Brown University (2023-2024)

[vestal lava]

shit

i wrote it wrong

[mystic meteor]

🙂

[vestal lava]

i dont know english

[mystic meteor]

🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

bro is saving better than iker casillas

well played

[lean geode]

@vestal lava do you wanna vc

@wide thicket u too

[wide thicket]

i dont think luck vcs

[mystic meteor]

❓

[wide thicket]

@vestal lava statement?

[wide thicket]

WHAT IS THIS

[mystic meteor]

idk

that's what im wondering fr

[wide thicket]

i didnt do that

photoshop

[mystic meteor]

true

all of the indictments are false

[wide thicket]

mmm

[vestal lava]

uhhhh i am oot home rn

lemme check schej

[vestal lava]

from claudine gay?

[wide thicket]

from you

on whether or not you vc

[vestal lava]

ye

[wide thicket]

interesting

ive never seen it

like a shiny legendary

[vestal lava]

idt i ever have in a2c

but with firends when we play stuff ye

[tulip glacier]

For the three words supp is it ok to have a dash in between two words and count it as one word

[wide thicket]

i personally think so

[vestal lava]

this is how english works so ye

[wide thicket]

makes sense becasuse a2c is huge

and scary

i also only vc in smaller places with people i trust a lot

too many crazy vc experiences in public servers

[obsidian pecan]

It’s about time I joined this thread

[wide thicket]

graham <333

hi

[obsidian pecan]

Heyyyyyy 🫶

[vestal lava]

why are you here

[tulip glacier]

Submitted 🤞

[fierce valve]

i actually didnt get a date..

just this

[wide thicket]

not sure then

ive heard its 1 week after

there will definitely be a date there somewhere

[fierce valve]

yeah thats what i read too

[wide thicket]

just look i guess

[fierce valve]

i think i read somewhere (not on my app, but online) that its january 3rd

not sure where

[wide thicket]

mm

the date should be on an official website somewhere

most likely on ur portal somewhere

[copper rock]

check the email that gave you your portal

[obsidian pecan]

Cuz I love this school and I applied

[vestal lava]

harvard or brown?

[fierce valve]

ty

[obsidian pecan]

Both

[vestal lava]

assume you’re admitted to both

which one are you picking

[obsidian pecan]

Depends on financial aid

[vestal lava]

assume they’re both $0

[obsidian pecan]

Then Harvard ngl

Don’t cancel me guys

[wide thicket]

GRAHAM NOOOOO

[wide thicket]

you’re so mean

[obsidian pecan]

CATTT ITS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

[vestal lava]

i did nothing

you saw it with your own eyes

[wide thicket]

you would choose luck over me…?????

💔

[mystic meteor]

cancel bro

[obsidian pecan]

Oh trust this is NOT about luck

[mystic meteor]

bro spun back

[wide thicket]

oh okay :]

[mystic meteor]

gg

[vestal lava]

ouch

im gonna go cry

[mystic meteor]

it's ok luck

you can go install league instead

🙂

[vestal lava]

ah hellnah

[mystic meteor]

hop on summoner's rift fr

[wide thicket]

awww you’re gonna cry???

[obsidian pecan]

I’m sorry pal. Love you

[wide thicket]

graham ur such a cutie

[vestal lava]

nah

i can’t cry for myself

[vestal lava]

idk how to play

[vestal lava]

mhm

[mystic meteor]

I can teach you.

[vestal lava]

but bro is on an 11 loss streak himself

[mystic meteor]

But I will only teach you animal champs.

[vestal lava]

do i want to learn from you?

🤔🤔🤔

[wide thicket]

learn from me I play

[vestal lava]

really?

[mystic meteor]

this was my first time on the champ

💀

[brazen ferry]

Cat tell me with a straight face if u got into harvard and brown you wouldnt pick harvard

Remove all bias

[mystic meteor]

completely balled out on this gy

plat 2 dog

[bright panther]

hi

i know i'm no sylvia plath

but can i get some feedback on my writing

[wide thicket]

no

[bright panther]

my writing portfolio applications

[wide thicket]

I prefer brown

it’s why I EDed here

i love brown

[brazen ferry]

Oh u ed

Nvm

[vestal lava]

lmao

[bright panther]

i agree!

brown > harvard

[wide thicket]

once I learned about brown I didn’t care much about learning about anywhere else

[bright panther]

(it's a cult)

[wide thicket]

so idk maybe I would like harvard

never cared enough to research

[brazen ferry]

If you ed its valid

[bright panther]

(that's also a cult)

[wide thicket]

rah

[brazen ferry]

True #1 choice

I believe you

[wide thicket]

indeed !!!

[brazen ferry]

Lmao

Is it

[vestal lava]

i had pc version very briefly when i first got my computer @mystic meteor

[bright panther]

yes

[vestal lava]

but controls felt hella weird so i got rid of it

maybe i was used to pressing buttons

[brazen ferry]

Virginia did u apply to uva

[bright panther]

any current students willing to review my essays please

i am a damsel in distress

[wide thicket]

i would but im not a current student

[bright panther]

spring 2024 student

[brazen ferry]

Wait

[wide thicket]

im gap year

[bright panther]

liar

[wide thicket]

?

proof?

