Harvard University (2023-2024)

[radiant sorrel]

why is this

[lofty depot]

😵‍💫

[jaunty umbra]

coping

/j

[lofty depot]

😵‍💫

[uneven jackal]

Omg my interview was 2 hours 😭

[rancid mural]

@jolly lichen do u think harvard will give me a warning letter

for 2 Bs

ik theyre kinda loosey goosey with those

[jolly lichen]

no

[rancid mural]

i had a 4.0 and now its a 3.93

idk if theyre gonna be mad abt that

i looked on reddit last year and someone with 4 Bs didnt get rescinded, just warned

so i think im good

that has calmed me 💀

doubt

imma get a B in every math and physics class ong

[lofty depot]

I'll send me loci tomorrow

[timber oriole]

but arent ur Bs this semester?

like not full year

[rancid mural]

they were last sem

[jolly lichen]

you're gonna be fine

[timber oriole]

wait why were ur Bs factored in ur gpa

if it's senior yr

[rancid mural]

senior gpa is finalized in decemver

[timber oriole]

oh interesting we dont do that in my school

[rancid mural]

i kinda wish they disnt 💀

i dropped a place in rank, not that it matters anymore

[lofty depot]

💀

[rancid mural]

i mean even if i pass i want to have learned smth

ive always seen no point in taking an easy A

i wanna learn

thats why i dropped stats for physics

i mean easy A as in barely doing any work

[lofty depot]

idk bro my sister says pton is easy

[rancid mural]

i was considering ls 50 but god damn those problem sets would make me pass away

i think i'd hate harvard after that

But the class seems interesting

ppl in harvard just drop the class when its hard lol

[lofty depot]

yeah ok makes sense

[rancid mural]

like how half of ls 50 and math 55 drop after the first few days 💀

so they dont fail

who said that

was it the dude who posted on here two articles on completely different topics and used it as evidence

its the same class, they just destigmatized it

its not easier 💀

its just that before it was literally all math olympiad kids taking it

and they didnt like that

so they made a statement that as long as ur prepared to do a LOT of work and have a good bakcground in math, ur fine

personally ive never had calculus so i'd probably fail

thats how classes work dawg

did u even see her background

in the article it says she took calculus as a freshman, obviously she finds that shit easy 💀

it definitely is? 😭

yeah, those r the kids taking math 55

so its gonna be a lot easier for them

[zinc helm]

rebuttal: its harvard

[rancid mural]

problem sets being 30 hours a week is insane regardless of ur opinion 💀

i would never even consider doing math 55

i'm alrdy struggling to learn precal and calc 1 in 6 months💀

[shrewd flare]

I hate math but im good at it

what the this isnt general

how did i get in here

[rancid mural]

💀

[shrewd flare]

im not even in harvard yet

[lofty depot]

anyone interested in reading my loci before I sended it over can dm 🤧 I do need some last-minute feedback/guidance!

ofc not the people deferred from harvard though

[timber oriole]

for my in person interview, my interviewer says he could meet me at his office a few min of driving distance away from my house. is it appropriate to ask for meeting at a coffee shop instead? i feel like the office interview may feel extra nervous, but dunno if asking him to go to a coffee shop just for the interview will kinda annoy him lol

[uneven jackal]

Yuh that grade inflation will save you

[queen shore]

😭nick i feel like there def are tough As at Harvard

[sand iris]

This is just to make people want to take the class; you'll notice she doesn't say how long the problem sets take lmao

But fundamentally, whether a class is difficult or easy has no bearing on its quality, particularly in mathematics

The question is about what insight it gives into the field it is about

One could very well create a class that goes over all of the material in a field, and everyone gets a 100 or everyone gets a 0, and no one is better off because of it

Note that I am not saying there is some "middle difficulty" which is optimal, but rather that difficulty is totally irrelevant

[zinc helm]

how important are harvard interviews?

what if im their dream applicant(harvard allumns words not mine) but had bad interview cause I have 0 social skills and couldnt completly answer questions

but like they got all of the info they could know about my personality through rec letters

like for example he asked me what i like to cook and I couldnt bring up a single thing and jsut started rambling sounds for 10 seconds

just lost it

[uneven jackal]

i think you might be overblowing your nerves(?) if your interviewer called you their dream applicant, I'd say the interview was good imo! don't sell yourself short! 🫰 🫶

[zinc helm]

My interviewer didn't call me that

It was a alumni I met

My interview was 🐕💩

[uneven jackal]

oh 😭 then i'd say there's no way to compare the two b/c one was an official interview and the other was an encounter 😢 idk how much weight the interview has

[rancid mural]

how do ppl complain abt the food at harvard

this looks rich asf to me 😭

[uneven jackal]

naw its not good 💀 spent the summer there and the food was a low point even though it was free for me 😭

[reef forge]

that looks uhhh...interesting

[rancid mural]

wdym interesting

ive never seen food that looks that good 😭

[reef forge]

idk maybe its just a culture difference

[rancid mural]

how is it w low point tho 😭

ik breakfast is pretty normal but lunch and dinner look crazy

[uneven jackal]

the same thing over and over again was a little tiring, but the salad bar is always a plus ‼️

at least in the summer they had an rotation of meals

[undone briar]

hey guys

do you think an application update has to look a certain way

or can i just type it up nicely on a doc and then submit it

[uneven jackal]

and the soup is good

[rancid mural]

im gonna eat at annenberg as much as possible when i visit in april

to figure out what kinda stuff they have

i have to find a freshman to get me in tho

[uneven jackal]

@rancid mural wait here's a link to the weekly food options if you want to look at those : https://www.foodpro.huds.harvard.edu/foodpro/menu_items.asp?type=30&meal=1

[rancid mural]

grilled chicken and grilled potatoes look great

i'd love to eat that

[uneven jackal]

also definitely check out different places around harvard square too! Amorino was my favorite ice cream place, and there is also a taiyaki place nearby too

[rancid mural]

i guess anything is good when u normally eat pizza products every day

[timber oriole]

yeah idk bro that kinda looks ass to me

☠️

[rancid mural]

yeah i'll be working and making like $20 per hour so i will def try places around there

[undone briar]

hey guys uh, advice?

[rancid mural]

do ur parents cook for u or smth

or do u cook

Cus in my house no one cooks we just eat frozen food, and sometimes we go to restaurants

[timber oriole]

oh

[stoic horizon]

that looks gros ngl

[timber oriole]

yeah my parents cook

[rancid mural]

is this what abnon meant by culture shock

[timber oriole]

yeah ig LOL

ur from alabama?

