Cornell University (2023-2024)

[sand hearth]

i had a 3.8

[weak valve]

I was nepoed but i think my whole application was a very fair acceptance

But maybe my egos inflated

[sand hearth]

nepo baby smh my head

[weak valve]

😅

[sand hearth]

are you submitting scores

[manic ether]

ill think this is fine tomorrow

[manic ether]

34 ACT yeah

[weak valve]

I think if u have strong ecs and essays

Ur fine

Just dont have bad essays

😭

[manic ether]

yeah like

one day i think that im fine and that theres nothing much i can do

the next day i feel like its already over and wanted to die

[sand hearth]

i just googled, that's like a 1490 - 1520 SAT, you'll be ok

[manic ether]

rinse and repeat daily

[sand hearth]

focus on your essays

[weak valve]

Did u alrdy submit

[manic ether]

no

im working on shortening my essays

[sand hearth]

i submitted every application within a minute of the deadline

[manic ether]

i think my prompts are fine i just dont know

[sand hearth]

as long as you're happy with your common app just grind those essays over time

[manic ether]

my caps is fine im working on my supps

sometimes i feel like im not answering the prompt effectively or rambling on

looking at my essays rn one is fine

another will be good if i feel like its well and cant do much else with it

actually yeah nvm these are all fine i just need to shorten

[sand hearth]

ngl you just need to guess at what they're looking for in your essay and what you're trying to portray of yourself

[manic ether]

esentially a game of cards

[sand hearth]

lmao maybe

[manic ether]

absolutely love that but alr

[manic ether]

play the right card, you get the jackpot

thing is, you dont know the right card

[sand hearth]

what word did that not like

let's see

its about being aware of what the essays want from you

like how cornell added a new any person any study essay

[manic ether]

imo i think its less about the promp and more that i cant predict what theyre looking for

[sand hearth]

to help counter the effects of the supreme court ruling

so to write something that provides that for them

college in general is about giving someone (your professor) what they want to hear… and this is no different

[manic ether]

not knowing what they want is the hardest part

[sand hearth]

yeah that sounds good

I think that tackles it well

[manic ether]

i function on a lot of statistics and analytics, i dont know how to play to convince people

[sand hearth]

just… use a lot of stories

keep writing stories about yourself

[manic ether]

i got stories in my supp

[sand hearth]

if you have a diary or photo journal that would be fantastic

[manic ether]

very specific on in my any school study supp

[sand hearth]

otherwise just keep on coming out with stories, and then apply them to prompts and write essays

[manic ether]

just cant predict if theyll like it

[sand hearth]

a lot of essay writing is just doing it until you find something that just… sticks

[manic ether]

realistically it should be fine, but im just uncertain that they will like it

[weak valve]

yk who has an amazin gPS

@tiny granite

🙄

[manic ether]

i had a basic idea from my other diversity supps in EA

i just rewrote it a bit

[weak valve]

lmfao

[tiny granite]

all credits go to @ionic belfry

[weak valve]

ur top 2 fans are cornell students

💀

LMFAO

[sand hearth]

you have to find something between showing who you are vs who they want to see… it just takes some time to find that spot

[tiny granite]

NAH my best friends :))

[manic ether]

yeah imagine i be stressing af rn and then get an acceptance on ivy day

[weak valve]

idk my PS was abt a coup i staged in a server i discord modded, my 2nd or 3rd top EC

so

[manic ether]

this is literally the only ivy im applying

[sand hearth]

it'll all be worth it (and then college starts getting stressful)

[weak valve]

ivy day is so far away it took so long to come

[manic ether]

my caps is mixed between a lot of things

idk how to say it, its kinda like everything summed up together

[weak valve]

i didnt realize finals were that bad

[sand hearth]

ivy day was just scary lmao

[weak valve]

ive never had exams weighted like that

😭

omfg

[sand hearth]

i hate it lmao

[weak valve]

my gpa is suffering

[stiff light]

The CAS essay was my worst one tbh I wrote about how I wanted to combine data analytics and gender studies to help reform public policy and institutions but I think it was too ambitious for cornell lmaooo

[manic ether]

did you guys get likelies before

[sand hearth]

you can ace the class, fail the final, and then fail the class

[weak valve]

i didnt get a likely

korei did 💀

[sand hearth]

that sounds good, why would that be bad lol

[weak valve]

to columbia too 💀

most dont get likely

iirc its liek 100 people?

or smth

or 10%

idk

[sand hearth]

i think schools want people with aspirations for something big, they don't exactly want people who'll just keep their heads down cause that's not so fun

[weak valve]

smth arbitrry like tath

[sand hearth]

cornell business school (dyson/hotel) give a lot of likelies

[stiff light]

Um idk I think it was bcs it was the way I explained it ig??? Definitely one of my weaker essays but I personally loved it lol

[weak valve]

j dont make it too mosaic

or like

list

[sand hearth]

n that's what matters !

[weak valve]

my caps was like
hook -> intro to basic topics that are important -> plot of coup -> my personal thinking -> how i used failure and applied it -> how i apply it daily outside of that one application

i did prompt 2

[stiff light]

True lol I can't wait to reuse it for my other apps

[sand hearth]

^ i agree, try to make your essay about one MAYBE two things but keep it simple

keep the number of characters in your story down too lol

[prime oxide]

oh i tried to cover all 10 of my activities in my essay

[weak valve]

why

didnt u describe them in the EC section

[sand hearth]

bruh

yeah I can't exactly recommend that strategy tbh

[weak valve]

like u got in gj but

not the best plan 😅

[prime oxide]

oh i was kidding

[weak valve]

oh

..

