Columbia University (2023-2024)

[native hatch]

i think they started that this year right

i feel like i got in and then it was launched

i went to a rural title I hs

[south hemlock]

Yep, STARS has been a thing but Columbia just implemented it

[quasi kayak]

STARS GIRLIES RISE UP

my confidence reservoirs have completely depleted so i have no belief that i'll get in but LET'S GOOOOOO

[native hatch]

oh that makes sense

yes i got an email and a few rural URC post cards after i got in

[quasi kayak]

columbia you want me soooo baddddd

[hybrid bay]

oh do u know who hosts EPC students?

[hybrid bay]

3 more days til EPC fckkk

[quasi kayak]

ur fine

u probably have bomb dcs

[hybrid bay]

meh but theyre like not stem related at ALL

[quasi kayak]

okay

and what

they don’t have to be related to ur major

[native hatch]

i can confer you don’t need major related ecs

[native hatch]

nooo clue

my friend did EPC let me ask

[quasi kayak]

r u columbia or fu?

[native hatch]

i’m columbia college

[quasi kayak]

okay period

cc 🔛🔝

[hybrid bay]

oh and im not FG or LI so i basically wasted the AOs time

[quasi kayak]

first gen mid income!!!! we up!!!!

[native hatch]

im not FGLI either you’re fine

[hybrid bay]

i mean for EPC

[native hatch]

ohh not sure

my friend wasn’t FGLI though

he was rural

[quasi kayak]

astrophysics

i hate calculus

pls

our class average grade in calculus is a D+ and we are on limits rn

[hybrid bay]

limits is pre calc no?

[quasi kayak]

limits is def reg calc

i mean you talk ab the fundamental ideas of limits in precalc (discontinuity, end behavior, etc etc) in precalc but defining and learning limits is in the ap calc curriculum

[hybrid bay]

when is delta epsilon

[hybrid bay]

our school has no aps but a single course track

[quasi kayak]

delta ep isn’t in ap calc

[hybrid bay]

but the courses r insane

so they blended precalc for one month and then the rest was calc

last yr

[quasi kayak]

why would they do that

ewww

[hybrid bay]

and now the topics aree literally random

like integrals and the occasional mention of stochastic calculus

[quasi kayak]

that’s why you just do aps

[hybrid bay]

so we have no APs

[quasi kayak]

DE??

do you have no standardized curriculum??

[hybrid bay]

super small priv school (40 kids a grade)

we acc do have DE senior yr

DE calc 2, english, gov, physics

[quasi kayak]

solution: go to a public school

[hybrid bay]

hey but 20% of our class got NMSF!

[quasi kayak]

only i did

from my class

but i’m not applying lmao bc i’m not taking the ACT again

[hybrid bay]

honestly valid

doesnt matter too much past sf

[quasi kayak]

full ride from bama but tbh i don’t want to got here lmaooo

[hybrid bay]

yeah dont

[quasi kayak]

columbia my love

i also love nyu

will i get inv

no

a girl can dream

[exotic mortar]

my ass ain't getting in

to the flyin

[fathom hawk]

prepping myself for the rejection letter

[cerulean whale]

ivy reject simulator about to come in clutch

[hybrid bay]

i j did a few on their and its genuinely so depressing

[quasi kayak]

girl if someone is getting in it’s you

[devout mirage]

it was raining all day today

[stuck badger]

Same!

[stuck badger]

didn’t know u were first gen that’s so cool

[quasi kayak]

yes of course

[devout mirage]

Stars >>

[cerulean whale]

columbia considers me first gen 😝

[mental garnet]

wdym?

like are there different reqs?

[cerulean whale]

apparently if your parents didn’t do undergrad in the united states

but idk if that’s 100% true bc columbia seems to be only school with this policy

this is just what others have told me

[hybrid bay]

penn has it too

[cerulean whale]

oh that’s so slay of them

[mental garnet]

really???? are you sure it's not college in general and specifically undergrad?

[cerulean whale]

i am pretty sure it’s just undergrad

[fathom hawk]

and brown

[stuck badger]

first gen gang

[devout mirage]

oh wait actually ? my parents did undergrad in another country and grad in the us; i would still be first gen?

[warped jewel]

ohh that looks so nice i love urban sunsets

[warped jewel]

wait really? even if ur parents went to grad in the us?

like if they did undergrad in another country then masters/phd in the us??

[quasi kayak]

@warped jewel @devout mirage

[warped jewel]

oh damn it really is only bachelor's

thanks

thats really strange but hey im not complaining

[quasi kayak]

this definition makes zero sense to me but sure!

[warped jewel]

yeah lol

[fathom hawk]

it makes perfect sense imo

it means you had no experience for college apps you can rely on and had to figure everything out by yourself

[south hemlock]

I guess it makes the first gen flex that colleges like to do a bit iffy because some of the people counted as first tens have parents that are PHD holders but not US Bachelors

[south hemlock]

But yes this is true for your parents not schooling in the US for undergrad

[warped jewel]

hmm yeah that actually makes sense

[wise haven]

2 days!

[fathom hawk]

2 days until rejection letter

[wise haven]

real

[rain raven]

yeah that is so confusing...so I'm somehow first gen here but not at other schools? lmao I love college applicatios

[south hemlock]

There’s no concrete definition of first gen

[cerulean whale]

if stars doesn't also come out on thursday i will lose my mind

[south hemlock]

It’s not queen get ready 😂

[cerulean whale]

nah bc when all you sweat epc kids get in you're going to get my hopes up

[rain raven]

I'm not getting in

[wise haven]

ill donate my rejection to u

[rain raven]

thx

[wise haven]

and u can donate urs to me

[rain raven]

is this program even that selective

[wise haven]

np

yes

dawg they aint gonna accept some random like me

[rain raven]

well I hopeI get in ig

if not oh well

[weak delta]

stars only accepts 25 kids

[rain raven]

LMFAO

oh man crying

[cerulean whale]

sigh...

