Duke University (2023-2024)

[waxen dragon]

y

cost?

[heady urchin]

No

[vocal umbra]

Where rea ?

[waxen dragon]

stanny

[heady urchin]

I was really sick (still am sick) and they were not ready to have me be binded to going to an east coast school

[waxen dragon]

i think

[heady urchin]

So they said I could apply rd

[vocal umbra]

Sick with?

[heady urchin]

Yeah

[waxen dragon]

is stanny close by

[heady urchin]

I have a chronic gastrointestinal illness that made me very sick

Like throwing up every time I ate or drank sick

[vocal umbra]

Oh

[heady urchin]

Yeah an hr and 20

I’m doing better now

[vocal umbra]

Do your parents want you to be close by

[waxen dragon]

nice

[heady urchin]

Just not fully better

[vocal umbra]

Good

[heady urchin]

Yeah

[heady urchin]

Hopefully will be illness free before college

[vocal umbra]

What do you do to treat it?

[heady urchin]

I basically lost a ton of weight so I had to regain using a feeding tube

That went to my stomach

If I don’t then I’m going to need surgery ig

[vocal umbra]

Damn

Gl

[heady urchin]

Ty

[vapid urchin]

Academics and campus ngl

[warm ore]

public policy, sports, more suburban, opportunities, and party school but still academic

[vocal umbra]

Duke is a party school?

[tough raptor]

Not really. Duke is very loose on alcohol, and you will find multiple parties every night as well as Duke students at all of the clubs near campus, but the parties aren't at ECU levels or anything, and I'd say the vast majority of students don't participate, and it is a relatively small and reoccurring crowd.

[minor mango]

looks nice + i like blue + i want to see a lemur + tour guide did an insanely good job selling it + matpat from game theory went there

also has my major in a really neat way but hey who cares about that

[tough raptor]

You don't have to get accepted to see the lemurs

the lemur center is open to the public for tours

[minor mango]

the only way i'd ever stop in north carolina again is if i went to duke

[dense forge]

the lemurs are cute

[tough raptor]

jesus christ 68 supps.... how many schools are you applying to

[minor mango]

mauricio i can't move it move it anymore

[dense forge]

this is for 20 schools, i have 2 more (including duke) on the maybe list for post-ed considerations

[minor mango]

OH NAH

[dense forge]

sorry duke 😭

[minor mango]

nah i've got like twenty schools on my list too there's no way bruh

it's so over

[dense forge]

my list is like. ivy or bust tho. and ivies have a shitton of supps

(im delusional)

[minor mango]

that's fair

[dense forge]

i did apply to my safeties already so yay

[tough raptor]

If you don't drink there isn't a lot to do in the triangle.

so fair

out in the mountains is so nice

[dense forge]

i did dukes app in 1 hour

im applying to 17

[tough raptor]

beach is nice, but is a 50/50 split between people there on vacation and people with bone in their brains

[minor mango]

yeah i'm sure, i actually went to the sunflower field (?) near UNC but a. it was out of season so not a single sunflower to be found and b. it was in the afternoon and it was at least 95 degrees with no cloud cover so 💀
but at least the hammocks were nice

[tough raptor]

wth... dukes app is not that simple

[minor mango]

huh why

i wanted to go to the beach but it would've been super dark by the time we got home

[dense forge]

most of the optional prompts just overlap other schools prompts

i literally just did copy and paste for intellectual experience and diversity

the only thing that took an hour was a why us

but duke had similar programs to penn so i just switched names

[tough raptor]

No jobs out there so for the most part it is just the people who prop up the vacation/tourism industry

[minor mango]

hmm ok

[tough raptor]

I mean I like it out there

[minor mango]

tbh i've only ever been to maryland + florida beaches so i dunno seeing NC would've been nice too

[tough raptor]

but I have had iffy experiences with the people who live there year around

[minor mango]

oh also duke's dining hall had rlly good butter chicken AND the lunch lady was super nice and even said ni hao

i dunno it was a rlly chill place that i'd love to go to

[minor mango]

calmest beach resident:

[dense forge]

yeah dukes food is good, i had a banger rice bowl thing when i visited

[tough raptor]

I am probally super weird for this, but when I go to uni I will prolly just use the dorm shared kitchen most days

I'm just too biologically adapted to eating lukewarm beans and lentils

[minor mango]

if there is a dorm kitchen, i'd love it

been keeping a list of recipes for when i go to college and inevitably get tired of the dorm hall food

but iirc most colleges do make (at least freshmen) students pay for some sort of meal plan (don't freshmen get some sort of discount for certain food at duke?) so i might as well take advantage of that

[tough raptor]

My ex's dorm definitely had one

[minor mango]

[tough raptor]

I mean a shared one

ofc

[minor mango]

idc

if it's a kitchen then i can use it

[tough raptor]

At UNC they aren't allowed to look in your drawers, so a girl I know who goes there keeps a coleman stove in a drawer and pulls it out a few times a week to cook

[minor mango]

does that girl happen to be the same person who does those "making beef wellington in my dorm" videos

[tough raptor]

I am not aware of those

[pallid shale]

half of why i decided to ed specifically is because it's the closest t20 to me and would be free tuition since i live in sc

which is the same reason as every other applicant from here

[minor mango]

lmao i'm one state too high to qualify for that

[pallid shale]

i should be fine anyway since usc (south carolina) should be cheap

they said i will get "a scholarship," as vague as possible

[tough raptor]

They give a lot of aid, but they don't give much education

[pallid shale]

lmao rip

[minor mango]

bro's made every sort of fine dining dish with nothing more than what you could fit on a bed lmao

[tough raptor]

That does seem like something this person would do

I'll ask them

[dense forge]

THOSE ARE ICONIC BUT TERRIFYING LOL

like how do you do all that on a mfing dorm bed 😭

[minor mango]

nah what's more terrifying is that the sheets are white

[dense forge]

thats true

how do you sleep after that 😭

[minor mango]

fr sleeping in the misty haze of uh checks notes clam chowder

[warm ore]

i mean like i want to go to a top tier academic school but still party a lot

so im looking at duke, usc, etc. like sport schools mainly

also greek life

[vapid urchin]

@warm ore Tulane

[warm ore]

i was considering it

[vapid urchin]

Tulane is actually so cool dude

[warm ore]

also the hurricanes.

