Cornell University (2023-2024)

[prime oxide]

thats good then

my school has a ton of inflation

my physics C teacher curved all tests to an 88 average

[manic ether]

yeah we just do standard AP curves i think

if anything teachers of a particular core subject i hate go very hard on grading so i legit cant do well on it

[prime oxide]

thats nice

[twilit current]

san fran?

[prime oxide]

no other side of the country

[twilit current]

oh same lol

[prime oxide]

LOL nice nice

[twilit current]

i went to a new england public

our year was kinda cracked

[prime oxide]

same same

LOL same

[twilit current]

3 yales, 2 cornells, 2 JHU's, 1 MIT

[prime oxide]

4 MIT, 3 harvard, at least 1 princeton, i think at least 1 yale, 3 cornells, and many more

[manic ether]

our year is unusually cracked

[prime oxide]

same

[manic ether]

like there were a couple people that got into great schools last year

[prime oxide]

we had 20 semifinalists for psat

[manic ether]

but im already hearing big shit rn

[prime oxide]

oooh thats cool

[manic ether]

5 semis 10 commended

i was unfortunately a commended

[burnt grove]

what is psat

pre-sat?

[twilit current]

semifinalists psat?

[thorny violet]

What have you heard?

[prime oxide]

preliminary scholastic aptitude test

[burnt grove]

so pre-sat

got it

[prime oxide]

yeah

i just wanted to say it out

[manic ether]

like people getting into ELITE REAs and EDs

[prime oxide]

sheeeeesh

[thorny violet]

Oh, I see I see, I think I might have been the only person from what I know of that got into their ED/REA? I can't confirm though because we had half-days and I'm pretty out of loop with many people's decisions

I know there were quite a few deferrals and rejections

[manic ether]

personally i didnt ED so it kinda sucked at first until i realized my dream decisions come later in jan

[burnt grove]

yeah the pressure is real from EDers

[manic ether]

i mean im completely fine with going to my state school, getting the same education for less money 😎

[burnt grove]

our class had 2 cornelians

full pay

[manic ether]

if cornell made me full pay id reject their offer

100% no regrets

[thorny violet]

My sister said for most scholarships, there's little to no point in applying to them since I have the full ride because it's just subtracted from my work study and then grant, so there's really no point to apply to scholarships

[burnt grove]

intl moment

need aware

come on cornell

be cool like your fellow ivies

[thorny violet]

So I think I basically done with applying to everything after I apply to Gates

[manic ether]

US colleges are overhyped for intls

hot take

[thorny violet]

I think it's really important for those who live in a country with very few educational opportunities

[prime oxide]

That’s amazing

[burnt grove]

science field in my country is bumbum

[thorny violet]

What major are you applying to?

[prime oxide]

Money money money 😔

[manic ether]

id advise going to EU then

tbh

applying to US colleges is fine but its not the holy grail of educastion

like some people make it out to be

[prime oxide]

Honestly I think either will provide a rly good base and degree

[burnt grove]

chem engi

[thorny violet]

I thought most internationals applied to a variety of colleges in Europe, the US, and Canada

[burnt grove]

yeah

[thorny violet]

Sounds fun!! But also extremely difficult.... Couldn't be me 😭

[burnt grove]

gunning for NUS + NTU in singapore as targets

[manic ether]

if cornell gave me like 20-30k off i think ill be in

[burnt grove]

so us is all reaches for me

[manic ether]

atm i think cornell would be the only school that would allow me to double major EECS

[thorny violet]

I think that still ends up being around 70-60k as total cost of attendance?

[manic ether]

65-55

im using 84k as the base metric, was the tuition i got from NPC

[thorny violet]

I'm going based off my estimate of financial aid which is >90k

The number was genuinely terrifying to look at to be honest

[manic ether]

i dont expect any finaid from them at first

at max i might have to beg for scraps

[thorny violet]

Appeal will be your best friend... Good luck ☹️

[manic ether]

i mean i can pay the tuition i just see it as financially irresponsible

its not like im poor but since i have some shit they think im rich

[outer jolt]

If cornell accepts me i will commit on the spot

[manic ether]

either cornell would have to give me similar price to state schools OR slightly more but i have to be in love with the campus and surroundings

[thorny violet]

You could always apply to other ivies and show Cornell their financial aid packages because they should be comparable and they might give you more aid that way

[manic ether]

otherwise its not worth

[thorny violet]

I did that basically 😭

[manic ether]

ngl i dont really feel like it

[outer jolt]

Thats ed tho

[manic ether]

no non-cornell ivy is gonna stack up to my state school for my field

tbh

[thorny violet]

My sister said that if they change the financial aid that's promised, I can show her financial aid package at Penn to the financial aid office to appeal for me

[thorny violet]

You still need to put in the enrollment deposit

[outer jolt]

You have a twin that got penn ed?

[thorny violet]

I think it you have a full ride or similar it's waived though

[thorny violet]

My sister is two years older, but the justification is similar enough

[outer jolt]

Ah ok

Im ngl if my sibling was at an ivy i would immediately ed to that ivy

Youre cracked enough to ed to a different ivy and still get in

Your parents gotta be geekin right now

[thorny violet]

Penn also has an option to put if a sibling attends 😭 So I was going to apply there for RD

[outer jolt]

Lololol

What major r u

[manic ether]

if i applied to more, id choose corn over other ivies

theyre more focused on engineering so i cant really pass that up

[thorny violet]

Biological Sciences

[thorny violet]

Mostly complaining about the transportation tbh 😭

[outer jolt]

Damn

[thorny violet]

I'm honestly not cracked 😭 I think I just got lucky

[outer jolt]

Old ppl always find shit to complain about

My dad took my phone away after i got in

The day after

Because i was being too ‘undisciplined’

[thorny violet]

Even though they didn't say anything, I think they might have been a little disappointed that I opted out of QuestBridge Match

[thorny violet]

That's crazy..