[rancid mural]

ye

[undone briar]

but southern cooking is usually better than that 💀

[rancid mural]

usually eat hot pockets, pizza rolls, and mini pizzas every day

[timber oriole]

pizzas are yummy

would u rather have pizza everyday at harvard

[rancid mural]

no

[timber oriole]

[rancid mural]

that food looks amazing

[stoic horizon]

yall, answer this question bc i would like to know too also it is rude to not acknowledge someone

[undone briar]

appreciate that

[rancid mural]

yeah we just dont cook

my moms too busy and cooking is time i could use studying or sleeping

and also thats prolly expensive

so she only cooks on holidays

[undone briar]

ngl its cheaper to cook then just buy freezer food

[stoic horizon]

@rancid mural as a college student, im expecting an answer or some acknowledgment??? this is a server dedicated to helping w college apps!!

[rancid mural]

dawg

calm down

[undone briar]

to be fair it would have been nice to be acknowledged 😂

[rancid mural]

i acknowledge u by saying idk

ive never been deferred

[undone briar]

thank you

[rancid mural]

so i have no idea

[undone briar]

me neither

but thanks for replying this time LMAO

[rancid mural]

usually u just type smth and upload it

[uneven jackal]

i really dont think its a big deal how you format an update 💀 huh

[undone briar]

ok this was my question lMAOO

i honestly just didnt know

[uneven jackal]

and if there was id think there'd be an answer on google 💀

[undone briar]

and tried to google it but i didnt see it...

[rancid mural]

yeah as long as ur not like "YOO WHATUP GUYS WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER HARVARD COLLEGE APPLICATION UPDATE"

[stoic horizon]

i mean u wouldnt have to tell me to calm down if u replied the first time 😅

[undone briar]

ok well, honestly could have just been said without you trying to give a smart aliac remark, but thanks anyway!

"huh" was extremely necessary, but nonetheless, thanks for the input!

[misty wagon]

to be fair this is a server for college advice 😭

[undone briar]

LITERALLY

i mean i thought i came to the right place

[uneven jackal]

my deepest apologies 🧍🏻‍♀️

[rancid mural]

#🌻-app-questions would be more appropriate

since its a general question

[undone briar]

well it was specifically for harvard tbh

[rancid mural]

and not harvard specific

[undone briar]

my harvard update

so thats why i asked

[rancid mural]

but an update is an update

so format woyld be the same for every college

[undone briar]

bc other schools have it to where you can just type it up not submit a doc

not really bc of what i just said

but that would have appreciated that being said when i first asked it 💀

[rancid mural]

i dont like giving advice that hasnt been confirmed by my consultant

[undone briar]

ok

[rancid mural]

or one on a2c

[undone briar]

at the end of the day, acknowledgement or a response would have been nice, if you didn't know you could've directed me somewhere else the first time, but directing me now is no longer needed

[rancid mural]

abnon prolly wouldve responded if u waited long enough

[undone briar]

well my chats were just being covered tbf and ignored

in my experience people can be extremely selective to whorever they're replying to, so if i have to speak up a little extra for a question, then ig thats what ill have to do

[queen shore]

Choi dining hall spoiled you 🫠

Smh smurfing bc butler has no dining hall

[stoic horizon]

so, how’s harvard student life?

[rancid mural]

check reddit

there are no active current students here so ur not gonna get a reply anytime soon unless abnon (alrdy graduated) does

[sterile onyx]

Maybe riceball can give insights if she ever pops up in here

But I dont wanna bother her

[rancid mural]

who is riceball 😭

idk if i've met them

[sterile onyx]

she's a retired mod

graduating next year, she's really sweet

idk if she knows this place exists, but it's fun to hear her stories in the lab

[errant phoenix]

ummm

[sterile onyx]

yea it doesn't look that appetizing

[reef forge]

Im used to homecooked indian vegetarian food

College is gonna be hard

[sterile onyx]

i mean cambridge is close to boston, so there's a lotta food nearby

[reef forge]

Not just harvard lol

I mean dining hall food in general

[undone briar]

right if i can go to harvard but have to thug it out on the food then HEY

[sterile onyx]

oh yea

[undone briar]

we gon make it work

[frozen night]

as long as there is rice i will live

[sterile onyx]

unless ur at umass amherst

[frozen night]

maybe

[reef forge]

Ill cook soph year

Ill tough out freshman year

[sterile onyx]

just pray that food is good for the day

dining halls can be inconsistent : (

[rancid mural]

im so excited for college food

[sterile onyx]

me too

i wanna make a food rating video

[lethal jewel]

my interview was so bad...

[rancid mural]

im sure it wasnt

[undone briar]

i’m sure it wasn’t bad bestie

[stoic horizon]

what makes u say that?

[light prairie]

how: why badh

bad

[jolly lichen]

do you have specific questions about student life?

[stoic horizon]

nah like just the pos and negs

[lethal jewel]

it was on zoom and i was just so tired and felt like a robot speaking

i just didn't click with my interviewer and it was really short

but objectively it was probably fine just worse in comparison to my other 2 😭

[stoic horizon]

where were ur other two w?

[lethal jewel]

mit and dartmouth

[jolly lichen]

I mean on the whole I think it's good? I made lot of friends, had a great time overall. not super sure what you're looking for lol

ig downside is that harvard has like no sports culture except for harvard-yale and maaaaybe beanpot

[stoic horizon]

ooo what’s beanpot?

[jolly lichen]

it's an annual hockey tournament between harvard, neu, bu, bc

lol ok princeton freshie

such a creative line

they teach you that one at orientation?

[rancid mural]

i swear i only ever see u in here to hate on harvard 😭😭

💀

[queen shore]

@somber cape what is the best university in the world

[jolly lichen]

that's why you have so much time you're on discord hating?

[queen shore]

[zinc helm]

probably harvard fr

[jolly lichen]

lol alright freshie

[queen shore]

manjul time

[jolly lichen]

🥱

[queen shore]

freshie is derogatory

[jolly lichen]

@queen shore whats up with you, how's life

[queen shore]

life is chill 😎

[half topaz]

mit >>>

[queen shore]

[half topaz]

(me whos getting into none of these)

[buoyant carbon]

bro doesnt even go there

[half topaz]

ut dallas >>

[jolly lichen]

lol better than living in that rut of a town

also I've seen the dorms at princeton don't lie to yourselves

[buoyant carbon]

this is the most 1st world discussion ive ever seen

lmfao

0th world in fact

[half topaz]

who tf joins an 'eating club'

[queen shore]

I'll have you known that Mahmoun's Falafel is the best restaurant in the world

ngl nick I thought boston was pretty cool when I visited

||aren't you a celtics fan bro? ||

[half topaz]

how well do credits transfer from harvard to umass btw, im trying to transfer to a four year after i finish 🤔

[queen shore]

🤣

[ashen carbon]

you go to school next to west windsor kids all opinions invalidated

[queen shore]

where is princeton medical school

[half topaz]

princeton to rutgers as well 🙏

[queen shore]

@dreamy trellis what's good man

math doesn't

😎

[buoyant carbon]

proof?

