Columbia University (2023-2024)

[native hatch]

😭

[devout mirage]

No

Which girl

[native hatch]

yeah which girl is right

[devout mirage]

R u talking about

[quasi kayak]

listening to heather 😍

[devout mirage]

When

What is girl on

[hallow kelp]

Bro i need something to make me feel happier when i get rejected 😭

I actually liked this school 💀💀💀

[devout mirage]

Oh u meant tn

[native hatch]

i can show you my homework

[devout mirage]

No I'm going to a carman party

[native hatch]

that’ll make you happier

[rain raven]

guest did you apply to columbia early decision

[native hatch]

oh wtf

can i come

[devout mirage]

No

💀

Not allowed to invite

[native hatch]

😭

[devout mirage]

Yeah

[devout mirage]

They wanna keep it smaller ig

Which is fair

[native hatch]

wtf

[devout mirage]

Last carman party I went to was 70 dudes and 8 girls

💀

10v1

9

Whatever

[native hatch]

just tell them i’m a woman

[devout mirage]

I'll see

[rain raven]

dang

[fathom hawk]

5

4

[rain raven]

idk if I should apply to columbia or brown for early decision I wanna do financial engineering

[south hemlock]

Are you 26or 27

[devout mirage]

Columbia fineng is really good

Operations research

[devout mirage]

27

[winged hinge]

brown if u wanna smoke weed

[rain raven]

what

[winged hinge]

which is a plus

tbf

[native hatch]

YOOOO

WAIT

[devout mirage]

Hi alice

Wya rn

[winged hinge]

my room shawty

[native hatch]

I TOTALLT FORGOT TO RESPOND TO YOUR MESSAGE

[winged hinge]

LMFAOO

[native hatch]

alice

[devout mirage]

💀

[winged hinge]

OK I THOUGHT U J HATED ME

💀

[south hemlock]

Is it not legal in NY c?

[native hatch]

IM IN MY LOUNGE

NO

[south hemlock]

I thought it would be

[native hatch]

IM SORRY

[winged hinge]

it is it's j the stereotype LOL

NO UR GOOD HAHA

wbu @devout mirage

[native hatch]

i’ve been so busy 😭😭😭 i’m so sorry

[devout mirage]

It is just walk 20 feet away from campus gates get crossed and come back

[winged hinge]

ur good girl i saw ur story

[winged hinge]

or on campus

[next whale]

cant even open the portal lol

[winged hinge]

but i didnt say that

[devout mirage]

In my room tryna figure out whether to sleep or work

[winged hinge]

sleep 🙏

i love sleeping

[devout mirage]

True

[native hatch]

IF U WANT ELLIOTT SHOULD BE BACK SOON IM IN FLOOR LOUNGE

[fathom hawk]

im gonna be applying nowhere ED cause i prolly cant afford that commitment!!!!!!

[devout mirage]

I'll just study after carman tn

💀

Omg

[winged hinge]

OOO OK

[devout mirage]

Cfig apps while fucked

Let's go

[winged hinge]

ayo carman tonight

[native hatch]

he said it’s invite only

[winged hinge]

bitch it's a thursday 😭

boo ok

[devout mirage]

Yes

[native hatch]

but we’re women so..

🫡

[winged hinge]

does akpsi have a thing today

[devout mirage]

I have all the connects

[devout mirage]

That business frat?

[winged hinge]

yes

[devout mirage]

Idk

I missed both info

[restive ravine]

bro bro bro

[devout mirage]

And u have to go to at least one

[winged hinge]

i think our ol invited us to the party

[devout mirage]

To rush

[restive ravine]

im so scared

[devout mirage]

Go

[native hatch]

WHAT

WHEN

[winged hinge]

maybe ill ask her

LMFAO

AT THE CLUB FAIR

[restive ravine]

i want this more than anything OMG

[next whale]

future me in 1 min did you get in

[winged hinge]

good luck

[hallow kelp]

💀

[winged hinge]

is this for fly in

good luck yall

[native hatch]

😭

wait alice can i come

[winged hinge]

campus is so pretty

[devout mirage]

Guys it's ok I got rejected from jhu fly in and I'm in better school now

[hallow kelp]

Bro im so screwed 😭

[winged hinge]

idek if im going LOL

[native hatch]

lmao

[winged hinge]

i might dm her

[devout mirage]

i did too 💀

[winged hinge]

lemme do that

[native hatch]

BUSINESS CONNECTS

[fathom hawk]

1 more minute

[devout mirage]

Where aee u rn

[restive ravine]

THANK U

[rain raven]

https://tenor.com/view/final-countdown-countdown-europe-counting-music-video-gif-4789617

[devout mirage]

Is ur bf coming for winter formal

[devout mirage]

Columbia

happy new years!!!

[fathom hawk]

it is here

[native hatch]

need to find date for winter formal

[fathom hawk]

[restive ravine]

rejected

kms

[next whale]

rejected!

[winged hinge]

fuck is winter formal

[devout mirage]

It's like

A dance

[native hatch]

it’s like homecoming

for college students

[winged hinge]

it's ok!! doesnt mean anything

[fathom hawk]

im not checking yet

[winged hinge]

oh fr?

[native hatch]

yes

[devout mirage]

Ye

[hybrid bay]

rejected!