[slim cave]

omg is it about me 😓😓

I swear it’s official 😭 I don’t know why your counselors haven’t told you about this yet, they must be very busy, but i everything is real! don’t stress too much about it now, it’s better for us to think about something else and prepare our other apps instead of worrying about it, since you can’t change anything now.

[vapid urchin]

Isnt 11% good for duke?

[dense forge]

duke's ED rate was 16% last year & 21% the year before so 💀

[vapid urchin]

Just means everyone’s applying ED I guess because duke is the best school ever

[pallid shale]

it is!

[minor mango]

not for ED

[minor mango]

SO TRUE

duke stays on top

[minor mango]

not everyone's counselors tells them about this stuff, but i've seen other people in this server say that their counselors told them the same thing

for reference, last year duke had 4000 ed applicants

[vapid urchin]

It doesn’t matter guys all of us are getting in ED

[minor mango]

[vocal umbra]

What thread is this

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w6gF5vXLA6lq-kffDbFGg4mlKM9HVQVJ7FVQoshKCYo/edit#gid=1618939284

did yall see this

the highest applicants before this year was co 2025 with 5036

so we have more than 1000 more than the previous highest

[dense forge]

damn gl yall

[pallid shale]

it's Joever

[icy hatch]

My year 🤪🤪

[minor mango]

7 is my lucky number so praying they release it at 7 pm this year it has never been lucky for me

ayo we're gonna need these types of numbers

[normal yacht]

Hello

[slim cave]

Ik that applicant number increases each year but damn 1k more…

[heady urchin]

It’s bc everyone sees the high (in comparison to other schools) Ed acceptance rate and think “oh it’s easier to get into duke ed” so then more people apply early

[minor mango]

no it's cuz they increased the financial aid this year

so more people are willing to shoot their shot with a school that they otherwise wouldn't even dream of applying to because the tuition's like 80k a year

[vocal umbra]

Yea I’m p sure it’s because of the new grant for Carolina students

The main increase is from north and South Carolina

Free tuition under 150k and free ride under 60k

[vocal umbra]

If this was the case then Cornell should have this high of a increase which I don’t think is h the case

[pallid shale]

well if less qualified people are applying then it shouldn't make it much harder for the more qualified people, but it could be more cracked people applying so idk

[minor mango]

it means more diversity, lots of people might not have the stats but they have the story to get in

[pallid shale]

fair point

[minor mango]

and definitely lots who are academically cracked anyways but can't afford

i knew a kid at my school last year who got into brown or harvard or smth but ended up going to our state uni

cuz her parents couldn't afford

[pallid shale]

i think i have the stats and a decent story so 🙏

[minor mango]

lots of people wanna skip that sort of pain

yep

prage

prayge

[pallid shale]

just questionable ecs

[minor mango]

[heady urchin]

They did they just accepted more Ed

[vocal umbra]

That’s good then

Hopefully Duke increases too

But Cornell went from ~1200 to ~1900

But Duke has stayed consistent between 800 and 900

So I don’t think it will go up that much

[slim cave]

well but with essays, you can’t really saw which one will be qualified, and which one is less.

I think esp with Duke, they seem to look at supplemental essays. 3y ago their AO made AMA on Reddit, where they even said how they dislike name-dropping essays with zero specifics

what if someone has great stats but terrible at essays - in which category you put them then?

[pallid shale]

then they're probably screwed in this pool lol

i would imagine you need great everything

[dense forge]

theres no way to know

[nova shuttle]

MATPAT ???

i didnt know that

[minor mango]

@scenic zephyr trinity

well technically trinity + school of public health

global health institute whatever

[scenic zephyr]

i am so not getting in

[minor mango]

i thought about tryna game the system with applying to pratt since less people but i don't have the stats for that LMAO

[scenic zephyr]

i was thinking about that too

[minor mango]

too many cracked STEM nerds

i aint one of those

[scenic zephyr]

literally

my math sat way too low for tht

also i got no engineering ecs or anything

[minor mango]

yep

what are you majoring in?

[scenic zephyr]

have you had an interview?

[scenic zephyr]

either history or econ

[minor mango]

oh history interesting

[minor mango]

yep

lmao let me tell y'all about the interview i had

[scenic zephyr]

bad?

[minor mango]

the guy asked "why duke" which is a totally normal question except he then went on a whole rant about how duke isn't special, how it's like every other higher education institution, how everyone comes from similar backgrounds and gets similar jobs, etc etc and roasted the fuck outta the school and finally went "so why" and i sweated my ass off trying to answer that

[scenic zephyr]

😂

thats hilarious

[minor mango]

in hindsight yes

[scenic zephyr]

bro tryna warn you

[minor mango]

wbu interview?

[minor mango]

i dunno what beef he had but damn

doomposting fr

[scenic zephyr]

my guy was literally one year graduated

[minor mango]

oh nice

[scenic zephyr]

nice guy pretty chill

he was pretty funny

we got through all the stuff in like

35 minutes

[minor mango]

oh nice

aight good stuff then

[scenic zephyr]

and then he was like "ok great now we can talk about the 49ers for the last 10"

[minor mango]

he probably had fond memories

so he was willing to be chill

[scenic zephyr]

yeah i think i got luckier than you\

[minor mango]

are they not from the other side of the US lmao

[scenic zephyr]

got a guy who liked the school

[scenic zephyr]

he was from oregon

but a raiders fan

he just brought it up cause when he asked how i was doing at the start i said great cause the niners just won

cause our interview was right after the game

[minor mango]

good for you

at least u connected on the football LMAO

[scenic zephyr]

dk what i woulda done with ur guy

yeah haha

not like im getting in though

duke above my level

[minor mango]

same same

[scenic zephyr]

what're your stats looking like?