[stiff light]

Lmaooo

[sand hearth]

I can't say much without seeing it but id suggest trying to dig into one really deeply

[weak valve]

^'

[stiff light]

I'm transferring to cornell if I get into usc I can't handle not having a cold winter, my new England heart wouldn't take 😭😭😭

[sand hearth]

i had a teacher in middle school once tell us to treat stories like an onion

really work and peel the onion until you get to the center… its hard work but the center is what'll make people cry

[prime oxide]

wait is this about commonapp or sup

[weak valve]

Personal Statement is like, in my opinion, an impression of your ideals and what you place importance on in your life executed thru describing a life experience

[ionic hearth]

@weak valve if i were to show u a course list for math/cs. would you be able to tell me how suicidal it is

[weak valve]

uh

sure

[stiff light]

Your teacher was cooking

[manic ether]

my essay basically rotates around an idea, and showing how some of my experiences contributed to the idea

[weak valve]

courseplan.io

i have a love hate relationship

[sand hearth]

ikr

[weak valve]

they dont even have my fucking major

on that website

or my minors

anyways

💀

[sand hearth]

my sibling in christ what is this

[manic ether]

wasnt that built by a project team

[weak valve]

wait

ur cas right?

[manic ether]

no eng

[weak valve]

yeah

[ionic hearth]

yea cas

[sand hearth]

planning spring 2028 now 😭

[manic ether]

oh nvm

[weak valve]

LMAO DID U MISS MY 8 SEM PLANS

ALL OVER CO2027

😭

[prime oxide]

my essay was (actually) about how piano development mirrored my personal development

[weak valve]

they hated me

so much for it

[manic ether]

i should probably talk about project teams more

[ionic hearth]

It doesn't handle double counting very well but i can't tell if thats the website being glitchy or cornell policy

[outer jolt]

Jae what happens in 34 days

[prime oxide]

thats all i talked about 😭

[sand hearth]

rightfully LOL

[weak valve]

u have linalg um

twice

[sand hearth]

we steal the moon

[ionic hearth]

oh

oh

those are two different linear algebra

[weak valve]

um

why

[sand hearth]

no hate but like… the classes just change every year and the timing never lines up right

[ionic hearth]

one is 2210 other is 4310

[sand hearth]

ive already messed up my sem 2 plans

[ionic hearth]

4310 is the continuation i think

[manic ether]

i talked about it a bit

[ionic hearth]

😔

[weak valve]

https://www.cs.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/shared/Undergrad/arts_checklist_2020.pdf

u used this?

trust this more than the courseplan.io website

[sand hearth]

its good to have a sense of what you want but idk about trying to follow it religiously 🤭

[weak valve]

i hate that website

[manic ether]

the why eng supp is where i feel like i rambled too much

[ionic hearth]

oh good idea

[weak valve]

they miss half the classes too

[ionic hearth]

i will fill this out instead

[weak valve]

in tandem with the

https://as.cornell.edu/education/degree-requirements

[ionic hearth]

yea

[weak valve]

i used google sheets for mine

[ionic hearth]

i was doing this on microsoft word

[manic ether]

tldr talked about how CIS have expanded stuff in academics ecs and research and i cover ALL of them isntead of something specific

[weak valve]

yeahh

[ionic hearth]

before someone on 2028 discord said to use the courseplan.io

[weak valve]

its an ok website

i just have a hate relationship with no love

bc it doesnt

have my major

..

also was rlly confusing since im internalling

[stiff light]

What's your major? 🤨

[manic ether]

im considering doing eecs if i get in

[weak valve]

engineering undecided (bme) for first two sems, transfer to cas for cog sci + psych double w minor in sci and tech studies

[sand hearth]

I had to build something similar for class lol

[weak valve]

💀

[weak valve]

they told me i basically need one for internal transfer

[sand hearth]

i lost points because I didn’t mention the swim requirement 💀

[sand hearth]

fair enough

[weak valve]

so i moved it from post its to google sheets

😭

[weak valve]

LMAO

[manic ether]

ngl im applying eng cause i like the supps

[weak valve]

same

i hated CAS supp

so i did eng

[stiff light]

I love stem majors must be tuff tho 💜

[weak valve]

cas gives everyone a bach of arts

😄 🔫

ik theres no difference but it hurts my ego

[manic ether]

ok should i make a bet if i get in

uhhhh

[sand hearth]

i wouldn’t hype yourself into it lol

[manic ether]

oh no im not im expecting nothing out of this

[weak valve]

the bet made for my cornell decision:

😭

[stiff light]

I did with my parents lol I told them if I got in ill clean my room and read them my essay (aka come out) I didn't get in tho lmaooooo

[sand hearth]

they knew your nepotism was at work

rahhhhh

[weak valve]

no fr the moment i told anyone my dad was faculty

they were like

oh

dont worry abt ur app

[manic ether]

if i get in and go i buy you guys a coffee

[sand hearth]

make sure everyone knows! say it louder for the back to hear! 📣

[weak valve]

shouldve applied to brooks or dyson with that mentality 🙄

what was i doing

[manic ether]

theres the bet

[sand hearth]

why pub pol lol

[weak valve]

book us all statler rooms

[weak valve]

75 ppl per year is crazy

also health policy seems fun

[sand hearth]

cas is the best for nepo imo

more spots so they can afford to fill one on the side 🫣

[weak valve]

we'll be tended to by acorn and riley

[manic ether]

what arte those

statler rooms

[weak valve]

the hotel

[manic ether]

im not that rich

[weak valve]

😭

[sand hearth]

stantler. the pokémon

[weak valve]

new mascot

[manic ether]

theres a reason why i backed out of ed lmfao

[sand hearth]

https://tenor.com/view/cerfrousse-cerf-stantler-caribou-gif-18603609

darn i forgot

[weak valve]

omg wait its cute

[sand hearth]

a2c really lacking in the hospitality aspect if I say so myself 😶‍🌫️

[sand hearth]

of course

[manic ether]

is there a diff in curricula in dyson and nolan

[sand hearth]

deer are cute 🥰

[sand hearth]

yes!!

lol for one thing no calculus in nolan

[weak valve]

doesnt dyson have to take chem

[sand hearth]

you think dyson gets to cook?

