Harvard University (2023-2024)

[wary sparrow]

I was expecting one too

[royal spruce]

ideally they give out shit for rejection as well

would help immensely, but i feel like they would just get repetitive for rejections

[wary sparrow]

i mean

[royal spruce]

cause with admissions again, something really stands out

[wary sparrow]

if you see it as a whole, we should've been grateful for even getting an acceptance into one t20

it doesn't come easy

it's not supposed to come easy

for anyone

[royal spruce]

OBV cmon, esp as low income intls

its a diamond mine

[wary sparrow]

just sometimes ego rubs off

[royal spruce]

i mean that kinda goes with being applicants to T20s

that drive and competitive nature that gets you here in the first place

[vague hemlock]

yeah that's v valid

[wary sparrow]

true tho

that drive and competitiveness also can lead you to have highly inflated egos sometimes

[royal spruce]

yes its an almost inevitable side effect

but it wont last for long lmfao

[wary sparrow]

like a mix of snobbyness, low confidence levels, but also high sense of entitlement

[royal spruce]

just wait until college

[wary sparrow]

true

[royal spruce]

and boom, you are surrounded by valedictorians 😭

i mean thats the part i am MOST excited tho, if i make it

[wary sparrow]

me too!

[royal spruce]

surrounding myself with people who actually push me to improve and get better

[wary sparrow]

very excited for college

[royal spruce]

YES

like rn i am in the antithesis of an intellectual environment unfortunately

[wary sparrow]

really

how so

[royal spruce]

well nobody really gives two shits about college, or their future, or just the pursuit of knowledge

[wary sparrow]

where are you from?

[royal spruce]

and even my parents dont really care where i go to college 💀 they just said they wont pay

[royal spruce]

India but I live elsewhere

[wary sparrow]

mm

[royal spruce]

yeah its just spoilt kids vaping, renting supercars for ig story, and spreading petty drama

ugh, i genuinely hate it here. cant wait for college

[wary sparrow]

did you get an interview from Harvard?

[royal spruce]

i didnt get an interview anyway, but its most likely cause of location

stanford straight up said i am not in an interview location 💀

[wary sparrow]

well now we can only cross our fingers and hope for the best

[royal spruce]

YES

and also congrats man on Princeton

thats actually insane

[lofty depot]

my dad still wants me to be hopeful about harvard

[wary sparrow]

thank you!

[wary sparrow]

bruh

parents

i know for a fact my parents know zero shit abt college

they think im valedictorian so i'm harvard bound

[vague hemlock]

lmao my friend did harvard rea got deferred and shotgunned t20s, and his ego is h i g h

[royal spruce]

my parents want me to go to the local uni over a T20 💀

[wary sparrow]

literally everyone got harvard rea deferred tho

[vague hemlock]

OMG SAME

fr

bro thinks he's special

bro is also an intl applying for aid with a <1550 sat

[wary sparrow]

like this is dumb but I was invited to a person's harvard rea deferral party

last year

[vague hemlock]

💀

[wary sparrow]

this person thought she got a shot into harvard

[royal spruce]

people thinking getting deferred from harvard is them caring about their application is like men thinking strippers actually care about them

[lofty depot]

aww

[wary sparrow]

she didn't do shit, test-optional, and subpar essays

[royal spruce]

LMAO

[wary sparrow]

but at least I got free food

[royal spruce]

please

[wary sparrow]

so screw it

[vague hemlock]

YALL STAR THIS LMAO

[lofty depot]

sounds like me

[wary sparrow]

nah but u got oxford

[vague hemlock]

girl you're way too insecure and paranoid to have a high ego

[wary sparrow]

this person ended up going to like australia

[vague hemlock]

exactly

[wary sparrow]

not that australia is a bad place

[vague hemlock]

my guy only has asu so far

[wary sparrow]

see

like

bruh

[lofty depot]

maybe that justifies it

[wary sparrow]

sort of justifiable yeah

[lofty depot]

harvard it's your fault

[wary sparrow]

but it's harvard again we're talking about

soo

shrug

[royal spruce]

my classmate told me, he knows someone who got into a mid school in the US for grad school and made $300k as a software engineer after graduating. I was shocked, and also impressed. I told him, "Well tech is definitely meritocratic, but maybe its a tech powerhouse public like UIUC, what college did he get into again?" He looked me dead in the eye, and told me, "I think it was Yale University"

[undone stone]

harvard rea is a poor strategic decision

[wary sparrow]

true

[lofty depot]

is it bad to find faults in others? like recently ive been blaming others for everything wrong with me 😭

i was never like that

[wary sparrow]

that's why I earlied to Princeton

lmao

[autumn dock]

Anyone got Harvard interviews from the Middle East?

[undone stone]

why i earlied yale

[lofty depot]

very very

[royal spruce]

I ED2ed to UChicago 😭

[wary sparrow]

how does one ed to princeton

[royal spruce]

SORRY

[undone stone]

new secret program

[royal spruce]

UChicago

my brain is frioed

[vague hemlock]

💀 💀 💀

[royal spruce]

😭

[undone stone]

yale 💪

[vague hemlock]

rea in itself is a poor strategic decision lmao

[wary sparrow]

Jale

true tho

[vague hemlock]

my essays improved SO MUCH from early to regular

[wary sparrow]

I was a bit delulu

[vague hemlock]

i knew shit about the college app process during early

[undone stone]

yeah ik but it works out sometimes so whatever lmao

[royal spruce]

IT WORKED OUT THO so congrats

[wary sparrow]

thankfully my delusions were validated

[wary sparrow]

i didn't change a thing

[cerulean flax]

delusion leads to success or very big disappointment

[vague hemlock]

yeah if it works out its good but in general i would not advise anyone to rea unless you're legacy or something

[undone stone]

idk if i would have gotten in harvard rea

[royal spruce]

SAME, i wish i could change my UChicago essays 😭

in hindsight kinda cringe

[vague hemlock]

FR

[wary sparrow]

I know fs I won't get in Yale or Harvard REA

[vague hemlock]

MY WHY UCHICAGO IS SO ASSSSSS

[lofty depot]

smrithi your parents were so right when they asked u not to rea/ed (iirc)

[royal spruce]

MINE ARE LOWKEY A LITTLE DRONING AND BORING

[wary sparrow]

I didn't early Yale bcs I was afraid to be flat out rejected

[undone stone]

wait you’re pton right?

