Harvard University (2023-2024)

[fossil willow]

like my admission letter had my preferred name, but my admission certificate had my legal name

[solemn quest]

no its the same lmao

i have no idea

might be cooked tho

thats wild if ur in the reject pile and they js delete ur name from the system

[opal night]

YAY!

[fossil willow]

told ya

rural kids gotta wait longer

[zinc helm]

That's weird. Thoughts it's the same since they are online

[fossil willow]

they try to find ppl who know ur area

so it still takes longer

[zinc helm]

My Harvard interviewer lived in la☠️

[fossil willow]

mine also wasnt near me, but he used to live an hour away

[zinc helm]

For context I live in md

[fossil willow]

they try to get someone from ur local alumni club

[zinc helm]

Mmm

[fossil willow]

mine was in my state alumni club even tho he moved far away

i wanna join the cool alumni clubs

[zinc helm]

Mine never mentioned anything about MD. He said he moved from LA to UK to la

[tacit rover]

I never even heard of an alumni club

[fossil willow]

that have their own building and have meetings every month

[tacit rover]

That seems pretty cool

[fossil willow]

boston and nyc clubs r most popular

but they prolly expensive

[reef forge]

Still no interview

[undone briar]

YOU DID

[opal night]

Soon trust

I would have given you mine if I could

Walking out of that interview I knew this wasn’t the school for me 😭

[viscid frost]

i hope you get an interview a week before the deadline so ur basically confirmed in

[reef forge]

Thanks guys

[jaunty umbra]

YEAHHH

[jaunty umbra]

fr

[flint anvil]

Damn, why?

[jaunty umbra]

either that or they find you an interviewer from halfway across the country

[opal night]

It started when I was researching before my interview I just got such a bad ick (I’ve never felt this when researching for other schools I applied to) and just what my interviewer told me about it I just don’t think I’d be happy there

Undoubtedly Harvard is Harvard and it’s an amazing school, just not for me

[fossil willow]

what specifically icks u tho

my interview reaffirmed my decision so im curious

[flint anvil]

I mean tbf I kinda got that when I looked at the Harvard by the Numbers page

Boring ass school

[tall moat]

the student body honestly icks me

[flint anvil]

Honestly probably just a cope on my end though

[split eagle]

too many people drink there bruh

[tall moat]

for college students, no

[flint anvil]

thats a majority does not

[split eagle]

??

[viscid frost]

i think they jus lying

[split eagle]

almost 50% drink

that's terrible lol

[flint anvil]

Thats not a lot at all lmao

[tall moat]

at my hs, like 70% drink 💀

[flint anvil]

I have a feeling most colleges would be 90+

maybe 85

[split eagle]

damn bro 😭

[viscid frost]

most hs are at a 60% 😭

[fossil willow]

thats just how colleges are lmao

[split eagle]

bro my hs would be like 2% that drink

[undone briar]

bc she’s a principal that really makes me feel like they paid attention to my app

[fossil willow]

do u go to a private school or smth

[viscid frost]

yeah thats just not true

[flint anvil]

Sounds awful

[viscid frost]

u dont know

[tall moat]

walk into any party, it’ll smell

[split eagle]

bro drinking is a bad thing that's literally a fact

[tall moat]

true

[undone briar]

there’s obviously gonna be response bias in this

[flint anvil]

You gotta die of something 🤷‍♂️
I'd rather have fun in life

[split eagle]

yall soft

[tall moat]

anyway let’s pivot

[flint anvil]

To each their own

[fossil willow]

wtf is fake depression

[errant phoenix]

we cant talk abt this here

[flint anvil]

yeah mb

anyways

[opal night]

Don’t want to slander Harvard or anything, but from what I read/got from my interviewer there’s such a vast sense of pretentiousness (obviously not everyone but it seems pretty prevalent), I’m better than everyone mentality (again not everyone), and everyone there excels in something and knows exactly what they’re doing with their life (not me, I don’t excel in any one thing + I’m still exploring), very limited prevet opportunities, people are allegedly super super fake, there’s a super high competitive networking culture, people seem very very focused on the future as in their careers rather than in the present, and just the way my interviewer was also talking about the school reaffirmed all of this + made me realize they have serious admin issues too. Obviously, what I said doesn’t apply to everyone at Harvard, but enough that’s it’s talked about a lot

[viscid frost]

i think u go to my school cant lie

[opal night]

That’s good!

[split eagle]

VA?

[viscid frost]

yeah

[split eagle]

ay bruh 💀

[opal night]

Also let’s not talk about alc!

[viscid frost]

nova too?

[split eagle]

oh nah

ashburn?

[viscid frost]

nah

u said magnet va

[split eagle]

wait no its in leesburg

[fossil willow]

a lot of this happens at every private school honestly

prevet thing applies to most ivies tho

cus they dont really do that stuff

[opal night]

Fs but it felt really big at Harvard compared to other schools I read about

[opal night]

Besides Harvard everyone else I applied to had quite a few opportunities for marine bio, dogs, etc whatever

[flint anvil]

I mean 75% of Harvard's reputation is being pretentious assholes lmao

[opal night]

Fair

[fossil willow]

the future and networking focused thing is very real

for me, ive had a general goal that ive been working toward since kindergarten, i dont really focus on the present

[flint anvil]

I think it just happens to happen to a lot of smart people though, because they grow up succeeding in comparison to their peers, many develop some sort of narcissism

Which honestly I don't really blame them. Many of them will be wildly more successful when compared to someone like me or many of my other classmates

[opal night]

Yeah I get it though you’re paying (not you but sticker price) 80k+ to go to a school, make the absolute most out of it

[flint anvil]

My best friend has one of the highest egos of anyone I know, and its obvious, but I feel like its kinda deserved