[bright panther]

cat is trying to escape responsibility

[brazen ferry]

Ur thing says freshman

[wide thicket]

proof?

[bright panther]

hmm

[wide thicket]

high school

[bright panther]

i have friends who know you on campus

[brazen ferry]

Stop lying

[wide thicket]

who? name them

[bright panther]

do you want full name

[wide thicket]

go ahead

[brazen ferry]

Bros asking for the doxx

[bright panther]

luck

knows you

as a freshwoman at brown

[wide thicket]

luck does NOT go here.

ok who else

[vestal lava]

(edited)

[bright panther]

sylvia knows you

[wide thicket]

my colloquialisms

[wide thicket]

idk who that is

ok who else

[bright panther]

hmmmmmm

some woman named emily kress

idk she said you went to office hours a lot

[wide thicket]

emily grew on me

i wrote her wishing her happy holidays and happy new year

i wrote all my professors

[bright panther]

aww that's kind

so you are indeed a current student

anyway

i'm forcing you to read my essay

[mystic meteor]

gotta git gud fr

[wide thicket]

naurrrr

[vestal lava]

idk if it’s worth it

[wide thicket]

do you really wanna be known as the cs major who plays league of legends….

[vestal lava]

i dont want to waste my college life away on league kinda

[vestal lava]

yeah, not really

[wide thicket]

yeah

pretty sure we have showers in the compsci building

[vestal lava]

we do as well

dumbest idea ever

[wide thicket]

for the league playing cs majors

[wide thicket]

is it dumb

because do they shower

[vestal lava]

nope

[bright panther]

cat

read my essay.

(poem)

i need opinions

[vestal lava]

we have a 1 billion dollar science and eng complex with showers and everything

you can legit live there

[wide thicket]

ooooooooooooooo

that reminds me of browns varsity hockey complex

[wide thicket]

they have a MOVIE THEATRE in there

oh ny god

[wide thicket]

what is this

[vestal lava]

science and engineering complex

[wide thicket]

why is it so big

[vestal lava]

they threw money at it

[wide thicket]

isn’t harvard a relatively small school

[wide thicket]

oh wow

i love the natural light in there

it’s pretty

[vestal lava]

i dont think so

[plain loom]

bro my brown video is 2:36 rn is it over

[vestal lava]

yeah it’s over

[plain loom]

i should genuienely try to cut it down to 2 min right

i'm in the early stages of editing so its doable

[vestal lava]

yeah

[plain loom]

ok

[wide thicket]

yes ‼️

[wide thicket]

do not have a video over 2 mins

@bright panther did you know

there’s a movie theatre

in the varsity hockey lockers

you coulr probably live there

[vestal lava]

weeknd at 12 am goes hard

[brazen ferry]

Luck i have a new fav song

Its by ken carson

[plain loom]

2:32 rn making progress

[vestal lava]

ok

[vestal lava]

i don’t know who that is

[brazen ferry]

Cap

No way u dont know ken carson

[vestal lava]

wait a minute

i just googled him

don’t tell me you’re going to say your favorite song is Yale

[brazen ferry]

And she smart as fuck, I got this bitch straight out of Yale
Yale, Yale, Yale, Yale

[vestal lava]

😐

yeah, i already hate this guy

[brazen ferry]

Have u heard the usc one

Bitch i go to usc

Its 🔥

24kGoldn

[vestal lava]

i don’t know these guys

or their music

[brazen ferry]

What do u listen to

Taylor swift or sum

[vestal lava]

yeah, tswift goes hard asf

jkjk

[mystic meteor]

Wait this shit is so nice.

stop converting me

[mystic meteor]

bro

that's so sexy

wtf

holy shit

the wood

😭

the weirdass angular THINGS

[brazen ferry]

Bros getting turned on by wood

Average a2cer

[vestal lava]

@mystic meteor look

open your eyes and look

[mystic meteor]

"open ur eyes" racism.., .,. ,. ,., .,

[vestal lava]

🤨

[vestal lava]

oh yeah you can see harvard stadium in the back

the collesium thing

[mystic meteor]

ok idc about that ngl

MODERN ARCHITECTURE THOUGH

[vestal lava]

see

this is why

you should come to harvard

👍

we can duo IRL

o7

permanent win streak irl

[carmine wharf]

Wow.