[minor mango]

i'd say i have decently high stats but my ecs are just not it

[pallid shale]

my interviewer didn't even ask me "why duke" 😭

i was very surprised

[minor mango]

damnn

maybe he didn't care 💀

[scenic zephyr]

kinda the same boat but my stats arent even that high for duke

[minor mango]

yeah lmao for duke my stats are

yikes

whatever a long shot is a long shot

[scenic zephyr]

fr i just figured what the hell might as well try it

[minor mango]

i hope they accept like 1000 students this year to compensate for the insane spike in applications

[scenic zephyr]

maybe they misclick my application or sum

[scenic zephyr]

would be sweet if ed acceptance rate went back up to 20%

[pallid shale]

they don't have enough room to accept more people overall because of housing space (from what i've read)

but accept more for ed 🙏

[minor mango]

OH NAH

[scenic zephyr]

yeah screw the rds

[minor mango]

blease at this rate i'd rather camp out on the grounds than get rejected

i'm so tired

[scenic zephyr]

you trinity too shrixy?

[pallid shale]

yeah

[scenic zephyr]

fr they aint even gotta give me a dorm

shit hopefully one of us gets in

[minor mango]

lmao i'm pretty sure vtech had to get a hotel or smth just to accomodate all the new students

[minor mango]

even if the acceptance rate was 20%, there's a decent chance none of us do LMAOOO

[scenic zephyr]

😭 and thats about as high as it could get

indiana bloomington got me hopefully 🙏

[minor mango]

imagine your early decision acceptance rate being as low as some ivy league regular acceptances

this year it's prolly gonna go down to like 11%

[scenic zephyr]

dont say that

[minor mango]

lmaoo i applied there

[scenic zephyr]

dont put that into the universe

[minor mango]

my parents forced me to at the last minute

i've never heard of indiana

the university i mean, not the state

[scenic zephyr]

you get in anywhere yet? so far im a duck

🦆

[minor mango]

mm pitt

[scenic zephyr]

oo nice

[scenic zephyr]

great school

[minor mango]

yep it was a safety but i was still happy

[scenic zephyr]

location is its only drawback

[minor mango]

at least i didn't fuck up too badly

[minor mango]

indiana 💀

[scenic zephyr]

fr

great sports, campus, and business program tho

[scenic zephyr]

oregon is the saftey of all safteys but i was still sweating when i opened by decision

didnt do the "optional" essay...

[minor mango]

optional never means optional imo

unless you broke both of your hands and then both of your feet

[scenic zephyr]

ik it is not optional

i was just a dumbass

[minor mango]

it's ok bro we'll get em next time

you're saving all your luck for duke fr

[scenic zephyr]

thank god they let me in anyway

[scenic zephyr]

🙏

been prepping by using the ivy rejection site thing

[minor mango]

LMAOO

[pallid shale]

same lol

[minor mango]

i need to use that right now

you know it's bad when people have ivy rejection simulators but not lottery losing simulators

[scenic zephyr]

fr

[minor mango]

why is gtech on here

[scenic zephyr]

id bet at least one of us is getting in

[scenic zephyr]

respect gtech

well one of you two

im a lost cause

[minor mango]

christoph guttentag i am rapidly approaching your location

[minor mango]

nah bro me too

i don't even know what gtech is known for

[scenic zephyr]

gonna have to be @pallid shale

[scenic zephyr]

tech in georgia obviously

you apply anywhere else early

[minor mango]

aight we balance out the bad vibes by reading the acceptance letter

umm lots of in state

and northeastern

[scenic zephyr]

what state is that

[minor mango]

and then i realized their acceptance rate is like 20%

[pallid shale]

i'll probably get deferred cuz my stats are high but i haven't done anything "impactful" or whatever

[minor mango]

boston

[minor mango]

boston

[scenic zephyr]

better than getting rejected

[pallid shale]

for sure

[minor mango]

if i get deferred i'm gonna kms since i know it's because my senior year grades dipped

[scenic zephyr]

im gonna have to grind to only get one B after being a straight A student. senioritis is rough

[minor mango]

honestly i'd rather get rejected or accepted, not deferred

deferred is limbo hell

i couldn't stand that kind of pressure

[minor mango]

yep

we're in the mines brothas

[scenic zephyr]

fucking awful timing for fortnite og season to come back lmao

[pallid shale]

i'd be fine with a deferral because i'd think i have a chance to get into my other reaches

a rejection would be very demotivating

[scenic zephyr]

are ur stats insane

[minor mango]

nah i'm prepared for a rejection

[scenic zephyr]

you gotta share

[pallid shale]

not insane but pretty high

ok i mean i expect a rejection but it will still suck lol

[scenic zephyr]

cant leave us in the dark with the stats like this

[pallid shale]

like academics?

[scenic zephyr]

sure

[pallid shale]

4.0 uw gpa, class rank 2, 1560 sat superscore, 10 aps, national merit semifinalist

i need them to carry me 🙏

[scenic zephyr]

ok ill rescind my app

[pallid shale]

sorry 😭

[minor mango]

DAMN WE GOT A SALUTATORIAN HERE

i can't spell it whatever

[pallid shale]

class rank makes no sense i swear

[scenic zephyr]

my class doesnt do ranks so i have no idea where i am

[minor mango]

nope me neither

i know i'm in the top but also my class is sweaty af so not the top top

[pallid shale]

i was actually #1 last year but i fell to #2 after getting all 96+ grades

[minor mango]

praying nobody else is applying to duke at my school

[scenic zephyr]

my school kinda shitty

[pallid shale]

like how is that possible

[minor mango]

96 and you fell???

[pallid shale]

but either way i'm thrilled with it

yeah lol

[scenic zephyr]

insane

[minor mango]

dawg wtf was the valedictorian on

[scenic zephyr]

my school is ranked like outside the top 1500 in california

[pallid shale]

i think we have grade inflation

[minor mango]

oh god

[pallid shale]

they probably took a ton of aps or dual enrollment

[minor mango]

[minor mango]

weirdest thing of my hs career is that i've never taken DE

i don't know why

[pallid shale]

me neither

[scenic zephyr]

we getting by

📖 🤓

we're good readers

[minor mango]

ngl i'm relying on my letters of rec to carry me LMAO

[scenic zephyr]

i havent

nobody ik has done that

[minor mango]

nicee

[vapid urchin]

Am I not going to be a good fit for duke if I don’t like sports

[pallid shale]

idk if my lors are good

[scenic zephyr]

ye

[pallid shale]

both of them finished them within 4 days somehow

[vapid urchin]

Like Fr?