[outer jolt]

Cornell doesn’t do it?

[outer jolt]

I told him i was doing rd supps and i wasnt so ig in some regard he was right 😭

[thorny violet]

Nope, in retrospect I made so many huge gambles I'm a little embarrassed

[outer jolt]

Did ur sister do qb to penn

[thorny violet]

Yeah, she got in through regular decision though

[outer jolt]

Ah ok

Did u get finalist

[thorny violet]

Yes

[outer jolt]

Kace did that too

And got into Harvard

So you arent alone

[thorny violet]

Yup, Kace and me were risking it all 😭

[foggy pasture]

In the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War, Ezra Cornell wrote, "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study." For over 150 years, Cornell University has remained deeply committed to Ezra’s vision. Explain how your life experiences will help inform your contributions to a learning community devoted to “...any person…any study.” We encourage you to think broadly about your life experiences, including how local (e.g., family, school, neighborhood) or global communities you’ve been part of have helped shape your perspective.* (350 word limit)

so what do you talk about here

if not academics i don't get it

[manic ether]

identity

[foggy pasture]

LIKE BEING GAY RIGHT

[manic ether]

sure why not

[lavish marlin]

The TLDR of the prompt is “tell us how communities you’ve been a part of have shaped you”

It can be any community, as long as you can speak meaningfully to it

[prime oxide]

I talked about diversity of experiences or smth

[foggy pasture]

true, cause my other essay was pureeeely an academic one

now i need to draw emphasis on other experiences

[prime oxide]

Yeah

Then I connected it to how id improve the Cornell community effectively

[foggy pasture]

did u mention clubs? unions?

[prime oxide]

Not in that one no

I mentioned one community service thing tho

[serene fractal]

i wrote about doors for this

like people's front doors

[foggy pasture]

mmm could you elaborate

sounds interesting

[serene fractal]

im applying as government so it kinda ties into that

[lavish marlin]

I wrote about reading & library for the general supp

[eager acorn]

are u Ed or rd

That topic is cool

[eager acorn]

So is this like the yales prompt?

[lavish marlin]

idk what the yale prompt is

[eager acorn]

Reflect on a community meaningful to you

[lavish marlin]

yeah ig

[eager acorn]

Or like umich’s? Everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) shared geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. Choose one of the communities to which you belong, and describe that community and your place within it. (Required for all applicants; minimum 100 words/maximum 300 words)

They seem similar but idk if they’re the same

[lavish marlin]

I mean "the community essay" is pretty similar across different universities

so wouldn't be that surprising

[eager acorn]

Ok, and in ur essay did you mention the any person any study philosophy or did you just talk about how your community shaped your perspective?

[lavish marlin]

i personally didn't

[eager acorn]

You didn’t mention either?

[lavish marlin]

didn't talk about any person any study, I answered the primary prompt which was describing the influence a community has had on my perspective

[eager acorn]

Great thanks!

[prime oxide]

Yeah same

[quick spoke]

I talked about the perspectives I gained, which included one of my aspirations based on a scientific goal(more efficient brain-computer interface) rather than sole interests because the experiences I have with my community

My counselor read this and think I am on the entirely wrong track

but seriously if the a2c @cornell thinks the same I am really gonna rewrite it, no cap

[serene fractal]

RD so it's still a bit of a work in progress lol

[ionic hearth]

Good evening Cornellies

I think I slayed the lit final

The poem was good

I stuck witj the vanilla 💔💔

But the MC was free

Insanely easy

Anyways

Christmas at John Wayne airport (orange county)

[chrome nova]

Needs redo a supp 🫥

[prime oxide]

HUGE good job

[molten hull]

how do cornell students usually commute between ithaca and nyc

[lavish marlin]

i think mostly by bus but u can take a 1 hr plane

[outer jolt]

i might need to redo my why us

its acc so bad if i apply im a sure reject

which is so painful since it took forever to write

[chrome nova]

yeah it be like that

i need more space now

this is the first supp whree i would actually need more space

this is disgusting

the rest i managed

[outer jolt]

bro how

its legit 650 words

[chrome nova]

huh im eng

its 250

[outer jolt]

LUCKY

WTF

[lavish marlin]

which supp

[chrome nova]

the uhhh

community essay

my why us is kinda ok

[lavish marlin]

350 words?

[chrome nova]

i needa someone to look it over to smooth it out

[lavish marlin]

i thought that was 350

[chrome nova]

the community one yeah

i needa fix it a little

one of my paragpahs is jsut pure fluff

it doenst do anything

i needa spread that pragraph throughout

and integrate it

[lavish marlin]

yes

find the anti derivative of the fluff

[thorny violet]

The Christmas decorations are super fun, congrats on your exam!!

[serene fractal]

it's just too long

like i've researched every single government related thing and i feel like i still dont have enough material to write for 650 words 😭

[stiff light]

Real it's literally another personal statement

Definitely my weakest essay tbh

[serene fractal]

i think it's by far the longest why us essay

[stiff light]

Literally I felt like I was info dumping at some point

[serene fractal]

like i thought umich was long but cornell had to go for the extra 150 words

[manic ether]

me when my why us essay is 250 😎😎

[serene fractal]

omg this entire time i thought ur pfp was a polar bear

[outer jolt]

georgetown is about the same

not a word count but its 1 full page

[serene fractal]

oh really?