[wary sparrow]

I thought Princeton would at least defer me

lol

[vague hemlock]

i sent my creative essay to a friend and she said "its very nice, you can tell its your first essay!"

[wary sparrow]

yah

[cerulean flax]

isn't pton just as hard to get into

[royal spruce]

what do u think got you in

[vague hemlock]

they asked me not to ed for financial reasons haha, i chose not to rea because of paranoia

[lofty depot]

haha same! I thought harvard would be less brutal

[undone stone]

that’s what i’m saying 😭

[cerulean flax]

why lower confidence for harvard or yale lmao

[wary sparrow]

yeah

bcs

[royal spruce]

REA

[wary sparrow]

I think in my country stem kids gun for Harvard and Yale and Stanford

[lofty depot]

yeah smart either way

[wary sparrow]

they like to leave Princeton out bcs of the graded paper thing

[royal spruce]

Yale makes no sense tho 😭

[royal spruce]

ohh

[undone stone]

i had a vibe that i would get into yale

[wary sparrow]

idk man ppl in my country know yale so well

they didn't know abt princeton

[maiden basin]

i was going to do a Yale REA initially i was so sure about it but my counsellors told me uchicago was much better for econ and public policy and employability later so then i did ED there

[wary sparrow]

and princeton's essays are a bit more grueling as well

[undone stone]

isn’t that not true 😭

[maiden basin]

but i did get ready my entire RD application for yale

[royal spruce]

did you know, the founder of Yale was a governor of Madras (province in colonial India)

[wary sparrow]

nope

[maiden basin]

i talked to atleast 5-6 counsellors all told me the same so went w that

[undone stone]

yale is #1 for econ last i checked

[royal spruce]

i heard so somewhere

[wary sparrow]

and thank god that stupid strategy worked out for me

[royal spruce]

Harvard?

[undone stone]

tied lol

[royal spruce]

aah

[lofty depot]

my sister's at pton and she just goes like 'im in a US uni' because there's no way my relatives know pton

[undone stone]

hypsm is all tied #1

[wary sparrow]

whoops

[cerulean flax]

howw

[undone stone]

keep scrolling bud

[wary sparrow]

nah

tf why

[royal spruce]

just tell them einstein used to teach there and watch their minds get blown

[wary sparrow]

is the screen below that all white

in my laptop

[undone stone]

oh it’s #4 LMAO

[royal spruce]

UChicago?

[lofty depot]

damn i could do that

[undone stone]

whatever yale is #1 in my heart

[wary sparrow]

i should refresh it

[lofty depot]

it's very uncommon to even go to the us from like my hometown area so yeah

[royal spruce]

yeah makes sense, although i didnt expect MIT damn

[wary sparrow]

yeah i think USNews is just lazy they put everyone #1 tie

[royal spruce]

reminds me of my situationships

[undone stone]

lowkey i think HYS is top 3 as far as recognition

at least in my area

[wary sparrow]

true

[royal spruce]

my dad knew Duke, which was a surprise

i didnt expect that

[wary sparrow]

see

i felt that

lol

[undone stone]

that’s crazy lmao

[wary sparrow]

tf is princeton

[royal spruce]

am i the only one who think Princeton just sounds so, elite

[wary sparrow]

my grandpa only knows georgia tech so I tell him I go to georgia tech

[royal spruce]

like it sounds elite

[undone stone]

Harvard Yale Stanford Oxford Cambridge are top 5 recognition right?

[cerulean flax]

cause it has prince in the name

[royal spruce]

mayhaps

[lofty depot]

i mean one of my schoolmates did that. I saw she goes to wharton on linkedIn and then I asked my teacher if she knew the student and she said "Oh yeah! The girl who goes to the same uni where Donald Trump went right? lol

[wary sparrow]

somehow that sounds scandalous

[cerulean flax]

wharton moment

[wary sparrow]

i think so yeah

[lofty depot]

but like princeton is amazzziiiiiiiiing!! And like who cares about what ppl around u think?

[royal spruce]

i feel like that works best, cause people know donald trump or elon musk or jeff bezos

[wary sparrow]

true tho

[lofty depot]

princeton is PRINCETON

[wary sparrow]

the ppl I know at princeton are so nice

[undone stone]

everyone ik at pton loves it

[lofty depot]

sameee

[wary sparrow]

one friend she literally whatsapp called me and gave me a virtual tour of princeton for like more than an hour

[royal spruce]

THATS SO NICE WHAT

[wary sparrow]

she walked through the campus and explained each building she walked through

[lofty depot]

aww

[wary sparrow]

and even though like the connection wasn't really good so I cant see that clearly

that's just so nice of a person

damn

[royal spruce]

i thought i escaped bio but now i have to memorize the structures of these biomolecules for chemistry

fml

[wary sparrow]

she really makes me wanna go there

[lofty depot]

in the end, i think it's all about the people

[cerulean flax]

I toured harvard alone cause my mom was in the hospital briefly so I forget most of it

but I'll probably go again cause it's close

[royal spruce]

hope she is doing well rn

[wary sparrow]

I also liked princeton so much bcs they use the huge fat endowment for new buildings (take note Yale and Harvard)

[lofty depot]

lol someone told be harvard buildings are like jail buildings

[cerulean flax]

she's fine it was just a brief infection I think

[wary sparrow]

They just finished constructing a new phat fitness center

[cerulean flax]

they're pretty old

I like the science and engineering building tho

gives cali tech vibes

[wary sparrow]

the new dorms are FRIGGIN NEW and MODERN LOOKING

[fossil willow]

i havent toured harvard yet

[lofty depot]

yeah they're new tho right?

