Cornell University (2023-2024)

[ionic belfry]

That way I could see dorms and get the good/bad

[weak valve]

they are all the same im j saying if its really self paced, get a student to guide u

[uncut wolf]

I visited cornell twice XD . First time self tour where I learned nothing except Cornell in the middle of nowhere and second time I actually joined a tour and it felt like UC Berkeley campus which was positive experience

[weak valve]

yeah when i toured i was like

on the

south/east side of campus

by the dairy bar

so obviously shit experience

😭

[lavish marlin]

For engineering, definitely talk about project teams if any interest you

[weak valve]

yeah everyone writes abt pt

[prime oxide]

That’s all I talked about oops

[lavish marlin]

Honestly kinda same lol

My eng supp 1 was 30% a why-us and then 70% about project teams and a class on propulsion

[prime oxide]

Mine was 50% about me 50% project teams

[uncut wolf]

I feel like that’s fine

There’s no one formula to flollow

Just like be genuine with a dash of exaggeration

[prime oxide]

Yeah exactly

College apps are all an “honest BSing” game after all

[ionic hearth]

they sound rlly cool tbf

[prime oxide]

Yeah they do

[ionic hearth]

we might get a white christmas this year 👀

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/22/us/christmas-snow-weather-forecast.html

It's not looking likely but we're close

(am in Colorado rn for context)

man

global warming is so depressing

:((

[weak valve]

I think that is ithaca

💀

Or is that norther

[ionic hearth]

That is norther

like maybe syracuse

[weak valve]

Good

Actually no not good

It feels warmer when theres snow

😭

So mf cold

[ionic hearth]

😭

[ionic hearth]

@thorny violet the ecology dorms look AWESOME

[thorny violet]

Really?? :0

[ionic hearth]

you guys get your own kitchen, a mega cool common room, AND private bathrooms

I'm def applying here 😎 my nuclear power agenda will thrive

[chrome nova]

how far is far

PRIVATE BATHROOM?

shiiiii

[thorny violet]

I think it's only a little farther than the rest of the freshman dorms

[ionic belfry]

Not horrible

Ten min walk to Morrison

[ionic hearth]

Yea, they talk about distances are kind of marginal

[ionic belfry]

15 min to the new dorms

And like 25 to central campus

[thorny violet]

Also, are you making a google doc? This is so nice..

[ionic hearth]

Nooo, I found someone else's doc

It's sooo helpful

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r6s0rNlc6O4vQf7dON8FpSaCr7h9A2r6/edit

[ionic belfry]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L-qWFnFQKS5lbd1S2NAWhBsTgya8AGS412EWMS8i7KM/edit

This is nice too if yall ever need

[ionic hearth]

Ya, they had this on the cornell 28 server too

[ionic belfry]

Makes sense it’s the same doc they gave us

[ionic hearth]

LMAO

[thorny violet]

Saving my life right now, thank you so much 🫶

[thorny violet]

Thank you!!! Is it possible to get this pinned if anyone else wants to see it later on?

[ionic hearth]

Yes, please pin 🙏

[ionic belfry]

@weak valve

[ionic belfry]

Imo new dorms>CKB/Mews>JAM>donlon/dickinson>low rises>high rises

Not ranking program houses

[thorny violet]

High rises are that low huh... I honestly had a similar impression, save maybe switching around a few of the dorms—but looking at photos I can't really imagine any dorm being that bad

[ionic belfry]

High rises are basically crappy apartments lmao

No elevator either and not great laundry

No dorm is horrible but the low rises and high rises aren’t great

[keen sage]

Dang bro put low rises above high rises

Jameson and hr5 have elevators

For those looking at west housing, becker>keeton>bethe>cook>rose>gothics

[ionic belfry]

I like the low rise people lmao

[ionic belfry]

Oh dang rly interesting

Is west housing mostly gone? My friend told me that

[keen sage]

Most of west is taken by upperclassmen

[ionic belfry]

Yeah that’s what I heard

[keen sage]

If you get a good time slot tho youll be chill

[ionic belfry]

I’m highkey rushing to make sure I avoid south

How do we pick the time slot?

Or is it random

[keen sage]

Its basically lottery

Idk if this works but try to form a block with some friends

and you might get a better time slot

[ionic belfry]

Wdym a block

They’re all rushing so I either get into a sorority or do a single lmao

[manic ether]

its the corn school

!!!

[keen sage]

Greek housing is actually nice

Personal chefs and own house

[ionic belfry]

Fr im hyped

I love Becker tho

Spent tons of study nights there

[keen sage]

If you can cop a single in becker youre living luxury life

[sage glade]

riley i'm applying here now

[manic ether]

cornell is the new penn

[sage glade]

how so?

[ionic belfry]

Good kid

[sage glade]

any suggestions on application?

[ionic belfry]

What major r u doing again?

[keen sage]

Intern at goldman sachs

[sage glade]

econ

[ionic belfry]

Yeah get an internship at Goldman in the next week

Otherwise rejected

[sage glade]

riley do you know what simon choi is majoring in?

[ionic belfry]

SIMONNN

He’s an engineer

I think physics

[sage glade]

he is wow

okok

[ionic belfry]

For Econ, there sm stuff to go for. Go crazy on the why us essay

Also I rly like getting extra rec letters idk I feel like they add spice

[sage glade]

how many letters did you get

[ionic belfry]

Wait also which counselor do u have at nt

I did counselor/2 teachers and my boss

[sage glade]

graf

[ionic belfry]

He testified that I was good at business basically

[ionic belfry]

Boo

I had Stauder

[thorny violet]

That's so unfortunate, gothics has the aesthetic...