[native willow]

those are issues to cross after u get in

[pallid shale]

when i gave them 3.5 weeks

[minor mango]

you don't like basketball????? get out >:( now >:( before i sic the blue devil on you

[vapid urchin]

What if my interviewer asks me

[native willow]

lie.

[scenic zephyr]

im sure you could still be a good fit, but it is a big part of the school and culture

[minor mango]

i'm pretty sure like 60% of the student base just goes to the games once for fun

[minor mango]

you ever heard about lying

[vapid urchin]

What if he asks me about something specific

[native willow]

tbh i think u can just say that ur looking forward to sports cus u never had the opp

[minor mango]

dawg no interviewer is gonna grill you on duke basketball stats

[scenic zephyr]

lmao my guy asked me what ik about the bench burning tradition

[native willow]

^^^

[minor mango]

WHAT

[scenic zephyr]

luckily i knew

[vapid urchin]

I don’t know anything about this what

[minor mango]

that's such a weird thing to ask

[pallid shale]

welp i'm out of the loop

[minor mango]

they burn a bench before a game that's all i know

[scenic zephyr]

all benches on campus are made by students. when they beat unc they have a giant bonfire

its sick

[pallid shale]

i know much more about football than basketball

[native willow]

i mean interviews afaik play an almost insignificant role

[minor mango]

yeah

but still

weird question lmao

i dunno the best i have to offer is that i sprained my finger playing basketball when i was in 3rd grade and i never played it again

[scenic zephyr]

lmfao

[minor mango]

i kinda wish i got into a team sport tbh

i like teams

[scenic zephyr]

i play basketball but nothing else

[minor mango]

damn lmao

uhh i can play table tennis

does that count for diversity points

[scenic zephyr]

d1 sport 🔜

damn u can barely see the 🔜 emoji

[scenic zephyr]

ima play u if we both get in

[minor mango]

[vapid urchin]

I must become duke

[minor mango]

i'll hold you to it

[scenic zephyr]

why do you like duke so much if you dont like sports

[minor mango]

actually speaking of, i was looking at supplemental responses to brown's "why brown in one sentence" and some guy suggested "i am providence," which was written on hp lovecraft's tombstone

which is a great idea if they didn't shout it out to the rest of the internet

so the lesson here, kids, is to not say your great essay idea out loud

[vapid urchin]

Hogwarts, global health co major, campus again, very good study abroad, and they have a ton of graduate school things like a center for virology im really interested in

[minor mango]

https://tenor.com/view/król-julian-king-julian-zoo-gif-19903789

hogwarts??

[vapid urchin]

Duke looks like hog warts

[scenic zephyr]

yale is hogwarts

or udub

[minor mango]

bro if you wanted hogwarts you'd go to new england what

it barely even snows at duke

[scenic zephyr]

duke is more gothic than hogwarts

[minor mango]

duke is a lot of things but hogwarts aint one

[vapid urchin]

Whenever I say Hogwarts I am talking about how it looks like a castle

[minor mango]

you mean the church looks like a castle

[vapid urchin]

Yes

And stone

I like stone

[scenic zephyr]

campus is def gorgeous

[vapid urchin]

Best campus in the states

[scenic zephyr]

notre dame up there

[vapid urchin]

Duke is also one of the few schools that are in my distance limit that are any good

[scenic zephyr]

oh ur from nc?

[vapid urchin]

Idk something about Notre Dame turns me off I just dislike it

[vapid urchin]

No im from MD

[scenic zephyr]

😦

blasphemous

[vapid urchin]

The fact people pronounce it “No turr daymm” makes me what to kms

Instead of

Notre Dame

Like the giant badass cathedral

[scenic zephyr]

cause we dont wanna sound like europoors

[vapid urchin]

RIP

[minor mango]

never been to notre dame

i wanted to go there but then nahh

[scenic zephyr]

which one

[vapid urchin]

And you never will

[scenic zephyr]

udub campus is super nice

ucla and usc are nice too

[vapid urchin]

Udub is way too far

I can go like max 6 hours

[minor mango]

wdym

[vapid urchin]

Unless it’s to a super duper good school

[scenic zephyr]

washu is nice

[scenic zephyr]

the school or cathedral

[minor mango]

the school

i don't care for the cathedral

[vapid urchin]

WashU is a little over limit for me but I love the campus

[scenic zephyr]

what da hell is this limit

[vapid urchin]

I have a duke poster in mf room

[scenic zephyr]

why dont u wanna go there anymore

[minor mango]

i don't wanna buy any duke merch cuz i'd be jinxing myself

[vapid urchin]

The distance I can travel for school

[scenic zephyr]

😭 damn i didnt know i was even applying till like this summer

[scenic zephyr]

ik but who is imposing it

[vapid urchin]

They sent it to me

[minor mango]

cuz i realized that going to a school just cuz your favorite ytber went there is a stupid ass decision and also i'm not a med student

[scenic zephyr]

wow

[vapid urchin]

Myself

[scenic zephyr]

lmao which youtuber

[vapid urchin]

I have a lot of exotic animals at home

And so I need to come home at least occasionally

[minor mango]

yoora jung, started watching her during covid and while she's not rlly my favorite any more, she's come a long way

she got into med school

[scenic zephyr]

are you premed?

