Duke University (2023-2024)

[vocal umbra]

they said in an email

that they woudl let us know abt a week before

[tepid pagoda]

dukes club swim is decent too

i think

[icy hatch]

yeah

it's not bad

[tepid pagoda]

lots of 22 second 50 frees

~47 100s

[icy hatch]

yeah

[tepid pagoda]

couldnt be me i peaked at like 52 for 100 free

oh huge

[icy hatch]

same i just play water polo now

fuck swimming fast

[tepid pagoda]

i think my best was circa 1:04 in 10th grade i just stopped tho

went to running

sucked at that

[icy hatch]

i just became crippled sometime in high school

[tribal bane]

Same ☠️

ended up becoming better at it than swim

tried to get recruited and got ghosted so back to square one in that one

[tepid pagoda]

oh lmfao

nah i couldnt run for shit

peaked 18:40 for a 5k

[tribal bane]

Not bad tho

[tepid pagoda]

i mean yeah

but also not good

[tribal bane]

true

[tepid pagoda]

good enough at local meets for like last spot in varsity

got decimated anywhere else

[tough raptor]

Will never be as bad as Colosseum parking deck at NCSU

[tribal bane]

hoping I drop a 4:20 this szn

[tepid pagoda]

shee

i have a friend w a 4:20

bros like hyperactive

also doesnt eat anything

[tribal bane]

but 5k I ended up running abt 16 flat tho

[tribal bane]

Damn

[tepid pagoda]

i swear if he had a proper diet hed be at least d1

he got recruited but turned it down

[tribal bane]

oh by who?

[tepid pagoda]

i think rice and hopkins?

[tribal bane]

nice

Hopkins coach was really nice but he wasn’t ready to take me into the team yet

wanted me under 16 if I could be on that team

[vocal umbra]

mile?

[tribal bane]

ye

[vocal umbra]

4:20 is crazh

i can barely do 6 min

but i dont like long distance

[tribal bane]

not 4:20 flat but 4:20-4:29

[vocal umbra]

do u dabble in any sprints

[tepid pagoda]

yeah my friend was long distance

[tribal bane]

I mean not a bad time if you don’t run consistently and/or competitively

[tepid pagoda]

i think he j ran in boston ?

[tribal bane]

I do but not much

[vocal umbra]

ye last time i ran was in XC back in 7th grade

[tribal bane]

more like 400

[vocal umbra]

i ran a half marathon tho

worst decision of my life

[tribal bane]

I’m waiting till I’m 18 to run a marathon to qualify for Boston

should be a fun experience

[vocal umbra]

whats your goal time

[tribal bane]

eh just want to run there for the experience but 2:40 ish maybe

[vocal umbra]

also r u on the school team or outside of school

[tribal bane]

I’m on a school team but I’ve done these longer runs on my own

[vocal umbra]

i see

[tribal bane]

did a 20 miler once at 2:40 marathon pace and felt solid so I think I could do it by the time I turn 18

[vocal umbra]

unrelated but what is ur bench max

[tribal bane]

I don’t really hit weight room much ngl but it’s around 1 plate

[vocal umbra]

nice

[tribal bane]

(around meaning under ☠️)

[vocal umbra]

heavily depends on bw too

and since ur a runner im assuming its not that high

[tribal bane]

yeah my bw is low for my height

I burn off too much and can’t be bothered to put in the effort to eat enough to gain weight

at one point it’s basically a chore

[vocal umbra]

i was underweight for so long

[tribal bane]

anyway I gotta go for now

[vocal umbra]

alr

[tribal bane]

nice talkin to yall tho

[vocal umbra]

cya

[north ravine]

I have gone 200 mph

i am not 18

[minor mango]

does anyone have the link to that spreadsheet with duke's past decision dates?

[ivory flame]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/xkg8uy/duke_university_early_megathread/

there’s this reddit post of the dates😭

[minor mango]

hmm thanks

damn statistically speaking it'll be on thursday

[ivory flame]

ye and we won’t know until three days before😭

[minor mango]

well either i'm not going to school on friday cuz i got in or i'm not going to school for a totally different reason

[minor mango]

huh why

i thought someone earlier said that duke would announce it a week before release

[ivory flame]

oh wait that’s just wat it seems like from previous years😭

[minor mango]

mm i hope not

[ivory flame]

I NEED THE FOOD😩

[minor mango]

ugh this year will probably be way later

since there were so many apps

[ivory flame]

Ye probably 😭😭

[vocal umbra]

in what

[minor mango]

fuck i'm going crazy

[north ravine]

a car

[minor mango]

bye

[vocal umbra]

what car

that was the quetion

[north ravine]

it was def a car!!

[vocal umbra]

so

which one

[north ravine]

guess

i will say whether its correct or not

[vocal umbra]

is it a bmw

[north ravine]

yes

[scenic zephyr]

Shit gets later every year

[vocal umbra]

ye im assuming we get the email this weekend

[slim cave]

Why Duke barely sends any emails for its applicants

like northwestern been sending me emails like crazy

they literally beg me to apply, but then they gonna reject me 💯🤚🏻

[vocal umbra]

yea i get hella emails from penn for some reason

its just random

[minor mango]

they're too good for us

[maiden bridge]

Duke doesn’t want to market to you

[alpine vault]

Guys is it a good sign if I got a request for IDOC documents (I am international student, and for them duke is need-aware, so i think mb thats a sign or I am just being rlly anxious abt it)

[slim cave]

You got it?

