Harvard University (2023-2024)

[late zenith]

Bro is a research demon

[pallid rivet]

John Harvard

[errant phoenix]

richmond full ride would get u places

[late zenith]

Md phd wild af

[meager brook]

Harvard is probably research heaven

[tribal copper]

but I wanna check out if i'm really interested in research or not

[pallid rivet]

That’s too much research

🥱

[tribal copper]

I lowkey just looked at bees under a microscope at my old lab

[late zenith]

I mean fwiw it’s yale and opens door to many places

[tribal copper]

but it was so cool

[late zenith]

Fr id kms

[tribal copper]

true

harvard is around 11k/yr

[late zenith]

My sister wants to do that too

[tribal copper]

yale is around 20k/yr

[late zenith]

damn

[tribal copper]

(all estimates from NPC btw)

[vague hemlock]

definitely but different people have different priorities

[tribal copper]

not confirmed

[pallid rivet]

Yaleover

[late zenith]

Harv looking hard to pass up

[tribal copper]

and richmond is full ride

[vague hemlock]

when do you get the packages?

[tribal copper]

but my parents said they're able to cover up to 30k/yr

[lofty depot]

harvard it is

[meager brook]

An md/phd wouldn’t be cheap either 💀

[tribal copper]

yale should've sent mine already 💀

[vague hemlock]

[tribal copper]

i heard other likelys getting theirs

[cerulean flax]

9k per year is 36k which is a lot of pizza

[lofty depot]

please choose harvard

[errant phoenix]

is a 529 calculated in financial aid purposes

[vague hemlock]

then you should be able to make a choice without thinking too much about the financial part

[pallid rivet]

@cerulean flax honestly if your end goal is med school Richmond is pretty good

[tribal copper]

exactly

[pallid rivet]

Cuz there’s like barely any fin aid for Med

[tribal copper]

rn im going for school fit

[cerulean flax]

Not me lmao

[late zenith]

Phd is paid

For free

It’s covered

[vague hemlock]

as you should!

[late zenith]

Lowkey if u go hypsm u can break t10 med schools

[meager brook]

Wait that’s goated

[vague hemlock]

im ngl you feel too genuine and nice to thrive at harvard

[errant phoenix]

imma be so fr a top full ride program at richmond sets u up better than the grind at harvard

[tribal copper]

I think yale has the best fit for me rn (sorry not sorry) BUT I haven't checked out much for harvard

[late zenith]

For every school iirc

[tribal copper]

hmm why do you think so?

[pallid rivet]

Real

[late zenith]

Ye this

[errant phoenix]

because you’re automatically at the top 1% of your school

[tribal copper]

there is only like 20-25 richmond scholars / year

[errant phoenix]

if you go Richmond

[tribal copper]

you're right

[late zenith]

Exactly

Your proving Kirk point

[lofty depot]

maybe you're biased

[errant phoenix]

you skip past the competition

[cerulean flax]

Are you saying genuine people can’t thrive at Harvard😭

[tribal copper]

maybe I am biased

[tribal copper]

LMFAOOO

[pallid rivet]

Harvard for fake people 😤

[lofty depot]

yale's likely letter working on you fr

[tribal copper]

😭

[tribal copper]

FR

[lofty depot]

now i get why colleges send these letters lmao

[vague hemlock]

yes (/j)

[tribal copper]

but if I'm being honest I haven't done a shit ton of research for either school

my thought process was why fall in love with a school I might not get into

yes pls 🙏

[sacred orchid]

Thats so real, washu doesnt have a why washu question so i barely researched💀

[pallid rivet]

Get that Longhorns bag

[meager brook]

Me with all of my applications 😭

[vague hemlock]

not a likely letter but i fs wouldn't have even considered berkeley if i hadn't gotten in early. berkeley would've been my last decision and i probably would've mentally prepared myself for another school

[sacred orchid]

And now im researching and im falling in love with washu

[late zenith]

🙄🙄

[vague hemlock]

yeah i fell in love with uci because i didnt think i was uc berkeley material but then i got into berkeley and got waitlisted at uci 💀

"yet" ut goated tho

[late zenith]

How r u in state for berk when u live in India

[lofty depot]

damn see

[errant phoenix]

i meant potential full ride at UT vs an ivy. dont have the ivy yet

[meager brook]

Yet 👑

[late zenith]

Fr

[pallid rivet]

Same position as you with Uf

[late zenith]

Except u get paid 70k to go…

[vague hemlock]

bruh how yall bagging full rides

[tribal copper]

washu was my top before all these decisions 😭 it's a great place fr

[late zenith]

Need Rutgers to pull thru

[lofty depot]

damn and i fell in love with every school im not getting 💀

[pallid rivet]

I’m throwing that into an ETF

[vague hemlock]

my state school gives out like $2500 scholarships smh

[pallid rivet]

If I commit

[late zenith]

