Harvard University (2023-2024)

[plain marsh]

i know somewhere deep down you are filled with love

[rigid steeple]

same there

[rancid mural]

any amount to go to college is an insane amount ngl

[rigid steeple]

i truly believe that

[minor pecan]

Oh, so you’re one of those people

I see

[rancid mural]

poor? yes

[reef forge]

For your situation yes

[cedar salmon]

+ev 🤓

[minor pecan]

Well

[plain marsh]

luck are you on financial aid

[minor pecan]

Some yeah

[plain marsh]

ok 👍🏼

[minor pecan]

but it’s gonna decrease soon

unfortunately

[plain marsh]

oh why

[minor pecan]

You’ve convinced yourself you’re not when you can be and deep down you are

[plain marsh]

real

anyone can be anyone

manifest ur reality

[rigid steeple]

you just need to believe in yrslf

[rancid mural]

i rlly hope someone in my school goes to a t20 next year

[minor pecan]

My parents have very nice assets and some exchanges of capital have occurred

[rancid mural]

they cant break the streak

[minor pecan]

that is all I will say

[plain marsh]

gotcha

[minor pecan]

doesn’t matter

you can change both of those

in a few months

Perhaps, but you could take a gap year

[rancid mural]

still no admit package, how tf r intls getting theirs and not alabama 💀

[minor pecan]

what were you doing these past few months dawg

anything interesting that could be put on an application?

[plain marsh]

what’s in a harvard admissions package

im intrigued

[rancid mural]

a paper acceptance letter and a sticker

i want the sticker

[plain marsh]

A STICKER????

I LOVE STICKERS!!!

i would be sold

[rancid mural]

u also get a shirt and flag(?) but it comes a bit later

[plain marsh]

we got a hat suckers

with our grad year on it

[rancid mural]

i alrdy have a harvard flag that i got junior year

do u do a lot of rigorous courses

like ap or dual enrolled at a university

[rigid steeple]

you can talk about that, you clearly had to deal with a lot of things

your story matters a lot

[rancid mural]

u could do a gap year, do internship, do some ecs, stuff like that

or do transfer

[minor pecan]

I think he’s already on a gap year

[rancid mural]

no he said he graduates in dec

[minor pecan]

oh

I think a gap year could be of some benefit if your applications don’t go well this year, but I don’t know

I would talk to other people on this server who are more qualified

[rancid mural]

ehhhh id be VERY cautious

its generally not a good idea to mention mental health

[rigid steeple]

really?

[rancid mural]

yes

its a liability

[rigid steeple]

oh

[rancid mural]

even if they wont say it, they will consider it

thats just kinda how life is

[rigid steeple]

omg damn

[minor pecan]

Depending on the conditions, some colleges may not want to take on the risk of admitting

[rancid mural]

im gonna do everything to hide my shit in college 💀 that is staying between me and a doctor

[bitter path]

I mean if u are s*icidal and shi already in hs, imagine in college; away from home, stressed and etc

[rancid mural]

i had all A's throughout mine so there is no trace left 😃

[rigid steeple]

damn

this is kinda sad thoo

its not like they wanted to go through that

[rancid mural]

it is what it is

[bitter path]

If u end up doing something on campus, it wont be a great look for the college, sad reality but it is what it is

[rancid mural]

lifes not fair, u gotta learn to deal w the disadvantages

[rigid steeple]

true

[bitter path]

Did u randomly start hallucinating or what

[rancid mural]

only grade that dropped for me was home ec and it was a 91 or sum

[rancid mural]

psychosis is a slow build

or it can just be a break

[bitter path]

😟

[rancid mural]

u may have them as a kid and parents dismiss it as ur imagination

[bitter path]

Yhh I thought this was the cause

I mean i am sleep deprived and stressed half the time

[rancid mural]

i have such a fear of turning 20 because thats when schizo typically develops 💀

[bitter path]

I-

[rancid mural]

ok lets move on

[bitter path]

Damn

[rancid mural]

go to dms

@ancient furnace bro why do u delete every conversation u have

what is the pount

why talk on discord if ur paranoid abt the evidence 😭

[bitter path]

Kace are u planning on doing study abroad at Harvard??

[rancid mural]

prolly

[bitter path]

Any place in mind??

[rancid mural]

idk

england or japan

japan scary tho

thats ur only message 💀

aside from what u just sent

[bitter path]

No offence but why are u in here if u are not planning on applying??

Isnt the general chat better for u

[rancid mural]

ive asked him that before 💀

never gives a clear answer

and harvard chat is better...? 💀

u get bullied here

why come back

[bitter path]

💀

[rancid mural]

u just seem to always get into argumebts

and idk why u come back here

if that happens all the time

[bitter path]

He always tryna be different (no offence 🫶)

[rancid mural]

ur clearly saying smth bro 😭

[bitter path]

U say something and he always gotta either hate, criticise or just start yapping about some nonsense

[rancid mural]

ive seen how the arguments start man 😭

it is almost always u

bite ur tongue

type ur thoughts in notes app or sum

[bitter path]

Only if u didn’t always delete ur messages, we could’ve pulled up the receipts

[rancid mural]

yeah 💀

bro

[bitter path]

Is this ur delusional self talking??