[outer jolt]

mine was about 650

[outer jolt]

its not on common app, they have their own application

so yea they do page count

[serene fractal]

yeah ik im so behind with my georgetown app

[outer jolt]

it takes forever

250 word essay, 1/2 page leadership essay, 1 page personal essay, 1 page why us essay

umich was prolly my 2nd hardest app

[stiff light]

Damn I would just remove it off my list atp 💀

[outer jolt]

yea i was smoking sum shit when i applied

[stiff light]

At least you did it congratssss

[outer jolt]

my EA applicant self was way too excited for college apps

[serene fractal]

that's real

[stiff light]

Real now I'm burned out

[outer jolt]

now im pissed off when i have to write a singular unique essay and cant just mooch off my old supps

[serene fractal]

i opened my gtown app back in october expecting to EA but i never did

[outer jolt]

i barely finished on like october 27/28

[outer jolt]

this is why ive been procrastinating stanford for over 1 week

😭

its all unique

[stiff light]

Ugh like two schools had to be moved to rd because I couldn't keep up lol

[outer jolt]

cant re-use a single one

[stiff light]

That's why I deleted stanford lol

[outer jolt]

i did 7 EAs 3 safeties 1 target and 3 reaches lol

[outer jolt]

im doing it bc it carries over to some of my other schools

and its legit my #2 lol

[stiff light]

Yeah I love that place and it's in cali???? Man I wish I could get in 😴

[outer jolt]

i acc visited

last december

cant. believe its been 1 year

its beautiful fr

[stiff light]

I bet lol I replaced usc with stanford since I still want a chance at the west 😅

[outer jolt]

usc is so easy

legit 1 supp

at least for business lol

[stiff light]

Trueeee I liked the personality questions too

[outer jolt]

wait do u not have any common app spots left?

[serene fractal]

im only applying on east coast 🔥

[outer jolt]

i think i used like 17 common app spots out of 20

[serene fractal]

same with me

[outer jolt]

2 apply texas, 1 gtown

[stiff light]

I have used like 5/13 😭 a lot are finished but I'm scared to submit

[outer jolt]

oh so u have spots left

[stiff light]

Real I should since it's closer

[outer jolt]

common app allows 20 schools max

u can add more if u have time

i have 19 schools on there so i could submit 22 total if i wish

but rn my target is 17 common app, 20 total

[stiff light]

I'm finishing 4 this weekend

[outer jolt]

yay!

[stiff light]

I wanted to do 20 but my college counselor said noooo

She said it's a waste of time but I was like whyyy

I was gonna do just 5 schools because of her lol

[outer jolt]

my old college counselor said 4-6 is a good range

my new one doesnt care

my teachers told me more than 10 is stupid

i dont care tho ima shotgun

🗣️

[ashen coyote]

Corn University

[stiff light]

💯

[outer jolt]

🌽 ELL

[ashen coyote]

no

[weak valve]

i am back to being a hs senior

i have

an essay due

at 11:59

and i just started it

[stiff light]

Omgggg

[weak valve]

😅

[weak valve]

application essay

[ashen coyote]

UW 3.351 GPA, im in the bottom 2%

[weak valve]

omg same!

[stiff light]

😭 my teacher lets us use chatgpt

[outer jolt]

club?

what happens n 29 days jae

[weak valve]

back to ithaca

[weak valve]

no

internship

[stiff light]

Omg 3.351 is the bottom??? Dang

[ashen coyote]

yea

my Weighted is a 3.852

[outer jolt]

you are counting down? i thought u would love being away from college lmao

[stiff light]

With 3.351 I'll be top 50 out of 600 in my high school lol

[weak valve]

no.

[outer jolt]

oh

i love winter break ngl

[weak valve]

no

[outer jolt]

skewl sucks

[weak valve]

i agree w that

i want to be on campus

w no academic commitments

[ashen coyote]

i had no honors

[prime abyss]

Bro already caught up to me on schools

[stiff light]

I still have school tomorrow I wish winter break was earlier 😩

[ashen coyote]

no awards

[weak valve]

💀

that is

torture

[outer jolt]

submitted penn today lmao i been at 10 since 12/4

[ashen coyote]

nor am I the son of the Dean of Admissions, lol

[weak valve]

my hs closed like

the 15th

😭

[prime abyss]

Oh whoops I’m tryna finish Cornell Tn

[ashen coyote]

I've been on "break" since last june

lol

[stiff light]

I mean at least it's a half day? 💀 also the 15th???????

[weak valve]

yeah

the ffriday

of that week

is their last day

[prime abyss]

Colleges usually finish earlier ngl

[outer jolt]

i finished the 3 Cs cornell cmu columbia, but havent edited enough to be satisfied with quality. however im pretty behind with 6 apps unstarted

[weak valve]

that was my hs

[stiff light]

Ugh mass never gives us breaks I hate this state

[ashen coyote]

being an international applying to US schools it was painful

[weak valve]

i was home from college on the 13th

[ashen coyote]

FUCK YOU CORNELL YOU REJECTED ME

[prime abyss]

Yeah I don’t think my Cornell is good too yet

[prime abyss]

Ah I see

[outer jolt]

650 word supp killed me

[outer jolt]

you got into a better school anyways (sorry 🌽 ELL kiddies)

[ashen coyote]

if i had more options I might not have gone to MIT

[outer jolt]

bros unsatisfied with mit 😭

[stiff light]

My cornell app was actually fire my counselor said previous students didn't write as good as me still got rejected tho 🥱

[outer jolt]

did u ed?

