Cornell University (2023-2024)

[weak valve]

I didnt want to ed2

I wanted options

[keen sage]

didnt want deflation but still went to cornell

[lavish marlin]

oh

[weak valve]

I thought it was a lie!!!

[lavish marlin]

so u prefer jhu over Cornell?

[weak valve]

Until chem 2070 curved down!!!

[versed dawn]

any current engineers here?

[weak valve]

No

I didnt research schools before applying

Bc id idnt want to be sad

By rejections

[keen sage]

the stem classes here are tough for no reason

[lavish marlin]

oh

[keen sage]

took eco and env this semester and barely passed with a C

Thank god i took it passfail

[weak valve]

Chem 2070 was cakewalk

With wilson

But

Dude graded

On a ranked system

For ur end of sem grade

[keen sage]

The move is take chem or phys at a community college

for us dyson people anyway

[weak valve]

Im premed

🥲

Mb not anymore

Maybe cs

Maybe orie

[keen sage]

Orie is so valid

[lavish marlin]

Yeah, back when I started essays in summer I was browsing A2C to see how others were doing and I saw so many posts about people asking if they could use chatgpt for their essays

[keen sage]

I know alot of dyson people who transferred to orie

[weak valve]

Maybe

Nolan

Hotel life here i come

[lavish marlin]

How is the town

[weak valve]

Locals lowkey terrify me

But its vibey

[ionic belfry]

They curved down our classes too

Pissed me off

[versed dawn]

how easy to transfer out of coe

[ionic belfry]

I thought it was supposed to be easy

[weak valve]

Very fairly

Im doing so

[versed dawn]

thx

[weak valve]

Hard to transfer in

Easyish to transfer out

[keen sage]

Ithaca is cozy

[lavish marlin]

Either or, yeah. I spoke primarily about community

[keen sage]

Why they make business majors put in work

when these banks want a 4.8 gpa minimum

[ionic belfry]

LITERALLY

[weak valve]

Doesnt wharton deflate hella

[ionic belfry]

if we get clowned at least make it easy

[elfin thunder]

ok i forgot the prompt but did u connect to cornell at all

[weak valve]

3.5 median is actually crazy tho

Im sorry

[ionic belfry]

Does that apply to all grades or just ones starting at a certain point?

Like ik medians just started this year and deans list is anyone besides 2027+

[keen sage]

All grades

[ionic belfry]

Im still so mad abt medians and deans list tho

[keen sage]

All the dyson classes started following it last semester

[ionic belfry]

Why can’t we have them

[weak valve]

Is deans list gone

[keen sage]

So over half the dyson student body gonna be cut from resume round

[weak valve]

Or is it a thing this sem

[ionic belfry]

Yeah

[weak valve]

ITS GOENv

?

[ionic belfry]

Gone for us

[weak valve]

THANKG IFKC

[ionic belfry]

2026 and above has it

[keen sage]

oh yes babyy

[ionic belfry]

Shittt

[weak valve]

you dont understand how happy you just made me riley

[ionic belfry]

Bruh isn’t dean’s list a good thing 😭

[weak valve]

I dont have to photoshop a fucking certificate

To pretend i got over a 3.5

[ionic belfry]

LMFAO

Glad to be of service

[keen sage]

Forging a deans list is mad

[lavish marlin]

Nope, my response to the prompt had nothing about Cornell in it

[weak valve]

My mother is batshit

Im editing my transcript to what i expected it to be

[keen sage]

Ik my mom posted my deans list on her facebook

[weak valve]

Like a 3.7

[ionic belfry]

Aww

[indigo notch]

given the option, should i enter a third teacher recommender

[ionic belfry]

My parents were v surprised that I didn’t fail

[keen sage]

At tht point make it a 4.3

[indigo notch]

would it help by any

[weak valve]

If u want

But dont send too many recs

Pisses pff the app readers

[thorny violet]

Got pinged? What happened?

[ionic hearth]

Did u check ur discord inbox

[lavish marlin]

If you think the third recommendation will contribute to the profile you are presenting to AOs meaningfully, send it

[ionic hearth]

Someone probably deleted a ping idk

[manic ether]

imo i think its more than that

its also how youll use it to contribute to cornell

i WILL get in i WILL get in i WILL get in

[lavish marlin]

I wanted one humanities and one STEM because that’s the standard at my school, but I only decided to send a third recommendation because I wanted someone to be able to talk about rocketry

[lavish marlin]

Probably. You could present that implicitly without mentioning Cornell directly, or just make the connection more clear tbh

But also this could be a situation of the blind leading the blind so take my words with a grain of salt 💀 👍

[manic ether]

im making it how i can get identity from different people who had their own paths of life

and vice versa

[versed dawn]

nah this is frfr

[solar vortex]

would an essay about learning cantonese and discovering my cantonese identity fit the cornell prompt?