[devout mirage]

Idk when yet

[cerulean whale]

i am too scared

[small wadi]

awful rizz

[rain raven]

send a ss

what does it say

[devout mirage]

Rejected

[winged hinge]

send a link or insta post or smth

ive never heard of this

[restive ravine]

do we all have the same letter

[fathom hawk]

yeah im def rejected

ill not check

[fathom hawk]

tho

[native hatch]

OMG WAIT HELLO KITTY DINNER TMR @winged hinge

[rain raven]

watch me get the REJECT

[restive ravine]

bruh

[devout mirage]

It's not announced yet 💀

[native hatch]

5-8PM IN FERRIS

[winged hinge]

YES!

[winged hinge]

💀 oh

[devout mirage]

Shit

[restive ravine]

reconsidering the ED to columbia

[cerulean whale]

anyone got in?

[winged hinge]

:(

[devout mirage]

Oh yeah anh really wanted to go

[restive ravine]

im so sad

[devout mirage]

did anyone get in 💀

[restive ravine]

wth

[native hatch]

do you want to go to hello kitty dinner with me and catch up idk 😭

[winged hinge]

yes!

would love to

[devout mirage]

Awww

[devout mirage]

dont be, it lit has a lower ar than columbia 💀

[native hatch]

the only person i’ve spoken to recently recently is elliott and that’s because he lives across from me it’s so bad

[devout mirage]

Fly ins they're gonna prioritize fgli

[next whale]

so nobody here got in?

[native hatch]

need to be social again

[cerulean whale]

imma wait for @quasi kayak

[winged hinge]

^^

[devout mirage]

It's a diff criteria than admissions

[winged hinge]

yeah

[cerulean whale]

or someone from stars

[devout mirage]

Y'all are fine

[winged hinge]

ur all good guys

dw

[winged hinge]

hit up the gc

[fathom hawk]

rejected

[devout mirage]

im fgli, rural, urm and didnt get in 💀

Y'all have a gc

[native hatch]

true true

[fathom hawk]

was to be expected at this point but eh

[devout mirage]

And u didn't tell me

Tf

[fathom hawk]

whatever

[native hatch]

give me ur number

i’ll add u

[devout mirage]

"I'm out all day"

[winged hinge]

mf you dont know half the ppl

[south hemlock]

Lameee

[devout mirage]

Ill rizz all up

[winged hinge]

💀

[devout mirage]

Actually I might alrd know them

[fathom hawk]

well goodbye columbia

[devout mirage]

Who

columbia got scared cus im going to harvard fr

[devout mirage]

Android tho

[cerulean whale]

claiming this energy

[native hatch]

wait alice u should come to my floor lounge

[devout mirage]

DM me who's in it

[native hatch]

imma get elliott out

[devout mirage]

Omg I wanna talk to elliott

[restive ravine]

im gonna cry bro

[fathom hawk]

couldnt afford this anyway 💀

[devout mirage]

I'll come

[fathom hawk]

meh

[native hatch]

come

[devout mirage]

I just dont like fly in apps cus of how short they are....

Give me 15

I eat

💀

[cerulean whale]

i can't check

[devout mirage]

I dont have nearly enough space to explain myself

[fathom hawk]

i also got the shit letter because im unironically terrible

[winged hinge]

two secs

[restive ravine]

i never get accepted to anything wtf

[cerulean whale]

like everytime i open the tab i close it

[next whale]

so real i'll see you there

[south hemlock]

Wdym ?

[restive ravine]

"Thank you for your interest in Columbia University. We wish you the best of luck and hope you have an enjoyable and rewarding senior year."

[devout mirage]

bro ive taken L after L after L this week 💀

[winged hinge]

@native hatch going to grab some sushi/boba ill pull up tho

[cerulean whale]

anyone from stars get in?

[fathom hawk]

wasnt there like a letter for good students but no space vs not good students

[devout mirage]

L: rejected from jhu fly in
L: dropped on every act category
L: rejected from columbia fly in

[devout mirage]

Ferris?

[winged hinge]

yea

[devout mirage]

Is it good

[devout mirage]

I highly doubt one of the 25 ppl will be in a2c

[winged hinge]

it's godo enough

[devout mirage]

Just statistically

[winged hinge]

i j have a craving

[devout mirage]

Fair

[fathom hawk]

oh well

[native hatch]

okok

[cerulean whale]

STARS PPL PULL UP

plsplspls

[devout mirage]

Dont think so

[fathom hawk]

core curriculum <<<<< (this was totally my 100% opinion this entire time and it wasnt influenced by my epc rejection)

[devout mirage]

Hi

i was a stars applicant but ❌

[devout mirage]

It's annoying tbh

[fathom hawk]

i got a different letter than this

[cerulean whale]

i haven't checked yet

[devout mirage]

Were u stars

[fathom hawk]

epc

[devout mirage]

oh odd

What did urs say

[winged hinge]

hater

[fathom hawk]

"This year we received an overwhelming response to our invitation to apply and are unable to offer you a chance to attend the Engineering Preview at Columbia (EPC). Please know, however, that we recognize and admire your sincere interest in the field of engineering. This notification will have no bearing on your admission decision should you choose to apply to Columbia Engineering."

[cerulean whale]

what does your letter look like?

[south hemlock]

Show yours?