[alpine vault]

yea

[slim cave]

or just asking

they request idoc if they need more information about your finances

Don’t take anything as a sign, decisions are going to be out in 2 weeks so let’s just hope

[quartz adder]

i got one too yesterday

but im domestic

[pallid shale]

i got the idoc thing like 3 weeks ago lol

[north ravine]

idoc is for those asking for fin aid right?

[quartz adder]

yes

like additional information for fin aid

[quartz adder]

i don’t think it means anything

[pallid shale]

yeah

[slim cave]

If it means smth then my ass will be rejected because I didn’t get it

but idk I’ve sent my css like on 9nov, they been processing it for too long

I love duke but why they’re so slow

[pallid shale]

i got it before i even did my interview

it can't mean anything

[quartz adder]

ooooohhhh my css says received now

it’s been saying awaiting since today

[pallid shale]

yeah they probably request it when they get your css lol

[quartz adder]

and i submitted it nov 1

yes yes

[quartz adder]

wait on the college board website

it says duke doesnt use IDOC

or am i reading this wrong

[pallid shale]

yeah it was from college board

[slim cave]

oh so Duke doesn’t even use idoc? how they ask to verify fin aid documents then 😭

[vocal umbra]

What even is idol

Idoc

[maiden bridge]

It means they needed documents that’s all

Stop with portal astrology

[compact tide]

My interview sucked the interviewer didn’t even ask me any follow up questions

She was just going through her list

And we were done in like 20m

-_-

[vocal umbra]

That’s not rly your fault

Also the interview makes up a really small portion

It’s grouped with your counselor and teacher recs

[quartz adder]

let me be delusional in peace 😅😊☺️☺️☺️😭

[minor mango]

[pallid shale]

mine is probably worse

cmon duke ik you have room for an extra no life

[long pilot]

That's really common for interviews honestly. It's helpful to practice having a one-sided conversation with yourself just because interviewers will really like listening, so you want to try storytelling your responses when /if you get the chance. It's not a big deal though but it can help make the interview experience more enjoyable for you.

[minor mango]

these are three VERY different subreddits

[maiden bridge]

ao3 is crazy

[minor mango]

i wrote about writing fanfic in my college essay to duke

[swift locust]

Asian parent stories is brutal

[minor mango]

uh misery loves company?

i did not write about that in any of my college essays tho

[rocky granite]

good list

all a man needs

[minor mango]

a man of many arts

i dunno shit about football all i know is that they try to kick the ball through the hoop

[scenic zephyr]

??

There’s no hoop

That’s basketball

That has a hoop

[minor mango]

uh whatever the goal is called

[rocky granite]

the fucking uh

post

idk

[scenic zephyr]

Goal post

[scenic zephyr]

You should watch the nfl it’s fun

[minor mango]

i do and i don't understand shit

[scenic zephyr]

😭

There’s not very much to it

[minor mango]

yeah clearly

cuz they go like two feet every five minutes

sorry i'm just a football hater

blame it on the ignorance

[scenic zephyr]

Where are you from

[scenic zephyr]

Do you like any sports?

[minor mango]

i did varsity tennis back in 9th and 10th

i'd like to get into dance or somth tho

once college apps are over

[minor mango]

VA

[scenic zephyr]

Do you watch any?

[minor mango]

my parents are huge peyton manning fans cuz they went to tennessee too

[minor mango]

very little

[scenic zephyr]

I guess you guys don’t really have a team

Washington maybe

But I could see it being hard to get into without ur state having a team

[minor mango]

nah we're just nerds here

nerds and feds

[scenic zephyr]

I’m surprised you like Duke so much then considering how important the basketball team is to the school

[minor mango]

i actually don't mind basketball

i sprained my finger while playing it in 3rd grade during a tryout and at the time i played piano so my mom didn't let me play it ever again

but i do like team sports

and i appreciate the hype that a school has whenever there's a big game (speaking from experience when i went to my school's football game against our nemesis)

i'm not the type of person to answer those quizzes so i can get priority basketball passes or whatever but going to a game or two each year for a school like duke would be fun imo

[waxen dragon]

fav team?