[sage glade]

i do counselors 2 teachers prof who i work with and business teacher/chess team "coach"

do you know who mr mersch is? bc hes the latter

[ionic belfry]

MERSCH

yeah I went to chess club a few times for Sarah

[sage glade]

mersch is the best

[sage glade]

so we must have crossed paths

But yeah so my english teacher from last year, math teacher who I had 2 years, a prof, and mersch

[ionic belfry]

Which teachers lmao I’m curious

But yeah that’s beyond solid

[manic ether]

penn was popular here

ngl i feel like i got too hopeful and that i just need to expect nothing out of this

[ionic belfry]

I was a Penn reject

[manic ether]

but this is more like a “life sucks” arc for myself so i might feel better about it in a bit

im cooking with my essays though

[keen sage]

Cornell is home to all ivy rejects

But I know some who chose dyson over wharton so...

[manic ether]

cornell beats all in engineering

so i dont care about the other ivies

[keen sage]

Actual facts

[manic ether]

ive just been over hopeful of getting in here

so i need to reduce my standards 💀

[keen sage]

I think cornell has the only project team that deals with chip making

Apparently MIT dont even have that

[manic ether]

if i get in

it woulda been bc i wrote my way in

nothing else of my app says overly cracked

[keen sage]

My ao loved my essay for some reason

I only wrote like 400 words

[manic ether]

all i can say is if covid never happened i would be fine

so screw covid

[stiff light]

I thought it would be a better option than going to a regular school because I thought it would increase my likelihood of getting into a good school lol 😆 turns out trade schools don't care about college at all lmao

I thought trade highschools were pretty common they're usually called technical schools or vocational schools

[elfin thunder]

is that for the why dyson essay?

only 400/650?

[chrome nova]

tf is the dyson essay

[ionic belfry]

Why biz at Cornell

650 word max

[chrome nova]

oh

[manic ether]

ayyy its my basically kinda twin

in terms of major n stats n shit

[elfin thunder]

starting it tn

ill prob have to yap

650 is insane

[coarse isle]

wb pton

[chrome nova]

wsggg

[manic ether]

i gotta finish up my identity rewrite

[elfin thunder]

pton>>

[quick spoke]

why major and why school so?

[coarse isle]

i love princeton

[manic ether]

pton is decent at eecs but its also pr*nceton

[ionic belfry]

Was my fav tbh

[coarse isle]

princeton best school

[ionic belfry]

I hated short ones

[chrome nova]

nah 650 is chronic bro

[manic ether]

no double major, located in NJ, small engineering faculty

[elfin thunder]

do u have any tips getting tired of writing essays

[elfin thunder]

opposite for me

[manic ether]

but anyways im not getting in either

im not that delusional

[elfin thunder]

same best ivy after penn

[manic ether]

[coarse isle]

thats actually a really insightful take

[ionic belfry]

Go crazy with research and have a compelling reason for why you deserve to be there

[coarse isle]

im ngl tho princeton just feels more comfy

[manic ether]

ivy tierlist

1. cornell
2. not cornell

bonus 1st place: university of michigan

[elfin thunder]

hmm im not sure why id want to go there, better start writing

[chrome nova]

that isnt too inaccurate tbh

[elfin thunder]

other than dyson being v good school

[chrome nova]

well all the ivies have their pros and cons

[manic ether]

i sure hope my AO just forgets about freshman year

[chrome nova]

i just suck

theres no saving i t

[manic ether]

lets both accept reality

or delusional

which one

[chrome nova]

ive been both

idk

[manic ether]

i keep switching between hopeful and hopeless

(delusional vs realistic)

[coarse isle]

wait hawk did you get into princeton

[stiff light]

Hopefully 🤞 I cheated freshman year cuz of quarantine so I had perfect grades 😭

[coarse isle]

i feel like i saw your name on that thread

[elfin thunder]

if an isef finalist didnt get in would i get in

[fathom dirge]

what about the other years?

[coarse isle]

bruhhhh

[elfin thunder]

im applying RD

i was j in the thread looking for essay help

[fathom dirge]

same

[elfin thunder]

and knowing my future classmates

[manic ether]

yeah this didnt come to my stupid ass

[coarse isle]

i like that mentality

[stiff light]

Nah freshman was the only one I was really dumb back then so I'm never doing that again

[fathom dirge]

and I haven’t received any 😭

[manic ether]

ngl i actually could have cheated freshman year

[elfin thunder]

nah its been helpful actually prob the most helpful thread

[manic ether]

coulda gotten As

[stiff light]

Yall it's better to actually learn than cheat tho

[manic ether]

life woulda been good

[fathom dirge]

I meant ur grades, did they get worse?

[fathom dirge]

yeah it’s one of the best channels in terms of getting a idea of what life is like at the school

[coarse isle]

i'm lowkey hard procrastinating

[stiff light]

Nah they stayed the same A+ and maybe 3 b+

[coarse isle]

i was on fire yesterday

and today i did nothing

[chrome nova]

#📝-essays is very helpful

[elfin thunder]

how much RD left

[fathom dirge]

although I haven’t seen any essay advice

[coarse isle]

i'm applying not many

like 6

i did some essays from each

none fully finished

[elfin thunder]

i got to get 6 before i sleep tonight im at 9 rn

[fathom dirge]

I got 4 to do rn, including Cornell

[manic ether]

me only applying 2

[elfin thunder]

ye cornell tmr for me

[stiff light]

Which ones?