[devout mirage]

Seas nerd

[native hatch]

nerd

[fathom hawk]

above

[winged hinge]

😋

[native hatch]

imagine being seas

[devout mirage]

Try taking u writing and lit hum in one semester

[fathom hawk]

then theres like fee waiver stuff but idc

[winged hinge]

L

[native hatch]

real

[south hemlock]

Oh

[devout mirage]

Fuck my GPA atp it's staying at 3.5 or below

[winged hinge]

im taking calc physics chem cs and aoe instead 😍

isnt lit hum for grade boosting

[native hatch]

no

i have an essay due

[devout mirage]

NO

[hybrid bay]

oh shit

[devout mirage]

Did girl get muted

For spam

[native hatch]

i have math physics lit hum frosci

[rain raven]

I got rejected

[hybrid bay]

mine said they appreciated my academic abilities and writing abilities and ecs

wait send yalls letters

[fathom hawk]

meh i dont care anymore

screw columbia ig

[devout mirage]

This is my stars

[cerulean whale]

ahhhhhhhh

[rain raven]

What did urs say

I mean sorry

[cerulean whale]

i see the status update but physically can't click it

[rain raven]

Send us a screenshot

[fathom hawk]

this wasnt a shock to me i fully expected it

[restive ravine]

it was the exact same as yours

i dont think they care enough

who actually got in

[devout mirage]

just click it

[fathom hawk]

one person here did

[devout mirage]

its not that deep brother 😭

[cerulean whale]

WHO

[native hatch]

cj got in

[fathom hawk]

2

kms

[cerulean whale]

HOLY SHIT YAY

[native hatch]

@quasi kayak congrats!!

[fathom hawk]

congrats tho

[devout mirage]

YO

CGS

U were nervous for no reason

[cerulean whale]

rejected 😍

[quasi kayak]

I RECORDEDE IT AND I LITERALLY SCREAMED LMFAO

NOOO VIVEKA MY GIRL IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ME N U

[fathom hawk]

theres zero way i apply to columbia ed anymore

[tender pelican]

@quasi kayak

[hybrid bay]

CONGRATSSSS

[tender pelican]

u are literally cracked

IKE I LITERALLY

TOLD U

[fathom hawk]

doubt ill do rd either

[tender pelican]

STOP NOT BELIEVING ME

[quasi kayak]

to everyone mollycoddling my buffoonery i'm sorry for doubting you

[wise haven]

Who got in

[devout mirage]

bros alrdy speaking like a columbian

[wise haven]

Rejected 😍

[devout mirage]

Cj

[restive ravine]

yo

[wise haven]

As expected

[restive ravine]

can u pm me your profile

[native hatch]

when do y’all come to campus

[restive ravine]

i wanna know what it takes to get in

[wise haven]

Bro needs the lore

[devout mirage]

If u want hmu when ur here

[restive ravine]

cuz what

[native hatch]

^ same

[quasi kayak]

you're just gonna be mad btw

[devout mirage]

I'm cooler

[devout mirage]

Its probably essays

[tender pelican]

CJ

[quasi kayak]

i'm pretty sure i just wrote my way in

[tender pelican]

ARE U EDING !! NOW

[native hatch]

nuh uh

[quasi kayak]

no fancy ecs.

[native hatch]

i am

[tender pelican]

cj please shut up

ive seen his profile

its insane

[devout mirage]

Mhm

[quasi kayak]

i'm not sure

[devout mirage]

yall seem to thing stats are the only factor but essays are much more important

I have better connects

[hybrid bay]

me too @quasi kayak

[restive ravine]

then can u send that 😭

[devout mirage]

stats are simoly a baseline

[native hatch]

no i do

[quasi kayak]

will STARS advantage decrease if i RD

[devout mirage]

Mhm

[restive ravine]

i was actually thinking id get in

[devout mirage]

All ur connects are nerds

[cerulean whale]

me three

[devout mirage]

These mfs don't come to nyc to study bro

[hybrid bay]

i wasnt expecting to get in

[fathom hawk]

yeah i didnt even get that longer letter

imma kms lmao

[native hatch]

ur connects are carman party

[devout mirage]

Party and rich kids

[cerulean whale]

at least i got the nice rejection

[devout mirage]

Lmao

What r urs

🥱

[cerulean whale]

i'm not salty

[native hatch]

it’s a fly in program not admission to the school

[south hemlock]

I am 😻

[wise haven]

It was never bound to happen anyway 😁

I ain’t gettin into college

Mannnn

[fathom hawk]

bros didnt even give me the nice rejection 🔫

[cerulean whale]

i wonder if i should've submitted my sat

[wise haven]

It is what it is

[native hatch]

chill it’s just a fly in program 😭 you haven’t even applied yet

[wise haven]

Tf this mean??

[wise haven]

Real

[cerulean whale]

it's good i was just scared it wouldn't have been competitive enough

[south hemlock]

There seems to be two rejection letters

[rain raven]

there were two?

[south hemlock]

The middle paragraph is the most cope thing I’ve ever seen 😂 damn you Columbia

[wise haven]

There’s 2??