[manic ether]

lmao im already doing mvc

imagine people taking high level calc for it to not matter lmao

[sand hearth]

i am no expert on them

[weak valve]

i bought a ti89 for hs

that we needed in hs

[sand hearth]

nolan kids end up in the same jobs 🤭

[weak valve]

i come to cornell

ur not allowed to use a calculator in math

[manic ether]

😭

[weak valve]

and for chem u can only use a sci calculator

so like a ti30

[sand hearth]

I brought my TI-nspire

[weak valve]

the solar powered one

[manic ether]

i have an nspire rn

cxii cas

[sand hearth]

was told we can only use a four function calculator for financial accounting

[manic ether]

crazy

[sand hearth]

it’s a BEASTTTT

[manic ether]

its annoying when you need a decimal answer

[sand hearth]

not really

control enter?

iirc

[manic ether]

its like menu 2 1 or something

not hard but annoying

[sand hearth]

nahh try control enter

i love that calculator so much I can type on the abcde keyboard

my fingers type solve( so fast

[manic ether]

damn thanks for the tip

[sand hearth]

no problem

get pokémon on it :)

[manic ether]

ill surely use this in my no calc allowed classes when i go to corn fr

[weak valve]

honestly

[manic ether]

might put doom on it

[weak valve]

idk whether eng math or other math is better

[sand hearth]

how about no math please

[weak valve]

lowkey prefer eng math ignoring the shit curves

fair

[outer jolt]

This is the first msg i see when i open this chat 💀

[manic ether]

LMAO

[weak valve]

dirtyass mind

oh

um

anyways

[sand hearth]

,,,

[weak valve]

ill go be degen now 💀

[manic ether]

def feel better now

but then again its a cycle

[sand hearth]

nothing to change 😶‍🌫️ /j

[sand hearth]

go write an essay while you’re feeling good 🤩

[manic ether]

my essays are all done just need to shorten

[sand hearth]

have you tried that uhhhh thing where it won’t let you stop typing for more than 5 seconds or it deletes your text

saved my butt fr

[manic ether]

nah where is it

[sand hearth]

lol i’ll look for it

[manic ether]

atp im tryna see if theres a point to apply anywhere else and shortening essays

[sand hearth]

how many schools? you said cornell the only ivy?

[manic ether]

for rd its corn and cmu

for EA i did a top public eng rush

[sand hearth]

that’s it? wait what

i need your confidence

[manic ether]

EA i did uiuc gatech umich udub as my main high level

my goal is actually to get into a public cause i get no aid

[manic ether]

i saw no point in applying to the other ivies +duke +nu +etc when uiuc (atp one of my top choices) is better and like half the price

im gutting for strength of program not brand name, though im applying to schools that have both

[sand hearth]

idk i just applied to most of the ivies on a whim

i got into cornell so it works out sometimes

[manic ether]

majority of the ivies are overrated/not worth it for engineering vs uiuc, corn is somewhat

im not a name brand prestige type of person basically

ik its kidna weird but its working out

[weak valve]

ivies i applied to were

yale, corn, brown

[sand hearth]

i wish i got brown

[stiff light]

Every day I regret not rding for cornell

[sand hearth]

i got a different bear

[manic ether]

idk if im looking at rankings too much but its like corn and pton and the other ivies dont compare

in terms of engineering

[sand hearth]

i dont think I could handle princeton

[stiff light]

Yeah same I'd be cooked

[sand hearth]

it's a real tough place

[manic ether]

not applying anyway, no double major sucks ass

• a teeny tiny cs dept

[sand hearth]

dont get too ahead of yourself plans change once you get into the thick of it hahaha

[manic ether]

i hope i get in, i expect that i dont

thats how it rolls

[vapid mica]

chances are i'll probably get waitlisted after this deferral 💀

[sand hearth]

i meant about double majoring oopsie

[manic ether]

oh yeah i mean you have a point

i just have a lot of interests so i just think doubling is inevitable

[ionic hearth]

So this gives me a Math, CS major and satisfies my CAS requirements while leaving spring 26 free for a study abroad

Heck i need to update the dates

Let me type this up actually

[weak valve]

ppl usiually

take 2800 earlier

[ionic belfry]

Missing small things

Like no gym

[weak valve]

oh spring 25

i thought thatw as soph year

oops

yeah that looks ok

[ionic hearth]

There's no spot to write gym but its accounted for

cause i have intro swim + some random 1 credit class

I think it's skiing

Small question

wait never mind

[weak valve]

most if not all pes are 1 cred

[weak valve]

is the probability course required?

[thorny violet]

Make a bet, I made a bet with my friend that I would read/watch everything on his rec list if I got in because I always told him I would do it when I had time 😭

[ionic hearth]

4710?

[ionic hearth]

Actuallly you might be right let me double check

[weak valve]

this

[weak valve]

icic

[ionic hearth]

we are lucky :))

[thorny violet]

JP, you already built your schedule??? 😭 I don't have the heart to do it right now to be honest...

[ionic hearth]

I'm sooo overexcited omg

[ionic hearth]

(I don't want to study for finals)

[thorny violet]

Do you still have school next week????

[ionic hearth]

But it probably is smart to start planning ahead for me since i want to study abroad in a country that doesn't have great compatibility for my major(s), AND I want to double major Math and CS

[ionic hearth]

Yea, it's the last week until break for us

😔

[thorny violet]

That's sickening... I finished my semester on Friday

[vapid mica]

do they want me to send a LOCI or nah

[ionic hearth]

ngl the korean math courses loook cool though so i might try doing one or two

[lavish marlin]

Same

[thorny violet]

I think you can if you got deferred!!