[coarse isle]

honestly you're honing your skills into those two

[fathom dirge]

I have to copy my recycling essay from sophmore year into nearly every school

[manic ether]

corn cmu

[coarse isle]

it's like K selection and r selection

if you took bio/apes

[fathom dirge]

same

[stiff light]

Pls get in

[manic ether]

cause all my actual reach schools are public

[manic ether]

i wont

ive accepted it

[fathom dirge]

corn cmu usc uw madison

[stiff light]

Don't say this I'm living my dream through you lol

[fathom dirge]

I hope I get corn and usc

[manic ether]

i physically cant get in

[fathom dirge]

why?

[stiff light]

Me with usc. cornell did NOT want me lol😭

[manic ether]

if AO looks thinks m essays are fire maybe

[manic ether]

grades

covid

[fathom dirge]

so what’s ur gpa rn

[manic ether]

3.7

[fathom dirge]

same

My teacher said I can get in

[manic ether]

tldr: fuck covid

f u c k covid

[fathom dirge]

or at least, I have a good chance

since my ECs are top tier

[stiff light]

It depends on the major/college you apply tho right? If you apply to CAS and apply to Brooks they may have different outcomes

[manic ether]

my essays are solid fire though

[fathom dirge]

essay is mid tho, but I can’t be bothered to rewrite it

and I’m applying T/O here, so I’m hoping supps + ECs = acceptance

[stiff light]

Same my senior grades are looking like a rejection letter I hope my essays and ecs come in clutch

I have one C+ and I'm cooked rn

[fathom dirge]

did u finish ur app already?

[manic ether]

my teachers are actual shit rn

absolutely dogwater

[stiff light]

Nah i got rejected here ED I'm just spectating now lmaoooo

[keen sage]

Yeh I still dk how I got in

[fathom dirge]

My grades looks like: trash freshman year, mid sophmore year, stellar junior and senior year

[stiff light]

Literally tho

[fathom dirge]

Imma keep it a buck, I had no clue what I was doing in COVID

[manic ether]

maybe its because theyre the same shitty teachers freshman year????🤡🤡🤡🤡

[fathom dirge]

bro u should do dual enrollment

[manic ether]

i am

lmao

[fathom dirge]

online dual enrollment is a absolute cheat code

[elfin thunder]

what did u talk abt in ur why us, i havent researched dyson yet all ik is that dyson>nolan

[stiff light]

My AP Calc teacher doesn't teach I already have learning problems. now I have to explain that in the additional information

[fathom dirge]

4.0 without even breaking a sweat

[elfin thunder]

fr

1 week of DE hw done in 30m

[manic ether]

freshman year: mid
soph: really good
junior: slight downturn i skipped shit
senior: kms but not bad

[elfin thunder]

but if u have APs, do APs

[fathom dirge]

yeah APs are good, as long as they are interesting

[coarse isle]

junior year was terrible

worst year of my life

[keen sage]

I forgot lemme find rq

[fathom dirge]

I always did great on my AP tests cause the classes actually fascinated me

[stiff light]

My counselor wants me to transfer out of ap Calc to Calc honors lol

[manic ether]

ive never came closer to roping until this year

[fathom dirge]

u should stay

calc BC is the best AP

[manic ether]

i never actually will though

[fathom dirge]

of all time

[keen sage]

Im about to share sauce

are pdfs allowed in here?

[coarse isle]

lowkey khan academy an ap class that you don't feel ur doing well in

[fathom dirge]

yes

[stiff light]

Blud I can't it's AB and I barely passed pre Calc lol the extra credit saved me

[fathom dirge]

please do 👀

[fathom dirge]

oh if it’s AB then consider it tbh

[elfin thunder]

i dont think

u could dm if u'd like or tdlr of what uw rote

up to u

[keen sage]

Actually just dm me

[fathom dirge]

how are they not allowed lol

[stiff light]

Realll Calc honors is the same as AB but just less strict grading system lmaoo

[keen sage]

Yah

[fathom dirge]

just upload it

[manic ether]

im engineering and most of my shitty grades are in english

so idk if i should be that concerned but

i still think im out

[stiff light]

Tell me why my grades are the weakness in math science but the best in English and history and I'm trying to do comp sci💀

Switching to humanities rn

[coarse isle]

wait do people in cornell actually take cornell notes

i hate cornell notes

[stiff light]

I have damn near perfect grades on my computer science class tho lol

[coarse isle]

fr

that was me last year

[manic ether]

my Bs besides english are either
-a) covid
b) skipping grades
c) teacher decided not to teach the subject and had us watch shitty videos in ap classroom or even worse, nothing

cant blame the teacher though!!!!!!

like actually im fucked because of them

they ruined my life

[stiff light]

Dang my math teacher rn just doesn't teach and test grades are 80% of the total grade lol

[stiff light]

They'll look at everything holistically pls use the additional info section 🙏

[keen sage]

Sounds like 90% of my classes

[manic ether]

still cant blame teachers at all

theyre immune to it

[stiff light]

Reall but now I'm screwed for admissions lol

[manic ether]

cause theyre always right or some bullshit like that

[stiff light]

Damn but you can still use covid as a factor or stress/mental health issues

I'm on a 504 plan so I'm technically disabled and have multiple disorders so I'm explaining that in my section lol