Noted

But just a friendly reality check, u do delete messages

[rancid mural]

US? 😭

ok talk abt harvard

this is called harvard university not muesoondeletemessages

rip to ur mom ig

[bitter path]

Mums already dead bruh

Kace how do u bring one back to reality from delusions??

[rancid mural]

u typically dont

if its nondangerous u just kinda leave them be

ok lets not

[bitter path]

Omg kace u can use muesoon to practice ur psych stuff

[rancid mural]

this is not a vent channel

bringing up random bad things that have happened to u is just odd 😭

just move onto a dif convo

[bitter path]

Muesoon there’s this site called 7 cups

U can talk to strangers and vent and they’ll gladly listen

Better to go there than come here on the Harvard thread

[rancid mural]

!sani

[frigid gate]

https://i.imgur.com/wYgTmUG.png

[rancid mural]

talk about cake

[bitter path]

Tf is coke cake 🧍‍♀️

Saw u made it once and was hella confused

[rancid mural]

i like white cske

[rancid mural]

COKE CAKE IS THE BEST

test

ugh discord stopped working

🤠

ok it works

what r u not understanding about move on

the convo has ended

anyways coke cake is chocolate cake but w coke instead of oil

[rancid mural]

^

it is quite good

best one is from crackerbarrel

dont start

[late zenith]

o ksorry

that was mean

[rancid mural]

yall r like misbehaving children

[late zenith]

i cant tolerate some ppl

!javi

[frigid gate]

https://i.imgur.com/JSV4klM.jpg

[rancid mural]

make this meme "muted for 2 hours"

a2cify it

[ancient furnace]

You're the one literally gaslighting ppl 💀

Then silencing any dissent

💀

Wild statement

[devout drift]

Hi what is going on

[ancient furnace]

Rather would explain in ModMail

[devout drift]

You may do that, this is in fact appreciated

But tldr pls keep threads on topic

[ancient furnace]

BRUH that's what I've been doing. It's kace that is literally randomly accusing me or asking me questions that create a tense environment for no reason

[late zenith]

bro is lurking as you type

[devout drift]

Noted, to keep it on topic let us shift the convo to mod mail, thanks

[ancient furnace]

https://tenor.com/view/we-do-we-do-not-we-do-not-care-steelers-nfl-gif-19783307

[rancid mural]

still no acceptance package

sobbing

@minor pecan how many suitemates do u have

[plain marsh]

he has a british roommate

i do surveillance on him

[rancid mural]

🤨

[plain marsh]

ask him

[rancid mural]

did u sneak into the deans office or sum 💀

and find his suite

[plain marsh]

i do surveillance 👍🏼

[jolly lichen]

I'm better than luck, I had 2 suite mates

in Matthews

and then 1 > 3 > 1

but after first year you get to pick

[rancid mural]

interesting

[plain marsh]

triple is crazy

wait when harvard people say suite does that just mean room

[rancid mural]

r there suites w just 2 bedrooms

[plain marsh]

is it just 1 room?

or is it an actual suite

[rancid mural]

suite is each person has a bedroom im p sure

[plain marsh]

YALL GET INDIVIDUAL ROOMS

AS FRESHMEN??????

[minor pecan]

Um actually

I have 3 suitemates in total

so im better

[rancid mural]

i cant imagine sharing a room w someone

[plain marsh]

wait is it like

[reef forge]

Most colleges u have to

[plain marsh]

wait so you don’t share a room with anyone?????

[rancid mural]

harvard saving my ass from fighting w disability services 💀

[jolly lichen]

not always frosh year

[plain marsh]

I had to do it for 5 years in high school too 👍🏼

[rancid mural]

ive seen theres a lot of doubles

[jolly lichen]

mine was 2 bedrooms + common room

[rancid mural]

so 2 ppl per bedroom?

[jolly lichen]

some people keep the double, others convert common room to a third bedroom

[jolly lichen]

1 + 2

[rancid mural]

ah

[jolly lichen]

all singles after frosh year

[rancid mural]

ah ok

good

[plain marsh]

wtf

???????

[rancid mural]

so i just have to get lucky then

or beg

and say pls i will die if i share a room w someone

[plain marsh]

wait why

it’s not even that bad

[minor pecan]

noob

yeah

[plain marsh]

im rooming with my best friend next year

[rancid mural]

i just cannot be in the same space as someone

[plain marsh]

we’re going dorm shopping next semester

[rancid mural]

for that long

[plain marsh]

a current sophomore is taking us around all the buildings

[minor pecan]

antisocial alert

[plain marsh]

you haven’t even tried

[rancid mural]

ik i cant 💀

[plain marsh]

i see

me personally i don’t think i could live alone

i need someone to kill spiders

[rancid mural]

i had christmas today and locked myself in my room cus it was too loud and too many ppl

[jolly lichen]

accommodations should be fine there are enough singles

[rancid mural]

ok good

man i did not wanna go through this process

[jolly lichen]

they'll give you a hallway single in Canaday or smth

[minor pecan]

That’s worse than a double bro

[jolly lichen]

wait is a single in a suite ok or

[rancid mural]

yes

single in suite is fine

[jolly lichen]

that's what he wants

[rancid mural]

as long as i have a bedroom alone

i am good

common space is fine

[jolly lichen]

OK then you're def fine

[minor pecan]

you have to sort it out with your suitemates though I think

to determine who gets single

if there aren’t enough singles in the suite

[jolly lichen]

no they can just give n+1

[minor pecan]

oh ok

[jolly lichen]

if it's accommodations

[radiant sorrel]

Can anyone get these accommodations or u need medical note?