[manic ether]

sure, i think it would

[lavish marlin]

Sure

[solar vortex]

phew i dont have to copy paste my other essay

[lavish marlin]

That sounds pretty cool

[manic ether]

i will still have to see about aid

hopefully the npc numbers are inflated

[solar vortex]

uhh is two sentences enough on how you would contribute to cornell

44 words 💀

[lavish marlin]

solid

🌽L

[thorny violet]

Ah, I see, makes sense...I also had one in financial aid but I couldn't figure out why

[lavish marlin]

He prolly just ghost pinged you lmao

[glad siren]

also how bad is the grade deflation at cornell

[lavish marlin]

^ also wondering this

Surely employers will be aware of grade deflation at Cornell when they see my 2.0 right

[thorny violet]

I took a nap for an hour and a half so it was probably sometime when I first fell asleep

[lavish marlin]

[glad siren]

probably sucks more for pre med and pre law people

cuz GPA matters way more for them

[lavish marlin]

Oh yeah true

[weak valve]

I mean

Depending on your major

You can get kicked out of its too low

[keen sage]

Some clubs here auto reject you if your gpa is below 3.7 💀

[glad siren]

like which?

obv some majors r way easier than others

so that metric doesnt make sense

[lavish marlin]

@keen sage do u know any freshmen

[keen sage]

For finance clubs like cornell financial analysts (CFA) if youre a 2nd year in dyson, hotel, or ilr with a gpa below 3.7, some resume reviewers will just put your resume in the trash

[keen sage]

yeh I see them a good amount

nah I dont

[lavish marlin]

kk

[ionic belfry]

Worse for stem obviously but it’s not horrible

Some classes get rounded down which sucks

[lavish marlin]

daisy

[ionic belfry]

Jacobb

[lavish marlin]

remember u would troll me in that server

💀

[ionic belfry]

Lmao not totally

[lavish marlin]

wait r u westchester too

[ionic belfry]

Was that when I was a senior

No 😭

Im chicago

[lavish marlin]

yea

I got banned

bruh wtf

and u dont like uchi

💀

did u rd uchi

or northwestern

or uiuc

[ionic belfry]

I didn’t apply to any of those nah

Didn’t want to be instate and northwestern was way too close

[lavish marlin]

did u apply all ivies

to all of them

[ionic belfry]

Just penn and Cornell bc business

[lavish marlin]

o

mich?

[ionic belfry]

Waitlisted there

Some girl with same gpa and ec’s as me but had sports got in

[lavish marlin]

recruit?

[ionic belfry]

I was doomed for mich lmao but awesome school

Im p sure

[lavish marlin]

bruh some1 from my school got into yale for fencing

also 2 years ago some1 got into MIT for rowing 💀

[ionic belfry]

I love fencers

[lavish marlin]

ayo

[ionic belfry]

What they’re cool

I have a few Cornell fencing friends

[lavish marlin]

ong

[glad siren]

damn thats rough

[lavish marlin]

Oh shit 💀

[keen sage]

This is what happens when a club gets 200+ applications per recruitment season

and only 10 or so applicants are accepted...

[chrome nova]

I ain’t getting guys it’s hit me

I’m still doing my supps but

It’s hit me

Fuck it we ball

🙏

[ionic belfry]

Im so scared for spring recruitment season

Which clubs are you in rn?

[keen sage]

Cornell alternative investments & diversity on the street

[ionic belfry]

Oo sick

I’ve heard rly good things abt both

[keen sage]

All im gon say here dont wanna dox myself

Now I have to recruit for investment banking

Im drowning here

[ionic belfry]

I think I’m gonna go for CULSR, M&A, PGN/PSE, and maybe CFA

I already have some so I don’t want to drown even more

[keen sage]

Just stick to recruiting for 4 clubs max

Last semester I did 5

[ionic belfry]

Cut CFA then

Im in 3 rn but none super competitive

I have a friend on PGN e board that I hope will help

[keen sage]

Go for a super competitive one

Good learning experience

[ionic belfry]

And I got cut final round pse which rly hurt

In the fall*

[keen sage]

I have friends in cfa so I might have some insider info

I got rejected by all clubs my freshman year

[ionic belfry]

Wait that would be sick

I love cfa but it’s so so competitive

[keen sage]

Even if you get in cfa its tons of work

You have to commit like 20-30 hours a week

[ionic belfry]

It’s all Dyson kids

True

[lavish marlin]

alr

[keen sage]

cfa was founded by hotelies so it was chill

then dyson took over and make it a sweatshop

[ionic belfry]

True but I feel like Dyson runs it now

Fr 😭

[lavish marlin]

ong

what happened to the guy with the Pete the cat pfp

Didn’t he go to penn state or smth

[outer jolt]

Arent we all

Whartons yield rate has to be 80+

[maiden beacon]

@ionic belfry I heard they removed median class grades on transcripts for students, is this true?

If so would you recommend taking easier classes to keep up my GPA if I am on a pre-law track?

not that I would just take all the statistically easiest classes. but is this an advisable strategy?