[stiff light]

Yeahh lol

[stiff light]

At cas for info sci and gender studies

[outer jolt]

are u planning to ed2 anywhere

[ashen coyote]

long story

other students are not happy with my admission to the school

[stiff light]

Nah my counselor does not want me too 😒 even still I wouldn't know where to go

[prime abyss]

Nah fr bruh it took forever

[outer jolt]

wait arent u engineering? i thought eng only had a 250 word one

[ashen coyote]

to make it clear

I did not: have awards, honors, or a high GPA

[prime abyss]

Not doing eng here

[thorny violet]

650 words is super scary, but then I ended up overwriting by a lot if I remember correctly, so I had to cut down

[stiff light]

I love cornell bcs I had so much fun with my essays lol

[ashen coyote]

i loved all my apps

[outer jolt]

ah ok, whats ur other remaining school

[ashen coyote]

but

1 for 40

is not fun

[wheat lion]

How long did you spend on essays? How many hours do you reckon?

[prime abyss]

UW Madison im doing cs there

[ashen coyote]

several hundred hours

[prime abyss]

I’m so close to being done man

[ashen coyote]

-_-

[outer jolt]

me too (im not at all)

[wheat lion]

hundreds on essays?

[prime abyss]

💀💀 all good no pain no gain

[ashen coyote]

i write, a lot.

[thorny violet]

If you're having trouble writing more about your aspirations, write more about your story leading up to your aspirations, just make it about 50/50 if possible (but please take this with a grain of salt)

[outer jolt]

if i get into an ivy it will all be worth it fr

[wheat lion]

Bro I'm at like the 50 mark i think for 1 school 💀 im doomed

[stiff light]

Same I'm grinding in school since I'm on shop week I literally just watch YT all day imma work on apps instead lol

[wheat lion]

I have consultation tho, so that def helps

[prime abyss]

Exactly bro I’m getting into Cornell 100%

[ashen coyote]

im gonna see snow for the first time

😄

[stiff light]

Whats your intended major?

Or majors

[outer jolt]

yessir

[prime abyss]

Cs or statistical science

It’s so over

[stiff light]

Nah you can do it

BELIEVEEEEE

[ashen coyote]

its so over it ended before it began

[stiff light]

Which school? CAS

Or COE

[ashen coyote]

corn

[prime abyss]

CAS

[prime abyss]

UR RIGHT THANKS

I GOT THIS

[stiff light]

It's hard but you CAN DO ITTTT

[prime abyss]

JUST GOTTA EDIT ESSAYS ONCE MOTE

[stiff light]

EXACTLY

[prime abyss]

what’s ur top choice?

[ionic belfry]

Fr

I enter location 2/5 of break time

[light kestrel]

should i talk about changing the legal system because of how unfair ive seen it be to people or changing the publoc schlol system because of the disparities ive witnessed there being from a low income area for the brooks essay

what would be easier to convey

im equally passionate about both

[ionic belfry]

Tie it into the programs they have

Like they have program outreach classes

[light kestrel]

i wanna talk abt cornell in washington

but idk if thats too on the nose

[light kestrel]

ooo

i just hate how theres absolutely 0 info on brooks

[prime abyss]

ngl just read my essays, they're good to go lowkey

i shoulda submitted liek a month ago 💀

[ionic belfry]

There’s a decent amount

But it’s a p new program

[light kestrel]

maybe its cuz im used to having a ton of info on schools

but im scared i wont be able to be super specific

[light kestrel]

FR

[prime abyss]

whenever i try to review my submitted writing supplement, commonapp gives me some XML file error....

[stiff light]

Reload maybe?

[prime abyss]

nvm showed up after like 2 mins

yeah im guessing it has something do with storing info

hooray! one school left

[stiff light]

Which one?

[prime abyss]

UW madison

[outer jolt]

bro took it personally and passed me

[stiff light]

HURRAYYYY

Yayyyyy

One more

[prime abyss]

💀 LOLL my bad bro i had to turn it in tn cus im going on a road trip after

[outer jolt]

himothee -> cornell '28

[prime abyss]

yesss i cant wait this has taken too long

[outer jolt]

oh cool where r u goin

oos?

[prime abyss]

yeah tennessee

[outer jolt]

i was gonna go to NM sking

[prime abyss]

smoky mountains 💪

[outer jolt]

sheesh

[prime abyss]

i went to NM last yr

[prime abyss]

you know it

[outer jolt]

which schools would u pick over ut

other than cornell

[prime abyss]

lowkey

hmmm

probably none others except tuition reasons

so like utd cus i got a scholarship or sm

[stiff light]

Real

[prime abyss]

like t20s are great but not if im broke 😭

[outer jolt]

the academic excellence scholarship?

[prime abyss]

yeahhh that one

[stiff light]

Ong at first I didn't understand debt and was willing to go to any school that accepted me but now....

[outer jolt]

ut cs instate is worth it imo 30k aint too bad

[prime abyss]

i didnt do cs remember

but regardless my major is worth at ut anyways

[outer jolt]

do u wanna do cs or eng

[prime abyss]

nah that was me last yr

i wanted to do oos so bad

[prime abyss]

i did cs or ds everywhere

lowkey im enjoying ds more rn

so thats why im leaning towards UT way more than any other school

[stiff light]

I thought since I'm doing cs I would pay it off but it's NOT worth it if it's too much 😭💀and no aid

[prime abyss]

FR im not tryna pay 80k per year

💀

like cmon now

[outer jolt]

oh u get no aid at cornell?

bros basically committed atp 😭

btw i just got the package today

[stiff light]

Literally like why isn't college free any way

[outer jolt]

and i got a separate envelope

[prime abyss]

ong like i deserve it

[outer jolt]

they sent me a goofy holiday card

[prime abyss]

