Duke University (2023-2024)

[dense kernel]

best show on law

[heady urchin]

Valid

[empty echo]

law and order

[heady urchin]

I have such a long list

I need to finish gossip girl and then tvd

[empty echo]

gossip girl slays

[heady urchin]

Yess I’m on season 5

Almost there

[halcyon wharf]

hi be careful w journalism

make sure

youre working for someone trustworthy

my parwnts are both journalistd

they love the job but its come with a lot of difficulties

dont work w ngos

they dont pay at all

my mom hasnt gotten paid since last yr

[halcyon wharf]

if you have passion and determination do it

but be careful who you work with

[halcyon wharf]

at least the smaller ones

constant issue w my mom and her journalist friends

both of my parents are considering leaving journalism rn because of how bad the industry has gotten

[tough raptor]

money is a scam

[placid storm]

?

[rain kindle]

So with essays not given a score in admission would ECs test scores and gpa be weighted higher in the process?

and if that’s the case how is test optional gonna be viewed by Duke this season

[maiden bridge]

Read the article

[maiden bridge]

“Despite the changes, Guttentag wrote that essays and standardized testing scores are still considered in the admissions process.

“Essays are very much part of our understanding of the applicant, we’re just no longer assuming that the essay is an accurate reflection of the student’s actual writing ability,” he wrote. “Standardized tests (SAT or ACT) are considered when they’re submitted as part of the application.”

According to Guttentag, essays will now be used to “help understand the applicant as an individual rather, not just as a set of attributes and accomplishments.” He also wrote that the admissions office now values essays that give “insight into who the unique person is whose application we’re reading” and that “content and insight matter more than style.”

“Because of that they are not given a numerical rating, but considered as we think holistically about a candidate as a potential member of the Duke community,” he wrote. “

Basically like all other top schools lol

[rain kindle]

right I see

That’s interesting thank u

[swift needle]

So they wont really look at the writing style ?

[tough raptor]

I would just pretend this whole thing doesn't exist and write the best essays you can

[swift needle]

So true

theyre probably still gonna evaluate the same even with no numbers

[maiden bridge]

i mean if u write in a garbage way you wont be able to convey your points

[dense forge]

Duke vs dartmouth

[heady urchin]

Dart 🤩

[ivory flame]

Duke

[dense forge]

didnt meant it in that way

i meant that in the sense it seems like they're weighting tests less

[heady urchin]

Ohh

[swift locust]

be fr this is insane

“no longer a reflection of a student’s writing ability”

chatgpt spits out garbage so I think it’s still a valid reflection regardless

[swift locust]

Well I mean it’s silly that testing gets a separate rating

ur converting one number to another 😭

[turbid dragon]

Also writing style is still going to matter in terms of “does this make sense” and general impressions. I think they’re just weighing style less heavily than before

[dense forge]

Okie Dookie

[swift locust]

You are a genius, I love this catchy and quippy little phrase

[heady urchin]

😭 dookie pookie

[static harbor]

I think that’s when race / income comes in like they give a score based on ur background

[pale bane]

geographic region too

[static harbor]

Yeah ^^

[jade estuary]

oh okay thank you! i don't plan on making a full time career out of journalism but i just want to work for a couple of years before law school so yeahh

[open tendon]

Dookie pookie is cute

:>

It is a smol Harvard

Who’s a good little demon :>

Yes u r~

[swift locust]

How do I make sure you never say that again

[warped gale]

i need to bleach my eyes

[static harbor]

Never opening this channel again

[uncut tapir]

[ancient ginkgo]

damn my interview was so weird😭😭

[graceful horizon]

What went wrg?

[ancient ginkgo]

my interviewer was just saying a lot of morally questionable things 😭

at one point she said she volunteered at a center for kids with learning disabilities and said “i wish i didn’t though, they were really dangerous and draining to be around”

idk it also seemed like she didn’t really value her time at duke 😭

[graceful horizon]

domestic?

[ancient ginkgo]

yeah it was an online interview too

[graceful horizon]

helpp
so open and direct i guess

[ancient ginkgo]

[graceful horizon]

i'm intl and my interview is on coming sat.😭

she said she would write a good report tho rt?
plus an interview can't probably break an app so you'll be alright!

[ancient ginkgo]

i hope so 😭she was asking a lot of direct questions that i imagine would make it easier to write a decent report

and true!! it’s probably ok

[ancient ginkgo]

good luck!!!! u got this 💪💪💪

irl?

[graceful horizon]

nope...virtual
a third world country so most def without any alumni in the country😭

tht's why i didn't even expect an invite
they apparently started doing pre-screening so guess it's good news as an intl seeking aid
my interviewer is from another country

he emailed me yesterday.

[graceful horizon]

thank uu!

[dense sky]

yo what

My princeton interviewer was just straight up like:

school's racist

I asked her what was the biggest lesson/experience she got from college

and it was about racism and how real life is like that

So ig some ppl are just brutally honest asf

[fervent berry]

Anyone knows if an international applicant didnt get interview, is he/she cooked? 💀 Have you heard any international admits without interview?

[dense sky]

idk how it was for the past

but this year duke changed its interview policies

so that it is somewhat pre selective

[fervent berry]

So they gave out interview based on applicant’s overall profile?

[maiden bridge]

not what it means

if they need more info from u

[fervent berry]

Oh okok

Ty!

[signal cosmos]

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/02/duke-university-undergraduate-admissions-changes-numerical-rating-standardized-testing-essays-covid-test-optional-ai-generated-college-consultants

bruh what

does this go into effect our cycle?

[maiden bridge]

read the article

it's not a big deal

duke is just like other schools now

[signal cosmos]

i did now

but the essay part is dumb

[maiden bridge]

what about it

they just consider essays the way other top schools do?

[signal cosmos]

less emphasis

[maiden bridge]

thats not what they said lmao

[signal cosmos]

other schools still give numerical ratings

[maiden bridge]

“Despite the changes, Guttentag wrote that essays and standardized testing scores are still considered in the admissions process.