[native hatch]

that’s how i felt too

[wise haven]

now U FELT that

i KNOW that

but a man can hope

[native hatch]

nah i thought i knew that too

i was pretty much a nobody from rural low income nowhere

[wise haven]

i live like anhour away by train

[native hatch]

me too

an hour and a half

• some driving

[wise haven]

nice

wait if i fisnih my supplements soon will u read them

[native hatch]

are you from a no name state or somewhere cooler

yes

[wise haven]

or are u not the person to go to for this

oh cool

ty

[wise haven]

i am in NYC

i live in queens

[native hatch]

oh i see

[wise haven]

it is nice here

pretty quiet and lively all at once

[native hatch]

i’ve heard

i’ve been meaning to visit flushing

maybe this weekend

i’ve gone out every weekend i’ve been here

[wise haven]

flushing is mad far into queens

i actualyl have never been to flushing

[native hatch]

interesting

[wise haven]

its very easy to feel the NYC vibe and want to explore it

[hybrid bay]

as u should

[native hatch]

i was in lower east manhattan last weekend

[wise haven]

i on the other hand just HATE going out without someone

[native hatch]

then went to chelsea highline

[wise haven]

and none of my frineds ever want to go out

so i sit at home a lot

[native hatch]

oh me too

trust me i wouldn’t go out of my friends didn’t drag me out

but it’s nice

[rain raven]

I uh live in the boonies

[wise haven]

bro is in the hood

[native hatch]

what is the boonies

[wise haven]

of NYC?

[native hatch]

i’m from delaware

[rain raven]

no like redneck part of georgia

[wise haven]

ah

[rain raven]

I've legit swam to get groceries once 💀

[cerulean whale]

omg twins

[rain raven]

wow wassup

[cerulean whale]

i want to leave the deep south so bad

[rain raven]

I like it here

its just too hot int he summers

[cerulean whale]

ok i have come to appreciate its beauty more

i just don't feel like i fit in

[rain raven]

just dress redneck fr fr

[weak delta]

texan?

[quasi kayak]

it won’t

[devout mirage]

interesting, guess im marking down first gen on my columbia app now

[quasi kayak]

they still know ur demographics btw

[devout mirage]

yea

itll look weird bc they did graduate degrees here so like 😭 prob wont help at all

[quasi kayak]

does everyone’s parent have a graduate degree???

[hybrid bay]

theres no checking a box

u j put where ur parents went to school

[devout mirage]

oh 😭

i havent looked at columbia yet bc rd

[hybrid bay]

ik a lot of ppl from india come here to do their grad school

[native hatch]

nah

[quasi kayak]

everyone here talking ab their parent’s PhD and neither of my parents even have a bachelors degree plss

[native hatch]

dw only half the school is full pay

💀

[quasi kayak]

oh this not the place for me

^ second choice is nyu

[native hatch]

nah it definitely is

i felt really out of place here at first

[quasi kayak]

i sure hope so! columbia let me in i’m begging

[native hatch]

and still kind of do. but it’s like all in your head

there are really rich people here and really accomplished people here and you have to be kind to yourself and considerate of your background and hard work

i’ve found people like me here

and the opportunities are great

so you def got this

and don’t let you psych yourself out

[quasi kayak]

idk if i’m qualified but i’ll put in an application i guess 😍

just bogged down by some of the NONSENSE in this server like help

[native hatch]

trust me the server is not the norm

[quasi kayak]

columbia apps defo skew this high though 😨 4% acceptance woah like the room is spinning

[native hatch]

yeah it’s a hit or miss

[quasi kayak]

idk what conclusion i’m going to draw if i get rejected from stars tbh

[native hatch]

no conclusion

you got this

i got into a mit summer program rejected from mit

[quasi kayak]

ouuuuh if i get that bad rejection email the way i’m 5235D diving into that toaster bath like omg

columbia’s urban studies program is so me like i’m crying

[native hatch]

you’ve got this!!

[quasi kayak]

don’t give me false hope omg the room is spinning

alexa play sleep patterns by merchant ships

[native hatch]

just shotgun top schools

and don’t get too attached to one

that’s the best advice for getting into an ivy

[quasi kayak]

that’s so lame behavior though

[native hatch]

my dream school was caltech

[devout mirage]

nerd

[native hatch]

crushed me

now i’m at lame cuny morningside (i love columbia)

[quasi kayak]

i don’t like a lot of the ivies 😭 also my mental patience and ability is strained so thin rn if i had to write one (1) too many essays i think i would swan dive off of mt rainier

[devout mirage]

columbia is chill

u a social person?

[native hatch]

oh btw guest the girl in my math class u liked dropped

L

to linalg

💀

[devout mirage]

oh

i was with her at barnard tday

lmao

[quasi kayak]

yes

[devout mirage]

its nice here

[quasi kayak]

shocker

[devout mirage]

lots of shit going on daily

[devout mirage]

i did not like her

stop the cap

[native hatch]

no cap

[devout mirage]

cap

[native hatch]

$100 for you to do my pset for me

correctly

[devout mirage]

i have uw essay

and then a bunch of polisci club stuff

[native hatch]

L

i have lit hum essay

due in 2 days

💀

pls

kms

[devout mirage]

stopfucking around

[quasi kayak]

are club tryouts as gross as harvard here

[devout mirage]

lionfund has 2% AR

3 interview rounds

[native hatch]

i need to do hw ur right

[native hatch]

wtaf

what about law review

[devout mirage]

but theres also cool af clubs that arent that selective

[quasi kayak]

those are weird ppl tho

[native hatch]

i feel like law review is kinda selective

[devout mirage]

they select 10 kids every year

outta like 500 applicants

[native hatch]

💀

bro

[devout mirage]

who r u with rn

[native hatch]

ziggy

[devout mirage]

ok

if anyone cute comes lmk

[native hatch]

there’s a few cute girls here

unironically

[devout mirage]

wait

shi

do i pull up

[native hatch]

you can i guess

if you want to

[devout mirage]

do u know their names

maybe i know them alrd

dm

[wise haven]

Only

[wise haven]

I’m going to them and stealing all their experienced and money

[wise haven]

Making progress

[exotic mortar]

guys i may have been wrong

one says virtual the other says in-person

i'm confused now

[south hemlock]

Could be an error from a previous year in COVID

[south hemlock]

Worse comes worse you could always email the people and straight up ask

[wise haven]

I meannn as long as I get my reject letter tmrw

[south hemlock]

I expect tk get a decision 12 am sharp 😂

[rain raven]

I hope I et an email but I prob won't

gimme dat rejection letter columbia

[wise haven]

Real

[quasi kayak]

it’s in person

good luck my epc girls

y’all will slay

[hybrid bay]

Does anyone know when is it?