LOOOL

I GOT THAT OEN TOO

[outer jolt]

with some squirrels

i got an email

[prime abyss]

nah ong tho but can you blame me

[outer jolt]

and they fr printed out the graphic

on the email

[prime abyss]

i saw 💀

[outer jolt]

i cant lmao someone in my school got mccombs auto and basically is committed as well

accounting

[prime abyss]

like bro getting into UT non auto is so difficult

[ionic belfry]

My fav

[prime abyss]

i was basically outside top 25 too

[outer jolt]

ut is #1 in the country for accounting

[outer jolt]

percentile or rank

[lavish marlin]

e

[prime abyss]

bro just count

[prime abyss]

percentile

then again its magnet but

[outer jolt]

oh ok

[prime abyss]

nah like i had 0 hope id get in bro

to get it this quick

was great

[quick spoke]

this isn't, Tulane is the longest, 800

[quick spoke]

me when brown and purdue has the same word count (w)

[outer jolt]

WTF

who is writing allat dawg

[quick spoke]

not my friend who applied early

she did like 500 words

because it is just a backup for what, UWM and Mich?

[stiff light]

I would too lol that's just too much 😅

[quick spoke]

I actually did all 650 for a&s

because it has a lot of stuff that I liked

First I used 50% to state why I decided to study phys, it was an intriguing eureka moment in 11th grade ap physics class I promise, basically a why major

then I stated that 1) its 1st-year interdisciplinary and well-rounded nature

2. research opportunities

3. weird plans

clubs and stuff

and I managed to just 650 without cutting and trimming

that was converted from Mich, and was later used for UWM and eventually will be used for HMC and Princeton (like that's ever gonna happen)

[quick spoke]

what do you mean trade school to t20, are you a transfer student or what

[ashen coyote]

i think thats what they mean

[vapid mica]

need to submit loci to portal btw, not through email

[foggy pasture]

in the 650 a&s essay, is it cool if we talk for 350 words about why i enjoy comparative literature? and then the rest is about cornell mmm

or is that too much

[quick spoke]

the real thing is to make it stick

like if the explanation is really long then I guess

but if it is just a series of "I like x because of y, and I like z and w"

then trim it until you can't

you still have time

the about cornell is def what the buildup leads to

personally I just look at the liberal arts foundation of A&S, the research opportunities that matches with my first 300 words about why I liked the major, and the weird clubs that will undoubtedly help me in student life

[serene fractal]

CORNELL HAS AN ALBANIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

this is huge

[finite lava]

im def the president of that association, jae can def vouch for me

[weak valve]

If they didn’t regrade my chem lab im going to lose my mind

[finite lava]

oh ill do that rn bcz uk ofc im the ta

of the lab

[weak valve]

Thank u

[finite lava]

and jae

i cant fucking sleep

[weak valve]

While you’re at it just give me an A

[finite lava]

oh yea

my bad

[weak valve]

ty

[weak valve]

Um

Melatonin

Or don’t Siri

Slepp

Sleep

[finite lava]

:/

[weak valve]

Sleep is unnecessary

I slept too long 🙄

[chrome nova]

We loveeee winter break I slept from 9 to 4:30 and then from 7:30 to 12

[abstract nimbus]

if you stopped playing val/league with my roommate at 3am maybe you'd sleep faster /s

lolol

[weak valve]

Genius

Ill have yall know that mole is coercing me into paying for overpriced food in his town

[abstract nimbus]

NO IM NOT

ALSO YOUR TOWN'S FOOD IS EVEN MORE EXPESNIVE

[weak valve]

BIBILLE IS $15

[abstract nimbus]

ALSO WE'RE LITERALLY NEXT TO EACH OTHER

[weak valve]

$30 PASTA IS CRAZY

[abstract nimbus]

ITS THE SAME ECONOMY

yeah cuz you're eating pasta at a sandwich shop???

get a sandwich??

[weak valve]

Playa is double bango tho

[abstract nimbus]

they're like $10

[weak valve]

😅

[abstract nimbus]

yeah exactly

smh

[weak valve]

Bro it says buons italian

😭

Mb i shouldnt be searching thru ubereats

[abstract nimbus]

.

[finite lava]

thats not even me

:/

[weak valve]

Italian ppl eat pasta mole

[finite lava]

also i just spent 60$ for 2 burgers so i dont wanna hear it

[weak valve]

Not sandwiches

No boba??

[finite lava]

no sadly

[weak valve]

How do u spend $60 on burgers

[abstract nimbus]

3am eco house

oh wait

no that was jae not you

[finite lava]

u mixing up asians

gotta be racist

im ngl

[weak valve]

He is asian

[finite lava]

ik he is asian

[abstract nimbus]

LMAO

[weak valve]

I stayed at eco

The whole night

I left at 7:45

😭

[finite lava]

degen

[abstract nimbus]

also you had the wrong buon

^^

[weak valve]

No i didnt

[abstract nimbus]

yes

you did

[weak valve]

No

[abstract nimbus]

i sent you the proper one ind ms

[weak valve]

☹️

Why r there two

Ur town sucks

Overpriced

Fancy

All we have is

Sambal

And red hat

😭😭

[finite lava]

unlucky tbh

[weak valve]

Okay korei

[finite lava]

oh i cant wait to see u guys in 2 years

[abstract nimbus]

lol

uh huh

arent you also ece

i was told

[finite lava]

class of 29

[weak valve]

What abt the boba place ☹️

[abstract nimbus]

nah theres only one boba place

and we both know

[weak valve]

Yeah

[abstract nimbus]

...