[radiant sorrel]

Lol

[radiant sorrel]

?

[rancid mural]

its an accommodation lmao

accommodation means u need a diagnosis and a medical support letter

[radiant sorrel]

O ok got it

[radiant sorrel]

????

That sounds disgusting

💀

[jolly lichen]

need a medical note

[radiant sorrel]

I see thanks

Do u go to Harvard also?

[buoyant carbon]

he graduated

[gritty oak]

gramps

[radiant sorrel]

O ok

Dang still in a2c

That’s insane

[rancid mural]

cus verified channels

talking w other grads and students

and talking abt internships

abnon is a grandpa who answers questions

[left sky]

hey guys

[stable pecan]

were your intellectual essays major related?

[cedar salmon]

ja

like the intellectual experience one?

[stable pecan]

yeah

[stable pecan]

time to take 361 words to 200

[cedar salmon]

i feel your pain

ive just started deleting sentences and getting someone to check if the essay has actually changed

[stable pecan]

im at 327

sigh

[craggy latch]

SAME

concise writing is my enemy

any accepted/current student up to review my essays?🤭

[rancid mural]

i told my boss i got in (she went there too but for grad) and she said she would see it she had any connections there dtill that may help me w research/career stuff

[minor pecan]

Ok

[strange wedge]

Luck I missed u buddy

How u been

[strange wedge]

Yayayayay (research is so unfun)

[rancid mural]

RESEARCH IS DEF FUN

[strange wedge]

It CAN be…but not when your results are grass cheeks

Ugh I’m getting war flashbacks

I’m still working on it TO THIS DAY

[rancid mural]

when i do science its like im doing magic

[strange wedge]

yall don’t do comp bio

[strange wedge]

Ok Harry potterrr

[rancid mural]

computational biology/bioinformatics sounds like hell. u just chose the wrong field

who willingly adds math to biology

[strange wedge]

Sigh leave me alone😭

Chem is so fun tho

I won’t lie

[rancid mural]

chem is ok

i can do math if it is for science

[minor pecan]

no need to lie

[rancid mural]

but math w/o science derails me

[strange wedge]

Real

[strange wedge]

Oh ok phew. These past few weeks away from you have been blissful

[minor pecan]

glad to hear that

[strange wedge]

I gotchu

Kace you know what Harvard house you emulate? Cabot

If I’m right in 2 years

[minor pecan]

that’s the worst one

[strange wedge]

I want 20 bucks

[strange wedge]

(Shhhhh)

[rancid mural]

whats cabot

why is it bad

[strange wedge]

You’ll find out

[rancid mural]

[minor pecan]

it’s 20 minutes away from the main campus

and they have rats

and they have the worst food

and people have gotten diseases there

[strange wedge]

But overall I think you’d love it there

AHHHHH

[minor pecan]

yeah

i think you would fit right in kace

[strange wedge]

Luck u give…Quincy

Yeah

[minor pecan]

interesting

considering quincy is one of my top choices

[rancid mural]

quincy's website is crazy

[minor pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/he-just-like-me-fr-gif-25075803

but nah the main reason quincy is goated is cause of the hot breakfast

[strange wedge]

Are you used to eating cold…brekky?

[cedar salmon]

Thoughts on bill ackman’s shenanigans?

[rancid mural]

who

[cedar salmon]

Famous hedge fund manager

He’s leading the charge to get president gay fired

For mismanaging Harvard’s antisemitism stuff

[plain marsh]

wait why

[cedar salmon]

Bad response to antisemitism on campus

[bitter path]

Isnt his daughter applying this cycle? One way to get her rejected

[jolly lichen]

my man has top choices as if he actually gets input

gonna get Cabot and you're gonna like it

[rancid mural]

💀

[minor pecan]

she applied rea and got rejected

supposedly

[minor pecan]

you’re from the quad, you barely even went to harvard

[gritty oak]

is that his actual name

[minor pecan]

Harvard’s current president is Claudine gay

[gritty oak]

haha

funny

president gay

[cedar salmon]

Yeah lots of pressure on her atm

And the mit one but no one really cares

[minor pecan]

board already decided they wouldn’t be firing her

but now she’s getting attacked for plagiarism as well lol

so who knows

[cedar salmon]

Yeah but they can always flip

[cedar salmon]

Have you seen the actual plagiarism

It’s so funny

[minor pecan]

nah I haven’t

I think it was just something with citations

[minor pecan]

photoshop

[stable pecan]

Instigator

[reef forge]

Its real

[rancid mural]

ive seen nothing abt mits, after penns resigned they went straight to harv

[cedar salmon]

Nah

I follow ackman on Twitter and he tweets a lot about it

[plain marsh]

what happened on campus

[minor pecan]

harvard palestine solidarity committee (psc) put out a letter that got misinterpreted to the point where they got called hamas supporters and whatnot. harvard psc sent this letter out to the general harvard community and a lot of other clubs signed on it (many clubs didn’t even read the letter, the club leaders just signed it to show support) so then people started to dox everyone affiliated with the clubs who signed the letter.

