Duke University (2023-2024)

[maiden bridge]

Just don’t put Penn in the wheel

[waxen dragon]

no thats too obvious

i think ill do the reverse order strategy

or ill just open columbia last

bc im getting a likely so yk

and my cornell likely as well

trust guys its coming soon!

[signal cosmos]

im finished for yale

no interview

top 2 schools rn have no interviews

both in the city

[maiden bridge]

No!!!!! I left the Yale thread to escape interview dooming and you brought it here

[maiden bridge]

Likely incoming

[signal cosmos]

hopium

[hardy burrow]

no fr like im boutta take off my yale phone cover (pls dont ask lmao) and just accept that its over

[signal cosmos]

john jay still good option for u

[hardy burrow]

yeah i alr got into the honors college too

[waxen dragon]

yale is ur top 2? i thought u dont gaf about yale

whats john jay

[signal cosmos]

stern + colum

[signal cosmos]

good criminial justice college in NY

[waxen dragon]

mf gave up on wharton and its february week 1

[waxen dragon]

both removed interviews from the process right

[signal cosmos]

yea

[signal cosmos]

its over

ill get wl at best

[waxen dragon]

bro started stressing once he saw test opt isef kid get fucked over for being south asian

[dense kernel]

how u gonna get isef and be test opt

[signal cosmos]

fr tho

[signal cosmos]

no

[waxen dragon]

a series of unfortunate events

[signal cosmos]

its bc of calc

[waxen dragon]

im sorry but u cant be talking schnawg 😭

[signal cosmos]

yeah

ik

but its bc of calc

i alr told u in dms

so ill get wl

columbia understands

tho

[waxen dragon]

frawg

schnawg

schplawg

schtawg

[dense kernel]

hawk is getting columbia dw

[waxen dragon]

i know someone who got national merit but went test opt

[dense kernel]

tf

why

[waxen dragon]

noncomp state for psat got like a 1460/1470 SAT

[signal cosmos]

natl merit 1500+?

[waxen dragon]

in comp states yea

like nj

md

dc

intl

[signal cosmos]

what abt wyoming

[waxen dragon]

prolly 1420

[signal cosmos]

i thought it was 1500+ standard

[heady urchin]

I thought you wanted to go to rutgers

was that someone else

[dense kernel]

thats his backup

[heady urchin]

not in ca

[heady urchin]

ohh

[waxen dragon]

whats ca min

[signal cosmos]

safety

[heady urchin]

Lower than that

depends on your english and math

[waxen dragon]

rutgers is a target these days

[signal cosmos]

thats wild

common app?

[heady urchin]

bc I know someone w a 1440 who got 220 and I got a 1470 and got 219

[waxen dragon]

texas is a 1460

[heady urchin]

ohh did you alr get in

[waxen dragon]

219

[waxen dragon]

WTF

[heady urchin]

lucky only time I wished I lived in tx

[waxen dragon]

219 doesnt qualify?

[heady urchin]

I didn

't

221

for ca

[dense kernel]

WHAT

[waxen dragon]

damn thats rough bro

kirk u had 228 right

[dense kernel]

i forgot 😭

[heady urchin]

WTF

I didn't know it was possible to get such a high score

[dense kernel]

i didnt do too well compared to my sat

[waxen dragon]

228 = 1520

i had 224 = 1500

[dense kernel]

Nah i didnt have a 228

i had lower

[waxen dragon]

u had a 1510?

[heady urchin]

insane asf

[signal cosmos]

i applied rd so still waiting for NB

[dense kernel]

1490? i cant remember if that was 10th or 11th

[signal cosmos]

1490

[heady urchin]

ohh

they're so weird

[signal cosmos]

didnt u get 1600 in 10th

[dense kernel]

yes hawk knows 😭😭

[heady urchin]

they didn't even give me a letter

[dense kernel]

eh 1590 but superscore yea

[heady urchin]

hawk were you the one obsessed w sats

[dense kernel]

yes

[signal cosmos]

yeah idk why they dont do it altogether

[signal cosmos]

yea

too bad they r my weakest

[waxen dragon]

why did u apply rd to ur safety

[heady urchin]

?

[heady urchin]

DId you end up getting the score you wanted

[heady urchin]

I think sat reasons

[waxen dragon]

he got a 1530

[heady urchin]

That's really good!!!

Congrats Hawk!! It fr paid off

[waxen dragon]

yea much better than ur SAT smh (idk ur sat)

[heady urchin]

it is fr

[maiden bridge]

I swr Hawk went TO

[dense kernel]

He did

[signal cosmos]

all campuses release seperately

[signal cosmos]

no i did bad at reading every time

[maiden bridge]

LMAO caltech 💀

[heady urchin]

1530 is so good wtf

[heady urchin]

Oh I only applied to nb

[waxen dragon]

im cooking in gen rn

[signal cosmos]

i thought my essays were bad

[signal cosmos]

i got 750m 700 rw

[tough raptor]

Did you actually get in to caltech?

