Brown University (2023-2024)

[limber valley]

where on the app does it say to submit a vid

[valid magnet]

It's optional but there's a video portfolio you can submit on the application portal I think

I've been binging them on YouTube all day lol

[limber valley]

is it an absolute must to submit

[valid magnet]

No but it helps I'm doing it because I want to show the AOs who I am behind the application and give them some more insight into who I am lol

[limber valley]

ok well I guess I should submit

I've been dying for a chance to actually "talk" to an AO

[valid magnet]

Sameeee

[limber valley]

it frustrates me so much that I have no idea why I got deferred from Harvard

and there's no way to find out

[valid magnet]

Ikr 😭 unfortunately they can't give us feedback lol

[sleek rover]

Does anyone know when the Brown video is due?

[valid magnet]

Me after writing "ready for admission" for my 3 words:

[steel marlin]

lmaoooo

did u really

[valid magnet]

Nah I put "forging my path" I didn't really have any adjectives that I thought were unique so I thought turning it into a phrase would be better lmaoo

[valid magnet]

I heard Jan 15th

[steel marlin]

i'd put rock n' oll

rock n' roll

[valid magnet]

I like that

[steel marlin]

it's a bit unserious

[valid magnet]

Reall I feel like my video is gonna be unserious too 😅

[lilac hollow]

Hi, I had a weird question to any brown students. I am writting the supplement abt what ill bring to the community and about my upbringing, and I am basically writting about how I want to bring an aspect of my culture's food (indian chaat) to the brown campus. A bit romantic but I want to like share my love for food and my culture through food to like fellow students or fellow roomates or smth like that. Are like food gatherings things that actually happen at a college or at Brown. I dont intend to sell anyhting just share food with other people maybe to my residence hall or smth like that

just wanted some insight on this thorugh the eyes of a brown student

are there like specific places or things that yall could provide me with that relate to this idea 😭

[lament moat]

food club

[wanton needle]

yea so theres the brown cooking club and theres also the south asian students association (SASA)

brown cooking club LOVES to do collabs with cultural groups so you can talk about how you like that the clubs collaborate and you can talk about how you would love to make a collaboration between teh two above clubs in the form of the food you mentioned

@lilac hollow

[alpine pecan]

@wanton needle omg do you know if theyre is an astrophotography club at brown?!

[wanton needle]

good question

lemme check

[alpine pecan]

thanks!

[wanton needle]

closest i can find is the brown astronomy club

i think @wide thicket said shes vaguely involved in it

[alpine pecan]

cat you slay

how hard is it to create a club at brown?

[wanton needle]

i wonder how many people have successfully written essays about brown's weed culture

[wanton needle]

its lowkey pretty hard

[alpine pecan]

what

💀

[wanton needle]

lol

making a club in college is a lot harder than what i assume itd be like in hs

[alpine pecan]

im getting pretty concerned lmaoo

[wanton needle]

theres like a lot of interview rounds

and like

theres only a few clubs they'll accept a year

[alpine pecan]

is brown really known for weed culture? 💀

[wanton needle]

and the reason its competitive is because when you're a recognized club, you get funding from the school

and its a nontrivial amount

[alpine pecan]

ohh

its not impossible tho

[wanton needle]

not impossible

but some years theyll only take a few clubs bc less funding

for example

and like

you have to prove why theres a need for your club

like how theres not already a club that satisfies a similar thing

etc

and also like

[lament moat]

weed club

[wanton needle]

therees some nepo involved bc if you're friends with people on the finance board (which is comprised of other students) they can push for your club and help you get funding

[alpine pecan]

nepotism..

[wanton needle]

its actually kinda funny

[alpine pecan]

very lmaoo

[lament moat]

love me some finance kids

[wanton needle]

like at the end of the day its not that deep bc its just a school club

but yeah

[alpine pecan]

charlie what do you study at brown?

[wanton needle]

cs + math 💀

:dead:

[alpine pecan]

lmaooo

bro chose the hard path

[little snow]

Why does brown not have creative writing

Why literary arts

[wanton needle]

theres literary arts major

lol

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[little snow]

Yeah Ik but the creative writing name sounds cooler

[wanton needle]

im just playing to my interests 😔

[little snow]

It’s just a point of meaningless personal grievance

[lament moat]

oh shoot

[wanton needle]

lol

[lament moat]

i need to send my ap and sat scores

[wanton needle]

oh

[lament moat]

tweakin

[wanton needle]

mei what major r u

gonna be

[vestal lava]

do you have this like copy pasted

[wanton needle]

no

[vestal lava]

how does bro even type that

[wanton needle]

you can do / shrug

[vestal lava]

woah

¯_(ツ)_/¯

WOAH

[wanton needle]

LOL

[vestal lava]

cs major confirmed 👍

[wanton needle]

😔

im ngmi tho

[vestal lava]

neither am i

[lament moat]

molec bio maybe

[wanton needle]

oh

premed?