a bunch of billionaires asked harvard to take action against this stuff and asked harvard to release the full names of the students affiliated with these orgs on campus so that the billionaires "could make sure they never hire these students"

harvard basically responded by saying the opinions of a few students don’t reflect the overarching beliefs of harvard and its members and that they would not be releasing student info to anyone and wouldn’t be silencing free speech on its campus

that’s largely where the "bad response to antisemitism" allegations come from

[rancid mural]

this whole thing is confusing 😭

also asking for the names of students is insane

[minor pecan]

well, random people online doxxed the students either way and then drove trucks on the streets with their info on display

[supple stream]

i mean they have the leverage

[minor pecan]

they even drove the trucks to the students’ houses

[supple stream]

so it’s not too insane

[rancid mural]

wtf

[plain marsh]

this is insane

absolutely insane

luck you know my opinion on everything going on

it just appalls me it makes me feel sick

[minor pecan]

yes i do, we share the same opinion

[plain marsh]

yeah cuz we have some semblance of humanity

but hey what do i know

[rancid mural]

how can a letter be misinterpreted that bad 😭

[minor pecan]

it was one sentence iirc

that got misinterpreted

but idk if we can necessarily talk about this here

🤔

[plain marsh]

yeah im scared im not tryna get myself removed from here anymore im being good 👍🏼

[jolly lichen]

famous last words bucco

[minor pecan]

👍

[minor pecan]

ill never be quadded

and if i am, ill transfer schools

[plain marsh]

what does ‘quadded’ mean

[minor pecan]

so, harvard has upperclassmen houses that you get randomly assigned to after your freshman year and that’s where you live from soph-senior yr

the quad is a group of houses that are like 20 minutes away from the main campus

and students who get sorted into those houses are "quadded”

and miserable for the rest of their harvard lives

and nobody remembers them

because they live so far away

and they suck

and they basically didn’t even go to Harvard

[plain marsh]

WAIT

we have a dorm here at brown like that

called ‘new pembroke’

theres 4 new pembrokes

and nobody remembers the people there

[minor pecan]

you’re gonna get pen broked

[plain marsh]

because it’s in the worst location ever

[minor pecan]

i csn feel it

[plain marsh]

no it’s freshman housing

[minor pecan]

oh

[plain marsh]

but good try <3

actually i live right across from the new pembrokes

but it’s different

to this day ive literally met like 2 people from all 4 of the dorms

and there’s allegedly 400 of them

emphasis on ‘allegedly’

[minor pecan]

😟

[plain marsh]

soph-senior is insane though

you stay there for 3 years????

[minor pecan]

yes

[plain marsh]

that is so terrifying

[minor pecan]

how

[plain marsh]

can you influence how it’s chose

[plain marsh]

imagine you don’t like it

[minor pecan]

unless you need like wheelchair accommodations, no

[plain marsh]

bro WHAT

you can’t choose????????

wait can you choose ur roommate??????

[minor pecan]

though there have been memes that all the rich white guys who play sports and the faculty children somehow get put into the newly renovated houses

[cold quartz]

How will the life experiences that shape who you are today enable you to contribute to Harvard?
How did yall answer this part of the harvard diversity prompot

[plain marsh]

there are shivers running down my spine

[minor pecan]

You can

[plain marsh]

‘somehow’

[minor pecan]

kinda

[plain marsh]

oh

so even if ur in a ahitty place

u still got ur besties?

[minor pecan]

Well

It’s complicated

You can make a “blocking group" which is basically a list of people you would want to live with

and then that group of people will be in your house

though not your room/suite specifically

[plain marsh]

why does harvard love to put names on things that don’t need names

[minor pecan]

Most upperclassmen houses are single rooms afaik

[plain marsh]

what’s afaik

[minor pecan]

as far as I know

[plain marsh]

ah

i understand

i thought it was another harvard acronym

[minor pecan]

👍

[minor pecan]

did you know

we have so many acronyms

they made a book of harvard acronyms

[plain marsh]

wait so luck im confused do you have a roommate or no

[plain marsh]

….

may i see it

[minor pecan]

oh hmm it’s a website i lied

https://college.harvard.edu/guides/harvard-terms-and-acronyms

[minor pecan]

nope, but i have suitemates

[plain marsh]

IM GONNA CRY

WHAT IS THIS

WHY DO YOY GUYS CALL IT A D HALL

[minor pecan]

brain break 🔥

[plain marsh]

just say dining hall

[minor pecan]

that’s too long bro

[plain marsh]

be so fr do you guys say ‘d hall’

[minor pecan]

yeah…

Dhall

[plain marsh]

YOU FUYS ARE SO NERD

HELP

[plain marsh]

this is too much

[orchid mason]

This is a certified Hahvahd moment

[plain marsh]

also the fact yall don’t get dinner is ludicrous

[plain marsh]

imagine it’s 9 PM ur starving and the best they can do with ur 80k education is ‘brain break’

[bitter path]

Imagine mid convo they just drop “let’s go to the d hall” 💀

[plain marsh]

this is not good

this is not it

please guys be normal

imlosing my mind

[minor pecan]

im normal

I don’t say dhall

[plain marsh]

iwould sob

[minor pecan]

I say dining hall

[plain marsh]

like a sane typical regular civilized man

[minor pecan]

exactly

[plain marsh]

wait this person is so me core

i drink so much free coffee at brown dining halls

sht is unlimited

[bitter path]

HUH😧

[minor pecan]

that was a text from my sister

[plain marsh]

they don’t get dinner after like 6 PM

[minor pecan]

she had a paper and project due the next day

[minor pecan]

um

actually

it’s 7:30 pm

[plain marsh]

erm actually 🤓🤓

[bitter path]

Who tf eats dinner at 6pm

[plain marsh]

i eat dinner anytime from 6-2

sometimes from 4:30

[bitter path]

What time do u go to bed??