[waxen dragon]

cant neither confirm nor deny

[heady urchin]

Where did the 1530 come from @waxen dragon

[tough raptor]

You can't neither confirm nor deny means you can confirm or deny

Checkmate caltechian

[waxen dragon]

NOOO I ACCIDENTALLY TYPED A T

[signal cosmos]

did u get a duke likely

i assume that is

[signal cosmos]

idk hes trolling

[tough raptor]

Yes

[signal cosmos]

congratss

[heady urchin]

Duke channel is giving that one picture when kayak posted her getting a 4.0 on Penn reddit 😭

[tough raptor]

What are you talking about lol

[heady urchin]

Dw about it

[waxen dragon]

lmfaoooo

that was funny

[heady urchin]

It was Fr

[fierce hawk]

Wait guys I’m scared for my interview

[tough raptor]

You'll do fine

Just don't bring up hitler and don't try to kiss your interviewer

[mellow hornet]

I guess this is a sort of likely

W

[tough raptor]

So I guess likelys are really coming out today and I'm not the only one

[heady urchin]

Few weeks ago

[tough raptor]

oh lol

[static harbor]

no likely

its over

[tough raptor]

Likelys are far from the norm, so far it doesn't seem like anyone, but me got one so I wouldn't worry

[static harbor]

are you the one from reddit

[tough raptor]

Yes

[static harbor]

CONGRATS YO

so excited for u

whats your major

[tough raptor]

Civil and Environmental Engineering

[static harbor]

oh very impressive

[tough raptor]

I'm pretty sure the whole major has <50 people at duke

so it'll be interesting

[static harbor]

yeah its def not a popular major

i applied cs everywhere like an idiot so ill be drowining in rejections soon

[tough raptor]

Yeah, but the school is well known for it and seems to pour good funding into it

I really loved the duke smart house as a kid

I went on a field trip there twice

I wrote a MIT essay about it lol

[static harbor]

makes sense then

good luck w the rest of ur apps as well! it doesnt get much better than duke but still

[tough raptor]

We'll see I could still bag a few better schools

It is a reach and I'm very happy with duke

but it could happen

I like duke, but I've lived in durham my whole life so I'd consider going somewhere else to get away

[signal cosmos]

with your profile im sure u can get other t20s

bc they r holistic

[tough raptor]

We'll see if I get HMC, CMU or MIT since those are basically the only schools I'm considering at this point

now that I got duke

[signal cosmos]

good luck

[static harbor]

What’s hmc

[mellow hornet]

Harvey mudd

[tough raptor]

Harvey Mudd, very competitive STEM LAC and has some of the best engineering and CS programs, but not nationally ranked due to not having a grad school

It is kinda niche not a lot of people looking for a STEM liberal arts college

[static harbor]

Gotcha

I guessed that but the c threw me off

[main aurora]

THATS GOOD WHY DIDNT YOU SUBMIT

[signal cosmos]

duke median 1510

would have hurt me more then helped

considering im ORM

[main aurora]

well its still good, do you come from a less resourced hs?

[waxen dragon]

ORM is insane 😭

[signal cosmos]

yeah

[tough raptor]

No it wouldn't have

[signal cosmos]

my school context is weird and i asked a lot of ppl her and most said not to submit

[tough raptor]

I would have submitted no matter what I got, because I feel like it just gives more context to my academic abilities

and I feel like others should to

like there are people with mid 1400 scores at MIT

Like the bottom 25% is still 25%

[signal cosmos]

oh really?

i see

i thought 25% at mit was 1500

and 780 math

[tough raptor]

nah there are people who have 710 math at MIT

not many

but they exist

[signal cosmos]

ah i see

interesting

[tough raptor]

It is possible to be significantly below the bottom 25%

[signal cosmos]

yeah but no point in dwelling now just have to try harder and start earlier for next exams

SAT is miniscule compared to grad school exams

[tough raptor]

lol

[signal cosmos]

yeah true

[tough raptor]

Too early to think about grad school

[signal cosmos]

the fact u got a 1600 in 2 weeks was insane

[tough raptor]

Like bottom 25% is the top of bottom quartile, the rest of the bottom quartile still exists

[signal cosmos]

yeah so ig that makes sense

id imagine 700+ for both sections tho

[tough raptor]

Yeah...

That was a really rough month for me

I didn't eat, sleep and took off school for a bit

[static harbor]

All I want is a Duke likely letter

Or any likely letter from any school

[thick meteor]

im cooked

[signal cosmos]

it paid off

also ur essays mustve been insane

when i asked u for tips u said u were well-versed with latin

so u had strong mastery over the english lang, and naturally your essays contemplated your linguistic skills

[main aurora]

then ur good wouldnt hurt to submit

[tough raptor]

Don't let it get to you I'm sure someone pulled strings for me to get this

It is best to treat likely letters as not real

[swift locust]

wait yall

was there a priority deadline this year for interviews? i think they switched policies to mirror yales…

[signal cosmos]

12/20

[tough raptor]

idk

[swift locust]

heard they stopped it this year: https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/duke-class-of-2028-official-rd-thread/3654208/6?u=onthechopinblock

[signal cosmos]

@maiden bridge knows more about this but p sure there was one for 12/20

[tough raptor]

I am now an expert on getting into duke and will share completely unfactual and unbacked takes on what it takes to get in

[vocal umbra]

wait

it says nearly 40,000 applications

thats less than last yr 🤯

ED was a bloodbath

[dense kernel]

no it's not updated

they got 25% increase in ED

[vocal umbra]

yea but isnt this email from 2024

[vocal umbra]

i applied ED lmao ik

[dense kernel]

yes but the number isnt updated

[vocal umbra]

rly?

how do u know

why would they include an inaccurate number

[dense kernel]

it makes no sense if they had a 25% increase ED

[vocal umbra]

isnt is possible that ED increased but RD decreased? or is that not possible

[dense kernel]

no way

that never happens

[vocal umbra]

this yr was special tho

main reason for increase was the new grant

which makes more people switch from RD to ED

[dense kernel]

what grant

oh the

NC/SC

$150k

thing

[vocal umbra]

yea

what im saying is i know its unlikely

but RD could be better than ED

[dense kernel]

interesting

we'll see!