[queen shore]

trivial

[zinc helm]

what really makes princeton #1 tho fr

[ashen carbon]

must be from all the kids feeding in from the west windsor gated community

[zinc helm]

I feel like money would be stanford

[half topaz]

when you build a lake for your rowing team 💀

[zinc helm]

when I think money I think stanford

maybe penn

[ashen carbon]

the town next to princeton where everyone who goes to princeton comes from

[zinc helm]

lol

[half topaz]

peepee ton

[jolly lichen]

lmao ok bro have fun in fucking princeton nj

[half topaz]

my cousin lives in middle sex 💀

[jolly lichen]

lol it's not even princeton

[jolly lichen]

whatcha studying?

[ashen carbon]

princeton is literally the endpoint of an nj transit line

[zinc helm]

each uni hass their thing.
MIT: you wanna be the smartest person on earth?
Harvard: you wanna be the most powerful person on earth?
Stanford: you wanna be the richest person on earth?

whats princetons

[queen shore]

maybe math

[jolly lichen]

yeah the only thing to do from princeton is to go to nyc 🥱

[ashen carbon]

it's the actual middle of nowhere accessible by only car and a shitty train line

[verbal widget]

North End food>>>>

[jolly lichen]

ayyy neat, any particular subfields you're interested in rn? or too early to tell?

[queen shore]

who said mit is the smartest person on earth? also what does that even mean?

[sterile onyx]

i hear pizza there hits

[buoyant carbon]

wow i cant stop cringing at that

[verbal widget]

UMass Cambridge<<<<<<<<<<<<<<BU

[buoyant carbon]

yeah well im not gonna get in

[ashen carbon]

impactful from the bubble of suburban gated new jersey

[buoyant carbon]

true

[queen shore]

i think too early to tell, I think I will be intrigued by algebra, but also enjoy applied topics a lot too and could def see myself going down the applied route for further studies

[buoyant carbon]

honestly more based than other unis

at least in theory

[half topaz]

(working as a consultant or on a wall street firm)

[buoyant carbon]

LOL

[zinc helm]

generalization fr

[jolly lichen]

lol

sure, in investment banking

[jolly lichen]

ah nice, does princeton split applied and pure math? or is it one dept

[ashen carbon]

oh yes the princeton strategy of "i'm think i'm better than you but because I avoid poor people instead of unsubtly flagging my school to them it makes me less egotistical"

[jolly lichen]

bro you gotta chill lol, pull the princeton stick out of your ass

[zinc helm]

fr

[queen shore]

the actual math department is basically pure math for all practical purposes. there are a handful of applied classes in the department, with also some other applied math classes in departments like COS (computer science), ORF (operations research and financial engineering), and SML (statistics and machine learning)

[jolly lichen]

ah I see I see gotcha

[queen shore]

are you also math ?

[zinc helm]

I probably wanna pursue combinatorics-> combinatorial geometry . combinatorics in general is mind bending

[jolly lichen]

I was until senior spring lol

[queen shore]

did you graduate ? or are you a senior rn

[jolly lichen]

then I dropped it

[jolly lichen]

yeah I graduated last spring

[queen shore]

ah, i assume you were dual majoring?

[jolly lichen]

I was physics + math, then just physics

[zinc helm]

dropped it senior spring? any reason why you didnt finish it?

I feel liked youd be deep in at that point no?

[jolly lichen]

I didn't want to take algebra lol

[zinc helm]

bruh lol

[buoyant carbon]

😭

[queen shore]

what are you up to now if you don't mind me asking

[jolly lichen]

yeah I was 2 classes away but it doens't really matter for anything

[half topaz]

do you really enjoy analysis more?

really?

[jolly lichen]

yeah analysis and geometry >>>

[half topaz]

sorry gang epsilon-delta makes me want to die

geometry is valid tho

"erm open sets erm continuity"

[jolly lichen]

unlike you I don't think about grades 24/7

[buoyant carbon]

no topology for you

[jolly lichen]

i just think algebra is boring

[half topaz]

me who only cares about topology bc of type theory

[jolly lichen]

you stop thinking about epsilon delta after the intro course lol

[queen shore]

analysis is very foundational to topology

[half topaz]

thats true lol

[zinc helm]

I love maths that can be easily visuallized. Any math research ive worked on had a geometrical basis.

[jolly lichen]

only historically

[half topaz]

yeah im just lazy

[ashen carbon]

dude this conversation has run its course

[queen shore]

nick we will be better next sem don't worry 😭

[zinc helm]

LETS GOO

[buoyant carbon]

the dark side of princeton is about to emerge

[jolly lichen]

I mean analysis is still used as a motivation for a lot of topology because it's a concrete analogy but yea I think modern topology doesn't need analysis at all

[sterile onyx]

why the prof go from harvard to printon

[queen shore]

fair

[sterile onyx]

prob research purposes

[half topaz]

atp harvard and princeton need to just do pass fail like brown lol

[buoyant carbon]

dont think this is true

like w/ poincare conjecture

didnt they use a bunch of geometric analysis for it

[zinc helm]

The best system

[buoyant carbon]

why

dim 3

[jolly lichen]

complex analysis is so beautiful and functional analysis is fun

[half topaz]

ok thats fair lol

[buoyant carbon]

yh

[jolly lichen]

alas, all roads lead to finance

[half topaz]

intro real analysis is probably the biggest stumbling block

[ashen carbon]

hmm wait idk if i'm just stupid bc im going through rudin rn

is topology not like super foundational to analysis

[buoyant carbon]

dont read topology first

[queen shore]

NOOOO NOOOOOOO

[half topaz]

but i dont thinj algebra has similarly bad stumbling blocks lol imo it progressively gets better

[buoyant carbon]

thats like actually a hot take

also dont read rudin cuz rudin sucks 😂

[ashen carbon]

or even just really basic topology

[jolly lichen]

no shot lol at least at intro level there's no intuition for wtf an open cover is if you don't have analysis

[buoyant carbon]

i mean rudin introduces a lot of topology

thats what was originally special abt his book

[half topaz]

most analaysis curricula develop towards some sort of topological intuition right?

