University of Chicago (UChicago) (2023-2024)

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cal poly pomona

[granite summit]

Ohhh gotcha

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so temple university and cal poly pomona are the only 2 schools ive gotten into so far

hence the name

[thin sluice]

@granite summit which cold coffee do u get exactly

[granite summit]

i’ve only gotten into my state school so far

[thin sluice]

i will compare prices

[granite summit]

idk if you’ve heard of it but it’s called harvard

[thin sluice]

i didnt apply to state schools

[granite summit]

lemme check the app

[granite summit]

i’m joking i didn’t apply to harvard early 😭

[fading socket]

my valedictorian got in there

or salutorian they aint released the actual titles yet

[thin sluice]

i know 😭 i was joking too

oh the prices arent half bad

not $2 but still

[granite summit]

idk if it’s a US exclusive

but

i use the promotion they have

[thin sluice]

OH

fair

[granite summit]

and get a medium iced decaf coffee with cream and sugar and then add in caramel and vanilla

[thin sluice]

wait so is that

a latte

😭

[granite summit]

yes. i can’t drink straight coffee

[thin sluice]

the Iced Latte here is $3.20

[thin sluice]

no i love Lattes

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i dont blame you

[granite summit]

BUT

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i hate the taste of coffee straight

[granite summit]

the latte is 3.50

and the iced coffee with milk is 2 dollars

so like….

[thin sluice]

tf

☠️

the iced coffee is $3.20 too

[granite summit]

oh

[devout ginkgo]

i literally go to coffee shops for hot choclate and that's it lol

[granite summit]

real

[thin sluice]

spanish iced latte is for $4.27

[final condor]

When can we expect ED2 decisions?

[thin sluice]

yall got 1/2M?

[devout ginkgo]

what

[granite summit]

friday between 3-5 cst

[thin sluice]

16th around 5PM CST?

[devout ginkgo]

i'm assuming because idk what it is that i do not have that

best of luck edii peeps!

i wait ominously for march

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Friday, Febuary 16th 2024, of this week, around 5pm EST most likely, to be released to your UChicago portal and notify you via email when ready for viewing

https://tenor.com/view/joe-biden-thumb-uncanny-canny-mr-incredible-gif-13123031614149167572

[devout ginkgo]

lowkey does anyone else wish that colleges didn't tell you when things came out like i just wanna be jumpscared

[thin sluice]

thats just you

❤️

[devout ginkgo]

t-t

[fading socket]

temple did that to me cause i didnt know about the rolling decisions

so i logged in and there was a 4 day old acceptance notif

[devout ginkgo]

thankfully a lot of them are coming out during my spring break so i can

panic alone

<3

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^

[devout ginkgo]

HELP

that's kinda funny

i got jumpscared by my safety which was quite nice

[fading socket]

it was hilarious honestly

same for cal poly pomona

they sent an email

[devout ginkgo]

the anticipation is just so much harder for me than the actual rejection

like rejected from my ed, felt nothing

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where'd you ed?

[devout ginkgo]

waiting for it destroyed my sleep though it was horrible

[thin sluice]

i hate suspense

[devout ginkgo]

i ed'd to brown

the suspense sucks!

just skip to the jumpscare part

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interesting pivot from brown to chicago

[devout ginkgo]

i need more than two hours of sleep a night

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real

[thin sluice]

brown and chicago are like polar opposites

[devout ginkgo]

i'm ngl i applied because i really wanted to write the essay

[thin sluice]

😭

[devout ginkgo]

like

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yeah exactly lmao

uchi A/Os have commented on that

[devout ginkgo]

i have wanted to write a uchicago essay since i was a sophomore

idk how i feel about the school

but like

goofy essay

my essay didn't even really end up being an essay which was funny

[thin sluice]

i love the vibe ngl

[devout ginkgo]

i made a pop up book

[thin sluice]

????

[devout ginkgo]

yup

[thin sluice]

stop thats so cool

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ayo what

[thin sluice]

how did you manage to pull that off

[devout ginkgo]

i did the letter size sheet of paper prompt where like, you do anything with it but everyone sees it before they meet you

[fading socket]

a pop up book is awesome wtf

[devout ginkgo]

it's a previous prompt

and i was like

"i know basic paper engineering:

so

pop up book

[thin sluice]

OHH

wait so how did u upload it

[devout ginkgo]

literally doing the uchicago essay got me through rd apps it was so fun

i uploaded pictures of it

and also the cut file

[thin sluice]

stop thats so awesome

[devout ginkgo]

because my idea was like, i wanted whoever i was meeting to be able to make one too and fill it with things they love

so like

bonding

idk

making the cut file was crazy thought because i did it on desmos since i was too lazy to fix adobe illustrator 💀

[tropic yarrow]

that's so wholesome

[devout ginkgo]

but yes

that is why i applied

i genuinely barely know anything about the actual school other than they have milkshakes on wednesdays and a core curriculum (which btw despite being a brown applicant i don't mind)

[fading socket]

i didnt know a whole lot either when i did lol

i talked about midnight soccer

[devout ginkgo]

i applied to broiwn for the dual degree program which basically nerfs the open curriculum

so i was ready to accept that

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cause soccer at night as an activity is cool

[devout ginkgo]

that's so cool!!!

what prompt was that?

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why uchicago

i mentioned it in my final paragraph

i described a scene where i make a slide tackle to win a midnight soccer game for my specific house against a team from i-house

and said that celebratin the victory would make me feel in a place i fit in, chicago

[devout ginkgo]

ohhhhh

i wrot my why us essay on an argument i got in with a uchicago ao

which was

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you got in an argument with a uchi ao????