[lament moat]

some sort of bio

maybe comp bio

[lament moat]

pre vet

[wanton needle]

gotcha

comp bio is poopular

[lament moat]

poop

[wanton needle]

poop

that was a typo

or maybe it wasnt

[lament moat]

i also wanna do something w enviro

i thimk

so mayub dub major

idk

theres sm stuff i wanan do

[wanton needle]

doubule major is a lot of work 🙃

like

idk

[lament moat]

im aplpying to brown risd dual degree

[wanton needle]

oh

[lament moat]

arent u cs + math

that sounds like more work

[wanton needle]

shit

i forgot im doing that

fuck

[lament moat]

XD

[wanton needle]

wait wdym ur applying

r u not already admitted ED?

[lament moat]

ya

i am

just activated my brown google acc EHEHEHEH

its so fresh

[wanton needle]

funnn

wait so youre admitted to the brown risd DD?

[lament moat]

No

[wanton needle]

or are you trying to transfer into the dual degree

[lament moat]

i need to apply to risd

[wanton needle]

idk how it works

[lament moat]

first

[wanton needle]

i see

[lament moat]

is that the right one

[wanton needle]

what is that for

[lament moat]

the bruniverse thingy majig

[wanton needle]

yea

thats right

brunoverse is kinda troll

i dont think anyone actually uses it

[lament moat]

oh ok

so i dont rlly need to sighn up

[wanton needle]

but yea make an account i guess

who knows

[alpine pecan]

as you should!!!

[wanton needle]

maybe more ppl will use it this year 💀

[lament moat]

XD

[alpine pecan]

what does that mean 😭

[wanton needle]

uhhh

donnt worry abotu it

[lament moat]

517 members

[wanton needle]

1 discussion

💀

i think the one discussion is from the cs dug

yea be silly if you can think of smth sily

gotta show

personality~

[lament moat]

are there any important portals i need to have

[wanton needle]

huh

i dont think so

you should use your brown email to get a spotify student discount

lol

and adobe suite if you use that stuff

[lament moat]

lovely

Ok ty

does brown use canvas?

for classes

[wanton needle]

yes

it depends on the class but the default is canvas

[lament moat]

kk

[wanton needle]

in the cs department hteyre usually fancy and make their own site for assignments

but for like

[lament moat]

ew

[wanton needle]

non-cs its mostly just canvas

[lament moat]

sorry

[wanton needle]

LOL

[lament moat]

Kk

ty

anything i should be looking into before shool next yr?

[wanton needle]

hmmmm

hmmmmmmmmmm

lemme think

[lament moat]

Do i need to pregame extracurriculars

[wanton needle]

if you can make friends beforehand then that could be helpful

[lament moat]

or is it chill

[wanton needle]

uhhh

hmmm

brown club culture is not that competitive

although

[lament moat]

no friends

[wanton needle]

its lowkey kinda competitive for premed or finance stuff

[lament moat]

Kk

[wanton needle]

but not as bad as like other t20

[lament moat]

im gonna make a spreadsheet

i love spreadsheets

[wanton needle]

if you're down to do academic stuff its lowkey not a bad idea to review/learn AP chem

[wanton needle]

because a lot of people skip intro chem and take intermediate chem and then you need a solid understanding of ap chem

[lament moat]

FRESHHH

[wanton needle]

this is all hearsay since thats not my world but yea

[lament moat]

kk ty

taking ap chem now

[wanton needle]

ok yeah

pay attention to that stuff ten

[lament moat]

i need to check what ap creds brown takes

Yes

[wanton needle]

none

LOL

[lament moat]

no i swear

[wanton needle]

except AP calc

[lament moat]

i can use some to waive out of classes no?

[lament moat]

Yah

[wanton needle]

the only ones i know of are

uhhh

ap calc

ap econ if you take both micro and macro

and then i THINK there might be a bio or chem one

i dont know

[vestal lava]

you can cancel your AP tests then prob

get money back

[wanton needle]

oh also btw

heres a hack if you're trying to do premed requirements

(idk if pre-vet counts)

but heres the hack in case you need it

so for premed you have to take 2 math classes

[lament moat]

yes?