[buoyant carbon]

is that he used lots of topological arguments

[ashen carbon]

i'm just euphemizing its the columbia build-real-numbers thing

[half topaz]

and even before analysis ig

[buoyant carbon]

huh wym

[ashen carbon]

a columbia first-year textbook lmao

we just started constructing the reals

[buoyant carbon]

oh

[queen shore]

yes, many books introduce some sort of point set topology

[buoyant carbon]

ur taking classes at columbia? cool

[ashen carbon]

just one lol

[jolly lichen]

yeah this in particular is a very diff geo-y, sure. at high levels everything touches everything. but I'm talking intro level

[half topaz]

do u live in nyc or smt

[ashen carbon]

i think i keep learning the same shit over and over but it's not particularly terrible bc i think i'm still getting better

[half topaz]

i rly like diff geo and geo algebra lol

[ashen carbon]

yes

[buoyant carbon]

well u said modern topology so thats y

[half topaz]

ah nice im trying to register for a analysis class @ utd over da summer

[buoyant carbon]

can you ELI5 what geometric topology is

is it…using geometry for topology

lmao

[jolly lichen]

actually I applied to grad schools for (astro)physics and considered going to princeton but ngl... I think I would have hated myself

[half topaz]

geometric/topological i think he meant

oh

isnt geometry just topology with a metric or something

[queen shore]

if you went to princeton or if you went to grad school generally?

[jolly lichen]

I think if you introduce it like artin or something it's well motivated

[jolly lichen]

princeton specifically

[buoyant carbon]

i dont think its “with a metric” but its “with more structure”

[half topaz]

oh yeah

[jolly lichen]

sorry modern as in modern formulation (of intro topology)

[queen shore]

what makes u say this

[jolly lichen]

kinda confusing, that's on me

[half topaz]

i wonder how the idea of fractal dimension is applied to linear algebra/geometry/topology

[buoyant carbon]

i c,

also i saw somewhere that

wait nvm

[half topaz]

mm

[jolly lichen]

too isolated as a place to live, department was like.... weirdly cult-ish? idk weird juju vibes. students didn't seem all that happy relative to other places

[buoyant carbon]

didnt you say there were big rivalries and lots of toxicity in the department

abnon

[jolly lichen]

oh no idt there are rivalries

the berkeley students for example seemed way happier ngl

[ashen carbon]

NAH

[buoyant carbon]

grad or undergrad

[jolly lichen]

princeton kinda felt like they just threw money at things to solve problems

[queen shore]

grad

[jolly lichen]

for grad

[ashen carbon]

oh ok

[buoyant carbon]

nick if i get in do i go to ucla or berk for ugrad math

[jolly lichen]

berk >>>>

[ashen carbon]

ucla

be happy

[late zenith]

berk

way better

[buoyant carbon]

this is exactly what im worried abt lol

[ashen carbon]

but be like a happy individual;

[buoyant carbon]

i dont want the weed smell everywhere

[jolly lichen]

you're gonna be fine

[jolly lichen]

lol go to berkeley you donut

[ashen carbon]

also ucla's got a really nice departmental honors program that will definitely let you take grad classes with senior faculty

[buoyant carbon]

i mean in terms of quality of life

[jolly lichen]

if you care about academia you have to chase clout to some extent

[buoyant carbon]

i heard the food aint great

alr

[ashen carbon]

if you're like super into the terry tao

[buoyant carbon]

is berk rlly that juch better tho’

[jolly lichen]

who cares you get over it in a month max

[buoyant carbon]

for ugrad

[half topaz]

i see

[jolly lichen]

the prestige kinda matters for academics

[half topaz]

wait (0,2)-tensors are just bilinear forms right?

[buoyant carbon]

nah his areas of math are the opposite of what i feel like im interested in

[jolly lichen]

yes

[ashen carbon]

i mean broadly if you'd consider the faculty quality a factor

[jolly lichen]

well ok in physicist brain they are, idk if formally they actually are

[half topaz]

symmetric = commutative property?
non-degenerate = has to be > 0
so js "not exotic" metrics?

[buoyant carbon]

looks like u didnt like the harvard food 😂

[buoyant carbon]

berk is that much more prestigious?

[ashen carbon]

yeah but i feel like its still a tossup virtually anywhere

[jolly lichen]

no I actually thought it was quite good on the whole

[ashen carbon]

my math teacher was a berkeley phd and postdoc

he works as a high school math teacher and tutor

[jolly lichen]

it's not as good as yale but oh whale

[half topaz]

if u got in for L&S CS at berkeley and rgeular CS at UCLA id go UCLA honestly

[jolly lichen]

it's a nontrivial gap

[buoyant carbon]

im not a cs major

ofc

[half topaz]

ohh yeah

rip sorry for being cs brained 🙏

[jolly lichen]

it's not the end of the world either ofc, ucla is quite good of course

but I think there is a gap

imho and ime

[buoyant carbon]

i c

[zinc helm]

bro what kinda school is this💀

[half topaz]

columbia dual enrollment

[ashen carbon]

no

[jolly lichen]

yeah the mathematicians inherited our notation

[ashen carbon]

then he'd be a columbia professor

[half topaz]

nvm what kinda school do you go to?? 💀

i call my prof my teacher sometimes

[ashen carbon]

nyc

[half topaz]

brooklyn tech or sm shit like that lol

[jolly lichen]

it's so good 😌

[half topaz]

or stuy

[ashen carbon]

all the decent math schools in the city have teachers like this

[buoyant carbon]

how

[late zenith]

how is yale math very renowned

[jolly lichen]

oh fuck no dude it does not

you're gonna be writing fucking 17 summations on every equation

for no reason

[ashen carbon]

they either decide they want to settle early in nyc and teach or fail at academia and then do it

[buoyant carbon]

yeah how is writing another sum good

[jolly lichen]

ok but the real reason it's good is because it's incredibly clear what quantities are vectors and what are covectors

[ashen carbon]

crazily though one of my teachers was tenured at williams i have no idea why she left

[jolly lichen]

no no you really cannot

[buoyant carbon]

math majors trying their very hardest to not overcomplicate notation

sorry, i meant princeton math majors

[jolly lichen]

but again, the reason it's good is because it's clear what quantities are manifestly lorentz invariant

because they're contracted

yes. yes it is ugly.

ain't no way you wanna write a sum in front of each term

[ashen carbon]

yeah that makes sense

i feel like if certain quantities are implied summed than there's not really a point?