[vocal umbra]

at least i ccan hope

[dense kernel]

how many ppl do they accept

in toto

[vocal umbra]

last yr 2148 for RD

so if they accept around the same RD should be ~5%

im just being delusional tbh

[dense kernel]

woah

how many ppl accept

whats their yield

[swift locust]

50% ish

I think 55 iirc

[dense kernel]

bruh

thtas so low

[vocal umbra]

yea mostly cuz people choose HYPSM over Duke

a lot of cross admits

and they dont accept too many in ED

[swift locust]

Tons of merit aid and it’s still that low 😭

[vocal umbra]

not tons

merit is mostly reserved for NC SC applicants

and its super competitive

[dense kernel]

i'd choose duke over every school but stanford + princeton

[dense kernel]

this is dumb

[vocal umbra]

yea same

[swift locust]

teehee!

[thorn trail]

also duke likelies are out?

[dense kernel]

they go in waves

[swift locust]

some

[dense kernel]

oly 1 person on the internet has recevied

[vocal umbra]

r u calling me dumb or the merit aid dumb?

[dense kernel]

why would i call u dumb

[vocal umbra]

idk

[swift locust]

sc deserves it fr we r dying down here

[dense kernel]

im talking abt the merit aid being for nc/sc

[vocal umbra]

yea

[dense kernel]

if they want a higher yield

[vocal umbra]

its a private university

idk why they do

but ig they have some connection

[dense kernel]

they should give merit adi to oos kids

nah duke is trynna fuck w unc

the rivalry runs deep

[swift locust]

my friend ghosted me for a week for applying to unc

it does run deep

[dense kernel]

thats crazy

i applied RD

[vocal umbra]

did u ED anyhwer

[swift locust]

i applied both RD 😭 idgaf about a rivalry

[dense kernel]

...same

[dense kernel]

deferred pen

[vocal umbra]

ah okay

[swift locust]

not okay

[vocal umbra]

i should have applied penn

[swift locust]

it was a mistake

[vocal umbra]

but duke is better

[dense kernel]

nah penn snubbed me

im going to the rest of my list over penn atp

[vocal umbra]

"if im not their first choice, they're not mine"

[dense kernel]

im not even doing an LOCI

[cursive vault]

You're not doing a LOCI for UPenn??

[vocal umbra]

i am but i dont know if it helps

[swift locust]

Lmao my yale one was so half assed 😭

[dense kernel]

yeah i rlly dont care

LOL

[dense kernel]

right like i cant be bothered

[dense kernel]

i gotta do FUN lol

[cursive vault]

do loci and FUN

[heady urchin]

Are you confident in yale

[swift locust]

I’m not crawling back on my knees begging for yale 😐 not their sloppy seconds

[heady urchin]

What’s fun

[cursive vault]

February Updates & Notes for MIT

[dense kernel]

i didnt apply EA to yale

[cursive vault]

It's MIT's version of the LOCI

[heady urchin]

Ohh

[cursive vault]

They gotta be special

[heady urchin]

Ik I think kvd said you were certain about yale though

[dense kernel]

HUH

[cursive vault]

?

[heady urchin]

😭 maybe I’m crazy

[cursive vault]

Wasn't your application like 2 days late or something Kirk

[vocal umbra]

u can do Mit ea and ED penn?

[cursive vault]

yes

[dense kernel]

Yes LOL

[heady urchin]

Yeah

[dense kernel]

not 2

days

2 hours

[heady urchin]

Wait it was bc of coke

That’s what it was

[vocal umbra]

so kirk whats ur top choices rn

[dense kernel]

i get overglazed bcuz of coca cola

watch me get rejected everywhere

[heady urchin]

😭 prob not you’re definitely getting in wherever you want

[heady urchin]

Nah

[dense kernel]

i just need one school at the end of the day

i dont rlly have a dream

[vocal umbra]

r u regional finalist

[dense kernel]

after penn snubbed me

[dense kernel]

yes

[vocal umbra]

oh thats impressive

[heady urchin]

Me asf!!!

[heady urchin]

You will def get in rd

[vocal umbra]

yea coke finalist is like 1% rate

[swift locust]

and then u can ditch them

[heady urchin]

If ucla or Berkeley want to give me regents or chancellors I’m committing 🥰

[swift locust]

for the losers they are

[dense kernel]

its .25%

[vocal umbra]

ah hell nah

[dense kernel]

oh right they have merit

[heady urchin]

Built different

[vocal umbra]

ED penn is like 15%

[dense kernel]

i love these schools w merit aid

[vocal umbra]

how did u not get in

[heady urchin]

Yeah not a ton though

[heady urchin]

Ong

[dense kernel]

why do all schools not have merit aid.