[ionic belfry]

That is true

Everyone is rly annoyed abt it for valid reason

[ionic belfry]

Usually pre law classes have a bit of grade inflation actually which is a good thing

I don’t think brooks has much flexibility in the first year or two but I might be wrong

[maiden beacon]

ah okay

I guess the thing is that cornell is a big financial commitment so I want to be assured that I will get into a good law school upon graduation

[maiden beacon]

I think I'll probably do some more research or submit questions through email for clarification

its nice that Brooks is so new and has so much funding, but its also somewhat frustrating that there is not much information available surrounding it

[ionic belfry]

Def

Cornell 3+3 is an awesome option

But honestly idk any ilr or brooks kids with a bad gpa

Especially if you’re a good student which you obviously are

[ionic belfry]

And very valid

If I get into these law clubs I can try to find brooks members

[maiden beacon]

That might be something I would consider

3+3 would definitely be good for tuition

but damn.. idk if I could handle that courseload

im from a state with really bad education in general so I dont know how much different the standards will be in college

especially going from west coast to east coast

[ionic belfry]

You’d have time to see

Im planning to do 3+3

And the courseload isn’t horrible

[maiden beacon]

ill definitely look into it

thanks for being so helpful

this thread is saving my life rn

[ionic belfry]

Omg ofc we all gotchu

[keen sage]

I came from a high school where 80% of kids dont go to uni

The only people ik who are flunking are literal stoners

So dont do drugs

[maiden beacon]

dont worry im definitely not a stoner 💀

I dont think ive even ever had a drop of alcohol in my life

i guess my vices are mostly video games. but im probably gonna sell my gaming rig before heading to college

[keen sage]

That was me until I entered 2nd year

[ionic belfry]

LMFAO

[maiden beacon]

Lol

is it really that bad... dear god

[keen sage]

Had my first shot not too long ago

didnt like so i never did it again

[maiden beacon]

ive had some non-alcoholic beer and it tastes like rusty piss

I don't see the appeal

[ionic belfry]

Alc is p common at Cornell bc college

[maiden beacon]

maybe I will soon though lmao

[ionic belfry]

But it’s rly easy to avoid drugs

Some people do weed/vapes at parties but I’ve never seen hard drugs

[lavish marlin]

Hoping I never get into that stuff 🧐

Who tf has ilr ecs in high school 💀

Gotta focus on the career 😎

[keen sage]

Thats mindset right there

[maiden beacon]

related to the school? MUN would probably be one

[keen sage]

imagine being in International Loser Relations amirite?

[maiden beacon]

🔥 tssssss

[maiden beacon]

if you're worried about acceptance I dont think it should be super hard

I believe ILR has the highest acceptance rate? maybe even more than nolan

that might just be ED though im not sure

[uncut wolf]

Is there grade deflation in Engieering

[lavish marlin]

It doesn’t matter

Grad schools know which schools have grade inflation/deflation

And thus evaluate accordingly

[uncut wolf]

Mmm okay

[maiden beacon]

Does anybody know what the credit transfers are like at Cornell

I've taken some dual enrollment classes at my high school but I have no idea how lenient they are with the credit transfers

I'm thinking it could be a potential avenue to save some money

[ionic belfry]

15 credit max usually

[maiden beacon]

I see

and how many credits do students typically pursue in a term?

[ionic belfry]

15-16 usually

A lot do 18

21 is max

[maiden beacon]

ah okay that's really not bad then

I wonder how much that would equate to in tuition savings

[lavish marlin]

what about 5's

[ionic belfry]

Same

[ionic belfry]

A semester ahead would be like 40k if you manage that

[maiden beacon]

okay that's actually pretty crazy

maybe I can scrounge up an affordable tuition from the scraps of Cornell's grant aid

I think ill probably have another meeting with a financial aid officer to discuss some of these items

[lavish marlin]

I think I found you 💀

[maiden beacon]

me?

[lavish marlin]

nah riley

[ionic belfry]

Bruh

Plz not linkdln i hate that photo

[maiden beacon]

yo thats crazy

[lavish marlin]

how hard is it to get off waitlist

[maiden beacon]

its hard to get off anywhere but at cornell you actually have a fighting chance

i think 5-6% get off the waitlist

just send the letters of continued interest and update them on your activities

handwritten letters are usually nice and definitely feel more personal

just be careful not to be annoying or bug them

continue sending grade updates a mid-year reports as well through the commonapp portal

if you do all those things well it should give you an pretty significant edge

[lavish marlin]

don’t they see mid year reports for rd

[maiden beacon]

they do

[tardy steppe]

does anyone know cornell's acceptance rate for deferred students

i assume its gonna be higher this year given their new policy but before it was probably in the 5-10% right

[glad siren]

Probably around 10-15 then

Not that big a of a diff

But deferred people prob have some advantage over rd

[lavish marlin]

yea exactly

like for waitlist they don’t ask for like 3rd quarter grades

Or second semester type shii

[small escarp]

what's the best type of teacher for Cornell letter of recommendation

[lavish marlin]

ur club penguin teacher

[small escarp]

😐

bruh

math? english? extraciriccular?