[south hemlock]

You could email, but the general consensus is sometime tomorrow

[hybrid bay]

I emailed 1.5 months ago and still waiting for a response

[quasi kayak]

it’s tomorrow, probably at 5 eastern

pm*

that’s what it’s been for a while

if stars also comes out tmrw i might kms

want to postpone rejection

[wise haven]

it doesnt pretty srue

[quasi kayak]

good

did you apply epc

[wise haven]

yea

[fathom hawk]

Ik im not getting in

i submitted a 1460 and since then i got a 34

/1520 basically

threw my essays

[cerulean whale]

good luck to all my epc bbs tomorrow ❤️

if things don't work out, don't take it personally. you guys are the coolest and will do amazing things :))

[quasi kayak]

ur acceptance to the university matters more than getting to got here for a weekend rahhhhh

that being said i really want to get in LMFAOO

[fathom hawk]

if i somehow get accepted ill be filling out their supps for ed

[hybrid bay]

thanks! i like expect to get rejected because even if i had the perfect app, the program is meant for fg or li students who can’t necessarily afford or have the time to come to nyc to visit , so not going to feel bad if i get denied!

[fathom hawk]

however i very much doubt ill get accepted

[quasi kayak]

why would you do ed if you know you already have a good chance of being accepted ??

[hybrid bay]

i think its the convention to apply ED if you get into a fly in? atleast at penn a bunch of peep kids said that ed is what boosted their app

idk

[fathom hawk]

idk

[hybrid bay]

if i get in i genuinely might switch ed to columbia from penn, but idk if i have the heart to do that

[quasi kayak]

meh idk i don’t even have a gr8 chance at STARS anyway

and i want to keep my options open— i love columbia tho

[hybrid bay]

25 kids is CRAZY

idk what it is for EPC

[fathom hawk]

oh well columbia will give me like nothing anyways

bc ik cornell is giving me zero aid

[quasi kayak]

😍 me one of the 25 tho

[fathom hawk]

so now i gotta look at the cheapest option that i still have a dream of

[quasi kayak]

i’ve heard ab 100, dk how true that is

[hybrid bay]

no way a ton of kids applied tho?

like noone around me knew what it was

[quasi kayak]

despite size diff i have a feeling AR is gonna be about the same

especially when you factor in that the applicant pool is already smaller, and a good amount of students won’t fit the criteria for what STARS is meant for

do i have a chance? lmao meh

[hybrid bay]

okay columbia engineering is 988

for the total school

nvm its 1843

so ab 460 per class

[quasi kayak]

yes

[hybrid bay]

they're like prescreening 20% of who they're going to take in actual admissions here in EPC

[fathom hawk]

i wish i could send in my higher test scores

still not gonna get in tbh

[native hatch]

i love columbia

*cuny morningside my bad

[quasi kayak]

no exactly

columbia my love

[native hatch]

i am drowning in work

[fathom hawk]

i like columbia but i know full well imma have full price for it

[native hatch]

go core

[quasi kayak]

i get columbia cheap

[fathom hawk]

(i forgot that my parents own a ton of assets)

[native hatch]

just don’t report them i didn’t say that

[cerulean whale]

at least you got the fee waiver!

[fathom hawk]

what did you say

ah maybe i misheard

[native hatch]

i didn’t say

[fathom hawk]

nvm

[native hatch]

🫡

[quasi kayak]

see u there bbg omg

[fathom hawk]

but im not getting in 100%

[cerulean whale]

we are part of the 25 😍

[quasi kayak]

just got a columbia tiktok omg i saw the sign and it opened up my eyes and i am happy now

[fathom hawk]

im thinking of forgetting ivies and trying to go full on for my oos public dream schools

cal

[cerulean whale]

same as my state school woot woot

[native hatch]

that’s the wrong mindset

[quasi kayak]

oh my state school has no right being so expensive

i’m just above the need aid threshold i think

[native hatch]

you’re not getting in 96.3%

[cerulean whale]

mine is almost free

[fathom hawk]

i mean its pretty much objectively correct
i submitted a low score, essays kinda threw 😭 gpa died due to covid and i forgot to do addtional info

i submitted a 1460 and now i have a 34 ACT

[native hatch]

i was test optional dw 💀

WDYM LOW DCORE

[fathom hawk]

*relatively low score

[native hatch]

1460 isn’t low

[quasi kayak]

ouuu y’all r crazy

my ACT score is the only part of my app that’s going for me i fear!