[thorny violet]

Which country?

[ionic hearth]

Korea

[ionic hearth]

but then I think about writing proofs in korean and i get scared 😨

[thorny violet]

I know I should probably go to Korea if I study abroad, but the shame of not really knowing my mother tongue is literally stopping me 😭

[ionic hearth]

😔

[thorny violet]

That sounds horrifying, I don't even want to think about it

[ionic hearth]

This is kind of why i dont wanna study abroad in india

i dont know how to read or write my language, only speak it 😭

[thorny violet]

That's so real, I don't even really know how to speak it, I can read like really really slowly and write basic phrases but that's it, not even kindergarten level

[ionic hearth]

My duolingo journy on korean started like 3 days ago 🙏

[thorny violet]

When people speak it to me, I can understand at least...

[ionic hearth]

hopefully I can read and write basic math by then

[ionic hearth]

That is good, sometimes i feel like my parents don't realize i can understand them 😭

[weak valve]

im taking the spanish in med course and then im done bc ap spanish lang

[thorny violet]

Duolingo isn't that great for Korean, I would use a different resource like a workbook

[lavish marlin]

Literally me 😭

[ionic hearth]

Interesting

I will have to find a workbook

[weak valve]

annyeonghaseo

[ionic hearth]

I learned today that "annyeong" means helllo!

[weak valve]

yeah

[thorny violet]

It's ok enough to use for practicing words or phrases, but learning from a workbook is probably where you need to be doing the bulk of your learning

[weak valve]

did u learn what annyeonghigaseo means

[ionic hearth]

No i know literally nothing else

[thorny violet]

Informal, only use with friends or people younger than you

[ionic hearth]

other than basic alphabets

[ionic hearth]

Yea, ill probably keep doing it for the easy phrases/learn the alphabet but i heard the grammar is really hard so ill have to find a book for that

[thorny violet]

I think a huge barrier for me is grammar and then also formality because I'm really scared of offending anyone by saying something wrong 😭

[ionic hearth]

The formality is too real 😨

[weak valve]

u should add the haseo

at the minimum

[thorny violet]

Learn standard Korean which is usually listed as polite informal or something like that when websites are listing what level of formality a phrase is first, then maybe informal or formal since I think super formal is being kind of phased out

[ionic hearth]

Makes sense

[vapid mica]

bruh why did they remove the checklist

if i were to submit a loci i do it through the upload supplemental option on the portal right?

[thorny violet]

I think you have to email admissions, I would wait until they come back from winter break though

[weak valve]

lmao "annyeonghaseismida"

[split surge]

Can you guys help me

Do some detective work

[ionic hearth]

Huh phased out

[thorny violet]

Like it's being used less and less because of cultural shift away from using that type of language

[ionic hearth]

Thats actually really interesting

[thorny violet]

I bet my friend who's doing a linguistics minor could explain this way better...

[split surge]

Did any of you get accepted to Cornell this year

[weak valve]

in korean servers of games

its like

instabannable like a slur

if u insult someons parents

its funny

[timid karma]

안녕하세요😜

[thorny violet]

It is!! I only really use a slightly more polite form of Korean with my grandmother, I've never had to use the super formal phrases

[timid karma]

밥을 먹었서요😜😩

[split surge]

damnit

[ionic hearth]

I guess its almost like English but in a more definite and standard manner with the shifting of standards

omg now im excited to take korean linguistics

[near needle]

라면먹고갈래?

[thorny violet]

Maybe I should take Korean anyway even though I don't need it for any distribution or major requirements...

[timid karma]

I don’t speak to well 😭 but i ate steak lmao

[thorny violet]

That's crazy, but I would also never insult someone's parents 😭

[ionic hearth]

Do it!! then you can go abroad and be a superstar and maybe take a korean biology class

[ionic hearth]

im gonna make a League of Legends joke now

[thorny violet]

What's super tempting is if I go abroad I can get the Korean physical version of my favorite webnovels without paying like $50 for shipping

[weak valve]

like ur mom jokes

[thorny violet]

I don't think I've made a mom joke since like... 3rd grade? If not then basically never

[ionic hearth]

|| I may or may not be studying abroad for the food ||

[ionic hearth]

Do it!!

[thorny violet]

LMAO, that's super valid though, I love eating my mom's cooking

[ionic hearth]

there's this one korean bbq place

in irvine

and oh my god it is my heroin

[thorny violet]

I only ever get to go to kbbqs when there's a special event like graduation, I'm jealous

[timid karma]

yall should apply to cls or nsliy!

i did nsliy korean seoul summer and i loved it so much

[ionic hearth]

To be fair i've only been there once and it was a year ago 😭 I can't really go with my parents because they are afraid of the format

so its pretty much only with friends, but most of my friends graduated last year so this year i only have like 3 friends, and we r all super busy

[ionic hearth]

😳

Oh i know a kid who did nsliy

[weak valve]

im going to kroea this summer

[weak valve]

ia pplied

and basically got it

but then covid

💀

LOL

[thorny violet]

When we get to Cornell, let's go to a kbbq together

[weak valve]

the korean places at cornell arent that bad

soondubu, naengmyeon, jjolmyeon, jjampong

etc

[ionic hearth]

YES

[weak valve]

the only annoying thing is the big asian mart inn downtown is chinese not korean

[ionic hearth]

ooh nice

[weak valve]

the smaller mart in ctown is korean run but also lots of chinese products

[thorny violet]

That's good to know, I've never really eaten out, but I got better at ordering because my FFA competitions forced me to order stuff 😭

[weak valve]

but u can ask the owner to order antyhing

and she does

[lavish marlin]

Gonna have to learn co-ed culture again at Cornell 🗿

[thorny violet]

Wait that's so nice ☹️

[ionic hearth]

OMG

[weak valve]

its actually so annoying that the mart is chinese tho

like

😭

[ionic hearth]

there is this one juice brand that i got from this chinatown store in Chicago and im trying to track it down so bad

[weak valve]

it couldnt hurt to stock more of thekorean ramens

pulmone n shti

😭

they only have like

the jjampong

one

and tteokbokki

💀

[thorny violet]

I love jjampong sorry...