[swift locust]

vandy and duke have me twirling my hair

[dense kernel]

like they can afford it

[dense kernel]

ONG

[heady urchin]

Ikr

[heady urchin]

LOL

[swift locust]

and rice

Can’t forget my love

[vocal umbra]

is ur state public good

[heady urchin]

I didn’t know Duke had merit other than robertsons

[vocal umbra]

they usually have good meritr

[dense kernel]

yes UT austin

[heady urchin]

RICE HAD MERIT

WTF

[vocal umbra]

oh nvrm

[swift locust]

YES

[vocal umbra]

UT does not have good merit except 40 acres

[heady urchin]

NO WAY

[swift locust]

No application needed tho!!

[heady urchin]

I WOULD HAVE APPLIED THEN

WTF

[orchid shard]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/QoliUmwz32

[heady urchin]

NO WAY

[swift locust]

WAIT U DIDNT

[vocal umbra]

ok if u get that ur chilling

[swift locust]

it’s ok it’s in Texas

[heady urchin]

No I’m a tx hater 😭

[dense kernel]

yesss

[heady urchin]

But I would have made an exception for rice

[dense kernel]

this guy is in the discord

[heady urchin]

If ik there was merit

[heady urchin]

Oh the same guy?

[dense kernel]

yes

[heady urchin]

Ah ok

[vocal umbra]

do u like austin

[heady urchin]

March can’t come fast enough guys

[dense kernel]

eh UT is rlly fun

[orchid shard]

o srsly
huge congrats if they see this

[vocal umbra]

u visited

[dense kernel]

and their business is rlly highly ranked

[vocal umbra]

?

[dense kernel]

i have friends there

[heady urchin]

Yeah my cousin got capped 😭

2 years ago

[dense kernel]

oh...

capped is crazy

[maiden bridge]

real

[dense kernel]

i feel so bad

[vocal umbra]

oh u got ot school in austin?

capped is basically rejected tbh

[dense kernel]

no

but ive been to ut for parties

[heady urchin]

I’m going stir crazy

[dense kernel]

like for two weekends

[swift locust]

Kirk is a party demon

[heady urchin]

She’s at Kelley now so she’s fine

Stressful but yk

[vocal umbra]

i see

[dense kernel]

kelley is an amazing school thats not too hard to get in to

very good for business

[heady urchin]

Dallas suburbs -> iu pipeline real

[vocal umbra]

ranked high for business and its p light to get into

[dense kernel]

yes this is such a thing

[uncut tapir]

kellley has like guaranteed admission thing right

[heady urchin]

She got direct admit and well her only other viable option was utd or capped school

[dense kernel]

the dallas area is living hell tho in terms of college admissions

[heady urchin]

A bunch of her friends went w her

[heady urchin]

I have 3 sets of cousins in the same suburb it’s insnae

[dense kernel]

what

[heady urchin]

Yeah 💀

[dense kernel]

LOL

[vocal umbra]

oh hell nah

this getting too local

[heady urchin]

I’ve gone a few too many times

[dense kernel]

and everyone there is crazy

[heady urchin]

Yeah…

She went to city name high school and

[dense kernel]

LOL

[heady urchin]

She said it was insta e

[dense kernel]

NAHH

[heady urchin]

Insane

[dense kernel]

i had a friend there

[heady urchin]

Her friends are at Cornell, rice, and ut

[heady urchin]

It’s apparently horrid

I have another cousin at mhs

And they were showing me all the stuff that happens there 💀

[dense kernel]

the 13 high schools in that city

insane

[heady urchin]

Ik my city has 2 💀

[dense kernel]

they're all crazy and hyper competitive

[heady urchin]

One has like 1000 and the other 1500 (has kids from all over county and beyond)

[dense kernel]

wow

[heady urchin]

God bless north bay 🤩

[jade estuary]

ruby why do you need help

[dense kernel]

oh my

north bay...

[heady urchin]

Long long list

[heady urchin]

Chillest area ever

[dense kernel]

probably the only place more competitive than dallas area is the bay area

and NYC

[heady urchin]

Honestly chillest part of Bay Area

[dense kernel]

perhaps NOVA

[swift locust]

dmv gotta be up there

[heady urchin]

I’m thankfully not in the competitive part

[dense kernel]

yess nova/dmv

[heady urchin]

We have farms 10 mins from my house

[heady urchin]

Nova is insane

[cursive vault]

i hate nova

[dense kernel]

i'd say its like

[heady urchin]

I have a cousin in nova too

UVA Ed ‘28 !!!!

[dense kernel]

bay area, nyc, DMV (nova), dallas, florida/miami

in terms of crackheads

relating to college

[swift locust]

don’t forget rural SC!

[dense kernel]

oh!

[cursive vault]

why is it called DMV

[dense kernel]

dc maryland virginia

right

[cursive vault]

oh

lol

[primal hound]

Did anyone get likely letter from NY?

[heady urchin]

Florida is uf obsessed

[heady urchin]

Ohh

[swift locust]

i think they’re just being sent out

[heady urchin]

^

[swift locust]

dw ab it

[heady urchin]

Did you do rea Yale?

[swift locust]

yes!

kind of a mistake

[heady urchin]

If you got deferred idts 🤨

[jade estuary]

every hypsm admit is cracked how do you determine the most cracked ones

[swift locust]

can’t change the essays

[dense kernel]

well same for duke

and uchi

[jade estuary]

uchi gives merit aid?