[devout ginkgo]

a choice?

i got in an argument with an ao over freedom of speech versus sensitivity

it was super interesting

and anyways i wrote about how like, i learned to be more open to ideas through the conversation and to realize like, they had really good points

i didn't totally change my mind

but i kinda split the difference if that makes sense

again uchicago essays were primarily for my entertainment and this was an entertaining topic to write about

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thats awesome

could also be well liked amongst the a/os cause its related to them

[devout ginkgo]

basically i think i can only get rejected or accepted because my essays are a bit polarizing

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makes sense

[devout ginkgo]

but eh

writing them was fun

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i wrote my uchi uncommon one as a log journal format

[devout ginkgo]

ooohhh that's super cool

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so its like gonna hit or miss

[devout ginkgo]

nah i thinkt hat's a hit

for uchicago

[fading socket]

thanks! it was about the falling off the earth prompt

i wrote a story with betrayal and plot twists about some 13th century sailors from italy who fall off the edge of the earth

but the earth isnt flat but instead hollow

so like they fall into the earth itself instead of space/cosmos like they would expect you to write about

really odd and i wrote it slightly inspired by lord of the flies and an australian movie from like 15 years ago

[devout ginkgo]

woah

that's so creative

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i went off the deep end but thanks haha

[devout ginkgo]

and very eerie i would not like to get stuck in the earth

kinda reminds me of ember for some reason

city of ember sorry

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i ended it off with the main character writing that theyd finished the last of the ships wine and would stick the journal in the bottle, stating that if youre readin the bottle worked

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interesting ive gotta take a look at that then

[devout ginkgo]

ig it's more like, what would result for being in the hollow of the earth not the falling bit

it was one of my favorite books as a kid i do recommend

[fading socket]

In that case I’ll check it out

I gave 1/3rd of the story to setting it up and then the remainder to what happens in it + the open ending

In hindsight when cutting down the word count I messed up by not introducing a character as the navigator

but it doesn’t really hamper the story much

[thin sluice]

i mean i feel like uchic embracing polarizing so ig its fine

[final wave]

mine was so bad

like

[thin sluice]

mine was okay

looking back kinda cringe

[final wave]

it tried to be kinda funny

but scientific

but kinda fictional

[thin sluice]

i wish we could change it up for ED2

[final wave]

but it was just bad

i reread it and wanna die

[gloomy ferry]

bro i wrote about colonialism lmao

my essay was a glaring red flag

[humble echo]

as you should

[gloomy ferry]

literally

[thin sluice]

organic chem is gone be the death of me

[wooden mason]

i was gonna apply for fun and write about my jfk assisination obsession

[thin sluice]

😭 STOP what

[gloomy ferry]

why didn't you

[wooden mason]

idk.. i got kinda lazy

[quiet kettle]

wait why is this a red flag

i wrote about colonialism for so many essays

[wooden mason]

im actually a jfk freak tho

[tacit scarab]

Hi chicagoans

Nothing to do with your school but since you’re somewhat active rn

And not an annoying thread

[wooden mason]

🙂

[tacit scarab]

I’m looking to implement a thread where people can suggest songs for collaborative A2C results playlists but I think there’d be at least two playlists (acceptance and rejection) but someone also suggested a third (waiting for decision playlist) but long story short idk where this thread should go in the server

Need help

[humble echo]

hii maybe make another general channel?

i feel like it wouldn't make sense in any of the forums

[thin sluice]

sounds like a really cool idea!

[tacit scarab]

See that’s logical and makes sense I just don’t like having a lot of channels especially inactive ones and also do I delete it eventually? Like how long does it stay there?

[thin sluice]

i mean people can keep committing song recs

[humble echo]

it remains a tradition for years to come 😎

[tacit scarab]

Like #🔮-other-questions is pretty dead rn

[humble echo]

the playlists transform with music tastes

[tacit scarab]

And that’s supposed to be a perm channel

[thin sluice]

^^^

[thin sluice]

i mean just archive it if it goes dead 🤷🏻‍♂️

[humble echo]

no but like its a misc questions channel ofc it wouldn't be active that often
on the other hand a lot of people listen to and love music, i feel like it would be pretty active

[humble echo]

i mean thats what she doesn't want to do, make a lot of channels just for them to die and her to archive them

[thin sluice]

true, but I feel like a thread is too ephemeral

[wooden mason]

what the hell does that word mean

[thin sluice]

temporary 😭

[wooden mason]

ok thanks

i should probably know that word

[humble echo]

its giving sat vocab

[thin sluice]

i know it cause of SAT prep lol

[tacit scarab]

I could combine it with something I’ve been meaning to do which is delete #994072229878968360 and maybe replace it with a hobbies channel that has a playlist song suggestion thread in it?

[humble echo]

💀

[thin sluice]

LMAO yes

[wooden mason]

i dont remember anything from the sat

[thin sluice]

could work yeah

[wooden mason]

one and done experience

[humble echo]

LMAO i was just gonna mention why that forum exists

[wooden mason]

technically two and done

but still

[tacit scarab]

Yeah I’ve been meaning to remove it for a while

[quiet kettle]

you could answer my question in that channel like im being so fr 😭 my parents are lost and we can't afford a college counselor and my path is unique

[tacit scarab]

I know nothing about admissions I’m being so fr

Like I have below average A2C knowledge

There’s a reason I stay in #🚀-general-chat

[humble echo]

also yeah that sounds fair! you could pin the music thread

[quiet kettle]

i need some cracked person to write a very detailed year by year agenda for what i need to force my sister to do to make her exemplary in all categories

[tacit scarab]

Forcing her is a red flag

[humble echo]

you see thats exactly what you shouldn't do

[tacit scarab]

She will be miserable

[quiet kettle]

https://tenor.com/view/mewing-gif-11339234860235694668

but she will be at harvard and she will be happy

[humble echo]

will she really

[quiet kettle]

ill be happy

[humble echo]

you're asking a 13 year old

[quiet kettle]

12

[tacit scarab]