“Essays are very much part of our understanding of the applicant, we’re just no longer assuming that the essay is an accurate reflection of the student’s actual writing ability,” he wrote. “Standardized tests (SAT or ACT) are considered when they’re submitted as part of the application.”

According to Guttentag, essays will now be used to “help understand the applicant as an individual rather, not just as a set of attributes and accomplishments.” He also wrote that the admissions office now values essays that give “insight into who the unique person is whose application we’re reading” and that “content and insight matter more than style.”

“Because of that they are not given a numerical rating, but considered as we think holistically about a candidate as a potential member of the Duke community,” he wrote. “

[signal cosmos]

i see then the title is misleading

the numerical rating helps tho

is my point

[maiden bridge]

all the rating measured was your writing ability

it's not deep

[main aurora]

it never was serious

idk why there’s so many theories and conspiracies going around

[mystic finch]

my interview went pretty well

she was super nice

[maiden bridge]

Because nobody read the article and the headline is clickbait

[main aurora]

💀

[swift locust]

I doubt that they only used scores to judge writing style…

[open tendon]

Dukie pookie

[tough raptor]

I can't believe his name is guttentag

that has to be a joke

[lean hatch]

approx. what percentage of applicants got interviews?

i got one and i need a nice dose of hopium to keep myself together

[swift needle]

I got one too

i wonder if they keep that info for data

[lean hatch]

yeah they r using the same phrasing as yale now (new change this year)

so presumably we are on the fence in some way

[swift needle]

https://tenor.com/view/run-gif-24406607

im trying to be cautiously optimistic bc im on the lower end of duke stats lol

my interviewer was rlly cool tho they have a kid going to duke too

[lean hatch]

yeah same my gpa is in the hood 😭

[swift needle]

REAL

[lean hatch]

i kinda slayed my interview

[swift needle]

as u should

[lean hatch]

but it didnt drag on for an hour like other ppl who had good interviews

[mystic finch]

my interview was limited by zoom's 40 min thingy

[lean hatch]

yeah same

[swift needle]

yeah same but i dont know if id want an interview to go on for hours

ud have to be "on" for so long

[lean hatch]

but i heard someone who had one continue through call

[swift needle]

i just dont know how an interview can go on for 3 hrs lol

probably bc i dont talk a lot

[lean hatch]

fr need to keep the delulu in check

[lean hatch]

ive had one for a summer program last for 2 hours, tbh i got lucky with an interviewer who has a lot of common interests with me and we kept yapping abt math videogames philosophy and whatever

[swift needle]

ohh i see

[lean hatch]

yeah like

a 3 hour interview is a sign that it went VERY well

[swift needle]

ya true

[lean hatch]

idk i guess it is a bit relieving that my gpa didn't get me autorejected but i was so delulu for the past few days because this was the first "competitive" interview i got 😭

[swift needle]

no ur so real for that

i was so convinced i wasnt gonna get one 😭

i was doomposting abt it here lol

[swift needle]

honestly just doing the interview regardless of outcome is rlly good experience

[lean hatch]

yeah i did a few others before this that went a bit worse but also reputedly mattered less

[placid storm]

I didn’t get an interview 😭

[lean hatch]

its ok i thought i was cooked too but my request only came 4 days ago

they r still going out

[placid storm]

Ya idk man. I’ve gotten 0 interviews and three of my colleges can request of them

[graceful horizon]

Any intl with "foreign tax return" that says 'awaiting' on the finaid portal?

I submitted all of wht they asked on idoc a week ago. Everything has been processed but the status still hasn't updated.

[swift locust]

nope

[swift locust]

nope

[halcyon wharf]

fr

i submitted so late had a low gpa and still got it im so happy

[lean hatch]

mid 3.8 or something but my district has hella inflation

everyone else with t20 contending ecs has 3.98+

[lean hatch]

i think that's empirically true for yale so i'm just extrapolating

[maiden bridge]

longer doesnt equal better, even with yale

[swift locust]

a) addtl info is prioritized, but interviews can very much be given due to availability
b) 12k applicants realistically are not on the fence. Maybe <1k are truly on the fence.

[past pelican]

hi

when do yall think this decision will come out

[waxen dragon]

march 29-april 1

duke usually comes out after ivies

we are a long ways out lmao

!ivyday

[fair rivet]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
1 month, 6 days and 6 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[jade estuary]

duke and stanford day after right

the way my first and last rd decisions are dream schools 💀 im getting cooked fr

[waxen dragon]

what are they

[past pelican]

bruuhhhh thats my spring break

[waxen dragon]

that late?

mine is like 11-15

[jade estuary]

smh you should know by now

uchicago stanford

uchicago March 10 (probably) stanford March 29

[waxen dragon]

higher chance at stanford imo

[jade estuary]

💀💀💀

how so 😭

[forest iron]

bruh his recent video was so weird

[jade estuary]

my uchicago video was so quirky im literally the perfect uchicago student

[jade estuary]

hm brb

[forest iron]

like they literally said caltech is way easier to get into than harvard

i was like wtf

[cerulean socket]

bruh

rishab jain bruh

that guy needs to be bullied

[jade estuary]

the how i actually got into harvard one?

[forest iron]

fr fr

[cerulean socket]

hes so cocky

[empty echo]

.

[forest iron]

no no

[cerulean socket]

and thinking hes allat

[forest iron]

the one before that

[fair rivet]

#📜-rules

​Rule 1: Be Nice

​Please respect all members of the community. Disruptive, aggressive, disrespectful, creepy, or otherwise obnoxious behavior is prohibited. Hate speech and slurs within the community, whether via server messages or profiles, are absolutely not tolerated.

[cerulean socket]

i saw him at isef ltierally getting himselves "servants" to do things for him

[jade estuary]

bro did get into 4 t10's and full scholly at bu 💀

how i got a 36 on the act?