[vocal umbra]

Cowboys

Lmao this is mine

[scenic zephyr]

This is hell

[scenic zephyr]

That’s brutal

[swift needle]

pov you're in hell

[scenic zephyr]

That’s all you really need I guess

[scenic zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/brock-purdy-49ers-brock-purdy49ers-niners-bang-bang-gif-27401798

[vocal umbra]

fr

cant wait for this shit to be over

hopefully next week 🤣

or else my winter break is all just RD essays

[swift needle]

omg same

[vocal umbra]

its SO hard to start them now

even tho i want to

[scenic zephyr]

Luckily 90% of mine are repeats now

[heady urchin]

Do it

[scenic zephyr]

Still not doing them tho 😭

[heady urchin]

Otherwise you’ll hate yourself later

[scenic zephyr]

Or he’ll get in 🤷‍♂️

[heady urchin]

True but just in case

[vocal umbra]

this the right mindset fr

[heady urchin]

I’m hating myself for not starting rd sooner

[scenic zephyr]

Life is all about gambling

[vocal umbra]

but ur right i should start

[heady urchin]

I should have started before I finished ucs

[vocal umbra]

did u apply ED anywhere

[scenic zephyr]

I haven’t even considered starting yet 😭

[vocal umbra]

i mean tbh i have 10 days of winter break to work before RD deadline

so i think thats enough

even if i do one essay a day

[scenic zephyr]

That’s what I’m thinking

I can easily get this stuff done

Over a break

If need be

[vocal umbra]

i only have 5-6 schools

i cut it down a lot

i used to have like 10

[heady urchin]

Rea

[vocal umbra]

to where

[heady urchin]

Stanford

[scenic zephyr]

Harvard girl?

[vocal umbra]

nice

[heady urchin]

Hell no

[vocal umbra]

i know liek 10 people REA stanford from my school

[scenic zephyr]

Lmao

[vocal umbra]

and like 10 ED upenn

[scenic zephyr]

What’s wrong with Harvard

[heady urchin]

Ik 3 others

[heady urchin]

Have you seen the Harvard thread

[scenic zephyr]

Lot of them have family working there and they still not applying

Or are legacy

[scenic zephyr]

No

[heady urchin]

Dang

I could only wish

[scenic zephyr]

What’s wrong with the Harvard thread

[heady urchin]

You’ll know why if you see our potential Harvard ‘28s

[heady urchin]

Ngl even if I get rejected

The school of the month for Dec is Yale

Sooo hopefully I’ll get in Yale rd

[scenic zephyr]

Dartmouth > tbh

Best ivy

[vocal umbra]

i think upenn tbh but theres way too much competition

in my school

[pallid shale]

i have 18 schools + clemson honors 💀 i'm screwed

[scenic zephyr]

I have like 12 I think? I looked at the essays though

I’ve already written most of them

Or just need to change it to fit word counts

[heady urchin]

Nah

Yale > Penn > brown

[swift needle]

i got 8-9 schools depending on if i apply to brown

[heady urchin]

Everything idc

[swift needle]

3 of them ive already done

[scenic zephyr]

Brown?

[vocal umbra]

i like yale but idk about the locatio

cuz i dont like the cold too much

[heady urchin]

Yes

[heady urchin]

It’s interesting

But

I like the school a lot

[vocal umbra]

not like penn isnt cold

but less isolated

urban area too

[scenic zephyr]

Hogwarts school

[scenic zephyr]

Aren’t all the ivys pretty cold

[vocal umbra]

yea basically

[heady urchin]

Yale is suburban

[vocal umbra]

but cornell is the most isolated

[pallid shale]

cold compared to duke

[heady urchin]

I think Princeton fits the bill more

[vocal umbra]

idk why but SO many people think duke is an ivy

cuz of how it sounds

[heady urchin]

I would have done Ed duke if it was in the northeast

[scenic zephyr]

My family thinks every T50 is an ivy

[vocal umbra]

its kinda mid east

[heady urchin]

Nah it’s south

[swift needle]

the harvard of the south!!

[scenic zephyr]

Weather and food better in the south tho

[vocal umbra]

north of the south

do u not like the south?

[heady urchin]

Still south

[heady urchin]

No

[vocal umbra]

for what reason

(s)

[heady urchin]

Tbf I’ve only been to two southern states

[heady urchin]

Cultural shifts don’t vibe with me

[pallid shale]

people hate the south way too much

[heady urchin]

I don’t hate it

[scenic zephyr]

Lmao I applied to like as many southern schools as possible mostly cause of the food

[heady urchin]

I just wouldn’t want to live there

[pallid shale]

i'm sure you don't

in other servers people just shit on it constantly tho

[vocal umbra]

NC isnt deep south tho

so u good

[brazen tree]

i need the south

[swift needle]

NC is becoming more progressive bc a lot of young ppl are moving there

[brazen tree]

fuck snow

[scenic zephyr]

Fr

Hate snow

[heady urchin]

Yeah ik that’s why I’m still applying but idk if I’d actually go if I got in

[vocal umbra]

also i feel like a lot of the south is stereotyped

[brazen tree]

jfc if i dont see this dogshit shitcago weather ever again im happy

[vocal umbra]

cuz like everyone thinks Tx is hillbilly and rednecks

[heady urchin]

Every area is

[brazen tree]

i live in chicago dw bro i know about stereotypes

[heady urchin]

California is “super woke and crazy extremists”

[brazen tree]

[pallid shale]

from the states i've lived in, pennsylvania >>>>>>>>> south carolina > new jersey

[vocal umbra]

but

[pallid shale]

yes nj sucked

[vocal umbra]

area within the state matters a lot

cuz ik fs theres rednecks in texas

[heady urchin]

Fs

[brazen tree]

the only problem with california

is their fucking geography

[heady urchin]

Wdym

[brazen tree]

can they stop dividing their state into seven pieces

[scenic zephyr]

wtf we got great geography

[brazen tree]

🙂

[vocal umbra]

california is nice but SO expensive

[heady urchin]

What

[heady urchin]

Yeah can’t deny this

[brazen tree]

tf is nocal socal bay area central like AAAAAAAA

[scenic zephyr]

It’s an investment!