My two options were the hobbies channel or making a thread in #1050620654485000213 tbh

[quiet kettle]

more moldable

[humble echo]

ok thats literally worse

you're asking a 12 year old if they'll be happy being miserable for 4 and more years of their life

[quiet kettle]

no one is happy being miserable and regardless she will be miserable id rather theres a happy result at the end

[humble echo]

(and you're asking strangers on the internet for advice on how to make your sister misterable...)

what does she want to do

[quiet kettle]

well this is a2c i was hoping someone who got into an ivy league would be like "well im in her dream career and i did this but if i redid it id strengthen myself here"

[humble echo]

i mean thats exactly the thing no mold is ever gonna be so perfect

[wooden mason]

just have her enjoy her life

[quiet kettle]

deadass she likes what i like

like whenever i go like "oh thats a career field" she goes yeah i agree! and when i say ew she just copies me

she lowkey needs her own opinions but not yet i need to use my influence to set her on the right path

[wooden mason]

guide her if she's self driven

[humble echo]

let her be a 12 year old, a 13 year old, and then maybe at 14 she can start thinking about college apps

[humble echo]

^^^

[tacit scarab]

9th and 10th should be spent getting good grades, getting involved in the community, and finding out what you enjoy

[quiet kettle]

but starting EC's in 11th grade is frowned upon?

now frowned upon

but less prestigious than like freshman sophomore

thats what ive read

i hope thats ont true bc i did that but covid excuse

[humble echo]

no but if you just do ecs for college apps thats just bad overall

what should happen is

she explores stuff she likes

in 9th and 10th

[wooden mason]

best thing you can tell her to do is to identify an area she's passionate about and devleop within it and find a way to help other people in a meaningful impactful way

[humble echo]

and then stays dedicated throughout highschool with them

you can't decide what she's gonna like right now

[quiet kettle]

shes likes bio and math so its either quant finance or med for her

[wooden mason]

not only good for herself as a person but good for colleges too

[tacit scarab]

No its not

Let her choose

There are so many other careers

[wooden mason]

quant finance is out of the picture for everyone

[thin sluice]

yes self discovery is the most important at that age

[wooden mason]

just discover what you enjoy and develop in that area

[quiet kettle]

no project benjamin choi? 😦

^that one kid from exeter who got into harvard and won ISEF

[thin sluice]

too late

[humble echo]

^^ you can't prepare a perfect formula, thats fundamentally wrong

[quiet kettle]

if i could go back to before i went into high school id want someone giving me a general plan and then i could deviate from that

[humble echo]

i didn't have a plan

i just did shit i liked and it worked

[thin sluice]

help her discover and develop her passion

[humble echo]

let her do that

[tacit scarab]

There are guidelines at most

Which I’ve mentioned

[quiet kettle]

hm ok

[humble echo]

yeah

right now we've given you a good idea of what to do--let her be herself

we can't tell you which ecs to get her into

we cant tell you which classes she should take

[wooden mason]

just challenge yourself in terms of courseload find what you enjoy

[wooden mason]

and do this

[quiet kettle]

👍

[wooden mason]

the method fr

[thin sluice]

and help her with whatever query she has

i think thats the best you can do

[wooden mason]

fax

[humble echo]

real

[tacit scarab]

Ideally I would encourage your sister to try activities even in things she’s eh on

Just don’t lock her into a year of it immediately

But if there’s a subject she’s curious about but not sure if she’d like do a day or two activity of it

[thin sluice]

my 9th and 10th grade was so experimental

i changed 180* as a person

would recommend

[tacit scarab]

Tbh I didn’t really use hs as I should’ve so my change happened in college

[quiet kettle]

my 9th was experimental i changed a lot as a person but college app wise it was so detrimental

[thin sluice]

yeah I cant really live through most of the changes I have made about myself, because of my surrounding environment

so college is gonna be epic ngl, but also a wild ride

[quiet kettle]

wait but like

not to return to the sister idea of forcing her down a path

ivy leagues have such exploratory programs like you can study anything you want thats the beauty of a liberal arts college

and each program is so well respected that its okay to explore

so wouldnt it be better to delay that freshman/sophomore exploration to when ur brain is more developed and where u have more opportnities to explore

[tacit scarab]

Money

High school is free

College is (usually) not

[thin sluice]

i mean high school isnt FREE either

[tacit scarab]

Well it’s not tens of thousands a year

[quiet kettle]

but the classes cost the same i thought

[thin sluice]

fair

[quiet kettle]

like u pay for ur credit hours every semester

[tacit scarab]

Well you need a degree in a subject

The difference is some schools don’t have a core

Meaning they don’t require x classes of math or English or whatnot for gen eds

[thin sluice]

i love S/N grading at brown. great for going out of your comfot zone

[quiet kettle]

i get that but almost all t10s do right

[tacit scarab]

If you’re delaying when you figure out that subject it could cost money

[tacit scarab]

Not sure tbh

I’m not knowledgeable on t10 curriculum

[quiet kettle]

every school i applied to but like rice and GT had one

if it wasnt a core it was like open ig

[tacit scarab]

If it has a core then she has less room to explore

[thin sluice]

columbia and uchicago have a famous core

[tacit scarab]

It depends

On the system

[thin sluice]

but most unis have gen eds

brown has an open curriculum

[quiet kettle]

study what though im confused

like if she goes to college for med but decides she wants to study literature she can switch or explore those electives at any t10 and almost any t20

[tacit scarab]

You can switch majors at any school?

Now I’m confused

[thin sluice]

its pretty hard to switch majors at some schools

esp ones with a school

[tacit scarab]

Yeah it can be harder if you want like cs

[quiet kettle]

most of my experiences with my friends at ivy leagues is thats its pretty easy to switch majors

[thin sluice]

most ivies sure.