[cerulean socket]

yeah he knew how the game is played

but hes fake

[empty echo]

anyone have q's about duke

[forest iron]

i mean he really needs to touch the ground for once

[cerulean socket]

ig its hard to be genuine when u think u got the social influence like that

but also the IRO that hes promoting is basically act reading passage on steroids

[forest iron]

bruh true

[jade estuary]

shit i have one of these should i have applied to harvard

[forest iron]

like people on reddit go like: The Rishab Jain commented on my post or smth lol

[cerulean socket]

u didnt apply??

[jade estuary]

nah

[cerulean socket]

oh bruh

u should have

[jade estuary]

had space on my app for only 3 ivies

[forest iron]

too late buddy

[jade estuary]

did brown Columbia upenn

i have so many regrets

[cerulean socket]

i just shotgun all t20s

[jade estuary]

but the main one is applying to too many safeties and targets

[forest iron]

imagine if u applied and were in rn bruh

[cerulean socket]

all reaches and targets for my colleg list

ig it worked out

so far

[forest iron]

but like u would've rejected it no?

[cerulean socket]

i think everyone should try that strat if u have some good awards

[jade estuary]

most t20s have ed and i couldn't ed so i shotgunned eas but I did a lot of safeties and targets which is good bcuz i have a lot of offers rn but also i wish I'd applied to more t20s

[jade estuary]

Yeah i would choose berkeley over harvard

The only east coast schools I'd choose over berk are uchicago northwestern brown and Columbia

[cerulean socket]

cal's only problem to me

is the population

like i heard its very hard to connect with professors and stuff

tho if without that problem cal would essentially just be stanford

[jade estuary]

yeah that's def valid

but I've always been in big classrooms and made personal connections with professors just fine

would i appreciate smaller classes? yes. am i ok with big classes? also yes

[cerulean socket]

also another big thing is schools like harvard and stanford have way more alumni connections than publics do

apparently

idk how it works exactly

[jade estuary]

also im a media studies major so im sure most of my upper div classes will be a LOT smaller

[jade estuary]

def valid

but im a California girlie

i cannot do cold weather

plus i know way too many people in bay area

[cerulean socket]

yeah ur thing is p niche

[cerulean socket]

oh this is so valid

[jade estuary]

Id feel a lot safer having a lot of relatives and friends nearby

[cerulean socket]

im getting so much seasonal depression at ny rn

[waxen dragon]

english major (good essays) + stanford rd is higher AR than uchicago RD

[jade estuary]

😭😭😭

[jade estuary]

oh yeah valid

[forest iron]

https://youtu.be/ytANS61C5_M?si=Oh17X8yPcFwca6rg

[jade estuary]

i did comms at Stanford not English

[forest iron]

this was the one

i was talking about

[jade estuary]

but my interview was VERY comms oriented so

ok brb

[cerulean socket]

i feel like both of then are just yapping for views...

bro rlly brought up the mbti stuff 💀

[forest iron]

2 prodigy kids yapping yeah

[waxen dragon]

i hate that girl

and limmy

and rishab

[cerulean socket]

better to read the harvard law suit

lmao

[forest iron]

same

[waxen dragon]

and the pratik kid

[cerulean socket]

i learned so much reading that

[jade estuary]

i love pratik

[cerulean socket]

the 2012 handbook

[jade estuary]

pratik is homie

[forest iron]

these kids drive my crazy

[waxen dragon]

bro does NOT go to stanford he goes to fucking rpi 😭

such a clickbaiter

[jade estuary]

yeah but he got into harvard

[cerulean socket]

pratik is ass

[forest iron]

literally blocked them on all social media

[jade estuary]

BRO ALSO

[waxen dragon]

proof?

[cerulean socket]

huh

no he didnt right

wtf

he didnt even apply

[jade estuary]

I LOVE BLADE KALIKOV

[waxen dragon]

he def did not get into shit

he is mid asf

[cerulean socket]

highest he applied to was brown

[waxen dragon]

if u watch his old videos

[cerulean socket]

and he didnt get in

[jade estuary]

DO YALL KNOW BLADE KALIKOV

[cerulean socket]

or did he i forgot

[waxen dragon]

he shotgunned bsmds

[forest iron]

that's cap fs

[waxen dragon]

and he faced hella rejections

[cerulean socket]

and he got mass rejected lmao

[waxen dragon]

and ended up at rpi

[cerulean socket]

bro made a sad video in jan

💀

[jade estuary]

oh💀

[waxen dragon]

he is stupid

[jade estuary]

nvm then i hate pratik

ok but y'all

[waxen dragon]

rishab is cracked but annoying asf

[cerulean socket]

he was like "i know im clearly better than 99% of the applicants"

💀

rishab idk abt that

[waxen dragon]

limmy and that caltech girl keep yapping and complaining when theyre both like 22 and 25

[cerulean socket]

he doesnt do olympiads

[jade estuary]

https://youtu.be/_cwuWGLRnjE?si=QhlPTBPzDYRhI5CG
this guy is the goat

[waxen dragon]

like move on mfs

[forest iron]

the brown rejected video kid?

[cerulean socket]

more so just connections rather than pure skill

[waxen dragon]

you both went to t10s

[cerulean socket]

imo

[waxen dragon]

ye fax

[jade estuary]

today during my exam i had this stuck in my head

[waxen dragon]

bro was involved in women in stem 😭

shit had me laughing

[jade estuary]

i have the whole thing memorized help

[forest iron]

ive somehow already watched this

but why

[waxen dragon]

everyone has

[forest iron]

oh ok

[cerulean socket]

do ygs know kyle tsai

[jade estuary]

no

[cerulean socket]

i watched his deciison react in 2021

he got in princeton

and now is struggling

💀

[waxen dragon]

yes

[cerulean socket]

another reason to not go there for me ig

[forest iron]

yeah

[waxen dragon]

he the dude who changed tshirts

for decision video

[forest iron]

ik everyone

[waxen dragon]

one of my favorite videos

lol

W vibes

got into pton

and some other great schools

[cerulean socket]

another pton youtuber (justin chae) got in princeton and now dropped out cuz he cant handle the workload