[wise haven]

Exactly like wtf 💀

[devout mirage]

also guys u gotta remember if u have a very interesting life with things you need to explain, fly ins dont really give the space for that

[quasi kayak]

there's two typoes

[wise haven]

I do NOT have an interesting life

[quasi kayak]

it's like a strong rejection and a standard rejection

that's how they've done it in the pas

[rain raven]

which one is the strong rejection

[devout mirage]

Is this true for stars too

[south hemlock]

So many people seem to get strong rejection it doesn’t even mean anything 🤷‍♀️

[wise haven]

Tf is a “strong” rejection

[devout mirage]

cus i havwnt seen a stars one yet

[cerulean whale]

yes i think so

[quasi kayak]

idk i got accepted </3 sorry that's so jaded lmao

[devout mirage]

Pretty sure fly in admissions isn't even same people as ug admissions

So

[quasi kayak]

yáll are still good applicants though. they're not capping when they say this doesn't matter

[devout mirage]

Y'all fine

[cerulean whale]

what did the accept letter look lke

[restive ravine]

What did you get

[rain raven]

dude I should've applied for stars fuk

[quasi kayak]

it would have bene just as hard to get in lmao

[south hemlock]

SS

[fathom hawk]

This year we received an overwhelming response to our invitation to apply and are unable to offer you a chance to attend the Engineering Preview at Columbia (EPC). Please know, however, that we recognize and admire your sincere interest in the field of engineering. This notification will have no bearing on your admission decision should you choose to apply to Columbia Engineering.

my ass

[restive ravine]

AW IM SORRY

[south hemlock]

Do the whole thing with SS pls

[native hatch]

this is the first year of stars tok right

[restive ravine]

it’s not much different from mine

[wise haven]

There should be another paragraph

[cerulean whale]

i am pretty sure this is the nice letter...

[south hemlock]

Oops thought u were typing about EPC

[fathom hawk]

nah id rather shoot myself than go back to that page 💀

[south hemlock]

Please

[wise haven]

Guys I can be rejected from college happy now

This was jus the test run

[cerulean whale]

This year we received an overwhelming number of applications for the STARS Fly-In at Columbia. Due to the program’s small size, we are unable to offer you a chance to participate. The selection committee sincerely admired your commitment to learning more about Columbia, and we were impressed with your academic achievements, writing abilities and extracurricular activities.

this is what mine said...

[restive ravine]

They’re different

[restive ravine]

This what I got too

[wise haven]

That’s the nice ones

?

[restive ravine]

I think this is payback for being a secret vandy simp

[restive ravine]

I think so?

[south hemlock]

What’s yours look like?

[fathom hawk]

the other shit is about fee waivers lmao

[hybrid bay]

got the same for EPC

so basically nice app but no space

[wise haven]

Oh same thing

[south hemlock]

This one?

[wise haven]

Basically I’m too basic

[rain raven]

is this the less harsh one

[wise haven]

I’m assuming so

[fathom hawk]

yeah i didnt get that second paragraph

so goodbye columbia

[south hemlock]

Enjoyable and rewarding senior year 😂 I will bash your head in

[wise haven]

But isn’t that common cause everyone who’s applying for it is competitive?

[restive ravine]

Okay so I have a shot at the school

[fathom hawk]

man i cant even do my uwis supp now because of this shit

[wise haven]

Guys do I ED Columbia and try to get my get back

[rain raven]

its ok

[restive ravine]

FR THAT SENTENCE MADE ME SO MAD

[south hemlock]

You weren’t the target demographic for this one, nothing about you should stop from applying to this school

I still will

Fee waiver and all

[restive ravine]

Yeah I’m EDing columbia

[fathom hawk]

i might for rd

i cba to write that many essays tho

[south hemlock]

Do it king

[fathom hawk]

ed is a def no

[wise haven]

Where is that

[restive ravine]

The end

[small wadi]

guys idt being rejected by this thing should deter you from applying early

[restive ravine]

It’s the last sentence

[wise haven]

MAN FUCK THAT SENTENCE

ACCEPT ME AND ILL HAVE A GOOD SENIOR YEAR

WTF

[south hemlock]

Was never doing early personally but yeah u right

[small wadi]

If you wanted to before, why not now? what makes you think you can rely on this as sort of chance-me

[wise haven]

Bro has other commitments

Well now I’m interested in CJs app and essays

[fathom hawk]

money

[south hemlock]

“Last year, a number of students with strengths like yours were admitted…” you don’t have to try so hard to convince me Columbia, I’m already going tohelp you with your acceptance rate 😍

[wise haven]

But I will not ask for them as there is no way to replicate them

[restive ravine]

FR

[wise haven]

“ a number”

[restive ravine]

I’m so sad

[wise haven]

Tf does “ a number” mena

[restive ravine]

I rlly was so excited

[wise haven]

How many were REJECTED then??

[restive ravine]

No hope for college apps

[fathom hawk]

same

[wise haven]

I didn’t even open it for 20 min and was like damn the rejection finna be crazy

[wise haven]

I don’t have hope I believe

[fathom hawk]

me neither

[south hemlock]

I’ll keep hoping 😍

[fathom hawk]

at this point optimism is 100% a delusion

[tender pelican]

he writes very well

& solid essays

dont want to leak it but 😭

think like good writer

[wise haven]

Ah well fuck I don’t

[tender pelican]

poetic prose

& pretty syntax

[wise haven]

I am the opposite of a good writer

[tender pelican]

i say i really really really love his writing just in how its put its super good

[wise haven]

I am literally failing English

Wtf

It’s over

CJ gotta teach me to write

[tender pelican]

hAHA

[fathom hawk]

it wasnt a shock but i had a bunch of sleepless nights working on this shit

all my grades tanking for fucing nothing

[wise haven]

Can’t tank what u don’t have

[fathom hawk]

had to skip a bunch of things for this shit

[south hemlock]

🧘‍♀️

Need to become zen

[wise haven]

I KNOW u about to punch a wall rn

[fathom hawk]

nah im anything but chill at this point

[wise haven]

Unlike u guys I am Bing chilling watching Mario kart

This is the life

[south hemlock]

vented out my frustration in this chat already so I feel great 😻

[fathom hawk]

i feel shit but thats basically me all the time so no harm there

i need to be doing my supplements but i cant

[south hemlock]

You probably weren’t the target demographic that’s why

[wise haven]

I need to REDO these supplements

💀💀

[fathom hawk]

im first gen rural area lmao

[wise haven]

Showed them to some1 and they were like this is ass

And I was real

[south hemlock]

Did you do starts or EPC

[fathom hawk]

epc

[south hemlock]

Are you using the Columbia first gen def?