[quiet kettle]

but CS into like a humanities isnt as difficult

[tacit scarab]

Depends on how capped it is

[thin sluice]

though, Cornell or UPenn for example have schools you get admitted to

so switching from science to engineering or vice versa, can be really difficult

[quiet kettle]

thats fair but i think if she does switch itd be a drastic switch from a stem to a humanity than from a stem to a stem

[thin sluice]

bro what is wrong with me, i cant spell for the life of me

[quiet kettle]

we're not grading u dw

[thin sluice]

yes but lets say shes switching to a completely different major

barring aside competition and other limitations

she STILL needs to complete alot of hefty major requirements

its not ideal at all

it is possible tho

[quiet kettle]

i dont forsee her switching out of like the sciences department we just dont do that but ig what u mean

unless she likes engineering that is a possibility

thats pretty valid

ok ty ill probably get her to come up with her own research project that encompasses engineering, biology, math (and CS for the heck of it) to see which aspect she likes the most

we're spending our summer in china itll be fun no distractions

[thin sluice]

just make sure she is healthy, physically and mentally, throughout it all

[quiet kettle]

oh yeah i have an athletic training regimen for her too

my moms got the food stuff down

and mentally theres a quote by goethe that i think is apt

[thin sluice]

i dont mean that but okay 😭

we are never beating the allegations 🔥💯

[quiet kettle]

these two:
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul. "

second one i saw on tiktok first one is just general good advice

goethe the goat fr

[quiet kettle]

its just calisthenics and cardio shes too young for muscle training

so like swimming laps, running, and like wall sits and planks for mental fortitude

[pulsar skiff]

1 DAY 14 HOURS 20 MINUTES LEFT

[quiet kettle]

r u a junior

[pulsar skiff]

graduating a year early

running start

[quiet kettle]

nice

[pulsar skiff]

aRe YoU a JuNiOr??

/s

[quiet kettle]

yes

[pulsar skiff]

LIAR!!!!!

RAAAAAH

REPENT

[quiet kettle]

red handed 😦

[gloomy ferry]

because i made my essay red

[quiet kettle]

😐

thats a very interesting prompt i read that and i was like i shoudl do that but then i thought i should just make an intersting response to this years prompt

what did u say

[gloomy ferry]

Creative Wh(r)iting

and i talked about colonialism and whitewashing

in writing and literature and media

and my personal experiences with that

[quiet kettle]

ohh wow

i talked about space oddity by david bowey and yapped about tomato soup lol

[gloomy ferry]

i love tomato soup

[quiet kettle]

so do i

with grilled cheese or bread

+arugula salad

[gloomy ferry]

i don't know what arugula is but GRILLED CHEESE YESS

did you ed2?

[quiet kettle]

no i RD'd

im AeroE but i have a special love for the humanities but i just couldnt commit to getting locked in

well EA->RD

[gloomy ferry]

literally me lmao

I've lost hope since i heard rd is like 1%

[quiet kettle]

i think its bc i forgot to do a video 😦

[gloomy ferry]

but i still think my uchicago essay was the strongest

[quiet kettle]

literally same

[gloomy ferry]

nah they let people in without the video

[quiet kettle]

well my first essay was weak i think its bc like

its hard to talk about why u want to go to the humanities school when my entire resume and passions and personal statement are in aerospace engineering

and the liberal arts thing everyone says so its not unique

oh well

we'll see in march

[gloomy ferry]

fr

uchicago definitely cares more about essays than ecs and stats though

[quiet kettle]

first essay did not cook

second essay cook

video cooked though

[gloomy ferry]

Which is second essay

Creative?

[quiet kettle]

yeah lol

[pulsar skiff]

is anyone in this megathread a graphic designer? It would be sick to have the a2c banner/icon be uchicago themed

[gloomy ferry]

Check #1068814960437764157

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T4U9Yh2G_6JaflYdtvL7Ffo9CCLjlI50/view?usp=drivesdk
This is what they have for uchicago but if there are other decisions coming out that day idk whether they'll put it

[pulsar skiff]

I cant find out how to search in there 😭

oh, cool!

[gloomy ferry]

yeah you could request it

what other decisions come out 16th

[pulsar skiff]

^^^

those 💀

[gloomy ferry]

mm yeah you could ask them in that channel for uchicago but idk whether they'll do it

[gloomy ferry]

yeah i respond to my own questions lmao

[pulsar skiff]

isn't this the uchicago channel?

[gloomy ferry]

wdym?

[pulsar skiff]

oh oh oh

I misread "that channel" for "the channel"

[blazing hill]

UChicago 1v4 easy

[gloomy ferry]

Yeah uchicago prolly has most ed2 anyway

[blazing hill]

I’m thinking to email my regional admission officer and see how their tone is with me 🤔

Email astrology

[gloomy ferry]

💀💀💀💀💀

[runic dock]

some AO told one of the admitted students that they admit more students in ED2 compared to ED1

[gloomy ferry]

I think that's because it's more competitive

[runic dock]

because most ED1 seats are actually taken by legacy applicants

[gloomy ferry]

Because you have the ivy rejects

[runic dock]

and also at the start they have a shit ton of recruited athletes to admit, plus they have questbridge and legacy

so regular applicants have a lower chance than what they would have had w ED2

my point is you guys will be fine

[pulsar skiff]

ewwwww athletes 🤮

[runic dock]

hahahahaha

so manyy ed2 coming tonight and tomorrow night

vandy, nyu, uchicago, swarthmore

what else

oh clemson

[pulsar skiff]

to this discord? I am confused about this sentenceeee

[runic dock]

harvey mudd so many

[runic dock]

oh as in ed2 decisions hahah

[pulsar skiff]

damn

apvunoailjsfnlaksdnf

[runic dock]

also when i say tonight im talking from IST perspective

[pulsar skiff]

4pm cst babeyyy

by the way 🤓 if you didn't know already 🤓 its only 1 day 12 hours 🤓 and 23 minutes untill decisions release ☝️ 🤓

[runic dock]

HAHAHAHA man good luck

if not uchicago, what would your ed2 choice have been?