[manic ether]

i mean can i

cause i never actually attempted anything

only was close to it

[stiff light]

You can I have a counselor I work with who works in Boston University admissions and she says the AO always take into account outside factors outside of your control

Ppl with lower GPAs still had a shot if their grades were affected by factors like mental health, travel, especially Covid, etc

[manic ether]

can i realistically say that a lot of my teachers were inexperienced in teaching the subject

or is that bad

they hadnt taught the classes before

for context

[sage glade]

Anderson for English, Bushell for math

[stiff light]

Maybe if you worded it right it would work. I would probably say that the consequences of Covid lead to mental health struggles and a difficult learning environment due to quarantine, stress, and change in livelihood sum like that

[manic ether]

it was after covid

[stiff light]

Then remove the covid bit and explain the struggles you had to endure

[ionic belfry]

Weird idk them

[lavish marlin]

wtf

luxury

[sage glade]

Had anderson in AS and Bushell for Precalc soph year and CS last year

[ionic belfry]

@frigid anchor guess what

[weak valve]

I love hr

Eco is far tho

Bubble nugget has exo

Eco

[ionic hearth]

is that high rise

[weak valve]

Yes

I’m president

😎

[light kestrel]

wait where?

i don’t see it

[sage glade]

oopsies thats for columbia

disregardify what i said

[light kestrel]

okok i was confused 😭😭

[lament snow]

bro i was like

the SIXTH FUCKING QUESTION for CORNELL??

😱

[weak valve]

technically

engineerin has like

5

[prime oxide]

I thought there were two engineering 😭

[weak valve]

two questions asking for 3 words, 2 questions for eng essays, 1 ezra cornell prompt

[prime oxide]

If we wanna get technical, each word is a question

[weak valve]

lmao

my engineerin ones were like

a 3 word phrase

[prime oxide]

Ohh cool

[sage glade]

yeah ima delete taht

[light kestrel]

hi, how big js the latino/venezuelan population at cornell?

• how does cornell treat latinos?

[weak valve]

theres a latino living center

[light kestrel]

oooh

[weak valve]

like

its a dorm

to clarify 😭

theres probably also a social club

[light kestrel]

theres so many but i cant find one for south america

[light kestrel]

yessss

i may apply to live

[weak valve]

i dont see why not

[chrome nova]

I did

[quick spoke]

They recommend me for writing a resume and submit it

I guess I have some more awards but there isn't really a lot more to it that I can go on about

is there any downsides to me NOT uploading one

like I just realized after finishing mine that mine is probably redundant at this point

its basically the same activities on common app, I have exactly 10 good things I did and I can't even put them all on 😭

plz tell me it barely affects the app decision >>>>

[weak valve]

what major

[quick spoke]

physics

idk

[weak valve]

ur fine

no resume needed if its just redundany

imo

resume is more for dyson or nolan

or maybe brooks

[quick spoke]

good

[wind imp]

GG

Didn’t upload resume

Only did that for ut Austin cause they recommended it

[elfin thunder]

p sure mandatory

cuz dyson test blind

[wind imp]

It’s over for me

How come it didn’t show it in common app

[lucid heart]

does cornell usually extend deadlines

[elfin thunder]

last year they did for ed + rd

in an effort to get more apps or smth

@weak valve r they doing it this year u think

[lucid heart]

they didn't do it ed this year

so im guessing its not happening with RD

[lucid heart]

the only ivy or even other ivies?

[weak valve]

TIME ALRDY

ASKED ME THIS

HOW WOULD I KNOW

caps

[lucid heart]

ur a mod

😭

[ionic belfry]

Did you apply business

[prime oxide]

SO TRUE

[wind imp]

Yeah AEM

I feel like it would be redundant if I upload it

It’s 2-3 pages long and I made it initially for ut Austin

[ionic belfry]

Then yeah you need a resume

Should be 1 page

[elfin thunder]

yea

[lucid heart]

only?

[wind imp]

oh shit i did upload it

idk how i forgot

but its 3 pages and it was my old gpa

gpa different from the one i reported in my common app

[ionic belfry]

LMAO

[prime oxide]

You should probably upload a new one to portal and explain 😭

[frigid anchor]

hey whats up

[quick spoke]

same

[ionic belfry]

Some rly cracked health policy 2028 kid followed me

[wind imp]

damn is 3.81 uw and 3.83 uw that big of a difference

[prime oxide]

No ofc not, but inconsistencies can look like you’re careless

[wind imp]

alright

so do i just upload my new resume and tell them to disregard my old one

[prime oxide]

You could do that or just say that you got the gpa wrong

Either way is fine

[uncut wolf]

You can always add more activities in the addition information section

[quick spoke]

exactly, thats why I don't need the resume

gon delete that from my desktop that shit be taking up lots of space due to it being a fancy template

[chrome nova]

does it matter if i talk with an alumni or not

i woudl prefer to NOT have to tlak to someone

[prime oxide]

I signed up for one, never got one, got in

[uncut wolf]

No.

The talk with alumni is purely so you can get to know more about Cornell

[chrome nova]

i already know like 4 studnest from there i dont need more

[uncut wolf]

Mines went horribly if you’d like to hear about it lol

[chrome nova]

the alumni probably knows less

[chrome nova]

go ahead

[uncut wolf]

So like bg info, I live in dorms and we have random fire drills for like fires once every like 1-2 months. I scheduled my alumni interview at 8. Guess what time the random fire drill was :DDDDDDD

[chrome nova]

[wind imp]

pls cornell 🙏

[solar vortex]

is the cornell essay that everyone has to answer about inclusivity or interdisciplinary education? or can u write about either one?