[cerulean flax]

pretty new

[lofty depot]

ive only seen columbia and i loved it fs

[wary sparrow]

this is the d-hall at the new residential hall

[lofty depot]

pton?

[wary sparrow]

yeah

[cerulean flax]

lmk how you like it when you visit

[royal spruce]

wow.

[fossil willow]

ill be going in march for a week

[lofty depot]

looks so cool

[wary sparrow]

IKR

[fossil willow]

idk what to do while there

[wary sparrow]

the phat endowment is USED!!

not kept in the bank

[royal spruce]

AS IT SHOULD BE

[lofty depot]

haha like some do

[cerulean flax]

I feel like Boston is a living city not a tourist city

but there is fs stuff to do

[wary sparrow]

that's what I really appreciate abt pton

[cerulean flax]

visit the local stuff

[royal spruce]

i wannt get in so bad its actually crazy

also btw where did u apply RD @wary sparrow ?

[slate quartz]

Hello my fellow applicants

[wary sparrow]

all ivies except for brown

[royal spruce]

oh

thats kinda random

[lofty depot]

same lol

[fossil willow]

why no brown

[wary sparrow]

didn't put much thought

[fossil willow]

i like brown

[cerulean flax]

brown is pretty cool

[wary sparrow]

my pton interviewer is a brown interviewer too

[fossil willow]

yale was 2nd choice, brown was 3rd choice

[royal spruce]

damn would you go to any other uni other than HYPSM over Princeton tho

[wary sparrow]

and isn't it weird meeting him again

after being accepted to pton

imagine that

[royal spruce]

LMAO

[wary sparrow]

what tf are we going to talk abt

[noble yoke]

Columbia is amazing

wait

how do I get image perms

[fossil willow]

oh u got in pton rea?

[royal spruce]

i think honestly columbia is my least fav ivy

[wary sparrow]

yeah

[fossil willow]

i thought u were h rea

[noble yoke]

WHAT

[wary sparrow]

naww

i'm too weak for that kace

[royal spruce]

YES

[noble yoke]

Dartmouth is like going camping

[fossil willow]

princeton my least fav

[wary sparrow]

😦

[lofty depot]

why

[noble yoke]

[fossil willow]

the vibe is off

[royal spruce]

columbia gives me off putting vibes

[frozen night]

columbia is on top

[wary sparrow]

i like all ivies as long as I get into them!!

I'll transform into their #1 fan

lol

[royal spruce]

TRUE, i said least fav for a reason

[noble yoke]

Dang

I am calling yale financial aid

[royal spruce]

i would do anything for an ivy acceptance

[noble yoke]

Even even break a leg?

[royal spruce]

yes

[frozen night]

even sell your soul?

[royal spruce]

already have

[wary sparrow]

sell your soul to Jesus

[royal spruce]

RAHHHH

[noble yoke]

even lose a finger?

[royal spruce]

🥺

[royal spruce]

https://tenor.com/view/granger-smith-earl-dibbles-america-gif-13831121

fuck no image perms

RIP

[noble yoke]

wait

How do we get image

Perms

[wary sparrow]

!ivyday

[frigid gate]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
1 month, 13 days and 8 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[royal spruce]

level 3

[noble yoke]

I feel like I been talking for more then 30 minutes

[wary sparrow]

you need to speak so damn much

[noble yoke]

How do I check level

[royal spruce]

#🤖-bot-commands

[wary sparrow]

i've been talking for 2 months ish and I just got the permission a few days ago

[noble yoke]

Dang

[wary sparrow]

don't really get the system either

[royal spruce]

i am almost there

[wary sparrow]

lfg

[noble yoke]

I been on hold now

For 11 minutes

[lofty depot]

bro do i talk so much lmao

[noble yoke]

[wary sparrow]

llmaoo

it's nice to have ppl to talk to abt college admissions

[royal spruce]

ISTG

i feel so free

[wary sparrow]

people around me irl don't rlly care so can't discuss much w them

[lofty depot]

it is 🤧

[royal spruce]

same, even my parents

😭

[lofty depot]

no one else understands me from around

[lofty depot]

same

[noble yoke]

Have Yale likely’s all gone out?