[wanton needle]

(or one idk)

[lament moat]

no problem

[wanton needle]

if you want to take the easy way out

[lament moat]

i like math

[wanton needle]

dont send them your ap calc thing

and then you can take intro calc

at brown

and then itll be easy

[lament moat]

oop

[wanton needle]

altho if u like math then it should be fine

[lament moat]

does premed require calculus math cred

or just any college lvl math

[wanton needle]

hmmm

not sure

[lament moat]

im guessing any if i can skip taking calc

[wanton needle]

i wanna say just any math

[jade stag]

How long did u guys take to film and do u brown optional video

[wanton needle]

yea

[wanton needle]

didnt do one 😎

[jade stag]

Oh really

[lament moat]

a few hours

[wanton needle]

mei

do you know if theres a brown 28 discord server

[jade stag]

😭😭I got 7 college supplementals to do and my common app

[wanton needle]

idk if i already asked u

but if there is can u dm

[lament moat]

OK so

bio
chem
econ
euro
calc
phys

[wanton needle]

i see

[lament moat]

these r the creds that i can use

that fucking sucks

[wanton needle]

did you take all of those?

ap euro is so random

[lament moat]

yea

those r the ones i took that also i can use

i wish i took enviro now but wtv

[jade stag]

Lock in we got this

[lament moat]

i havent heard yet

[wanton needle]

ok

[lament moat]

someone should just make one tho

[wanton needle]

you can make it

and then be the owner

[lament moat]

Ok

sure

am i allowed to do that

[wanton needle]

and rule the world with an iron fist

[lament moat]

XD

naur

[wanton needle]

i mean yeah

[lament moat]

crazy

[wanton needle]

no ones stopping you

[lament moat]

well idk if anyones gonna join

[wanton needle]

just post it on like brunoverse

or whatever

[lament moat]

ew

[wanton needle]

and then ppl will join

LOL

or dont

[lament moat]

Ok

[wanton needle]

if you dont want to be known as the discord owner

LOL

[lament moat]

can i post it on the subreddit or am i gonna be smited

[lament moat]

idc im not gonna be passing out my disc username durinb social hour

[wanton needle]

wait like

[lament moat]

ill make the server ig

[wanton needle]

the worst thing is when i was super active on my class's discord and like

during orientation ppl would be like

"yo i know you from discord"

💀

[lament moat]

was ur classes discord owned by someone from ur class

?

[wanton needle]

yea

[lament moat]

not like an upperclassman or sum

Ok

ill amke the server

[wanton needle]

fire

[lament moat]

can i back out of taking ap exams

is it just a waste of the money

[wanton needle]

idk

you might have to check with your hs and brown

[lament moat]

Kms

[lament moat]

nvm im not taking micro

[wanton needle]

lol

[lament moat]

what does this mean

5: earns AP credit for 1 unassigned history course upon the successful completion of any one 1000-level course in European history, including cross-listed courses, but excluding courses taken during study abroad.

In no case, however, will AP credit count toward the concentration requirements in History.

[wanton needle]

idk

its just yap

[lament moat]

do i ask my academic advisor?

[wanton needle]

lowkey theyre prob not gonna know 🤣

does your major require any history credits

[lament moat]

no

[wanton needle]

ok then you can just ignore it

[lament moat]

Ok

would u suggest math at brown

[wanton needle]

like

doing a math major?

[lament moat]

yea like applied mathematics

[wanton needle]

yes

the department is very strong

and its a good complement to most other stem degrees

if you dont mind/enjoy taking math classes id highly recommend taking a handful at browm

its roughly 10 classes for a BA in applied math

and 16 for a BS

[lament moat]

Ok cool, ty!

I can have that overlap with the math courses bio concentrations require right?

[wanton needle]

yes

however

note that you can only overlap 2 courses if you're pursuing 2 concentrations

https://bulletin.brown.edu/the-college/concentrations/apmb/

[lament moat]

can i pursue 3 concentrations

(joke)

[wanton needle]

applied math + bio exists as a joint concentration tho

[wanton needle]

you're allowed to

but like....

wait

[lament moat]

whats a joint concentration

[wanton needle]

joint concentration is like

you study 2 things but you fulfill the requirements of one degree

meaning you do less requirements per discipline

[lament moat]

but on diploma and stuff

[wanton needle]

so for example math + cs has a joint degree thats like 18 classes and its roughly 9 + 9

[lament moat]

still double concentration?

[wanton needle]

i think the diploma will say smth like

BS in Mathematics-Computer Science

[lament moat]

i see

is there a list of all joint concentrations?

that sounds p interesting

[wanton needle]

i dont know of any industry that gives a fuck on whether you did a joint degree or a double major

https://bulletin.brown.edu/the-college/concentrations/

these are all the majors

any major thats like

one thing-another thing

liek

with a dash

is a joint major

[lament moat]

oh i see it

ty

[wanton needle]

so what im doing as math + cs is a joint degree

so im not technically doing a double major

which is easier logistically

[lament moat]

that makes sense ty

[wanton needle]

but like

lowkey

i dont rlly take classes outside of math cs so lik

i might end up fulfilling requiremetns for a full degree in both

[lament moat]

that sounds sucky

oh

nvm

[wanton needle]

this is just a me thing

not because of the major

[lament moat]

is doing 2 majors in opposite subjects like very strenous?