[lavish marlin]

no way ur asking that

[small escarp]

well i am

idk what u want me to say

[lavish marlin]

return to ur club penguin game

I thought it doesn’t pause

[small escarp]

💀

[maiden beacon]

I think it should just be something related to your major

I did one from my communications teacher and one from my journalism advisor

[lavish marlin]

this is what I did basically. 1 math, 1 english, 1 extracurricular

Probably pretty typical

[glad siren]

I did one math one English and one cs

Since my major is cs

[lavish marlin]

what usaco r u

oh god, usaco...

huh

I tried getting into usaco in junior year but then gave up after struggling with the bronze questions

truly a skill issue

did u ed cornell

[lavish marlin]

ye

cs?

meche

oh nice

r u from ny

[lavish marlin]

nyc yep

so cornell is relatively close to home lol

stuy?

will be taking somewhat frequent trips back home if I can

[elfin thunder]

u and titxn go same school

[lavish marlin]

thats secret info 😶

[lavish marlin]

unfortunately no, me and @chrome nova do not infact go to the same academic institution for high school education

stats?

[elfin thunder]

3.98 UW 1510

[lavish marlin]

yeah

ecs?

[outer jolt]

Tutoring

[lavish marlin]

at this point i should just make a post on r/collegeresults

[outer jolt]

Volunteering

Mission trip to south america

Internship at goldman sachs

[lavish marlin]

fr?

solved the world hunger of bears in brazil

jk

[outer jolt]

Small business 100k

600k investing portfolio

[lavish marlin]

are you listing off your ecs bro wtf 😭

[outer jolt]

Among others

[lavish marlin]

auto admit

[outer jolt]

No

[lavish marlin]

brooklyn tech

[outer jolt]

This is your ECs

That helped u get into cornell

[lavish marlin]

horace mann

riverside

collegiate

[outer jolt]

Stuyvesant

[lavish marlin]

dalton

ah yes, as an aspiring MechE major I have a 600k investing portfolio

💀

[outer jolt]

Harvard westlake

[lavish marlin]

sit down son

I said stuy first

[outer jolt]

You legit did not

Liar

[chrome nova]

We do not

[chrome nova]

True!

[lavish marlin]

indeed true

[chrome nova]

He’s shown me

[lavish marlin]

!!

[lavish marlin]

u have 20% stakes too

dont forgor

[lavish marlin]

sit the fuck down @outer jolt

[chrome nova]

Gotta get my share ya know

[lavish marlin]

mhm mhm

[elfin thunder]

i got ur guys counselpor

[chrome nova]

Stuy is

[elfin thunder]

last min

[chrome nova]

Interesting

[elfin thunder]

for essay help

shes very helpful

[lavish marlin]

ik logicpenguins name

[chrome nova]

She isn’t but ok

[lavish marlin]

yeah its pretty easy to find

[outer jolt]

U wasnt talking to me back then luh bro

[elfin thunder]

well i got her for free

[chrome nova]

So did we

[elfin thunder]

yeah so no loss

[lavish marlin]

if im gonna be the next great leader of the space industry, my name better be out there

yfm

huh

astro?

u got nasa internship?

astronautical engineering

[lavish marlin]

what is bro yapping about 😭

[glad siren]

Jacob respond to my dm

I wanna see if u actually know

[lavish marlin]

u usaaao camped?

[ionic belfry]

Getting off waitlist isn’t impossible

[lavish marlin]

wtf is usaaaao

[outer jolt]

Lil bro all that shit dont matter

[lavish marlin]

huh

[ionic belfry]

Tip is to send loci/have good updates and pray

[outer jolt]

Meaningless prestige comps

Not gonna help

[lavish marlin]

sit down gtown kid

i wouldn't say meaningless, if you actually enjoy it

[chrome nova]

Aight y’all needa stop arguing and relax

Admission ain’t a zero sum game

[lavish marlin]

ong

you know what is a zero sum game though? imperialism!

aight ima stop

bro has no chill fr

[chrome nova]

Eh kinda

[lavish marlin]

mercentalism*

maybe i should drop out of euro

euro as a senior???

[lavish marlin]

took apush as a junior

[glad siren]

Why is blud so toxic

[lavish marlin]

that eliminates half the nyc private schools

😈

[chrome nova]

Quit bringing up toxicity that only promotes it

[elfin thunder]

bro wants to know so bad

[lavish marlin]

ong

bros got that cow in him

💀

[outer jolt]

Whered u get in lil bro?

[glad siren]

Bro he’s not responding to me

He just making baseless claims

[lavish marlin]

i wonder if "bro" is the most common word used in texts during 2023

[ionic belfry]

Jacob how did the ap exams go for u btw bro

[lavish marlin]

all 5's

[chrome nova]

It is

I say it a lot

[lavish marlin]

i saw it a lot too

💀

[outer jolt]

Bro aint respond to my msg

[lavish marlin]

like without even trying

[outer jolt]

💀💀

[lavish marlin]

u?

like bro what the bro is bro waffling about bro

[ionic belfry]

Ayy

[outer jolt]

@lavish marlin

[ionic belfry]

Got a 4 on psych ☠️ (got credit tho) and rest 5’s

[outer jolt]

Cornell takes 4s?