[late zenith]

do most math and physics majors just end up inevitably at finance

[wary sparrow]

Physics major can end up in finance?

[late zenith]

ah i see

[ashen carbon]

tech and finance hire anyone with computational talent

bc people suck at computation

[late zenith]

yeah a lot of physics PHD end up at finance

[jolly lichen]

at top schools ime math people end up in finance much more often than physics people

[late zenith]

yeah makes sense for quant and stuff

the problem solving ability u learn is p helpful

and making complex models

[ashen carbon]

physics is also VERY good at predicting the economy if you understand economics well enough and are not just an asshole physicist

or at least i've heard

physics-adjacent techniques

[late zenith]

yeah can understand complicated stuff pretty good enough and solid intuition

[jolly lichen]

actually idt this is really that true anymore because finance is pretty accessible from undergrad. so if you care about money, usually you dip after undergrad rather than doing the phd, which means the people that do phds are selectively less interested in money

ofc some people do go to finance post physics phd but it's not really that common now

[jolly lichen]

lol since when

[late zenith]

can be helpful for financial risk analaysts

[ashen carbon]

economics was built out of physics

[jolly lichen]

lol what

[late zenith]

oh i see, ive seen PhDs pivot into finance and are portfolio managers at hedge funds

[jolly lichen]

except coding lol

[late zenith]

yeah phds ultimately is j a research degree

not a lot more tangible benefit pay wise

wait math ppl arent good at coding?

[jolly lichen]

there's no direct reason for them to be good at coding

whereas a lot of physics people learn coding for research

[late zenith]

i thought the stronger your logic and math skills = the better programmer

a lot of ppl say u need to be good at math to learn coding /j

[jolly lichen]

financial risk analysis is just like... estimating a bunch of covariance matrices

[zinc helm]

I stopped coding competatively to indulge in math

Can't program for shit now

[buoyant carbon]

some people develop computational software

[jolly lichen]

that's a tiny subset of math people lol

[ashen carbon]

i've never met a math kid who couldn't code huh

[buoyant carbon]

ironically that is literally what i was thinking of (i have no idea what that is btw, i just saw it here https://web.stanford.edu/~cm5/software.html)

[ashen carbon]

i don't get it is coding not literally just math with different notation?

[queen shore]

nick and floer homology

[ashen carbon]

where are the skills not transferrable?

[queen shore]

szabo 😎

sad

[ashen carbon]

you don't but you do for cs theory

which is why i'm confused

the shit that is actually innovating cs is pretty thoroughly math-based or based in some other field of science that you're modelling

which is by definition applied math anyway so like are they not the same thing?

how many walls do you put up between "real math" and everything that is currently considered math by society

[queen shore]

do you equate real math with pure math

[ashen carbon]

i just ask in that what actually makes cs theory not math

[buoyant carbon]

theoretical cs is a branch of math

i think

[ashen carbon]

yes

[queen shore]

i think it is?

[ashen carbon]

so i think cs = math + knowing how to use a coding language

[queen shore]

not necessarily

knowing how a computer works as well is part of it

[ashen carbon]

fair

[queen shore]

which you do not necessarily know how to do just because you can do OOP in python

[ashen carbon]

then cs = math + knowing how to use a coding language + knowing minimal computer engineering

• whatever other science field you take inspiration from like neuroscience or something

[rancid mural]

have u all been to nyc

[ashen carbon]

i live there — why?

[rancid mural]

whats the best borough to go to? i'm going there with my friend from JHU for my 18th birthday

[ashen carbon]

im a manhattan kid but basically all of them are nice

[rancid mural]

is there anything fun to do

[ashen carbon]

for first-time recs i guess

north bronx + columbia area + gentrified bridge-adjacent brooklyn + flushing

and literally all of mid-downtown manhattan

i live in manhattan?

like i'm not gonna lie

[rancid mural]

new york city is too big

im used to vacationing to the smokey mountains

[ashen carbon]

honestly go anywhere but staten island

[rancid mural]

wheres theres a finite amount of things to do

[ashen carbon]

even the ferry to staten island is far cooler than staten island

[rancid mural]

whats staten island

[ashen carbon]

LMAO

[rancid mural]

is that where liberty is

ik u take a ferry to the statue of liberty so im guessing thats what staten is

[ashen carbon]

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=600322459&sxsrf=ACQVn0-IqSlFF010cHsRxA8tf8JoYZYkHg:1705896534502&q=5+boroughs&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0jtnnj_CDAxWOLVkFHeDjDtIQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1440&bih=779&dpr=2&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=YRxiHAwHcDJ-NM

i have no idea where the statue of liberty is

[rancid mural]

THERES 5 BOROUGHS???

[ashen carbon]

we all go once in elementary school and then forget it exists for the rest of our lives

[rancid mural]

i thought there were 4

[ashen carbon]

no one remembers staten

it's a huge joke

i'm gonna be honest i have no idea what people do in nyc during the day

[timber oriole]

bike

😎

biking is amazing

once i unknowingly biked to harlem and almost got jumped

[ashen carbon]

why and how

harlem is literally only dangerous during the winter and at night

[timber oriole]

that was a joke

[rancid mural]

thats like 1/2 the year 💀

[timber oriole]

lol true

[ashen carbon]

but why are you biking to harlem at night

it's a great place to be at any other time and you could always just get on the subway to not be there anymore in the evening

also

who's in nyc during the winter and not the holidays

[timber oriole]

every saturday

for columbia's shp

[ashen carbon]

if you are a new yorker and you get jumped in harlem during the winter at night i feel like that is partially your fault for being stupid

[timber oriole]

[ashen carbon]

i honestly can't think of a reason why someone would find themselves there unintentionally at that time

i'm ngl the one time I've been mugged was in the early morning as i was getting ready to go to NEW JERSEY

like if I didn't have to go to that absolute hellhole i'd have been fine

[eternal jungle]

def see central park, at least one museum, and chinatown has good cheap food, and the botanical garden is rly nice but thats in the bronx which is up from manhattan

[lofty depot]

don't forget Times Square and Bronx Zoo

[ashen carbon]

do not go to times square

[lofty depot]

oh and also American Museum of Natural History

[lofty depot]

why not 🤧 it looks so good at night

[ashen carbon]

there is literally nothing to do

all the mascots are scammers

it's an actual shithole because there are so many tourists

[eternal jungle]

times square is nice just to say you have gone

like walking through it just for the experience

[ashen carbon]

the vibe is easily replicated or better in k town or most downtown/midtown parts that are not times square

[eternal jungle]

bronx zoo is nice but in the winter a lot of the animals are kept inside cause of the cold

[eternal jungle]

nah i still think times sqr is unique, but ktown is fun too for food and vibes

[lofty depot]

i think it's all about the experience lol

[ashen carbon]

times square was great during the first half of 2020

when no one was there

[eternal jungle]

east and west village is also nice for walking

[ashen carbon]

during the day all of riverside is great

beware the great lawn but central is good too

avoid washington square park unless you have a very specific reason

[eternal jungle]

chelsea area is nice too, the highline, chelsea market, little island etc.