@vestal lava wait luck r u a freshman

[vestal lava]

yeah

[carmine wharf]

Do u know a Johnny by any chance

[vestal lava]

yeah

[carmine wharf]

Oooooo crazy

[mystic meteor]

the problem is the initial step of getting in

[vestal lava]

nah that’s easy

[carmine wharf]

💀

[vestal lava]

maybe im just delusional but i think college apps were easy lol

[mystic meteor]

i mean they were fine

it's just that i don't think i did a good job

LOL

it's easy to be silver in league

[vestal lava]

nah you definitely did better than me

[mystic meteor]

it's like playing a match

uhhhhh

idt so bro

[vestal lava]

i just bsed my apps

lol

[mystic meteor]

you haven't even read my apps

💀

tf

[vestal lava]

i wrote harvard app off my phone in like a week

and sent it

[carmine wharf]

Bros Ecs musta been crazy

[vestal lava]

nah they were light

prob got lucky unironically

[carmine wharf]

Yea I mean there’s always that element

[vestal lava]

lemme read them

or just harvard one

since that’s the only one i care about

[wide thicket]

IVE GONE TO HIS CONCERT

in london

perfect day

or night

[vestal lava]

lucky

[carmine wharf]

Wanna see mine 💀

[vestal lava]

no

[carmine wharf]

Rip okay

Anywya already submitted gotta turn on coping

[vestal lava]

only thing you can do atp

[wide thicket]

fav song???

@vestal lava

[vestal lava]

mmm

there are a lot of good ones idk if i can narrow it down

have been listening to Is there someone else? a lot lately

and i think it’s growing on me

idk, i can’t pick one singular song sorry cat

[wide thicket]

common dawn FM win

not his best but it was good

[wide thicket]

we need to fix your indecisiveness

[vestal lava]

yeah

[iron sandal]

CAT HELP AN ENEMY EMAILED ME

[mystic meteor]

KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILL

[iron sandal]

smhhhh

Princeton yuck Brown better

I withdrew two weeks ago idk why they sent this😭

[eager terrace]

when is the video due?

[fair jasper]

a week after u get ur portal email

[eager terrace]

thanks!

[mystic meteor]

NOW

https://tenor.com/bQlhf.gif

[limber valley]

Whoop whoop 🎊

[mystic meteor]

congrats

🐸

[jade stag]

how long yall think brown supps will take

[eager terrace]

just wrote one in 20 minutes

but it was one of the longer ones

the 'What three words best describe you?' will probably take the longest

[mystic meteor]

finished mys tanford app just now

it's 3:50

💀

[jade stag]

no way 😭

[eager terrace]

its true and you know it

[fair jasper]

bro i cannot find any good words for my third

[eager terrace]

I cannot find even one word

is it okay to write the 'a class youd like to teach essay' as a course description

[polar lagoon]

how badly does not doing the video hurt your application

because i literally dont have anythign to take about outside my app 😭

[eager terrace]

you can talk about literally anything!

if you don't know what to talk about brown has a list of suggested prompts

---

What do you love about your neighborhood or hometown?
Share a time that you were moved by music or art.
How would your friends describe you?
Describe how you were influenced by a book that changed your perspective.
Talk to us about a meaningful family activity or tradition.
In what ways are you similar to or different from your siblings or friend group?
Tell us about your favorite time of day.

[polar lagoon]

these al seem so hard

[eager terrace]

some of these are simple enough

uhh the last one

[polar lagoon]

i will think of something (hopefully)

[eager terrace]

maybe

[limber valley]

I just slammed a bunch of words with hyphens

[eager terrace]

what im about to do

[polar lagoon]

they are being serious when they say

i can just record it in front of a camera

and just talk

right

[eager terrace]

thats what im planning to do

bcs I dont have any editing skills at all 😭

[polar lagoon]

same 😭

[eager terrace]

why brown essay is 50 words :/

I though it couldnt get much worse than dartmouth

these tiny word counts will be the death of me

[dusty elbow]

LFGO !!!!!!!!!!

[eager terrace]

congrats!

[scarlet sage]

is the brown vid due with the commonapp deadline or later?

[urban hollow]

due the 10th

[scarlet sage]

perfect, thank u! <3

[wide thicket]

im so sorry i did not see

[wide thicket]

oh gosh

i didnt even know princeton had interviews

maybe u should go just for fun

[sleek rover]

Brown is due today...

Anyone wants to review my supplements

[urban hollow]

wanna peer review?

[lament moat]

[pallid raptor]

what did you guys write in you diversity essay i’m struggling

[little snow]

Candid approach for video essay looking mighty good ngl

[urban hollow]

my video

i just talked about things I did

(im using my uchi one)

[eager terrace]

help I have just under 20 minutes to think about the 3 word thing 💀

i see

i got two words and i cant think of anything for the last one

i have forgotten what a noun is

[jade stag]

Do I need to talk about my major for brown open curriculum essay

[eager terrace]

okay i fucking submitted!! hell yeah

[eager terrace]

i did

[little snow]

Brown's Open Curriculum allows students to explore broadly while also diving deeply into their academic pursuits. Tell us about any academic interests that excite you, and how you might pursue them at Brown.

id hope your major interested you ngl

and other things

[jade stag]

True why wouldn’t I huh😭

[static dragon]

does anyone know about the international festival or if brown has any cultural fair-like traditions

[static dragon]

I didn’t

[alpine pecan]

is it dramatic if i write more than a sentence (but still within the 50words limit) for the "in one sentence, why brown" prompt?