💀

[waxen dragon]

he prob depressed asl

pton insane grade defl

[cerulean socket]

rlly convinced me to not go to princeton man

more crazy than uchi

all fun goes to die

[waxen dragon]

yea sadly idgaf

if i get in im going

[forest iron]

my favorite decision video was fs olivia zhang

made me cry

[waxen dragon]

i have basically no hope for RD but i just want closure

[jade estuary]

sorry ms luck im too lazy to watch that video

[waxen dragon]

i hate her

[cerulean socket]

bro

[forest iron]

don't we not helping him with views @jade estuary

[cerulean socket]

her video made me so deliulu

[waxen dragon]

she is rich and priveleged asf

[cerulean socket]

be thinkinng i could get in harvard too

[jade estuary]

bro my decision videos are so ass

[cerulean socket]

this is true

[jade estuary]

LOL

[forest iron]

lol ok

[waxen dragon]

her whole family had the shirt of every single college? reminded me exactly of michael rubin

theyre 100% rich

[forest iron]

is she? how do uk?

[jade estuary]

i just wore the colors of whatever school decision i had that day😭

[forest iron]

lmao ok

[cerulean socket]

i was convinced to not record a decision vid cuz i believe it'll hurt ur admission chances schrodingers college decision

[jade estuary]

like for USC I wore a yellow and red thing i had

WHAT

😭😭😭😭😭

i recorded a decision video for everything lol

[forest iron]

i only have like 20 harvard merch stuff lmao

[cerulean socket]

u should buy oxford merch

what a flex

[waxen dragon]

ONLY 20

what the fuck

[jade estuary]

my Berkeley video is literally in pyjamas because i didn't expect it

[forest iron]

oh sorry i do have oxford merch too now

[jade estuary]

As an Indian that's insane

[forest iron]

but like for my 21 us decisions ill stick to harvard ig lol

[jade estuary]

I don't mean like merch i meant like a random yellow and red outfit for USC pride😭

[waxen dragon]

i legit have like 2 college stuff and thats bc i got in

[jade estuary]

i actually love my Georgetown fit shit was so slay only to get deferred

[jade estuary]

bro i only have stuff that I got in acceptance packages 💀

who wants to see my usc/berkeley decision viseo

[waxen dragon]

prolly my worst video of all time

[forest iron]

ik my dad has been buying harvard merch since i was like 5 or 7 (with no intentions of me applying in future)

[waxen dragon]

i didnt even make one for michigan

[waxen dragon]

sure

[forest iron]

no one knows why

[waxen dragon]

i knew it would be deferral

so j opened at school

usc p much same thing

tbh i expected all deferrals EA

for my reaches

[jade estuary]

😭😭😭😭

[jade estuary]

oh damn

[jade estuary]

gtown ea is cracked bro

[jade estuary]

ok one sec

[waxen dragon]

im ngl the pressure is insane

[jade estuary]

her sister goes to princeton LOL

[waxen dragon]

why did bro not rea princeton?

gotta use that legacy

if i had legacy outside of LTU i wouldve

well technically tufts too

but neither are toptier my major

[jade estuary]

whats LTU

[waxen dragon]

lousiana tech

[jade estuary]

idk i personally wouldn't wanna go to the same college as my sibling

[jade estuary]

ah

ball state legacy

[waxen dragon]

i would if its the #1

[waxen dragon]

masters btw

and tufts is phd

no undergrad legacy lol

[forest iron]

lowkey regret it ngl

but like harvard is my top

my delulu self thought i could make it in rea

[jade estuary]

ok fair

[jade estuary]

yeah indians doing undergrad in US like 20 years ago is unusual

my stanford interviewer did tho

[rare bluff]

Me with southern Mississippi

Like where tf is that 😭

Low key wish my parents went somewhere else so I could get a good legacy (my mom did work at VT but since she doesn’t work there anymore I can’t use legacy, still got in tho)

[hardy burrow]

my parents didnt even go to college 😭

so explaining everything to them is a headache

[rare bluff]

Kinda same
My parents only came to the us for grad school

It took my mom 3 weeks to understand the fafsa

[jade estuary]

same

it took me like 3 months to explain the difference between scholarships and fin aid lol

my mom kept saying both are the same right

[waxen dragon]

Same lol

[rare bluff]

NO CUZ MY MOM WAS ASKING ANOUT THIS LAST NIGHT

She was like “then how did they give you money so early if the package hadn’t come in yet…”

I had to pull out why my cousin only got 1000 fafsa money from uiuc compared to some scholarship he won freshmen year

[jade estuary]

LOL

[heady urchin]

Cal’s intro classes can range between one to 2k students 😭

[waxen dragon]

Lmfao

[placid storm]

Duke why u ghosting me

[signal cosmos]

YEAH lmfaoo bro had 1600

good guy in general

[halcyon wharf]

duke interview in 30 mins

[elfin dagger]

Blud gives me sus vibes. He was like usnco finalist everywhere when he just got past locals

He’s nice tho I think

My friend who talks to him irl at Harvard said he gives hella off putting and conceited vibes 💀

[halcyon wharf]

duke interview as amazing

[dense forge]

wat did dey ask

also congrats

[halcyon wharf]

• hobbies
  • question about hobbies
• ecs
• general school
• passions
• why duke

really simple tbh

[open tendon]

I went to Duke because they’re a dookie pookie 🥳

Who’s a smol little Harvard~

Yes u r~

[ivory flame]

HUH

[swift locust]

NOT AGAIN

[open tendon]

They rejected me so I can make fun of them all I want

Dookie pookie’s

[dense forge]

any difficult questions or naw

[halcyon wharf]

all of them were super easy

super chill interview

[dense forge]

good shit i hope mine goes dat way

[halcyon wharf]

i had a lor of fun

good luck!!