[pulsar skiff]

stanford/berkeley

I already got rejected from princeton, but my top colleges would be uchicago, stanford or berkeley

I don't know if they actually have ed2 but whatever

[pulsar skiff]

maybe harvard as well

[thin sluice]

i wrote this one too 🖊️

[gloomy ferry]

bruh my mom didn't lemme ed2 uchicago because i would've had to withdraw uc apps if i got in, but then i got into Berkeley before uchicago ed2 😐

like obv that's not the main reason but iT pLaYeD a RoLe

[pulsar skiff]

are you planning on going to berkeley?

[thin sluice]

yes 😭

[gloomy ferry]

rn it's one of my top choices

[thin sluice]

Congrats on Berk!

[gloomy ferry]

but I'd choose uchicago stanford usc ucla brown maybe over berk

thank you 🫶

[thin sluice]

USC over berk?

[pulsar skiff]

you're welcome!!!!

[thin sluice]

thats interesting

[gloomy ferry]

yeah

[pulsar skiff]

I take credit for things I don't say

[gloomy ferry]

usc is hella goated for my major and i don't like how unsafe berkeley is

only problem is usc is expensive asf

[thin sluice]

FAIR

are u cali resident

[pulsar skiff]

I've heard uchicago is pretty unsafe as well

[gloomy ferry]

i got in ea but im waiting on my fin aid package so we'll see how that goes

[gloomy ferry]

yeah but it's uchicago

i hate cold weather i hate unsafe areas i hate wasps but I'd brave it all for uchicago

[gloomy ferry]

for tuition purposes, yes, admissions purposes, no

[thin sluice]

oh wow thats interesting

[gloomy ferry]

yeah lmao my situation is complicated

[thin sluice]

wait so

if you are born in cali

like what was the basis

for cali tuition

uk i was almost born in LA 😭 before dad cancelled out move

regretting it to this day

[gloomy ferry]

yeah i was born in cli

cali

i did school there for a bit

and I've completed California coursework

Google ab 540

[thin sluice]

so cool, you get the benefits of cali residence without living there

so cool man

[thin sluice]

wait so u spent 3 years of HS in cali?

why move senior year tho 😭 thats interesting

[gloomy ferry]

oh no

i did hs here throughout

wait

i did elementary school

and I did the California coursework while being here

[thin sluice]

ohhhh

cali coursework???

what even is that

valley girl accent classes 😔

[gloomy ferry]

no i think it's just the a-g courses

like as a part of that you have to do one year mandatory US history which intl schools don't offer

so if you're applying as an intl student you don't need that

[thin sluice]

aaah

[gloomy ferry]

but i self studied it

[thin sluice]

thats interesting

[gloomy ferry]

and a bunch of other courses

[thin sluice]

cooollll

i applied to three schools in cali

Stanford Pomona and Caltech

Stanford was my dream school since middle school 😭

[gloomy ferry]

awww

[thin sluice]

rn its kinda tied with UChicago

[gloomy ferry]

yeah same

stanford law is my dream

so i don't wanna go there for undergrad

[thin sluice]

YESS

so cool

[gloomy ferry]

but if i go to stanford undergrad I'm def going uchicago law

[thin sluice]

uchicago law is actually goated

[gloomy ferry]

Yeah but cali has the best salaries for lawyers

So i wanna study at Stanford and settle in cali

[thin sluice]

silicon vallye corporate bag 🤑

i mean you can come after uchicago too no?

[fierce stone]

1 day until judgement day

[acoustic pendant]

i always see you message at around 430pm afternoon for me and i wonder why you're so consistent about afternoons

it has just now occurred to me that you might be messaging at midnight

[fierce stone]

That’s 6:20 AM for me

[acoustic pendant]

so i was correct: you are being consistent about arbitrary times (its prolly when you wake up, I suppose)

[gloomy ferry]

Yes but not my first choice lol

[thin sluice]

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20240216T1645&p0=64&msg=UChicago+EDII&font=serif

[thin sluice]

😭 fair

why tho

[gloomy ferry]

because when I start my career i don't wanna be in a completely new place

I wanna have like internships and stuff while in college

Plus California has the hardest bar exam so obviously i wanna get my license in cali

[thin sluice]

aah that makes sense

very interesting

[surreal palm]

time to start a gofundme for usc together

[pale kayak]

Rejection day tmrw!!

[gloomy ferry]

FR girl i still haven't gotten my fin aid package yet

[native nova]

Hey everyone just so you know regardless of what result you get it’s going to be ok. We like to think that the world will end but it won’t. You’re all great with or without Uchicago 🤍🤍

[astral pivot]

Im gonna be competing tomorrow when results come

should i check immediately or wait until after

i could either be happy sad, happy happy, or sad sad

[gloomy ferry]

i'd say after

[small basin]

when does this shit come out

[thin sluice]

16th around 5PM CST??

[small basin]

nah why did i literally get pranked

i thought it was on the 15th

[thin sluice]

LMAO

[small basin]

woke up in a cold sweat today and for NOTHING

[thin sluice]

no its on the 16th 😭

they literally released it

time is a guess based on EDI

[small basin]

UGHHHHHH just tell me rn bffr

[thin sluice]

5PM CST is prob the max

i dont think its afternoon after 5 😭

[gloomy ferry]

we got it 4 pm ct i think

[small basin]

i dont even wanna know atp

Im not losing another night of sleep over this bruhhhh

[thin sluice]

4:45 last time

[thin sluice]

its literally in the afternoon tho

[gloomy ferry]

i mean ea

[thin sluice]

in the US

[small basin]

today?

????????