[lavish marlin]

nicee

do u know Peter

[ionic belfry]

For v limited classes

Psych was one

Peter what Ik a few

@outer jolt usually a 4 works for languages too

[lavish marlin]

bruh

do u know any dyson people

[ionic belfry]

Plenty

[lavish marlin]

besides navarc

[ionic belfry]

Good friends with a few

[lavish marlin]

do u know colin

[outer jolt]

Yea riley knows me

Dyson ‘28

[ionic belfry]

Colin Michael?

Yeah

[lavish marlin]

yea

[fathom dirge]

how about calc BC?

[maiden beacon]

you can get math credits for a 4 or 5

as far as I know

[lavish marlin]

bruh bc is free

[ionic belfry]

4 works unless you’re engineering

[glad siren]

bc has like 40% 5 rate

[lavish marlin]

what usaco r u

[fathom dirge]

and I somehow got a 4

[lavish marlin]

cow

[fathom dirge]

hm?

[glad siren]

I didn’t do USACO

Why

[lavish marlin]

oh i though u were cs bruh

[glad siren]

I did only once I think like silver

Ver bad

[fathom dirge]

what is usaco

[lavish marlin]

oh silver's p good

[glad siren]

USACO isn’t a pre requisite for cs lmao

It’s good but not required

[lavish marlin]

ya ik

[fathom dirge]

u guys tryna major in cs?

[glad siren]

What r u

Jacob

[lavish marlin]

Idk yet

[ionic belfry]

R u engineering

[glad siren]

R u foing dec

Doing

[fathom dirge]

yes, electrical engineering

[lavish marlin]

nah what

what is bro waffling bout

[ionic belfry]

You can take a placement exam then

Just brush up on the material beforehand

[fathom dirge]

okay bet

[lavish marlin]

nah thats devious

eecs

[fathom dirge]

how?

[ionic belfry]

Ece is cool

Nice building

[fathom dirge]

I’d be too bored doing cs

[glad siren]

What u acc doing

[fathom dirge]

and I like how low level things work

[lavish marlin]

huh

bruh

[glad siren]

What state r u btw

[fathom dirge]

u talking to me?

[glad siren]

No Jacob guy

[lavish marlin]

who u waffling bout son

[glad siren]

U bruh

Is ur name not Jacob

[lavish marlin]

nc

[glad siren]

Oh

[lavish marlin]

nah

[glad siren]

Then u def don’t know me

[lavish marlin]

it isn't

im nc

[glad siren]

Still won’t know me

Bro just changing up his state 😹

[ionic belfry]

Did u apply to unc biz/wake biz

[lavish marlin]

nah im capping

im ny

also im not doing biz

but I applied unc wake ea

[ionic belfry]

Liar

[ionic hearth]

HI

I JUST SAW OPPENHEIMER

SO GOOD

[ionic belfry]

Bruh what major r u

[lavish marlin]

bruh tf

[ionic hearth]

OMG

[lavish marlin]

prolly phys or smth

[chrome nova]

Really v

?

I needa watch it

[ionic belfry]

Lmfao ok

[lavish marlin]

im not a fInAnCe BrO

should I not ed2 uchi

and gamble

[ionic hearth]

its soooo good

[ionic belfry]

Phys at uchi is wild

[ionic hearth]

ok don't do it with ur parents cause it gets quite sus

but so incredible

[outer jolt]

Hes def a biz major

[ionic hearth]

physics at uchi is good

very good

[outer jolt]

Why else would you ask abt Dyson

[keen sage]

I know tons of stem people going into finance

[ionic hearth]

but very difficult

[ionic belfry]

Imagine watching a bomb movie with your parents 😭

[ionic hearth]

i hate finance

[keen sage]

You can never escape

[viscid spade]

u shoulddd since RD uchi is like 1%

[ionic belfry]

Nah I’m joking ik he’s Dyson

[ionic hearth]

its INCREDIBLE 😭 like not even just with the bomb

[keen sage]

Finance clubs love stem majors

[ionic belfry]

Einstein 🥵

[ionic hearth]

its like politics, science, academia, humanity, action, all at once

[ionic hearth]

🔥

[ionic belfry]

Wait do you know anything abt pgn

[lavish marlin]

bruh

[ionic hearth]

his lines at the end are so fire

[viscid spade]

STEM majors are struggling with exam

[lavish marlin]

where r u applying

@viscid spade

cornell?

[viscid spade]

im goin for econ but applied as philosophy since dyson acceptance rate

yepp cornell

[keen sage]

I dont rlly mess around with business frats

I just know they work their new members to death

[viscid spade]

and other ivies as well

[keen sage]

ahem dsp

[lavish marlin]

uchi?

or nah

[ionic belfry]

Dsp mid anyways

[lavish marlin]

r u guys at cornell

rn

[keen sage]

I met the founder of dsp once

[ionic belfry]

No way

IB guy?