[dense forge]

bro i cant narrow down interviews bru some ppl say theyre hell and they cant answer shi

some ppl say its the lightest thing ever

[halcyon wharf]

from what ive seen duke has rly nice interviewers

[halcyon wharf]

i@hope u get a super nice interviewer

[dense forge]

ty man

[lean hatch]

... bottom 25%

that counts as low right

(magnet school)

10 ap's (4.9 avg) but everyone takes max ap's (# of ap lang tests was 90% of junior class size last year)

[halcyon wharf]

wait like

3.8 for botrom 25%?

[lean hatch]

where'd you get that number from

[lean hatch]

yeah (ik 😭 )

[lean hatch]

this is nothing specific to yale but why'd the interviewer stay for 3 hours if it's mid?

[maiden bridge]

Longer doesn’t seem like it’ll up your chances

So many times an interviewer gives highest rating and unfortunately the applicant gets rejected

[jade estuary]

yeah i know but since I'm in a niche ish major i hope the upper div classes will be cool😭

[jade estuary]

every Harvard student ever

[static harbor]

yes

[lean hatch]

i mean it's a good interview

how much that affects your chances is a different story

[heady urchin]

Two years 😩 was talking to my friend and my dad today and we’re manifesting ucla together

[jade estuary]

lol im also manifesting for you

what's your uc's ranking

like after UCLA

[heady urchin]

Wherever I get in

[jade estuary]

girl 😭 bro literally has a higher than maximum UC gpa

maybe that doesn't matter much for other schools but im sure UC gpa carries for UC's

[heady urchin]

Bro idk if that’s my actual UC gpa 😭 it was just my tenth and eleventh so I assumed

[heady urchin]

They prob don’t care

[jade estuary]

ok but still

first uc decision is March 10 right

davis

[heady urchin]

That’s a Sunday I think

[jade estuary]

oh yeah

[heady urchin]

I also don’t want to know when decisions are

Very stressful

[jade estuary]

i was thinking it'll come 9th

which is 10th for me

[heady urchin]

So I haven’t even keeping track

[jade estuary]

ok valid

are you opening all of them on ivy day like you said

[heady urchin]

I think it’ll come out March 8th for me, 9th for you

[jade estuary]

shit

[heady urchin]

No bc I need to plan my spring break 😭

[jade estuary]

i have my final board exam on march 9

[heady urchin]

And last min flights are more expensive

[jade estuary]

i will be a mess if it comes out morning of

i have zero patience

[heady urchin]

You don’t even care about Davis though right

[jade estuary]

oh lol when is your spring break

[heady urchin]

You already got into Berkeley

[heady urchin]

Second week of April

[jade estuary]

yeah but I also get udub and uchicago that day :')

[heady urchin]

I didn’t want to know about uw 😭

Ahh

[jade estuary]

that is if we're going by last year's

[heady urchin]

No more decision dates 😭

[jade estuary]

but uchicago was delayed this week

time*

like for ed2

[heady urchin]

Oh I see

I mean you got Berk!

[jade estuary]

as long as uchicago doesn't come out march 9 im good

[heady urchin]

Who cares about uw and uchi

[jade estuary]

but if it does im failing my exam lol

[heady urchin]

Did they release a decision date

[jade estuary]

uchi is bae </3

[heady urchin]

Nah not worth

[heady urchin]

Yes but you got berk!!!

[jade estuary]

no they usually do so like a week before the date

[heady urchin]

Berk is better

[jade estuary]

true true I'll be fine either way

[heady urchin]

Ohh ok

[jade estuary]

but I've spent the most part of this year idolizing uchicago lol

[heady urchin]

Unfollowing all my schools’ instas rn

[jade estuary]

😭😭😭😭😭

you got this!?!

[heady urchin]

Exactly you alr got one t20

[jade estuary]

and the closest one so W

[heady urchin]

Trust me it’ll be broken soon

[true mica]

when was uchicago rd date last year?

[jade estuary]

March 9

[heady urchin]

If it comes out

[heady urchin]

That was a Thursday last year

[jade estuary]

nvm it was 10

[heady urchin]

That was a Friday wait

[true mica]

dang that’s early ngl

[heady urchin]

Nvm

[true mica]

before mit

[jade estuary]

yeah fr

but uchicago admits most of its class ed so

[true mica]

Yo how do u have 15 acceptances already 💀

Like how have u had so many schools respond back alr

[heady urchin]

Would you go to Uchi though

If you got in

[jade estuary]

#1140075268871037059 message

[jade estuary]

very dependent on aid

my uchi net price is good

but my friend got screwed over at a diff uni he'd have to pay like 3x his net price

[heady urchin]

Oh I see

[jade estuary]

i mean it's umich which is public and he's oos and uchi is a lot better for aid

[heady urchin]

Oh

[jade estuary]

but still

Berkeley because im instate, i know i won't pay more than the tuition

but uchicago because it's aid based, it could change in the following years depending on financial situation

[heady urchin]

I can’t believe they increased

[jade estuary]

and i don't want to end up committing then paying 90k from second year yk

[heady urchin]

I’m so annoyed

[heady urchin]

Fair

[jade estuary]

really how much was it before

[heady urchin]

Decisions have me so nervous

[jade estuary]

same but also I want decisions i have zero patience😭

[heady urchin]

Last year it was 38 to 40k and the year before it was 35k

[heady urchin]

No like I’m a nervous wreck

[jade estuary]

my god

UCLA is 37 tho right

[heady urchin]

I need to get off a2c

[heady urchin]

Idts

[jade estuary]

yeah valid

[heady urchin]

I think they’re all like 40+k now

[jade estuary]

take some time for yourself🫂

[jade estuary]

ohhh

maybe for our year bcuz i think my friend who's a freshman is paying 37

[heady urchin]

Anxiety follows everywhere 😭

[heady urchin]

Yeah last year it was cheaper

This year they upped it rices

Prices

[jade estuary]

no bcuz i literally was writing one of the most important exams of my life yesterday

and i had this one brown video portfolio song stuck in my head

[heady urchin]

God I forgot about brown 😭

[jade estuary]

a2c is my biggest time waster and distraction but ugh i love a2c

[jade estuary]

IM SORRY😭😭😭😭

[heady urchin]

I forgot about half my schools I applied to

[jade estuary]

ahhhh rip

[heady urchin]

It’s ok 😭

[jade estuary]

yeah you did bu and stuff right

[heady urchin]

yeah I forgot until yesterday when I sent my update 😭

[jade estuary]

LOL

what's your update

[heady urchin]

Like app update

[jade estuary]

no i mean

what did you do lol

if you're ok w sharing

[heady urchin]

Ohh

[jade estuary]

like did you win a new award or

[heady urchin]

I won this award in Jan

Yeah

And I did a ton of stuff w this museum I didn’t talk at all about

[jade estuary]

oooooh

the thing you sent in celebration?

the uh glass triphy

[heady urchin]

Yes

[jade estuary]

slay

i know you're also a senior but would you recommend sending an app update with a lot of smaller stuff if nothing is too major?