[ashen carbon]

i love like all of brooklyn

the seaports/ferry stops are nice and scenic and usually cost subway fare

take the roosevelt island tram too if you feel like it

if you're there for a while just get a subway pass and fuck around and see where you end up

great city for that

[lofty depot]

how's the new york aquarium?

always wanted to visit there

[eternal jungle]

i literally do not remember the last time ive been there sorry

[lofty depot]

it's alright lol

[ashen carbon]

yeah me neither sorry 😭

[lofty depot]

no worries 🤧

[jolly lichen]

bold claim

[jolly lichen]

Manhattan is the canonical borough for visiting

[lofty depot]

quick question

i need to update my regional ao about something

how to I start my email 🤧

https://www.bates.edu/admission/admission-deans-and-counselors/alec-morrissey/

this is the person

do i go--Dear Mr. Morrissey?

idk even know if they use 'Mr.' or is that just implied??

[random crow]

I usually just go “Hi,” and then maybe drop a “On a separate note, how would you prefer to be addressed in the future?” At the end of my email

Idk if that’s a good solution but uh, yeah 😭

I feel like adults always use minors first names though idk

[lofty depot]

they use he/they is what ik from this

[lofty depot]

yeah i could go that way ig

u sure?

i want to go with like the safest option

[random crow]

I’ve never seen someone do that? Not saying it’s wrong but it seems safer to just ask

[lofty depot]

so im going ahead with Mr. Morrissey, works? 🤧

i hope that's not unprofessional or something?

perfect!

ill go ahead and submit then

thanks ❤️

[light prairie]

Oxford was out on th e9th, right??

[lofty depot]

yup

yes

9 jan

economics and management

tysm 🙂

also btw

I don't have to add anything like-

hope you're doing well or something

i can straight up go with the update?

yup

for bates? I couldn't find anything

I could only find an option for resume and like other financial doc

so I go ahead with the regional person right

[lofty depot]

perfect 🙂

[uneven jackal]

Ahhh I just found out I was selected as a GE Reagan scholarship semifinalist 😭 gonna update my colleges

[tall moat]

I feel bad I already updated my colleges about some other awards but idk if I should update them again for this

[uneven jackal]

I already updated some colleges too, but I think I'll still go ahead and do it! I'm going to check with my counselor beforehand, but I feel like the update will let them know I'm still up to things in the 2nd semester 😭

[lofty depot]

lol i didn't know colleges congratulate you when u share a new award

they're all so cute

[jaunty umbra]

just do it its a great honor

personally im waiting until febuary to write the loci lol

[wind coyote]

How do Harvard interviews work?

If kids at my school already got hte interview but I haven't should I ocnsider myself out of the running

[frigid herald]

I don't think so

Though, to be frank, I'm the only one at my school who has even googled Harvard so I wouldn't know from experience. Though, I know it varies based upon availability so maybe you're just next in the queue

[rancid mural]

no lol

just wait a bit

theres a lot of applicants worldwide and not as many interviewers

[frigid herald]

any tips for my interview tmmr? it's the only one of mine actually in person

[timber oriole]

dont buy an espresso for the drink

i got one and it killed me with its bitterness

[frigid herald]

i love espresso

[timber oriole]

ara ara

oh my

then u can set aside ample time to rizz up ur interviewer

[frigid herald]

i dont think they serve coffee at the bakery

what do i order

a milkshake

a pastry

[hollow ore]

i saw tips online just saying smth light like water that's not disruptive for an in person interview

and also so your throat doesn't die

[frigid herald]

bro i never had any problems with the last few of my interviews but for some reason i was so thirsty during my yale inteview today

[hollow ore]

haha lol must be nerves

gl tomorrow!

[timber oriole]

oh yeah throat dying sucks

[hollow ore]

but yeah idk i'd suggest water. idk if you'll have time to eat a pastry so it'll just be sitting there

[timber oriole]

how long were ygs in person interview

[tall moat]

I’ll be purchasing a sugar plum danish fs

[frigid herald]

ive never had an in person interview this will be my first

[hollow ore]

that sounds so good i'll be so fr

[frigid herald]

not many alumni from any school in my area

[hollow ore]

i have like 2/3 interviews stacked this weekend...will let you know two are in person

[tall moat]

same omg

[hollow ore]

the thrid too if he ever responds to me T_T

[hollow ore]

good luck! tell us how it goes

[frigid herald]

i have a interview every day of the week this week

[hollow ore]

idk how i'm gonna survive them all LMAO

[hollow ore]

hey at least you have a lot of practice

[frigid herald]

besides Wednesday in which I have a scholastic(quiz)bowl match which I have been fighting for my life to keep open

[hollow ore]

LMAO

[frigid herald]

every time one of my interviewers say "What about Wednesday?" I say "Thursday/Friday/Monday/Tuesday would work better for me. Would that be alright?"

[timber oriole]

yes

[hollow ore]

haha

[timber oriole]

bro

i had my mit interview today

half the time was him grilling my isef research project

and me defending it

[frigid herald]

mit interviews are so fun they're so relaxed

[timber oriole]

so funny

😂

[hollow ore]

thats crazy lmfaoo i heard someone had an awful penn interview where the interviewer lowk bullied the poor guy the entire time

[tall moat]

where r yall getting these interviewers 😭

[timber oriole]

well i meant grill as in asking me deep questions abt my research

which ig mkaes sense cuz it's mit...

[hollow ore]

yeah fr

[timber oriole]

like not just letting me bs it

[frigid herald]

my mit interview was like 2 hours and 50 minutes

[tall moat]

my Harvard interview is at an orthopedic place 😭 literally not going to be relaxed at all

[hollow ore]

but the interviewer i heard about (thankfully i didn't have him) literally said: don't try to impress me bcs nothing you say ever will

[timber oriole]

dawg what were u doing with ur interviewer

[hollow ore]

yo what

[timber oriole]

watching a movie tgt or smth

[hollow ore]

HAHA

having a heart to heart

[frigid herald]

having a convesration

[hollow ore]

didn't your interviewer have someone else afterward??