[keen sage]

She said she founded it because she got rejected from akpsi

[ionic belfry]

Break rn but yuh

[ionic belfry]

PLEASE

[keen sage]

On my mama

[ionic belfry]

She founded it as a freshman? Didn’t even know you could do that

[lavish marlin]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cornell/comments/18prg7f/if_any_students_are_stuck_in_ithaca_without/

is this you

[ionic belfry]

I’m in Mexico

[viscid spade]

bourgeois thingy

[ionic belfry]

I miss Ithaca tho tbh

[lavish marlin]

bruh

[keen sage]

Tons of clubs here are started by first-years

[ionic belfry]

13 days 🙏🏻

[ionic belfry]

Interesting

[viscid spade]

my classmate got into cornell CS

he had isef medal tho

[lavish marlin]

oh

[lavish marlin]

better than me, my ass was stuck in bronze 😂

bruh tf

[keen sage]

Mostly because they didnt get into anything

[lavish marlin]

bro just spawned in

tbf i only tried practicing for like 5 days

then gave up

[keen sage]

So they go into their villain arc

[viscid spade]

ye me too?? like i was so close to silver

[lavish marlin]

orz

[elfin thunder]

😭

i watched that part at 2 am

in teh same room my parents were sleeping in

I did NOT expect

[lavish marlin]

ayo pause.

[lavish marlin]

part of me wanted to put in the grind for USACO gold but then I realized if I'm not going into CS... this aint worth it

[elfin thunder]

it was a p good movie

[lavish marlin]

just doing USACO for the marginal boost in college apps

[elfin thunder]

the ending was so fire

[lavish marlin]

...

what is bro waffling about

[elfin thunder]

i was gonna do this with USABO

[lavish marlin]

u bio?

[elfin thunder]

No

[lavish marlin]

then why tf would u do usabo

[viscid spade]

well then it just helped ur aacademics

[elfin thunder]

idk cuz bio seemed kinda cool

also 2 of my ec relate to health

[lavish marlin]

what major r u

[lavish marlin]

not doing usaco helped my academics & other ECs that I actually cared about lol

[elfin thunder]

finance

[lavish marlin]

do u go to cornell

[elfin thunder]

no

[outer jolt]

He goes to wharton

[lavish marlin]

^

Wharton Class of 1783

oh

wait

nice

[elfin thunder]

yeah wharton freshmen rn

[outer jolt]

He has a 4.0

[lavish marlin]

how difficult was wharton admittance? pretty ezpz right?

[outer jolt]

And got into 3 ib clubs

[lavish marlin]

for someone of your stature

looks like u got quite the fanboy here eh

[outer jolt]

Bros cracked

[outer jolt]

Appreciate greatness

It aint glazing

[lavish marlin]

ur right

u be meatriding

[outer jolt]

Lil bro still hasn’t answered

Whered u get in?

[elfin thunder]

easy i did the entire application in 15 minutes

[outer jolt]

I know the answer

You aint get into shit

So pipe down

[lavish marlin]

I didn't ed

[elfin thunder]

i guess i had everything wharton wanted

[outer jolt]

You my son

[lavish marlin]

I'm sure u got ed

[lavish marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-explosion-gif-24748469

just not the type u wanted

💀

[outer jolt]

I didnt ed

[elfin thunder]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1036871531348889610/1078563956215525386/image0.gif

[outer jolt]

I applied to some safeties

[lavish marlin]

nah u got ed tho

[outer jolt]

Georgetown is ea

Not binding

Im not eding

Cant tie this greatness down to one school

Ima weigh all my options

[glad siren]

@lavish marlin what major r u

[lavish marlin]

biz

[ionic belfry]

Obv not

[ionic belfry]

Bruh

[lavish marlin]

nah trust

[outer jolt]

I told yall

Lmao

[viscid spade]

how do yall get only A's fr

[glad siren]

Where have u gotten in already

[outer jolt]

A physics major woudnt ask abt dyson

[outer jolt]

Prob like iu kelley

[viscid spade]

like u never fail any exam??

[lavish marlin]

damn

[lavish marlin]

speaking of greatness, I'm looking for angel investors to put in $10 mil for my aerospace company to be started in 2040. Would you be interested

https://tenor.com/view/business-man-leon-short-gif-21636355

[glad siren]

☠️

[outer jolt]

No

[lavish marlin]

so if ur not biz u cant ask about dyson

bros logic is unmatched 💀

[viscid spade]

tell me more

im interested

[lavish marlin]

just sayin, its a good deal sir

[outer jolt]

Was i wrong in my guess tho? I wasnt bc i never miss 🗣️🤫

[lavish marlin]

i have no clue yet 💀

[viscid spade]

what will i get in exchange

[lavish marlin]

uh

free asteroid minerals

[lavish marlin]

ya u were lmao

[outer jolt]

No i wasnt

[lavish marlin]

lmao

bro believes every single word on the internet

💀

[outer jolt]

Stfu lil bro i own u

Go cry at iu Kelley

[glad siren]

Wait

I thought u we’re joking

Did u actually only get iu?