[fossil willow]

i feel like ppl try to make me have a higher ego than i do

when i was nervous for my interview my counselor said "well when your famous you'll have to talk to lots of new ppl"

[flint anvil]

I think just by saying you go to Harvard people get a idea you have a big ego, even if theres no other evidence to support it

[fossil willow]

the prestigious reputation of harvard makes it hard for ppl to not to honestly

cus the daddy donated a building thing is such a well known stereotype

[flint anvil]

exactly

[stable pecan]

Me w yale

[jaunty umbra]

my bro you are not getting ur money back

just wait it out, ok

its ok.

really. we all feel like giving up and we feel like we wont get in anywhere but that doesnt mean you gotta withdraw.

i would imagine thats rare

[reef forge]

Ruby im ngl this is like half the elite colleges 😭

[tribal copper]

so valid

[fossil willow]

to me 60% doesnt seem like a lot

just with the way my brain works

10% of harvard makes less than 40k

and thats plenty for me

[hollow rose]

are all interviews done? No interview , no admit 😦

[fossil willow]

15% are first gen

[fossil willow]

no

interviews happen for a long time

like even after the deadlines

[opal night]

Not to the extent

[fossil willow]

all of them have bad admin issues

every private school does because they have to please their donors to remain in operation

so they cant fully listen to students

otherwise there goes their money

[opal night]

I don’t want to get into it but with the current state of the world I’m more hesitant

[fossil willow]

crazy 💀

[cerulean flax]

wild

[tall moat]

SAME

[cerulean flax]

mine was so down to earth

[fossil willow]

maybe its because of where im from, but my interviewer and every harvard alum from here has been a normal person

[cerulean flax]

critiqued suits for harvard obsession

said elle woods was a great lawyer

[opal night]

Same mine lowkey bashed on Harvard 😭

[timber oriole]

do u actually get ur money back if u rescind?

[fossil willow]

i rlly wanna see my admission file

[opal night]

He was like “it’s definitely a nice school, but it’s got a ton of issues”

[cerulean flax]

and thats in the boston area

[tall moat]

LMAOO “too much politics”

[opal night]

W

[opal night]

Yeah I had a nice convo w my interviewer about it though

[tall moat]

i asked him to clarify and he just spelled the word politics?

so no convo was had unfortunately

[fossil willow]

i think u can tell when an alum was a rich legacy vs a poor first gen

[cerulean flax]

You'll find your people and people you don't like everywhere imo so you'll always find good people

[fossil willow]

not to say there arent normal rich legacy ppl

[cerulean flax]

idk I think that overestimates my ability to tell and limits the person to only two posibilities

[opal night]

Mine went from rich Stanford double legacy Palo Alto kid to broke asf

Very interesting

[fossil willow]

well its not to say theres only two possiblilites

theres a lot of middle class kids

i chose the two poles of admits

[cerulean flax]

yeah I'm saying I feel like due to that spectrum of people it would be hard to tell

unless they are very polar or just say straightup ofc

[reef forge]

I would 100% go to Stanford over Harvard if i got in

Bro sold the bag

Double legacy as well

[opal night]

His brother went to Stanford and he didn’t want to be in his brother’s shadow anymore + I think Harv had better fin aid

[reef forge]

Why did he need fin aid if he was a rich double legacy

Anyways ima be honest i care about fit to a certain extent

If i get into hyps fuck allat im going no matter what

😭

• duke penn columbia

[small hare]

ya prolly same

harvard is my 2nd top choice tho after stanford

I prolly wont get a choice since I'd be lucky to get one, but ya

[opal night]

When he was a teen his dad made a risky business venture and they lost everything including their house

[reef forge]

Harvard is my 3rd stanford is my 2nd but honestly whats the point in even ranking colleges like these when i am max getting into 0-1

[cerulean flax]

I never considered those cause I was limited to MA area but lowkey duke could've been a top choice if not so, my cousin went there and when I visited years ago it blew me away, only campus that made a huge impression

might've just been cause I was with my cousin tho

[small hare]

yeahh fr, what's your top just curious

[reef forge]

Penn wharton

[small hare]

oh ic

[cerulean flax]

wharton is also so valid

[reef forge]

I got into technically both my t8 choices which are reaches that are attainable unlike my t7

So im happy

[cerulean flax]

their undergrad healthcare club would've been fire to be apart of

[reef forge]

My t7 is basically if i get into any of em it will be a dream come true

[small hare]

ngl that's about same for me

[reef forge]

W

[small hare]

I got like 7-8 mega reaches

[reef forge]

Where r u planning on going as of now

[small hare]

well I only got 1 decision back which is state flagship so just there if I dont get anywhere else

[reef forge]

Gotcha

Yea one of my current top 2 that i got into is a state flagship and i think its completely valid

[small hare]

I didnt rly do any EAs except flagsip so that's why the only one I got back

[reef forge]

Oh ok

I did 7

[small hare]

nice

[reef forge]

What major r u

[small hare]

CS 🔥

well trying to go into AI for colleges that offer it

[reef forge]

Gotcha

[timber oriole]

which ones did u get in so far O.o

my fellow cs applicant

[small hare]

I did 1 school so far lol

UT

[reef forge]

Hi scrge

[reef forge]

Yo same lmfao

Im rlly hoping i get bhp

[timber oriole]

austin? rd?

[small hare]

I'm praying for csb

[reef forge]

It will fs be one of my top

[small hare]

EA

[timber oriole]

hey hater kvd (what should i call u lmfao)

[small hare]

yeah austin

[reef forge]

Have u had an interview yet

[timber oriole]

u got in right :0

[small hare]

yeah!

[timber oriole]

😁

turing??