[plain marsh]

when i go to bed

[minor pecan]

we have containers where you can put your food in and take it with you

[minor pecan]

she sleeps at 1:12 am

[plain marsh]

so do we

[plain marsh]

ur actually a stalker

[minor pecan]

i have surveillance

👍

[plain marsh]

this is

definitely something

what is the ‘first year retreat experience’

yall get vacation???

[minor pecan]

It’s a preorientation program

for incoming first years

ok later

FYRE is for first gen ppl tho

it’s on campus

[plain marsh]

ahhhhhh

okay

[plain marsh]

where are you going

<///////3

[minor pecan]

im playing smash bros with my little sisters

[plain marsh]

awwwwwwwwww

that’s so cute

you better let them win

[minor pecan]

they’re actually good tho so i need to try

[plain marsh]

good luck luck

[jolly lichen]

bye bitch

[jolly lichen]

OK smh it's 12

luck is just coping

[reef forge]

when do they tell you which quad you get

[rancid mural]

i believe sorting is in march of freshman year

march or april

[reef forge]

Gryffindor

[mint portal]

12 minutes by car or foot

[jolly lichen]

By foot

[mint portal]

boston traffic is brutal

[jolly lichen]

Basically no one has a car on campus

[mint portal]

im never driving in that place again

like i was trying to merge and then no one would let me

[jolly lichen]

there's a shuttle that leaves every 5 min from the quad during peak hours

that's like 5 min to the yard

[mint portal]

and then the second someone gave me a spot

someone from the OTHER lane filled it in

[jolly lichen]

so bad

[mint portal]

i was NOT expecting that shit when i drove there

[jolly lichen]

I think every city is garbage to drive in

too many other cars, not enough space

[rancid mural]

driving in a city seems scary

[mint portal]

new york was SLIGHTLY better

ngl

[rancid mural]

i've only drove in rural alabama 💀

[mint portal]

if i ever drive in a city this is what im going to drive:

[rancid mural]

isnt that what the cops drive in nyc

[mint portal]

ive made up my mind

[mint portal]

bruh

my brother in christ

[bitter path]

Does anyone know if harvard does these holiday dinners like yale

[mint portal]

all it takes is a crimnal in a truck to crash into that car and you're dead

lmao

i dont know if this even counts as a car

i think in france they have similar vehicles that they don't legally classify as a car

or was it monaco

whatever

[bitter path]

@jolly lichen

[jolly lichen]

nah nah I hate nyc driving so much more

way too many pedestrians

[jolly lichen]

there's a Thanksgiving dinner but iirc that's it? because you're off campus for the other major holidays

[minor pecan]

out of all the drink options bro chose water

especially with that meal

[bitter path]

Does Harvard hate their students or what🤧

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeFu2D4R/

[minor pecan]

he just like me tho 🤝😵‍💫

[bitter path]

Why they getting treated better

[minor pecan]

because they’re in new haven

they need to treat them good cause nobody else will down there

[mint portal]

What the fuck

I stand corrected

How

Why

Bro

[jolly lichen]

it's well known Yale has better food

[mint portal]

I could probably tip that shit over if i tried

[jolly lichen]

I only drink water

[rancid mural]

NO CHRISTMAS?

[jolly lichen]

bro you're off campus for christmas

[rancid mural]

idk if i will be

[minor pecan]

There are meals if you have winter housing, but I don’t know if they’re Christmas-themed or anything

[bitter path]

U leaving ur mum and 22 cats in the trenches on their own??

[minor pecan]

🔥

[rancid mural]

yes

she can come up there

i will not be coming here

[bitter path]

U fr leaving Alabama for good huh

[rancid mural]

yeah

if theres a housing issue for summer i may have to come back

but summer is prolly when ill do a lot of my medical stuff

which cant legally be done in alabama

[jolly lichen]

unless you have reason to stay they're gonna kick you off

[rancid mural]

so yet another thing i have to get figured out

[gritty oak]

colleges are ruthless with break housing lol

[reef forge]

Do they still charge you for the break

[gritty oak]

wdym

usually you have to pay extra for housing over break, so it isn’t included in the “per semester” price you usually pay if that’s what you’re asking

some colleges don’t charge extra but i think a lot do, mine does

[reef forge]

You go to harvard right

[minor pecan]

yeah, she’s a first year

[gritty oak]

ya i love it here

[reef forge]

Ok so you dont go to Harvard

Where do you go

[opal night]

Your mom

[minor pecan]

Lmao

Sidechat is sidechatting

[bronze gyro]

Is the crimson like the offic harvard paper?