[dense kernel]

yes

my friend got a full-ride

not friend

[swift locust]

wowee!

[dense kernel]

acquaintance

[heady urchin]

Loci!!!

[jade estuary]

damn really

[dense kernel]

yes

[jade estuary]

afaik they only give merit aid to first gen and chicago residents?

[heady urchin]

How do you get duke merit

[jade estuary]

bruh if uchi has merit aid ill cry

[dense kernel]

maybe she's lying? idk

probably not

she's insane

[dense kernel]

i got no clue

ask hsxd

[swift locust]

Check out AB scholars if ur not a carolinas student

[dense kernel]

realistically im j hoping to get in

[jade estuary]

no i saw someone in this discord get full ride

[dense kernel]

ahhh yea

[jade estuary]

but im wondering was she first gen or daughter of veteran or smthn like that?

[dense kernel]

no she isn't

[heady urchin]

Thanks!!!

[jade estuary]

because afaik uchi merit is very demographic and backrground specific

[dense kernel]

def not first gen

her parents wentt to IIT

[heady urchin]

I wish this was my reality 😭

[dense kernel]

chancellors at UCB!

[jade estuary]

damn

whats chancellors?

bro i just want one t20

[dense kernel]

i got no clue what chancellors is

i didnt apply to UCs

i was too lazy

[cursive vault]

UCs are overhyped

[heady urchin]

Not reality 😬

[jade estuary]

nah ucla is bae

[heady urchin]

Ok bro

I just want cheaper college

[jade estuary]

i'd go to ucla in a heartbeat if they had my major

@heady urchin what's chancellors

[heady urchin]

And still have a good program

[jade estuary]

fr and cali is just the best state to live in

[waxen dragon]

Whats going on chat

[heady urchin]

Merit schollys

[heady urchin]

Real asf

[waxen dragon]

Also i agree suburbs of dfw is college apps hell

[jade estuary]

yeah i got that but is it better than reagents?

[heady urchin]

Apparently ucs are overhyped

[waxen dragon]

The comp is insane

[heady urchin]

Idts

[waxen dragon]

Literally everyone is indian here

[jade estuary]

bruh why are yall always online when im procrastinating

[cursive vault]

I wouldn't go to any of the UCs

[jade estuary]

like no dont fuel my procrastination

[dense kernel]

the population of ur grade is probably applying to the ivies at any of the frisco schools

[jade estuary]

im already behind on my study schedules

[jade estuary]

including the young nerd?

[dense kernel]

nope

[swift locust]

East Asian 😱

[dense kernel]

neither is hxsd

[cursive vault]

I'm not indian lol

[waxen dragon]

Probably that and more im not frisco kid tho

[jade estuary]

bro just saw me you ruby and said everybody was indian

[dense kernel]

nah he's talking abt

frisco

dallas

not

the discord

[swift locust]

Oh LOL

[dense kernel]

[jade estuary]

oh 💀

[swift locust]

Sorry it’s late 😭😭

[waxen dragon]

Plano better

Allen better

[dense kernel]

NAH

PLANO IS INSANE

PLANO west

they're good at everything

no joke

[waxen dragon]

Coppell better cuh

[dense kernel]

COPPELL

OH HELL NO

[waxen dragon]

McKinney on top

[dense kernel]

i cant wait to leave this city

[jade estuary]

fr

[waxen dragon]

Coppell is little india

[dense kernel]

genuinely

allen's football stadium is better than some ivies

[waxen dragon]

At a debate conference i went to their delegation had one white kid and 100 indians

Legit no joke

[swift locust]

wait what’s that one Texas school that was on tiktok

[waxen dragon]

Coppell TX

[dense kernel]

prosper

[dense kernel]

prosper

the food place

[swift locust]

yeah 😭

[dense kernel]

bunch of restaurants

[waxen dragon]

I know someone at phs

Committed ut mech eng 28

[dense kernel]

fire

[waxen dragon]

Duke is in my top 5 please dookie pookie

[jade estuary]

what are your top 5

[swift locust]

u wouldn’t do mit like that 😦

[waxen dragon]

Penn stanford harvard columbia duke

[cursive vault]

duke is probs high for me too it's the only college close to me that I'd enjoy going to

[waxen dragon]

Um my bad

[dense kernel]

for me it's

[jade estuary]

H 🤢

would you really go to NC over UT

[dense kernel]

Princeton Duke Stanford Columbia and... Yale

[swift locust]

Oh!

[jade estuary]

bro i wish id applied yale

[cursive vault]

bro forgot penn

[dense kernel]

No i did not

[swift locust]

Don’t trust yale

[waxen dragon]

Ew yale

[cursive vault]

Mine is
MIT Yale Stanford Columbia Duke

[jade estuary]

all yall prestige whores

mine is so reasonable

[cursive vault]

wrong

[waxen dragon]

Duke is a t10

Also i used to live in nc

[swift locust]

Mine is acc so similar
Princeton, Stanford, Brown, Columbia, Duke

[jade estuary]

stanford uchicago northwestern brown usc

[dense kernel]

NAH we've worked too hard not to get a T10

[jade estuary]

damn

[cursive vault]

FR

[dense kernel]

THIS IS LITERALLY PRESTIGE whoring

[waxen dragon]

Dont act all high and mighty u applied hella t20s

[jade estuary]

there's only 3 t10s!!