[weak valve]

No

Theres one in ur town

[abstract nimbus]

oh

[finite lava]

ill take circuits and decide if i go to orie

[weak valve]

According to ubereats

[finite lava]

😄

[abstract nimbus]

you mean the uh

[weak valve]

Is it shit

Its like kais

[abstract nimbus]

ah

yeah no

dont]

its trash

[weak valve]

LMFAO

[abstract nimbus]

i cant even take circuits 💀

[finite lava]

how tf can u not

[abstract nimbus]

im doing 2300 next sem

[finite lava]

oh

[abstract nimbus]

conflicts with 2800

[finite lava]

data sci

[weak valve]

Bro i want dragon tea but its a mf 30 min drive

[abstract nimbus]

no digital logic

[finite lava]

wat is 2800

than

[abstract nimbus]

im uh ECE + CS

[finite lava]

oh

[abstract nimbus]

discrete structures

[finite lava]

data struc

[abstract nimbus]

yeah

[finite lava]

ewwwwwwwwww

u rly like killing yourself

[weak valve]

☹️ gong cha

[abstract nimbus]

cant kill myself when i died years ago

[finite lava]

im already one step on the bridge and i cant imagine cs+ece

[abstract nimbus]

jae ur getting dangerously closing to doxxing both of us so shhh

[abstract nimbus]

1920 moment

[weak valve]

Isnt anton tkaing that

And bubble jueget

[finite lava]

?

i got an a+ in 1920

?

[abstract nimbus]

1920 and chem were ...

for me

1920 wasnt too bad

but uh

[weak valve]

No one asked u 😭

[abstract nimbus]

eh

[finite lava]

HE MENTIONED IT

[abstract nimbus]

like i cannot say i enjoyed 1920

[finite lava]

its ok

bcz its over

[abstract nimbus]

mhm

[finite lava]

and u passed

hopefully

[abstract nimbus]

like cuz also i didnt take multi in HS

yeah i passed all my classes with at least B

its fine

[finite lava]

understandanle

!!!!!!

@weak valve

@weak valve

[abstract nimbus]

like my GPA isnt stellar but like whatever

[finite lava]

its ok

u got next sem

lock in!!!!

[abstract nimbus]

exactly

[finite lava]

attend class!!!

[abstract nimbus]

dont callm e out

[finite lava]

no 3 am gaming sessions!!!

[abstract nimbus]

i swear i have at least 50% attendance rate

[abstract nimbus]

thats bubble not me

i waste my time doing other stuff

[weak valve]

I didnt even do that during the semester

[finite lava]

oh u dont wanna know my attendance rate

[weak valve]

Im just stupid

💀

[finite lava]

rly????

[abstract nimbus]

well next sem is also gonna be hell cuz i have research + organizing new club

kms

[finite lava]

i can pull out val tracker rn

[weak valve]

Yeah

[finite lava]

the vr ar club?

[abstract nimbus]

ye

[finite lava]

ah i see

[abstract nimbus]

its kinda complicated bc

obvs the $500 starting fund is not enough to run

what is essentially a fake project team

[finite lava]

yes

ofc

[abstract nimbus]

but like

we're kinda affliated with a department

[weak valve]

I bet bubble nugget still got a better fws grade than i did

[abstract nimbus]

kinda not

it's weird af

[finite lava]

my teacher curved my a- to an a

[abstract nimbus]

like i need to figure out if i wanna try and affliate with CIS and get them to sponsor us

[finite lava]

for fws

[abstract nimbus]

or like whatever

[finite lava]

oh

[abstract nimbus]

imagine not having an A

[finite lava]

yea

[weak valve]

I didnt ask either of u 💀

[finite lava]

u mentioned it

[abstract nimbus]

^

[weak valve]

So? 😭

[finite lava]

and that is all that matters

[weak valve]

Okay.

[finite lava]

sorry jae

its too late now

[abstract nimbus]

dw jae ur med school backup plan to be eaten by an alligator can still happen

[finite lava]

my backup plan is crazy

or i got 2

val streamer or bridge

win win situation

imo

[abstract nimbus]

LOLOL

[ionic belfry]

Did u fight urs

[abstract nimbus]

I mean I know I'm fine even if I don't go to grad school I can nab a job easily

[weak valve]

Im being ghosted

[abstract nimbus]

as long as i dont fuck up too badly with maintaining my networks

but its fine

[finite lava]

i got ghosted by 60 companies and rejected by 24

life is great

[ionic belfry]

Switch to finance korei

[abstract nimbus]

F

i have a friend who has 12k offer from ebay

as freshman

internship

crazy af

[finite lava]

the only companies i have gotten interview offers for are the ones i had referrals with the CTO's of the companies

[abstract nimbus]

oof

[finite lava]

i have my dyson minor in business !!!!

no need to swithc

[ionic belfry]

Lmao I was kidding

[abstract nimbus]

wait r u on a pteam

[finite lava]

also i would get rejected in transfer

[ionic belfry]

Knock on wood I have a pretty good hit rate rn with companies

[finite lava]

forgot to apply !!!

...

[abstract nimbus]

LMAO

...

[finite lava]

next sem!

[abstract nimbus]

me too

lol

but its fine

im doing my own thing

who needs pteams when you can start your own

[finite lava]

im also applying to research

and it aint working

[abstract nimbus]

huh it wasnt that hard for me

[finite lava]

which one are u on

[abstract nimbus]

i got like 2-3 offers 💀 although 2 of them were after i already accepted

[finite lava]

oh

at cornell?