[heady urchin]

It’s bc it’s so big

Different areas vary culturally

[granite scaffold]

fr it is so terribly expensive here 😭

yea

[brazen tree]

i dont see texas trolling like that :tamaangry:

[granite scaffold]

norcal n socal v diff areas

[heady urchin]

Central Valley is different culturally, geographically, climate wise vs NorCal

[vocal umbra]

like personally

[scenic zephyr]

Yeah fuck socal

[granite scaffold]

fr

[brazen tree]

fuck socal

[vocal umbra]

i wouldnt move to california unless im making at least 500k

a year

[brazen tree]

wait my cousins live in socal

[granite scaffold]

central valley is agriculture.

[heady urchin]

Texas doesn’t have as many people as us

[heady urchin]

Yup

NorCal is on top

[brazen tree]

fuck socal

🫡

[scenic zephyr]

Is ur pfp two people eating an apple of sin

[brazen tree]

it's an album cover but presumably yes

[scenic zephyr]

They desperate

I get it tho

[heady urchin]

Let’s not go there

[brazen tree]

what is idoc

[heady urchin]

Financial aid stuff

[brazen tree]

o

[scenic zephyr]

To the pfp?

[brazen tree]

gg my rich ass is showing 💀

[scenic zephyr]

Or the international idoc thing

[heady urchin]

💀

[heady urchin]

Yes

No discussing portal astrology

[vocal umbra]

its only if u applying fin aid

i checked to make sure

cuz i didnt get it either

[scenic zephyr]

Lmao I found out about it like a day before it was due

[brazen tree]

Nice.

[pallid shale]

how do you guys afford these places with no aid geez

[brazen tree]

better than finding out a day after it's due

[scenic zephyr]

Don’t think we getting anything tho so sort of a waste of time

[brazen tree]

bc my grandparents plug us

idk what they do

p sure these ppl r like

crime syndicate overlords

[scenic zephyr]

Inheritance

[brazen tree]

they're funding my two siblings, me, and my cousins

[vocal umbra]

my parents just said the $22 isnt worth it

[brazen tree]

i pray for the innocent debtors who lost nine organs in exchange for my college education

🙏

[vocal umbra]

cuz it costs $22 to send the CSS

[pallid shale]

💀

[vocal umbra]

but i put the aid calculator for EFC or whatever

[brazen tree]

nice

[vocal umbra]

and it was above 100k

[brazen tree]

result: 21.9 usd

oh

ok i was close

[scenic zephyr]

I wish. I’ve done the aid calculator and we aren’t getting shit but they still want me to do the stuff “just in case”

[vocal umbra]

ya i would have

[scenic zephyr]

Guess it doesn’t matter now

[vocal umbra]

if it didnt cost fucking 22 bucks

[scenic zephyr]

Was a hassle tho

[vocal umbra]

and it takes a long time to fill it out

[scenic zephyr]

Yeah and half the stuff my mom was just guessing

They’re gonna lock her up

[ivory flame]

oop

[brazen tree]

goddamn feds

[tepid pagoda]

if anyone is interested in engineering at duke feel free to dm me

or ask here

also i guess cs? but im only minoring in it

[vocal umbra]

i will

if i get in

[quartz adder]

@tepid pagoda dmed youu

[mystic sentinel]

how is it

to switch majors

[vocal umbra]

r u talking abt within pratt or between pratt and trinity

[mystic sentinel]

within two different schools

ex: public policy to economics

[tepid pagoda]

undergrads are strictly in pratt and tirnity

the schools are for grad

switching pratt to trinity isnt that hard

trinity to pratt is a bit more difficult j cus of class offerings only being in the spring sem or vice versa

and pratt schedules are pretty rigig

rigid

@mystic sentinel

[mystic sentinel]

how about sanford public policy to trinity

wait idk what pratt

is

[tepid pagoda]

sanford is a grad school

u wont be in sanford lol

trinity is all non engineering majors

[mystic sentinel]

wait but im majoring in public policy

[tepid pagoda]

pratt is all engineering majors

[mystic sentinel]

is it not the school of sanford

im so confused

[tepid pagoda]

you can major in pub pol

but u fall under trinity

[mystic sentinel]

BRU MY DUKE ESSAY WAS ALL ABT SANFORD

💀

aint no way i got admitted

[tepid pagoda]

like technically

once u declare

[mystic sentinel]

how about majors within trinity

[tepid pagoda]

ull be under sanford

but like

ur still technically trinity

[tepid pagoda]

i mean thats like every other major but mechanical, electrical, biomedical, and civil engineering

so pretty good lmfao?