[fathom hawk]

yeah

[south hemlock]

Your parents have grad degrees right?

[fathom hawk]

yeah

might be it basically

[wise haven]

Do grad degrees count?

[fathom hawk]

from their website no

its less of a shock and more of a realization of how useless everything is

[wise haven]

I assure u it ain’t that deep

Colleges still want you

[south hemlock]

Five stages of grief 🤣

You’ve hit the depression stage

[fathom hawk]

nah its not even that

[wise haven]

I skipped straight to acceptance

[fathom hawk]

thing ive realized is that colleges have too much of a stranglehold on society

in general

i dont care about columbia

[wise haven]

Bro had a realization

This is his turning point

Everything is clear

[fathom hawk]

villian arc fr

and ive been esentially depressed since the beginning of the school year so its not grief

[cerulean whale]

rejection is redirection! trust the process!

[restive ravine]

Broooo

This makes me so sad

I’m not getting over this idek if imma ED anymore

[quasi kayak]

guys you all are still fantastic applicants

these programs r small n hard

lmfao weird sentence

y'all r good. apply to columbia. they gave hyall the waiver plss

[hybrid bay]

im gonna rd now ig

[quasi kayak]

TRUST AND BELIEVE WE’LL BE TOGETHER @CUNY MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS

[hybrid bay]

this makes me more confident that im meant for penn

[fathom hawk]

honestly my main goal at this point is a georgia tech acceptance letter

[quasi kayak]

hopping that this gives me a good chance columbia RD <3

i still can’t do that commitment i fear

[cerulean whale]

real!

[wise haven]

Teach me how to write

[quasi kayak]

you have to just know yourself

take creative writing

best choice ever

[wise haven]

Too late for that 💀

[quasi kayak]

listen to sad music

that’s what i did

walk around

idk

[wise haven]

CJ just a natural

And set themselves up to grow in ways better than me

[restive ravine]

@quasi kayak should I be expecting a dm 😍

[quasi kayak]

writing is a muscle. you just have to keep going and trying! write and rewrite. i wrestled with these essays for hours

[quasi kayak]

what is it you seek boo

[hybrid bay]

ur profile

[restive ravine]

And essays

I feel like my writing sucks

[wise haven]

SAMEEE

please 😭

[restive ravine]

Pls provide a baseline

[quasi kayak]

ouuuuu

[wise haven]

Well stats u don’t have to but I’d like to know how to write

[restive ravine]

I wanna know what I should be like

[quasi kayak]

guys i can guarantee your ecs are better than mine

[quasi kayak]

you should be like yourself

[wise haven]

I can assure u they are not

[exotic mortar]

wait are results out?

[wise haven]

Yes

[quasi kayak]

yes!

[exotic mortar]

i'll check after tennis practice

[wise haven]

Alr Billert if u get in PLEASE flex on me

[quasi kayak]

i had 0 npo work btw

[restive ravine]

I wanna b a stars admit

[exotic mortar]

i'm pretty sure i'm probably not gonna get in

i'm not fgli 💀

[wise haven]

If I didn’t u will

[exotic mortar]

i thought i was allowed to apply

[quasi kayak]

you are allowed

they just prioritize them

[wise haven]

Wait am I FGLI

oh ok that makes more sense

[wise haven]

Neither do I 😭

I assure u whatever u think “bad” is

Lower it

And that’s me

[restive ravine]

im first gen

idk y i got rejected bruh

[quasi kayak]

i’m also first gen! i assume that had a part

[restive ravine]

i actually wanna know

[quasi kayak]

were you for STARS?

[wise haven]

Cause u weren’t negative 1 gen

[restive ravine]

i did everything i was supposed to do

[restive ravine]

epc

[quasi kayak]

ohhh

[restive ravine]

what does that meannn

[quasi kayak]

like genuinely first gen or do your parents have bachelors from other countries?

[restive ravine]

i worked my ass off for 3 years for all these rejections

[restive ravine]

diff country

[wise haven]

You personally should’ve immigrated from a diff country

[wise haven]

Yeah this me 2

[quasi kayak]

this might have been a part in it i’m ngl

[restive ravine]

I AM

i was born in india

[wise haven]

Same 💀

[fathom hawk]

hate how colleges can quantify experiences

[restive ravine]

lived in china

and then moved to US ~ 8 years ago

this is bs

[wise haven]

The world is a big place and there’s always somehow who’s had it worse and somehow who has it better

Can’t complain

[restive ravine]

im not even mad that i didnt ge in

[wise haven]

Just gotta make do

Real I just wanna know what the hell they want

[restive ravine]

im mad that i did so much and it all went to waste

[devout mirage]

did u get into epc

[restive ravine]

couldnt even get into a fly in

[south hemlock]

Nah fam

[quiet bolt]

fee waiver

[quasi kayak]

celebratory shirley temple

[quasi kayak]

hey! this acceptance rate is far lower

[wise haven]

Yo somehow kidnap CJ and get him to write all our apps

[devout mirage]

fly in acceptance rates is way lower

[quasi kayak]

you literally have a chance, a good one, at admission still.