[fathom hawk]

anyways its also like

expensive as hell

[native hatch]

can i plug my college results here

[hybrid bay]

no fr my SAT IS my application

[fathom hawk]

shure

[hybrid bay]

i think my essays were decent th

[fathom hawk]

is it gonna be like

[quasi kayak]

my essays were a bit flat

[fathom hawk]

columbia ed accept lmao

[quasi kayak]

who cares

cant change it

[native hatch]

https://reddit.com/r/collegeresults/s/NbUUXWCYwn

if it makes you feel any better

i got rejected from 10/13 of the schools i applied to

[hybrid bay]

not calculus 3

tf

[cerulean whale]

the headline is so clickbait-y 😭

[native hatch]

the titles went WILD last year

[fathom hawk]

ok i dont have these many hooks

[quasi kayak]

i have euuone hook

[fathom hawk]

i am a "first gen" and "rural" area but im a typical asian male in cs

[quasi kayak]

small town. and everyone in STARS is from a small town like i’m literally crying

[fathom hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/buzz-lightyear-gif-21327280

literally me ^

[hybrid bay]

astrophyiscs is crazy, congrats again

[fathom hawk]

@native hatch please help me with calc 3 my teacher sucks and idk if ill pass the class (historically ive passed everything with flying colors) 🙏

[native hatch]

i can help sure

[cerulean whale]

i have been checking my email every .2 seconds for olivia rodrigo presale codes or stars decision instructions

[fathom hawk]

theres a test tmrw and i got that "sickness" (mental sickness) excuse so i can study more

but rn its actually BC review just harder (because it also has stuff from like precalc)

[native hatch]

same i’m skipping physics to sleep and get breakfast with a friend 💀

[quasi kayak]

my girl go to bed

[fathom hawk]

rn its relating polar and conics

[quasi kayak]

it’s not happening tj

tn

[cerulean whale]

my ap bio lab report is totally not due tomorrow 😭

[quasi kayak]

PLSSS GIRL GO DO UR HOMEWORK

[cerulean whale]

NO ITS ALMOST DONE

i’m just coloring

[fathom hawk]

yeah polar coords/graphs, arc lengths and rotations, and relating it back to conics and kepler's laws

[native hatch]

not that bad

[quasi kayak]

i thought u said ap bio not intro to business

[fathom hawk]

problem is mainly with the teacher

[native hatch]

i see

[cerulean whale]

BYE it’s just my silly little bar graph and plant cell model

[fathom hawk]

i wont get into it that much but theres little preperation that he does

[quasi kayak]

it’s 12:20 am on the east coast decisions clearly are not yet out

[native hatch]

anyway just general advice guys college is way better than high school even if you’re taking a really heavy semester just don’t overcommit

[cerulean whale]

i had a lin algebra test today so i decided to grind the entire lab report today

[quasi kayak]

they came@out 5pm last year i think

LIN ALG

the room is spinning ain’t no way in hell@im getting this STARS bag

[fathom hawk]

i said to a couple of my teachers that senior year would be easier than my junior year (its when i took calc physics, calc bc, ap lit)

junior year is a cakewalk

[cerulean whale]

i know if it comes out for some reason it’ll likely be at 5 pm but i wanted to see if they’re like “heads up it’s out tomorrow!”

[fathom hawk]

compared to rn

[native hatch]

college is harder but a lot more fun

[quasi kayak]

literally my schedule

[native hatch]

i wake up at 9am every day

[quasi kayak]

psych lit calc physics ouu like my head is spinning

[hybrid bay]

how dyk

[fathom hawk]

honestly thinking of self studying psych

[quasi kayak]

what did you just call me

[cerulean whale]

if college apps weren’t a thing my senior year would be soooo much easier than junior year

[fathom hawk]

bro thats my dream lmao 😭

[native hatch]

i’ve been thinking about working for admissions

[hybrid bay]

how do you know

[native hatch]

but i think that might be too intensive with my schedule but i get paid

[quasi kayak]

that’s what the streetz (reddit) said

[hybrid bay]

lol i did and got a 5

[quasi kayak]

i’m joshing

[native hatch]

thoughts on being a tour guide/on the undergraduate recruitment committee

[fathom hawk]

rejections from all those schools are surprising

really surprising

like youve genuinely done so much 😭

[native hatch]

it’s random

[fathom hawk]

fair enough

idk i just dont feel all that hopeful really

never one to really hope for anything, more knowing that things will probably go wrong (pessimissm but really its just looking at things without bias imo)

[native hatch]

just don’t get too attached to one school

i really liked caltech

[quasi kayak]

love meself some columbia but also love meself some nyu

not strong hopes for either but a girl can dream

[cerulean whale]

my nyu stern phase freshman year was so god awful

[quasi kayak]

IN NEW YORRKKKKKKK

CONCRETE JUNGKE WHWRE DREAMS ARE MADE OF

[fathom hawk]

i was on a cornell phase then columbia phase

after realizing ill get zero aid im on GT train

[quasi kayak]

so glad i woke up to reality and then stopped wanting to major in business

[cerulean whale]

REAL

[quasi kayak]

REAL ONES MAJOR IN ANYTHING BESIDES BUSINESS HELLO

grapes of watch is just one big argument against business school

[cerulean whale]

business majors give frat bro who doesn’t know what to major in

[quasi kayak]

wrath whatever ok too lazy

[fathom hawk]

major because their parents wanted them to do it

[cerulean whale]

don’t let the wharton ppl see this

[quasi kayak]

eww lmao idgaf if they see this i hope they’re mad

what are they gonna do? aggressively explain point slope form to me

if stars does come out tmrw as the prophecy foretold i might actually rig an IED to my chest omg i can’t take the stress???

[fathom hawk]

ive already taken too much stress

[quasi kayak]

alexa play strangers by ethel cain

[cerulean whale]

i will not survive tomorrow

[quasi kayak]

if there’s one person ik who will get in its u girl

[cerulean whale]

NO DONT GIVE ME FALSE HOPE

[fathom hawk]

ig if i dont get in

meh

[quasi kayak]

PLS GIRL UR LIKE STACKED

[cerulean whale]

i am test optional 😭

[fathom hawk]

doesnt matter

[quasi kayak]

OKAY WHO GAF??

[fathom hawk]

wish i could say i got a much higher test score

but eh

i cant really care about things anymore

[quasi kayak]

comparing my ecs esp if ur actually from a rural area i’m like so over @cerulean whale

wait did u get USSYP or naurrrrrr

[cerulean whale]

you are not over and we will see each other in october!!!