[reef forge]

Hook em

[small hare]

nope

[small hare]

didnt apply there

[timber oriole]

oh

still t10 cs school is goated 🔥

[small hare]

csb seemed cool cause I'm actually really interested in business

[reef forge]

Had my bhp interview on Saturday and based on previous years it comes out mid feb so hopefully by the end of the week i get my decision back (acceptance plz 🙏🙏)

[timber oriole]

did u do usaco btw

[small hare]

ya

[timber oriole]

rank? O.o

[small hare]

lol plat

[timber oriole]

gg

🔥

[small hare]

what about you

[timber oriole]

im a usaco bronze medalist 🤓 ☝️

[reef forge]

Usaco plat? Bro shouldve applied turing and csb

Yk u can apply multiple right

[small hare]

yeah but like I wouldve never gone for turing, I heard it's mostly for research

[reef forge]

Fair

[timber oriole]

that is true ^

[small hare]

and I am trying to go on entrepreneurship route

thus CSB OP

scary that I got no interview tho

[reef forge]

I like bhp since im a business kid

[wind coyote]

Harvard vs. Berkeley MET - what's better for entrepreneurship?

[reef forge]

Prolly harvard

[errant phoenix]

Harvard

[small hare]

berkeley met fs

[timber oriole]

get in harvard first tho

[small hare]

wtf

[timber oriole]

💀

[reef forge]

Did u get into met

Met is amazing

[small hare]

I think prolly met...

[timber oriole]

nah harvard is better

tbh

[reef forge]

Real

[timber oriole]

nothing beats its massive amounts of resources

private schools have an edge

[small hare]

I heard met spoonfeeds you to grow your startup tho

[wind coyote]

Heard this too

[small hare]

you get crazy silicon valley connections

[wind coyote]

But also heard that its v compettive to make them idek atp

[small hare]

yeah harvard is still insane as well

I didnt apply MET

I was gonna do last second and backed out

[wind coyote]

Did you do Berkeley though

[small hare]

ya

[wind coyote]

Nice did you get in early

[small hare]

nope, I'm oos so makes sense ig

[reef forge]

I didnt apply UCs bc oos cost not worth it over mccombs

Thats why i didnt apply unc uva gtech etc

[wind coyote]

Smart

[small hare]

hmm imo ucb is worth cost I think but idk

[timber oriole]

big complaint i heard abt ucb

is too competitive as a huge public

[wind coyote]

Unles your in MET or sm crazy program

[timber oriole]

for that oos price tag, u can get better output from a hypsm or ivy

[wind coyote]

Cause you'll automatically get priority

[small hare]

ya maybe I shouldve at least tried for met

[timber oriole]

yes

met makes it better

but again ucb admission is rng asf

[small hare]

ya prolly

[timber oriole]

i saw some rando getting in 💀

[small hare]

I heard many randos getting in

[timber oriole]

they need sat back tbh

[wind coyote]

To MET?

Everyone I've seen so far is cracked

[timber oriole]

and my friend who bagged harvard caltech mit stanford...in state...didnt even get in ucb

too rng

[timber oriole]

ucb

[small hare]

there were some randos getting in early UCB

[timber oriole]

know a bunch of randos who got deferred from other schools getting in ucb early

taps whats ur region

west?

[small hare]

texas

[timber oriole]

oh nvm

[small hare]

what abt u

[timber oriole]

ny

[small hare]

cool

ya that's wild, I'd def go stanford imo

in terms of just opportunities, MET might seem better, but like overall considering other factors, I'd go with stanford

[timber oriole]

ofc

[rancid mural]

tbf mets are treated like royalty at berkeley

[timber oriole]

@small hare lol i see u typing in the usaco server

college app channel

[small hare]

lmaoo

[rustic cosmos]

holy shit

thats so tragic what

[vague hemlock]

Harvard? Or yale

guys can you get a likely from school you got deferred from ea

[late zenith]

i think so since u get moved to RD

[solemn quest]

no

i highly highly doubt it

that wouldnt make sense at all tbh

[reef forge]

Harvard

[solemn quest]

likelies r ppl they basically dont hesitate to admit

and r confident other colleges would too

[vague hemlock]

yeah i have 7 reaches but i might choose state flagship over 3-4 of them

[solemn quest]

which is why they recruit u

[vague hemlock]

yeah i figured

if I were to get a likely it would probs only be from uchicago and i didn't even get in so

[opal night]

Yeah :(

[opal night]

Ucs aren’t state flagships 😭

Unless you’re talking about another school

[lofty depot]

damn

Gl guys! hope you all get likelies lol

ill pray for yall

[vague hemlock]

BUT THEY ARE TECHNICALLY

[small hare]

what abt CSUs

[opal night]

Technically they’re not 😭

[opal night]

Idts

I think California just doesn’t have flagships

[small hare]

actually maybe ucb since it was considered like the og cal or something

[opal night]

Idt it’s officially one

[timber oriole]

why

[viscid pike]

Ik someone who did for Cornell

They submitted one lor for loci and got a likely

[lofty depot]

damn do i send an lor now lmao

[short shuttle]

@lofty depot

[vague hemlock]

broooo now i regret not sending lor

i alr sent loci + music portfolio + research abstract + emailed so I didn't wanna overdo it😭

[lofty depot]

thank youu!!!

[short shuttle]

👍

[tall moat]

LOL multitalented

ugh i wish i sent a music port for stan, brown, and duke

[vague hemlock]

no im desperate

SAME

[tall moat]

missed the deadline for all of them

[vague hemlock]

yeah I was just lazy

[tall moat]

Stanford’s December deadline was crazy

[short shuttle]

what is in a music portfolio

[errant phoenix]

yeah i dont do music

if they had like a chef portfolio id send that!!