[vocal umbra]

didnt u say u did them last minute

[tepid pagoda]

i mean ur not technically completely wrong?

j a lil

u did ur research j not well enough

but duke seems to admit pretty hollistically

theyll look at how u are as a person

[mystic sentinel]

i did them 5 hours before because i wasnt even suppose to apply to duke

[tepid pagoda]

LMFAO

bros fake

issok i am too

[mystic sentinel]

i never had any intentions to until my advisor told me to

[tepid pagoda]

i wasnt gonna apply eithe

but here i am

[mystic sentinel]

like switchinng majors between trintiy

[tepid pagoda]

my mom made me cus my sister was a junior at duke when i was applying

oh thats p easy

[mystic sentinel]

like one of my essays completely missed the “community” part

[tepid pagoda]

u can usually switch up until late soph fall

[mystic sentinel]

oh thats easy then

[mystic sentinel]

why do i feel like

peolle that got into duke

are like people who are either supirsed they got there or got rejected

from ivy leagues

half my gc had duke mid list or bottom of their list

[heady urchin]

Duke rhymes with puke 😍 jk I love duke

[tepid pagoda]

lol it b like that sometimes

its not a v well known school

not a lot of clout outside of the basketball team

[tepid pagoda]

ehhh a lot of ppl here got into ivies

[heady urchin]

No I Fr love duke

[tepid pagoda]

but like yeah

[heady urchin]

I’ve been dreaming of their marine lab + puppy kindergarten + lemur center since junior year

I want to visit so badly

[tepid pagoda]

it does feel like theres a disproportionate amount of ppl who are suprised to be there

awww

yeah marine lab might not happen unless u do research there cus its farther

u can do p waves if u want to see it early tho

puppy kindergarten and lemur center r sick tho

[mystic sentinel]

yea i notice that

[heady urchin]

Yeah I saw but summers 100% if I go 😍

[mystic sentinel]

still its pretty sick school

[heady urchin]

Omg have you been

[mystic sentinel]

does it snow alot

[tepid pagoda]

its fine tho its known where it matters

recruiting

[heady urchin]

My principal’s cousin and her cousin’s husband run the lemur center

[tepid pagoda]

i should hope a t10 is sick

lmfao

[tepid pagoda]

no

[mystic sentinel]

NAURRRR

[mystic sentinel]

yes it is

grateful

[tepid pagoda]

yeah my sister worked at marine lab, pup, and lemur center

oh i deleted the pics cus my phone ran outta storage

😭

rip

campus is really nice tho

[heady urchin]

WTFFF

I aspire to be like your sister

[north ravine]

its dukeover

[tepid pagoda]

i deleted most of the photos

but the couple left

lol

[slim cave]

your photos make me delusional

[vocal umbra]

bro is edging us

[heady urchin]

Those are gorgeous

[north ravine]

ok

MAN FR

[tepid pagoda]

yall r wild

[slim cave]

thus pov will be real for me soon 🙏🏻

[tepid pagoda]

hahaha hopefully

[heady urchin]

Duke and Harvard threads are most obsessed with getting in

Stanford thread has little hope

[tepid pagoda]

the food is p good tooo

[heady urchin]

Penn thread is either overconfident or has no hope

[tepid pagoda]

at least wu

[slim cave]

were you sure that your essays are great?

[north ravine]

THE WEST ONE

[slim cave]

Because now I feel like they’re shit

[north ravine]

I LOVE

[tepid pagoda]

yeah thats wu

[heady urchin]

?

[north ravine]

west union

[slim cave]

after I wrote my rd essays I dislike my duke essays 😭

[tepid pagoda]

this one

[north ravine]

i went to fuqua

school of business

it was amazing

[tepid pagoda]

uhhh they def felt p good but i got into a number of t10s and 20s

[alpine vault]

idk why but I think my duke essays are fire

[north ravine]

duke is so pretty

[vocal umbra]

i ate here

[tepid pagoda]

noice

[slim cave]

we will eat there very soon

[north ravine]

i better meet yall there fr fr

[slim cave]

we gonna have fine Indian food ❤️

[north ravine]

indian?

[tepid pagoda]

i dont know about fine

[north ravine]

I LOVE BUTTER CHICKEN

[tepid pagoda]

but for american standards its not bad

[north ravine]

i dont know much

butter chicken and naan

[jade estuary]

BUTTER CHICKEN but no wait i converted to vegetarian :(

[jade estuary]

🥹🥹🥹🥹

[tepid pagoda]

theres only one indian station

[slim cave]

same girl

[tepid pagoda]

no butter chicken unfort

[north ravine]

i eat more mexican eventhough i am not mexican

tacos

quesdilla

chipotle

[tepid pagoda]

there is mexican (kinda)

[slim cave]

omg I want mexican food too

[tepid pagoda]

sazon

[north ravine]

are u from india?

[tepid pagoda]

its not bad

[slim cave]

no ahah

[tepid pagoda]

the rice is a lil sus sometimes

[north ravine]

one of my friends is from india

[tepid pagoda]

but overall i like ti

[north ravine]

HE says the food is amazing

and here indian food isnt done justice

[tepid pagoda]

anyways yall should apply and get in

[north ravine]

yesyes

[tepid pagoda]

and then i can find all you little shits in orientation week

[slim cave]

LMAOO

[north ravine]

🐐

[slim cave]

we’ll find you faster

[north ravine]

bros gonna play hide n seek with a2c

if we get in we have to find each other

[slim cave]

imma pretend like I never had discord in my life

discord is for jobless

[north ravine]

yeah same 💀

i only have disc for ibdp and college resoiurces

[slim cave]

same

but even from here old white ass men find their find to text me

[north ravine]

my friends in frat would actually bully me so hard if come to know i am active on discord

[slim cave]

he’ll never know hopefully

[brazen tree]

wild

[slim cave]

I hope someone else from karakalpakstan will apply and get as me, so that you’ll never know which one I am

[north ravine]

wheres karakalpakstan?