[cerulean whale]

nope i am applying this year

[quasi kayak]

IF U SAW MY ECS U WOULDNT EVEN SAY THAT OMG

[fathom hawk]

its so over for me 🙏

[quasi kayak]

i don’t want to apply again this year they wildly shifted the application and now i’m suffering from major dgaf disorder

[fathom hawk]

my ECs dont have quantity but i spend every waking hour of my life in them

[cerulean whale]

we have to write a paper with citations and shit like nah man

[native hatch]

i applied to ussyp and got rejected for being astro

[quasi kayak]

i got alternate last year like i could taste the drip of slay on my lips but i never got the sip but now idk if i care enough 😭

[native hatch]

💀

i should’ve lied

and said public policy

[cerulean whale]

i am saying cs + poli sci which is true

[quasi kayak]

i had to do that last year and my essay kinda ate down even though i quite literally wrote it hours before the deadline lmfao

[native hatch]

i started my columbia essays 10pm the night they were due

[cerulean whale]

i quoted my queen sonyaaaa

[native hatch]

don’t do that

[fathom hawk]

i never had time to do anything else

[quasi kayak]

but now we have to talk about npo work and dare i say i don’t think i’ve done any npo work

[fathom hawk]

i was in band and robotics for junior year

[native hatch]

i think i might have actually started at 11 or 11:30 because i copy and pasted

[fathom hawk]

band only for soph but i was in covid recovery really

i could and should have joined robotics but didnt

so many things I regret

[cerulean whale]

i didn’t do ftc till this year

[stuck badger]

what are ur Ec’s viveka

Also pls stop cj 😭😭😭😭😭😭

u literally have a 4.0 36

[quasi kayak]

NO MOTHER VIVEKA IS STACKED I THINK

[stuck badger]

wdym

[cerulean whale]

ummm idk it feels awk af listing my resume 😭

[quasi kayak]

i’m p sure her ecs r so good

[stuck badger]

This is a2c 😭

[stuck badger]

Are u a cs major?

[fathom hawk]

if i het rejected bc of some stupid reason ill never let myself see the light of day istg

[quasi kayak]

everyone has good stats though likeeee it’s the ecs and essays that get u in i fear

[quasi kayak]

the fun thing is that you literally never know

[stuck badger]

Uhhh nooo I def don’t have those stats if that make u feel better

[fathom hawk]

then thatll happen regardless then

[quasi kayak]

i’m just saying most ppl have good stats… that’s not the thing that gets u into STARS i fear 😨😨 maybe they should just finally tell me i’ve been rejected so i can move on

[stuck badger]

I think imo they look for essays

More than Ec’s

Esp for rural

[quasi kayak]

oh gr8 cuz those were awful

my creative writing teacher says i write like an old person

[cerulean whale]

i agree

[stuck badger]

If u applied to ce2 I would’ve said ehh they look for both with probs more an ec emphasis 😭😭😭😭

[cerulean whale]

ecs and stats only get your foot in the door

[stuck badger]

The fly ins I’ve gone to have said they look for good fly in essays within the app

Especially

Ec’s are held to a lesser extent

[stuck badger]

I’d say stats first

[quasi kayak]

stats def get ur foot in the door

[native hatch]

idk all i had going for me was my gpa

[cerulean whale]

bffr

[quasi kayak]

i’m not safe here

[stuck badger]

I saw ur Ec’s that’s def not true 😭😭😭

[quasi kayak]

i picked the wrong somewhat significant life event to be hyper focused on i think

[stuck badger]

Nothin u can do abt it now

[stuck badger]

Did u apply to Barnard?

[tender pelican]

no u were very cracked 😭

[quasi kayak]

still a man bae sorry

[cerulean whale]

i wonder how many men “accidentally” apply to barnard every year

[stuck badger]

BRO

OMG I FORGOT 😭😭😭😭😭

[quasi kayak]

now i hope stars comes out tomorrow. i need to be humbled. i need to calm tf down

[stuck badger]

AGHH

[quasi kayak]

y’all we’re all going to get in i believe it

at least YALL r

trust n believe

[cerulean whale]

all of us sexy smart hot ppl will get into stars!

[quasi kayak]

running on pure idgaf energy rn

[native hatch]

mayhaps

ugh all the good food places around columbia close at 1am

i’m so sad

it’s 1am

born to eat everywhere but the dining halls forced to get JJs place 😔

[hybrid bay]

stoppp lol

ik exactly what i want to do in business and its not finance LOL

[stuck badger]

Is it like an easy job to get???

[native hatch]

Yes

i just have to apply and do an interview

[south hemlock]

Fingers crossed I’m in celebration area tomorrow, if not I’ll take the L #💪-chad-rejects 🤣

[quasi kayak]

ur stars too right

[south hemlock]

I’m an EPC sell out 😉

[quasi kayak]

ewwww

i’ve been like “omg stars girlies we’re all gonna get in” but if we all did that would be like 5/25 kids which is 20% of all of the STARS attendees like lmfao

[south hemlock]

This should be enough proof of our mathematics skills columbia 😻

[quasi kayak]

is that wrong or smthn

idk my brain fried

[south hemlock]

Idk and I dc enough to check it’s right to me 😻

[quasi kayak]

perioddttt

[south hemlock]

My national merit semi finalist could never be wrong 😻

[quasi kayak]

girl don’t even

my counselor had to call the nm corp to see if i can use my school day ACT

[restive ravine]

I’m so scared

EPC decisions didn’t come out yet?

[quasi kayak]

not until 5 pm prob if they’re today

[restive ravine]

No way

[quasi kayak]

yes way

[hybrid bay]

the second they come out ping me fr

[quasi kayak]

that aint my job i ain’t in epc

[wise haven]

No they didn’t

[quasi kayak]

they won’t come out until 5 pm if they’re today

[stuck badger]

5pm???