[tall moat]

same 😵‍💫

[vague hemlock]

omg what do you cook

go deliver baked stuff to your AO's

[tall moat]

i can be the pianist for ur restaurant like in la la land

[vague hemlock]

music

[lofty depot]

i have an lor but im scared it'll look like an overdo

even though harvard did say i can send one in the deferral letter

[short shuttle]

lol yeah but are they picky about what you send or is it just phone recordings of you playing whatever instrument you play

[errant phoenix]

like everything, i like interned at a couple diff restaurants this summer for fun

[short shuttle]

alone, accompanied? are portfolios typically for classical stuff?

[errant phoenix]

yuhh piano!!

[short shuttle]

thats so cool

😋

[tall moat]

Solo w music resume, teacher rec, recordings

yeah usually classical since music faculty review the portfolios

[short shuttle]

ok makes sense

[vague hemlock]

oh yeah for uchicago it's not a faculty review

so I sent Indian classical music

[vague hemlock]

that's so cool! what don't you do lmao

[errant phoenix]

win actual awards 🥲🥲🥲

[tall moat]

kirk belongs on the bear

kirk allen white

[opal night]

Girl you’re cracked asf

[bleak prawn]

Guys any intls rd interview people here? It cant be like no intls have gotten interview yet.

[lofty depot]

im sure there are many

[cosmic crypt]

still no

[vague hemlock]

my friend did

[vague hemlock]

desperate*

[vague hemlock]

didn't you win like 5 scholarships😭

[jaunty umbra]

I wish

[fossil willow]

tbh idk why harvards my top choice

i cant rlly pinpoint a reason for applying anywhere

i knew my school needed to be a northeast school with great aid and good psych program

[vague hemlock]

why harvard and not princeton or brown or dartmouth or columbia then

[fossil willow]

princeton bad vibes, brown cool but off, dartmouth rural, columbia cool but off

columbia and brown were 3rd choice

i cant explain why they werent first

nyc dangerous and im pretty sure no one knows what providence is

[vague hemlock]

yeah thats fair

btw why northeast specifically?

[fossil willow]

liberal place closest to home

west coast too far, south is what im trying to escape from

[vague hemlock]

ALABAMA IS IN THE SOUTH????

bruh i lowkey thought alabama was near washington and like west coast 💀

[fossil willow]

WHAT

vandy would be a top choice for me but its also in the south

it was previously my #1

[tall moat]

LMAOOO if u knew the stereotypes about alabama, this would be crazy 😭

[vague hemlock]

bro i suck at us geography ok

i know california west coast

new york boston e astcoast

[tall moat]

The antithesis of California is Alabama

[vague hemlock]

kentucky is a chef holding a chicken

[fossil willow]

new york and boston are east coast....

[vague hemlock]

ohio indiana illinois michigan wisconsin are around lake michigan

[vague hemlock]

oh yeah i meant that i typed it wrong

i know washington is like up there

alaska is on canada

and texas is smack middle

literally all i know

and florida ofc

and above florida are NC SC

yeah thats my us geography extent

[vague hemlock]

mm yeah i know about the state itself i juts didnt know where it was

[tall moat]

bless u know me

[vague hemlock]

where are you

nc?

[lofty depot]

BYE GUYS (MY BESTIE ASKED ME TO LEAVE THIS SERVER AND STUDY)!!

SEE U ON 28 MARCH

FR LEAVING NOW

[pulsar pond]

nooooooo

:(((((

goodbye honey

but maybe I should do the same tbh

[opal night]

No you’re def sweeping ucs

[vague hemlock]

no way both ms. luck and lumina left

[wary sparrow]

😦

honestly i've been thinking of leaving as well but you guys are my only friends that can relate abt these college apps

[vague hemlock]

🥹 ily

[vague hemlock]

same, ms luck and i made a bet last night not to open a2c (i didnt wanna leave cuz roles and stuff) but i got an email this morning from gtown and immediately needed to open a2c to see whether others got it too, and when i opened i saw a bunch of Ws in celebration area and i felt so happy like even if i miss one day yall do so much i wanna know it all yk

[wary sparrow]

[cerulean flax]

I left for a while my roles stayed

I didn't need to reverify at least

[vague hemlock]

what about the a2c'22 roles and everything?

[cerulean flax]

idk abt that

I didn't have any of those to care enough tbh

[vague hemlock]

lol fair

[fossil willow]

@cerulean flax did u get the phone call email

[cerulean flax]

yeah I did

I didn't know it was a thing tbh

I'm excited but I feel like I'm going to miss it lmaoo

[tall moat]

aww this is so sweet

[cerulean flax]

@fossil willow officially filled out visitas forum

[fossil willow]

i cant yet

[short shuttle]

what email? not seeing anything in Georgetown chat or #✨-celebration-station

[vague hemlock]

the interview thing, scroll up in gtown

It's not celebrating worthy or anything😭

[short shuttle]

oh that person not getting an interview

[vague hemlock]

mm yeah

[short shuttle]

OK lol time zones threw me off

[jaunty umbra]

hi, for harvard i submitted 3 updates (1 mid year report which ik shouldnt have done that, didnt know where to submit, 1 course schedule change and 1 list of awards/helpful updates)

i completely forgot to add a really selective awardish thing to my loci that is a national level achievement.
should i update them again? i dont want to be updating them a lot but at the same time i forgot to add this

[timber oriole]

what award

and how selective

im p sure the aos will get super annoyed...

unless its like isef level award

or smth

[jaunty umbra]

ron brown, out of 4000 apps, 90 selected to advance

[fossil willow]

if its just a scholarship no

thats not rlly an award

award would be like if u did smth to win

like an essay contest or a test

not just applying yk

[jaunty umbra]

yeah thats why i didnt say it was fully an award

but more of a distinction i guess?

[undone briar]

yeah, i don’t see a harm in putting it though!