[thin sluice]

NO

tomorrow

[small basin]

BRUH THAT MAKES IT WORSE

[thin sluice]

😭

i mean fair

[small basin]

sprry i cant read

genuinel

genuinely

(applies ed2 to a good school anways despite not being able to read🙏)

[thin sluice]

🙏🏻

us

1 day, 9 hours

[small basin]

rereading my essays.....WTF are these

[thin sluice]

most relatable shit ever

[small basin]

hope we both in co2028 tho🙏

[thin sluice]

YESSIR 🙏🏻

[runic dock]

manifesting you guys' admission

can't wait to add you all to the uchi gc

everyone's v cool

[thin sluice]

😭 MAN

this is insane

[junior sage]

I am here regretting giving ChatGPT my essay to change the tone to more formal

To make the essay look good

[thin sluice]

😭 dont admit to it here tf

[junior sage]

It's not like I made it write the essay, I wrote the complete essay in my language and just changed its tone

And now I feel, the essay I originally wrote was better

[gloomy ferry]

LMAO i made my essay funny asf

ok no im lying i didnt but i made jokes in my app!

[fading socket]

If the Jeopardy thinking music isn’t in the waiting for decision playlist then it’s a disgrace

[thin sluice]

i feel like my chicago ones were just poor attempt at jokes lmfao

[gloomy ferry]

sounds like me (i am a poor attempt at a joke)

[mystic roost]

!chicago

[thin sluice]

28 hours

[fading socket]

ITS TOMORROW

[fading socket]

My app is a joke

[thin sluice]

i am dying inside

guys

[fading socket]

why

[thin sluice]

think about it

our letters have been signed

[fading socket]

thinking is a stretch for me honestly

[thin sluice]

decisions done

[fading socket]

Yeah maybe

yeah

[thin sluice]

it is

even greater for me

intl + aid

💀

[fading socket]

I meant I have an inability to form complete thoughts

but yeah I understand your situation

[thin sluice]

i feel empty

like a hollow copper vessel

[runic dock]

how many of you all are indians again?

[fading socket]

tbf your decision was signed the second you submitted

[runic dock]

like reside in india

[thin sluice]

💀

fair

i mean i got deferred EA, so I am a little hopeful

[runic dock]

yeahhh they defer so many EAs that they want to accept

[fading socket]

expect the worse hope for the best

[acoustic pendant]

me

[runic dock]

where are you from

[acoustic pendant]

mumbai

[thin sluice]

they are like, i mean you cool but ED if you want us to take your app seriously

lmfao

[runic dock]

truee

[runic dock]

good luck ik 5 indians from mumbai who got in ed1

theyre taking quite a lot from mumbai this year

delhi gurgaon not sm only 2 total

[acoustic pendant]

yepp we all know them

everyone in mumbai knows everyone else

[runic dock]

which school are you fromm

[runic dock]

hahahaha

[thin sluice]

WHAT THE FUCK

😭

[runic dock]

ik people from cathedral, dais, bombay scottish and abwa who got in

oh hill spring also

[thin sluice]

thats so fucking high

[acoustic pendant]

PACE (mistakes were made, we shall not speak of them) but i was in bss before this

[runic dock]

yeah they took 2 from delhi and gurgaon together thats it

[runic dock]

ohh the bss girl who got in was EA

[thin sluice]

fun fact, we have a DPS in saudi too

💀

[runic dock]

HAHAHAHHA

[thin sluice]

i have friends there

[runic dock]

dps is EVERYWHEREEE

[acoustic pendant]

yeah shes a friend shes cool

[acoustic pendant]

everywhere

[runic dock]

yeah app she prefers uk over us though

[thin sluice]

i love sending them DPS memes

[acoustic pendant]

waiting on LSE last I heard

[thin sluice]

what bothered me a little about UChicago was that they didnt use my preferred name in the deferral letter

which makes me think

was it automated

[final condor]

JPIS too. Its in Jaipur

[runic dock]

yeahh full ride

us citizen

[thin sluice]

uk Saudi citizens get full ride from the gov

so they all apply as full pay

i am genuinely cooked

💀

[acoustic pendant]

dont worry

you can do it (if not uchic than some better place so dw)

[thin sluice]

thankss

my app is solid for my region

so i hope i get in somewhere

[acoustic pendant]

have faith

and if your app is solid then you're set for sure

[thin sluice]

thank youu

do intls get the acceptance packages too?

[tacit scarab]

!countdowns

[slow spear]

Current Countdown Commands

!ivyday
!nyu
!uiuc
!vanderbilt

[granite summit]

help my dad went to an indian boarding school

he talks about it all the time

[thin sluice]

boarding schools abroad 😇
indian boarding schools 💀

[shy torrent]

Yes we do 🙂

The package is so nice

[thin sluice]

OOO for what uni

and when did u recieve it

[shy torrent]

UChicago

[thin sluice]

AHAHAHAH CONGRATS

[shy torrent]

Uhhh accepted dec 18th got it mid jan so like a month after decision

[thin sluice]

thats soo cool 😭

i want it so bad man

[shy torrent]

R u edii?

[thin sluice]

yes

1 day left 💀

[shy torrent]

Good luck for tomorrow 🫡

[thin sluice]

25 hours

THANK YOU 😭

its most likely gonna be a reject but

hopium

[shy torrent]

Nah hold up hope

also off topic but the projects on your GitHub look cool

[glass bear]

believe really hard and youll get in

[thin sluice]

STOP IS IT PUBLIC

😭

[shy torrent]

Yeah 😆

[thin sluice]

i stopped committing to that shit 2 years agi

[shy torrent]

Gotta get back on the grind 😤

[thin sluice]

so true

after college apps

[shy torrent]

Also ur Saudi that’s cool I’m in Riyadh rn on vacation

[thin sluice]

i wanna pick up swift

[shy torrent]

Oooh fun

[thin sluice]

NO WAY

wait dm

[blazing hill]

Practically less than 24 hours remaining

[peak goblet]

Is UChi truly need-blind for domestic and Canadians?