[weak valve]

i do too

but

i prefer the naengmyeon

and jjolmyeon ramens

like the instant versions

also the instant like

seaweed soup in the bowl

[thorny violet]

I see I see, I get it

[weak valve]

that stuff

they dont stock it

😭

they only have like hte jjampong, chinese jjajangmyeon, and buldak

when the asian mart doesnt have chapaghetti but wegmans does

💀

[ionic hearth]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Four+Seasons/@42.441608,-76.4883359,18.6z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89d0818e483db2c1:0x930fd9461ace42d3!8m2!3d42.4417891!4d-76.487692!16s%2Fg%2F1x5qtrny?entry=ttu

is this place good

[thorny violet]

No 미역국. ..? That's genuinely kind of sad

[weak valve]

i want to go

my firends have alrdy been

tho

so

they dont want to go

but i heard its good and affordable

[ionic hearth]

LMAO

[weak valve]

also btw

if u join csa or kasa

u get discounts

on stuff

[ionic hearth]

😍

[weak valve]

if u pay in cash

[thorny violet]

What if it's your birthday and you want it to have some ough...

[weak valve]

gotta pack it

[ionic hearth]

I dont think i would qualify im not korean or chinese

[weak valve]

u dont need to be

[ionic hearth]

OH

[weak valve]

but yeah its better if u r

or have asian friends

💀

but u dont have to be to join

[ionic hearth]

😔

maybe if i take enough korean classes

[thorny violet]

My mom will probably send it actually now that I think of it 😭

[thorny violet]

JP, I'll join just for you lol

[weak valve]

kokos is the closest and its good just kinda packed

[ionic hearth]

😍

[ionic hearth]

YES

[weak valve]

kimchi is not bad at all etiher but its allt he way downtown

[ionic hearth]

with discounted food we will be unstoppable

[thorny violet]

I'll be like this JP and he's better at Korean than me so no one say a word

[ionic hearth]

do ur guys' parents try (and fail) to sneak ethnic food through security

😭 we've done this like 8 times in the past 3 years and gotten caught every time

[ionic hearth]

i have some training to do 🙏

[thorny violet]

That's so funny 😭😭

I would have given up after the 2nd try, you're all stronger than me

[ionic hearth]

the saddest part is that it is the exact same security gate at the exact same 2 airports 😭

WAIT WTF

WHY DO BUSINESS MAJORS GET THIS

[weak valve]

where even is that

[ionic hearth]

College town

like if u turn left from campus

[thorny violet]

I would send a package ahead of time back to your address if you really want ethnic food, only way to get it across the border

[ionic hearth]

Yea 😔 sadly its expensive

[thorny violet]

I'm not too into the modern architecture so this is not really a loss for me, but it does look nice

[thorny violet]

Yup...

[ionic hearth]

fair 😭 i like older architecture better but i also love glass as a material

Goldwin smith hall has a really cool modern-classic thing

[weak valve]

gsh is featured in

varsity blues

!!!

[ionic hearth]

the scandal or the movie 😨

[thorny violet]

Pretty cool :0 I prefer the more gothic architecture, I just think it's super romantic and fun

[weak valve]

the movie

[ionic hearth]

ooh like the big german church

[ionic hearth]

im gonna watch it now

[weak valve]

its a good movie

[thorny violet]

Yeah!! I love the look of cathedrals, churches, chapels, etc. because they're all usually built for their artistry & complexity and not just for their functionality like a lot of buildings are, they're just so pretty...

Isn't the style just breathtaking?

[ionic hearth]

😍

this reminds me of the ww1 memorial on campus

[thorny violet]

I swear I'm going to tire myself out on the first week just exploring a small part of the campus

[ionic hearth]

Sameee i love exploring

[thorny violet]

JP, please teach me your google maps exploring skills

We should just explore campus together before getting kbbq

[ionic hearth]

🙏

Step 1: Have work that you really need to do but don't want to do

Step 2: Start on College Ave. (gorgeous 2023 coverage), then just street view the cool places 😍

[ionic hearth]

I wanna see the law school, west campus/ww1 memorial, the botanic gardens, the arboretum, and some of the really nice older dorms on north campus

[thorny violet]

Actually, I'm low key a nightmare to go shopping or exploring with because I spend so long in one place because I just love looking at everything

[thorny violet]

That's my plan too, I want to see the AD white library too though

[ionic hearth]

This is a great reason to go exploring with someone

[ionic hearth]

YES, i can't wait to see out the window on a snow day with the cozy library vibe inside

[thorny violet]

I spent nearly two hours at Half-Price Books and it's not even that big 😭

[ionic hearth]

Bookstores are just so great

i sometimes read whole books in the store and then dont buy it 😭 i have a bad habit of sailing the seven seas

👀 the yonsei programs are actually kind of good ngl

[thorny violet]

It is one of the top universities in Korea

[ionic hearth]

Yea, and they have surprisingly really good offerings even for english taught courses 😍

[ionic hearth]

I've heard they are like the ivy league of korea but idk if that is promotional branding or actually realistic

[thorny violet]

I know my cousin goes to the Korean equivalent of MIT, but the ones I know of are Seoul National and Yonsei to be honest, so it's probably appropriate to say in terms of prestige

[ionic hearth]

Makes sense

Honestly they are probably like 10x harder than their US equivalents

the SK secondary school system sounds insane

[thorny violet]

I think Korea University is also part of that list of "ivy prestige" level

[ionic hearth]

ya

"SKY"

[thorny violet]

Oh, yeah, it's KAIST I had to search it up because I couldn't remember, I forgot it's really straightforward

[thorny violet]

I'm not going to lie I think I would have actually died if I had to go through the Korean education system sorry ancestors...