[swift locust]

yes i love grouping them

[heady urchin]

Yeah!

[swift locust]

is sending an ec u forgot to put originally sloppy/careless/shady 😭

[heady urchin]

I don’t think my award was that major but I just stuck in like 3 different things

[jade estuary]

yeah but i mean if nothing is like decision breaking or world changing

[heady urchin]

Have you alr sent an update in and is it a huge deal

[jade estuary]

ahh

[swift locust]

I already sent it

[jade estuary]

did you format it like a loci or just bullet points

[heady urchin]

Oh well what’s done is done!

[heady urchin]

You can I just did paras

So yeah like a loci

[swift locust]

Help that makes it seem bad

[jade estuary]

But did you specifically name it a loci

like would it be advisable to write a loci

[swift locust]

I did bullet points to lessen the burden for AOs

[jade estuary]

and did you include stuff about why you're excited to go and stuff

[jade estuary]

okay yeah makes sense

March 1st week wouldn't be too late right

[swift locust]

No but try to get it in asap

[heady urchin]

No I just called it an update

[jade estuary]

mm yeah I'm waiting on this one thing if it doesn't come March 1st I'll send my update

[heady urchin]

Nooo I meant like it doesn’t matter rn whether it’s a good idea or not yk

I’m sure it’s fine

[swift locust]

OHH ok LOL

Yeah makes sense haha

[swift locust]

ah ok, all good then

[heady urchin]

I’m sure they’re like ok whatever just another update 😁 they probably get annoyed w the amount of emails they get

[tough raptor]

I'm not sure duke cares that much about GPA

I mean they care

but not autoreject levels

[cerulean socket]

if uchi and stanford are ur top choices why didnt u just ed uchi lol

[cerulean socket]

which t10 cares the most then

[tough raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[halcyon wharf]

fr?

[tough raptor]

I mean I got a likely and I don't even have a gpa

[tough raptor]

I don't know man, I couldn't even name the t10 off the top of my head I only care about two of them

prolly princeston

[halcyon wharf]

princetin is surprisingly lenient

harvard is the harshest imo

like 7% of their class have a "low" gpa

[tough raptor]

I don't think 3.95 average is lenient

but that is me

we love harvard releasing gibberish gpa

4.0 scale for distribution and unknown scale for average

[ivory flame]

wait is that weighted or unweighted😭 pictures aren’t loading fully

[old wedge]

gn this is TOO MUCH

99.70 is crazy

[old wedge]

it just says it's on a 4 scale... idk

[tough raptor]

princeton is using unweighted and harvard is using a undefined weighted scale for one and unweighted for the other

[halcyon wharf]

nvm

i read it wrong

[cerulean socket]

yea pton prob then

out of all hypsm

i think harvard is middle

mit is def more caring

[tough raptor]

This weighted GPA bullshit I don't understand

can't read them

no idea what they mean

all this shit is ridiculous

[shut yoke]

Real

[tough raptor]

I think it should be abolished entirely

[swift locust]

Yeah I have a 5.44 out of 5 for my weighted?? Idk how that works

[tough raptor]

....

wtf

GPA is confusing enough without weighting

[swift locust]

Facts

[tough raptor]

the honest answer to like every question about gpa

is be good relative to your school

and your opportunities

if your in top 10% of your school you are likely fine

they are going to care a lot more about what you do outside of school

[swift locust]

unfortunately we don’t rank

[tough raptor]

I don't mean literally

I just mean in general

[jade estuary]

i couldn't ed due to financial constraints :///

and i didn't think I'd get in stanford rea lol

[swift locust]

ohhh icic

[tough raptor]

oh congrats on stanford

[jade estuary]

no i meant i didn't rea because I didn't think I'd get in😭

[tough raptor]

Oh

[jade estuary]

i did rd

[tough raptor]

I didn't apply stanford

[jade estuary]

ah

[tough raptor]

I feel like I might have gotten in

but I'm kind of delulu rn

I've been on a winning streak with colleges

[jade estuary]

i mean you did get a t10 likely

[tough raptor]

yeah

I don't get stanford tho

I don't get most t25s

[jade estuary]

wdym

[tough raptor]

They all seem kinda generic

Most schools do

I feel like I'm only interested in schools that reject me and that nobody in A2C cares about

[swift locust]

harvard felt so generic to me idk why

Duke feels unique tho

[jade estuary]

mm this is why i love uchicago they're v unique

[jade estuary]

Like what?

[cobalt condor]

like wpi n stuff

[warped gale]

college admissions youtubers are just not it 💀

[jade estuary]

real (me who wants to become one: )

[forest iron]

love y'all 💗

[quartz adder]

meow

[ivory flame]

MEOW

did anyone sign up for the duke information webinar session at three today

[kindred mulch]

Just out of curiosity, did the people here who got likely letters also recieve an interview?

[mystic finch]

ive only seen one likely letter here and the person said they did not get an interview

[halcyon wharf]

^^

but most likelies dont come out sround this time

[mystic finch]

and most admitted students dont get likelies

[halcyon wharf]

this too

[true mica]

When do duke likelies usually come out?

early March?