I read about a lawsuit from 2022 for not being really "need-blind"

[blazing hill]

No one here knows

Not for sure at least

[peak goblet]

Yeah

Oh well

[pale kayak]

Exactly one day until judgement day lol

[thin sluice]

price fixing cartel

but they prob are need blind now after the lawsuit

[native nova]

sounds fun

have fam there

[shy torrent]

Yeah need blind is bs

Maybe they’ll change cuz of the lawsuit

But a lotta colleges would check income for taking kids of the waitlist

[fading socket]

Less than 24 hours

[thin sluice]

gtg sleep bye bye

[final wave]

holy shit

1 day left

[pale kayak]

If I miraculously get into uchicago first thing I’m doing is posting my acceptance letter on my story with the when I’m back in Chicago song

[tawny monolith]

posting on the story ☠️

[pale kayak]

cuz why tf not 💀

smth to be proud asf about

but the likeliness is like 5% anyways

[tawny monolith]

5%?

[pale kayak]

personally I think that’s my chance

[tawny monolith]

k

good luck to you

[fading socket]

Nah they valid I would too

[glass bear]

posting the letter is crazy

[blazing hill]

!uchicago

[fading socket]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-beocord-no-lol-gif-24435520

I posted a scholarship offer on my close friends story once

So I’d absolutely post a Chicago acceptance

[junior sage]

I know I am not going to be accepted but still getting excited about the result

[dreamy rock]

same lol

[peak goblet]

Hopefully

[gloomy ferry]

hii

[final wave]

ughh

no i actually hate this

i should have applied to more schools

[fierce stone]

bro same

[final wave]

2 people in my class applied to like 20

[gloomy ferry]

i applied to 26 💀

[slow solstice]

omg watch there be like 200,000 applications next year because of the djo song😭

[pale kayak]

21 here lol

[pale kayak]

yea it’s all over my feed Lol

it’s crazy

[final wave]

holy

nah but thats like normal tho

i didnt apply to enough

[gloomy ferry]

i applied to too many safeties and targets

[fierce stone]

i applied to 5 💀

[final wave]

is it too late to register for the ap chem exam

[slow solstice]

since when is 26 normal LMAO

a2c😞

[pale kayak]

it gets to a point where u panic apply thinking ur not gonna get in after getting rejected ed 1 lol

[slow solstice]

i feel like the opposite happened to me i ended up not applying to like 6 rd schools😭😭

valid tho

[pale kayak]

I was like I’m not getting in anywhere good if I don’t apply to everywhere lmao

I got no regrets on that strategy tho

Wish I applied to UCs

[slow solstice]

i lowkey regret ucs bc i know im not gonna go since im oos😞

but also it never hurts to j apply if it’s not expensive tbh

[pale kayak]

Yeah

[gloomy ferry]

i shotgunned ea because i didnt know how to make a proper college list and figured i'd choose rd based on where i got in ea

got into all my safeties and targets so i only did reaches rd

[gloomy ferry]

fr

[fading socket]

Ur insane

I only did 18 and half of that is CSUs and UCs

[pulsar skiff]

20 hours 15 minutes

[foggy nest]

how do you know the time

[pulsar skiff]

I am assuming 4pm cst because apparently they do that a lot

[foggy nest]

we all get in

all of us

[pulsar skiff]

also why is this channel so inactive rn I wouldve thought itd be crazy since its less than a day till decisions

[foggy nest]

trust

[pulsar skiff]

🙏

[glass bear]

It gets wild the hour before release tbh

[pulsar skiff]

ik, its just funny that its super busy, then 1 day before it dries up before actually getting crazy an hour before

[slow solstice]

i am personally taking a break so i dont go insane 😇

[wooden mason]

wsp

[fading socket]

man one day i hope ill be able to change my name here to begging4ham/🐦‍🔥 uc hicago '28

if not it is what it is

onto the next thing or whatever

[gloomy ferry]

fake Indian

no real Indian says shlime and schwnag

[wooden mason]

im as brown as can be

[gloomy ferry]

you literally live in the US

ok cali but still

only bay area kids are real Indians

[wooden mason]

surrounded by other indians

[gloomy ferry]

so cal 🤢🤢

[wooden mason]

my city is full of indians

like where i live its 90% asian or someth like that

[fading socket]

you guys opening your decisions with anyone?

[gloomy ferry]

Do they fuck up your high school's stats by being overachievers

[gloomy ferry]

I wouldn't recommend

Parents are fine, maybe not friends

[fading socket]

im finished cause it releases in the one class i have all my friends in

[gloomy ferry]

wait

[wooden mason]

kinda but our school feeds hard

[gloomy ferry]

what time is it for you?

[fading socket]

prob 2pm PST

we'd be in 6th period

[gloomy ferry]

bro btw this is weird but @wooden mason you know calculus right

rip bro dipped

[gloomy ferry]

is that the last period?

[wooden mason]

yeah

[wooden mason]

when no response for 1 second

[fading socket]

yeah and we have a substitute teacher tomorrow so we aint getting any work done, we're gonna prob do nothing and open my decision

rough

[gloomy ferry]

can I dm you a question rq

[wooden mason]

yeah

[wooden mason]

yeah but im not the greatest calculus master

but go ahead

[gloomy ferry]

When does school end

[fading socket]

between 2:10 and 2:40 im not givin an exact time

why?