[vapid urchin]

Duke is so cool

[scenic zephyr]

im tryna go to law school after undergrad

[minor mango]

i need to go home frequently cuz who is gonna water my succulents

[minor mango]

nahh

i was

and then i took ap bio

and then i went "hell no"

[scenic zephyr]

what are they

[minor mango]

bcs i didn't understand shit

[scenic zephyr]

haha ive heard its tough

[minor mango]

yeah my teacher was new

so he didn't rlly know what he was talking about either

[scenic zephyr]

hard class with a new teacher is a brutal combo

[minor mango]

i kinda felt bad tho cuz he was trying his best

he always wore roller blades that he'd skate around with in class lmao

[vapid urchin]

All of my animals are: 3 cats, 4 dogs, 2 snakes 2 geckos, and 40+ chickens, 5 goats, an axolotl, and an ant colony

[minor mango]

but in my defense it was 2nd period and i'm always dead as hell during 2nd

[vapid urchin]

Oops I said axolotl twice

[minor mango]

dude how do your parents let you have all that

[north ravine]

its dukever

[scenic zephyr]

do you live on a farm

[minor mango]

LMAO

[vapid urchin]

Yeah 60 acres

[minor mango]

WHAT THE FUCK

[scenic zephyr]

makes sense

[minor mango]

which state??

[vapid urchin]

I pay for a lot of it and I do all of the work for the pets that are specifically mine

[scenic zephyr]

duover

[vapid urchin]

Maryland

[minor mango]

bro????

how is the land so cheap

[scenic zephyr]

maybe hes just loaded

[minor mango]

where'd yall get 60 acres from

[vapid urchin]

We actually inherited it from my dads friend

Basically

[minor mango]

yeah figured

[vapid urchin]

There was this old man

[minor mango]

but damn

[vapid urchin]

Who lived there alone

And none of his family members wanted it

[minor mango]

that's the plot of a horror movie

[vapid urchin]

My dad always helped him cut wood to heat it

[minor mango]

aww

[scenic zephyr]

getting 60 acres from a friend is nuts

[vapid urchin]

And so basically since no one else wanted it, (and also since he was part native), he wanted it to go to someone he cared about

And so he gave it to him

[minor mango]

bro imagine passing up 60 acres of land in this economy

[minor mango]

https://tenor.com/view/its-free-real-sate-gif-7215175

[vapid urchin]

I mean literally

[minor mango]

and now yall got 40 chickens on it

[scenic zephyr]

my mom inherited property but not nearly as much land

[minor mango]

wild

[vapid urchin]

But yeah

Funnily enough

We don’t actually grow crops on it

Besides a couple fruit trees here and there

And a random grape vine??

[minor mango]

uhh best my parents can do is a house in beijing that's probably worth a decent amount since crazy market but we can't sell it bcs no time and even if we did, there's no way to transfer the money

wait so do yall live on there?

[vapid urchin]

Yeah fs

Bro beforehand we lived in a row house

Oh nvm

[minor mango]

ohh ok

[vapid urchin]

You’re not talking about me

Mb

[scenic zephyr]

row house?

[minor mango]

no i am

[vapid urchin]

Oh ok

[minor mango]

i was confused cuz that's a random big ass plot of land to move onto

[vapid urchin]

Like, you know how houses are lined up in rows in the city

We lived in a suburban version of that

[minor mango]

townhouse

i lived in one before moving to where i am now

[vapid urchin]

I guess so? Idrk

I was like 5 when we left

[scenic zephyr]

im in the suburbs

[scenic zephyr]

oh damn

[vapid urchin]

But yeah living here is probably the single most transformative thing to ever happen to me

[minor mango]

ngl i miss my old townhouse

was way closer to my hs and safeway

[scenic zephyr]

did you write ur essay about it

[minor mango]

now i gotta walk 30 min to school every day

[minor mango]

probably lmao

[vapid urchin]

I haven’t written any essays I’m a junior

[minor mango]

oh then wtf are you doing in here

[vapid urchin]

And also I don’t have enough memories of that time

Cause yk

[scenic zephyr]

oh thats right

[vapid urchin]

We moved when I was like 5 or 6

[scenic zephyr]

will u ed duke?

[vapid urchin]

Probably

[minor mango]

do it

[vapid urchin]

I made a thread between ED Duke and UPenn

[scenic zephyr]

have u taken the sat yet

[minor mango]

oh fuck no not upenn

[scenic zephyr]

duke betta

dont be stuck up

[minor mango]

i was gonna apply before i went to upenn and it was horrid

[olive trellis]

fuck you kid

[scenic zephyr]

how the hell you here lmfao

[minor mango]

you go to upenn?

[vapid urchin]

No but I will. I am doing a little “it’s academic” club thing at my homeschool co op

(I am homeschooled)

[olive trellis]

i made the thread

[scenic zephyr]

do u get pinged when someone says upenn

[minor mango]

on the 60 acre farm

[olive trellis]

no, its an unbiased opinion

[minor mango]

[vapid urchin]

I was homeschooled before we moved. My whole life actually

[minor mango]

my condolences i can't imagine being anywhere near there

[olive trellis]

tbh i randomly clicked duke thread bc its one of four im in lol

[olive trellis]

we clear ur favorite school shitter

[minor mango]

dw we'll educate you uhh number one apply to duke

[vapid urchin]

That seems to be the consensus. It was actually almost unanimous

[minor mango]

at least we have a place to shit, wtf is penn's campus on

[minor mango]

so true

[scenic zephyr]

penn aint clearing duke in anything but football

[minor mango]

the thread never lies

[olive trellis]

penn campus fire

[vapid urchin]

https://discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/1176317214937337957

[olive trellis]

must be on drugs

[minor mango]

yeah burn it all to the ground

[scenic zephyr]

yall got a great football program

but its still a flagship

[olive trellis]

bc u only got opinions from high school shitters

[minor mango]

i aint trusting anyone who goes around calling people shitters

[vapid urchin]

#1176317214937337957 message

[minor mango]

i've never seen that an an insult towards people lmaoo

[olive trellis]

ofiginal and funny 10/10

[vapid urchin]

Bro what you literally told me to do duke

[minor mango]

LMAOOO

[olive trellis]

cuz ur a little shitter too

[minor mango]

thanks it's kinda cute

[waxen dragon]

Kayk

[scenic zephyr]

tbh i would act this way if i went to upenn too

[olive trellis]

cuz ur tie breakers were kinda dumb sorry

[minor mango]

[vapid urchin]

I am not really sure what I am supposed to put there

[minor mango]

trust me keep looking into duke, they offer so much stuff it's crazy

[olive trellis]

little shitter

[vapid urchin]

The primary thing for me is being able to succeed having been given a homeschooled background

[olive trellis]

they were alright, but an argument could be made for either side and i didnt feel like explaining it lol

[scenic zephyr]

u ever see the stranger kids guy?