[small escarp]

For people applying to Cornell, do you guys have an essay with 650 word limit?

How many words on average r u guys doing

[ionic belfry]

I did like 620 last year

[small escarp]

do u know the "suggested" minimum?

i'm struggling to add informatino on here that isn't lame

[ionic belfry]

Ik someone that did 400

So 400+ but shoot for at least 500 imo

[small escarp]

I've done: courses, student group, athletic club so far

i wanna add a professor to do research under

[ionic belfry]

Idk what major you’re doing but a lot of experiential learning as well

[small escarp]

did u write ur essay like a story/narrative with elements of these things or just straight up like this?

[small escarp]

data science (statistics science) and public policy minor

[ionic belfry]

Oo interesting

Rly they have 650? That’s crazy

Are you cals

[small escarp]

wdym cals?

arts and sciences is what i'm app.ying to

[ionic belfry]

Mine was like intro of why I got into the field which transitioned into a bunch of why school/why I’m good for school

Oh okay

Stats is under both cas and cals

Data science might just be cas tho

[small escarp]

i did science and arts but should I look into cals?

[small escarp]

there is no data science. it was statistics science and information sciences so I went with stats and put info as my second major

[ionic belfry]

I’d look into it

[prime oxide]

That’s so unlucky

[small escarp]

its weird cuz they don't give option for minor on common app and i'd love to do policy as my second major

[ionic belfry]

Ohh I’m thinking of info sci

[ionic belfry]

You don’t declare minor until later on

And public policy is only at brooks

[small escarp]

😦

[small escarp]

thanks for the help tho i appreciate

[ionic belfry]

Ik Cornell is dumb 😭

[small escarp]

gonna get back to grinding out this essay 😭

[ionic belfry]

You can do the minor which I plan to do

[small escarp]

wait one last thing

[ionic belfry]

Gl man

Ofc

[small escarp]

do they mandate you guys to take a swimming class?

[ionic belfry]

Lmao

The real question

Okay so during orientation week you have to take a swim test (it’s rly not bad and I can speak more to that)

If you either are afraid/can’t take it (like can’t swim), then you have to either learn to swim on your own and take it at a later point or take a swim class

You can take the swim class at any point tho

[small escarp]

that honestly sounds fun... like a swim class

[ionic belfry]

Yeah they offer a crap ton of gym classes

You could always do swimming or like scuba diving for fun

[small escarp]

idk if the rumors why they make u take it r true tho 😦

that would put a damper on the mood

[ionic belfry]

I’m p sure it’s because of the gorges

A lot of people go swimming in them bc they’re gorgeous

Ha ha

But they can be kinda dangerous

[small escarp]

true

ok i'ma get back to writing

thanks for the help

[uncut wolf]

Oh damn I don’t have swimming gear

[ionic belfry]

U don’t need any

Besides a bathing suit

[uncut wolf]

I have something close to that lol

[lavish marlin]

Maybe I should learn how to swim soon

[bleak bobcat]

wtf

wasnt this for mit or smth

i forgot how to swim bro

i quit swimming after swimmer 8 or whatever its called

how intense is the swimming

like do u just gotta know how to stay alive

or do they want olympic level swimming

[lament snow]

it cannot be that bad ngl

[chrome nova]

ur brown

[lament snow]

prob like "swim 3 laps"

[chrome nova]

what kinda suggestion was that

[chrome nova]

mit and columbia

u need to swim

[bleak bobcat]

😭

to get in

[chrome nova]

no

[bleak bobcat]

or after getting in

[chrome nova]

to graduate

[lavish marlin]

Wdym

Can all brown people swim

[lament snow]

man wtf why would you need to know how to swim to get in

[chrome nova]

as a brown guy

[bleak bobcat]

hopefully laps are like 1 m long

[chrome nova]

if u ahvent learned by now

u will never learn

[lament snow]

llaps will be 25y

[keen sage]

Oh man I flunked that

[lavish marlin]

…

[lament snow]

it's going to be a standard pool

25y one way 50m the other prob

[keen sage]

I need to retake it

[bleak bobcat]

goofy swimming requirement

[lament snow]

more than likely they'll have you do the 25y way

[bleak bobcat]

yall aint even beside a lake r u

[chrome nova]

retaking swimming is crazyyy

[lavish marlin]

I mean I could have learned in Bangladesh cuz we lived next to a rapid

[bleak bobcat]

how tf u drown in a city

[lavish marlin]

Like a really fast river

[lament snow]

you

[chrome nova]

bro had it all laid out for him and he STILL didnt do it

[lament snow]

do not want to swim in that

[keen sage]

The test is only 1 lap now right?