[lavish marlin]

?

wtf is iu

[keen sage]

indiana university

mark cuban went here

hoosier represent

[ionic belfry]

Fake finance kid

[glad siren]

Where you’ll end up ☠️

[ionic belfry]

Kelley is rly good

[glad siren]

I’m jk

[lavish marlin]

alr

[weak valve]

Kms

[lavish marlin]

ok

[finite lava]

Med school moment ☠️☠️

[weak valve]

You can fail an exam and get an A

I got an 80% on a test and got a strong A

🙄

Not an A+ tho cuz the bin is a 99-100 and im not cracked

[weak valve]

Had to argue like 4 grades along the way but whatever grad tas r nice

[abstract nimbus]

You can also fail an exam and get a B despite having As in previous exams 💀

As I unwillingly learned

Oops

[weak valve]

Lmfao bombing one of three prelims

Pulled me from A+ to A

[abstract nimbus]

Mistakes were made

Curve was too bad

[weak valve]

Like from a

97 or 98 to a 93

😅

[abstract nimbus]

Oof

[weak valve]

Not that bad tbh

[abstract nimbus]

Yeah I bombed bombed a prelim which dragged me down

[weak valve]

For a 77%

💀💀

[abstract nimbus]

Yeah 77 isn't that bombing

[weak valve]

Yes it is

In that class

It definitely is

[abstract nimbus]

Lmao

Ok but you didn't drop a whole letter grade

All that matters

I dropped a letter grade 😭

[weak valve]

Only in Bio

And fws

Not my two A classes

😭

[abstract nimbus]

rip

[weak valve]

Fws is bullshit

When do i followup

I emailed dec 20

[abstract nimbus]

Maybe tmrw morning and say "I hope you had a good Christmas" or whatever

[weak valve]

Okay

Smart

[lavish marlin]

Damn that’s crazy

[weak valve]

ur crazy

[lavish marlin]

no u

[weak valve]

☹️

[lavish marlin]

[weak valve]

No ur mom

[lavish marlin]

thx

[weak valve]

[lavish marlin]

[tidal fiber]

is it harder to get into cornell engineering school or science for cs

[glad siren]

I asked the same thing

I think engineering is slightly harder

Negligible tho

[ionic hearth]

who can say

i would not do it based on acceptance rate

research the different colleges

they r different

do u want to double major in something?

the gen ed's are different

the study abroads might be different too

[versed dawn]

how do i get the NetID login stuff so i can choose housing

[abstract nimbus]

doesn't really make a difference

Basically the same program

So the 0.1% difference in acceptance rate isn't gonna change anything

[ionic hearth]

thats in a really long time i think

[versed dawn]

oh ok thanks

[weak valve]

comes out w everyone

in like march

[ionic hearth]

idt it matters (timing wise) for housing though just prereg

do we have the prereg date?

[timber pagoda]

istg cornell essay gonna be the death of me

[timber pagoda]

BAEDGOAT

[ionic hearth]

hash !!

[ionic hearth]

HI

[timber pagoda]

SAVE ME

[ionic hearth]

😨

WHAT HAPPENED

[timber pagoda]

BRO

HOW DID U DO YOUR 650 WORD ESSAY

[ionic hearth]

😭 i had the most fun writing thattttt

i have an exteremely niche interest within math/cs that i was basically able to geek out about

[timber pagoda]

my most fun was the uchicago one

[ionic hearth]

uchicago was sooo awesome

even their why essay was fun

technically uchicago is the best in the world for what i want to do by like 4 orders of magnitude

[timber pagoda]

bro i need to remind myself what there is to geek out about before i write

[timber pagoda]

IKRRR

i fr fr went all out

what prompt did u do?

[ionic hearth]

Misnomers

[timber pagoda]

omg thats so coooool

[ionic hearth]

ur gonna eat trust

did they defer u

[timber pagoda]

i applying rd

[ionic hearth]

😨 u are fighitng the long oods

but u can do it 🙏

[timber pagoda]

WOOO

I FOUND THE TOPIC IMMA GEEK OUT ABOUT

BUT IMMA SOUND ABSOLUTELY NUTS BASED

[lavish marlin]

Fun

[ionic hearth]

WWWW

[ionic hearth]

YOU KNOW I JUST READ A BOOK ABOUT HOW BEING INSANE IS ACTUALLY BEING SANE

[chrome nova]

It depends on perspective

Insanity is not insane because of its lack of logic, but rather our inability to understand the logic of someone else outside our normal thinking

[timber pagoda]

what book

[ionic hearth]

One flew over the cuckoo's nest

[timber pagoda]

based do u tgink u can look over my essay

[timber pagoda]

IM SO CLOSE

TO FINISHING

MY CALS ESSAY 1

616 words and done

[split surge]

might as well call it a day

[timber pagoda]

FINISHED MY CORNELL ESSAYSSS

WOOOO

NOW JUST EDITING GOTTA BE DONE

[split surge]

mf writing essays in the middle of the night on winter break

[timber pagoda]

its 3 pm for me

[split surge]

yo what

[timber pagoda]

imma now do brown

[split surge]

vacation or are you international

[timber pagoda]

but imma stop in a few minutes to go take like a walk

[timber pagoda]

int

💀

[split surge]

where?