[wanton needle]

a lot of ppl do that

ayo

that emoji is out of pocket

on god

[lament moat]

shower

ok

[mystic meteor]

LFMAO

🚿

this is amazing

[wanton needle]

STOP

[mystic meteor]

it's ok

[wanton needle]

thats cyberbullying

[lament moat]

does doing 2 majors w/o any course overlap eliminate time to take other electives for fun?

[mystic meteor]

im not telling anyone else to shower

im not allowed to

[wanton needle]

it depends how rigorous the majors r

but like

yess

[lament moat]

what r considered the rigorous ones

[wanton needle]

if it has like 18 courses

or smth

[lament moat]

for the ScB?

[wanton needle]

just check the requirements

yea

[lament moat]

kk

[wanton needle]

doing 2 scb is kind of hard

bc you'll probably have to do like 36 classes or smth

but like

scb + ab is easier

bc thats like 28 or smth

[lament moat]

Yeah

[wanton needle]

which just takes away from the classes you'll take as "electives"

but like

it depends how much you value being able to take electives

ykwim

[lament moat]

yes

[wanton needle]

bc if you dont give a fuck about taking electives then go ahead and stack up on major requirements

[lament moat]

ill take visual art

[wanton needle]

gotcha

oh right bc u wanna do brdd

[lament moat]

"all Visual Art (VISA) courses are graded S/NC."

[wanton needle]

i see

[lament moat]

sounds good to me

[wanton needle]

make sure to sign up for the visa100 lottery for first semester

[mystic meteor]

goated

[wanton needle]

the lottery is pretty early

[lament moat]

ngl i dont rlly want to anymore

[wanton needle]

LOL

[mystic meteor]

[wanton needle]

its a lot of work

[lament moat]

well i do for academic purposes

but like

[wanton needle]

and like

[lament moat]

social life?

i want to do internships and work and do clubs adn stuff

[wanton needle]

social life is kinda whack bc you have to balance both

bc you live on risd your first year

[lament moat]

but ill apply bc its a flex if i reject their acceptance

[wanton needle]

so its a bit harder to make friends at brown your first year

[lament moat]

yeah that was what i was thinking

Like

[wanton needle]

which is like

your main campus yk

[lament moat]

what if all my friends r risd

then i switfch

then i kms

[wanton needle]

lollll

[lament moat]

so i dont think ill attend if i happen to be the 20 ppl that get accepted

[wanton needle]

Valid

[lament moat]

applied math-bio is 16 creds only

[wanton needle]

Risd degrees are highkey a shit ton of work

[lament moat]

Holy shit

biochem is 20 creds

that feels like a lot

[wanton needle]

Lol

[lament moat]

biology is only 13?

[wanton needle]

Idk

If that’s what it says on the site then I guess so 🤷‍♂️

Do you have to fulfill premed reqs if you’re trying to go to vet school

[lament moat]

idk

ok

making brown disc server naow

[wanton needle]

fun

[lament moat]

what does ur yrs server look like

[wanton needle]

Uhh

It’s got channels

Idk

[lament moat]

cool

am i allowed to put links here

[wanton needle]

Lolllll

[vestal lava]

bet

[lilac hollow]

Alr thank you so much!!

[wanton needle]

Mm

[tepid basin]

whens the video portfolio due?

[vestal lava]

1 week after receiving your portal

"If you plan to submit a video introduction, please do so within one week of receiving your application acknowledgement email from Brown University that contains your Applicant Portal login credentials."

https://admission.brown.edu/first-year/video-introduction

[tepid basin]

this is the least fun ive had with an app so far

the short response questions are killing me

[vestal lava]

they seem pretty chill this year

kinda fun

[tepid basin]

too many😭

[hidden heart]

invite me!

[rare mortar]

kind of a random question but what classes take place in friedman hall?

[wanton needle]

classes r kinda like

not building specific

or more like

those buildings arent

sorry lemme rephrase

friedman hall isnt dependent on department

[rare mortar]

ohh got it that makes sense

sorry if this is lowk the same quesiton but what is sayles hall typically used for?

[wanton needle]

sayles hall has one big auditorium on the first floor with a massive indoor organ

and then small classrooms on the upper floors for like seminar classes n whatnot

[viscid mauve]

me plssss

[gilded haven]

have any brown ‘28 people gotten their admission packet

im traveling and am wondering if i should get a neighbor to grab mine so it doesnt get stolen

[wanton needle]

lol

so valid

[devout forum]

someone might steal your admission 😮

wasnt there a shitpost like that the other day

[hidden heart]

stole my neighbor's harvard packet and etc

[random wolf]

CHARLIE

HELLO

[wanton needle]

yo whats up hash!