[tall moat]

my max interview length was 2 hours 😟

[hollow ore]

yo how

[tall moat]

he’s a doctor ig… which is awk bc im anti stem

[frigid herald]

idk we had alot in common

he made 500K last year 😳

[hollow ore]

yikes and he requested to have it in his office 😭?

that's gonna be you

[tall moat]

yes 😭

[hollow ore]

that's crazy

[timber oriole]

my interviewer was like my age except +4 so we just played clash royale and i clapped his ass

[hollow ore]

well i guess efficient ?

all my interviewers are pretty old sigh

[frigid herald]

nah ur joking rn

[hollow ore]

bro graduated and immeidately joined the alum interview committee

[frigid herald]

my dartmouth interview is like 2 years older than me

maybe 3 he's like 21

[hollow ore]

wow what

[frigid herald]

he's a senior at dartmouth lol

[hollow ore]

ohhh

[timber oriole]

im not

hes legit right out o fmit

and is on a startup

thats his full time job

[uneven jackal]

Oh wait also do u know what the statistics are this year for GE Reagan? I've been trying to look for it, but the email didn't mention anything

[tall moat]

I’d assume it’s still 120 out of 15k+

[uneven jackal]

Dang 😭 me and my twin both got semi so I wanted to know the odds 💀

[hollow ore]

wait did you just send a doc with award names or like a pdf of the award certificate to update? bcs i need to update and i'm not sure which way is best

[tall moat]

Sent a doc with the names

[hollow ore]

ty ty

[tall moat]

Man w so many ppl getting it I think it’s more common than the numbers suggest

[tall moat]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/RcGbk3Wzq8
LOL there’s sm here, im not gonna update for now 😭

[rancid mural]

get a muffin

one that asserts dominance

[uneven jackal]

Omg yeah I just pulled up reddit to look for answers and saw it 💀 either its the biggest technical error known to man or there is a REALLY large semifinalist body

[hollow ore]

get the crumbliest dessert possible and spill crumbs all over the interviewer while making eye contact

[frigid herald]

pretty sure i know more than 120 people who got GE semifinalist lol

ive seen so many

[rancid mural]

i didnt apply for that cus i didnt feel like doing the essay 💀

[frigid herald]

same lmao

[rancid mural]

also

i didnt need it

i did do the essential visionaries

cus its a one time scholarship or 5k

small scholarships r useful

big one is pointless for me

[frigid herald]

i really got unmotivated for everything college related mid december (which is hte worst time to have it)

[rancid mural]

i dont actually need more scholarship money if i get full pell

im not too sure how it all works

finaid is confusing

it said outside award up to 3.5k can replace work study

idk if that includes pell

[frigid herald]

something tells me i don't get full pell

[rocky yarrow]

people who got harvard interviews, did you also get an email from an alumni committee person in addition to one from the interviewer, and did they say that your interview report was due 2/2?

[left sky]

nah

[frigid herald]

No

But it’s not abnormal I don’t think

[rocky yarrow]

i guess the 2/2 deadline is a bit interesting seems a bit early

just got it, and only gives like 10 days to complete the interview

[frigid herald]

Different alumni associations do it differently

for example my Harvard one told me it was due by next week if I intend to do one (which I guess is 2/2?)

Fairly certain that they just don’t have time for us to drag them along with our availability

[rancid mural]

nah thats around the time alabama's is

they just say "late jan-early feb"

[jaunty umbra]

so

didnt get an interview here

most likely wont

will this impact chances here?

[stable pecan]

why do u say that

[frigid herald]

y?

My Hahvard interview today first and only in person one

[jaunty umbra]

idk not a lot of interviewers in my area

[autumn dock]

Is it true that only 1 Kuwaiti gets into Harvard every 10 years? I want to get uplift my country!!😄

[frosty hamlet]

i got an interview and i really wasn't expecting it!

[jaunty umbra]

Hope you do

[frigid herald]

@rancid mural what did you talk about during ur interview

I’m On my way! To mine now

[mild lotus]

For the interview is it proper etiquette to send a thank you note after? And how would i do that if i dont have his address. I feel like its improper to just email him a thanks

[cedar salmon]

yeah just send a thank you email

thank them for their time and insight

[jaunty umbra]

I really want an interview ehre

What’s so odd is I got interviews a few days after I submitted apps

Then after that I just didn’t get any

lol

[rancid mural]

i did it

[frigid herald]

Harvard interview went good

She was so nice

[zinc helm]

💀bro my mentor is not funny

Introduced me to a guy

We were talking

20 mins later he tells me he's mba at Harvard

I'm like

Cause I was low-key fooling around those other 20 mins

Troll

Good thing he likes me

[jaunty umbra]

Wha

[rancid mural]

my internship boss did phd at harvard 😭

[sterile onyx]

🔥

[bitter path]

Are u planning on sending him a letter or what 🤨 why do u need his address

[hidden bloom]

Hello

[rocky yarrow]

when do admissions committees usually begin? at this point are they likely still doing first reads

[zinc helm]

probably early febuary

after most interviews are taken care of

but still giving them 2 months to review 15,000+ applicants

[inner otter]

im so happy I have an in person interview

[zinc helm]

oh shoot I thought only 15000 people applied

mustave been thinking caltech

other 55k

[jolly lichen]

wat no no that's crazy lol

it's immediate

[jolly lichen]

immediately after app deadline

[zinc helm]

I mean I suppose

but it sounds like a hastle to deliberate again

with more info from interview

feel like itd make sense to go in 1 fell swoop

[jolly lichen]

interview isn't that additive

and they're gonna go for at least 2 more rounds after first read

[zinc helm]

ah

[solemn quest]

i got in a supplementary rec from my research mentor late lol

i hope theyll at least take it into acc after their first read 💀

[solemn quest]

do you think it could be additive depending on the role of the interviewer though

ik obviously AO interview means something

but say someone got an interview with like

a top 10 alumni of all time

would it then hold a lot more weight

[jolly lichen]

they should, they're in the business of considering as much info as they can

[buoyant carbon]

yeah williamthereader said thats p good

[solemn quest]

asking for a friend 💀

[jolly lichen]

are you interviewing with bill gates or smth lol

[solemn quest]

can i dm lol

[jolly lichen]

sure

why not

[jolly lichen]

in general given that it's pseudo random I doubt it gets weighted that much???