[timber pagoda]

but also on winter break

i made a list of the essays i gotta finish

[split surge]

i feel like usually i can tell

idk you dont talk like an international

[timber pagoda]

lmfao

maybe cause im polylingual

[split surge]

makes way more sense tho

[timber pagoda]

and have been studying english like it was a first language

[split surge]

its 4 am here i was thinking how this dude so productive this late

[timber pagoda]

LOLLL

i feel so behind

[split surge]

u ahead of me

[timber pagoda]

and i want my friend to check my essays and give me feedback

[split surge]

dont say that

[timber pagoda]

before the due date

i sense you shall get productive this time your time

if that sentence made sense

[split surge]

it did

[timber pagoda]

you can do it jay

[split surge]

id rather die than let my friends read my essays

[timber pagoda]

same but this friend special

plus shes someone i only met 2 years ago

and is in brazil

i wish to

finish brown rn

i need to clear my head fr fr

[split surge]

do u know her through online stuff?

if ur from kuwait are you loaded then

😂

thats a rich asf answer

program at oxford is crazy tbh

wtf? from the goverment?

[timber pagoda]

my aunt pushed me to do it :)))) it was awesome met some of my closest friends there

[timber pagoda]

yes

[split surge]

wtf

does everyone there get that?

wouldnt that like cancel out

[timber pagoda]

if you have a 3.0 or above and meet the requirements depending on major then yes

[split surge]

wait

[timber pagoda]

and the only requirements really are for med and engineering

[split surge]

a month is actually insane

thats like the salary of an actual job

[timber pagoda]

living expenses and what not

[split surge]

oil for the win baby

shoulda been born in kuwait

what if

they were kuwaiti but you werent born ther

[timber pagoda]

no

like heres the thing

[split surge]

so its a matriarchal thing?

[timber pagoda]

kinda

idk how it works

and no trouble in the airports

i think saudia has that option as well but u need to be accepted first

[split surge]

wdym

[timber pagoda]

so like you cant apply with the ministry

[split surge]

wait

wrong message

the airport thing

[timber pagoda]

many arabs get labelled as "terrorists" and get randomly checked at airports

[split surge]

kuwaitis dont get that treatment at all?

[timber pagoda]

they shouldnt be getting it

their passport is pretty strong

ive been all over and had no issues

but never been to america

[split surge]

how do you know you wont hate it

[timber pagoda]

i dont

but

i dont know if i wont hate my future either

or my career choice

[split surge]

are you applying to some other country's schools as well?

[timber pagoda]

life is a game we meant to play

im applying with the ministry to ireland and the uk

[split surge]

good outook

outlook

[timber pagoda]

lololol

i just hope i get in

like im applying with no financial aid

i wish that account for someone

something

[split surge]

definetly does for internationaks

[lucid heart]

@timber pagoda u applying to cornell?

[timber pagoda]

i ammm

[lucid heart]

u wrote the essays?

[timber pagoda]

yesss

just gotta frt them edited

why whats up

did u finish?

[lucid heart]

nope shits hard

[timber pagoda]

howww

do u need any help?

[lucid heart]

the prompts suck lol

[lucid heart]

how lol

like tips?

nah

its chill

[timber pagoda]

lemme seeee

just

breathe

one sec lemme change and ill givebu what i found useful

[ionic belfry]

For housing or classes

[timber pagoda]

okie dokie so for my cornell essays what i did was very very simple

i ranted

for any person any study

i listed eveything ive ever done in life

helped my dad with finances? bam i should be a finance major, helped my mom make powerpoints for her classes, bam became a teacher and graphic designer

put meaning into anything youve done in life and make it a study

(this is in no way professional advice just what i did personally)

for why major in terms of cals i read a bit and the thought came to me to wriyr abt my favorite scientist (whos fictional)

@lucid heart are u applying cals?

[lucid heart]

nah

only reaches im doing r duke

upenn

yale

[timber pagoda]

oh you arent applying cornell?

[lucid heart]

no

essays killed me

lol

everything why cornell

[timber pagoda]

famn thats metta embarrasing then

so sorry for assuming

[wheat hamlet]

How do I get the first general section to mark as done

It says at the bottom to wait an hour but I’ve tried multiple times

[ionic belfry]

Send a pic if you can

[ionic belfry]

And in general do you have check marks for EVERYTHING

[wheat hamlet]

Yes

this is only school this is happening with