[slim cave]

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

[north ravine]

oh coool

[mystic sentinel]

i found this funny

oops shoulda blurred

[north ravine]

what major?

LMAOO

I SAW THAT

[slim cave]

oh wait you already have chat with class of 2028?

[vocal umbra]

what did he send

[north ravine]

i mean 92 people got in

[slim cave]

me too 😁😁 yea we know your secretes now

[north ravine]

so there should be

[slim cave]

shi I’m getting rejected for sure

[north ravine]

bros actually living our dream ong

[slim cave]

pls duke accept me for my demographics

[mystic sentinel]

97

[mystic sentinel]

LMAO

[slim cave]

so 700 places left for us

[mystic sentinel]

theres 55 of them rn

[slim cave]

to be the one

[north ravine]

u prolly will

[heady urchin]

Y’all chill

[north ravine]

its the first time i heard of your town

[heady urchin]

If you’re meant to get in you’ll get in

If not rejection is redirection

[slim cave]

I keep lying to myself like that

but duke is in my heart 💙💙

[heady urchin]

It seriously is

[brazen tree]

bro but like

[heady urchin]

Everything happens for a reason even if you can’t see it immediately

[heady urchin]

Ofc

[brazen tree]

the reality of the situation is that i'm not going to believe that in the deep recesses of my brain until it happens

💀

this shit still on my mind 24/7 fr

logically i know i am chilling

[heady urchin]

Really

I only remember when I pull up A2C Stanford thread

[brazen tree]

rly

damn

that is actually the way

[heady urchin]

Yeah and honestly it’s ok either way

If I get in W

If I don’t it’s ok Yale here I come

[brazen tree]

if i get in W

if i don't

[heady urchin]

Real asf

[brazen tree]

i evaporate in the sun after rejecting my humanity and becoming a vampire to escape society

[north ravine]

wait so how did u come to know them, through reddit or disc?

[mystic sentinel]

we started finding each other through instagram

for 1) my story popped off of me getting into duke

2. my story fot resposted by dukes qb instagram

so i was able to find alot of duke qb

then i got put into a qb gc for dukeand we met each other through there

[slim cave]

I’ll keep to myself if I get into duke I swear

everyone will know once my 1st year starts

already jinxed myself enough

[scenic zephyr]

Wild to make it a match school

[vocal umbra]

Worked out in the end

[mystic sentinel]

@tepid pagoda tell me about the freshman dorms

which wouldi. would wanna be in

[quartz adder]

i’m nervy

[vocal umbra]

Nerves are good

That means you believe in yourself

[tepid pagoda]

Wordle 901 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[tepid pagoda]

uhh chose a middle rank one

trinity and bell tower r the best freshman dorms but then u get put in edens for the rest of the time

which is the worst upperclassmen dorm

GA and southgate r really good too and go to the second worst upperclassmen dorm

but like its not bad

[vocal umbra]

Do they all cost the same

[tepid pagoda]

ideallly u get like randolph blackwell pegram type dorms

wilsons p good

right next to marketplace

yeah

[vocal umbra]

Oh ok

[tepid pagoda]

well u cant chose

ur dorm

but like ideally

lol

[vocal umbra]

Oh yea I forgot

Duke does random roommates and dorms

[quartz adder]

do you guys think living in the carolinas will be an advantage or disadvantage during ED?

[vocal umbra]

Why u worrying abt it now

[quartz adder]

just wondering

[vocal umbra]

But to answer your question

This year it’s likely more competitive for Carolinas

Just because that’s where a lot of the increase in applicants has come from

But everything’s out of our control, just hope for the best

[quartz adder]

yessir yessir

the time is soon 😫

[vocal umbra]

We haven’t gotten the email yet

So maybe it’s the 16th?

Sat 2 pm again?

[quartz adder]

i hope so

[vocal umbra]

Yea

I think it’s either Thursday or sat

[quartz adder]

yea
if i were to guess the email that releases the decision date will come monday

decision date maybe thurs or sat

[pallid shale]

that gives me just 16-20 days for rd apps...