[lament snow]

LOL

[chrome nova]

nah he does

[lament snow]

you will probably die

ngl

a little trolling perhaps

[lavish marlin]

I WAS TO SCARED AJEKTKFNDKS INSTRAD OF EARNING TO SWIM I JUST USED A FUCKING TIRE TO FLOAT BRO

I was 3

[lament snow]

ok well

[lavish marlin]

Can’t blame me

[chrome nova]

HOW ARE U FLOATING WITH FIRE

[lament snow]

be better smh

[lavish marlin]

TIRE

[lament snow]

it works in the animes

idk what to tell u

[chrome nova]

shiiii u right

[lavish marlin]

Lmao

[chrome nova]

bro is an immigrant through and through

[lament snow]

something something ultra mega flame blast explosion jet

[chrome nova]

whend u come to the us

[lavish marlin]

4

[chrome nova]

had to be before 5th grade obv

4 yrs

[lament snow]

oh

[chrome nova]

or grade

[lavish marlin]

Years

[chrome nova]

yeah ok

i came when iwas 2

[lament snow]

bro got sent down the rapids at age 3

and immediately decided it wasn't worth

moved the next year

[lavish marlin]

Brown people in a village are not very considerate it seems

I had to sleep in a mosquito tent that looked like those royal palace bedrooms

But it was just to keep bugs out

[lament snow]

[chrome nova]

oh i lived with my family in the city bruh

my family were in dhaka

[lavish marlin]

Same

[lament snow]

how do u remember anything from age of 2

💀

wtf

[chrome nova]

i dont

[lament snow]

oh.

[chrome nova]

my mom shwos me photos

[lavish marlin]

^

[lament snow]

those are fabricated byu the government

. . .

[chrome nova]

no

[lament snow]

you were born in a UFO on mars.

[chrome nova]

i was born there

[lament snow]

you are a martian. wake up. this is a simulation. they're experimenting on u irl.

[lavish marlin]

I was born on Venus but transported to Dhaka

[lament snow]

TRUE.

[chrome nova]

gotta be better than this life

as long as im wanted

[lament snow]

damn

i want you uhhhh

hold on

i want you precisely 15.76% of the time

[chrome nova]

how tf

did u

huh

[lament snow]

i just searched for the image

in general from carly has image mentions hater titxn

those are the modifiers

[chrome nova]

show me

where

i am not THAT negative

how does it even knwo

[lament snow]

do u remember this message

[chrome nova]

no

i never seen it

[lament snow]

oh

i thought it was pretty funny ngl.

[chrome nova]

its fake news

trust

[lament snow]

😭

[ionic belfry]

3 laps

[ionic belfry]

Yup

[ionic belfry]

Nah it’s 3

[flat warren]

does anyone know how many LoR cornell allows

im getting confused

[uncut wolf]

I submitted 4

[lavish marlin]

I submitted 3 teachers + 1 counselor

[weak valve]

I did 3 and counselor

[uncut wolf]

Oh yeah counselor

Than I did 5

3 teacher, 1 counselor, 1 form work place

[weak valve]

General rule is try to not do more than five

[lament snow]

i only have 2 teacher + 1 external

oh and the counselor

ig

[prime oxide]

I also did 2 teachers 1 counselor 1 external dw

[lament snow]

but im not goated

[outer jolt]

I did 2 teacher 1 counselor 2 external

[prime oxide]

Neither was I (trust)

[lament snow]

That's what they all say.

[prime oxide]

It’s very much a quality > quantity thing

[lament snow]

sigma strat is to have neither quality nor quantity and just shotgun that mf to so many schools that surely you'll win the coinflip at some point

[outer jolt]

Real

[prime oxide]

😭

It’s a random process but not that random…

[ionic belfry]

Lmfao

The real strat is opening decisions with ur entire family to clown you

[outer jolt]

You got into an ivy stfu

[lament snow]

i opened it in the hallway with my friends

[outer jolt]

😭😭

[lament snow]

the ED round

mfs were like "oh nooo it's ok"

[outer jolt]

Which school

[lament snow]

i was pogging out of my ass

brown

[ionic belfry]

U should see my Penn rejection video

[lament snow]

got deferred

[ionic belfry]

My mom opened it without me

[outer jolt]

Did u ed

[lament snow]

i unironically didn't expect to get deferred

LMFAO

wtf mom threw

tf

[outer jolt]

WHAT THE FUCK

[lament snow]

?????

[outer jolt]

I WOULD NEVER SPEAK TO MY PARENTS AGAIN

[ionic belfry]

LMAO I WAS AT WORK

[lament snow]

nah bruh but like...

😭

[ionic belfry]

I TOLD HER SHE COULD

JUST A FUNNY VIDEO

[lament snow]

ok then

[outer jolt]

penn is legit my dream school so i would never

[ionic belfry]

“I’m opening Penn and I’m praying she gets in or she’s gonna be stressed…Fuck” end video

[lament snow]

then why didn't you ed

🤨

[outer jolt]

I didnt even let them open my safety

[ionic belfry]

Damn my parents opened most of them for me bc I was always at work and couldn’t wait

[outer jolt]

Because wharton ed is asking for a defer/reject

[lament snow]

cowardice.

[ionic belfry]

I was a Wharton ed reject

[outer jolt]

No im smart

[ionic belfry]

Proud of it

[lament snow]

stake ur life on the line for it fr

everything u have

fire every last missile

and if it doesn't go right u leave knowing u gave it everything

[outer jolt]

You got deferred from your ed so clearly u didnt play it smart

[lament snow]

i don't care

because i pitched everything i had

[prime oxide]

I did w my family but it was fine

[lament snow]

i'm not ed2ing

i'm chasing it down as far as i can

[ionic belfry]

Don’t

[lament snow]

i'd love to go to a great school

[outer jolt]

Brown is mid anyways

Go to Harvard

[lament snow]

but i'd rather exit this process without regrets

[prime oxide]

SO TRUE

[lament snow]

unstrategic? maybe

[prime oxide]

Yeah the good schools don’t matter that much

[lament snow]

but i'm going to slam this shit in as hard as i can and if i lose it's whatever the FUCK because i launched every last bullet and arrow

[outer jolt]

Easy for you to say 😭😭

[lament snow]

https://tenor.com/bMqFp.gif

[ionic belfry]

U got gtown bud

[lament snow]

true

[ionic belfry]

I wish I applied there

[lament snow]

tf r u typing

🤨

[outer jolt]

Yea but like

[lament snow]

ur already in gtown

what is this

🤨🤨🤨🤨

fake news.