[random wolf]

i woke up at 5 am to finish supps

[wanton needle]

yikes

wait

what time zone r u

is it 5am rn for you

[random wolf]

its 7 am rn

AST

or +3 GMT

[wanton needle]

oh

what country

[random wolf]

you thought i wasnt int?

[wanton needle]

i forgot

[random wolf]

lolol

no worries no worries

[wide thicket]

this is the craziest specific question ever

@rare mortar are you co28?

[limber valley]

I fr just gave them 3 adjectives I should change it lol

[wanton needle]

lets be honest here yall

i doubt those 3 words matter

💀

[limber valley]

Brown is making me write the quirkiest essays known to mankind

imma teach a course in kpop

[devout forum]

LOL

[wide thicket]

I WOULD GO TO IT

lemme be a guest lecturer

[limber valley]

yuhhhh im making so many kpop references in those 100 words

it's a pain to think about how to blend them in but it sounds like a fun idea to me

[lament moat]

taylor swift course

[vestal lava]

yo we have that

come to harvard

[wide thicket]

we have a taylor swift club

silence

[wanton needle]

taylor swift club 😵‍💫

[lament moat]

do we actually?

[wanton needle]

yea its real

x.x

[lament moat]

yippee

[wide thicket]

yes babe

[lament moat]

omg

i’m blushing cat

i love cats

[wide thicket]

I LOVE YOU

[lament moat]

i want a kitten

so badly

and i want to name him dog

[wanton needle]

...

[rare mortar]

i am (manifesting)

😭

[wide thicket]

how tf do yo know the buildings and shit

[rare mortar]

i was trying to figure smth out for the why brown question

im writing abt something weirdly specific

i had to open up google maps and shit like im sick and tired

[tacit obsidian]

lmfao same

[rare mortar]

50 words is killing me

[hidden heart]

econ, philosophy, and agriculture were in friedman this semester as far as i'm ware

aware

i had 2 philosophy classes in friedman hall

[wanton needle]

dude

i dont go to class

so like

these fucking

school buildings

[hidden heart]

typical stem student

[wanton needle]

feel so

exotic to me

LOL

[rare mortar]

LMFAO

[hidden heart]

tf what do you do without going to classes though

[wanton needle]

i find it so funny that there are people taht go to friedman hall like 3 times a week

[hidden heart]

like i genuinely don't understand

[wanton needle]

i just do the work

[hidden heart]

stem students

[wanton needle]

i sleep 8-9 hours a night

:)

[hidden heart]

6 classes there every week

what a coincidence

me too

[wanton needle]

oh

[hidden heart]

LMAO

i sleep

[wanton needle]

well

[hidden heart]

at 3

and wake up at 11

or 12-9

[wanton needle]

do u go to all ur classes?

[hidden heart]

usually yes

[wanton needle]

i c

[hidden heart]

because i'm humanities

and i had 2 seminars

[wanton needle]

i see

[hidden heart]

i'm in a school building so no you don't see

[wanton needle]

oh

[hidden heart]

:(

[mystic meteor]

i just said what i want to be

💀

[tulip glacier]

How did y'all approach the why brown essay?

[steep wasp]

I LOVE

[steep wasp]

My Open curriculum essay focused a lot on academics so i wrote the why brown entirely about ecs

[reef storm]

me too omg

[frank sequoia]

why does anyone want to get a BA in engineering lmao

[fiery night]

I ong just wrote a sentence and called it a day 😭

[hidden heart]

*a wonderful sentence

[wide thicket]

that’s true but figuring out what classes are taught in buildings is insane

yall baffle me with the effort you put into college apps cuz holy shit

[hidden heart]

cat says she got in way easier than this

[wide thicket]

i personally think college apps should be based on effort and genuine desire to get in and how much you would do if you got in

[wide thicket]

well no but

i just wrote about classes

and departments

not like specific geographical locations

i didn’t even know how to look those up

i found out what sayles hall was 1 month ago

[hidden heart]

well that's kinda how it is 💀

[hidden heart]

wtf

[wide thicket]

it’s not

really

[hidden heart]

except for legacy and athletes and etc

it kinda is

they look not just at achievements but also at potential

[wide thicket]

i mean effort put into application but all 4 of ur hs years

[wide thicket]

well

athletes try really hard

[hidden heart]

well that is how it works isn't it

[wide thicket]

i befriended some athletes and i see how hard they work

they work way harder than us

and do significantly worse

[hidden heart]

they are wonderful yes

[wide thicket]

it’s really sad lowkey

[hidden heart]

but their admission works differently

[wide thicket]

they don’t have time for anything

[hidden heart]

i'm not talking about if they deserve to be here or not i'm saying how differently their admissions work

[wide thicket]

yk the girl in Ancient Greek philo called S

[hidden heart]

yes

[wide thicket]

she barely passed

her classes

and she tried SO HARD

it was crazy

i felt so bad for her

[hidden heart]

i mean probably not easy when you spend every morning training

[wide thicket]

and night

she has practice 6-9 and 7-9

not everyday but most

[random wolf]

:(((

[hidden heart]

there's a reason brown women's rugby is that good

[random wolf]

that sounds so sad

does she not feel burnt out?