[cursive vault]

bro said "mine are so reasonable" pulls up with STANFORD UCHICAGO AND BROWN

[jade estuary]

is brown a t10

[swift locust]

LMAOO U NOT BETTER 😠

[dense kernel]

brown is basically up there

[waxen dragon]

I thought u werent going to usc

[dense kernel]

USC is the most reasonable one on there

isnt it too expensie

[waxen dragon]

How is it top 5

[swift locust]

the only thing ik about usc is olivia rodrigo

[jade estuary]

im delulu and hoping fin aid pulls through

its literally #1 for journalism on so many websites

i'd kill to go to usc

so i shall remain delulu

[heady urchin]

@waxen dragon

[dense kernel]

i think you'd enjoy brown more somehow

thats the vibe i get from u

[jade estuary]

i def would

[heady urchin]

Can you go and take loans or nah

[jade estuary]

but my family is NOT sending me to rhode island

[jade estuary]

i personally wouldn't want to

[heady urchin]

Mine asf..

[heady urchin]

That’s fair

[jade estuary]

cuz law school exists as well and i wanna go to stanford law

[dense kernel]

wb journalism...

[jade estuary]

like i'd rather go purdue undergrad and save up for law school than go somewhere expensive for undergrad

[jade estuary]

bro thats not a viable field ok

[heady urchin]

Yeah fair

[dense kernel]

LOL

[waxen dragon]

Kirk didnt u shit talk yale all the time how did penn WHARTON fall out of ur top 5

[heady urchin]

Dying field

[jade estuary]

my family would never sell their soul for me to study journalism if i didnt plug in law

i def wanna work in journalism but i also love money so i plan on doing undergrad, then working for a few years, then going to law school and ditching journalism

[dense kernel]

real as shit

[heady urchin]

Moneyyyyy

[dense kernel]

law school is so fun

i want to do

[jade estuary]

fr

[dense kernel]

a JD/mba

[heady urchin]

Very cool

[jade estuary]

uiuc actually has a JD/MA journalism

[heady urchin]

Wow

[jade estuary]

i would consider it if it wasnt uiuc

[dense kernel]

LOL

[heady urchin]

What’s wrong w uiuc other than the obvious

[jade estuary]

like cmon bro i already know im not going to a t20 undergrad i def wanna go to a t10 law school

[cobalt condor]

blud forgot socal 😦

[waxen dragon]

Cornfield lookin ahh

[jade estuary]

prestige lol

im ok with uiuc for ugrad

but for law school im literally only considering stanford and uchicago

[dense kernel]

no harvard law

or columbia law

[swift locust]

why not yale?

[waxen dragon]

Socal is light asf

[dense kernel]

YALE law

[jade estuary]

yale as well

[dense kernel]

yale and harvard r like the best law schools

[jade estuary]

but i cant do cold bro

[heady urchin]

What if you don’t get into either

[swift locust]

yale just wants to wait for me for law school

[waxen dragon]

who does bro think she is 😭💀

[dense kernel]

do u wanna work in politics

[heady urchin]

Me with Stanford

[jade estuary]

elle woods but less pick me

[swift locust]

hell nah

[jade estuary]

actually no

harvey specter

no wait

[cobalt condor]

aint u from texas 😭

[jade estuary]

jessica i forgot her last name

[dense kernel]

pearson

[jade estuary]

ahhhh yes

[swift locust]

i want to be Donna

[jade estuary]

well maybe then i'd go to yale

[dense kernel]

oh!

[jade estuary]

i adore donna

[heady urchin]

MAYBE

[dense kernel]

OH u want to do

[heady urchin]

Isn’t Yale #1 💀

[dense kernel]

criminal justice

[cobalt condor]

i put mike ross for my usc roommate response

[heady urchin]

Smrithi you’re crazy 😭

[jade estuary]

🤭

[swift locust]

Aw yk me so well

[jade estuary]

tied with stanford but stanford is higher on the list

[dense kernel]

i remember now

[jade estuary]

no im kidding

[waxen dragon]

Im from the suburbs of dfw which is legit t5 most comp in the country bro

[heady urchin]

😭

[jade estuary]

i'd love any t10 law school

but my logic is like

[dense kernel]

i say i want to do a JD/mba

but also

can i even handle that

[cobalt condor]

wait yeah you right dallas dont play around

[dense kernel]

no

[jade estuary]

bro us admissions is so hard if you're a non stem major in india with stem parents ok

[swift locust]

T20 for undergrad narrows down to t14 for law 😭

[jade estuary]

so my logic is in this environment if i can get into t30 schools for ugrad, i can def get into t10 law schools

[cobalt condor]

we were gonna move there btw when i was in 7th grade ngl for my dads work

[waxen dragon]

My stanford interviewer was ug 18 jd 26

[swift locust]

ok! name checks out /j

[heady urchin]

Uhhh

[jade estuary]

LOL

damn uva is #8 law school

[heady urchin]

Postgrad is a whole other story 😭 I’m sure this will work

[dense kernel]

uva law is great

[swift locust]

zamn fr??