[noble scarab]

ur probably good 😭

my sentence was a runon fs

[sleek rover]

sent u

[eager terrace]

help I accidently wrote the name of the program as summer@ICERN instead of summer@ICERM

should I email them?

[little snow]

no

[vestal lava]

no

[urban hollow]

no, i have a feeling they might not notice

[eager terrace]

alright

[ebon moth]

They’ll def notice if you email them, whereas there’s a chance they won’t notice if you don’t email them

[rare mortar]

for the "online presence" URL is this really only for ppl who have a social media presence? im wondering if i can attatch a link to my org's website

[wide thicket]

is this the same as the ‘extra link’ part of the application

because if it is, it’s not necessarily if you have a social media presence

[rare mortar]

it's under the activities section, right under where you can submit a resume

[wide thicket]

oh this doesn’t have to be for huge social media followings lol

i put a link to my writing portfolio

[rare mortar]

oh

OHH ok

[wide thicket]

and also sent in a resume

[rare mortar]

was this like a website you had?

[wide thicket]

yes it was a website i made

that had pieces of my writing on it

[rare mortar]

oh ok perf then i think i'll just do my website too

i lowkey love my brown app

but we shall see

[wide thicket]

good luck

[rare mortar]

hopefulyl they like my essay about latte art

[rich mist]

CAT hi 👋 i'm applying to iowa yws

[wide thicket]

oh hi

nice

best summer program

just so happens to admit many to t20 so

[carmine wharf]

interesting

[wide thicket]

not near the most interesting clubs we have at brown

[carmine wharf]

that list

be too big

yall got a club for everything

[wide thicket]

mhm

[carmine wharf]

r most of them active?

[wide thicket]

pretty sure we got 300+ active

[carmine wharf]

wow

[wide thicket]

the spreadsheet database thing is a little dated

ive encountered some people write about defunct clubs in their why brown essays by accident

[carmine wharf]

do AOs know

lol

[wide thicket]

i mean I don’t know for most but

[carmine wharf]

ah idk im just checking on their website

[wide thicket]

if they do know then i can assume it’s prob not the greatest impression

[carmine wharf]

i hope i didnt write about any dead ones lmao

[wide thicket]

which ones did you write about

[carmine wharf]

yea

[carmine wharf]

Alexander Hamilton Society, south asian society, food lovers, and fashion

[wide thicket]

2 3 and 4 are defo active rn

my friend is tryna get me to catwalk for her f@b project rn so f@b is def active lol

[carmine wharf]

👀

ooo

[wide thicket]

hamilton is more niche so

[carmine wharf]

yea i talked about how i wanted to make smth for it

[wide thicket]

honestly AOs can’t blame students for not knowing

whats active or not

[carmine wharf]

yea

[wide thicket]

so im sure its fine either way

[carmine wharf]

cool thank you

[wide thicket]

they have a show every spring

in this beautiful building

in downtown prov i think

[carmine wharf]

o wow.

so it's like a full blown thing

fire

[wide thicket]

of course

brown the most fashionable ivy imma just put it like that

plus it’s dual brown risd and you know the risd folks dress so well

[carmine wharf]

😭 true

[rich mist]

do you think submitting like a nonfiction argumentative essay for the sample would be okay?

or should i try for something more fictiony/creative

[wide thicket]

well

what program are you applying for

dont they different samples for different programs

[rich mist]

creative writing i think

[wide thicket]

what does it say you can send in

also is it still 10 pages

it was so hard to choose which stuff i wanted to send in

10 pages is nawt enough oml

[rich mist]

yup

[rich mist]

If you want to study fiction, poetry, or creative writing during your time at the Studio, your sample should consist of not more than ten pages of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction/essay, or any combination of the three. We are looking for writing that is vivid and interesting. For fiction, the sample may consist of a short story, part of a short story, several very short stories/pieces, or part of something longer (i.e. a novel or novella). The same applies for poetry and creative non-fiction/essay -- whole works or parts of works are acceptable. (Bear in mind, however, that parts of works should not be so small, fragmentary and/or isolated as to be incoherent. Meaning: please don't send ten pages of fragments of sonnets). Writing samples do not have to be in the same genre as the course you want to take, though we recommend that you apply with your strongest work, whether that be fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, or some combination of the three. The writing sample should be typed and double-spaced (poems do not need to be double-spaced, and multiple poems can appear on a page) and should be submitted as either a Microsoft Word or PDF file.

[wide thicket]

this is so nostalgic

[rich mist]

didn't you write like a novel 😭

[wide thicket]

ok anyways does the piece you have in mind count as a ‘creative nonfiction / essay piece’

[wide thicket]

yeah but it’s still not fully done cuz im a slacker

it definitely wasn’t near done when i applied though — actually i don’t think i sent any of it to iyws cuz it was horrid

[rich mist]

i think so... i'm planning on incorporating like prose poetry. is it okay if i send it to you sometime?