[vocal umbra]

Yea

Same

10 days of winter break tho

[pallid shale]

i'm a procrastinator unfortunately

[quartz adder]

samee

those duke essays were so last min 😭

[pallid shale]

my why duke was well polished, and my being different essay was given a lot of time

but i rushed the intellectual experience so hard

[quartz adder]

all my supps were decent but my reg commonapp essay was bad 😭

[pallid shale]

i wrote my common app essay in 5 hours and then edited it tons of times over a few weeks

had it finalized by mid october i think

but it probably sucks idk

it goes against a lot of advice i see online

[quartz adder]

might make it stand out tbh

which could be good

[pallid shale]

the topic is a little cliche but i approach/structure it uniquely

[quartz adder]

yea i feel that

i didnt know how to write my why duke essay without making it cliche

i tried to make the structure unique

[pallid shale]

my why duke sounds like i wrote it for a school assignment 💀

the other supps are a lot more personal

[quartz adder]

is this more yip yap

[swift locust]

How would they get in ED if it’s not the decision date

[vapid urchin]

Ur gonna get doxxed

[vapid urchin]

What is the Maryland stereotype

[vapid urchin]

UGH THIS IS SO GORGEOUS

[heady urchin]

No idea I think Baltimore personally

[vapid urchin]

Mmm

[vapid urchin]

What is your stereotype for Baltimore

[heady urchin]

Dangerous, sketchy, that kind of stuff

Not safe

Wasn’t necessarily true

[vapid urchin]

I think the words you’re looking for are murder and drugs everywhere

You’re too soft on balmer

[brazen tree]

it looked cute

💀

[heady urchin]

😭

[swift locust]

Wait ik someone who just posted Duke ‘28

Maybe they were recruited ? Idk 😭

[tribal bane]

QB?

I can’t see why recruits would get official decision back early

though they already know the result of the decision most of the time

[swift locust]

Yeah… and no they’re rich af 😭

This isn’t some rando on the internet so I think it’s real

[tribal bane]

there’s ppl I know claiming they got into places like uiuc already (no recruit/qb or whatever, just regular applicant) so I’d take it with a grain of salt

people are lying a lot these days abt getting decision back and stuff

[swift locust]

Idk that would be awkward having ur friends post about ur decision w ur picture…

She’s a talented runner if that makes any difference

Idk if she got recruited bc im not close w her

[vocal umbra]

Some person is emailing them asking for the decision date ☠️

[quartz adder]

i seen that

and calling them

from reddit ?

[vocal umbra]

Yep

I feel like its a bit excessive

But their choice

I’ll def be looking to see what they say 😂

[quartz adder]

truee

im not complaining 😭

[scenic zephyr]

Probably just “as it says on the website we will email you shortly before decisions are released. Thanks for your interest”

[vocal umbra]

Yea they won’t say anything

At least nothing we don’t already know

[slim cave]

but I like how duke doesn’t send too much emails to applicants like other schools bc that’s very nerve wracking

like I’d always think that decisions are out already if they were to send any kind of emails lol

[vocal umbra]

Yea it’s a good and bad thing

Leaves us guessing

But I just want it to be over

[slim cave]

yes 😭 all my friend getting decisions on 9nov

we’ll get decisions in less than 11 days and I get anxious everytime I think about it

I need to work on my rd essays 😓

damn why they gotta be that harsh 💔🤚🏻

[heady urchin]

LOL

[tribal bane]

Usually they’ll announce it if they committed ahead of time

[vocal umbra]

Yea like cooper Flagg ain’t getting denied no matter what

[main ginkgo]

Hi my Dookie pookies

[shrewd dirge]

Is Duke ED1 out yet?

[quartz adder]

no sire

[quartz adder]

hiii

[vocal umbra]

bro penn released their date

why cant duke

[quartz adder]

duke tryna be different

[vocal umbra]

frr

they gonna send it like 3 days before

@slim cave is your counselor attending the meeting tmrw

also

do they only send those emails to intl counselors?

cuz i havent heard of any domestic applicants' counselors getting those emails

[minor mango]

just double checking: for duke, if you're not applying for need-based scholarships, the CSS isn't required, right?

[vocal umbra]

yea i didnt submit it

cuz on the duke portal

[minor mango]

me neither, asked both my counselor and career center person and both said they didn't get anything

yea?

[minor mango]

hmm ok

[vocal umbra]

u cant even view anything related to Fin aid

[minor mango]

ok just making sure this isn't gonna get my app thrown out or smth lmao

[vocal umbra]

all undergraduate AID applicants

we are not aid applicants

it didnt show on the checklist either

[minor mango]

what's the diff between FAFSA and CSS?

[vocal umbra]

cuz theres a separate fina id checklist

[minor mango]

i know fafsa's due later

[vocal umbra]

fafsa is required for everyone afaik

[minor mango]

goddammit

[vocal umbra]

but its free

doesnt cost $22

[minor mango]

do you fill that in after you get accepted/deferred or smth

[vocal umbra]

usuall

it used to open in OCT

[minor mango]

damn

thank god

[vocal umbra]

but this yr is new it opens dec

[minor mango]

doesn't it

yeah i was gonna say

[quartz adder]

when is it

dec 31?

[minor mango]

goddamn i can't believe it's already december wtf

[vocal umbra]

tehy didnt say

they keeping us guessing

[north ravine]

duke is just quirky like dat

uk what i'm sayin

[quartz adder]

ik time goes by too fast

[minor mango]

duke playin hard to get

[vocal umbra]

this is what it says

[minor mango]

thanks

[minor mango]

dawg it feels like october

[quartz adder]

they better make it worth my time 🙄

[minor mango]

TRUE

someone just come knock me out and put me in a coma until next weekend

[vocal umbra]

we are 2024-25 righ?