[waxen dragon]

yes

[open tendon]

Dookie pookie 😚

[graceful horizon]

I just had my interview
Lasted for only 20 mins😭
& i think his answers to my ques were longer than my answers to his ques

I was so nervous
I told him it was my 1st ever interview n was so nervous...he said its okay relax...its supposed to b jux a convo
Culdnt collect my thoughts

[split hare]

What does it mean if the duke interviewer asked me like 3 questions total about myself and then i just asked him stuff for 20 out of 30 minutes

And then at the end he goes "let me know WHEN you get in... And congrats for getting this far."

Like he was super nice and we connected on a lot of interests but I didn't think I smashed it that hard 😭

[graceful horizon]

he also told me 'congrats for making this far'
i think it's abt the new policy on interviews this year

[split hare]

Ye that part makes sense

I'm just confused why he said "when"

Optimistic dude ig 🤷🏻‍♂️

[graceful horizon]

same..he asked me four ques. n i think without all of the ques i asked him, it would have lasted only 10 or 15 min

[split hare]

Real bro 😭

Are they just making sure we're human or what

[graceful horizon]

i was so nervous

[split hare]

I gave the most cursory summary of what I spend time on

Didn't elaborate on any projects at all

And he didn't GAF 😭

[graceful horizon]

i had to tell him it was my first interview

[split hare]

It was my last

And my shortest by far

😭

I'll just hope for the best ig

[graceful horizon]

he also asked me where i learnt english

tht was one of his ques

[split hare]

Is that good or bad lol

He didn't ask me anything strange

Asked me how break was going, about myself, why duke, basically it

[graceful horizon]

m intl from a pretty underdeveloped country so i think he was just curious

[split hare]

Ah cool

Good for u

Gl for decisions!

[graceful horizon]

the first que was sth tht i've committed myself to, n then the eng que, then how did you hear abt duke/why duke and then wht will u bring to duke community

i don't think i handled the last que well... i was stuttering and i said i'm homeschooled n i have faced challenges so i think i will bring unique stories to duke😭

[graceful horizon]

u too!!

one thing i noticed tho is he said i didn't need to do self-introduction (thinks he said he knws abt it) and went straight to the ques

[fervent berry]

Anyone knows when will duke release decision ?

[jade estuary]

Usually day after ivy day

[fervent berry]

ohh ty!

[main aurora]

????

did you ask why he said that or get any clear understanding as to why he did say this?

Cause I got a request too

had my interview already

[graceful horizon]

I didn't ask but it's probably bec they changed their intv policy this yr to prioritize applicants for whom they need more info.

[main aurora]

oh, ok.

[graceful horizon]

But idk wht to feel abt my interview...i dont think i did well.

Good luck to u!

[main aurora]

Mine didn’t feel like an interview it felt like we were just talking about our lives

GL to you too

[viscid python]

interview was so dry 😭

def my worst one

also my last one

maybe cuz its virtual idk

[graceful horizon]

Did you all have the camera turned on?

Mine was just a zoom audio call.

No video

[main aurora]

Mine was just a normal phone call so no

[halcyon wharf]

i had the option to turn it on

i said yes

[maiden bridge]

Yup mine had video

[empty echo]

heyyy america

[main aurora]

Hi!

[thick phoenix]

u dont fw america? damn

[main aurora]

nah

[thick phoenix]

damn

[swift needle]

Same here

[cerulean socket]

duke is a sussy baka

[small grove]

hey guys my gmail account for college apps got deactivated but I recently got to recover it and it was like nearly a week where I lost it (Idt i could have recieved emails with a deactivated email). thing is duke is the only college I didn't get an interview request from so I'm wondering if its a good idea if I should email them to see if I had gotten any sort of communications from them.

then again I don't want to look like someone that assumed that I would have gotten any offers to interview

[faint vine]

i think u can email (explain the situation) and just ask if duke ever tried reaching out to you without mentioning about interviews (ex. if there were there any updates). cuz obviously they understand that sending out interviews is a type of communications and if they say no then u can safely assume that they didn't send out an invitation

[forest iron]

duke please take me 🙃

[uncut tapir]

+1

[forest iron]

just curious

what's ur efc?

i feel like my efc will ruin my chances especially as an intl

[uncut tapir]

Oh its low

[graceful horizon]

My efc is a minimum so yea...m hoping to be a Karsh scholar

They will announce the scholars in mid March rt?

Optimistically thinking I got an interview cuz they r considering me for tht scholarship.

[swift locust]

i thinkkkk so but they could come out with decisions

[graceful horizon]

Cuz i saw some cmts tht were made last yr

I think they announced on march 15th last yr

[open tendon]

Dookie pookie

[graceful horizon]

Plus...they hav never awarded anyone from my country so competition is minimal

[swift locust]

hope so—other merit schollys should come out w karsh i think too

hoping for BN

[forest iron]

bro what's that now 😭

do u apply for it?

[swift locust]

nope

[graceful horizon]

Karsh intl scholarship

[heady urchin]

Did you need to apply

[graceful horizon]

Its automatic

[swift locust]

automatic consideration for all merit scholarships

[heady urchin]

Oh cool

[swift locust]

except Robertson ofc

[graceful horizon]

But u must hav requested for finaid

[heady urchin]

I hope they accept me 😄

Doubt about scholarship but manifesting the school dors

[graceful horizon]

https://ousf.duke.edu/merit-scholarships/karsh-international-scholars-program/

They also list the country of origin of previous scholars

My country is not on the list so hoping for it

So they can do +1

😭

[forest iron]

Noice

[graceful horizon]

Last yr
2 from Ghana i think
Also uk
A lot tho
Like 6 or 7

[swift locust]

what continent(

[graceful horizon]

South east asia

[forest iron]

im not getting into duke so this scholarship is a joke for me

where previous scholars at?