@weak valve no val for spring sem

im locking in

[weak valve]

good for u

[finite lava]

im gonna turn that 15% attendance to 100%

im gonna reduce those daily 10 ranked games to 1

im gonna get 8 hours of sleep from 10 pm to 6 am

its going to be a grind

[abstract nimbus]

whats ur schedule?

[finite lava]

difi q/ circuits/ fws/ some business class/ pe

and smth else

i forgot

and too lazy to check

[abstract nimbus]

lol

[eager acorn]

@ionic belfry just wondering would you wanna read my Cornell essay?

[ionic belfry]

Sure!

[stiff light]

Nah my highschool is a trade school lol

[eager acorn]

Sent! Thanks sm

[chrome nova]

alr cornballs who can read my cornell supps

pls and ty

(i am in pure pain)

[ionic hearth]

woah

@chrome nova

[chrome nova]

yaya

1 min

[thorny violet]

I'm down if you ever want another person to read your essays

[chrome nova]

yeah thats fine

wait let me do thsese edits

cause im dumb

[ionic hearth]

🌽

[ionic hearth]

OMGGG

I END LIT WITH AN A

i was way overconfident on the MC 😨 but i ate on the poetry

essay

no more mom yelling at me..

[prime oxide]

HUGE

[prime abyss]

NICE

[thorny violet]

Good job!!!! 🫶

[foggy pasture]

In my Common App Additional information, should i talk about how i moved from a B last year and made it an A this year. GPA went up from 81/100 to 87/100?

[prime oxide]

isn't that covered in the transcript sent by school?

[foggy pasture]

like yeah but i mean explain this upward trajectory?

[prime oxide]

i think if you have a specific reason its good

otherwise idk

im not a pro

[wise blaze]

does anyone have advicee on how to do the ezra cornell supp

im like acc brain dead atp

[foggy pasture]

literally same omg

[wise blaze]

im like struggling so much

and i have 10 apps due the first week

but, in all seriousness. is it just a community essay?

[weak valve]

Its a diversity prompt

I thought

[wise blaze]

oh maybe idk

[prime abyss]

Uhh I think it can be either

It asked about community in it

[wise blaze]

could i read someone's supp for some inspo? if anyone is willing to? i can edit also if someone needs that

[prime oxide]

idk i thought i misdid it too but still got in

i think its super open ended

just explain why you'd be unique on campus i think

i took a different approach tho

[prime abyss]

Yeah essay prompts are done purposely to be open ended

I talked abt my community and what it’s done for my perspective

Or like a specific community that impacted me the most

[ionic hearth]

Any person any study?

Umm

be authentic about your community

talk about Cornell a bit at the end (for me this made it easier)

[weak valve]

bro

u dont understanmd

THEY CURVED CHEM 2070 DOWN

FSHDCJKM,

🫠

[wanton turret]

CORNELL IS TEST BLIND FOR DYSON?????

[outer jolt]

Unfortunately 😔😔

[wise blaze]

if you dont mind me asking, how did u connect the any person, any study to it?

[rough turret]

What do y’all think abt talking abt multiple communities

For that essay

[outer jolt]

@ionic hearth did u write about multiple communities

[light kestrel]

u need to connect it??

[sand hearth]

my (unprofessional) advice is to focus on one… at least 400-450 of the 650 words I'd say should be about one community

[sand hearth]

just keep in mind that the any person any study essay is for cornell to try to get at your background (focus, "any person")

[rough turret]

I’m talking abt the community essay which is 350

[ionic hearth]

😭

[sand hearth]

you don't need to do anything but it's kind of what they're looking for

[rough turret]

But ur comments still apply

[ionic hearth]

def not taking chem 2070 then!

[sand hearth]

oh even more so then, I think def focus one

[light kestrel]

OHH

okk

[sand hearth]

there's not much room to talk about more than that and still have something impactful from start to finish

[rough turret]

My least favorite essay is the diversity essay 😭

[light kestrel]

im struffling with talking more abt my background as an immigtant

its imbalanced

[rough turret]

True

[light kestrel]

i talk too much abt my immigrant ecs and idk how to balance it

[light kestrel]

REAL

[sand hearth]

like that's exactly what they wanna learn in that essay!

[rough turret]

I gotta find a way to make it stand out tho cuz everyone’s gonna be writing abt one community and stuff

[sand hearth]

My suggestion for any essay writing is to write like double the word count and then cut back so you're left with only the most important stuff

[sand hearth]

in the end you just have to write what's real for you

[rough turret]

I love doing this but at the end it takes like an hour to cut 10 words 😭

[light kestrel]

rt

[sand hearth]

hahaha I get that lol, I love cutting stuff for other people but when it comes to my own its so bad

[rough turret]

Exactly cutting is so satisfying

[sand hearth]

so easy to proofread when its not your work

my teacher once called it "killing your darlings", which is a bit ominous but true

throwing away pieces of your hard work 😔 but its for the greater good

[outer jolt]

Do I write about multiple communities

[prime abyss]

Uh I did it by talking abt how I could apply my experience to anyone, no matter their interest of study

[outer jolt]

Cuz the prompt is plural

[prime abyss]

Nah

I don’t think so

[lavish marlin]

I just wrote about one

[prime abyss]

Same she’s

[lavish marlin]

And well, I think it worked 💀

[prime abyss]

Samesies*

[prime abyss]

Nah I don’t think so

💪

[sand hearth]

can i see the full prompt

i dont think id change my advice but context is nice

[thorny violet]

The more you try to stand out, the less you actually will, just write what is true to you—I probably wrote one of the most cliche topics about being Korean and reading but I still somehow got in

[quick spoke]

how

well trade schools are looked down upon in my country since you can technically apply to nothing more than bad colleges from them, glad to hear those from where you are are diffferent

[ionic hearth]

this ^^ - i am the oppoiste of diversity and i wrote about my heritage anyways 😭

[quick spoke]

I don't think I am diverse, like "diverse"

like they would roll their eyes seeing a 100% asian

I just put more emphasis on my perspective rather than where I came from to be fair

[lavish marlin]

I don’t remember there being a diversity supp (the Ezra Cornell one was more just community afaik)

Unless y’all are talking about part A of the 3rd supp, dodged that one like a bullet 🤫

[quick spoke]

either the 350 one which could tie into community & diversity or it is just an essay that my intended major is too generic to have (because the a&s 650 certainly ain't)

[lavish marlin]

Sounds about right

[prime oxide]

They do that??