[outer jolt]

Oh i haven’t introduced myself

Hi im a greedy prestige whore

[ionic belfry]

Gtown vs Cornell ilr/brooks is a tough call

[outer jolt]

[lament snow]

ye but ur already safe ngl

[prime oxide]

Still true 😭

[ionic belfry]

Ur biz tho idk why you did Georgetown

[lament snow]

like im not safe

[outer jolt]

Strategic best choice

For rea

[ionic belfry]

Ah

[outer jolt]

Ivies i would have to apply public policy

And ed wharton

Yk how it is

[prime oxide]

That’s tough I hear

[ionic belfry]

U should have done ed brooks bro they took so many I’m shocked

[outer jolt]

Im ngl i didnt even know that Georgetown was rea

[ionic belfry]

Ik like 6

[outer jolt]

I want to study business tho and cornell isnt my top 5 tbh

Cornell is up there

[ionic belfry]

L kid

Gl on Dyson tho

[outer jolt]

My parent’s brainwashed me

I still need the nepo help

[prime oxide]

So true

[outer jolt]

[prime oxide]

Jkjk

[outer jolt]

Rileys gonna get me in fr

[ionic belfry]

I’m so biased but I think Cornell is t5 in terms of business

[lament snow]

how good is dyson objectively

[ionic belfry]

I rly don’t think big schools can compete for business

It’s so hard to fight for everything there

[lament snow]

i see

[outer jolt]

It might be but id rather do econ at hyps

[ionic belfry]

Yeah I’m not talking abt econ

[outer jolt]

And feed into ib

[lament snow]

😠

[ionic belfry]

In regard to undergrad biz schools, Dyson is right below Wharton

[outer jolt]

Disagree

[ionic belfry]

Same level as like ross/stern

[outer jolt]

Hass sloan stern and ross are clear

Then dyson

But i get the bias

[prime oxide]

Those are tough to get into tho imo

[lament snow]

is ross that goated

i dont know much abt business schools

[ionic belfry]

Ross maybe not the others

[outer jolt]

Exactly why its my delulu top 5

[prime oxide]

Fair fair

[outer jolt]

Stern is on Wall Street bro 😭😭

[ionic belfry]

Ik so many people that transferred from ross to Dyson tho

[ionic belfry]

I just hate nyu

I also know a lot of stern to Dyson transfers

[outer jolt]

I cant find a single business ranking on any website that puts dyson that high tbh

[outer jolt]

Theres probably also some away from dyson but you wouldnt know them

[lament snow]

wait

that's true

[ionic belfry]

U gotta look at placements

I’m not gonna fight you lmao employers know that Cornell is good it doesn’t rly matter

[outer jolt]

Its not that insane for placements

True

Id be lucky to get a chance there

Im precoping

Dyson is harder to get into than wharton

3% ar

💀💀

[lament snow]

is finance under business schools

like in terms of like waht umbrella they fall under

[outer jolt]

Yes technically

But econ at some schools like ivies stanford duke uchicago northwestern is good for going into ib

[lament snow]

waht is ib

[outer jolt]

Investment banking

[lament snow]

oh

is dartmouth business good

🤨

[ionic belfry]

They have Econ

But yes they’re good

Any ivy is good at Econ

[lament snow]

i hear they pump out a shit ton of finance bros

[outer jolt]

Dartmouth econ is good for ib

Dyson>

Dyson isnt business btw its AEM

Which is somewhat similar

SC Johnson is business

Even undergrad at wharton u get a bs in econ

And can concentrate in a business type

[lament snow]

🐸

idk any of this ngl

but uh

[outer jolt]

Whats ur major

[lament snow]

sounds cool 😭

pure math/chem

[outer jolt]

Yea im not smart enough for that

[lament snow]

yes i hate touching grass

oh

uh

[outer jolt]

Good luck tho

[lament snow]

im not very smart

i just want to do it

thanks i'll need it

this shit is not about to study itself

[outer jolt]

Did u finish ur apps

[lament snow]

and god knows i need to study a lot for this even though im dumb asf

no

[outer jolt]

Oh

[lament snow]

im a lazy bastard

[outer jolt]

Same

Same

[lament snow]

🤝

[outer jolt]

Procrastination nation

[lament snow]

TRUEEE

🫂

[bleak bobcat]

i will do 0

[empty scroll]

when is the cornell loci due

[quick spoke]

I am gonna guess 2/15

[cobalt aspen]

is it even worth to apply cornell engineering if im professionally throwing in physics rn

[lament snow]

mlb throw

[frigid anchor]

Yeah I did (hook), mentioned smth specific to brooks, courses, extracurricular, experiential learning and then like other random stuff at the end (like a Cornell specific minor I wanted). Ik the public policy school rlly cares ab experiential learning for some reason.