[quasi kayak]

yes

[stuck badger]

😭

[south hemlock]

I hate waiting 😞

[stuck badger]

if I get rejected I don’t care lmao

[stuck badger]

yeah if I don’t get into Columbia’s at least I can wait for barnards

[native hatch]

reminder that not getting into a fly in does not mean you don’t have a chance at getting into the school

[quasi kayak]

this is epc

p sure stars is next week

[south hemlock]

STARS might be next week sorry 😭

[south hemlock]

Tell admissions to release their decisions already 😤

[stuck badger]

I’ve heard from past fly ins that if someone did not get in, that’s a signal that u have to fix something in ur app/or competitive

[native hatch]

brb walking to admissions office to tell them to release

[native hatch]

i don’t think so tbh

if they take a very select amount of people

[south hemlock]

Thank you queen 😍 only the best for you today

[stuck badger]

Or it’s too competitive

[stuck badger]

Like since they have a set number of seats/funding they have to reject qualified people

[native hatch]

EPC targets a certain demographic

yeah exactly

[south hemlock]

May their light shine on me today 😞

[stuck badger]

I hope u get in!!!

[native hatch]

idk if epc helps or not

my friend was epc

i think that’s more correlation than causation tho

[south hemlock]

Thanks! I’ll take the rejection today if it means no rejection come March 🤣

[stuck badger]

im not sure but I think if a school is flying u out and paying money to bring u to visit then it signals ur at least competitive

[native hatch]

yeah fair

[stuck badger]

some lacs also publish their acceptance rates for ppl who go to fly ins

[native hatch]

strange

[south hemlock]

Damn

[stuck badger]

yeah like Amherst and tufts (?) I think

[stuck badger]

Williams fly in is like 90 percent accepted into the actual school

WashU is 80 percent iirc

[south hemlock]

I think I’d go berserk if I was part of that 10%

[native hatch]

i do think if you do EPC/STARS and then ED columbia you might have an advantage

that’s how it works for dartmouth

[south hemlock]

ED is commitment 😞

[native hatch]

commitment is good…

if you can afford it ofc

i didn’t ed because i didn’t know aid

[stuck badger]

fly in then applying rd is ok tho?

[south hemlock]

The problem 😂 I don’t know how aid will turn out, especially with this new FAFSA stuff

[native hatch]

it won’t hurt

[stuck badger]

man fafsa sucks

[south hemlock]

Need to give my colleges a chance to fight for me 🤭 😉

[south hemlock]

CSS is worse

[cerulean whale]

i NEED stars to come out TODAY

[fathom hawk]

5 pm eastern EPC

my rejection letter is coming in 4 hours 🙏 🙏 🙏

[devout mirage]

screams

[devout mirage]

It does

[cerulean whale]

HSJSNXUJDNDJFNBF

[quasi kayak]

stars coming out today

just got the letter

[cerulean whale]

idk how how to feel

[devout mirage]

It would be my first fly in acceptance

[quasi kayak]

adrenaline just rushed through my body i don’t want to find out

sometimes i just want to never know

[devout mirage]

only 25 ppl can go....

I hare that

[quasi kayak]

yeah exactly

there’s no chance for me i fear

y’all r gonna get in though trust and believe.

[fathom hawk]

theres zero chance

[south hemlock]

[fathom hawk]

i must accept reality

[devout mirage]

I HATE THAT THEY TOLD US

WHY WOULD THEY TELL US AND NOT RELEASE

[cerulean whale]

they just want me to sit in agony ffs

[quasi kayak]

NO LITERALLY

it’s because they want to wait until their offices close so ppl don’t hit their line and complain i fear

[south hemlock]

Felt my stomach drop lollll

[quasi kayak]

SAMEEEE EOMG I CANT DO THIS ANYMORE

[cerulean whale]

whoever from columbia admissions who secretly stalks this channel is probably laughing at us so hard rn

[quasi kayak]

@cerulean whale trust and believe we get in together

i’m praying

[south hemlock]

Same

[cerulean whale]

YES PLS 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[south hemlock]

I wish I didn’t have school so I could sleep till the time

[quasi kayak]

someone needs to sedate me i can’t even type

[south hemlock]

Gotta stay alive for 4 hours 🤣

[cerulean whale]

ok imma pretend that this doesn’t actually matter like whatever happens happens and it’s not that serious

[quasi kayak]

it’s serious to me

bc idk

[south hemlock]

It’s not serious but I hate waiting 😞

[fathom hawk]

i mean epc doesnt do much

[cerulean whale]

same but i need to survive the rest of the school day 😭

[fathom hawk]

if i get accepted -> fill out columbia maybe ed
if i dont -> just do rd or not at all

regardless i cant afford columbia so dont matter

[cerulean whale]

fee waiver so might as well

[south hemlock]

I’ve mastered the art of sleeping till a certain time but I can’t do that cuz I have to learn 😢

[quasi kayak]

i’m so proud of my stars girlies

we grew so much closer for this one stupid thing. we will get in inshallah

[devout mirage]

stars is so hard to get into

But i believe in us

[quasi kayak]

no portal astrology

[fathom hawk]

i wish i could have submitted my 34 ACT 😭

[south hemlock]

Grr you don’t tell me what to do 😡

[hexed canyon]

When I try to find my place on the Ticketmaster website when it inevitably tells me there are 20,000+ people in front of me

Sad

[south hemlock]

I want to do like a really dramatic video

[quasi kayak]

i’m doing a dramatic video lmfao

[south hemlock]

I’m in class I won’t be able to I’m so madddd d

It’s not fair

[south hemlock]

Ive been dreaming of Columbia fly in since I was 2 years old…this is the moment of truth 😻

[cerulean whale]

me too will probably cry either way

dw it’ll make good content for my college decisions video 😍

[quasi kayak]

idk if i’ll film this one

i’m so nervy omfg

t-3hrs 😍

[exotic mortar]

Epc comes out at 5 pm est apparently

[south hemlock]

Yes, EPC And stars

[quasi kayak]

bofa

[hybrid bay]

im expecting to get rejected bcuz the program isnt designed for someone who can afford to and has visited columbia b4

[wise haven]

Tbh the rejection won’t phase me cause I just learned I’m failing englihs

😍

Being a dogshit writer has its perks

[quasi kayak]

i get a pounding headache and chills whenever i think ab this omg when decision season comes around it’s over for me.