[timber oriole]

they've already updated 3 times

[tall moat]

i doubt they would get “super annoyed”

[reef forge]

Imo you should do it

Its an important accomplishment

[tall moat]

I updated colleges w NHS finalist, GE-Reagan, and then some UN work to balance it out

maybe pair the scholarship w an EC update

[reef forge]

I havent sent any updates bc idgaf

[tall moat]

they likely won’t move the needle anyway 🤷‍♂️

[jaunty umbra]

Are you sure

[tall moat]

what would they say? “this applicant updated four times and I fr don’t wanna read them so I’ll just reject them”

sure it might be annoying but it can’t rly affect ur decision

[jaunty umbra]

Ah

Solid I’ll just update them then!

[tall moat]

wait

r u waiting on any other scholarships or to hear if u advance further for Ron brown?

[jaunty umbra]

Robertson 😭😭 which will probably be a rejection, elks national semifinals, and a few more but idk when they come out

[tall moat]

Robertson is coming out soon but elks will come out in March (not worth it)

maybe wait until Robertson?

[reef forge]

Tbh i agree with yale admissions office. Nearly all updates are useless and wont move the needle

Only smth intl like isef

Or a new amazing EC that wasnt in ur original app

If u just put a continuation or expansion of current awards or ECs it wont do anything

[tall moat]

yeah I agree

[jaunty umbra]

Oop it comes out Feb 22, checked

[undone briar]

doesn’t robertson only apply to duke and unc?

[undone briar]

i agree, but it is something, i mean better to put it and it maybe not do anything than putting it and it possibly mean something

[tall moat]

tbh lowkey im twisting this but what if robertson hurts u 😭 like it shows that u might go to Duke/unc

[reef forge]

Eh not worth the effort it aint doing shit anyways

[tall moat]

and a scholarship doesn’t add much to ur app unfortunately

[reef forge]

Yea im ngl in terms of annoying them thats not the reason i wouldnt send it

I dont think scholarship apps mean anything to colleges

Like Coke scholars get into ivies hypsm not bc they are coke scholars but bc their profile is that insane

[tall moat]

trueee

[jaunty umbra]

Omg no I would never put that down

I meant Ron brown lol

[tall moat]

ohhh

[jaunty umbra]

And maybe elks?

Idk

[tall moat]

I mean I would wait… just so you don’t regret sending in 5 updates 😭

[jaunty umbra]

yeah probably a good decision, thanks

[undone briar]

shit i sent in like 5

i ended up submitting my test scores, with context of one

my school report was fucked up so i gave some clarity on there (it was suggested when i called) and she sent a new one

i started interning on a campaign

and i am planning a club committee to increase club involvement at my school

so much happened

[tall moat]

the first three are fine

[jaunty umbra]

Crap my school report only shows number of AP’s it doesn’t show that people do dual enrollment even tho my state has a program where I can take free classes

[tall moat]

i sent in two EC updates to some colleges as well so dw

[reef forge]

I should never be an AO bro i would just see these fucking sweats and be like reject reject reject. Like if i didnt know myself i would reject me

Like damn why u trying so hard fam

I would autoreject the entire a2c

[timber oriole]

💀

[reef forge]

Lowk being an AO sounds boring asf

[timber oriole]

mccombs???

[reef forge]

Imagine spending ur whole day reading 17 year olds pretending to care about stupid shit

For the most part at least

[reef forge]

I mean other than gtown

Yea

[tall moat]

i mean imagine AOs at state schools

[reef forge]

Imagine Ucla AOs

Prolly got like 5kAOs

😭

[timber oriole]

in the future aos will be replaced with ais

100%

not subjective anymore

[reef forge]

Im p sure colleges are gonna increase the importance of interviews

[jaunty umbra]

Do I have to explain this too?? Ugh I keep having to explain

[timber oriole]

yes

and the essay will just become another check box

[reef forge]

And test required too

[timber oriole]

like when u throw chatgpt an essay and ask it to rate certain areaas

[reef forge]

Too bad i didnt get the benefit of test req

[timber oriole]

uc is all bs

now they are test op

[reef forge]

I wish i was class of 2020 or smth

[tall moat]

lmao remember when they thought they had it bad

^ in terms of college admissions

[reef forge]

Fr

[eternal jungle]

isnt uc test blind?

[reef forge]

Every year it just gets worse

[timber oriole]

op yeah i mean test blind

[tall moat]

im stressed for my lil sis

[stable pecan]

i feel like they wont be able too tho

just because of how massive applicants are

[timber oriole]

im telling u, in a few decades, acceptance rates gonna be communicated in powers of 10

[stable pecan]

and alum numbers in contrast

[tall moat]

yeah interviewers r also untrained and unstandardized

[timber oriole]

harvard has ar of 4e-4%

[eternal jungle]

same, she's two years younger and i cant imagine how much crazier everything will be

[reef forge]

Lowk after class of 2027 high school it will get easier lmao

[tall moat]

my sister is on that beast academy -> aops competition math pipeline 😭😭

[reef forge]

Remember ppl stopped having kids post 2008

[stable pecan]

i feel like people are always dramatic about this

[reef forge]

LMFAO MINE TOO

[timber oriole]

huh

true

but

no

not true

u'll just have more intl applicants

look at india bro

[reef forge]

Yea but intl is different pool lmao

Domestics will have it easier

[timber oriole]

well still

it lowers the ar

[tall moat]

population momentum tho 😵‍💫

[reef forge]

Anyways fuck aops

I did that shit for so long my

Pain and torture

Ptsd

[tall moat]

Lmao im glad I switched outta stem

[reef forge]

Im a business major

My dad made me do them

[tall moat]

Sm work just to be mid

[timber oriole]

i hate every stem kid in my school

with a passion

even tho im a stem kid

[cerulean flax]

why

[timber oriole]

npcs

[reef forge]

Arent u polisci

[timber oriole]

toxic asf

[cerulean flax]

how come you aren't an npc then

[timber oriole]

bc im not 😁

[stable pecan]

theyre special u see

[cerulean flax]

idk seems like prima facie

[reef forge]