[graceful horizon]

The link at the very bottom on the webpage

[forest iron]

oh found it

[graceful horizon]

M from Myanmar

[forest iron]

my schoolmate got this last year

how could i forget

[swift locust]

holy

isn’t there a ton of instability there rn

[graceful horizon]

Yeaa

[swift locust]

wishing u the best then, tbh that could be a draw too

[graceful horizon]

Thts why m hoping for it too
Come on duke!!

[swift locust]

🙏🙏

[graceful horizon]

Thank you!!

[jade estuary]

bro i had no idea duke gives merit aid

prolly wouldn't have applied bcuz i dont think my parents would send me to NC but still

[forest iron]

oh that's merit aid

not getting it then

[jade estuary]

bro got a duke likely and still has no faith in herself

[forest iron]

duke kunshan**

but i have this theory suddenly

like when i did not expect a likely i got one

and now when me delulu self waits for one

nothing happens

[jade estuary]

i've been manifesting a stanford likely for a week

like i see my reaction when i get it, i know who i'm gonna tell and all of that

i know it's either gonna happen through an email, or my interviewer is gonna call me

only problem is its not happening

[forest iron]

am i in that list of 'who'

[jade estuary]

i mean obviously i'd post on a2c

i love flexing

but i meant more like a family/friends thing 😭

like i'd tell my recommenders and stuff

i haven't told them anything yet because i dont think they'd know the colleges i got into

but stanford everybody knows

[forest iron]

may might would will

[jade estuary]

nah someone said stanford likely season was feb 15-20

[forest iron]

oh no 😭

[forest iron]

oh-

[jade estuary]

i got 2 emails from case western yesterday within like an hour

[forest iron]

but then know one on a2c/reddit posted??

[jade estuary]

besties i got in why are you still selling yourself to me

[forest iron]

kinda seems not possible uk

[jade estuary]

likelies are very unlikely 😭

[forest iron]

lol

[jade estuary]

also someone in the stanford thread said their friend got a call from their interviewer

as a likely

[forest iron]

oh no

maybe our manifestation isn't working well

time to switch to something new

[jade estuary]

yeah now imma manifest 500/500

god im so hungry but i need to finish chem before i eat

[forest iron]

not again 💀

[heady urchin]

Bro I just watched such a good Telugu movie

Idk if you’re Telugu but it was actually fire

Bahubali 2.0

[forest iron]

oo i have watched that one too

in hindi though

[heady urchin]

My cousin was the director lol

[forest iron]

was up in theatres a long time back

[heady urchin]

But I watched Salaar tonight

[forest iron]

bro what?

[heady urchin]

It’s from like 3 months ago but Fire nonetheless

[heady urchin]

We have a ton of film connections in my family

My aunt and cousin went to his son’s wedding 😭 met all the actors

[forest iron]

so plaaning to be the next actor/director or what?

[forest iron]

damn

[heady urchin]

Haha nah

[jade estuary]

ARE YOU JUTS WATCHING IT???

AS A TELUGU?????

YOU'RE ONLY NOW WATCHING BAHUBALI

RUBY THIS IS A DISGRACE

WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU

FIND A DITCH AND BURY YOURSELF TO NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY BCUZ WTF

i adore bahubali

never watched the telugu version but the tamil one>>>>.

[jade estuary]

LT ME DELULU

[heady urchin]

No no bro

Salaar

[heady urchin]

BRO I WATCHED IN YHEATERS DW

[jade estuary]

omg??? so coooool

[heady urchin]

I WAS 12

[jade estuary]

OH

[heady urchin]

It’s sooooo good bro

[jade estuary]

I THOUGHT YOU MEANT YOU WATCHED BAHUBALI 😭

[heady urchin]

NO NO I MEANT LIKE SALAAR GAVE BAHUBALI VIBES

[heady urchin]

Fr fr

[jade estuary]

yeah that makes more sense 😭

[heady urchin]

Prabhas from Bahubali is also the main character in salaar

[jade estuary]

i dont watch telugu movies so if salaar has a tamil remake i will watch fs

OOOOOOOOH

[heady urchin]

It’s in Hindi too

[jade estuary]

i ADORE prabhas

[heady urchin]

Idk if it’s in Tamil but prob

[jade estuary]

girl you think i watch hindi movies

[heady urchin]

He’s changed a ton 😭

[heady urchin]

Yes 😭 I do

I don’t know Hindi though

But like they have the best movies

[jade estuary]

i've watched a few

like znml

no what

znmld

[heady urchin]

Valid valid

[jade estuary]

see basically

i only watch movies with my family

[heady urchin]

I watched drishyam 2 again today too

[heady urchin]

Yeah same

[jade estuary]

and my brother and dad hate hindi

[heady urchin]

Ohh

[jade estuary]

so we watch tamil movies as a family

occasoinly i watch hindi movies with my friends but

meh

[heady urchin]

I’ve watched a few Tamil movies

[jade estuary]

ill watch more in college tho

[heady urchin]

Like I watched Sanju

[jade estuary]

should i know that 💀 because i dont

[heady urchin]

Uh it’s like a biography

[jade estuary]

ohh

oh yeah we've watched the dhoni movie a shit ton of times cuz brother big cricket fan

[heady urchin]

I watched a movie w rajinikanth

[heady urchin]

Oh I haven’t watched that one but I watched the other one

[jade estuary]

THALAIVA RAHHHHWECTOWITXOWIT

[heady urchin]

Class of 83 or something

[heady urchin]

😭

[heady urchin]

His 50th movie or something

[jade estuary]

oooh

[heady urchin]

Idr what it was

@jade estuary was jailer Tamil

[jade estuary]

oh yesss

i haven't watched it tho

[heady urchin]

That one has rajinikanth too I think

I watched it

It’s got a decent plot but 50% of it is violence 😭

[jade estuary]

it does yes

[jade estuary]

ths is why i didnt watch

i like action movies not just plain violence

[heady urchin]

Valid valid

[heady urchin]

Never watch a Telugu movie girl

[jade estuary]

😭 😭 😭

[tough hemlock]

you got an interview from duke yet?

[graceful horizon]

Yea...i had mine yesterday

[tough hemlock]

when did they notify you?