[frigid anchor]

Yeah kinda. The prompt for me was why do you wanna study public policy so I tried to start it off with a story

[manic ether]

i only have 2 teacher 1 counselor rec

no external, but its too late for that

kinda threw

[chrome nova]

same

[finite lava]

3 physics teachers for the win

[quick spoke]

I don't think 3 physics teachers are a good choice to be fair for the average applicant

if they see the humanities side as well then its better I think

I did 1 for my AP Seminar teacher(very chill), 1 for AP Physics, 1 mandatory counselor and the optional being a Dr from the summer research activity

but tbh for phys major having any 1 solid phys teacher is a +

[lavish marlin]

Mine was 1 English, 1 CS/Math, 1 Supervisor for an EC I do

[weak valve]

i did physics, english, cs

[versed dawn]

if i had an a+ in calc bc first quarter, how low could i go 2nd 3rd and 4th to not get rescinded from COE?

class getting harder since q1 was just a recap of calc ab

[quick spoke]

calc bc is easy

if you need I can teach you

it is just AB + polar coordinates & series

and we are not going to get to series until like what, march?

[weak valve]

C or lower is where they care

[timber pagoda]

time to cornless essay write

[ionic hearth]

Merry Christmas Cornellies!!!

[versed dawn]

thanks

[ionic hearth]

https://tenor.com/view/jiggy-jolly-get-jiggy-get-jolly-get-jolly-with-it-gif-13651478034157223092

[violet grove]

https://tenor.com/view/my-jolly-reaction-jolly-my-honest-reaction-gif-5490890317762380451

[lavish marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/merry-christmas-charlie-brown-snoopy-gif-8098037829095618328

[idle dirge]

@ionic hearth WTF

YOU GOT IN TO CKRNELL

OMG

[timber pagoda]

BASEDGOAT

[thorny violet]

https://tenor.com/view/jiggy-jolly-get-jiggy-get-jolly-get-jolly-with-it-gif-13651478034157223092

Merry Christmas everyone 🎄

[timber pagoda]

so many corn admits what

[placid anvil]

they have 3 generations of farmers

its not fair for legacy admits

farming corn for 6 generations smh

[timber pagoda]

who what when where

[ionic belfry]

Fr

[placid anvil]

not fair for rich farming legacy

[placid anvil]

yo is everyone at cornell depressed

thats what i heard

[ionic belfry]

Nah

All of my friends and I have been like “we miss Cornell”

[placid anvil]

is the location really in the middle of nowhere

i hvae no clue where im priority applying but im hovering on ed cornell / rea yale / princeton / stanford / harvard / eaing everywhere and praying

[ionic belfry]

It’s obviously not in the biggest city but there’s a good amt to do

And there’s busses to nyc if you wanna do a weekend there

[placid anvil]

hmm

whats the social scene like

[ionic belfry]

Depends on what you’re looking for

Like parties or other stuff?

[placid anvil]

i mean not parties but like

are the people there willing to go out and such

[ionic belfry]

Yeah

[placid anvil]

is it easy to get involved in stuff like that

[ionic belfry]

Idk how that would be a problem at any of ur unis lol

But yeah Cornell has a ton of clubs

[placid anvil]

thats suonds cool

[ionic belfry]

And people just go out for fun anyways

[placid anvil]

i spoke to someone at a cornell feeder and she said everyone there was mega depressed

[ionic belfry]

We did a big thing for my friend’s birthday right before break

[ionic belfry]

Probably stem kids but tbh the stem kids ik party the most

[placid anvil]

lmao im stem

[ionic belfry]

Also feeder kids are always a bit weird

[placid anvil]

my social life is kinda shit even tho i have friends so im trying to like go outside in college

[ionic belfry]

Bc they come from the culture of frenzy/depression which doesn’t suddenly go away in college

[placid anvil]

thats true

feeder schools r pressure cookers

u just keep up that grind and then ur trapped

[ionic belfry]

LMAO that’s what I meant to say

[weak valve]

im a feeder kid riley

😭

[ionic belfry]

Forgot the expression

[weak valve]

my hs sends 10% to corn every year

[placid anvil]

i know someone at a school in new york

where last year they had more cornell than nyu

🗿

10% is insane tho wtf

[weak valve]

we had

like

idk 5% nyu?

[placid anvil]

thats like a 13th year of hs if u go to cornell lol

[ionic belfry]

You’re from ny tho

So I can get that

[weak valve]

i agree the stuy kids are weird

my hs kids are normal tyvm

[ionic belfry]

I hate stuy kids

[placid anvil]

my school feeds to udub.

[ionic belfry]

Yeah some feeders r fine I mine the more notorious ones

[timber pagoda]

whats a stuy

[placid anvil]

what are the notorious cornell feeders tho lol

[ionic belfry]

Ik a lot of Townsend kids

[placid anvil]

the person i spoke to

is a jericho kid

[ionic belfry]

Never heard of it

I’m not from NY tho

[placid anvil]

its LI

but its a hyper sweaty research school

[weak valve]

mylocal public hs

had SO MANY ot umich and nyu

[placid anvil]

loool

i think for ed round at my school we had

one upenn (my friend) and a northeastern?

i think that was about it

[ionic belfry]

My highschool is like a Uiuc/Michigan feeder

[placid anvil]

in a class size of maybe like 500 seniors lol

[weak valve]

my hs class

of 2023

was dumb

compared to our 2024

theyre fuckign crazy

[placid anvil]

nah our school has usually 1 mit per year

[ionic belfry]

My hs class had like 7 ivies this year ed which is p low

[placid anvil]

i have a good bet on who it is this year

[ionic belfry]

Class size of 1000

[placid anvil]

if i had to guess we probably have 20 t10s