[minor pecan]

It’s the official paper for the university but The Crimson is unaffiliated with Harvard I believe

[rancid mural]

hello guys

im applying here

7 days to finish this app

we got dis

[minor pecan]

Ok

[languid hill]

you got this ‼️ ❤️

[craggy latch]

anyone up to review my essays? I swear I’m desperate

[rancid mural]

i recommend that u dont let non-verified ppl read ur essays

puts u in the open for plagarism

[craggy latch]

yes that’s what I’ll do! thanks

[bronze gyro]

@rancid mural what is a 'guardian of the rankings'

[rancid mural]

mod megathread

[lofty depot]

I finished all my rd applications 🎉

now we wait

[craggy latch]

omg congratulations! have you also applied for aid?

[tiny tiger]

And I'm here starting 💀

[tiny tiger]

Congratulations though!

[pulsar pond]

ay yo congrats

I finished my Columbia supps today!

should be able to finish Emory supps as well

[jolly lichen]

wut

are you on about

[jolly lichen]

the official university publication is the Harvard Gazette, the Crimson is just the undergrad student newspaper

though the university will often tell the Crimson things they want to release like application stats

[minor pecan]

oh

maybe i should have paid attention during the meetings

oops

they still let me on the team tho so we’re chilling 🔥🤝

[minor pecan]

what’s the tree profile pic for

Stanford?

[cedar salmon]

Bro switched sides

[minor pecan]

classic

[jolly lichen]

what do you do

[minor pecan]

i was specifically hired to plan raids against the lampoon

though i may write some articles on the side as well

yknow cause im like very logical

and my planning skills are extraordinary

and ive read the art of war 3 times

O7

[craggy latch]

what’s interesting about Harvard department of statistics?

[minor pecan]

no clue

GUSH?

[jolly lichen]

define interesting?

[craggy latch]

unique offerings that only Harvard can give

[cedar salmon]

fitting a why us essay

[craggy latch]

😭lmaoo

[jolly lichen]

idk that there's anything truly special about any given department tbh, do you have example in mind?

I mean ig to some extent the existence of a specific stats department is somewhat unique, most schools don't have a separate department at all

but that's not something only Harvard has, Stanford for example also has a standalone stats dept

[craggy latch]

can I pm you regarding that?

[jolly lichen]

uh ok

though in general I'd rather talk here

[minor pecan]

Probably. Essays are one of if not the most important parts of the application because a lot of applicants have good ECs and stats on paper

[stable pecan]

Nochance mes

[pulsar pond]

does that really count as chance me

[stable pecan]

I deleted the comment

[pulsar pond]

oh ok

[plain marsh]

ngmi

[cedar salmon]

Eh essays are important but people are admitted despite their essays all the time

[plain marsh]

you better have cured cancer

or played in the Olympics

if you want a chance at harvard with shitty essays

[minor pecan]

You’re copying me

My colloquialisms

You’re stealing them

😐

[minor pecan]

Yeah, if you’re like super cracked maybe

Mid asf essays and strong ecs vs strong ecs and strong essays

Pretty clear winner

Cracked ecs and mid essays vs strong ecs and strong essays, still up for debate kinda IMO

[jolly lichen]

you got that from the Harvard server don't lie

[minor pecan]

just because i don’t know what colloiquams means doesn’t mean i can’t use it on my own abnon

[cedar salmon]

or like the thousand other things that get people in 💀

[minor pecan]

oh you’re talking about ngmi nvm

I dumb

i got it from somewhere else…. but that place is forbiddden to say

[rancid mural]

most essays are mid

[minor pecan]

i guess but essays are still really important

go write some mid essays and submit them

[rancid mural]

like most high school students just can't write

[minor pecan]

lmk how it goes

if you don’t think they matter much

[cedar salmon]

most people dont get in 😁

[rancid mural]

that proves my point pookie

[cedar salmon]

i dont disagree?

[plain marsh]

I taught you that word

never forget your roots

im gonna go eat

[minor pecan]

um actually

i self studied it

[plain marsh]

from me

[bitter path]

It’s not for Stanford apparently, she’s just in a jolly mood 🎄🎅

[hot urchin]

1. I don't live in the quad, but I walk to the quad at least once a week. It's not that far away. people like to complain a lot, but i don't get why it's that bad unless you're going to the SEC, which is 1.5 miles away.
2. Dunster and Mather are pretty far from Science Center, which is the most important building. i think Mather is as far from SC as the quad folks are 💀

[hot urchin]

based on how Mather folks stressed the all large singles, I'd assume singles are not very common, and if they do exist, they're small. (granted, the large singles is like one of the few perks of Mather, so not indicative).

[jolly lichen]

not for sophs

[left sky]

most t20 school people:

[rain frost]

the first year arts program acronym is absurd

[plain marsh]

indeed

merry christmas if you celebrate if not happy holidays

[violet prawn]

Anyone have a good website to read Harvard essays

[pseudo hawk]

don't read harvard essays

they will not help you

[minor pecan]

we call them fappers

[plain marsh]

luck ur weird

[minor pecan]

okay

[rain frost]

crazy

[pseudo hawk]

they're fappers

[plain marsh]

what food did you make you never responded

[minor pecan]

err i ended up just making cinnamon rolls

so not really food

[plain marsh]

what!!! that’s so cute

[plain marsh]

that’s food

anything edible is food

[pseudo hawk]

thats sad

[minor pecan]

my little sister ate them all

…

:(

[pseudo hawk]

cinnamon rolls are cool

[pseudo hawk]

make more

[minor pecan]

…

im gonna make bread

🤝

figuratively and literally

[pseudo hawk]

yum

[plain marsh]

awwww

good older brother activity

[rancid mural]

@minor pecan what time do u usually eat meals

like, do u actually wake up for breakfast 🤔

[strange wedge]

CATTT wassuppp

[haughty flame]

guys does har har take research portfolios?😻

[gritty oak]

yes afaik

[minor pecan]

morning (most of the time), afternoon, and evening

[minor pecan]

I had 9 am class so ye

[haughty flame]

wwhat slideroom thing do i submit it under?