[hidden heart]

we beat princeton 88-0

💀

[hidden heart]

once you commit you're required to do athletic + academic

or drop out

[random wolf]

YOURE JOKING

where does it say that what

[hidden heart]

you can't quit the sports

it's contractual pretty sure

that's the difficult part about being admitted as an athlete

[random wolf]

no but like what if i dont join any school

[hidden heart]

what do you mean

[random wolf]

like is it mandatory for me to join a sport

[little snow]

this is only if you're a recruited athlete

[hidden heart]

no we're talking about recruited athletes

[little snow]

if you're not, not gonna happen to you

[hidden heart]

that's why while their admission is easier in a lot of ways

their workloads are absolutely crazy

[wide thicket]

HOLY FUCKING MOLY

RAHHHHHHHHHH

[random wolf]

ohhh ok

[wide thicket]

I WANNA WATCH ONE LF HER GAMES SOOOOOO BAD

[hidden heart]

wtf you didn't know this??

[wide thicket]

she does 👍🏼

but she enjoys the sport a lot

she loves playing

it’s just tiring

[hidden heart]

they also get a lot shorter breaks

[random wolf]

thats nice

[wide thicket]

no?

she don’t brag

[hidden heart]

have to be on campus by early august

[wide thicket]

she not like me

[hidden heart]

bdh

[wide thicket]

humble af

[hidden heart]

it was the talk of campus

[wide thicket]

she’s also really good

[hidden heart]

considering how bad our men's football team is

[wide thicket]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO

real

[random wolf]

my cousin at wellesley has to return early from winter break for swimming

[hidden heart]

huck farvard

[wide thicket]

went all the way to boston just to get shitted on

it’s okay it was more of a friends thing

it was never about the sport

[hidden heart]

they get like two thirds of the break we get as normal students

[hidden heart]

*shat

[hidden heart]

maybe the real sport was all the friends we made along the way

[wide thicket]

it’s a british slang 👍🏼

to get shitted on

[hidden heart]

hmm okay brit

i went to harvard yesterday

[wide thicket]

maybe the one piece was the friends made along the way

[hidden heart]

and stayed for exactly 2 minutes

[wide thicket]

lmfao why tf are you there

oh are yall driving

[hidden heart]

we could not find a parking spot

and i was like

meh let's go

[wide thicket]

what town is harbadds in ?

wait

[hidden heart]

my sister and 2 family friends' kids went to see

[wide thicket]

it’s in boston

[hidden heart]

boaron

peculiar way to spell brown

[wide thicket]

BOSTON

[hidden heart]

boaton what

on water?

yes charles river

[wide thicket]

hqrbard is in boston

[hidden heart]

hqrbard

[wide thicket]

typing was never my strong suit

although im the fastest keyboard typer ever

[hidden heart]

it's cambridge

[wide thicket]

cuz my elementary school trained me at age 5

[hidden heart]

i'm sure

[wide thicket]

to type

they had that foresight

[hidden heart]

what wpm

[wide thicket]

what

[hidden heart]

@mystic meteor with the 189

words per minute

[wide thicket]

oh

how do I find it

[hidden heart]

try monkeytype.com

[wide thicket]

i don’t currently have a laptop

cuz i drowned my old one

so it’s gonna have to wait

[hidden heart]

what the fuck

you

drowned your old one??

[wide thicket]

mhm

in soda

[hidden heart]

...

intelligent brown student

[wide thicket]

yk the scariest part

[hidden heart]

at least it wasn't wine

[wide thicket]

i had just finished my AGP paper 2

on word

and i wasn’t sure if it was saved

i was crying on scili 13th floor

[hidden heart]

[wide thicket]

cuz i thought i would have to write it

and that kress wouldn’t believe me

if i said i broke my laptop with my draft on it the night before due date

but it’s fine it was saved to cloud

the 93.5% was finessed

kudos to anna best TA ever

[hidden heart]

wait so you've been without a laptop for a month?

didn't you have a metaphysics paper

[wide thicket]

i rented one when it broke and i was still at school

[random wolf]

cat may i ask why did u join the server if you in college are you planning on transfering?