[olive trellis]

ye

[scenic zephyr]

thats pretty cool

[vapid urchin]

I mean I have plenty of time to consider so the more stuff you would be able/willing to tell me about the better

[scenic zephyr]

i wanna see jerry seinfelds kid at duke

[vapid urchin]

I am still in an exploratory stage

[olive trellis]

idt a homeschooled background will hold u back anywhere

it might be hard socially at first, but you’ll acclimate

[vapid urchin]

It’s more so a social thing than anything

I am more than confident academically

[olive trellis]

yea socially, you’ll be fine no matter where u go

[vapid urchin]

Although one of the most common lines I get is “I didn’t think you were homeschooled” or “You don’t act homeschooled”

So maybe it don’t matter that much

[scenic zephyr]

did you get into any other ivies emraaat

[olive trellis]

if u pursue ur genuine interests youll find like minded people who u can be good friends w

[olive trellis]

rejecyed harvard transfer optioned cornell

my harvard app was ass thi

tho*

[vapid urchin]

I’m not gonna apply to Harvard it’s lowkey mid as hell

[scenic zephyr]

why the hell you trying to transfer 😭

[vapid urchin]

I think that’s just his acceptance. Guaranteed transfer

[olive trellis]

im not

^

[scenic zephyr]

ohhh

[minor mango]

tryna get the fuck outta upenn

[olive trellis]

i would NOT transfer lmao

[minor mango]

[olive trellis]

genuinely wouldnt go anywhere else atp. i would have to think abt harvard but i would stay at penn i think

[scenic zephyr]

i didnt know harvard did that

[vapid urchin]

Idk ab you but I really like Penn actually

[olive trellis]

harvard doesnt do traditional transfer optikns

[vapid urchin]

I mean it’s really close for me lmao between UPenn and Duke despite what the thread says

Plus there is the A2C to UPenn pipeline

[scenic zephyr]

honestly if i didnt care about sports i could see it

but duke sports clear

[vapid urchin]

I don’t care about sports is the thing for me haha

[scenic zephyr]

crazy

[minor mango]

duke has a shitton of resources

i need all that

[vapid urchin]

Give me example

[scenic zephyr]

i need to meet jerry seinfeld

his son goes there

[vapid urchin]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17ohGUuJxL_IoSLSCOhGpztK4G9UF4mS1NuIsSTObMbo/edit

Here is my current college list, with Pink being the best and Red being the worst

It’s a bit much

[olive trellis]

every t10 does 💀

[vapid urchin]

If you care at all

[olive trellis]

all t10s have more resources than u will be able to take advantage of during ur time there

[scenic zephyr]

i didnt make my college list till like september

[vapid urchin]

The main thing for me there is that I will have to be a pioneer in a lot of the research I want to do

[vapid urchin]

I am first gen so I am trying to be as prepared as I can

[minor mango]

1. their campus is on the top 10 largest in the US i'm pretty sure
2. new dining hall
3. they will fund your gap year
4. they got lots of good study abroad programs
5. they have a lemur center which tells you the kind of money they have
6. usually based on major, but the places i'm interested in seem to have lots of good programs aside from purely classes so that's nice
7. rich kids to rizz up for future connections (it's one of the least economically diverse universities lmaooo)
8. they generally give off the vibe that they'll throw money at you if you want it

[scenic zephyr]

my parents know literally nothing about college its kinda annoying

[olive trellis]

yea any t10 will be cracked for research also :3

[scenic zephyr]

my mom never even applied anywhere she just got into a school cause her friend did her a favor

[olive trellis]

ik people doing research with top 10 researchers in the world lmao

[vapid urchin]

Same. My parents also actively dissuade me from trying to go to a high level institution at some points

So

Yk

[scenic zephyr]

lmao every time i take an ap my mom gets mad

[minor mango]

my mom keeps telling me to add more schools to my list so i kinda need to apply lmao

[vapid urchin]

Literally

[minor mango]

we started at like 14 now we're at 20+

[vapid urchin]

Like my mom is trying to prevent me from being a sweat like what

[olive trellis]

i have a friend who has like 4-8 publications already guaranteed through a prof and hes a freshman lol

[minor mango]

yeah but i don't wanna go to upenn

[olive trellis]

you wouldnt get in anyway :3

[minor mango]

i saw the campus and that was my sign to leave

[scenic zephyr]

what didnt you like in ur visit

[minor mango]

good i don't want to

[scenic zephyr]

i like the quad area

its nice

[minor mango]

very very urban environment, i know it's more green on the inside but i walked around and damn

kinda sad

[vapid urchin]

What

I thought UPenn was like super pretty campus huh

I mean I haven’t visited

But like it’s what I’ve been told

[minor mango]

i went in from the medical building with the helipad

[scenic zephyr]

wharton kinda mid tbh

[minor mango]

and i walked around that area for a bit

i didn't rlly like it all that much :/

[vapid urchin]

IMAGINE GOING TO WHARTON BIG FAT L

[scenic zephyr]

half my extended family went to cal poly then i finally visited and i took it off my list

[minor mango]

why are you skulling me

[scenic zephyr]

bro lurking

[olive trellis]

mf u stayed in the most urban area and were surprised by the urbanism

[minor mango]

if there's even one place that looks like that, it's my sign to dip

[olive trellis]

smartest a2cer

[vapid urchin]

The urban aspect is one of the Penn red flags for me

[minor mango]

cancer on one part of the body is still cancer

[vapid urchin]

I don’t want to be somewhere super urban

[olive trellis]

that part isnt even on campus tbh lmao

[scenic zephyr]

u aint gotta defend upenn emraaat'

[minor mango]

it's very close to campus and i don't wanna see that shit

[vapid urchin]

Just call him Emre bro

[scenic zephyr]

its obv a great school

[olive trellis]

im not defending upenn, im saying this little shitter is silly

[minor mango]

yeah no shit but i judge schools based on vibes and this one was rancid

worst school i've visited by far

[olive trellis]

ive personally never been to penn med

[vapid urchin]

Every time you say little shitter I laugh

[minor mango]

and that's saying a lot

[minor mango]

yeah it's cute

the older sibling i never had

[vapid urchin]

Ohh you mean Penn State med right?