[jolly lichen]

lmao no one eats breakfast let's be real

actually jk I did senior year because I was on my health arc

[plain marsh]

hai <3

[radiant sorrel]

Why not?

Do ppl just not wake up lol?

[jolly lichen]

yeah breakfast ends at 10:30 and lunch starts at 11:30 so most people just wait an hour

[plain marsh]

that’s crazy i eat basically every morning especially at school

[jolly lichen]

and also

a lot of people aren't awake until 1:30

[plain marsh]

💀

breakfast ends 10:30?

why does harvard hate its students so badly

[strange wedge]

hows break

[plain marsh]

it’s really really good :)

we have 5 weeks off

well one is gone so 4 weeks

i need to be by myself and decompress a bit but ive been hanging out w some friends

[plain marsh]

wby :0

[strange wedge]

Love that

[strange wedge]

I’ll dm u cuz girl

[plain marsh]

okay teehee

[bronze gyro]

how do students in the us address teacher/profs? for example in the "How do you hope to use your Harvard education in the future?" question if I want to name a prof do I write "Prof. XYZ" or "ABC XYZ" or "Mr/Ms XYZ"?

[rancid mural]

Professor [name]

not mr/ms

[plain marsh]

U GOT INTO MIT????

[bronze gyro]

im rd

[plain marsh]

so you didn’t get into mit?

[bronze gyro]

bruh i haven't even applied yet

[plain marsh]

ohhh i forgot rd means regular decision 💀

my bad i forget anything that isn’t content for my classes

[bronze gyro]

what'd you think it means

[plain marsh]

it’s how i get the As

[plain marsh]

i wasn’t thinking

that’s also how you get As 👍🏼

[bronze gyro]

[rancid mural]

i put "Professors such as ABC XYZ who specializes in LMNOP"

[stoic token]

Does Harvard have any service-based consulting clubs like Consult Your Community or 180 Degrees Consulting? Their club list isn't loading for me.

[rancid mural]

yo kace

can you help me with something

[cedar salmon]

Good choice of lmnop

[tall moat]

hey can someone read over my Harvard supps?

[cold quartz]

do you want me to read over them again 💀

[tall moat]

nah ur good, take a rest 😭😭

[cold quartz]

doing anything to avoid supps rn 😟

[pseudo hawk]

i dont even know what to change about mine now

[cold quartz]

m&t supps are yuck

[pseudo hawk]

im just waiting on my person to respond

i tried making it as personal as possible

[cold quartz]

I can read if u want

[pseudo hawk]

why not tbh

i'll send u sum w/ suggestion perms in dms

its 4 am and i cant sleep

[tall moat]

Me neither 💀

[orchid mason]

M&T supps

[bronze gyro]

Is chatgpt qualified to evaluate essays 🤓

[radiant sorrel]

Not at all

[bronze gyro]

I thought so because everytime its like ‘its poignant… blah blah blah… BUT proceeds to spew long list of repetitive criticism’

[rancid mural]

ofc, bc it is impossible to have a perfect essay

[bronze gyro]

But the same thing over and over for completely separate essays

[rancid mural]

also chatgpt cant evaluate an essay because it isnt a human whose been trained by harvard

[tiny tiger]

true

can anyone help me in the intellectual experience essay

[rancid mural]

doubt you'll get a harvard student to do it, i recommend asking for a verified person to review it in #📝-essays

[tiny tiger]

how do i know if they're verified and thank you!

[plain marsh]

tag that says verified student

[jolly lichen]

so true, I'm sure as fuck not gonna review essays

[pulsar pond]

I hate essays rahhhhh

if Harvard accepted me in the first place I wouldn't have to go through so much pain

[minor pecan]

unlucky

[pulsar pond]

yes I know Luck

[minor pecan]

^ real (i don’t know how to write)

[pulsar pond]

haven't spoke to you in a week and youre still the same

[minor pecan]

why would i change in 1 week

sounds like something a fake person would do

[pulsar pond]

I can't believe it's almost 2 weeks since I got deferred

[reef forge]

Just withdraw tbh

Wait didnt u finish all ur apps

[pulsar pond]

who r u addressing

[reef forge]

You

I thought u said u finished all apps

[pulsar pond]

yea

I never said I finished all apps

I just finished my Harvard app like a month ago

I'm still grinding other supps

as of now I'm writing why I want to go to Yale

[tiny tiger]

that's the only prompt for Yale which I'm not getting what to write about

[pulsar pond]

practically same

I'm just gonna say i like ur history of science medicine and public health major

[pine basin]

if you don't know what to write about, and you haven't detailed why you'd like to attend the school elsewhere in your app (outside of $$$ prestige $$$), then you have not done your research about the school

other schools have a fuckton of money and good programs

so why harvard?