[wide thicket]

sure

i definitely sent in a personal memoir piece which was creative nonfiction so

some nonfiction is def okay

[rich mist]

ohh awesome

idk if i should apply to the kenyon program too

[wide thicket]

i personally went to both

well i had to do kenyon online due to covid but people def do both, some do both in the same summer

[rich mist]

oh great :D thank youuuu

[wide thicket]

of course Xx lmk if you need help w the iyws process

[carmine wharf]

bruh me when i cant submit brown cuz the payment not goin through

💀

[last inlet]

WTF there's a fucking hyperpop course

I better get into this school

[dusky maple]

guys do yall think its cool if i put my my MBTI as one of the three words to describe yourself for brown lmao

[wide thicket]

my friend is in this

[wide thicket]

why not

[last inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cute-happy-jumping-gif-26555219

[wide thicket]

also just letting u know im pretty sure the first year seminars change every year

apart from those like intro to poetry intro to fiction phage hunters etcetera

[last inlet]

Oh yeah it's more of a reason to like the school if anything

the more research I do the more I realize I shoulda ED1d here

[wide thicket]

lol hindsight is 2020

[last inlet]

maybe it's for the better, my EA round CAPS essays were really no good

[rare mortar]

is there any program or org that combines lgbtq with politics?

or even class for that matter

[wide thicket]

u can look at c@b

https://cab.brown.edu/

[rare mortar]

ok lemme see

[wide thicket]

i suggest looking under pols, anth, gnss, etcetera

[rare mortar]

and then do yk if any student club or org does like lgbtq activism? specifically when it comes to like policy work?

[wide thicket]

mmmmmmm

lol i should prob know this seeing as im queer and very much interested in public policy

[rare mortar]

LMFAO me

[wide thicket]

unfortunately i don’t know of any that explicitly intermingle the two but most of the organizations interlink with lgbtqia students and concerns heavily

you could check the brown club spreadsheet thing

it has all our student organizations

well not the secret ones but

i digress

[rare mortar]

oh ive just been using the search engine on the brown website

[wide thicket]

there’s this giant database

with all of our student orgs

it’s on the website somewjere

[rare mortar]

omg cool i had no idea

[wide thicket]

i used the sht out of it when researching brown

[static dragon]

do yg know if brown has anything like a cultural festival tradition

[wide thicket]

we have many

[static dragon]

‼️do yk where I can find information on it or how have ur experiences been like w them

[wide thicket]

mmmmm

[peak sphinx]

Since brown is due tn and I haven’t started csn I submit tmr night

[wide thicket]

okay maybe look into the club list and search for your specific ethnicity / culture / whatever you would wanna be a part of

[peak sphinx]

Ik ppl doing it with schools like Cornell

[wide thicket]

im chinese and they gave us a shit ton of free food

at the csa convocation thingy

so im not complaining

(i never went to csa again)

[static dragon]

😭that sounds delicious

[wide thicket]

fuck around and find out type of situation

depends on grace period prob

[static dragon]

I’ll see around ty

[wide thicket]

best of luck!

[static dragon]

aaa ty!

i alr got deferred but i j finished with other apps so it’s time i get back to brown and think abt the loci

[carmine wharf]

what's the csn

[wide thicket]

you applied to brown early ?

[vestal lava]

typo for can

[carmine wharf]

o 😭

bro i was wtf is that some essay

[static dragon]

i did! I love brown

[carmine wharf]

u can probs cook it up rn

i did it in like 3-4 hrs

[static dragon]

my teacher recommended me the school in early junior year bc he was obsessed with providence

so he just told me i gotta go see providence

[wide thicket]

oh my god fellow brown lover

[static dragon]

😭

[wide thicket]

waittttt

[carmine wharf]

this would be beautiful out of context

[wide thicket]

brown the color or brown when referring to people

[carmine wharf]

latter

[wide thicket]

i love brown people

i love all people

[carmine wharf]

i do too

[wide thicket]

providence is so very lovely

i wouldn’t have it any other way

[wide thicket]

i really hope you get in :] lmk if you need any help with your loci, ive never written one but i can test the vibes

[static dragon]

vicariously living off google images especially the waterfire ones

it’s so beautiful

[static dragon]

aww ty! I hope to be able to see u on campus

if luck is on my side

[wide thicket]

babe i love waterfire too there is so much more

to do here

there is so much everywhere

first thing you gotta see when you get to prov though is visit the risd dorms and complain about how much nicer they are than brown’s

[static dragon]

LOL

i heard risd’s food was good too

[wide thicket]

we gotta get @vestal lava in to do a luck check

[static dragon]

i applied with the brdd program but the split social life sounds so complicated

and the conditioning year at risd…

[wide thicket]

unfortunately ive never tried the risd food but their library is stunning

it’s so gorgeous

so much nicer than any library at brown

luckily it’s a 5-10 min walk from brown campus so my friends and i plan to go there to study a lot next sem