[devout mirage]

i think like 20k kids applied and only 100/20 got in

[quasi kayak]

they GAVE YOU THE FEE WAIVER THEY WANT YOU TO APPLY!!!!

[wise haven]

Tf 💀

[devout mirage]

its a lot

[restive ravine]

gave it to everyone 💀💀

[wise haven]

To lower the acceptance to 2%

[quiet bolt]

thats more than dartmouth's jesus

[devout mirage]

its like 10 or 20k

[wise haven]

Dartmouth irrelevant

[quiet bolt]

dartmouth's flyin had maybe 6000

not as much compared to 20k-

[quasi kayak]

they literally told you in the letter that this has no effect on ur undergrad app

[wise haven]

They also rejected me

💀💀

[quiet bolt]

i lied

only 1000 applications but 80 spots avaliable

[restive ravine]

so i wasted time on that app fr

coulda been sleeping fr

coulda just not cared all of hs fr

[south hemlock]

No if you got in that would have meant something 🤷‍♀️ not a waste

[quasi kayak]

if you think that your hard work goes to waste bc a college didn’t approve of it i think ur in the wrong mindset

[wise haven]

Real

[quasi kayak]

be proud of what u did!!!!

[wise haven]

Alr now we pushing it

[quiet bolt]

how many spots did epc have

[quasi kayak]

im proud of y’all if that’s what matters <3

[wise haven]

Not enough 😭

[quasi kayak]

word on the street is ab 100

[quiet bolt]

sounds about right

MITES was similar to that

[wise haven]

I’m just crashing into EPC

[devout mirage]

ripppp

[quiet bolt]

and dartmouth

[wise haven]

What are they gonna do to stop me

I live like an hour away

[devout mirage]

columbia is the same time as dartmouths so idk which to do 😭

[quiet bolt]

dartmouth's was in the summer what

[restive ravine]

well this sucks so imma take a nap

[quiet bolt]

it opened up in like may

[devout mirage]

they have another one

[restive ravine]

congrats again cj

[quiet bolt]

what is it

[devout mirage]

IFI

[wise haven]

Columbia what

[quiet bolt]

oh ah

I only was elligble for bound so

[devout mirage]

columbia's fly-in

[wise haven]

u got in???

[devout mirage]

yeah

[wise haven]

I’m ending it all rn

[devout mirage]

i wasnt eligible for bound

[quiet bolt]

@devout mirage ask about virtual options

[wise haven]

EPC or stars

[devout mirage]

EPC

[wise haven]

teach me how to write

I’m not even gonna ask about ECs mine are Shit and there’s no recovering them

[devout mirage]

i had very good reasons for the why us

[wise haven]

W

[devout mirage]

very niche

[quasi kayak]

thanks :) you’re going to do well. believe it

[wise haven]

Sigh idk what this means like what is Niche to a college

[devout mirage]

just some experiences with one of the clubs and i wrote about thats why i wanted to go there

[quasi kayak]

lmfao i didn’t

[quiet bolt]

fu foundation is a cool place since you have underground classrooms and labs in the upstories

[fathom hawk]

very believable statement fr

[quiet bolt]

makerspace there is cool aswell

[wise haven]

Honestly I think my diversity essay threw it off

Like the other 2 were Alr but

[devout mirage]

it dont bruh

[quasi kayak]

literally 99% of their incoming class hasn’t gone to these programs

[quiet bolt]

i mean its most likely if you are accepted to a program like epc or dartmouth's or anything of its caliber a top 10-15

[wise haven]

I’m speaking to the top applicants rn

[quiet bolt]

like MIT's marticular rate for its selective program is around 35%

[wise haven]

CJ and Brandon are top tier candidates

[devout mirage]

like wdym

[quasi kayak]

i’m begging you guys have to have faith

[wise haven]

I can’t be faithful when I write like how a blind man sees

[devout mirage]

bro i have a 3.6 gpa LMAO

you have a shot

[wise haven]

Oh I’m not worried about any of those things

[devout mirage]

i aint no top tier candidate

[wise haven]

I just cannot WRITE

[quasi kayak]

good thing the blind man doesn’t have to be disappointed by reality and can write however he hopes the world to be like </generic statement>

[wise haven]

I am physically and mentally unable to write

[quiet bolt]

it means like columbia views you as a candidate they may want to accept and will provide feedback on your application at EPC

[devout mirage]

they will??

[quasi kayak]

ON GOD???

[quiet bolt]

Usually admissions officers speak with you personally about it or its generic

yes

[quasi kayak]

oh no i can’t be judged like that

[quiet bolt]

thats how MITES, and Dartmouth Bound are like atleast

majority of acceptances go to those schools are a school of that caliber

[restive ravine]

bruh

[quiet bolt]

@quasi kayak @devout mirage this is MIT's stats atleast

[devout mirage]

idk which to choose now 😭

[restive ravine]

i want to believe im of that caliber but i got rejected from mites and epc

now idek if i wanna apply to t20s

[wise haven]

Whatever speaks to u more Ig

[devout mirage]

i got rejected from mites too

[wise haven]

Go off vibe

[quiet bolt]

I got rejected from mites and dartmouth bound

didn't apply for epc wish i did but

[restive ravine]

choose which one you got first

i feel like thats fair

[south hemlock]

0/1 fly ins fallen soldier fr

[devout mirage]

so dartmouth?