[ionic hearth]

Same 😭 I would have become a florist or something

[thorny violet]

Holistic review is actually good for allowing me to dream big

[ionic hearth]

Yea

plus there is more flexibility in growing in all aspects of academic prowess

and exploring what you love

i am too excited to sleep for the first time in so long omg

[thorny violet]

Whoopies, sorry I hope it wasn't me making you overexcited 😭

[ionic hearth]

trust me i am all the glad for it

the future is so bright 💎

[thorny violet]

We're going to have so much fun!! But I'm actually pretty sleepy right now so I'm going to head to bed, goodnight!! 🫶

[ionic hearth]

good night 👋

[manic ether]

if i get in and commit im buying the current students that helped me out (so far 3) a coffee or a treat

[weak valve]

Buy me bus stop bagels lunch

😎

Or uh

Rpcc

Burger

😎

[manic ether]

alr

[ionic belfry]

I expect insomnia

[manic ether]

alr a burger a cookie

@sand hearth what you want

[prime oxide]

I called my great uncle about getting into Cornell engineering and he recited the exact question that made him switch to law

Rip in advance

[sand hearth]

oh hi

i’ve never gotten something from rpcc so i’ll do one of those too haha

now you have to get in

[eager acorn]

finished my brooks essay!!

now the community one

so for the community one is it ok if i talk about instances when i've been subject to injustice as a kid and how it shaped me and my need to find community?

its definitely a sadder approach but its so important to me

[sand hearth]

is this the "any person any study"?

[twilit current]

low key most disappointing food spot on campus 😦

[sand hearth]

never been there lol

with the meal plan i just dont feel the need to buy food with brbs very often

[prime oxide]

i imagine a school specific one?

[weak valve]

How have u never had an impossible burger

Get one

In january

[weak valve]

I like it :(

Its cheap

Ish

[thorny violet]

Has anyone here taken an intro bio class, can you tell me which one you found the easiest? The reviews are not looking too hot to me

[haughty crown]

Ok I’ll text you, thx

Can slow mode be turned off for this chat now?

[sand hearth]

ive had an impossible burger

[sand hearth]

@weak valve @weak valve @weak valve

[ionic belfry]

IVE never had a burger 😭

[manic ether]

im a vegetarian cant have like half the stuff on campus

[weak valve]

Isnt it

Like

All megathreads have slowmode

Or was that changed

[manic ether]

nah they dont

[weak valve]

Oh

I thought they used the bot

Mb

Im so sleep deprived

[ionic belfry]

Fr

[manic ether]

wait you too?

[ionic belfry]

Yuh

[manic ether]

yo holy

yall are convincing me

lets hope i convince the AOs

[outer jolt]

Yo same

Veggies unite

Riley im still waiting for that cornell likely

[ionic belfry]

It’ll be there in March

[outer jolt]

Aigh

If i get rejected youre buying me chipotle

Ok deal

[lavish marlin]

Cornell

[chrome nova]

ur home

[manic ether]

"corn"ell

[lavish marlin]

Cornell is superbly close to URRG

18,000 ft launch waiver 🚀 🥰😍

[manic ether]

average cornell view

[lavish marlin]

Looks like the setting of Non Non Biyori (don’t ask me what that is 💀)

[manic ether]

https://tenor.com/view/rural-drive-country-countryside-road-gif-10159940483372370509

when you go .001 miles outside of campus

ok this is all jokes my bad guys

[chrome nova]

wait bud

how did u answer the cornell community supp

did u talk about mutiple life expeirences

or just one

[lament snow]

not gonna lie

i can't answer the second supplemental

my literal entire personal statement is about the first half

i'd just be repeating the exact same ideas

[thorny violet]

Second supplemental for which college?

[lament snow]

gg.

cornell

[thorny violet]

You might have to write another common app essay for cornell that highlights a different aspect of yourself

[manic ether]

wihch school

[lament snow]

it's over

[manic ether]

cas?

cause eng has BASED supplements

[lament snow]

ye

cas

[chrome nova]

eng supps are fine

tbh

WAIT

GUYS

[lament snow]

alr nvm time to fucking apply for eng i cba

[chrome nova]

whos applying to cornell

[lament snow]

my ass cannot answer the question

[chrome nova]

eng supps are jsut better

[lament snow]

mechanical engineering angle

[chrome nova]

yeah idk what to say for this

[lament snow]

random quirky shit ngl

they probably dgaf unless you write something tremendously objectionable

[chrome nova]

ill just ask my frined whos there

[lament snow]

wait cornell engineering questions are fire

wtf

[chrome nova]

yeah

theyre good

WIAT

WAIT

for the main supp

[lament snow]

anyway i have to apply cas

😭

[chrome nova]

taht all schools has to answer

[lament snow]

i'm doing pure math

wot

[chrome nova]

are u guys talking about multiple life expeirences?

[manic ether]

me

[chrome nova]

cause i just wanted to highlight one

[lament snow]

this one?

[chrome nova]

Explain how your life experiences will help inform your contributions to a learning community devoted to “...any person…any study.”

[manic ether]

thats not another caps

[chrome nova]

yeah

[prime oxide]

Yeah they’re good, I liked the problem one especially

[manic ether]

thats like umich

[chrome nova]

any tips on the supplment i aksed about

[manic ether]

have you done umich or udub titxn

[prime oxide]

I went super generic/cliche and got in dw too much

[prime oxide]

This one?