[wide thicket]

yeahhhhh

it’s kinda tough

also there’s a huge hill separating brown and risd and idk if anyone is built for it

the incline is crazy

[static dragon]

that’s actually funny

manifesting 🙏

I love library architecture

[last inlet]

is there at least a paved area that you can gun down on a bike

[wide thicket]

you’ll love this

[static dragon]

that sounds so nice

[wide thicket]

these photos don’t even do it justice

[wide thicket]

yup

you can bike wherever

a lot of people skateboard in to class too

unironically

[last inlet]

AWESOME

[last inlet]

Why doesnt brown have ED2 im so sad

[static dragon]

i would camp here

[wide thicket]

what’s the difference between ed1 and ed2

[last inlet]

ED2 is later

[vestal lava]

um

what is this

[last inlet]

so if you get denied ED1 you can apply somewhere else ED2

[vestal lava]

RISD library?

[last inlet]

and get to enjoy the boosted ED chances twice

[wide thicket]

yes and im pretty sure ive shown you a photo of it

[vestal lava]

yep you have

but not that one

[wide thicket]

oh

it’s from google

[vestal lava]

oh ok

[wide thicket]

how does it compare to harvard

[wide thicket]

ah got it

[static dragon]

i heard complaints abt that too 😭

[last inlet]

it builds character

[static dragon]

I like the blend of liberal and studio but the more i hear abt experiences the more

[last inlet]

you can walk uphill to school both ways

[static dragon]

im unsure abt the program..

[wide thicket]

one thing about risd is that they’re always pretty

the students, the dorms, the campus, the cafe, legit everything

guys go to the risd cafe it’s the cutest place ever

they have the wackiest syrups too

[static dragon]

hill scaler fr

[vestal lava]

i dont have many pics of our libraries

these are from google

but i think the risd one might be better interior wise

[wide thicket]

the first one looks like a dungeon

in the nicest way possible

[vestal lava]

that’s your future library

harvard law

[wide thicket]

mmm

is it actually a law library

or are you just being silly

[vestal lava]

it’s the law school’s library im pretty sure

[wide thicket]

oh god

[wide thicket]

oh to be locked up in the harvard law library for 3 years

[wide thicket]

this one kinda freaks me out

it’s giving liminal space core

i like the chandeliers thoug

[vestal lava]

scary libraries breed good lawyers

i think that’s the saying

[wide thicket]

oh i didn’t know it

the true definition of a scary library is the brown university sciences library

barren hellscape

pure terror

[last inlet]

Reminds me of one of the buildings at caltech

I like brutalism but only when there are actual humans occupying the space (so definitely not caltech)

[vestal lava]

what the hell is this lmao

has to be one of the ugliest buildings i have ever seen

[wide thicket]

WAIT THATS KINDA MEAN

[vestal lava]

did you apply to harvard?

[wide thicket]

only i can make fun of my school

[wide thicket]

rahhh <3333333

[vestal lava]

but it’s objectively ugly

[wide thicket]

shes just misunderstood

[vestal lava]

how many times have you went there

[wide thicket]

unfortunately

many times

many, many. Many times

[vestal lava]

ouch

[wide thicket]

something about the brutalism makes you focus on your work

the inside is even worse

you don’t even wanna imagine what the 13th floor looks like

imagine clinical white lights

individual desks

only windows are high up

no color

[vestal lava]

what the fuck

why is it so bad

well, i guess it’s due to the fact that it’s affiliated with brown

no wonder the risd one is so good

[wide thicket]

:(

[vestal lava]

i think i said that before too

[wide thicket]

you are hurting my feelinfs

[vestal lava]

it’s okay cat

go to the ratty and have a meal

that should cheer you up

wait

[wide thicket]

mmmmmmmm

actually

the ratty has good dessert sometimes

and they have free coffee and tea

[vestal lava]

you need to pay for that at brown?

is it not usually free

[wide thicket]

nooonono

not all the dining halls have coffee

well most of them do

but not some

so i consider the coffee in dining halls that have coffee free

does this even make sense

[vestal lava]

yes

we have dessert and coffee in all our dining halls every day for free

oatmeal raisin cookie for lunch goes hard asf

[carmine wharf]

Harvard

Take me in

Pls

[carmine wharf]

Do dining halls close

[vestal lava]

yeah

[wide thicket]

THATS my favorite cookie flavor

soooo good

[vestal lava]

agreed

[wide thicket]

they close at like 7 at harvard

tooooo early

[vestal lava]

um actually

they close at 7:30

[wide thicket]

erm actually 🤓

[carmine wharf]

😭

[vestal lava]

…

we have brain break tho

[carmine wharf]

What’s that

[vestal lava]

it’s like from 9-11 pm

you get some snacks

and drinks

[carmine wharf]

Does Harvard have like lounges (I think that’s they r called). I did a pton class and in that hallway there was just this big ass lounge w food

Was so crazy

[carmine wharf]