[wise haven]

How is bro finding this info

I lied I found out

It’s so over

[quasi kayak]

calm down

you will be okay

[wise haven]

Tell that to a man who didn’t go from a B to an F in English

Fuck it we ball

10 minutes cna change a man’s life

[native hatch]

there was a mr beast challenge on campus

[wise haven]

Did u win

[devout mirage]

2 hours

[fathom hawk]

yeah

[native hatch]

nah i didn’t have a suit to participate in

[wise haven]

Fuck if I knew I would’ve gone

What was the challenge

[fathom hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/mrbeast-mr-beast-gif-25629645

[native hatch]

he wasn’t there tho

sad

[wise haven]

Ah fuck the bulletin

[native hatch]

saw romanian president iohannis today tho

there was chocolate, $600, and a mr beast shirt in the briefcase

[wise haven]

Useless

Irrelevant

We want mr beast

[native hatch]

zelensky was here yesterday on campus and apparently so was biden but i saw neither of them

so sad

[devout mirage]

byron

[stuck badger]

STARSSSS

[stuck badger]

its just a fly in 😭

[wise haven]

Crazy to me how Mr beast holds power that equivalent to CEOs

[stuck badger]

gl barack i hope u clutch 🤩

[native hatch]

he does have a lot of money

[devout mirage]

STARS!

[cerulean whale]

STARS ⭐️

[devout mirage]

✴️

[stuck badger]

DID U DO IT

[native hatch]

i was there

[quasi kayak]

i just get major anxiety sorry

[south hemlock]

Real, my impatience is killing me rn

[cerulean whale]

columbia: i hope you’re hungry for ✨nothing✨

[south hemlock]

Gonna be spreading Columbia hate immediately 😂

[stuck badger]

bro ngl I’m not rlly pressed

[south hemlock]

I am because any school that rejects me in any form is obviously Dogshit 😍

[native hatch]

🤨

[south hemlock]

😍 falsifying rankings core 😍

[stuck badger]

No but fr idk how I’d fare in nyc

[native hatch]

we stopped submitting data and us news brought us up 6 ranks

[stuck badger]

Is this thread for Barnard too

Or nah

[native hatch]

i think so

[native hatch]

that’s how i was at first

but you get used to it

it’s quite nice

[stuck badger]

Kay well I applied to the Barnard fly in and I am actually scared

[south hemlock]

They begging for columbia back 😂 that nyc power is unparalleled

[native hatch]

i come from a town of 5000

in the middle of nowhere

and nyc has treated me well..

[stuck badger]

how’s adjustment to city life

[native hatch]

i have a single in john jay hall

campus is generally quiet

you don’t have to involve yourself in the city if you don’t want to

but if you do want to it’s super easy to

i’ve been out every weekend

going to central park saturday probably

it’s like 5 min walk

there’s always something to see or do

there’s a lot of lush grassy & quiet areas on campus you wouldn’t expect from nyc

also riverside park is really close and nice to walk through

[quasi kayak]

i can guarantee you’ll get into one

ur stacked

[stuck badger]

😭😭😭😭 the odds are kinda against all of us ☠️☠️☠️

[quasi kayak]

you’re such a good app tho

[south hemlock]

There’s like 5 stars kids here right ?

[stuck badger]

Is there a vibrant campus life tho

Besides the city

Also how’s the relationship between Barnard and Columbia

[wise haven]

Guys if I don’t get do not question why the Columbia campus is up in flames next week

[south hemlock]

Well it’s not NYU 🤭

[stuck badger]

Idk probs yeah

[quasi kayak]

yeah

[stuck badger]

ehh not rlly but I feel like i fit lac vibes more than Columbia ☠️

[wise haven]

https://tenor.com/view/fb-meme-taiwan-student-gif-23317643

Average NYU student

(I will be applying there)

[south hemlock]

Let’s see there’s viveka, cj and Michelle

Who are the other 2

[cerulean whale]

kace

[stuck badger]

Also the women’s college thing is kinda getting to me

[south hemlock]

Like good or bad ?

[stuck badger]

Good!

[stuck badger]

thanks for ur kind words cj. wishing u the best on the STARS fly in!!!!!!

[quasi kayak]

mehing my way thru it

like i genuinely don’t know if i have a chance

columbia sent me two emails in a row ohhhh they’re hateful

[fathom hawk]

1 more hour 💀

[native hatch]

100%

there’s like 600 clubs on campus

and almost all are super active

there’s always something to do

also university student life is always around having some event

that + club sports

some people go to soccer and football games

there’s a ton of fun clubs tho

my friends went to this sword fighting one that was cool

very few actually have a crazy application

most you just show up and have fun

[native hatch]

carman party

carman does that

[native hatch]

very good

i go there for food all the time

and they have a good library with whiteboards

they’re right across the street

we have a meal plan exchange and an academics exchange so you can take practically any class at barnard or eat at any dining hall and vice versa

it’s nice

[south hemlock]

My patience is waning 😞

[hybrid bay]

less than 45!

[devout mirage]

is this entertaining

Us to the columbia aos

[devout mirage]

what if ur a dude

[wise haven]

Yeah they gotta be enjoying this

[devout mirage]

can u still take classes there

[wise haven]

I’d assume no

[native hatch]

yes

[wise haven]

WHAAA

cool

[devout mirage]

thats weird to me

[wise haven]

It is but

A class is a class man

[native hatch]

it’s rarer that columbia people take classes at barnard than vice versa

[stuck badger]

Columbia countdown

[devout mirage]

Cus isnt the point of a womens college so all the classes and spaces are women

[stuck badger]

Women’s studies classes?