@tall moat bro polisci mfs just end up broke 😭

[timber oriole]

how do u know ur not an npc bud

[cerulean flax]

I used that wrong for sure

but it was on my vocab quiz lmao

[tall moat]

dawg im switching majors fs 😭😭

[reef forge]

LMFAO

whatchu gon do

[cerulean flax]

idk that I'm not but I don't think it's right to call others npcs tbh

[timber oriole]

really tho what are those gender studies majors gonna do

[tall moat]

should I do finance and sell out 😱

[tall moat]

I love my schools npcs tho

[reef forge]

The problem is u didnt apply to any business schools

[stable pecan]

a lot of them seem to want to end up in academia

[reef forge]

Unless u expect to go to an ivy lmao

Then just do econ

[timber oriole]

whats wrong with one of many adjectives thats perhaps a bit subjective

[stable pecan]

it's an insult lol

[tall moat]

I don’t think that far ahead ngl 💯⛓️🥀🖤

[timber oriole]

not calling on their face

[stable pecan]

u'll be fine

business isnt rocket science 🍵

[timber oriole]

what do they research

[reef forge]

Its fine ur going to an ivy

U applied rea pton right

Or yale

[stable pecan]

? gender dynamics ?

[reef forge]

I forgot

[timber oriole]

and what is that

[stable pecan]

law, teaching, consulting etc

[tall moat]

Yale

[stable pecan]

it's like sociology what more do you want from me

[timber oriole]

calm down bud im just asking

[reef forge]

Nyu gender studies -> poverty and unemployment pipeline 🔥🔥stays undefeated

[timber oriole]

im not knowledgable with all these terms

[reef forge]

Yale is booty for finance go to harv penn pton or columbia

[timber oriole]

💀

[tall moat]

after 3/28, im heading to my state school tbh 😭

[reef forge]

U applied to all 8 right

[timber oriole]

did u get in anywhere ea yet

[tall moat]

yeah but I fumbled the columbia essays, darty peer rec isn’t in, and brown video got deleted

[reef forge]

Where did u get in so far

[tall moat]

I only applied to Yale in the EA round

[stable pecan]

how tf did ur brown video get deleted 💀

[cerulean flax]

got in?

[reef forge]

Any other t20s rd?

@stable pecan I didnt make a brown video lmao

[tall moat]

deferred

[reef forge]

Your welcome i aint going

🙏🙏

[tall moat]

almost all 💀

[stable pecan]

SMH

shame !

[tall moat]

I goofed

[reef forge]

Lmao figure out your major fam 😭😭

[tall moat]

I refuse

[reef forge]

Brown is ass imo

[timber oriole]

issok shotgun goated strat

it'll work out

[tall moat]

none of the techy schools tho

[reef forge]

I only applied for the storyline

[stable pecan]

withdraw neow

[reef forge]

💀

[timber oriole]

also @tall moat fire about me

[reef forge]

If i bag it without video ill be flaunting that shit for decades

[tall moat]

I’m doing it for the “T20 College Decisions Reaction 😱😱” youtybe title

[stable pecan]

one of the current active brown students did

sylvia

[tall moat]

lmao imma turn it in tmrw and not care 💯💯

[timber oriole]

whats ur major

[stable pecan]

lowk yale is pissing me off

not lowk i've been loud about that bwahaa

[reef forge]

I alr know im autoreject at 4 ivies

Hyp brown

Penn columbia dart cornell is where its at

[tall moat]

I applied poli sci to most schools

[reef forge]

Poverty sci*

Unemployment sci*

[cerulean flax]

Penn is top 3 ivies anyways (unbiased)

[reef forge]

Livinginparentsbasement sci*

[reef forge]

Fax

No printer

[timber oriole]

nah

poli sci to get in

[reef forge]

Harvard Princeton Penn

[timber oriole]

the strat

[tall moat]

scrge gets it

[timber oriole]

then transfer to whatever if u want

me personally

[reef forge]

Horrible strat

[timber oriole]

my ass is changing to cs the moment i get in any school

[fiery crag]

me applying gender studies

[reef forge]

(I applied as gov + enviro sci)

[fiery crag]

but i would acc keep it maybe double major with smth

[timber oriole]

dawg

i respect that

[fiery crag]

lol yep

[reef forge]

Mf i aint applying as econ

[tall moat]

me w anthropology

[reef forge]

💀

Tf u gon do w anthro

[timber oriole]

why would u keep gender studies

tho

[tall moat]

chill 😭😭😭

[timber oriole]

are u actually interested in it

[reef forge]

💀

[timber oriole]

nah

study asteroseismology

[tall moat]

nah my ego wouldn’t let me go to penn

Sounds like penn state

[fiery crag]

beacuse i am interested in it....

and id want to do public policy for improving women's economic opportunity

[timber oriole]

good shit

[tall moat]

LMAO I just got what u meant

ty ty

[reef forge]

Bro acting like he will even get into a single ivy /j

[fiery crag]

obviously won't get be a job but it'd teach me how to write well and critically think + better understand how to use my privilege ig

im white + middle class

so there's so much i don't know and want to learn

[tall moat]

yeah I’ll prob end up at stanford or duke 🤷‍♂️🥱🥱

[reef forge]

Fax no printer

Also no fax

[fiery crag]

my money is on duke

[reef forge]

Hand delivered letter

More like

Post it note actually

[tall moat]

my money is saved for tuition

[stable pecan]

what source

[fiery crag]

that was funny i can't lie

[stable pecan]

reddit?