Ooo that’s cool

[vestal lava]

i mean

there are lounges

but no food

[vestal lava]

also crazy how bro just makes up a different time each time

[lean geode]

hi luck

[vestal lava]

last time it was 6 pm

[vestal lava]

yo

[lean geode]

ask in the harvard thread

[vestal lava]

@mystic meteor what’s your tag

[wide thicket]

no

[lean geode]

hi cat

[wide thicket]

hi!

how are you feeling

[lean geode]

im winning

its all winnable

[lean geode]

i heard harvard dining is ass

my 5'2" friend says its bad

[vestal lava]

it’s not that bad

like

sometimes it’s actually really good

other times it’s fine

[wide thicket]

what was the need for this

[lean geode]

to clarify

because hes probably being malnourished

hence why hes 5'2"

[wide thicket]

aren’t you 5’1

[lean geode]

stop

ur like 4'11

[brazen ferry]

Short ahh

[lean geode]

stop

[wide thicket]

wrong but ok

[wide thicket]

you said the same thing last time and i said erm actually just like this time

people never change

[lean geode]

how tall are you

if i visit brown i dont want a tour from someone taller than me

to be honest

[wide thicket]

why not :0

[brazen ferry]

Looks like u not getting a tour fam 😭😭

[compact kernel]

did people use the full 50 words for the why brown quesion?

i feel like my admissions persons gonna judge me for doing so

[vestal lava]

they don’t care

[compact kernel]

fair

its such a short why us

[wide thicket]

why would they judge you

[peak sphinx]

Csn?

[compact kernel]

no cause i wrote the 50 on a very vauge why brown answer

[peak sphinx]

Ight even the video?

Idk how@to edit video

[wide thicket]

oh idk then

[wide thicket]

imovie makes it so easy

[fair jasper]

my parents' friends' son who got in made some professional ass video

[carmine wharf]

That’s due in 10 days

lol

Or 7

Idk

[fair jasper]

and last time i checked it had 9k views

he got in ED this year

[wide thicket]

you do not need to be doing all that to get in

[fair jasper]

yea ik it probably discouraged so many people tho lol

[wide thicket]

prob not

[carmine wharf]

Me spending 18 hrs this weekend doing it 💀

[wide thicket]

the vast majority of people who get in film a video on their computer or just paste together clips and photos

[wide thicket]

18 hours is kinda wild

what’s ur video about

[carmine wharf]

Nah I haven’t done it yet I was just guessing

Cuz I suck at editing

[compact kernel]

video is due the 10th right?

[carmine wharf]

💀

Well not life

But important things to me

[wide thicket]

oh cool

[carmine wharf]

Yeah it was my original common app essay

[compact kernel]

thats dope

[carmine wharf]

I have made a few shirts so may show as well

[carmine wharf]

Yeah hopefully it works out

My friend said her AO was like her video was so compelling

So ig a pretty big boost as to why she got in

[compact kernel]

i have no clue how to make mine compelling

[carmine wharf]

Same

[wide thicket]

the vid can be pretty important

i think a good video can help your app a lot

[carmine wharf]

Yeah im a try to make mine unique

[wide thicket]

good luck

[carmine wharf]

Thanks

[peak sphinx]

ah i see

[peak sphinx]

oh bet ight ig its doable, NU is also duetd

imma j write off the dome yfm

[wide thicket]

mhm u got this

[sleek rover]

i want to submit brown rn but can someone check my why us sentence

I don't feel its trong

[wide thicket]

damn

this 1 sentence essay is putting everyone in the trenches

[vestal lava]

kinda mid

[wide thicket]

hi luck!

[vestal lava]

hai cat

[wide thicket]

im looking at peoples brown stuff

right now

[brazen ferry]

Stupidest prompt of all time

Brown is annoying and cringe for that

[wide thicket]

i read the best why brown essay earlier

[brazen ferry]

Cancel brown

[floral gull]

goated prompt

[wide thicket]

from someone in this server

[floral gull]

I talked about pufferfsh poison

[wide thicket]

so i know the prompt can be answered well

[wide thicket]

its a nice prompt

lots of rooms for creativity

[wide thicket]

why are u in the brown esports discord

[faint wadi]

wasup

[wide thicket]

hi

[faint wadi]

hiii

[wide thicket]

hows ur break goin

[floral gull]

I like games

[faint wadi]

good i went skiing for the first time ever😧

[floral gull]

I was debating mentioning about it

[faint wadi]

wbu

[floral gull]

but then I was like nah I alr quit months ago

[wide thicket]

its going well <3 i just realized u check ur final grades on banner

[wide thicket]

how was it :0

[faint wadi]

yesssss 1 semester officially down

[faint wadi]

IM A PRO

jk

it was fun thi

tho

[vestal lava]

did you go in colarado @faint wadi

[wide thicket]

7 more to go babes

im so excited for the next though

[vestal lava]

mmm you actually help people, interesting

[faint wadi]

i did

[faint wadi]

NOT ME. im getting all these difficult ass core stem classes out the way

[wide thicket]

hahaahaha

whats ur major again? is it one with 20 prereqs

[wide thicket]

im trying

im procrastinating this one specific thing i need to do

[vestal lava]

😳

when did you go

today?