[hidden heart]

she plans on transferring to harvard

[wide thicket]

you can rent laptops on 5th floor page rob

[hidden heart]

to find lucky boy

[random wolf]

ssame with u sylvia

[hidden heart]

did know about that but hope i'll never have to

[hidden heart]

i'm here to help with y'alls mental states during rd and ed lmfao

[wide thicket]

oh im here because i needed application help last year and now im just helping out others

[random wolf]

awwww how nice

[hidden heart]

i haven't been active lately

[random wolf]

:0000

kind acts of service

do help me

[wide thicket]

i also love seeing the hellscape of college apps but not having to be part of it

[hidden heart]

i'm also here to get the co28 people join the discord

[random wolf]

i will need it

[wide thicket]

it’s strangely comforting

[random wolf]

i have not started my app

[hidden heart]

cat with the unhealthy cope

[wide thicket]

for brown? or in general

[random wolf]

brown

[wide thicket]

it pleases my inner high school senior

[random wolf]

i finished a few others

[wide thicket]

rahhhhh

[wide thicket]

you have time no worries

[hidden heart]

woman don't you dare peak in high school

[random wolf]

[wide thicket]

what

[random wolf]

inner high school self

[wide thicket]

i haven’t peaked yet

[hidden heart]

good

[random wolf]

3 people at my school got into ivies

[wide thicket]

imma peak when i make 5 million a year

duh

[hidden heart]

...

is your goal to become rich

[wide thicket]

the nyc townhouse isn’t gonna pay itself

[wide thicket]

yeah cuz money can buy happiness

of course i hahe many other goals

don’t worry

[random wolf]

agreed

[wide thicket]

im not one of those people

[hidden heart]

hair people?

[wide thicket]

i still love writing

don’t worry

[hidden heart]

okay good

keep writing

[wide thicket]

and i still wanna publish the novel

[random wolf]

what i should fr fr finish is columbia due in a few days

[wide thicket]

👍🏼

[hidden heart]

make it big

[hidden heart]

columbia broke ass school

don't go

[wide thicket]

wdym

[hidden heart]

brown >

[wide thicket]

aren’t they all due in a few days

[hidden heart]

make your writing career big

[limber valley]

hi

[wide thicket]

oh i hope so

[limber valley]

can anyone read my brown supps

[random wolf]

columbia and harvard both in my apps both due in 4 days

[wide thicket]

even if it’s not big idc it’s more a testament that i could do it

[random wolf]

while brown is in 6

[limber valley]

they're not all done but im so fucking done with it

[wide thicket]

and not for anyone else

[wide thicket]

sure i could in a bit

[hidden heart]

better to do it when you can sustain on other things though

like i want to be remembered as a poet and philosopher in history

[wide thicket]

oh

[hidden heart]

but i also want to have a significant impact during my living days

[wide thicket]

i want to be remembered as a lawyer first

and then a writer

[hidden heart]

and not be another broke ass poe

[wide thicket]

👍🏼

[hidden heart]

boooooo

[wide thicket]

a lawyer who dedicated her life to helping others

fuck the writing

that’s good but not my life goal

[hidden heart]

smh

no one is remembered for being a lawyer in history as much as being a writer

[wide thicket]

my ultimate goal is to make so much money to the point where i can just switch to doing pro bono cases

[hidden heart]

since you lived in england

let's use the example of thomas more

[wide thicket]

so i can decide who to defend and only defend those who can’t afford proper legal representation

fix the system

[hidden heart]

do people remember him for defending the rcc more or for writing utopia

[hidden heart]

system ain't gonna get fixed legislatively anytime soon 💀

[wide thicket]

unlike you i don’t really care how im remembered

[hidden heart]

unless you can whack all the billionaires and corporates

[wide thicket]

that’s kinda selfish

i just wanna do what i wanna do

[hidden heart]

oh it's not about how you are remembered

[wide thicket]

well not but

do you know the starfish story

[hidden heart]

it's about what story you write using your life and how that impacts others

yes

i do

[wide thicket]

saving one starfish still saves that one starfish

you helped their life

that’s all that matters

it was never about saving the whole system

of course nobody can do that

[hidden heart]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

if you find the right place to tackle i think it's possible to initiate change

i like your ideals though

good luck with them

[random wolf]

i couldve sworn i answered these questions somewhere what

[hidden heart]

probably college essay

i wrote about how i wanted to change society

[wide thicket]

im gonna try to defend people who earn low incomes and are falsely accused and manipulated into confessing or are portrayed as the perpetrator for crimes they never did 👍🏼

that’s all I really know or care about

[hidden heart]

let's see if you maintain that in 10 years

if you do then wonderful

if not then rip

[wide thicket]

oh i will

i just wanna be rich too

[hidden heart]

that's what all of them said

[wide thicket]

they’re never mutually exclusive

[wide thicket]

we’ll see 👍🏼

[hidden heart]

i'm wondering if you can prove you're different

i hope you do

[wide thicket]

why do you love being unique and different and stuff

imo it’s never about that

[hidden heart]

we all lose a bit of ourselves in a pursuit of our ideals when we fall into secularism

[wide thicket]

you just do what you want

[hidden heart]

it's not being unique

it's literally about not falling into the everyone-else

because conforming into society takes away from your individual value and potentiality