[native hatch]

maybe? idk. i know barnard and columbia requirements are different

[quasi kayak]

found a columbia blue color post it note it’s like a sign or something

[cerulean whale]

i listened to empire state of mind on the way home!

[quasi kayak]

i drive 30 mins home so it’ll probably be out by that time

[devout mirage]

35 minutes boys 🫡

[native hatch]

i was on columbia campus today it’s a sign (i go here)

[quasi kayak]

i’m sweating so bad rn it’s supposed to be christian girl autumn not climate change late summer

[cerulean whale]

global boiling

[devout mirage]

good for u

us*

[quasi kayak]

all of my urban studies classes would be at barnard

[cerulean whale]

that's cool

[wise haven]

Bro is plotting

[native hatch]

guest infiltrating the dance classes

[devout mirage]

i prob will next sem

[native hatch]

@devout mirage do a barnard dance class for ur pe req

yes

[devout mirage]

or next yr depending on when this girl is taking it

[wise haven]

He going to the “woman’s choreography class”

[native hatch]

ballet

[native hatch]

get ur mind out of the gutter

[wise haven]

Bro is DESPERATE

[devout mirage]

no like just a friend

[native hatch]

ugh I WANT TO TAKE SAILING

[devout mirage]

but shell let me know

join us

[native hatch]

i would

i do like dance

but i need to come out of college fluent in romanian and adept in sailing

[wise haven]

Shut up

I do NOT need to worry

[devout mirage]

i need wifey and sword fighting master designation

[wise haven]

I’m sorry but like let me pretend I’m doing well

[devout mirage]

literally das all

[native hatch]

🤨

[wise haven]

@restive ravine NOOO COME BACK

[native hatch]

I NEED TO BE A PIRATE

[wise haven]

type smth else

[native hatch]

i might do sword fighting next year

[wise haven]

Other than Columbia

[devout mirage]

💀

[native hatch]

sailing and sword fighting

[devout mirage]

i will fuck u up

LMAOO

[native hatch]

nah i should learn akkadian

and take sailing and sword fighting

never use my degree

[restive ravine]

LOL

[native hatch]

just become a pirate

[restive ravine]

i have a charley horse

and i wanna cry

[wise haven]

Idk what that is

[restive ravine]

calf cramp

[wise haven]

Is it supposed to make people cry

Oh

[restive ravine]

hurts like hell

[wise haven]

Start smashing it on the ground

[restive ravine]

i cried for 20 mins yesterday bc of it

[wise haven]

Two negavjtes make a positive

I learned that in calc

[restive ravine]

i think i would have to amputate my leg

i needed to get a compression sleeve

and hydration packets

it was a scene

almost threw up at school today

[wise haven]

Damn 💀

Just stay home bro

[restive ravine]

nah

my entire schedule is APs

imma fall behind

plus i had afterschool meetings today

[wise haven]

Health more important than wealth !!!

[restive ravine]

true

[south hemlock]

Probably giggling from time to time

[quasi kayak]

columbia aos pointing and laughing rn for our fates have already been foretold

i’m gonna be late to home

[fathom hawk]

15 minutes.

[quasi kayak]

everyone is gonna be whooping and hollering meanwhile i’m just listening to ice spice in my car

[cerulean whale]

they are probably laughing so hard rn

[quasi kayak]

if nobody got me isis gaston got me!

[cerulean whale]

ice spice goes hard

[quasi kayak]

i need someone to help me thru this trying time

[rain raven]

whatr is this epc thing I did at 11 pm before it was due

[native hatch]

yes

[devout mirage]

12 minutes

For what again

[quasi kayak]

lmao i’m not even close to home

[south hemlock]

Fly in results

[devout mirage]

Oh gl

[rain raven]

11 minutes

does EPC even increase your chances of getting in

[south hemlock]

I’m so sad I can’t record myself because I’m gonna loook at it on my phone ughhh

[quasi kayak]

i’m waiting til i get home

[hallow kelp]

Its wraps lol

[quasi kayak]

so i can get the full rejection experience

[hallow kelp]

^

[south hemlock]

Yeah I don’t have that kind of patience lmaoooo

[quasi kayak]

i don’t either

[south hemlock]

Victim of circumstance 🤣

[devout mirage]

If y'all come here and want to try dining hall food I'll guest swipe u in

[hallow kelp]

Bro imma be so sad when i get rejected 😭

[quasi kayak]

we all r victims of circumstance 😍

[south hemlock]

Now k have a plan during admission season, put myself to sleep and wake up 5 minutes after the results r out

[hallow kelp]

15 min nap 💀

[quasi kayak]

i literally need to be sedated

[hallow kelp]

Bro ive alreasy given up

[cerulean whale]

same!

[devout mirage]

9

[hallow kelp]

Does anyone know the general ar of epc?

Maybe like 5%?

[south hemlock]

I need to pee 😻

[quasi kayak]

very very low

[devout mirage]

Lower than columbia's actual one prob

cus they can only host so many kids

[hallow kelp]

Bro cuz i deadass threw every fly in i applied to

[devout mirage]

Guys dw if u get in u still have to apply for the 2% acceptance rate clubs

[quasi kayak]

lmao

[south hemlock]

That’s a future me problem

[hallow kelp]

The only one i didnt throw was hnc

But i was still waitlisted and didnt get in 💀

[native hatch]

💀

[devout mirage]

What

Have 21

[native hatch]

there aren’t a ton of those

[devout mirage]

Ain't gonna use them unless I get a Parsons girl

[south hemlock]

Realized I hated hmc and stopped the app 🤣

[native hatch]

💀 damn

[hallow kelp]

Ngl fax

[native hatch]

OH WAIT

WAIT BRO

[hallow kelp]

After getting rejected im a d1 hater 💀

[native hatch]

WAIT IS THAT THE GIRL UR MEETJNG