Actually true story

I was on a call with a Penn state researcher

And I didn’t know Penn state existed

And I thought she was a UPenn researcher

[olive trellis]

ngmi

[vapid urchin]

And I was over the moon and then I was a little dissapoinyrd

After I learned the truth

She was actually how I discovered Penn state

[minor mango]

actually i was the reverse lmao

[scenic zephyr]

i didnt know what upenn was till a few months ago

i knew penn state cause of football

[minor mango]

my 6th grade teacher was enrolled in penn state at the time and i thought it was super prestigious up until i learned that there was a second penn

[scenic zephyr]

all my teachers went to crazy schools its kinda suprising

[vapid urchin]

I love how active this thread is

[minor mango]

actually yeah both of the teachers writing my rec letters are penn alumni LMAOO

i considered applying to penn but went nah

[vapid urchin]

BRO MY LORS ARE GONNA BE SO CRACKED

[minor mango]

from your parents

[vapid urchin]

I have so many potential options

[minor mango]

oh nvm

[vapid urchin]

No lol

[scenic zephyr]

last year it was like 3 cal grads, one tufts, and a u chicago

[vapid urchin]

My parents don’t actually teach any of my classes

[minor mango]

yeah cuz half the shit we talk about isn't relevant to duke

[minor mango]

then who teaches u

[scenic zephyr]

online?

[vapid urchin]

Lots of people. I take online classes, classes at my homeschool co op, and dual enrollment

[minor mango]

huh interesting

[scenic zephyr]

whos writing ur letters

[vapid urchin]

I am the complete architect of my own education

[vapid urchin]

I have a lot of options

But someone who has offered independently

During soph year

Was

The lady at my homeschool co op, which is like a traditional school but for homeschoolers and only meets a day a week

She taught my college level psych class, my honors American lit and honors World lot

And also debate

[scenic zephyr]

nice that she taught so many things for you

thats good for a letter

[vapid urchin]

It’s line the ultimate rec for me

AND SHE OFFERED WITHOUT ME ASKING

[scenic zephyr]

big

[vapid urchin]

She is actually a goated teacher she is so cool

[scenic zephyr]

duke calling fr

[vapid urchin]

OH ALSO

She is in charge of my “it’s academic” club

Which is basically like

Where you practice SAT questions

But yeah I have a lot of other choices

From ECs

[scenic zephyr]

she better be one

[vapid urchin]

Oh for sure

She is the first person I’m gonna ask

[scenic zephyr]

seems like ur pretty set for getting into a top school

[vapid urchin]

I hope so lmao but we can only see what happens

I am scared of taking the SAT

[scenic zephyr]

lmao its not that bad

[vapid urchin]

And standardized testing in general

[scenic zephyr]

i wish i had studied more tbh

[vapid urchin]

Because like you’re sitting silently in a room for hours

And that’s like the bane of my existence

[scenic zephyr]

i just took a few practice tests. which helped but i def couldve done way more

[minor mango]

the worst thing about the SAT is that, midway through, you will inevitably go "who the fuck cares" and stop trying and when you think that just know it is the devil speaking

[scenic zephyr]

lmao

that math section fucks me

[vapid urchin]

One of the things that’s interesting is I will be a pub health or bio major

When really I’m more IR focused

[minor mango]

you should be a vet

[vapid urchin]

I um… already am

[minor mango]

my friend's mom is an animal acupuncturist

and now said friend is at

[vapid urchin]

I am a veterinary technician

[minor mango]

you guessed it

duke

[vapid urchin]

OOH

[minor mango]

yeah

[vapid urchin]

My boss at the vet is another one of the recs I am considering

[minor mango]

i kinda wish i didn't apply to duke tho since if i get in and i see her it'll be awkward lmaoo

[vapid urchin]

It’s my longest lasting EC

[minor mango]

nice

you got weird rec letters, that's good

[vapid urchin]

Literally 1 month after I was legally able to work I started haha

[minor mango]

[vapid urchin]

It’s turned out great so far- now I am a senior kennel staff and I am a technician

[minor mango]

chilling with chickens sounds so fun ngl

[vapid urchin]

It is they are funny

[minor mango]

chick en

[vapid urchin]

We have a really dumb chicken who we named Hayhay after the one in Moana

[minor mango]

wait yeah how do you get around the 60 acre farm

[minor mango]

[vapid urchin]

We drive down a 1/4 mile long driveway

[minor mango]

moana my favorite disney princess

[minor mango]

jesus christ

i mean at least if you're running late you can floor it

and nobody's there to stop you

[vapid urchin]

We are usually flooring it to go places normally

My parents are psycho drivers

[minor mango]

you could have a whole ass monster truck rally in your backyard

what if they run over an animal

[vapid urchin]

Lmao I wish it’s really hilly though

Like REALLY hilly

[minor mango]

even better

[vapid urchin]

We have an electric fence for our doggies

[minor mango]

fair

yknow what if everything goes to shit i'll move onto a farm

[vapid urchin]

You should

[minor mango]

embrace the texan in me or whatever

[vapid urchin]

It’s very nice

For me It’s like being retired

[minor mango]

retired lmfaoo

hey that sounds chill tho

[vapid urchin]

It is Fr

But uh yeah we still heat our house with wood

Which is a lot of work

[minor mango]

no electricity?

[vapid urchin]

It’s a really old house

[minor mango]

that wouldn't bother me cuz my parents don't turn on the heater half the time anyways

[vapid urchin]

We have electricity and during the early part of the year we actually use jet fuel

[minor mango]

JET FUEL

[vapid urchin]

My dad is an airplane mechanic

[minor mango]

bro what kind of life do you live

[vapid urchin]

And so

[minor mango]

oh sick

wow i want to be your dad

[scenic zephyr]

you should go to uo

[vapid urchin]

His job basically has to discard jet fuel

[minor mango]

i wish i was smart enough to be an airplane mechanic

[vapid urchin]

And we take it for free

[minor mango]

LMAOO

wtf

dawg what was that

[vapid urchin]

I am actually working on my pilots license it’s a lot of fun

[minor mango]

damn

[scenic zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/celebration-oregon-ducks-gif-23548191

[minor mango]

yall got a plane?