[quiet bolt]

its up to you

which one do you want to go

[quasi kayak]

ending w that 1.0000 batting average

[restive ravine]

theyre two completly different schools too

it really depends if you vibe with the woods or the city

[devout mirage]

yeah im not sure

i have to think about it

[quiet bolt]

but no matter what brandon

you are chilling

just rinse and repeat for colleges apps

[quasi kayak]

i love columbia

like so much

it’s amazing

[quiet bolt]

of course

[quasi kayak]

i would go to mit just for that silliness but like columbia

[devout mirage]

youll be chill too

its gonna go well for all of us

@wise haven u too

dont be discouraged

[devout mirage]

still apply

[quasi kayak]

we all got this

[devout mirage]

just cuz u didnt get into a fly in dont meet shit

[restive ravine]

i feel like i should

[restive ravine]

i was pretty confident in myself ngl

[restive ravine]

and this just completely ruined it

[devout mirage]

yeah never be confident with yourself

[restive ravine]

bruh

[warped jewel]

^

[devout mirage]

otherwise youll be disappointed

[restive ravine]

they can tell in ur essays if ur insecure

[quiet bolt]

well don't be modest

[devout mirage]

i dont think so

i got in and was very insecure

[quiet bolt]

there's a difference between being overcocky and being modest

but also stating your weaknesses and how you grew

[restive ravine]

well i wasnt cocky

[restive ravine]

epc prompts were all 200

there was no space

[quiet bolt]

same with dartmouth

[restive ravine]

i need to learn to write thats my weakness

[quiet bolt]

people figured out ways

[restive ravine]

my ecs and gpa are rlly good

[devout mirage]

see but thats not all

they judge character

[quiet bolt]

yep

[restive ravine]

ik

thats why i said i need to work on writing

[quiet bolt]

honestly the process is very mundane its mysterious

the admissions guy I talked to say they recieve a good amount of "good acceptances"

but they have a quota of 1500 students

and columbia barely does waitlisted

they prefer to either accept or reject

[devout mirage]

also like

fly ins have diff criteria

generally

[quiet bolt]

^

[devout mirage]

it might have been because of income

or other extentuating factors

[restive ravine]

whats the range of income

thats not like

applicable

180k+?

[quiet bolt]

probably yes

[restive ravine]

oh

[quiet bolt]

epc, dartmouth bound and mites focused on minorities and low-income

I know a guy who got in Dartmouth Bound who lived in a tiny town near the border of Mexico

and wrote his essay about that

[devout mirage]

yep yep ^

[restive ravine]

bruh

[devout mirage]

does ur family make more than 180k+?

[warped jewel]

how would they even know your income you never had to report it in ur app

[restive ravine]

does that mean ill have a better shot at admissions

[devout mirage]

through jobs

[restive ravine]

yeah

[quiet bolt]

they usually ask

[devout mirage]

yes

[restive ravine]

ok cool

im EDing columbia so

[devout mirage]

that might be why, are you urm either?

[quiet bolt]

@devout mirage you should do questbridge

[restive ravine]

im first gen

[quiet bolt]

I think the deadline is gone but

[warped jewel]

?

wym

[restive ravine]

by columbias standards

parents got degrees from another country

[quiet bolt]

ah nevermind then

[restive ravine]

wait then howd u get epc

[devout mirage]

i lived on the reservation for a decent portion of my life

[quasi kayak]

i’m not safe here

[devout mirage]

in a lower income environment

[devout mirage]

my dad just got a new job too 😭 we used to make way less

[exotic mortar]

alright im done with practice now

lemme see if i got in or not

im expecting the worst

[quiet bolt]

remember

fee waiver

[exotic mortar]

Bruh

I forgot my password

This is embarassing

[quasi kayak]

for reference my parents make like 80k and my dad has an AS

[devout mirage]

i grew up very very middle class and lower too

[quiet bolt]

was it really 20k applicants @devout mirage ???

[exotic mortar]

Give me one moment

[devout mirage]

thats what i heard

[quasi kayak]

this sounds like a little much but if so omg

[restive ravine]

what

[devout mirage]

family didnt always make this much

[restive ravine]

i was born in rural india and lived there for half my life

[quiet bolt]

why im saying that its usually maybe 2000 or 1000

[restive ravine]

which i mentioned in my essays

[devout mirage]

were you rich

[restive ravine]

no

[quiet bolt]

but maybe because its columbia thats why???

or people wanted a fee waiver

[devout mirage]

hmm

[restive ravine]

my app doesnt show that in any way

[wise haven]

someone just gotta help me learn to sound words out

im gonna make it tho fr fr

[devout mirage]

i also talked a lot about being immersed in my culture

[wise haven]

never doubted that

[restive ravine]

i think i just got unlucky

[quasi kayak]

i laik kolumbya let mee in

[restive ravine]

i fr did everything i was supposed to do

[wise haven]

for the diversity thign?

[devout mirage]

yes

every essay was about my culture

[wise haven]

im just a basic guy mann

[devout mirage]

or a viewed aspect

[quiet bolt]

well thats what you gotta do with affrimative action

[quasi kayak]

was EPC’s second essay diff?