[vestal lava]

procrastination is the name of the game 🔥

what’s this one specific thing

or is too specific to say

[wide thicket]

it is

im trying to limit how much i do it though

[wide thicket]

i need to get back to somoene

im notoriously bad at doing that

hows ur day going btw

[bronze bobcat]

ahh brown's essays are stumping me

[vestal lava]

you just reminded me i need to dm someone

from 4 months ago

thanks cat

[wide thicket]

oh god

[wide thicket]

no problem!!!

[vestal lava]

pretty chill

what about yours

[wide thicket]

its goin good, i called my friend for like 3 hours earlier so am very tired and eepy

[bronze bobcat]

so for this essay: Brown's Open Curriculum allows students to explore broadly while also diving deeply into their academic pursuits. Tell us about any academic interests that excite you, and how you might pursue them at Brown. (200-250 words)*

should it be 50/50 talk about myself/why us

[vestal lava]

tattoo girl?

[bronze bobcat]

i talked more ab my interest in the major but took like 50 words to talk ab brown

[wide thicket]

naur not tattoo girl but i need to call her later

[vestal lava]

i see i see

[wide thicket]

very soon given that its 1 AM for her

right now

well

shes kinda nocturnal

so its okay

[vestal lava]

gotcha 🦖

well, im gonna go try to get good at stuff

bye cat

have fun… reviewing essays 🤢

[wide thicket]

omg i love dinosaurs

wait

i feel as though you are referencing something but im not sure

[wide thicket]

okioki! i shall talk to you at a later period

[bronze bobcat]

hey, really need an answer ab thois

this

i spent like 60 words on why brown public health (my major) and took ab 200 words for my interest in public health

should i talk more ab brown?

[wide thicket]

i can answer

gimme a bit

like 5 mins

[bronze bobcat]

thanks sm

[compact kernel]

cat can you help review some of my mine if you're free?

lowkey panicking rn

[wide thicket]

hi

sorry i saw ur dm

sure

i can

gimme a moment

[faint wadi]

yes biomedical engineering 😞

[faint wadi]

i was there for the past 5 days but im home now

[wide thicket]

i think this is ok it honestly just depends how u write

[faint wadi]

i dont tell anyone im on vacation while im on vacation because im paranoid someone will then plot to break into my home while im away

[bronze bobcat]

oh ok

would u be fine reading my why us essay?

if u have time

[wide thicket]

HAHAHAHAHA

ur so silly

i hope the vacation was nice <3

[wide thicket]

sure

just gimme a but

[faint wadi]

thank you! it was

[bronze bobcat]

thank you so muchhh

for the brown "what class would you teach" prompt, do I have to explain what the class would talk about?

[wide thicket]

aha

yes

isnt that legit the prompt

[bronze bobcat]

Yeah, but it doesn’t say if I should talk about the class

I thought about just listing the course name

[vestal lava]

beaver creek mtn?

[faint wadi]

winter park

[vestal lava]

mm yeah, i was referencing the tattoo

[vestal lava]

o ok gotcha, hope it was fun

[faint wadi]

yess very

i like that wiping out while skiing doesnt hurt

[formal oracle]

for anyone thats been accepted to brown I got a question about the why us essay

[vestal lava]

you and 20 others

[formal oracle]

i just joined this thread whats the consensus on it

[vestal lava]

heard it’s garbage

though some people like it

but those people like everything so their opinion should be weighted less

[formal oracle]

yeah but like

have to stick to one sentence or is it more leniant

[vestal lava]

well, the prompt says one sentence

[formal oracle]

but does it matter

[vestal lava]

they could’ve just said why brown and gave you 50 words

but they put in the 1 sentence as well

so i assume it does

[formal oracle]

ig

in that case does using semicolons turn two sentences into one

[vestal lava]

yeah

[formal oracle]

thats what I have rn but they might be too independent to work

[vestal lava]

i think that’s how english works

[vestal lava]

i was referencing the actual tattoo

[formal oracle]

im just worried that the ideas are too distinct to join in a semicolon

[vestal lava]

is the semicolon this thing : or this thing ;

nvm

i figured it out

i mean

it’s probably ok

[formal oracle]

;

[formal oracle]

im just gonna hope they dont care enough about that

[vestal lava]

doubt they would

and i also doubt they’d reject you over 1 sentence

assuming your other stuff is strong

[formal oracle]

thats what im thinking

[wide thicket]

stick to one sentence given that as luck said it literally says one sentence

just separate clauses with / : ; " -- etcetera

[formal oracle]

are you at brown rn

[wide thicket]

yup im a freshman

[formal oracle]

you mind looking at the essay just to see if what i have works

[wide thicket]

mm

okay