[pale kayak]

personally i would never open decisions during class

have u tried it b4 for other schools lol

[fading socket]

i opened my princeton rea decision with my counselor

and my college counselor like 3 ft behind me

[pale kayak]

howd that go

[fading socket]

my counselor recorded the entire thing and gave an entire speech about how id get in

i wasnt even deferred i got straight rejected

[pale kayak]

oh damn

[fading socket]

https://tenor.com/view/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-ole-lose-manchester-united-manchester-city-ole-sad-gif-23699378

[pale kayak]

my school tells us to save opening decisions for home

[gloomy ferry]

tbh I'd just wait

it's like half an hour tops

[fading socket]

yeah true

[pulsar skiff]

did you just ask someone if they know calc cuz theyre indian 💀

[fading socket]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/791581270958145538/1191906249168654367/ouse.gif?ex=65a72432&is=6594af32&hm=812d41a7c2e02eef07992eafa18ccb660fafd5f22cc90c59e7f46f1fe52f58bd&

crazy thing is it seems to have worked

[gloomy ferry]

NO i was doing calc and got the wrong answer and i just pinged whoever's online first😭

[surreal palm]

LMAO

[gloomy ferry]

yeah but he didn't help me i realised my mistake immediately after i texted LOL

i wrote 12 as 2 💀

[pulsar skiff]

goofy

[fading socket]

https://tenor.com/view/rotating-skull-gif-24524852

[gloomy ferry]

fr

i hate calc

[fading socket]

me too

[gloomy ferry]

but oh i love calc

[fading socket]

never mind

[gloomy ferry]

lol

i like calc when it makes sense

differentiation and differential equations is fun

[pulsar skiff]

its hilarious how calc students are considered amazing at math and yet are never able to do basic algebra

[gloomy ferry]

integrals and application of derivatives i despise

[gloomy ferry]

ok shut up don't attack me like that

[pulsar skiff]

lmao that was at me as well I failed a final by saying that 2-2=4 (among a lot of other things)

[gloomy ferry]

HAHA

I WROTE 3-2 AS 2

[fading socket]

i do the basic algebra part right but i cant do the calc part right

no clue how i got an A in ap calc last year

[gloomy ferry]

damn

[fading socket]

according to the teacher i clutched the final somehow

[gloomy ferry]

ok i need to get back to calc

[fading socket]

👍

[pulsar skiff]

99% sure I've said 2+3=6 and 2*3 = 5 at some point ok im done u need to do calc bye

[wooden mason]

i hate series

and parametrics

[humble echo]

wow this felt personal

[pulsar skiff]

it is self inflicted

[humble echo]

dont worry bro me too, me too

i'm somehow able to solve the most complex shit using calculus and will somehow mess up basic algebra

[pulsar skiff]

^^

[gloomy ferry]

I've done that too like literally the same thing😭

[gloomy ferry]

they deleted that for us

still have to study for ap calc but oh well

[fading socket]

AB or BC

[gloomy ferry]

AB

im too lazy for bc

[fading socket]

yo twins

fellow aber

i hate life

[gloomy ferry]

real

i haven't even started calc ab

[fading socket]

what

[gloomy ferry]

im self studying

my school doesn't offer APs

[fading socket]

so how do you

do you plan to take the exam?

just self study for it?

[gloomy ferry]

yeah it's offered at another school in my city

But they don't have a course

[fading socket]

ah i see then

[gloomy ferry]

So i study using Khan academy, Princeton review and college board

[fading socket]

i still remember how the princeton review did me a solid

we didnt have a teacher the whole year of ap us history

just a long term sub who didnt teach ap

[gloomy ferry]

damn

[fading socket]

somehow scored a 3 and was the only student to pass

princeton review study session worked

[gloomy ferry]

i signed up for apush ap calc ap eng lang and ap psychology idk how im gonna self study everything💀

[gloomy ferry]

bro that's so sad

like not you you're goated but I mean being the only one to pass

[fading socket]

it was normal for me honestly

year before that i got a 4 on ap world

but we didnt have a teacher half the year

was the only student to pass then, too

so it was like 2 in a row

[gloomy ferry]

W

[fading socket]

i blame my schools inability to hire teachers hence why i transferred out for senior year

[gloomy ferry]

😭😭😭

[fading socket]

honestly quite incredible

this new school's cool tho and is easier to apply to uni from cause its in a way less academically competitive part of the area

[gloomy ferry]

that's amazing!

[wooden mason]

oh im doing bc i hate it

[fading socket]

its probably one of the few reasons i have a shot now at uchi

if im honest

[wooden mason]

considering swtiching majors now

to like public policy or somethn

[fading socket]

what major you apply under?

[wooden mason]

electrical or computer engineering

didnt apply uchi though

[fading socket]

awwww u shouldve applied to uchicago

[devout ginkgo]

Oh?

[peak goblet]

This is it guys.

[fierce stone]

No it’s not!!!

[fading socket]

THIS IS IT

[fierce stone]

IT CANT BE!!

[thin gyro]

So 4pm CST tmrw?

[fading socket]

Yeah prob

[thin gyro]

Best of luck to everyone 🙏

[wooden mason]

i lowk should have i was planning on applying for fun and writing a jfk fanfic or somethn

[thin sluice]

THAT SONG IS STUCK IN MY HEAD

[fading socket]

imagine getting in

[wooden mason]

that would be crazy ngl

[fading socket]

would you take it over usc

[wooden mason]

nah

[fading socket]

fair

[wooden mason]

im fr this dedicated to usc

[verbal kayak]

oh shit ibanez W

[wooden mason]

bro zoomed in across the room 😭

but yeh its a goated guitar

[verbal kayak]

💀i like guitars

i had an ibanez forever until i got a prs

[wooden mason]

i also have a yamaha pacifica in the back behind the ibanez

i want a prs silver sky soo bad

theyre soo pretty

[verbal kayak]

yeah but it’s just prs strat

i have the se custom

[wooden mason]

the metallic sheen is just mesmerizing

[wooden mason]

thats beautiful too

[verbal kayak]

the john mayer sigs are rly cool

but those are rly expensive