[quiet bolt]

talk about your diverse background

[wise haven]

thers a why columbia

[exotic mortar]

okay i found my password

[wise haven]

then a "shared experience taht u woudl contribute"

[quasi kayak]

woah ntm

[wise haven]

and a "why engineering"

[quasi kayak]

oh

[exotic mortar]

RIP I didn't get in

[wise haven]

f

[exotic mortar]

At least I still got that fee waiver though

[quasi kayak]

ours was why columbia and then how has being rural affected u

[devout mirage]

strong candidate?

[warped jewel]

everyone did lol

[devout mirage]

yeah i used my culture for that

[wise haven]

how tf 💀

[exotic mortar]

Our 3 prompts were: Why engineering, Why columbia, and Community essay

[wise haven]

i get the other 2 but

[devout mirage]

cultural practices within engineering

[exotic mortar]

what does that mean

[wise haven]

idk what this means but like it soudns intelligent so u got it bro

[quasi kayak]

for why columbia i talked about my journey in expressing myself thru poetry and creative writing and how columbia fosters that thru arts initiative and some student programs

[devout mirage]

like so they used to have 2 rejections: you're qualified and we want u to apply + fee waiver or fee waiver

[restive ravine]

i said i moved around all my life and the only thing that stayed consistent was math and science

[wise haven]

did u get an email saying "we have admitted many people liek u with ur ecs"

or did they jsut say

[exotic mortar]

what does the used to mean

[wise haven]

"L"

[devout mirage]

last year

[exotic mortar]

dont' they give everyone the same rejection letter?

[warped jewel]

oh wait fr?

[devout mirage]

so im wondering if they had it this year

[exotic mortar]

are you actually serious

[restive ravine]

they sent this to ppl?

[warped jewel]

does one signal you might be a competitive applicant

[exotic mortar]

i got this letter

[wise haven]

mhm

[wise haven]

ur a "strong" applicant

but like all of us got it so idk if its a valbuable thing

[exotic mortar]

did you get a strong applicant letter?

[wise haven]

yeah

[exotic mortar]

i'm so fucking confused

there should only be one rejection letter

am i right

[restive ravine]

one person didnt i tihnk

[wise haven]

i think its cause were a2cers and were all just strong applciants

[devout mirage]

theres 2

[exotic mortar]

are you sure

[wise haven]

i am NOT tryna out them bro

[exotic mortar]

this sounds like copium

[restive ravine]

no ik but

[wise haven]

yeah but some1 got a not strong letter

[quiet bolt]

@exotic mortar he is right

[hybrid bay]

yeha i saw that

[devout mirage]

wait i dont think billert got it 😭

[restive ravine]

its not smth they send to everyone

[hybrid bay]

he got it

[restive ravine]

and we're a self selecting group

[hybrid bay]

yeah fs

[exotic mortar]

ong?

[devout mirage]

oh wait

he got it

[exotic mortar]

what does the strong one look like

[devout mirage]

you got it

[exotic mortar]

oh

the fuck?

[wise haven]

URS BRO

[hybrid bay]

u gkt it

[wise haven]

URS THE STRONG ONE

[exotic mortar]

can someone show me what a not strong one looks like

[hybrid bay]

no its cuz we arent meant for the program

[quiet bolt]

I mean a strong one from dartmouth bound was this:

[wise haven]

the only guy who got it is having a mental breakdown

[devout mirage]

strong wont say this

[exotic mortar]

wont or will

[devout mirage]

yall think u have no chance but got the strong applicant? 😭

[wise haven]

WONT

[devout mirage]

u got it too

[exotic mortar]

i need to do research on this

[wise haven]

strong applies to litearlly every colubmia applciant

[hybrid bay]

this is the other one

"This year we received an overwhelming response to our invitation to apply and are unable to offer you a chance to attend the Engineering Preview at Columbia (EPC). Please know, however, that we recognize and admire your sincere interest in the field of engineering. This notification will have no bearing on your admission decision should you choose to apply to Columbia Engineering."

[wise haven]

i am NOT deluding myself with that

[warped jewel]

fr

[restive ravine]

so there are two

[hybrid bay]

@exotic mortar

[quiet bolt]

do you have a picture of it

[hybrid bay]

it's not mine

[quiet bolt]

ah

[hybrid bay]

idk if i should @ the person

[quiet bolt]

nah you shouldnt

[exotic mortar]

don't @ them

[quiet bolt]

its alright

[exotic mortar]

i figured it out

doing that is basically just rubbing it in

[quiet bolt]

just note you made it far within the process but you got cut simple as that

[hybrid bay]

yeah but again we don't know what they mean exactly

[exotic mortar]

what percentage of people get the strong letter

i've genuinely never heard of this

this is interesting

[hybrid bay]

how r we supposed to know...

[exotic mortar]

statistical analysis or some shit

[quiet bolt]

@hybrid bay for dartmouth it wasn't that "high"

but again that was only 1000 applications

[hybrid bay]

i think its j for qualified ppl that dont meet who it's supposed to serve?

like im not FG, LI, or rural

[exotic mortar]

it's definitely not a columbia acceptance letter

[quiet bolt]

well yeah

[wise haven]

wait did I get teh strong letter

mann

i aint even cehck

i just saw reject and was like cool

[quasi kayak]

saw congratulations and literally ran out of the room

[wise haven]

i aint reading all this some1 tell me