[foggy pasture]

guys in the 350-word ezra cornell essay, do you talk about what would you do at Cornell? or just your experience

also im at 480 word

[ionic belfry]

Yeah they curved one of my classes down

Not that badly tho

[prime oxide]

I very vaguely discussed how my experiences would affect my interactions at Cornell

In hindsight it was super cliche but eh whatever

[prime oxide]

Brutallll

Ig I have to get all 100s to make sure that doesn’t happen

[ionic belfry]

You got this

[prime oxide]

LOL

very realistic

[foggy pasture]

do you study at cornell?

[ionic belfry]

Obviously

[prime oxide]

I got in ED but still high school

[foggy pasture]

oh pur like you r done

im jelly

but all good vibes

[prime oxide]

😔 yeah

[foggy pasture]

i was at cornell this summer

[prime oxide]

You got this!! Just a few weeks left

[foggy pasture]

for my summer program

loved it there

[prime oxide]

Ooh nice

[foggy pasture]

i want to go back

[prime oxide]

Good luckkkk

[foggy pasture]

ty!!!! im a cas baddie

idk abt you

[prime oxide]

Engineering 😎

[foggy pasture]

it's ok i tolerate some stem ppl

[prime oxide]

Some 😭

[foggy pasture]

pls do you wanna read my essays

[prime oxide]

I can leave some feedback sure

[foggy pasture]

ok let me dm

[prime abyss]

Is cas not stem too 💀

[prime oxide]

depends on major

physics is, literature isnt

[prime abyss]

I see

Rizzics

[weak valve]

Its cornell

We have grade deflation

[weak valve]

It is but degree is BA regardless

Bc of the distribution

[prime oxide]

… 😔

[prime abyss]

I see

[elfin thunder]

@weak valve whats ur val rank

[finite lava]

shes silver 2

[elfin thunder]

wbu

[finite lava]

3420

[elfin thunder]

val is that game where u go 23-15 one game and 2-10 the next gam

[finite lava]

thats the literal epitomy of jae

[uncut wolf]

I talked about my academic journey and like ig how I do things because I want to explore myself

Was not very deep topic but it’s prob unique cuz it’s my experience

I feel like ur gonna question how is that Cornell worthy XD

[quick spoke]

academic journey sounds more 650 though

although this could be just a non-a&s thing that my subject of interest is too generic to understand

[uncut wolf]

Nah it was for Ezra Cornell one. Engineering college 😆

[quick spoke]

ahh I see

[prime oxide]

Better college

[quick spoke]

😭

[hybrid temple]

done with cornell essays 🎉

[uncut wolf]

I’d love to help but I didn’t do that one :((( I did community one

[coarse isle]

nahh ur good ty for replying tho

[wise blaze]

@uncut wolf for the engineering prompt 1, did u talk about a specific interest (i.e i'm really into nlp and wanted to talk about how cornell is where i can truly achieve my goals) or engineering in general? because i'm also interested in mechanical engineering and the projects cornell does (not applying mech tho) but idk if it will sound split if i do that

[uncut wolf]

I talked about specific interests. It’s best to go as specific as possible. My first paragraph was about specific engineering things I did, 2nd was talking about what I like about Cornell engineering, and 3rd is what specific thjngs I want to do in their engineering where ngl I kinda bs

[proud skiff]

how does internal transfer works in cornell betwen schools?

[burnt grove]

going in RD kinda helps cuz of those EDers who KNOW the schools

i thank you all

[ionic belfry]

Usually after a year you can apply to transfer

[serene fractal]

what do you guys think about mentioning a club that's currently inactive that you would like to start up again in the "why cas" essay

[proud skiff]

and is it usually easier

since its internal

[uncut wolf]

Ha….yea….. me… I know school well definitely

[thorny violet]

We're all lowkey imposters, half of us have probably never stepped onto campus 😭

[ionic belfry]

Eh

Not always

Actually a lot of times it is

[weak valve]

honestly

i tried to tour

before applying

i went to campus

parked

walked arnd for like 10 min

got bored

left

self paced bc none were offered

just walked arnd on my own

hated it

bc of 1. the weather, 2. i didnt even go to the main part of campus, 3. i had no clue what i was looking at

[ionic hearth]

😔 me

this spring 🤞

I will say that from my google maps exploration of campus I will probably love it

[thorny violet]

I went on exactly one college tour before and it wasn't that interesting so I assumed they would all be basically the same, maybe I would have enjoyed self-paced more because I love looking at stuff, just at my own pace

[ionic hearth]

I never did formal tours cause they seem kind of pointless bc its all stuff u can get from the website

[thorny violet]

Real, like why are we spending 30 minutes on the steps of one of the most important academic buildings and not going inside.... We can get the same view from the front page of the school's website 😭

[ionic belfry]

Yeah what I always did was have my friends give me tours of schools they went to