[lament snow]

im ngl i just like wrote some random shit

🤨

[chrome nova]

yeah

[lament snow]

think i copied and pasted

ngl

[thorny violet]

I did one

[lament snow]

idt i actually did one experience

i mentioned them in passing

the essay is shit tho

[prime oxide]

Personally, I wrote about my life experiences and how that would make me a positive contribution to Cornell

[manic ether]

i did one expereinfce for the any person study essay

[prime oxide]

I can dm it if you want

[lament snow]

it was more of a "this is how i felt"

[chrome nova]

yes pls

[manic ether]

and how that was just an example

[lament snow]

"i realized xyz"

[chrome nova]

im thinking of talking about my one service event thing that i liked

[manic ether]

idk ngl i need to share my draft with other ppl but i dont really think its the best idea

[lament snow]

i have to redo this essay

it's so shit

[chrome nova]

and how that will expand outward to diveristy and teaching

for the community

[manic ether]

my parents say its fine but idk how much i hsould trust them

[lament snow]

fuck me ig

[wraith mesa]

Is this the real corn

Ell

[manic ether]

no corn

[lament snow]

🌽L

[manic ether]

i only had one sentence on cornell in the any person study supp

[lament snow]

vs UIUC which is apparently 🌽W

[manic ether]

is that fine or do i need more

UIUC is an actual corn school

[lament snow]

yes.

[chrome nova]

i was gonna do it so that its like 200 on the event and 150 on how i want to do things at cornell

and continue

[manic ether]

fuck i need to rewrite it then

[chrome nova]

no no no

[prime oxide]

Yeah that’s a good plan I think

[chrome nova]

some people dont write anything abotu cornell i just wanna copy pasta my supps fomr otehr schools

[prime oxide]

Mine was closer to only 50-80 words on Cornell

[chrome nova]

yeah and u had 2 ish events i onyl ahve one

[manic ether]

mines like a solid 10 words

[chrome nova]

so its fine

aight bro maybe more than that

[manic ether]

and it doesnt even mention it

yeah i need to rewrite

[chrome nova]

yeah do more thatn that

i thought u were at like 60

[prime oxide]

True

[manic ether]

i think i got a shit ton of fluff in my essay

i t hink i gotta rewrite 1 maybe 2 of 3

[chrome nova]

yeah the only fluff for me was the yale essay

and that was like half fluff not even real fluff

[frigid anchor]

LOL

[prime oxide]

i think its oftentimes better to have fewer words than have fluff tbh

or maybe even add an idea

or detail/specific story

[thorny violet]

I agree, you should write each part with a purpose in mind

[lavish marlin]

Like the one everyone has to write?

I just talked about the library and how reading + storytelling is cool

And made a connection to helping to write humanity’s future through space exploration

[lavish marlin]

The “solve a problem in your community” (2nd eng sup part B I think) literally took me 3 days to come up with an idea for 💀

[prime oxide]

yeah i had a super tough time coming up with that too

but once i knew what to write about it basically wrote itself

[lavish marlin]

Yeah

[prime oxide]

connection to failed research project 🤩

[lavish marlin]

Connection to 2 hour morning train commute 🤩

[prime oxide]

🤩

[rough turret]

Could u plz send it to me too? I wanna c examples of successful essays lol

[prime oxide]

👍

[lament snow]

may i see as well

😭

[weak valve]

Mine was abt 9/11

Bc i live near metro ny and my uncle was there

Hence community problem

[manic ether]

i intern in my school’s chromebook repair/loaner center during the school day so i just wrote how i can develop an algorithm to find missing devices

i brought this up with my teacher and im now actually making it 💀💀

connected it to keeping ip the 1-1 device model

though actually

it might not be “community” because it helps out us with systems but ig it also helps students that we have to turn away bc there are no loaners bc we’ll have more of them?

[thorny violet]

That's actually really good because it's not just a hypothetical anymore

[thorny violet]

I would say it's community because it's helping out with your school community

[prime oxide]

I might even talk about how you actually did solve it

Especially if it was in response to the prompt

[manic ether]

i didnt solve it yet i brought up the proposal and im working on it

[prime oxide]

OR WAIT 200 iq idea

Write it, then update them in early February saying you finished it

[manic ether]

never thought about that actually

i was planning to write it if i got WL

[chrome nova]

whatd u end up ickign

picking

dm it btw if u wnat to tell

[manic ether]

i gotta grind out essays during the road trip

[chrome nova]

...

[chrome nova]

yeah do that

[chrome nova]

what the

[prime oxide]

🤩

[lavish marlin]

Putting sensors on nyc tracks kinda stuff

[lavish marlin]

Queens to Manhattan can get rough yk

Especially the A-train

[chrome nova]

damn

[chrome nova]

it can

[ionic hearth]

hi cornellies

have any of u guys reached out to ur interviewer to thank them yet 😭 i haven't idk what to say

[outer jolt]

Not a cornellie but this is what i sent to my georgetown interview to thank her and she responded in like 5 mins saying i made her day and to reach out with any further questions

Hi blank

Good evening. I wanted to let you know that yesterday I got accepted into Georgetown through the Early Action round! Thank you again for your time last month and for volunteering to conduct my interview. My family and I were elated about this news and I hope to visit campus soon in the coming months along with doing more research on McDonough to get excited. Georgetown is one of my top choice schools and I am extremely grateful for this amazing opportunity. Hoya Saxa!

[prime oxide]

y'all got interviews?

[ionic hearth]

Yea, i live in a really populatd college educated area though

so it makes sense

[prime oxide]

same 😭

oh well ig they're not kidding when they say they're just based on availability

[rough turret]

Wait I thought there’s no interviews

Did u reach out for a conversation?