[lofty depot]

they think ive gone nuts lmao

[noble yoke]

I HAVEN’t seen a Reddit post

[wary sparrow]

don't know

[royal spruce]

its genuinely over

[wary sparrow]

not expecting it too

i think they don't give out much likelies to intls though

[lofty depot]

i knew i won't get one

[wary sparrow]

might be different case for domestics

[lofty depot]

yeah

[royal spruce]

what uni does tho

[wary sparrow]

i've never heard of anyone in my country receiving likelies

from anywhere

not even one

[lofty depot]

ive heard of harvard, cornell and columbia

[royal spruce]

RIP

didnt get a single one

[lofty depot]

they do it later

march

[royal spruce]

not having interviews is so bad

[lofty depot]

yeah that sucks

[wary sparrow]

i only got 4

[lofty depot]

but actually doesn't matter that lot

[wary sparrow]

and I think it's over

[lofty depot]

same

[royal spruce]

like i am an extrovert and love to talk, i would have rocked that shit

[wary sparrow]

i'm not expecting from the rest

[royal spruce]

😔

[royal spruce]

i got 0

[lofty depot]

out of 21

[wary sparrow]

dang

well

not all give out interviews right

mine was like 4 out of 7

[lofty depot]

yeah lemme see how many do actually

[royal spruce]

btw what do you think got you in @wary sparrow

[wary sparrow]

um

[royal spruce]

anything in mind in hindsight?

[lofty depot]

ok wow same

lol

[wary sparrow]

i think i'm lucky like my sister's ex lol

hit the right AO with the right pity points

LOL

[royal spruce]

nah u were deffo cracked asf

[royal spruce]

me when 😭

[wary sparrow]

bcs honestly I have no clue why I got in

i shouldn't have gotten in

maybe my essays are interesting but i bet there are more ppl with better essays

[royal spruce]

hmm

i feel like

if i get in, it would prob be because of my essays

[wary sparrow]

yeah so maybe we're not that bad

haha

[royal spruce]

cause they were nice i think. but, relative to other highly cracked people, my ECs werent all that

[wary sparrow]

idk but reading so many ppl's essays i feel like it's v hard to stand out essay wise

unless you've been through like crazy rare experiences

[royal spruce]

it definitely is

[wary sparrow]

i bet AOs have even seen like the most traumatic things

bcs people DO trauma dump

and they do it hard

[royal spruce]

i have been through alot honestly, and wrote about some stuff

and its not first world problems 😭

[wary sparrow]

honestly same

i'm going through third world problems here

lol

[royal spruce]

lmao

i went through some shit

[cerulean flax]

trauma dump is a fine line

[royal spruce]

but idk how much AOs would care honestly

[wary sparrow]

i didn't trauma dump at all though

i didn't leverage that

[royal spruce]

yeah

[wary sparrow]

at all

[lofty depot]

i have trauma but i never mentioned it lol

i forgot

[sullen meteor]

What are AOs doing now

[royal spruce]

i think

[wary sparrow]

LMAO

[sullen meteor]

are they in committee?

[royal spruce]

most trauma

[wary sparrow]

Chillin

[royal spruce]

would actually get you rejected

[sullen meteor]

lol

[wary sparrow]

yeah

[royal spruce]

like i have mental health problems

[wary sparrow]

having pie for breakfast

or smth

[royal spruce]

but i cant discuss them

[sullen meteor]

AOs have it so easy

[royal spruce]

nah

[wary sparrow]

i got a third world country illness

[royal spruce]

rejecting me definitely would have been a difficult experience

/j

[wary sparrow]

yeah how about next cycle they apply to us

and we judge them

lol

[sullen meteor]

lmao

[royal spruce]

its crazy how

my entire fate is in the hands of middle ages white people halfway across the globe

[sullen meteor]

do you guys think SAT should be made mandatory?

[sullen meteor]

IKR

[wary sparrow]

no

i think it's in the right spot now

test-optional

[royal spruce]

i think it should have good reason to be waived

[cerulean flax]

no

[sullen meteor]

apparently SAT scores are highly correlated with university GPA even better than high school grades

and help low-income students stand out

[wary sparrow]

I applied with SAT but I agree with test-optional policies

[royal spruce]

cause i mean, if u come from an upper class family, with all the resources in the world there is NO reason for you to not take the SAT

[wary sparrow]

yes they actually do

[cerulean flax]

I think it's good that a good score can boost chances but imo test optional applicants are no worse tbh

[wary sparrow]

you suck at it

[cerulean flax]

there is so much more to an app than SAT

[royal spruce]

then again

[sullen meteor]

i agree to this

[royal spruce]

it gives more wiggle room for legacies

and other rich kids to sneak in

[wary sparrow]

hm

well

[sullen meteor]

like SAT tests a subset of skills

[royal spruce]

idk just my take ig

[wary sparrow]

but legacies only make like how many percent

[royal spruce]

i applied with the SAT

[wary sparrow]

me too

[sullen meteor]

same

[royal spruce]

i think

it definitely shouldbt be a hard requirement

cause it bars alot of genuinely talented people

[cerulean flax]

my only gripe is

[wary sparrow]

yeah

i agree

[royal spruce]

but it also makes the application pool so much weirder and the process alot more cloudier

[cerulean flax]

I do think SAT is pretty basic, but thats given my background

[wary sparrow]

again true

[cerulean flax]

we aren't a meritocracy

so

if an applicant is deemed fit despite SAT/test optional

[royal spruce]

SAT is no measure of intelligence, but it is standardized

[cerulean flax]

I see no reason why they don't deserve it

[fossil willow]

real

[fossil willow]

30%

[fossil willow]

idk, i think it should be situational

i feel like all test op did was raise the 50th percentile

cus ppl with good scores stopped submitting unless they were extremely high

holistic review alrdy makes it where u can get in with below 25th percentile, u just need a reason

i submitted the equivalent of a 1450 and got in (i took ACT)

my math was equivalent to 640

[nimble thistle]

AO are not all white people… some are not even middle age

[mint blaze]

How much does not getting an interview mean?

[cerulean flax]

not much if it's on availability

[mint blaze]

I live in Denver and got interviews from Princeton Stanford and Dartmouth so idk if it’s an availability issue unless way too many people in my area applied

[nimble thistle]

I read somewhere that Harvard seldomly accepts ppl w/o an interview?

[frank arch]

For intl

[rancid mural]

those are the only ones i received interviews from as well with the exception of penn

[left sky]

deadass?

[mint blaze]

My penn guy never reached out

[left sky]

three of my interviewers r across the country 😭

[mint blaze]

Yeah I have no idea

probably shouldn’t have spent the application fee here

[fossil willow]

thats correct, but yall shouldnt be worrying abt this on February 15th

people are still getting interviews, getting one sooner or getting one later means nothing as long as u get one

ppl will still get them in march

[vague hemlock]

Yeah kace got his like late November right

[fossil willow]

like mid nov, which was 1/3 of the way through the cycle

when most ppl got in the first week

the interview deadline for my state was nov 18 and i got it like nov 14

[vague hemlock]

yeah and you still got in

[rancid mural]

are those the only ones you got?

[mint blaze]

Yeah just Stanford Princeton and Dartmouth but my UPenn interviewer was assigned on my portal

[rancid mural]

lmao so its fs a regional thing

[mint blaze]

I hope so, I’m tryna go to Harvard and Yale frrr 😈

Do u happen to know what date would be the latest for Harvard interviews RD for colorado?

[cerulean flax]

I don’t think anyone knows tbh

[lofty depot]

wait you're 'silly kace'?

[ruby gust]

man

dreams, hopes and ambitions

let's make it happen

🫡

[cosmic drift]

not silly

hello my fellow applicants

[ruby gust]

also

@lofty depot you got into oxford?

[lofty depot]

yeah a month ago

[ruby gust]

LIT

[lofty depot]

[ruby gust]

i missed it

congrats

[lofty depot]

thanks!!

[lofty depot]

like missed the app deadline or offer?

[ruby gust]

unless you get into harvard/stanford/mit don't even consider other lol

[ruby gust]

deadline for the entrance exam by 9 hours

it's tough navigating the process yourself

but hey

it's a learning

and that's what matters

[lofty depot]

yeah kinda doing that (but i do have yale in the list )

[lofty depot]

oops

[ruby gust]

makes sense

[toxic mason]

Oxford has an entrance exam?

Just that? Nothing else?

[lofty depot]

it's a PART of the process

[toxic mason]

I see

[cosmic drift]

and like

some intensive interviews

I'm having difficulties understanding oxbridge's "college" system

[cosmic drift]

can you reapply for the test?

is there a second chance?

[granite wadi]

what dont u understand

[bitter path]

In the UK, what u guys call ‘college’ is what we call university

Oxford is a university that has a collegiate system that are called colleges

Imagine it like Harry Potter’s housing system

But u have the option to choose ur ‘house’

Most ppl choose their ‘house’ based on factors like: if they like the tutors in one specific college, how pretty their college is, how far it is from the city centre, how far it is from their labs, how rich it is so they can apply for extra bursary and etc

[half topaz]

Some schools in America have this system too

None as extensive as Oxbridge

[undone briar]

my harvard interview might’ve been good???? i think it actually ate tbh 😭

it just ended and it was so great, i feel like we were able to make really great conversation, and she was extremely relatable, she stayed in mississippi because she was shocked of the lack of opportunity and she talked about how it pushed her to stay there bc originally she’s from new hampshire

[vague hemlock]

W

[cedar kite]

WWWWW I have mine in like 4 hours

[steel shuttle]

!Harvard

[undone briar]

yesss

[vague hemlock]

!ivyday

[frigid gate]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
1 month, 12 days and 21 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[ebon creek]

⁉️

Australia mentioned

[wary sparrow]

Hi

[cedar kite]

Just finished it and it went wellllll let’s go

[inland dawn]

are interview emails still being sent out

[wary sparrow]

Some say yes

[inland dawn]

do some say no

[random crow]

I got one yesterday

So

Maybe?

[lofty depot]

yes they go on till mid march for harvard

[inland dawn]

i love you

[lofty depot]

there's always hope

[inland dawn]

you inspire hope

[random crow]

You are so welcome

[lofty depot]

[lofty depot]

are u a studio ghibli fan?

[random crow]

I have to say being emailed on Valentine’s Day really bolstered my perception that college applications is like, high risk love letters

[random crow]

Yes! Kinda. I actually haven’t watched a lot of the movies because idk where to watch them 😔

[inland dawn]

my dad likened the application thing as going to a bunch of girls and pouring out your heart to each of them equally just to get rejected by all of them

[lofty depot]

netflix

almost all of em

[random crow]

I’ve watched Ponyo (obviously and my favorite thus far), Spirited Away, and Howl’s Moving Castle

I don’t have Netflix 😔

[lofty depot]

i love howl's

[opal night]

I watched the last one bc it was my ex’s fav movie 😭

[random crow]

Time to convince my friend to let me watch at their place or smth

[random crow]

OOP

[lofty depot]

good choice

of movie

[opal night]

Forever will associate him w that movie 😭

[random crow]

I mean very good choice

But also

[opal night]

Never rewatching bro

[inland dawn]

i love ponyo

[random crow]

Sorry he ruined it for you by association

PONYO IS THE BEST

[lofty depot]

[inland dawn]

and spirited away

i dont know the studio names and i dont even like anime

[opal night]

Nah it’s ok I broke up w him

[inland dawn]

but i used to watch ponyo every friday with my mom

[lofty depot]

has anyone watched arriety?

[random crow]

it so perfectly encapsulates the weird melancholy of childhood for me

[inland dawn]

comfort movie and shed make ramen and ham bc ponyo loves ham

[random crow]

I WANT TO SO BAD THE MUSIC SLAPS

[lofty depot]

or kiki delivery service?

[lofty depot]

ikr

so good

[random crow]

That’s my mom’s favorite

And no

And I want to watch it

Because the music SLAPS

[lofty depot]

good choice again

[random crow]

Ghibli does not mess around

[lofty depot]

ikrrr

all the ghibli music slaps

[random crow]

Are there any bad choices though

Like realistically

It’s ghibli

It slaps

[lofty depot]

naaaaah

[random crow]

Actually jk the 3D one looked….weird

Like weirdly poorly done for a ghibli

[lofty depot]

what's the 3D one?

[random crow]

Earwig and the Witch

Like that just

Looks weird

Uncanny valley kinda deal

Or just unfinished?

[lofty depot]

doesn't even look ghibli lmao

[random crow]

Idk the style just looks weird to me

[lofty depot]

i was gonna say that hehe

[random crow]

Like the super smooth characters against realistically shaded glass

Is unnerving

And not on purpose

[lofty depot]

hmm

[random crow]

I kinda feel bad for goro but yeah I can’t lie it’s not good

[lofty depot]

worstday!

ivyday!

lol

!ivyday

[frigid gate]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
1 month, 12 days and 16 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[rancid mural]

I love that movie

Howl's moving castle is probably my favorite just because the scenery is so beautiful but Arriety is so cute

[vale wigeon]

That just hit deep

[lofty depot]

Ooo same thought

[undone briar]

THAT’S AMAZING

[storm condor]

is ivy day confirmed

?

!ivyday

[frigid gate]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
1 month, 12 days and 5 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[lofty depot]

u were deferred rea from harvard right?

[storm condor]

yes

👀

why

[lofty depot]

ivy day was on ur decision letter buddy

[vague hemlock]

yes i think

[storm condor]

wait fr?

let me see

[lofty depot]

yeah go check

[storm condor]

😮

indeed

but i meant about the time

mostly

[lofty depot]

yeah idk that sorry

[storm condor]

so harvard "leaked"/confirmed pattern for ivy day

[lofty depot]

i mean ig they do that every year

"You will be notified of the Admissions Committee’s decision on March 28, 2024."

[violet prawn]

7 pm for all ivies except brown which is at 5 pm

[stable pecan]

yale did so as well

[storm condor]

the bot is set for 6pm

except if its not ET (?)

[violet prawn]

!ivyday

[frigid gate]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
1 month, 12 days and 4 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[violet prawn]

7pm EST

[storm condor]

mine shows 6pm

😭

wdym

is there maybe a change of time by one hour or smth later?

[rotund stone]

i think it's your local time

[cerulean flax]

Yeah it shows your local time

[jaunty umbra]

really omg

Didn’t know this

Mine is 6

[stable pecan]

how is that possible

[violet prawn]

The a2c calendar says that and it’s confirmed

[jolly hinge]

This is not true

The a2c calendar says the same RD time for all ivies

The closest thing you could be thinking of is Yale’s SCEA release time

Which was at 5

[reef forge]

Ima open all at the same time

Idc if one comes out earlier

[violet prawn]

weird idk why i rmr it that way then

i cant even check bc the a2c website is down

[stable pecan]

ivy league picker baby

[reef forge]

Nah most favorite for last and worst first

Brown first

Penn last 😍

[violet prawn]

my order

cornell
brown
upenn
yale
harvard
princeton

fav = princeton

i am so freaking excited dude i love opeining decisions

[tribal copper]

you’re crazy

[jaunty umbra]

no no its fun 😍

like clicking the button

[tribal copper]

most stressful shit ever

😭😭

[jaunty umbra]

it is very stressful but mann clicking the button will never get old

[tribal copper]

LMFAOO

real

[tall moat]

Columbia, Dart, Cornell, Brown, Penn, Harvard, Pton, Yale

[reef forge]

Smh prestige whore

Imagine applying to all 8 ivy leagues

[tall moat]

“The energy is about to shift” 🤓😱😱🤓🤓

[reef forge]

Sports reference but you’ve never touched grass or done anything physical in ur life so u wouldn’t know

[late zenith]

Jalen brown mid and Celtics choking to clippers

[late zenith]

He’s lobbied at Capitol Hill tho

[reef forge]

Hawk i dont think you realize that people dont give a flying fuck about your high school extracurriculars irl

Try to talking to other ppl

[jaunty umbra]

You chose violence today

[reef forge]

Bro i was just messing around bc i also applied to all 8 so it was j a troll 😭

[jaunty umbra]

8 is crazy 😭😭

But what can I say I applied to 7

[tall moat]

nah why u always crumble when a girl comes in 😭😭

[reef forge]

Ur not a girl?

Oh shit

Didnt see the pronouns

[tall moat]

💀

[tribal copper]

kvd you are a2c’s top villain 😭😭😭

[late zenith]

It’s not mine??

[reef forge]

I just vibe check

[late zenith]

I’m defending the dude

[reef forge]

Ok then stop glazing another mans ECs

[tribal copper]

😭😭😭😭

[reef forge]

Check the pfp 🙏😭

Tai lung not even a villain smh

Bro just misunderstood

[tall moat]

🤓🤓

[late zenith]

Fr

[reef forge]

Po had that plot armor ya feel

[tribal copper]

evil man

[late zenith]

What in the king fu panda is that

[reef forge]

Tai Lung

The goat

[reef forge]

Quick question

Why hawk be glazing you

Did u give him an internship

He glazes hella for connections and opportunities

[late zenith]

You wont ever know 😜

[late zenith]

That’s how finance works lol

😅

[reef forge]

Ill actually be going to a target school so yea i will

[reef forge]

Its all just nepo lmao

[late zenith]

Irrelevant to what I said

[late zenith]

It’s so free

[cedar salmon]

youre ngmi

[limpid marlin]

Guys has Harvard started giving out interviews?

[stable pecan]

Yea

[limpid marlin]

I haven't gotten one yet, is it still possible for me to get one?

[reef forge]

I already did

[reef forge]

Yes

But dont expect it

[autumn dock]

Guys I literally don't know anyone in the middle east who has gotten an interview from harvard yet, is this normal?

[reef forge]

In 2022, Harvard’s overall acceptance rate was 3.2%. The average admit rate was approximately 42% for donor-related applicants and 34% for legacies, the court document states.

[timber oriole]

thats lower than my body count

[tribal copper]

how is ur body count a percent

[random crow]

Tbf with legacies, they tend to be super prepared. Usually higher socioeconomic status with better connections and whatnot so that’s not terribly surprising in some ways

[timber oriole]

percent to number

3.2% -> 0.032

[tall moat]

ur body count is 0.032?

[timber oriole]

💀

[reef forge]

0.032 of a body = where my hug at

[slate quartz]

body count ☠️

[tribal copper]

💀💀

[fossil willow]

didnt know we had murderers in the chat

[errant phoenix]

not that body count

[tall moat]

care to explain? 🧐

[oblique falcon]

bro sliced up a human and then partook in intercourse with a piece of it

[tribal copper]

hi light

[fossil willow]

fuck i forgot im a murderer

[timber oriole]

LMFAOOO

💀

[errant phoenix]

not quite

[wary sparrow]

u love it when u get in but if you don't it feels like a stab on the chest

[fossil willow]

even after u get in imposter syndrome hits

[wary sparrow]

True

[late zenith]

She done did you wrong

[vague hemlock]

same ^ i applied to 3 different ivies so I'll open one, my mom will open one, and my brother the third one. time to get rejected x3

[wary sparrow]

this is a nightmare smrithi why would you do this to yourself

[vague hemlock]

why not!

my mom and i opened uiuc and uw-m together and it was fun

granted it was fun because i got into both but!!

i just think if i opened all 3 the pain would be worse

plus by ivy day I'll know all my other decisions

the only other decision i had on ivy day was Berkeley and i got in

[timber oriole]

no cap

[uncut canyon]

my friend got one

in dubai

[ashen carbon]

y'all

is it too late to submit my loci

[lofty depot]

it's never too late

but yeah it is pretty late

[frank arch]

Better late than neva 🗣️

[lofty depot]

God please gimme one ivy (i wanna know how it feels to be admitted)

[ashen carbon]

i'm so tired of the college process but it feels like i still have more to do

[vague hemlock]

real but one t12

[opal night]

Is t1️⃣5 not enough 😭

[ashen carbon]

is t30 not enough

t50

i havent even gotten into a t50

[vague hemlock]

girl i told you i love UCLA and would choose it over other t10s but berk is a little questionable for me😭

like im v honoured but idk😭😭

i would 100% choose usc over berk

but alas money

i need a t10 because they give the best financial aid

and i wanna go to my cheapest best option

rn cheapest option is purdue but second is berk so obv I'd choose berk

but that will def change depending on other acceptances

[opal night]

Ong

[opal night]

😭 I’ll take Berk then

[ashen carbon]

me too

[opal night]

Don’t be shy Berkeley drop us an acceptance (I have trashed on Berk for the last year and like ucla better)

[ashen carbon]

lmfaoo

i want to go so bad ngl

[opal night]

I want to but I don’t

[ashen carbon]

im sure i can find a not terrible major to not die in

[opal night]

I like how close it is to home but mcb at Berkeley is awful from what I’ve heard

[opal night]

Undeclared?

[ashen carbon]

nah

applied meche

[opal night]

Ohh

[ashen carbon]

but id consider trying to transfer into letters and science and doing math

that'd be really hard but easier than like

transferring straight up

eh idk

[opal night]

Valid valid

[ashen carbon]

i was considering nuclear engineering too

bc i want to work on fusion

but i realized i am not built for that application

[opal night]

My friend is in it

[ashen carbon]

how's it seem?

that's super cool

[opal night]

The grade deflation is bad but nuclear is a lot easier to get into

[ashen carbon]

fuck

[opal night]

Rough he really is into it though so he’s doing ok

[ashen carbon]

well i kind of applied knowing i wouldn't get in

[opal night]

You never know

[ashen carbon]

which is why i applied meche in the first place and not math

[opal night]

I see

[ashen carbon]

yeah its such a cool major

i might consider it if i get into umich (they do not want me)

how r u ruby

[opal night]

Yes it def is

[opal night]

Umich will def want you this dumb asf girl got into from my school

[opal night]

Honestly anxiety is bad rn

But I’m ok

Hru

[ashen carbon]

three dumb asf people got in from my fuckass school

im really mad

but also like corruption's gotta corruption

[ashen carbon]

dang im sorry

[ashen carbon]

im freaking out a bit but i have to remember that there's like nothing i can do lmao

also broadly ok

[opal night]

Dang

[opal night]

Understandable I feel you

[opal night]

Real asf it’s ok karma will get them

[opal night]

It’s ok we deal

[ashen carbon]

i mean idk if this is totally true but questionable sources told me mich will accept people who they think don't have another option

but who am i to pretend like fucking MICH would yield protect me lmao

[opal night]

Me asf 😭 I also don’t have school for the next week so I’m trying to figure out wtf to do

[ashen carbon]

absolutely we got this

[ashen carbon]

so real

[opal night]

Oh interesting I honestly have no idea I dropped mich when I saw the 80k price tag and Midwest

[ashen carbon]

college process has deleted my real life

[opal night]

Lolll

[ashen carbon]

damn that's really fair

[opal night]

I’m probably going to just spam jobs and scholarships idk

[opal night]

Basketball is over so I’m like 😅

[ashen carbon]

haha

[opal night]

Yeah I’m not going oos to mich when I have ca

[ashen carbon]

i had my last swim meet last week

and impulsively i joined boys' volleyball

[ashen carbon]

that's super fair

im kinda regretting not applying to stony brook for math

[opal night]

Dangg swim is winter for y’all ?

[ashen carbon]

i went for bing instead but i didnt realize stony brook is legitimately amazing

[ashen carbon]

yeah

[opal night]

W as you should

[ashen carbon]

we got seventh place in our conference of eight

[opal night]

Yeah I’ve only heard positive things about stony but bing is great

[ashen carbon]

and the eighth school was a boys' school with no swim team

[opal night]

Dang ours is spring

[opal night]

Us too dw

[ashen carbon]

i love my school's athletics bc we are so bad

but we are loud as fuck

[ashen carbon]

that makes more sense

i swam a meet in a pool with a door open in january

almost froze to death

also it was saltwater fuck saltwater

[opal night]

Us asf

We are an arts focused school though so

[opal night]

What 😭 that’s insane

[opal night]

That’s why we have spring swim 😭

[opal night]

Saltwater pool???

[ashen carbon]

arts schools are so cool but so many of them seem really depressed

i do my school's litmag and it's just all of the sad gays

my only real artistic thing

[opal night]

Ours is super woke and yeah we have a lot of mental health issues but idt it’s more than the avg high school but just more awareness towards it

[ashen carbon]

thats really fair

[opal night]

Hey we are publishing our first edition of our litmag

I did the whole thing bro

So much work

[ashen carbon]

damn nice!

[ashen carbon]

holy shit

ours has like a team of six

art director + managing editor + 3 eics + so many readers

[ashen carbon]

i can imagine wow

[opal night]

Crazy

That’s really cool

Hopefully we can build up to that

[opal night]

Yeah my cw teacher helped though which was nice

[ashen carbon]

its funny though i have zero clue how the art happens every year

bc all the meetings are just us reading poetry and sometimes prose

[opal night]

😭 art classes?

[vague hemlock]

BUT YOU WANT UCLA

[vague hemlock]

What's MCB?

[vague hemlock]

🫂

[opal night]

Berk will be better health wise

[opal night]

Molecular and cellular biology

[vague hemlock]

damn really?? i didn't know that

if i get into UCLA you can take my Berk spot 🤞

[lofty depot]

is 1 t1000 enough?

[grizzled dragon]

Oxford has a world ranking of 1

so please take a break 🫠

[lofty depot]

i mean if someone was willing to pay all that money for me i would

[fickle rune]

So ivy day is 100% confirmed?

[vague hemlock]

yes

[soft valley]

are they still sending out interview invites?

[lofty depot]

what if my harvard loci was never submitted correctly and all the effort went in vain?

[lofty depot]

for harvard? yes

[soft valley]

ouuu oki thanks

[lofty depot]

i can't even preview anything

[fickle rune]

Any other t20 schools that have their decision days confirmed?

[vague hemlock]

girl 😭 😭 😭

[vague hemlock]

berkeley is also on ivy day

mit is most probably pi day (3/14)

stanford and duke are 99% immediate next day after ivy day

[fickle rune]

!ivyday

[frigid gate]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
1 month, 11 days and 10 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[bitter path]

Did u get urs yet??

[lofty depot]

um-

iirc rd harvard interviews start around mid feb and go on till mid march here in india

so still time i hope

[fickle rune]

What about ucla?

[lofty depot]

(looked over last year convos of indian admits on this server)

[vague hemlock]

last year it came on march 17 but there's no confirmed date

[bitter path]

U definitely got more time!! Dw about it and keep ur fingers crossed 🫶

[lofty depot]

aww! thanks @bitter path 💗

[wary sparrow]

it's not harover until ivy day

[frank arch]

no interview as an intl = its so harover

my friend got in rea and she got an intv

🙏

[vague hemlock]

my friend got an interview and didn't get in

it's one of the most selective schools in the country, interview or not it's extremely tough

[stable pecan]

Of course

[lofty depot]

[soft valley]

real😭

[keen robin]

what country are you from?

[opal night]

I live like 30 mins from Berkeley so it’s like better practically but I like ucla more

[opal night]

Ofc

[vague hemlock]

OHHHH YOU MEANT THAT HEALTH

i thought you meant like health as a major idk why 😭

[opal night]

Yeah sadly

[opal night]

Nah idt Berkeley has public health

[vague hemlock]

does berkeley have animal sciences or anything related to vetenirary?

[opal night]

Nope 😭

They have two bio majors

Integrative bio which is basically just bio

And molecular and cellular bio which is more of a specialization

But not really

[vague hemlock]

ahhhh

[opal night]

They have env science and marine bio and other life sciences though

[vague hemlock]

do you like molecular and cellular bio enough to sacrifice animal sciences for it though

doesn't davis have a good animal sciences program

[lofty depot]

smrithi i need help

please if u see me texting anything on this server from tom just ask me to leave

[opal night]

Yeah bc majority of the schools I applied to don’t have animal sciences and I can be prevet without taking animal sciences

[opal night]

Yeah I’m not a huge fan of the area though

[vague hemlock]

😭 okay

[vague hemlock]

oh why so?

[opal night]

I think the only other UC that has animal sciences is ucsb