is it the culture? the location? the food? the mostly open curriculum?

is it because it's far from your IRL home?

what reasons do you have to go to the school outside of the prestige leveraged by an Ivy degree?

if you have no reasons, then you can always bullshit the response and figure 'em out later

[late zenith]

really u can BS?

wont they see

wait for why us

everyone writes

p similar stuff so maybe

[pine basin]

that's what the "I wanna do XYZ program/research with ABC professor in DFG class" is

[late zenith]

ohh

yea

[late zenith]

and then they never expand why

[pine basin]

to be honest all of my other suitemates talked about something else in their responses

because the "why (school)" essay isn't soley about demonstrating fit, but also about demonstrating that you've done your research

fit is demonstrated in all places of the application

it's a "vibe"

i was too dumb to express the real reasons why I wanted to attend Yale in my app but was lucky enough to have them expressed elsewhere

wait i'm in the wrong thread lol

the same reasons would actually apply to harvard

an urban core, access to a mediocre or good local/regional public transit network, close-ish to NYC, and accessible via Amtrak

alongside the academic jazz

[stable pecan]

you're making me sweat my why yale now even though i didnt do that 🫡

[late zenith]

got it

[pulsar pond]

so talking about location is actually not a bad idea in why us essays?

[minor pecan]

Depends

I’m sure a ton of people talk about location for like Columbia or smth

[reef forge]

Its usually pretty basic

[minor pecan]

I personally wouldn’t talk about location

[pulsar pond]

I talked about courses in the core and their light parade

very ironic how my essay qualities is only going up after Harvard

[plain marsh]

because that has nothing to do with the school itself

and there’s most likely other colleges in the near vicinity—why not just go to those?

[pulsar pond]

yea that's what I thought

[minor pecan]

^ Boston/Cambridge is full of colleges

[plain marsh]

NORTHEASTERN RAHHHH 🔥

[strange wedge]

BU RAHHHHHHH

[minor pecan]

mit 👍🔥

[strange wedge]

BC!

Suffolk

[minor pecan]

bc and bu are irrelevant

fakes

[strange wedge]

I heard they don’t like you guys

[minor pecan]

Well, a lot of people don’t like us

but we gap them so it doesn’t matter

[strange wedge]

Even stanny?

[minor pecan]

What’s that?

Harvard of the West?

[strange wedge]

No one hates on Stanford I don’t think

Alr

😭

[plain marsh]

omg

im gonna read ur messages in a bit

ive undortautnely been very busy today

[strange wedge]

No ur gooddd. Dw at all

[minor pecan]

busy even today

that’s like

a criminal offense

[plain marsh]

how so

[minor pecan]

cat you really stalk the harvard thread

[minor pecan]

you should be chilling today

[strange wedge]

Cuz we are actually interesting I’m ngl

[minor pecan]

I mean it’s break after all

[minor pecan]

True

the whole country is interested in us after all

[strange wedge]

Sigh yeah

[plain marsh]

what did you bake!!!!!!

[strange wedge]

I’m having lunch with my harvard buddy tmr

[minor pecan]

Ok

[plain marsh]

and i am chilling i called my bestest friend the tattoo girl and now am watching things with my mother

[strange wedge]

Ew can you not do thatttt

[minor pecan]

🔥🔥

[minor pecan]

do what

[plain marsh]

what did you bake‼️💝‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[strange wedge]

Respond with nonchalant answers😭

[minor pecan]

well

[strange wedge]

Makes my toes curl

[minor pecan]

i was roped into helping my sister bake

but then she said she’s got it

so i have been trying out clothes she got for me instead

🔥

[plain marsh]

do you wear an apron

when you cook

(there’s a right answer)

[minor pecan]

yes?

[minor pecan]

eww can you not say that

[minor pecan]

also why are you on here

go hang out with your mom wtf?

[plain marsh]

i want to talk to you wtf…is that a crime … im feeling like you just don’t like me

[minor pecan]

um

actually

[rancid mural]

it is a crime

🚔🚔🚔

[minor pecan]

the marginal cost of talking to me exceeds the marginal benefit of spending time with your mom

therefore you should not partake in this activity

[strange wedge]

No

[rancid mural]

hes already become a buisness major sellout

[minor pecan]

im normal

trust

[strange wedge]

LMFAOOOOO

Brotha

[rancid mural]

!titxn

[frigid gate]

https://i.imgur.com/AZXR8fL.png

[strange wedge]

Let’s not act like SZA

Tell the truth

[minor pecan]

ok

im not completely normal

im extraordinary

[rancid mural]

ur a nerd

[plain marsh]

he has two wolves inside of him

[minor pecan]

lmao

i got that dawg in me

[rancid mural]

luck, u and jorge (mit) give the same vibe

and jorge is nicer

[plain marsh]

who tf is that

[minor pecan]

o

yeah he’s a nerd tho

[rancid mural]

he is mostly in general

[strange wedge]

Right

[rancid mural]

just like u

[minor pecan]

nah

[rancid mural]

i dont think jorge is ever in VV

[minor pecan]

he was there at one point

that’s how i know him

that mf wanted to do Putnam

Nerd ass mf bruh

[strange wedge]

I think ima invest in a college advisor