[bitter path]

Naurrrr i wanna know the tea too

[solemn quest]

the thing is tho my region does it kinda differently lmao

im telling myself its random cuz im not tryna be delulu out here 😭

[frigid herald]

Nah I don’t think it has any different weight

Unless the dude like demands you get accepted or he pulls his funding which is unlikely

Besides that would be extremely unfair. Like obviously there are regions that are hotspots for wealthier alumni like NY, Silicon Valley, LA whatever.

[jolly lichen]

why?

but also they can do this

because enough people apply before the deadline

(I'll admit I misread the initial q, thought it was asking when reading started, not committee)

[solemn quest]

i saw a thread like years ago where someone said admissions office confirmed they read before deadline

at least for REA

[frigid herald]

never admit mistake as a Harvard graduate

[jolly lichen]

is this why you got deferred at mit?

[frigid herald]

hey man mine was a harmless joke 😦

[jolly lichen]

so was mine

[frigid herald]

I guess u right

[jolly lichen]

sorry lol kinda out of pocket

[solemn quest]

tbf mit does place a big emphasis on accepting failure lol

[frigid herald]

Nah MIT deferred me bc they wanted to read my application twice

[left sky]

is being "scattered" a bad thing in apps?

like i swear my app is literally everywhere

there's no real spike

[jolly lichen]

not inherently

[jolly lichen]

this is fine, spikes are overrated imho

[left sky]

ok i've just been seeing so much stuff online

its lowkey tripping me up

all these posts "you should quit your HS sport and do X passion project"

[frigid herald]

Petey (MIT) despises “spikes” and “narratives” and “themes”

[left sky]

"why are you still in NHS/DECA/FBLA"

[solemn quest]

lmao i had 10 straight stem ecs and my counselor said to switch them out cuz it would be a 'red flag' for some places that i wasnt well rounded

[left sky]

like holy shit they're tearing my app apart 😂

[solemn quest]

so like

spike overrated

[left sky]

i feel like my ECs are just mid

like they don't compare to the ultra tryhards on here and similar platforms

the ones that i see getting accepted everywhere

[solemn quest]

a2c is not representative of the general applicant pool though

[solemn quest]

like acceptance posts are self selecting

[frozen night]

a2c all tryhards

[solemn quest]

its people w crazy ecs and awards that are inclined to advertise their acceptances

[left sky]

like lowkey bro i get into my ECs on accident

[solemn quest]

have u read the admissions files

[left sky]

hell my most recent one my little cousin introduced me to a roblox game...it got rlly big and i became community manager

[solemn quest]

i think thats more representative of understanding what the admissions process actually is

[left sky]

like its just random af

[solemn quest]

and its sm more than ur raw ecs and stats like they actually want to think about what kind of roommate youd be and how youd contribute

[left sky]

the "i piss on the toilet seat" roommate

[solemn quest]

have u seen the 'i have a fetish for soft things so dont mind if i stick my head in ur laundry' roommate essay

[jolly lichen]

those people are just louder online. truly all different kinds of applications can be and are accepted

and at this point, there's not much you can do about it anyway

[left sky]

i haven't yet...

[jolly lichen]

no sense worrying

[left sky]

ah gotcha

thanks

[solemn quest]

i feel like recs and stuff like that play sm more of a role than ppl think

[jolly lichen]

#🌻-app-questions message

[jolly lichen]

I think recs are highly underrated, ECs overrated by a2c

[solemn quest]

& like context especially

[left sky]

the closest i'll get to being a student is touching the foot on the statue

[jolly lichen]

that uh....

[left sky]

that statue nasty as hell huh

pls dont tell me ppl actually piss on it

[jolly lichen]

touching the statue just isn't something students do is all

[left sky]

that's the point haha

point being there's like 0 shot i get accepted

already got deferred

REA

do they download your app again for RD?

cuz lowkey i updated it hella

😭

[solemn quest]

hey have hope🙏 fire loci

[left sky]

actually it wasn't bad

except i got promoted today 😭

and my loci was sent yesterday

[solemn quest]

my double legacy friend who started a bunch of npos and raised like 20k got deferred 💀

[left sky]

from the experience with mfs at my school

those NPOs are just begging their rich family members/connections 4 money

they don't do jack shit otherwise

at least the ones at my school

[solemn quest]

honestly prob yeah

my school is a load of the same bs lmao

[left sky]

we had one girl whose team raised over 200k

but both her parents r cardiologists

lowkey bro maybe

nah

[tall moat]

Ik someone who’s raised a similar amount… guess what tax bracket their friends and family r in 😍

[tall moat]

🥲 I rly hope this isnt true

[left sky]

i could until i actually do something with the position

i'm basically 1/40 thousand

ya i get that

my role is switching big time though

i used to run the official league / large tournaments for the comp scene

(which i actually did and included in the app)

don't they actually make the decision long before the decisions r released though

cuz they gotta go through so many students

[rocky yarrow]

yeah i want to do a mid february update

by that time you’ll most definitely have been read already

if you’re borderline a strong update would probably be helpful in committee but not initial reviews obviously

[vague hemlock]

The harvard thread having 60k is crazy actually

Especially since it died after luck left

[reef forge]

It was never luck

[half topaz]

it did?

never noticed any difference in activity lol

[lofty depot]

what's the best way to sender over the loci? The portal or email?

[frigid gate]

https://i.imgur.com/v0Wc3XA.png

[wary sparrow]

hi carly

[vague hemlock]

Email feels more personalized

[lofty depot]

so like do I send like a pdf or do I just paste the 800+ words

[vague hemlock]

i wrote an email and also uploaded in portal

like wrote an email not attached a pdf

but up to you tbf

[lofty depot]

harvard explicity said this on he deferral letter:

These optional documents or updates can be submitted via the Materials Uploader tool in the Applicant Portal.

so guess portal works for them

[lofty depot]

should I email that I've uploaded updates to my portal or would that be unnecessary?

[vague hemlock]

thats what i did

[lofty depot]

So did uchicago reply back too? like an acknowledgement or something?

[vague hemlock]

yes but it was literally a 2 sentence acknowledgment to my 500 word email LOL

[lofty depot]

🤧

I'll email too

at least ill know that i still do exist for them

oh now that i think about this; it makes sense

yeah skipping it i guess

thanks

[serene burrow]

What do they ask on the interview?

[tall moat]

my interviewer attended Harvard med school, not the college… is that normal?

[zinc helm]

yes

[jolly lichen]

it happens. some clubs require interviewers to be alumni of Harvard college but not all