[vapid urchin]

Basically what happens

[vapid urchin]

No no no

[minor mango]

why is he humping the ground

[scenic zephyr]

doing the worm

[vapid urchin]

We aren’t rich enough for THAT

Planes are like

Crazy expensive

[minor mango]

not a small prop plane?

i wouldn't know

[scenic zephyr]

bro def rich

[vapid urchin]

My dad owns like, a share in one

[minor mango]

but yeah i assume they're expensive

[vapid urchin]

We are upper middle class

[minor mango]

yall could sell a few acres

[vapid urchin]

120k on the high end

[minor mango]

then you'd have enough to buy a plane lmaoo

[vapid urchin]

That would be disrespectful to the man that we inherited it from. His kids wanted to sell it

[minor mango]

oh nvm then

[vapid urchin]

Plus most of it is all woodlands

[minor mango]

uhh grow an orchard sell the fruit

then you'd have enough to buy a plane

OR OH

raise quails

release them

[vapid urchin]

Lmao u must be a business major

[minor mango]

get rich people to pay to come onto the land and hunt them

profit

[minor mango]

i wish but my parents wouldn't let me

[vapid urchin]

Um why

Business is literally one of the most valuable degrees

[minor mango]

too useless

[vapid urchin]

WHAT

WTF DYM

[minor mango]

i've got a friend at cmu and she says it's insanely chill

[vapid urchin]

Yeah it’s really easy

[minor mango]

nahh they're like "you do nothing" which is kinda true

but it requires networking

[vapid urchin]

And you make a ton of money

[minor mango]

which i'm kinda mid at ngl

[vapid urchin]

That’s literally anything ever

[minor mango]

true

[vapid urchin]

You could be an art history major

But if you network well you can be a millionaire

[minor mango]

yeah maybe i'll switch into business if nothing else works out

[vapid urchin]

Good plan

[scenic zephyr]

go to law school

[minor mango]

no no law school for me

[vapid urchin]

🤮🤮🤮

Jk

[scenic zephyr]

wtf 😦

[minor mango]

i did debate in middle and hs and i was so done

[vapid urchin]

My aunt is the CEO of a law firm

Healthcare law

[scenic zephyr]

ill be going to Stanford law school

[vapid urchin]

Stanford woah

[scenic zephyr]

just u watch

[vapid urchin]

That’s cray cray

[minor mango]

if i got into stanford i'd do cs

someone talk me out of thinking about cs cuz i wanna create cute websites

[scenic zephyr]

dont do cs

cs sucks

[vapid urchin]

You will get no bitches and you’ll smell terrible and it will be too much math

[minor mango]

that's true

[scenic zephyr]

fr

[scenic zephyr]

i love stanford

[minor mango]

fuck i still gotta do math in college

[vapid urchin]

I haven’t looked at it at all

[vapid urchin]

It’s so sad

When will the math end

[scenic zephyr]

i live like 3 mins away so ive been a lot

[minor mango]

i'm gonna forget everything i learned this yr

[vapid urchin]

I am with a tutor to help me place into precalc

[minor mango]

i live very close to GU and all i can say is do not go there you can smell the potomac from the campus and it is not fun

[vapid urchin]

I have actually only taken alg 1 because I suck at math very long story short

But

For some reason

[scenic zephyr]

in law school

[vapid urchin]

When I placed

[minor mango]

calculate the amount of debt you'll be in after four years

[vapid urchin]

I was only 3 points away from pre calc

[scenic zephyr]

my parents paying

also law is 3 years

[minor mango]

how much debt they'll be in

[scenic zephyr]

no debt

[minor mango]

damn

[scenic zephyr]

luckily

[vapid urchin]

I wish I would be like that

But I don’t think my parents will pay for college

[scenic zephyr]

its a nice leg up fs

dont have to worry about college prices

[vapid urchin]

Unfortunately for me we need aid bad

Because all of this stuff we have is expensive

In terms of animals

Because just about all of them are rescues

[scenic zephyr]

animals worth it tho

i got 3 dogs

[vapid urchin]

FR

Ngl I am considering putting animal care as my main EC

[scenic zephyr]

lmao i had it as like my 10th one

ran outta stuff to put

[vapid urchin]

I have the opposite problem

I have lots of things I’d like to put

But a lot of them are like

Micro ECs

So I couldn’t actually put them on there

[scenic zephyr]

cause 1 dog gets 3 pills every 8 hours and 2 every 12 hours so i figured it took enough of my time to list it

[vapid urchin]

Lmao

[scenic zephyr]

i kinda had that. a lot of the stuff i did i ended up not even wanting to list

[vapid urchin]

One of the things that regrettable for me is that I did a TON of cooking stuff in late middle school

But I can’t put anything on my highschool transcript

I wanted to be a chef

[scenic zephyr]

how exactly is ur app gonna work for like transcript and stuff lilke that

[vapid urchin]

We make everything ourselves

Basically we input what we have.

We enter classes

And enter a grade which is received externally

If we don’t get a grade

We just give me an A so I improve my GPA ngl

Jk jk

[scenic zephyr]

lmao

what if like ur mom taught you stuff so you didnt have official classes

[vapid urchin]

No idea

My mom doesn’t so I wouldn’t know

However

In terms of unofficial stuff f

I do a TON of independent learning

[scenic zephyr]

EC maybe?

[vapid urchin]

I help my friends frequently with their AP history courses

I have never taken a history class before

[scenic zephyr]

crazy

[vapid urchin]

A lot of it boils down to my ECs to be honest

A huge part of my education is that activities are used for learning

But anyway I feel like I am talking ab myself a lot here and it feels weird so I am gonna stop now lol

Thank you for your inquisitiveness

[scenic zephyr]

its interesting to hear about such a different experience