[wide thicket]

well yeah i know i wanna earn money

i still wanna enjoy life

[hidden heart]

for what purpose though

[wide thicket]

and i don’t think a fulfilling career alone is enough to maintain happinrss

or not MY happiness

i don’t want a lot of money

just comfortable

[hidden heart]

only 5 mil a year

[wide thicket]

wdym

[hidden heart]

[wide thicket]

the same reason everyone else wants money

to give back to my family

[hidden heart]

the stoics ain't agreeing with you bud

[wide thicket]

pay my mom back for everything

which will literally be millions

at this point

[hidden heart]

damn

[wide thicket]

if not exactly, millions for her effort

[hidden heart]

https://tenor.com/view/crazy-rich-asians-crazy-rich-asians-movie-upper-class-silly-asian-gif-12495609

[wide thicket]

she gave away her life so I could do what I want

she never forced me to do anything

[hidden heart]

i love asian parents for that

[wide thicket]

she gave away her interests and hobbies so i could genuinely pursue mine

how do you put a price tag on that

[hidden heart]

awwwwwww

[wide thicket]

you can’t

[hidden heart]

you don't

so don't try to pay it back in money

[wide thicket]

so imma just pay her a lot and tell her i really love her

she wants vacations

so yeah

I actually can pay back in money

[hidden heart]

so don't pay that in money

pay that in love

[wide thicket]

she wants nice stuff

like jewelry

[wide thicket]

I already do that

she wants stuff

so i will give

[hidden heart]

.........are you not equating her efforts for money by focusing on this

i'm not saying you shouldn't buy her these things

[wide thicket]

bruh

don’t be silly

she wants to experience things she never got to experience

[hidden heart]

but the way you're tackling this is not in-itself without equating it to money

[wide thicket]

she has literally never even gone to a spa

[hidden heart]

yeah and that should be the ideal you're focused on

not the money part

[wide thicket]

no

[hidden heart]

take the money as a given

[wide thicket]

i know what to focus on chill

[hidden heart]

okay

[wide thicket]

i already show her how much i love her and i think she knows

her idea of happiness is me being rich too

[hidden heart]

...that's not what i mean by love

[wide thicket]

what could you possibly mean

i think sometimes poets need to stop being so romantic and whimsy and just be so fr

[hidden heart]

have you thought that maybe love means the act of providing and sacrificing for

[hidden heart]

lol i'm being very realistic

[wide thicket]

i know because that’s what she does for me

[wide thicket]

then realistically you should know that she wants stuff she wants to do stuff she never ever got to do

among other things of course

but also that

[hidden heart]

and you're meant to provide that without thinking about the money

[wide thicket]

she has never put herself first in my entire life

[wide thicket]

ok explain how if u know so much

[hidden heart]

the moment you start thinking about paying back in money, you're automatically equating what she has done for you to what you can give back (in money), and therefore your focus in no longer on how much you can do for her because you love your mother

that makes the intention less pure than if you set your focus as "providing for mother" in-itself, where your focus makes the act more meaningful in itself

[wide thicket]

like also when you and Z were like ‘you should take classes for personal enjoyment!!!’ Like i do, but it’s also to get a good grade, so that my mom can be proud and think im actually working, so i can go to a good law school with a 4.0 — like be realistic too life isn’t all about doing things for yourself , i find it funny how jts looked down upon to chase things like good grades over ‘personal enjoyment’ like bro you can do both first of all

i am in school first to succeed

i have people depending on me

not just myself

[hidden heart]

and what is the purpose of good grades if you don't actually enjoy it?

[hidden heart]

and we don't?

[wide thicket]

ro get into a top law school 💀

[hidden heart]

i find the process of things to be far more important than the result

[wide thicket]

literally why else

[hidden heart]

well i suppose if you're following that path then sure

[wide thicket]

bro doesn’t get it

i suppose it’s different for everyone but I know the way I can make my mom happy is by succeeding

[hidden heart]

i don't think you're understanding what i'm saying lol

[wide thicket]

the happiest ive ever seen her is when she saw me get into brown

[hidden heart]

this conversation is pointless if both of us are not even trying to understand each other

[wide thicket]

yeah I prob don’t cuz it doesn’t make sense to me

[wide thicket]

i literally don’t understand ur point

what should i focus on

then

according to you

[hidden heart]

i'm saying that you shouldn't focus on the VALUE you give, but the value YOU can BRING to others all in reference to ideals and intentions

[wide thicket]

sounds like a whole lot of wishy washy BS

[hidden heart]

...

[wide thicket]

explain, in specifics, what this means

im being so fr

[random wolf]

cat or sylvia or both of you

may you take a look at my academic course idea for the supp

[wide thicket]

yes babe

[wide thicket]

sure