[jade estuary]

mm yeah for now idc much about that

[swift locust]

y’all what if i pull a 180 and go to med school

[jade estuary]

but if i got into both uchicago and stanford ugrad

[dense kernel]

im delusional in thinking i'd ace the LSAT

[jade estuary]

i'd choose uchicago because i wanna do stanford law

[dense kernel]

i would rather kms

[jade estuary]

same but im not delusional

[dense kernel]

med school sounds like HELL

[swift locust]

😭

[jade estuary]

im v good at testing

[dense kernel]

same tho

[heady urchin]

Smrithi I need your confidence

[swift locust]

same

[jade estuary]

:DDDD

[dense kernel]

if i do post-grad

MBA most likely

JD/mba is possible

[jade estuary]

idk im VERY confident about post grad, but none of that shit for undergrad

[heady urchin]

I haven’t even imagined going to x school bc I’m going to be even sadder when I get rejected

[jade estuary]

i know im getting rejected 0-8 rds

[heady urchin]

UCs though!

[dense kernel]

the way u've gotten in the most places so far

[jade estuary]

maybe i'd get in nyu

[waxen dragon]

Why was your sat so low

[heady urchin]

^

[jade estuary]

yeah i just need 1 uc's

[heady urchin]

Awful aid

[swift locust]

No campus

[jade estuary]

10TH GRADE

[heady urchin]

Davis 🤩

[jade estuary]

AND I WAS DEPRESSED

[jade estuary]

davis is closest to home 😭

[waxen dragon]

Emo era

[jade estuary]

bro i was scheduled to write sat in may of freshman year

but they postponed due to covid

i CRIED SO BAD

DIDNT TALK TO ANYONE FOR A WEEK

[heady urchin]

Wait dm me where you’re from

[jade estuary]

i know plus i cant lack of campus

[heady urchin]

Exactly

My friend goes though

She’s in tandon so it’s a bit different

[jade estuary]

ah

[signal cosmos]

Only if u have the drive

But do law sxhool

[swift locust]

count me out

[signal cosmos]

Ur gonna waste ur talents

[swift locust]

my talent is repeating “pursuant to rule 803 “

have u committed on med school?

[signal cosmos]

No I’m waiting to hear back from RD schools

If I get into any, all it takes is one

I’m dropping med school

[swift locust]

😭

[heady urchin]

HUH

[swift locust]

that’s true all it takes is one

[heady urchin]

HUH

[signal cosmos]

Yeahh applied to schools where if I got in id 200% go

[signal cosmos]

Read above for context

[heady urchin]

Why are you dropping med

I don’t see the correlation

[signal cosmos]

If I get into any of my RD schools

Basically ivies duke nyu

[swift locust]

hawk will get brown plme 🙏

[signal cosmos]

Then I’m leaving medical school

[heady urchin]

Are you transferring to finance

[signal cosmos]

that’s insaneee

[swift locust]

hawk is dr strange fr

mapped out every possible timeline

[signal cosmos]

No

So basically

I applied finance/econ to t20s

And Rutgers I applied cas

If I don’t get any t20s on my list I’m going to Rutgers cas and will follow pre med track

[dense kernel]

MOCK TRIAL REFERENCE

excited utterance or sum shit

[signal cosmos]

If I do then I’m committing finance

Cuz I’ll already have applied it

[dense kernel]

me when i start yelling declarant unavailable

[signal cosmos]

Basically t20 or bust

[swift locust]

LMAO

[signal cosmos]

My mom making me think too much in the future

I can’t be in the present 😒😒

[swift locust]

fr? my parents dgaf 😭 they’re like just go to cc and transfer

[heady urchin]

Dang that’s a huge gamble

Why not go business at Rutgers or another target

[jade estuary]

bro lmao what

why not apply t20s med 😭

[swift locust]

the defense asks for this to be stricken from the record 🤓

[heady urchin]

Idt he actually wants to do med just wants the $

[jade estuary]

IM SO SAD I DIDNT DO MOCK TRIAL

[jade estuary]

then why not do business at rutgers 😭

[swift locust]

yup mock trial > mun > speech and debate 🤢

[jade estuary]

we dont have a mock trial club :(

[signal cosmos]

Not worth it, time to outcome isn’t good, if u wanna make good money you have to go to a prestigious college or a “target school” that makes it easier, Rutgers is a non target and lots of ppl so it’s pretty difficult not trying to take that gamble

[jade estuary]

im president of mun club though 🫶

[heady urchin]

That’s what I said

[heady urchin]

Same

[heady urchin]

We don’t have mun either 💀

[dense kernel]

oh hell no

i hate when people say this

WHAT RECORD

THERE IS NO COURT REPORTER

[swift locust]

help i always giggle when i say that

[heady urchin]

You know you can enter business w/o going to a t20 right…

[signal cosmos]

Not necessary it doesn’t matter where you go undergrad

[heady urchin]

Also you could double major at Rutgers

[jade estuary]

oh thats kinda valid

[jade estuary]

bro fake cali school

[heady urchin]

To some extent this is true and untrue

[signal cosmos]

Yh basically job security

[jade estuary]

how you go to a cali school with no speech stuff

[heady urchin]

Also why are you letting where you get into college decide your life’s path that’s insane

[signal cosmos]

Kinda I could see it but it’s too late now

[heady urchin]

Rural suburbia

[jade estuary]

^^^

[heady urchin]

My dad works for med school admissions

[jade estuary]

cap. be fr ruby you go to school in alaska dont you

[signal cosmos]

Idk it’s the best option rn once I turn 18 im fending for myself

[heady urchin]