[minor mango]

i can't do this anymore

[quartz adder]

yes

i think so
thats what i did for css

[cerulean obsidian]

i dont think so

[vocal umbra]

yea its referring to ur first year in college

[vocal umbra]

u either fill it out or have to fill out a waivewr

but u cant do nothing

[cerulean obsidian]

wdym a wavier

[vocal umbra]

its a graduation requirement

at least for me

also

i think u need it to be considered for merit scholarships too

like for public colleges and stuff cuz ik duke barely gives any

but my counselor told me it is required

i asked her

[north ravine]

wait do i have to fill out the fafsa too?

i am not applying for fin aid

[minor mango]

apparently?

[vocal umbra]

ask ur guys counselors

cuz the requirement may vary by state

[minor mango]

probably the best answer lmao

[vocal umbra]

texas requires it for graduation

old page

[minor mango]

damn u live in texas?

[vocal umbra]

yes

do u?

[minor mango]

name checks out

[vocal umbra]

☠️

[minor mango]

nah i was born in fort worth tho

[vocal umbra]

idek how i came up w this name

which state r u in now

[minor mango]

the subliminal messaging from longhorns

[minor mango]

VA lmao

idk texas is hot and i don't like hot places

[vocal umbra]

its not hot rn

like 50-60

[minor mango]

i start dying whenever the temp goes above 80 degrees

yeah

[vocal umbra]

but usualy it is

like summer sometimes my eyes would burn if i went outside

[minor mango]

jesus

[vocal umbra]

i couldnt even drive sometimes

cuz the steering wheel would be burnign

[minor mango]

yeah it gets kinda hot here but we do have the infrastructure to deal w hot weather

[vocal umbra]

and my eyes too

[minor mango]

hottest i remember was like 105+ but it was raining thankfully and that was a couple years ago

[minor mango]

don't forget the metal buckle on the seatbelt

[vocal umbra]

yea it sucks

[minor mango]

and the leather seats are ass

[vocal umbra]

usually my car is in the garage so its good

but at school

theres no garage

so

[minor mango]

damn

i don't drive to school so it's whatever

[vocal umbra]

yea luckily i dont have black ones

[minor mango]

but i'll defo get skin cancer from all the exposure

[vocal umbra]

tan leather is still bad but not as bad as black

[minor mango]

yeah

i mean it sucks whenever you go out and there's no parking that's under a tree or whatever

anti-summer

[vocal umbra]

there arent many trees

at all

like bro

when i went to visit Duke

i was amazed by how many trees there were

also cuz duke is in a forest

[nova shuttle]

cmonnn duke ED date now

[fresh night]

agreed

[scenic zephyr]

Idk my delusional stage rn is kinda fun

Duke 2028’ till next week

[quartz adder]

nah nah

[vapid urchin]

It’s not delusion

[quartz adder]

a2c discord is gonna have 100% acceptance rate

[vapid urchin]

It’s truth

You’re getting in ED

[vocal umbra]

i feel like no matter how much i preapre myself for rejection

im gonna be down for at least a few days

[cerulean obsidian]

unless your on uppers

[scenic zephyr]

unless his on uppers do what?

[warm ore]

yo duke requires first quarter grades but i just got my transcript is it a problem that they didbnt get anything

[scenic zephyr]

nah

they get it if quarter grades dont happen till late

[scenic zephyr]

i think you can still send it?

maybe not but they have a thing on the portal about it

[warm ore]

yeah my counselor sent it today

[scenic zephyr]

oh yeah

should be fine then

[warm ore]

👍

[swift needle]

duke supps make me wanna die 😭

my brain is not working

[vocal umbra]

chances are it was just not considered in your review

because your decision has probably already been made

[slim cave]

I try to ask my counselor to join the webinar

but the problem is time zone

can she give me access to it? I won’t be sleeping then

[scenic zephyr]

This is insane to think about

[brazen tree]

true

[slim cave]

IKR 😭

[brazen tree]

we're the damned waiting for our execution.

[warm ore]

bro i jsut want to get my decision

pls

[brazen tree]

burning without even knowing we're in hell

or fat dub incoming in a week

there is no in-between

[warm ore]

PLS DUKE I WALKED AN HOUR THORUGH YOUR BIG ASS CAMPUS

pls

[brazen tree]

pray for the most volumetrically impressive dub u've ever taken

[scenic zephyr]

fr can they just dm me or sum and let me know to start my apps again

[slim cave]

Cornell and Penn also announced their dates

when will duke 😭😭😭

[minor mango]

best (realistic) case scenario it's 2:00 pm on the 15th. worst case scenario it's 5:00 pm on the 17th

please duke i hiked an hour through your campus when it was literally like 96 degrees and a tour guide passed out

i didn't even tour UNC

[vocal umbra]

its never been a friday tho

i think 2 pm on the 16th is more realistic

[scenic zephyr]

best case scenario is tomorrow at 5pm

[vocal umbra]

Nah

That’s def not happening

Need at least 2-3 days

[scenic zephyr]

best case scenario is in 5 minutes

[vocal umbra]

Lmao

I just got UT so I’m WAY less stressed now

[scenic zephyr]

wow!!