[reef forge]

My money is on squidward cc

U the goat fam

[stable pecan]

reddit is filled with liars and trolls if its reddit

[timber oriole]

oh true

[tall moat]

auto reject

[timber oriole]

like learning philospohy

[stable pecan]

are u sure it's not finaid?

because app fees r usually non refundable

[reef forge]

Most ppl on here give me vibes of a certain school

[fiery crag]

essentially. many people who study philosophy are very successful because they can communicate well. plus liberal arts education isn't really career technical sooo getting a job is not the main part

[stable pecan]

harvard app fees are non refundable for example

[reef forge]

For example hsxd seems like a dartmouth or cornell kinda jit

[stable pecan]

i think what those people did was get a fee waiver

[tall moat]

Hell nah u got me twisted

[fiery crag]

you give upenn vibes. wharton. or nyu stern

[reef forge]

Bertha seems like a goofy goober at brown

Name some other ppl

Two mods threatened ban in 1 day 🙏

[stable pecan]

where on this server ?

[limpid herald]

ooh what do i give off

[fiery crag]

would someone be very nice and look over my application update before i submit it lol!!!!!!!! i will forever be thankul

[stable pecan]

hmm ?

[fiery crag]

williams

[reef forge]

Nyu 😭

Sorry if thats bad

[limpid herald]

nah thats foul i didnt even apply cuz i cant stand it here anymore 😭

[reef forge]

If not nyu i was also gonna say brown or a top LAC

[stable pecan]

someone told me emory

[reef forge]

Def not

[stable pecan]

where 2nd ban threat tho

[limpid herald]

ooh how come

[reef forge]

Can u read?

[stable pecan]

i see the 1st one

[reef forge]

Genuinely asking

[reef forge]

YOURE THE SECOND ONE

[stable pecan]

but u said 2 mods threatened u 😉

[reef forge]

💀

[stable pecan]

proof?

[reef forge]

Fuck

Thats it

I sentence u

Youre going to usc

[late zenith]

😭

[reef forge]

0 aid too

[stable pecan]

damn

[reef forge]

Better use that lyft service well buddy

Your tuition paying for it 🙏🙏😭😭

Lowk that was too far im sorry 😢

You can stay at brown

[stable pecan]

#📝-essays message this one ?

[cerulean flax]

I love the reply after that message 😭

[stable pecan]

i dont see the update about getting it tho

Eh shoot your shot ig

[tall moat]

LMFAOO

Nah id exit the server

[cerulean flax]

I swear essay mechanic is jaded after helping people

[tall moat]

I would be too

[late zenith]

rice

[tall moat]

bc im chinese ? 🤨

[late zenith]

underrated just like my perception of you on a2c when you first joined + happy students + not very elitist prestige whores + humble ppl there (I think)

[reef forge]

Hawk u seem like pton/columbia

[tall moat]

pton bc he’s the best

[reef forge]

Glazing is crazy he not allat

[tall moat]

😭

[reef forge]

Only i can glaze my king 🤴

[tall moat]

KVD is penn

[reef forge]

Hsxd i need to figure you out

I didnt like my earlier answer

[violet prawn]

KVD Wharton bound

[tall moat]

figure me out all day long

[undone briar]

ngl it was warranted

[cerulean flax]

yeah but still funny

[reef forge]

@tall moat i have decided you are worthy of yale

[tall moat]

swing and a miss

[reef forge]

This some harry potter sorting hat type shit

I let u pick

[violet prawn]

Bro that one kid that got a yale likely

Living the dream

[reef forge]

Yea?

[violet prawn]

oh…

[tall moat]

he is who?

[eternal jungle]

...

[late zenith]

both id be able to commute after first year

[violet prawn]

@reef forge I’m waiting for u to tell me which school I am…

[late zenith]

i have imposter syndrome whenever i see hsxd typing

[tall moat]

holy mackerel kvd!!!

[reef forge]

Glaze fest

[tall moat]

guys 😖

[reef forge]

You are a robot so hard to tell since i only get vibes from real humans

🙏🙏

[violet prawn]

ok I’ll just kms then

[reef forge]

NAME CHANGE?

why

[violet prawn]

Sorry I mean unplug my cord

[violet prawn]

fuck princeton didn’t send me a likely /sarcasm

[reef forge]

If i had to pick id say either georgia tech or cmu

Did u even apply to them?

[violet prawn]

Ok fuck you

[tall moat]

damn 💀 id log off

[reef forge]

?

[violet prawn]

I applied CMU but I hate it

[reef forge]

What

[violet prawn]

Right

[reef forge]

What did i do 😭

Shes legit a cs major those are amazing

[violet prawn]

It’s over

[tall moat]

cmu student body prob stinks like hell

[late zenith]

💀

[reef forge]

Cmu cs is legit a dream for most

[late zenith]

reeks

[violet prawn]

I didn’t even apply as CS to CMU

LMDAOO

[reef forge]

Damn i rlly got vetoed ig ill think again and lyk

Whats ur list

[violet prawn]

nah ur opinion is invalid

[reef forge]

I forgot

Ok stfu

[violet prawn]

Ok Mr mccoombs

[reef forge]

Why the fuck did u apply to uiuc bro ik you would never live in the cornfield

They literally saving u with the decision

[violet prawn]

Ignore colors

[tall moat]

blue = safety

[reef forge]

Vanderbilt

[late zenith]

vandy good for cs??

gtown too

whaaat

[reef forge]

You strike me as a stanford initially but i didnt say it bc i was p sure u didnt apply

[violet prawn]

alr so ur gonna give everyone an ivy except me 😭😭

[violet prawn]

I didn’t apply ☹️☹️

[reef forge]

Cant make girls happy no matter what u say

Keep crying woman

[late zenith]

juice was right

all girls the same

[violet prawn]

Unreal comment

[tall moat]

KVD fumbling as we speak

[late zenith]

thats only @rigid warren

[reef forge]

This shit is not rizz

[cerulean flax]

it's t50 us news but doesn't mean that much, vandy is a good school and they have a cs program so their cs must be decent enough