It matters in indirect and direct ways

[heady urchin]

LOL yeah I’m from anchorage actually

[signal cosmos]

U have good options tho like uc berk

[swift locust]

= idaho

[heady urchin]

How is it the best option

[heady urchin]

If I get in…

[heady urchin]

😭 I am such a midwesterner fr

[signal cosmos]

Both me and my parents agreed on it

My mom wanted me from day 1 to follow in her footsteps

[heady urchin]

So I don’t see how that’s the best option still

[heady urchin]

Classic parents

If you’re depressed in 10 years then what

[signal cosmos]

I’m only depressed if I’m not making money

[heady urchin]

Idt this will be true in the future 😭

[signal cosmos]

Rn I’m in the money mindset cuz I was once not the best money-wise but my mom clutched up

[heady urchin]

Yeah I get it

My parents were the same

But there’s definitely a balance between the two

[signal cosmos]

Ye also im the oldest so pressure to surprass parents

Yea

smh hsxd lurking

okiee I have to sleep now gn!!

[heady urchin]

GN!

[swift locust]

goodnight!

[cobalt condor]

mock trial is so goated i joined our schools mock trial comp on accident (long story) and it was sooo fun

[buoyant hornet]

WHERE IS MY LIKELY LETTER???

[uncut tapir]

Fr

At least give me dku likely

[tough raptor]

Nearly 50k, but they don't update the email lmfao first part says the same shit every year, the ones on college confidential from 5 years ago are like that

The email is weird like it doesn't even guarantee admission is just says that I'll know early

[main aurora]

Yeah you’re really right

Feb 4 is super early tho

[tough raptor]

I've heard they do waves

Between early feb and early march

I made a post about my likely on A2C and I have 43 message requests on reddit

lmfao

[jade estuary]

💀💀💀💀💀💀

i mean duke likely is insane

[vocal umbra]

Shit

[main aurora]

43 LOL

[main aurora]

i bet

cause early feb is so early!!!

[vapid urchin]

Duuuuuukkkeeeee

I looooooovvveeee yoooouuuu

Pleaaaase accccceeppppttttt meeee

[sullen ravine]

does robertson interview = admitted to duke

that would be very cool

[lyric monolith]

did you get an interview request?

[sullen ravine]

Nope

[main aurora]

Did they send them out??

I doubt it means that

[main aurora]

Got a duckie interview 🥺🥺

???

I’m from the Midwest interviewer is from the mountains

???

is that a good sign that they tried to find an interviewer outside of my region

Bc maybe there were none in my region lol

[hardy burrow]

well ik duke is kinda like yale when it comes to interviews so it is a good sign

[main aurora]

Where did it say that

[maiden bridge]

You— don’t look for signs about yale interview
Also you— duke interview meaning ???!??
😂 I feel u

[hardy burrow]

The Admissions Office will prioritize interviews for students for whom we need additional information.

[main aurora]

😭😭😭

no they’re from a different region

[main aurora]

Again 😭😭😭

What could they possibly want to know 😭😭😭

[swift locust]

got one from yale but not duke 🤨

[main aurora]

my app must read like a question mark

[main aurora]

J wait a bit

[swift needle]

guys ive gotten an interview from everyone who does it but duke I dont think we're making it 😭

[swift locust]

Think of it like “omg they’re so interesting i want more info”

[main aurora]

I’ve gotten several requests this week you have time 😂😂

[main aurora]

ok 😭

[swift needle]

aaa im just nervous and my moms making me nervous too

[main aurora]

dw you got this it really means nothing

[maiden bridge]

Wasn’t that 23-24

Aren’t we 24-25?

[swift locust]

Other way around

[hardy burrow]

idk thats what it says on their website

[swift locust]

23-24 was availability

24-25 is now addtl info based

[heady urchin]

Me w tufts and Yale 😒

[dense kernel]

huh

we are 23-24

[heady urchin]

What does this mean

[dense kernel]

wait where did u find this

nvm

[dense forge]

wait is it bad if we didnt do the glimpse video thing

[dense kernel]

no

[heady urchin]

It says prioritize though

[dense forge]

i did not know that was a thing

[dense kernel]

neither did i

it's not important

[dense forge]

ok good 😭

[heady urchin]

Idt I can survive the 1 month guys 💀

[dense kernel]

!ivyday

[fair rivet]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
1 month, 21 days and 19 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[dense kernel]

more than 1 month

[heady urchin]

Well 1 month till next decisions

That’s what I meant

[dense kernel]

what do you have in a month

[heady urchin]

I need a California school to accept me 💀

[heady urchin]

UCs will start and UW is early March too

[dense kernel]

Ohhh

[heady urchin]

I made a whole doc with decision dates idr though

[dense kernel]

Good luck!

I don't have anything til Ivy Day

[heady urchin]

Thanks! UCLA please 🙏

[dense kernel]

Yuhhh

[heady urchin]

Dang did you just do ivies?

[dense kernel]

Well Ivies + Duke, Stanford

Mich

[heady urchin]

Had the gap year convo with my mom 😌

[waxen dragon]

Nyu might come out before

[heady urchin]

Very awesome

[waxen dragon]

It says by april 1

[tough raptor]

You'll be fine

[waxen dragon]

Same w mich

!ivyday

[fair rivet]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
1 month, 21 days and 19 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege