Harvard University (2023-2024)

[orchid mason]

The club app competition

😭

[zinc helm]

majoring in econ?

[opal night]

Is it that competitive

[opal night]

I feel like this exists everywhere though at top schools 😭

[rancid mural]

i used to be ehh on pton and brown but now i rlly wanna go (behind stanford ofc)

[undone briar]

you know what school scared me

princeton 😭

[zinc helm]

caltech

[orchid mason]

I don't know exactly ofc since yknow I'm not at Yale but people definitely complain about it way more about Yale

[opal night]

I could def see you at pton but I don’t get the brown vibes

[orchid mason]

Probably double majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Economics tbh

[opal night]

I see reels from insta about berk clubs, Columbia clubs, Cornell clubs, and Penn clubs 😭 so idk

[opal night]

WWW

[rancid mural]

tbh ur not the first to say this

ppl are always surprised when i say stanfords my first choice

[orchid mason]

Princeton actually has my major so they're cool for that

[opal night]

I have a vision of brown students and yk I don’t see you as it 😭

[orchid mason]

But other than that

[opal night]

Nah this makes sense

[orchid mason]

Princeton is just kinda y’know, there

[opal night]

Oats if you got in everywhere where would you go ranking respectively

[rancid mural]

well ur the first to tell me about the brown thing lol but ur like the 2nd-3rd person to tell me i give princeton vibes

[orchid mason]

Full tier list 🔥

[opal night]

Ohh ok

[opal night]

You had this ready 😭

[zinc helm]

caltech at c🤝

[orchid mason]

I made this a week ago smh

[opal night]

W ucla

[rancid mural]

yeah they always think yale or princeton

[opal night]

How do you make it

[orchid mason]

I withdrew my app from them 💀

[orchid mason]

Tiermaker

[zinc helm]

lmao

why

[rancid mural]

do i seem like devi 💀

[orchid mason]

There are a few tier lists on tiernaker for colleges

[opal night]

Dart Econ is really good too right

[zinc helm]

couldnt just wait it out?

[opal night]

I don’t see Yale either

[orchid mason]

Their essays were scary

[rancid mural]

alr dartmouth actually fumbled me

[opal night]

Ok w

[undone briar]

idk i kinda feel selfish

[orchid mason]

Also Their mascot unironically scared me off

[rancid mural]

i almost ed

[opal night]

Why

[opal night]

Yes but less competitive and insane

[undone briar]

i need to really get like attached to columbia or something bc i really want harvard and i feel bad bc i mean i’ve been blessed with a likely letter

like idk

[orchid mason]

Tbf most ivies are cracked for Econ

[zinc helm]

mit mascot in a different font

[opal night]

Will be eding dart if I have to defer next year 🔥 prob won’t anymore but still

[rancid mural]

i fs had a devi personality growth arc

[opal night]

You should research!

[zinc helm]

why I never applied

same with princeton

[opal night]

I feel like you’d be a Cornell guy

[orchid mason]

No.

[rancid mural]

i used to be so inmature and annoying soph year 💀

[opal night]

WWW she’s so awesome in season 4

[undone briar]

yeah definitely

but then like also

[opal night]

I need to watch season 4 again before college

I will be bawling my eyes out

[undone briar]

i gots to keep manifesting and praying for what i really want fr

[rancid mural]

or psycho

[undone briar]

and worry about reality later 😂

[orchid mason]

Cornell is actually quite nice now that I look at the place more but honestly I'd rather go to a UC over Cornell

[undone briar]

well

[opal night]

Ofc!!! But researching can really help you get into a school

[rancid mural]

coby transfer to stanford ong

[orchid mason]

Maybe at the same level

[opal night]

You can get the vibe super well

[undone briar]

bu and usc withdrawn 😞

[opal night]

You’re not psycho 🤯 I didnt know

[undone briar]

tbh i don’t want to do that whole process

doing the app process over is crazy

[opal night]

Really

[undone briar]

also i’m not in love with stanford anymore tbh

like i’m over stanford REAL BAD

[opal night]

Me either

My Stanford arc was just infatuation

It wasn’t true love

[orchid mason]

I do not like Ithaca

[zinc helm]

how dare you

[orchid mason]

[undone briar]

IF WE REALLY WANT TO LIKE delve into it

[rancid mural]

yk i had an arc where i was like "fuck stanford" but now stanford is all i want

[zinc helm]

stanford>>>>

[opal night]

My one and only is Penn 😍 the love of my life since junior year on and off

[undone briar]

i never wanted to tell people that i wanted to go to harvard bc that’s so cliche

[opal night]

Valid as a Californian I approve

[undone briar]

so stanford was like next, then i attached myself to it

[opal night]

Palo Alto is peak suburbia

[reef forge]

I want stanford

I hate California tho

[rancid mural]

i really would prefer not to go to the east coast

[zinc helm]

real

[opal night]

💀

[reef forge]

Ig ill have to cope if i get in

[orchid mason]

I ain't ever forgiving Penn for ghosting me smh smh

[opal night]

I want to go to the east coast but I’d probably only go for a school better than ucs

[zinc helm]

I love cooler climates-hoping mit takes me

[undone briar]

then i debated on applying rea harvard but then i heard about strong legacy and athlete preference

[opal night]

Wdym ghosting you

[undone briar]

so i decided not to

[opal night]

You should have!!!

[reef forge]

Me since 2021 ❤️

[opal night]

Penn is the love of my life fr

[orchid mason]

On QB Match day they just silently moved my app over to RD without ever notifying me

[undone briar]

i shouldn’t have, i needed the stanford rejection to get my application in its best state

[orchid mason]

Even Stanford had the courtesy to send an email

[undone briar]

it had to happen this way

[reef forge]

The only college merch i own that i have not (yet) gotten into

[orchid mason]

They just left me hanging for a month 💀

[rancid mural]

i feel like your counselor is at fault for your rejection

[orchid mason]

Also my Penn interviewer seemed

😭

[opal night]

I don’t own merch but yk it was love at first sight

[opal night]

Oh wait that’s so valid

[orchid mason]

I feel like he was struggling to say good things about Penn

[opal night]

Rude asf

[opal night]

Omg I loved my Penn interviewer

[reef forge]

Im ngl penn kinda toxic tho 😭

[opal night]

We really vibed

[rancid mural]

Coby's counselor submitted the transcript of every kid at his school as his school profile

[orchid mason]

It might be because I applied M&T lmao I got an M&T interviewer

[opal night]

It’s worth it for Penn 😍 Penn vet and Penn med

[undone briar]

possibly, but i was missing a key ec for my “spike” which i later got, my essays weren’t as good, and i just didn’t craft my application as best as i could so

[reef forge]

Idt you can fault the kid for that

[reef forge]

You were penn brown and yale right

[opal night]

Mine was a venture capitalist company owner and scheduled me via his assistant

[orchid mason]

Crazy

[rancid mural]

Your app was good beforehand

[zinc helm]

one of my best friends got into M&T uppen

[undone briar]

thank you, i just think it’s so much better now

[opal night]

Lowkey Yale dream died when they didn’t give me an interview and brown just seems cool but idt im quirky enough for them to accept me

[reef forge]

If u end up taking a gap can you defer your enrollment at UCs for a year?

[orchid mason]

My Penn interviewer was a CFO and bro basically just got THE BAG out of college

[opal night]

He was so cool though!! Very chill

[rancid mural]

Yea talya a life changer fr

[orchid mason]

But for his college experience at Penn itself

🗿

[opal night]

Yup I have medical reasons

[orchid mason]

Bro was like

[undone briar]

SUCH A BLESSING

[orchid mason]

...

[reef forge]

Gotcha

[opal night]

If you’re just deferring for funzies you can’t at ucs

[undone briar]

i had to thank her after the likely

[opal night]

Dang my Harv guy was like this

[noble lion]

you already got columbia? i thought you were just manifesting

[rancid mural]

likely

[orchid mason]

Most of my interviewers made me more excited about the school

[rancid mural]

manifesting harvard

[undone briar]

no i got columbia likely, i was manifesting for harvard

[orchid mason]

My Penn and Northwestern interviewers did not

💀

[opal night]

Me w Harv and Duke

[noble lion]

ohhh. damn, likely is a dream

[undone briar]

i know it’s crazy

[reef forge]

[undone briar]

especially with as rocky my experience has been

and just my background and where i come from

[rancid mural]

im glad its working out

[undone briar]

me too me too, bc at the end of the day

[opal night]

I’m chill though if ucla drops Friday and I get in my fate is sealed minus Ivy day 😎

[undone briar]

no matter what i’m ivy league bound

and did i get it with a 30 act??

[reef forge]

Is ucla right behind the ivies?

[undone briar]

yes yes i did!!

[orchid mason]

I'm hoping I get into UCLA on god

I love the place so much

And they actually have my major LMAO

[zinc helm]

did u submit?

[opal night]

March fifteenth or 22nd we dk

[opal night]

Me too

[undone briar]

i did! my regional average is 17-19 so i decided to

[opal night]

That’s the one UC I love

[opal night]

WWW

[reef forge]

I meant in terms of schools what would you realistically choose over UCLA

[zinc helm]

nice

[orchid mason]

UC Irvine is technically better for engineering but they a buncha bozos (for me 😔) anyway so UCLA ON TOP

[reef forge]

Bro just go to MIT 😭😭

[opal night]

Penn, dart, brown, and Yale (but I’m getting rejected so only those 3) maybe Berk

[zinc helm]

same, submitted 1480 cause regions average was 1050

[undone briar]

AS YOU SHOULD

[orchid mason]

I applied to UCSC with Physics, UCSB for MechEng, UCR for Environmental Eng, and UC Davis for Civ Eng

Only half of the UCs have my major

[undone briar]

i think test opt is becoming test preferred for most places so

[orchid mason]

😭

[reef forge]

Berk is not it imo but the other 4 are W. Are you fullpay at ivies?

[orchid mason]

(Civ Eng)

[undone briar]

i took the suggestion from people in the a2c reddit

[reef forge]

1480 is around like a 34

[opal night]

Bro picked every eng option

[reef forge]

So id submit that everywhere

[undone briar]

yeah still drastically better than mine

[rancid mural]

did you submit your test score?

[undone briar]

but my humanities scores were > stem

[zinc helm]

yeah for my test it was 99th percentile

[reef forge]

Youre best by far at your school

[opal night]

Berk is very close to home which is why I’d consider and idk our income changed drastically so I’ll have to see

[undone briar]

yep! based off regional averages i decided to, only for harvard, yale, and columbia bc they let me change

[reef forge]

Oh ok gotcha. Other than ucb/ucla whats ur 3rd choice uc

[rancid mural]

i went test opt and i feel like that screwed me for harvard 😭😭

[undone briar]

i changed mid january to testing

[orchid mason]

I'm thankful I did well on the SAT ong I didn't have to strategize around SAT scores

[undone briar]

i disagree

[zinc helm]

gpa can carry

[undone briar]

harvard is like the one ivy who isn’t heavy on it yk

[meager granite]

yep totally true

haha

[undone briar]

they’re still test opt until 2030

[rancid mural]

ion got that

[rancid mural]

oh actually?

[opal night]

UCI rn bc honors 😭

[meager granite]

you'd have to check whether there's profs in the areas of econ you're interested in though

[opal night]

Earlier it was ucsb but yk

[undone briar]

i believe so

[meager granite]

econ fields are quite specific

[reef forge]

W

[meager granite]

@orchid mason

[rancid mural]

columbia is permanently test optional

[reef forge]

im a uci campus hater tho icl

[meager granite]

I did a minor in econ at mit

[reef forge]

😭😭

[orchid mason]

I'm mainly interested in Development Economics tbh

[meager granite]

ok then MIT should be amazing

[orchid mason]

I know it's amazing

[zinc helm]

really? after that mit study i thought every top college would move to test required

[meager granite]

is this your main academic interest? so going to mit to do an econ major might be a bit strange by itself (there are very very few econ majors)

[opal night]

The benefits are too much to pass up idt I’d vibe w Irvine though but you never know

[meager granite]

but if you have another interest in any STEM area then it can be a perfect fit

[orchid mason]

We were reading some articles from the MIT Nobel Prize winners in our AP econ class today

[meager granite]

I was an econ major for a while, happy to chat via dm as well about my experience

[orchid mason]

They got it for their work in Development Economics

[reef forge]

Fair enough but youre alr cooking far more than when u thought u wouldnt get in anywhere

[orchid mason]

Its super cool

[meager granite]

finished all major requirements except for 2 classes

[undone briar]

not harvard, which is why i’m hoping they won’t grill me for my 30 and really really consider my context 😭 by far my weakest part of my app

[orchid mason]

Nope, I plan to dual major with Civil and Environmental Engineering

[meager granite]

partly didn't do it bc i had two other majors also though i could have done the two and replaced one of my other majors with econ

haha

[meager granite]

ah yeah

this is another amazing and small department!

[orchid mason]

For Civ & Env Eng and Economics specifically I think it's a great combo

[opal night]

Fr I’m already very happy uci is an amazing option! + honors

[meager granite]

know a really great guy there (he's a double with math and we did some teaching work together)

[orchid mason]

Meanwhile the EECS department:

[opal night]

Bio program is goated

[meager granite]

LOL

I hated my time there

[reef forge]

Also i wouldnt rule out rutgers just yet 👀 i rmr u got a great package from them and honors right?

[opal night]

And if I decide I’m set on vet before May Davis ‘28

[reef forge]

Is davis that good for vet?

[opal night]

I did yeah it’s like 22k a year but the issue is the distance and idt my parents will be fans of me going to Rutgers when I got into ucs w health

[opal night]

Davis has the number one vet school in the nation and close to number one animal sciences program

And they have a med school too

So I can double major in bio and animal sciences very easily

[reef forge]

Is there like a bsmd thing for vet school

[opal night]

The only other UC w animal sciences is sb

[opal night]

There’s early admission to vet school but I don’t think they have a bs/dvm (or if anyone does it’s really rare) because there are such few vet schools in general

Vets are making bank nowadays too

I saw a listing for a vet surgeon job and it was for 400/500k in my area

[reef forge]

Nice

Ugh its only march 8

[opal night]

Ikr

It’s insane

I feel so free

[reef forge]

At least i have spring break now!!

Then Q4 will be a straight grind for ib exams

And 17 fucking decisions in a 5-6 day span

Which will be mental

[opal night]

Lucky

[opal night]

Ew ew ew

[opal night]

About to be me that last week of March 💀

[reef forge]

Im hoping and hoping i salvage something half decent

From my decisions

[tribal copper]

would it be bad to pick yale over harvard 😭😭😭

[reef forge]

EAs are a long forgotten memory atp

[opal night]

No one has actually given me dates though other than sb and berk

[orchid mason]

Huck Farvard

[opal night]

No I’d pick Yale over Harv instantly

[orchid mason]

🔥

[opal night]

Aww why

[opal night]

You will don’t even fret

[reef forge]

Ofc im worrying abt getting into 1 RD and this king right here pulls up with harvard vs yale

🗣️

[opal night]

Should have applied to ucs fr

[reef forge]

👑

[tribal copper]

CHILL

[reef forge]

Def not

[tribal copper]

sorry @reef forge

[reef forge]

Im joking mate

I never take anything to heart

Most stuff i say here is either a troll or joke

[tribal copper]

im actually so conflicted tho

[zinc helm]

can i have whichever you dont pick?

[tribal copper]

yale seems like the better environment

[tribal copper]

i gotchu

[reef forge]

Ill fight you for it

[opal night]

Yeah that’s what I thought too

[tribal copper]

but HARVARD IS HARVARD

[orchid mason]

Yale people just seem way happier tbh

[tribal copper]

i think I have to wait until I check both out itl

[opal night]

Y’all I just tried to swallow medicine without water 💀 do not try it

[tribal copper]

irl**

[reef forge]

@tribal copper lowk get them to fly you out to both 😭😭

[tribal copper]

oh god

[opal night]

You can use #954425230896545792

[reef forge]

Like flight stipend

[orchid mason]

AND YOURE COMPARING IT WITH YALE

[reef forge]

Or smth

And visit

[tribal copper]

i’m local for harvard :)

[orchid mason]

It's like comparing gold to platinum

[reef forge]

Dubski

[tribal copper]

yale is paying for my drive

[orchid mason]

Or a sapphire to a ruby

[tribal copper]

and richmond booked me 2 flights

[opal night]

Are you still considering it

[tribal copper]

ngl now

NO

because harvard gives great asf aid

[opal night]

Valid 😭

[tribal copper]

and i wouldn’t have to worry about money

yale gives good aid too

[orchid mason]

Did you get your finaid package already?

[reef forge]

@tribal copper obviously im not you but from your messages it seems like you like yale better as a school and i think youd vibe better there but tbh i dont know you well enough simply through discord

[zinc helm]

in a case of harvard and yale pick the one with the most aid imo

[tribal copper]

no, i’m just going off estimates😭

[opal night]

^

[tribal copper]

honestly i can negotiate for both

esp w 2 likelys

[opal night]

Aid matters a ton too though

[tribal copper]

❤️❤️

what i’m thinking too

[reef forge]

Dont try to price match please bro

[orchid mason]

Yale and Harvard are fighting over you ong

[tribal copper]

harvard seems rlly competitive 😭

[tribal copper]

wait why

[reef forge]

That j pisses them off

[tribal copper]

oh fr😭

[opal night]

Yale is too

[tribal copper]

ty for telling me

[opal night]

It works sometimes

[tribal copper]

true

[reef forge]

Better strategy is to demonstrate need

[opal night]

A2cers have been successful w price matching

[reef forge]

Like asking for a travel stipend

[orchid mason]

Yeah don't approach it transactionally

Approach it by demonstrating why you need more aid

[reef forge]

I feel like thats more for t20 vs non

Like you can flex ur t20 acceptances to local publics

[tribal copper]

based off pure estimated rn (no actual packages yet) yale is around 20k/yr and harvard is around 11k/yr

[opal night]

No I’m pretty sure Harv luck talked about Penn vs Harv aid

[orchid mason]

Damn nice

[reef forge]

I dont think harvard would care about other acceptances bc theyre #1

[opal night]

And price matching

[reef forge]

In their mind

[tribal copper]

my parents told me they’d cover up to 30k/yr

[opal night]

No it’s like

[reef forge]

But maybe im trippin ion know

[tribal copper]

but at the same time

[orchid mason]

In their mind lmfao

[tribal copper]

i wanna save money for them

[orchid mason]

MIT On top fr fr fr

[opal night]

You ask “yo yale offered me more money can you offer me more too? I really want to go to your school and the money is stopping me”

[reef forge]

Yes because Stanford is the best

[tribal copper]

LMFAOO

[reef forge]

You def dont wanna do this tho 😭😭

[tribal copper]

would that be bad to say?

[zinc helm]

thats what im talking about 🔥

[reef forge]

Nah u not a real one get that name out yo bio

[zinc helm]

lmao

[reef forge]

Smh

[orchid mason]

I mean it's not like you have anything to lose

[opal night]

People have done it before and it works

[opal night]

Yeah exactly

The worst they’ll say is no

[orchid mason]

It's not like they're gonna rescind you for asking for more money lol

Just ask

[reef forge]

Id try the demonstrated need way first

Then if that doesnt work

[opal night]

Demonstrating need is probably better but if you don’t have genuine need then yk

[reef forge]

Pull out the acceptances

[opal night]

Yup

[reef forge]

Bros def getting more RDs

[tribal copper]

someone on reddit said something like “I really like x school but it’d hard to convince my parents when I have better offers from y school. Would it be possible to reduce …”

[reef forge]

So load everything up in the arsenal

Shablam them with it all

I got into yadadadafadada

[tribal copper]

exactly

[reef forge]

So gimme moneyz

[tribal copper]

why wouldn’t I just ask?

[reef forge]

🤑

[tribal copper]

that’s fucked up😭😭

[zinc helm]

hes lowkey right tho

[tribal copper]

yea lowk we don’t have genuine need

[reef forge]

W youtube channel 🔥🔥

Start uploading again

[tribal copper]

my parents are willing to cover more than the estimated prices for yale/harvard

[tribal copper]

decisions vid coming out next bb :)

[zinc helm]

bro knows ball

[reef forge]

Rahhhh i will like it on 10 accts

Mine will not be posted to the public

[zinc helm]

those roblox one piece games were always so complex bro

[reef forge]

My ass is not going 0-8 then posting it to the internet

[undone briar]

ANSWER MY DMS!!!

[tribal copper]

tell me this house wasnt fire

fuck

why is the link not sending

[reef forge]

I forgot what other ivies do u have

[tribal copper]

princeton and cornell

[reef forge]

Oh yea

[tribal copper]

i dont think i’m getting princeton

[tribal copper]

OKAY

[reef forge]

Id pick harv yale over pton/cornell either way

Pton seems a lot more depressing

Grade deflation

[zinc helm]

fr

[reef forge]

Toxic environment

Etc

Especially after qwon howerys video

My 🐐 luck is going tho

[zinc helm]

im trying to get into top phd program. That grade deflation would go crazy

[reef forge]

He is gonna change the culture

🗣️🗣️

[reef forge]

Oh thats why u like harv sm

MEGA GRADE INFLATION

RAHHHH

[zinc helm]

ay chilll

aaaaaahhhhhh

[reef forge]

Stanford as well

[zinc helm]

its because my grandma wants me to go badly

[reef forge]

They got 4.2s over there

😭

[zinc helm]

stanford is my one true love

[reef forge]

Bros grandma is cooking 🔥🔥

Also when did uci become harvard chat

Tf is this

[zinc helm]

lol youre a funny guy @reef forge . reminds me of my friends

[tribal copper]

exactly

i heard its bad for premed too

if i’m also being honest i applied to princeton bc i had an extra common app slot and they give really good aid

I think i’d go there for free if i somehow get in

tbh i dont think i’d pick anywhere other than harvard or yale

[opal night]

Valid

[tribal copper]

most the other places i applied were because I was trying to get good aid/merit 😭😭

i like them

but i dont love them more than H/Y

like washu/emory/nyu

yk

[zinc helm]

question

[opal night]

Might as well withdraw atp then

[tribal copper]

i feel like i spent so many hours writing their apps/supps that I at least want to wait and see yk?

[zinc helm]

i was being slow and I didnt know what the css was and didnt submit that, working on it rn lmao and I submitted fafsa like late march(chill on me this admisions thing is confusing)

can i still be considered for aid?

[tribal copper]

also i haven’t received any aid packages yet so I don’t want to burn any bridges too early

[zinc helm]

probably wont get it on decision dya

day

[tribal copper]

i think so?

[zinc helm]

but for this year can I?

[opal night]

Yeah true but if you’re not planning on going to a college

[tribal copper]

your packages might be delayed

[zinc helm]

kk

[tribal copper]

i see what you’re saying

[opal night]

I meant atp it probably doesn’t matter I guess but withdrawing is always nice out of courtesy

[tribal copper]

would it be wrong to wait for the decision and then withdraw?😭

[opal night]

I was going to withdraw my uw and ucsc but it’s prob too late 💀 they come out last minute

[reef forge]

Dont withdraw

[opal night]

The argument is you’re taking away a spot for someone but ultimately it’s your choice

[tribal copper]

ik thats how i feel

[reef forge]

Imo that argument makes no sense

They dont have a set defined number of spots

[opal night]

I just don’t see the point in keeping your app in if you don’t want to go to x school

[reef forge]

It only makes sense for internationals

From smaller countries

[tribal copper]

well all the schools on my list i was considering when I applied

[opal night]

Ultimately your choice

[opal night]

Sure but if you’re not going to go there at all might as well bump someone off the wl asap

[reef forge]

Also not how that works

[opal night]

Wl are rolling

My friend got off the ucsb wl less than a week after it released

[reef forge]

Ehh imo you paid the app fee and took the time to write essays

Might as well wait for your decision

[opal night]

Sure but why does it matter if you have no intention of going

It doesn’t

If you were still considering it/were on the fence then yeah it makes sense

Anyways it’s march so there’s prob little point in withdrawing rn

[reef forge]

I never thought id consider gtown after ut admittance but i completely changed my mind

Ppl can change their mind over time

What if he wants a different experience

Opting for a school like washu

Could be the move

[opal night]

That’s still considering a school

[opal night]

^

For example

[tribal copper]

washu was actually my top choice before 😭😭

[opal night]

I withdrew from cmc bc wth was I thinking applying 😭

[zinc helm]

imagine what past you would think.

rn

[reef forge]

I am not withdrawing anywhere until I narrow it down to my top 3

[opal night]

I would withdraw from uw but it starts rolling out Monday so

[tribal copper]

i wouldn’t believe it

[reef forge]

Withdraw is final

And i dont wanna do that

[opal night]

There’s some things you know are final

[tribal copper]

i don’t think i’m withdrawing until i receive aid packages

i feel like since i haven’t gotten any aid packages yet i don’t wanna burn my bridges rn

[reef forge]

utd is still on the table for me 😭😭 im the most undecisive dude of all time

[tribal copper]

because you never know?

[opal night]

There’s no point of me keeping my uw app in when it’s 60k and the most I can get from a scholarship is like twelve k which is rare + uci and Davis are better for bio

[opal night]

😭 bro cannot make up his mind

But yeah I’m not declining my safeties rn

[tribal copper]

wait you already got ur aid package from uw?

[opal night]

No but they give L aid if you’re oos

[tribal copper]

i think i’m gonna withdraw from umass boston and umass amherst

[zinc helm]

wish I could time skip to march 28 6:59pm

[reef forge]

Fullride and abroad stipend and housing stipend?

[wicked kettle]

i gotta pray to john harvard that the AOs conveniently dont give a shit about interviews once they get to my app

[opal night]

Hey I got into UMass Amherst

[tribal copper]

that’s actually so fire

[opal night]

Ok I didn’t know that

[tribal copper]

W ruby

[opal night]

That’s valid

[reef forge]

Ig im just greedy knowing full well i cant afford umich but submitting my loci after deferral

[opal night]

It was my top choice for a month when I only had two options 😭

[tribal copper]

LMFAOO where is it now?

like your rankings*

[opal night]

I mean loans exist

[reef forge]

Bro cwru and tulane gotta be dumb asf

[zinc helm]

umich was my top choice junior year. i just kept reaching higher and higher each month

[opal night]

4th out of 4 😭

[reef forge]

They def yielded you or sum

[opal night]

Tulane accepted them iirc

[reef forge]

😭

[zinc helm]

(I cant spell)

[reef forge]

Bhp is better than ross imo

And far cheaper

Im just greedy

[tribal copper]

cwru and umiami**

[reef forge]

And i have a sliver of hope

[tribal copper]

tulane realized they were wrong

[reef forge]

That ill get fafsa

[opal night]

Nah it’s different bc you want the option of having ross

[reef forge]

Fafsa please

[opal night]

Whether you’d go is different

[tribal copper]

and tulane gave me their max merit scholarship 💀💀

[opal night]

But you still consider it

[reef forge]

Yea fair

[opal night]

My friend got nearly a full ride from Tulane

[tribal copper]

i’m withdrawing from tulane

[tribal copper]

jesus

[reef forge]

Petty and i love it

[opal night]

It was all merit too

[tribal copper]

they didn’t want me at first…

[opal night]

Idk how much exactly though

[tribal copper]

WHAT

damnnn

ok nvm

TULANE DID NOT GIVE ME THE MAX MERIT

i heard tulane is like a crapshoot rd

like 1% rd acceptance rate😭😭

i wrote a 3 sentence loci

[reef forge]

Lmfao

[opal night]

Yeah it’s crazy

[opal night]

Yeah they take like no one off wl

Like 3 people or something

[reef forge]

Ruby whens ur next decision

[tribal copper]

i was like thank you for still considering my application to tulane. my grades are good. i started this new ec. thanks again!

[opal night]

Honestly idk

I think uw next week?

After that no clue

If ucla decides to be nice and accept me next week then next Friday

[tribal copper]

kvd i liked this reply

shit got me laughing so bad

😭😭😭😭😭😭

[zinc helm]

loll

[opal night]

Kvd is hilarious

[tribal copper]

do yall think the harvard name carries more prestige than yale? just asking 👀

[reef forge]

Is ucla usually 3/17

Or mid friday in march

[zinc helm]

yes

matters less in professional sector

but in public sector yes

[reef forge]

In the traditional sense i think more people know harvard than yale but in the recruiting and professional sense both are equal and rn harvards name is lowk being dragged through the mud so idk….

[tribal copper]

I see what you mean

[opal night]

Mid March I think

[late zenith]

yes duh

harv is harv

[tribal copper]

yeah harvard isn’t doing the best rn😭😭

[opal night]

But it’ll either be 3/fifteen or 3/22

[reef forge]

Ah ok

[zinc helm]

stanford is up rn💯 mostly because of the AI boom

[reef forge]

Stanford 3/29??

[undone briar]

i would assume, usually a day after ivy day

[zinc helm]

I wonder why they do that

[tribal copper]

wanna be different sooo bad

[zinc helm]

an extra day i have to wait:(

[opal night]

F Stanford!

[reef forge]

F California!

Down with the west coast

[zinc helm]

real

[reef forge]

stanford and duke usually day after so they get their own shine

And arent outshined by ivyday

[orchid mason]

March 28 and 29 are going to be fucking hilarious

[reef forge]

Fellow stanford lover/california hater!!

[reef forge]

For you

Not for us 😭😭

[zinc helm]

literally

[opal night]

Nah ca on top

[opal night]

Berkeley wants to be outshined apparently

[zinc helm]

Berkeley thinks theyre part of the team😭

[reef forge]

They just wanna fit in

[opal night]

“New ivy”

[opal night]

They’re always going to be on the outside

[reef forge]

Ts made me laugh

Reminds me of the ‘new school’

Mfs wanted me to apply 😭

[opal night]

They’re not cool someone needs to tell them that

[zinc helm]

uchicago could fr be a new ivy considering theyre on the east-ish and if they changed the name to rockefeller university

[reef forge]

Rutgers was finna be one

[late zenith]

i mean theyre alr ivy+

[opal night]

LOL

[late zenith]

we give free public education

[opal night]

No bc they actually do

[late zenith]

we could have been one

rutgers is always ivy in my heart

[reef forge]

Ok bro

[zinc helm]

ik the rutgers students start fuming whenever they hear that😭

[reef forge]

“Its the thought that counts” lookin ahh

😭😭

[opal night]

You’re such an interesting person hawk

I can’t get over how you’re basing your college choice as the deciding factor for your career in two entirely different fields

[reef forge]

It makes sense

[late zenith]

i mean if rutgers was private and ivy id be fucked rn

i would have preferred if we were like cornell

how they are a land grant uni

at least we diverse

we dont admit rich white men

[zinc helm]

rip funding

[late zenith]

http://timeline.rutgers.edu/#event-vote-to-merge-with-princeton-fails

bro we almost merged with princeton

one vote

omg

[opal night]

No

[late zenith]

money talks

[opal night]

Passion does too

[reef forge]

Finance is a lot tougher from a non target whereas premed is possible everywhere

[late zenith]

what if my passion is making money

[zinc helm]

rs

[reef forge]

Getting money is juh who i am

[late zenith]

i live to surprass my parents

my pride will not be complacent

until that happens

[opal night]

@tribal copper my friend got 60k/year and is still in the running for full ride scholly for Tulane

[reef forge]

Maybe start by spelling surpass right

[late zenith]

irrelevant

[reef forge]

Cry

[late zenith]

its true tho

[opal night]

still

[opal night]

Find a nice target school

[opal night]

That’s sad

[late zenith]

i didnt apply any targets

its quite literally t20 or bust

[zinc helm]

same

[reef forge]

same

[opal night]

Buddy 💀

Y’all are insane

[late zenith]

im bsfr

[opal night]

I did like

[zinc helm]

we're locked in

[late zenith]

no targets

why would i waste money on a target school

[reef forge]

No target strat alr worked

[opal night]

6 targets

[late zenith]

when ru is comparatively the same education

[opal night]

Bc you could go to one…

[reef forge]

I aint wasting time writing essays for a mid school

My safety better

[opal night]

💀

[late zenith]

fr

[reef forge]

Cheaper

[late zenith]

exactky

[zinc helm]

deadass

[opal night]

I’m sorry y’all I’m picking my target over my safety 💀

[late zenith]

nah my parents get it high ass expectations

[late zenith]

what if u get ucla/uc berk

[opal night]

So ?

[late zenith]

so to me its not sad its jus constant motivation

[opal night]

Yeah I’m picking ucla/berk over UC Davis idk shout uci though

[late zenith]

u dont wanna see your generation surpass?

[reef forge]

Ruby why would i spend money and time on another mid ass school when i could just go to utd for free or a&m for really cheap

[late zenith]

id pick ucla over tufts ngl

[opal night]

What happens when that motivation is gone

[late zenith]

tufts is not worth 80k a year

[zinc helm]

all I see in hawk is a dude whose trying to get some bread fr. realest on here

[reef forge]

The closest thing to a ‘target’ i had is ut austin

[opal night]

No that’s valid for you I get that + you got UT early

[opal night]

My parents will prob make me too

Not that I have a shot at tufts anyways

[late zenith]

motivation is unsustainable and bullshit

[opal night]

Plus realistically if tufts doesn’t give any money ucla is the better pick

[opal night]

What happens after you surpass

[late zenith]

fr im jus tryna get by

[late zenith]

then ig id be content

[reef forge]

Human greed takes over

[opal night]

For how long

[reef forge]

You will never be content

[late zenith]

i feel like you asked this

but yeah

id want more

[opal night]

Contentness never last

[late zenith]

and more

[reef forge]

You think bezos or musk are content!

[opal night]

Of?

[late zenith]

money and influence

[reef forge]

Old ass men with hundreds of billions still on the grind

[late zenith]

grind doesnt stop

no days off

[reef forge]

Waste of your life tbh

The happiest and most content ppl i know arent wealthy

[opal night]

Ok but money won’t bring happiness

[reef forge]

The wealthy are often depressed

And overworked

[late zenith]

ik so ill settle down

[opal night]

Yup

[opal night]

And do what

[late zenith]

i jus want enough money to live a lavish life + provide generational wealth

and have a family

[opal night]

And then what

[late zenith]

and then chill

idk what else

[zinc helm]

thats calm

[late zenith]

prob go to saudi

[opal night]

Sounds boring

[late zenith]

and retire

[reef forge]

A luh sum slight

[opal night]

Y’all are wired differently

[late zenith]

i mean what do u wanna do

research

in a lab

[reef forge]

Ruby the thing is

I have no passions

I have no interests

I want bread

[opal night]

No

Hell no

[late zenith]

yeah

is that too much to ask for

[opal night]

I hate research

[late zenith]

lmao

[reef forge]

Some ppl wanna be doctors

[opal night]

This is not true

[reef forge]

Some wanna be engineers

[opal night]

You just haven’t found them

[reef forge]

I just wanna fucking make bank

🗣️🗣️

[opal night]

So money is your passion

[late zenith]

my passion is to make bank and marry a hot ass women

[opal night]

And then what???

What’s the end goal

[reef forge]

Not money but wealth

[reef forge]

Wealth

[late zenith]

true

[opal night]

Ok my bad

[zinc helm]

me personally i want to become the first african/african-american to win fields medal(nobel prize in maths). Still want to make bank tho(for my fam)

[late zenith]

wealth is different from money

[opal night]

I meant w your life

[late zenith]

?

isnt it obvious

[opal night]

See this is the kind of thing I’m asking

[reef forge]

I dont want a family

[opal night]

I MEANT LIFE

Not wide

[late zenith]

sad man

[opal night]

Wife

[opal night]

Nah I don’t either

I want dogs and cats

[reef forge]

Have fun being slave to your kids for 22 years

Ima live my own life for myself

[late zenith]

i wont ever see them so idk how ill be a slave

[late zenith]

bro thought he cooked here

[reef forge]

Bro thinks his wife is doing allat

Keep dreaming buddy

[zinc helm]

bro thinks hes miles morales

[late zenith]

idk why yo talking when u dont want a wife

[reef forge]

Never said i dont want one

[late zenith]

true i concede

my point stands

[reef forge]

Where is bro finding this wife thats gonna take care of his kids and leave him with no responsibilities

[late zenith]

ego would be killed if im not the breadwinner

[reef forge]

Nice dreaming buddy

💀💀

[reef forge]

Its 2024 bro everyone working

[late zenith]

i never said the last part

[reef forge]

Equal responsibilities

You gonna be working for them kids

Cleaning after them

Tending to them

Allat

[late zenith]

No?

i never directly said that

[zinc helm]

ngl they way things are going with AI, none of us might have jobs comming 2028💀

[reef forge]

💀

[late zenith]

cs majors summed up

[reef forge]

This chat is cooked 🙏🙏

Time to go practice dcf modeling

[zinc helm]

lol

[scarlet iron]

😭

[late zenith]

aight

[tribal copper]

60k/yr is CRAZY

[opal night]

Yeah hoping she gets the full ride

[tribal copper]

fr fr i hope she gets it

[lofty depot]

took me an hour to scroll back to this lmao but anyway

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

biggest W on A2C FR 🤧

very well deserved :))

[frank arch]

Damn

W

[lofty depot]

i had a sudden realization guys

likely letters>>>>>>>>>>>>>love letters

[uncut canyon]

yall dont understand how mad i am i applied ed to jhu i shouldve REA'd to harvard

[noble lion]

does REA give any advantage?

i don't think so

[uncut canyon]

no but i want my rejection earlier

[spiral wing]

How does it work

[lament olive]

Not getting an interview doesn't mean they didn't like your application, and many people get in without interviews

Harvard interviews based on availability and based on whether they think they need more information on you

[soft valley]

not for intls though

[lament olive]

Ur chilling u were deferred yale

That means ur app is strong

[soft valley]

i hope so but like i havent received a harvard interview

[lofty depot]

yale deferral>>>>>>harvard interview

[soft valley]

real real

[vague hemlock]

yeah those are goated for bio. did you apply rd or-?

[violet prawn]

Do miracles happen

[vague hemlock]

yes

[scarlet iron]

Pray to Jesus

[violet prawn]

I’m praying alright

I just want one

Just one

Doesn’t even have to be Harvard

[scarlet iron]

U got 4As alr man

Chillax for a bit

[violet prawn]

All safeties

[noble lion]

!harvard

[lofty depot]

!ivyday

[frigid gate]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
19 days, 6 hours and 40 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[lofty depot]

here u go

[scarlet iron]

Less than 3 weeks

Still no interbiew

[spring cave]

!ivyday

[frigid gate]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
19 days, 6 hours and 37 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[tribal copper]

thank you ms luck <3

[tribal copper]

yes I did RD for most of my schools :)

and I didn't do any ED

[vague hemlock]

W tbh

manifesting those for you!

[tribal copper]

lowkey I hope they reject me 😭

I dont wanna take spots from anyone

aww my interviewer

[lofty depot]

made me cry fr

nice people exist ig

[toxic mason]

harvard bound 💪

[tribal copper]

when he said I often wonder whether my interview essays are even considered I felt sad 😭

aww

hes like 80 years old

great man

[toxic mason]

that's nice

[lofty depot]

bro noo 😭

[lofty depot]

love how this kinda links back to your common app essay

[tribal copper]

LMFAO FR

i think the convo between him was pretty natural because I was so used to talking to the elderly

[lofty depot]

aww that's so nice 🤧

i cry when i look at old ppl idky lol

or at least get emotional

[grizzled dragon]

That’s an actual thing iirc

like there’s a study that explains why this happens to some

[timber oriole]

AW HES SO NICE

😭

[vague hemlock]

amazing!!

[vague hemlock]

you'd take harvard/yale over washu/tufts?

[reef forge]

Who wouldnt

[lofty depot]

great question smrithi

[vague hemlock]

tbf

if one's closer

and you like the vibe more

and you get better aid (although i dont think anything can top hypsm)

i wouldn't see why not

esp because washu is like a very goated pre med school

[lofty depot]

right

i see a point

maybe

[vague hemlock]

not all of us are prestige whores be fr 😭

[noble yoke]

I feel like 80% are

[vague hemlock]

it depends i'd say

[lofty depot]

so there's a 20%?

[vague hemlock]

like choosing a t10 over a t50 even if its a bit more expensive makes sense

but choosing a t20 over a t10 when its significantly cheaper and you like it more is uh interesting

[meager brook]

Prestige has its own drawbacks imo, way harder to get any opportunity through the school and it’s really hard to stand out in any Ivy

Could just be me coping that I’m never getting into one tho

[noble yoke]

I agree

But it’s also expose you to connections

Way beyond a state school

[meager brook]

Yeah, it really comes down to whether that justifies the price

[noble yoke]

Ya I agree

[vague hemlock]

yeah

[vague hemlock]

plus adding onto this, i'd rather be near the top of my grade at like a t20 then be a nobody at an ivy

[tribal copper]

100%

i also don't think washu/tufts would offer better aid than harvard/yale

[tribal copper]

that's actually really valid

and i've been thinking about that

[lofty depot]

smart

[tribal copper]

I was hearing how harvard has like EC applications?? like u can get rejected from an extracurricular 💀

[lofty depot]

very

[tribal copper]

that shit is kinda turning me off..

[meager brook]

WHAT LOL

[tribal copper]

and I heard of this girl who was pre-med and got rejected from all her EC apps

im like WTF??

[lofty depot]

yeah heard that's another rough process

[tribal copper]

yale has a skateboarding club tho I think B)

[late zenith]

Aren’t those club apps?

[meager brook]

Nah that’s actually crazy

They don’t make it easier after you get in fr

[lofty depot]

rumor has it that getting into harvard is easier than its clubs lmao

[vague hemlock]

yeah thats very valid

[pallid rivet]

That’s a pain in the ass with Penn more applications for selective clubs

[jolly lichen]

some clubs have application processes, yeah (but this is the case at a lot of schools)

[tribal copper]

NO WAY

[late zenith]

Dg nepo you in

[vague hemlock]

yeah i heard club apps at ivies are harder to get into than the actual ivy 😭

[errant phoenix]

clubs r all abt who you know

[pallid rivet]

That’s why private schools have another advantage with their massive alumni network at schools

[vague hemlock]

[pallid rivet]

I’m gonna be at the world bank in 2 years

Watch me

[meager brook]

What is the average Harvard club acceptance rate 💀

[late zenith]

Nah the most hardest thing is this consulting or student run fund that has 10% ar

[tribal copper]

that's true, yale has something similar too

[late zenith]

BN -> WB

Says who

[lofty depot]

yeah i mean it's true tho

[jolly lichen]

only some of the like preprofessional-y clubs. most of them don't have applications or have completion "comps" (a "comp" is the process of joining a club)

[pallid rivet]

Me 💪

[lofty depot]

i didn't say every club

[pallid rivet]

Fdi

[late zenith]

Leverage BN now

[tribal copper]

also why I was considering richmond was because 1. full ride, 2. less competition, 3. easier access to ecs

[lofty depot]

The crimson is p easy

is what ik

[late zenith]

Omg I forgot you had that

[pallid rivet]

@tribal copper sneak into one of the Yale secret societies

[errant phoenix]

harvard has a ski team wrf

[meager brook]

The less competition the better

[pallid rivet]

We are from states that never see snow

[vague hemlock]

full ride is not something you should pass up ngl

[pallid rivet]

We ain’t joining that

[lofty depot]

yes please!!!

[errant phoenix]

do u wanna go to med school

[errant phoenix]

i ski every break

[lofty depot]

always been in my bucket list

[pallid rivet]

😭ah he’ll nah

[vague hemlock]

yeah but the pre professional ones are those that help you for internships later and grad school right

[lofty depot]

fun thing is im not getting yale tho

[vague hemlock]

where?? down in dfw? 💀

[pallid rivet]

In Cancun with Ted Cruz

[errant phoenix]

colorado 😭 or utah

[tribal copper]

i wrote about that in my essay 😭

[tribal copper]

🤫

[tribal copper]

it is a hard choice fr

but harvard gives great aid

I wouldn't have to take out loans or anything

[lofty depot]

Ooo i did it but it got me nowhere

[pallid rivet]

The one time I went to Colorado to ski this winter break I got sick and ended up doing the rest of my applications

[vague hemlock]

i know an instagram author who wrote a book about grave robbing at yale and got rejected 💀

[errant phoenix]

LMFAO real shit

[tribal copper]

i'm conflicted

[late zenith]

He’s only gotta pay 20k/year iirc at Yale

[vague hemlock]

oh interesting!

[tribal copper]

i'm considering MD or MD/PhD rn

or maybe just PhD

[cerulean flax]

Ngl you should go to Harvard (unbiased)

[vague hemlock]

20k/y = 80k across 4 years which is a LOT esp if you're doing med school

[tribal copper]

idk 😭

[late zenith]

Go Harvard 100%

[tribal copper]

i like medicine

and I like research