[reef forge]

Thats my opp right there

[small hare]

Cmu is goated for CS

[violet prawn]

Fr he doesn’t even follow me on insta ☹️ fake af

[cerulean flax]

CMU is top tier of cs

[late zenith]

yeah its prob a decent school

clears most other t30s

[violet prawn]

I applied as computational biology at CMU and brown

[small hare]

Oh gotcha

[late zenith]

most avg isef project

comp bio nowadays

all are fans of rishab

[violet prawn]

Oh

[late zenith]

cuz he popularized it

when he won 3M

[violet prawn]

Man U can’t be saying that in the harvard channel

What if he’s lurking

[reef forge]

He def got better shit to do

[violet prawn]

So I actually did my first comp bio project two years before rishab got famous 😂😂

[cerulean flax]

yeah he fs got better stuff do be doing lmaoo

[late zenith]

you got broadcom?

or nominee for 3m

[violet prawn]

U right he’s too busy creating a fake Olympiad

[late zenith]

yeah the IRO

easy af

to cheat on

[violet prawn]

No but I did ISEF

[cerulean flax]

I wonder how that will turn out tbh

[reef forge]

Ok yea im decided you are going to emory

[cerulean flax]

some harvard prefrosh are on his student board of advisors

[violet prawn]

It sounds interesting but it’s literally all college kids making shit up for medical school

[late zenith]

yeah basically

its just a toss up ec

for his brother

and others

who wanna do med later on

[violet prawn]

…

[reef forge]

Emory ‘28

Too bad you could’ve gone to vanderbilt cmu

[violet prawn]

All I wanted was for him to say brown or smth

[reef forge]

[reef forge]

If you have a preconception of urself whats the point in asking me when u know im gonna troll

😭

[late zenith]

mid af

[violet prawn]

If it were up to me I’d say princeton 🤓

[late zenith]

brown is so overrated

[violet prawn]

I like brown tbh

[reef forge]

Hawk youre going to rutgers or njit smd

[violet prawn]

It’s the only ivy with comp bio

[late zenith]

rutgers>ut 😜

[reef forge]

Brown is dookie

Lol

[violet prawn]

Ok.

[late zenith]

did u apply PLME

[reef forge]

I didnt even make a video

[violet prawn]

Nah

[reef forge]

Imagine i still bag it

Shit would be absurd

[fiery crag]

a

[reef forge]

Nah all mid

[late zenith]

maybe 3

but more impact needed

[fiery crag]

okay thanks for the honesty

[reef forge]

Policy recommendations = i emailed them with my ideas

[fiery crag]

not really

[violet prawn]

Im not gonna lie even ISEF level stuff won’t make much of a difference rn. Yes you could still submit but the more updates u make the more annoyed they’ll be

[fiery crag]

thanks!

[reef forge]

The first one is good material for an loci, what do u mean by lead school board in the 2nd one

[violet prawn]

Good luck!!

[late zenith]

like prob student rep ors mth

[fiery crag]

so like i just told them about what we found during student consultations and they did a career fair

[reef forge]

Tbh it feels like ur inflating ur role in the wording of these. Id send it if u were a little more clear with what u actually did rather than trying to sound impressive

The first one is strong

The other 2 id amend

[fiery crag]

2nd i think im removing

[tall moat]

spot on KVD!

[fiery crag]

i don't think it's meaningful enough

[violet prawn]

Question tho why are you doing this now

[fiery crag]

wdym

[reef forge]

Lots of ppl are sending updates

Not me tho

[violet prawn]

No like

[reef forge]

Personally i dont think u should

Send anything

[tall moat]

I mean I put something similar ish in my original application

[violet prawn]

This was all stuff you did AFTER you submitted applications?

[eternal jungle]

why? just genuinely curious

[fiery crag]

correct

[reef forge]

Some ppl actually involve in stuff bc they are passionate unlike u research robot 😹

[small hare]

I feel like the 3rd one seems pretty cool

[fiery crag]

ill be more specific like kvd said

[tall moat]

Contribute is j v vague

[violet prawn]

💀 I sent in updates too I just didn’t post them on here (about stuff I did after)

[fiery crag]

thank you for the advice everyone

[small hare]

I need to be doing more stuff, I got nothing to update with

[reef forge]

Yale AOs have said its not gonna move the needle unless its something absolutely outstanding and if its being done now in 99% of cases i believe that it is completely unnecessary and just creates more work for them

It wont hurt but i think its useless and a waste of time

[reef forge]

Relax bro

You grinded 3.5 years

[eternal jungle]

oh interesting

[small hare]

Lmao

[reef forge]

Give yourself a break

[small hare]

Yeah true

[reef forge]

Pursue some hobbies

[violet prawn]

Updates aren’t mandatory ur good

[reef forge]

Be a kid

Be a teen

[small hare]

Yeah I'm mega chilling as a senior rn 🙏

[reef forge]

W manz

ib crying sadly

[small hare]

Except worrying about college decisions

[reef forge]

But happy for yall

[small hare]

IB does seem like a pain

[fiery crag]

like brainstorm with the exec team. research existing flaws in the province's education system and then create recommendations for the ministry of education. maybe ill replace "contribute" with "research" and then specifically state how i researched

[small hare]

I almost did it

[small hare]

Did any of the recommendations accomplish anything

[fiery crag]

one of them yes

[small hare]

Oh nice, Ys focus describing that more

I feel like the impact is more important than just doing something that doesn't work out so accomplishing real change with it is epic

[reef forge]

I stopped worrying

Im just falling in love with my current choices ❤️

[late zenith]

aight bro

u got a low target

and target

[fiery crag]

thank you again!

[small hare]

That's lucky

[reef forge]

Way better than ur bum ass

Hawk

[late zenith]

so change ur handle??