[lavish marlin]

Interviews are not evaluative

[near harbor]

I didn’t request an interview and it was fine

[lavish marlin]

@near harbor What part of aero interests you

Just curious

[near harbor]

to be honest

idk

I’m still not really sure what I want to do, aeros just the plan for now bc last year I took an aero e class and it was cool

I don’t have a huge passion for a specific field in aero it’s more like
I like physics and math and I don’t want to do art for a job so here I am

[lavish marlin]

Ah gotchu

[ionic hearth]

I got a non evaluative interview

the guy was really cool i liked it a lot

non admission so we kind of just vibed together and talked about tech

[clear ravine]

RILEY

wait this is such a small world wtf

[ionic belfry]

istg if this is zachary

[clear ravine]

this is not zachary

LMAO

check DMs

[ionic hearth]

#📝-essays is INSANE

i remember this place during the summer 😭

[rough turret]

light mode is even crazier i cant lie

[prime oxide]

So true

[sand hearth]

light mode >

[manic ether]

aint no way

[rough turret]

is light mode good

[near harbor]

light mode is ok during the day but at night absolutely no

[gray ravine]

@ionic hearth what is the requirement for not getting rescinded for Cornell cuz I’m curious cuz all my grades are borderline and was wondering what Cornell’s base minimum grade was

[ionic hearth]

Hmmm

i am not sure

i have heard horror storries in passing about getting calls with excessive Bs

so yeah

[ionic hearth]

did u get in 👀

[ionic belfry]

In the end of the day, they want ur money

It has to be p bad

[chrome nova]

u have to actively be trying to fail

like dont go from as to b-

[gray ravine]

Nah haven’t applied or started their app lol

Gotta grind

I’m just curious cuz senior yr first semester I’m all borderline As

😭

Like three of my classes are sitting exactly at 89.5-90ish

[chrome nova]

theyll probs just ask u to explain it

at most

[ionic hearth]

Oh

ima be real

a lot of my As

were borderline throughout sophomore year

and it didn't maatter

as long as they were As in the end

[prime oxide]

Whattt that’s crazy

Will one B- be the end

[ionic hearth]

ok but this is on like a2c megathrads i have no idea if that is real or not

[prime oxide]

Oh

[ionic hearth]

im pretty sure if u keep all grades above C ur fine

like B or above

[prime oxide]

I guess I can’t start tanking F’s then

Okok

[thorny violet]

Didn't get an interview so this isn't something I have to worry about 😭

[pseudo tartan]

Hey! I’ve loved all of your advent photos! Would you mind sending them all at once so that I can save them? I find them so beautiful 🥹

[sand hearth]

despite everything cornell pushes about the interviews having no bearing on applications I remember my interviewer telling me they still have to write something about us

[prime oxide]

oh 😭

good thing i didnt have one then

[weak valve]

Wait fr

[sand hearth]

I wouldn't joke about that

yeah so idk they claim they dont matter? but they do write something so idk

grain of salt

[weak valve]

My interviewer was amazing

[manic ether]

time to destroy any interview i get (probably none)

[sand hearth]

my interviewer was alright

just a businesswoman doing business

[lavish marlin]

Interesting

[tardy steppe]

Hey guys, I ED'd ILR School this cycle and got deferred. Does anyone know people in this chat who applied to ILR or anything about the admission rates for this school in general? All I know about this year is that they accepted significantly less ED students than before like all of Cornell.

[vapid dirge]

!uchicago

!chicago

uh does anyone know when uchicago decisions release

[lament snow]

probably 4 pm cst

[jaunty juniper]

#1135693051797450784

Cornell is not the place to ask

[lament snow]

UCornell

[manic ether]

you already got in here lil bro 😭

[vapid dirge]

my friend applied lol Im curious

[jaunty juniper]

Yeah I’m confused too

Oh

[vapid dirge]

and they not in this server

[jaunty juniper]

Either way go to chicago thread

[vapid dirge]

you right you right 👍

[lavish marlin]

Does Cornell have any liquid engine test sites close by?

[weak valve]

what

[lavish marlin]

Like a testing facility, cuz Cornell Rocketry does Spaceport America but that’s a competition with solid propellant engines

I’m tryna start Cornell Liquids Project Team 🤩

https://tenor.com/view/boom-machine-rocket-engine-engine-test-gif-15164373

Obviously not this big of an engine, but a place for doing static fires laugh out loud this

[ionic hearth]

I will try my best 😍 i will saay that a lot of these were found on instagram (cornell sunsets), so credit to them

@thorny violet here is my schedule on courseplan.io

aand then for calculating major/distribution requirements, I have an excel sheet that i need to figure out how to send on discord

[lavish marlin]

What is this

Your plans at Cornell?

How do you have this already figured out 💀

[lament snow]

what the hell

LOL

[weak valve]

its easy for many majors

just google it

[lavish marlin]

Oh alr

[lavish marlin]

In due time

[ionic hearth]

ok okok im kind of like super obsessed and not very smart

so i immediately made this

cause i was overexcited

this is like totally not necessary

in fact i should probablty meet with cornell academic advisors before doing this

but like

its fun

to fantasize

[thorny violet]

I'm definitely waiting until summer to do this, this looks like a headache 😭 all I've done is looked at classes outside my major I wanted to take for fun like zooarchaeological method and hands-on horticulture

I think with the amount of anthropology classes I want to take I might end up with a minor

[ionic hearth]

i wish CAS had a korean minor i feel like i would be really close to completing it

[ionic hearth]

yea thats way smarter

[lavish marlin]

Can I minor in astronomy 💀

Yes a simple Google search would answer my question

[ionic hearth]

yes

are u in CAS

though

[thorny violet]

They don't have a minor for Korean?

[ionic hearth]

They have a minor for East Asian studies but thats the closest thing they have

Which i might do

[ionic hearth]

guys

im actually genius

oh my god

thank you so much honey

CAS is amazing

[lavish marlin]

COE

[ionic hearth]

oh

i do not think you can cross major

from different colleges

[lavish marlin]

Aw

[weak valve]

u cant cross major but u can cross minor

[lament snow]

🤦

bro is the reason weebs get a shitty rap