

[night plank]

it’s true check their website

[blazing ether]

HOLLY SHIT YALL TOUCH GRASS ISSA JOKE 😭

[night plank]

least anxious a2c members

[night plank]

oh that’s nice

[blazing ether]

Fr 😭

[regal mountain]

:o

[stable current]

i love yours so much

[alpine rover]

That Yale course sounds so good

[alpine rover]

Please I don't have enough sleep this jump scared me

[thorn pulsar]

i only liked my yale course one

[alpine rover]

Love this one 😭

[thorn pulsar]

thought it was a nice play with my name 🤷‍♀️

[alpine rover]

That's so creative

[thorn pulsar]

thank you 😭

[alpine rover]

The anthill idea sounds really interesting

[night plank]

awhhh thank you ❤️

these r soooo good ahhhh omg

[regal relic]

my app was wayyyy too astro centric 😭

[muted grotto]

tysm :))) fellow the secret history enjoyer?

[nova frost]

ahahah i said i resonate with donkey from shrek for an emory supp

[thorn pulsar]

shreks taking over uni essays

[night plank]

yes! i used the Ishiguro one so they didn’t think i was going to college for the bacchanals 🤞🤞

[vivid viper]

these were mine lol

[regal relic]

woahhh i like your #3

a lot

[slim narwhal]

donna tartt and kazuo ishiguro are some of my favorite authors!

[regal relic]

mine were rlly bland

[primal gorge]

i loveee your number three so much, the wording is just beautiful to me @regal relic

[regal relic]

Huygens ‼️

[primal gorge]

the goat frrr

[regal relic]

I got the same email

[vivid viper]

these ate down

[fading hemlock]

yalls are so specific bruh

mine are wack

[coral badge]

Sem

[vivid viper]

ngl, i really had to reflect to come up with that roku one 😭

[regal relic]

CRPYTOGRAPHYYYY that’s so cool

[primal gorge]

these are mine 😭

[regal relic]

i can see you’re interested in technology

[muted grotto]

okay no offense but these are way better than what i was expecting considering you write them in like an hour

[regal relic]

no that’s really cool

i wish i put smth on piano

this was my why

mayhaps i def don’t think it’s cringe

[vivid viper]

specificity

good

[regal relic]

cracked

i like the metaphor

[muted grotto]

oh i thought it was mid 😭 thanks yall

[vivid viper]

this was mine, not as specific as I wanted but 125 words
also the part it cut off is "continue my studies in New Haven"

also like

this is really good

[hollow kite]

These were my short takes I went more serious than others - I’m not that good with the funny/lighthearted things so I thought I’d just give them this😭

Honestly my essays were kinda bland but whatevs

[fading hemlock]

yall put essays for the why yale prompt? 💀

I just did a bullet list

[regal relic]

.__.

[vivid viper]

honestly, that's still a great why yale, only thing i see is that the transition between the two paragraphs probably could've been better

also

[regal relic]

you wrote 125 words of a bullet list?

[vivid viper]

didn't they say not to do a list

[gaunt quarry]

i did

like

[hollow kite]

Yeah tbh my 400 word one and my Common app are the ones carrying my application lol

[muted grotto]

[vivid viper]

yeah fr, my common app and 400 worder are very strong tbh

then ig my short answers

[fading hemlock]

I did this in like 20 mins anyways so

[hollow kite]

My short answers r just mid like I hope they focus on the longer essays

[vivid viper]

i think as long as they get a good sense of your character depth/interests, they're good

[hollow kite]

Honestly I like how stanford and Harvard go about it they don’t even ask “why” bc they know they’re the best💀

[regal relic]

you should’ve just put into chat gpt and formed an essay

[vivid viper]

I considered doing the and thing but I decided against it

[vivid viper]

yeah i hate why us essays below 200 words

like what do you want

[fading hemlock]

why is the yale and thing so commonly used

[vivid viper]

what yale and thing

[regal relic]

dartmouth’s 100 word why us

[gaunt quarry]

cuz its key in their admissions

its unique

[regal relic]

🗿

[gaunt quarry]

shows u actually attended admissions stuff

or did good research

[hollow kite]

Literallyyyyy like what do you want me to say?! “Ur awesome leg me in?”

[gaunt quarry]

leg

[hollow kite]

Leg

Ong

[muted grotto]

did anyone choose the opposing viewpoint or whatever for the 400w

i feel like everyone chose community

[gaunt quarry]

i did

[fading hemlock]

me

[muted grotto]

oh nvm

[regal relic]

I did community

[fading hemlock]

it was actually fun to write that one ngl

[hollow kite]

No I was too #scared

I went for the safer one

[gaunt quarry]

i wrote about oobleck = beliefs

[hollow kite]

In my opinion

[vivid viper]

i was going to use my princeton opposing viewpoint but decided i couldn't flesh it out much more

[gaunt quarry]

for that 400 w esssay

[vivid viper]

so i used a community essay i stored

then altered accordingly ofc

[hollow kite]

Oobleck so goofy

[gaunt quarry]

😭

it was a yale published article

[hollow kite]

like in itself

[gaunt quarry]

🖐️

[vivid viper]

so like

[hollow kite]

Touching it is so weird

[vivid viper]

what is this "Yale and" thing

i've been seeing a lot about it

[regal relic]

i think mine was off topic :/

[muted grotto]

y&le

yandle

[hollow kite]

That’s really good omg

[muted grotto]

i don’t like my 400 word one but several people told me they thought it was fine so idk

[hollow kite]

Why does it feel like sm more than 400w

[regal relic]

because my sentences are long

[fading hemlock]

chat gpt gave mine a 95 😎

[vivid viper]

this eats

[gaunt quarry]

i wrote mine morenarrative

doesnt fit in an ss

😭

[muted grotto]

this one’s mid i think

[regal relic]

no that’s amazing tf

[hollow kite]

My topic that excites you essay slaps icl ive been reusing it for everything

[trail arch]

heres my shorttakes very mid

[muted grotto]

i SUFFERED writing that one

[regal relic]

same

i just change my hook every time

i have 5-6 hooks

[trail arch]

my topic that excites me was lowkey sentimental

[hollow kite]

This is mine - upon reading everyone else’s… I’m doubting myself but whatevs

[regal relic]

no that looks amazing

[hollow kite]

I hate how it’s just 200 words tho there’s no spaceeee

[regal relic]

i rlly like how the illustration adds to it

i could probably take the textbook name out of mine

it’s written by a princeton guy 💀

[trail arch]

i rlly enjoyed that book and the intersection so i hope it shows in my writing

[hollow kite]

Thankyou lol i thought that would be a bit more directed to yale bc of their humanities vibe

[vivid viper]

this was mine

ignore the green highlight, that's stuff i'm done reviewing

[hollow kite]

This is really cool bc there’s sm imagery but its a stem theme so it shows versatility in both ends

[vivid viper]

tysm 😭 basically i was describing this

[summer pier]

wait have u done isef?

cuz i think ik u lmao