W

[tribal copper]

WHAT

[late zenith]

Bro gonna be a millionaire at 30

[tribal copper]

smart asf

[pallid rivet]

Florida pays very well

For being smart ig

[late zenith]

Bruh it’s so cheap

UF like 6k tuition

[tribal copper]

you are being paid?

to go

[pallid rivet]

Yes

[late zenith]

Yea

[tribal copper]

WHAT

DAMNN

[late zenith]

Hr pocketed all the scholly

[tribal copper]

DONT PASS THAT SHIT UP

WTFF

[late zenith]

1580 pull thru

[tribal copper]

GO

GO BRO

100000%

[late zenith]

And it’s a t35 too bro

[tribal copper]

GO

[pallid rivet]

I might for law school

To save

Money

[tribal copper]

DONT PASS THAT SHIT UP

[pallid rivet]

😭

[late zenith]

The thing is

[tribal copper]

even if you get HYP I wouldn't pass the money up

[pallid rivet]

Depends on my career

Lmao

[late zenith]

All BN delegates have been admitted into Yale from FL

in the past 5yr

And Yale ug->> law

[pallid rivet]

I only knew last 2 😭not 5

What the fuck

[late zenith]

Oh

[pallid rivet]

Yale where’s my damn pipe line

[late zenith]

But bro 70k is wild

Even if you start off late w career

Your money is exponentially growing

[pallid rivet]

True retire with my portfolio set

[meager brook]

Put everything in stocks and buy a house at 22

[pallid rivet]

First gen z person to acquire home ownership

[meager brook]

Real

Even better: buy the house and put it on Airbnb, pay the mortgage and throw the rest back into stocks. Repeat until you have like 20 properties then buy a mansion at 36, retire at 50 with a couple million in the bank to handle that midlife crisis

[pallid rivet]

Won’t do airbnbs not morally aligned

Don’t want to hurt neighborhood pricing

[meager brook]

Rent

[pallid rivet]

Yeah

I might rent but not air bnb

[errant phoenix]

morals

[cerulean flax]

being a landlord in general gets close to a moral line

[pallid rivet]

I’d set pretty low pricing

Like lower than mortgage rates

I probably wouldn’t rent tho

J stick to stocks

[meager brook]

I’d only throw it all in housing in case stocks crash

[pallid rivet]

. Secure investment but I’d own and live in the house

[meager brook]

Works too

Anything for the get rich quick scheme

[rancid mural]

what happened to Luck

[errant phoenix]

Wait sid whats the deal

[pallid rivet]

I just wanna be rich enough to retire my parents restore a ford gt and eat good food

[pallid rivet]

Wdym

[errant phoenix]

like whats the deal w uf

[pallid rivet]

Oh they’re gonna pay me a shit ton to go

So like it’s with you and UT

[meager brook]

Good stuff

[errant phoenix]

Wait dm

[tribal copper]

my interview tryna rizz me

oh no

time to ask my yale interviewer what we thinks

they can probably like fight 1 on 1 what yall think

"Incidentally, Yale doesn't enter into the picture."

he cold asf 💀 💀

[cerulean flax]

I like this guy

[tribal copper]

80 year olds dont play

hes so blunt and I love it

[pallid rivet]

Dawg attends every Yale Harvard game

I bet

[tribal copper]

all his emails are like

Chris

....

[fossil willow]

mine sent me an email after my acceptance too

[tribal copper]

wait did u reach out first?

[fossil willow]

no

[tribal copper]

damn so he/she was really tryna rizz you

i reached out first 😭

and i asked for some advice

[fossil willow]

interviewers can see ur acceptance on their portal

[cerulean flax]

My interviewer went through my school counseler

[tribal copper]

ohhh

[cerulean flax]

I never even got his email

💀

[tribal copper]

wait i wonder if they can see likelys too?

[cerulean flax]

Likely

[fossil willow]

no

only official

[vague hemlock]

LOLLLLLLL bro's doing god's work

[errant phoenix]

How dyk that

[fossil willow]

cus likelies are emails

not on the portal

official acceptance is on the portal which will then sync with interview portals

[errant phoenix]

I’m pretty sure a likely is on the portal

[fossil willow]

everyone here has said they got an email

[frigid herald]

Idk how it works for Harvard

But the Columbia one also showed up on my portal

[fossil willow]

ye ik

columbia's is on portal

[errant phoenix]

email that tells you there’s a status update right

[fossil willow]

i dont think so

im pretty sure the letter was just in the email

[rain pier]

Yeah it was in the email

[errant phoenix]

You got a harvard likely?

[lunar star]

For me, Columbia likely was just in email and Harvard likely was email saying status update in portal. The likely letter appear as soon as you log into portal

[errant phoenix]

You got onev

?

[lunar star]

Yea

For both Columbia and Harvard

[frigid herald]

I wanted that Harvard likely bad

[honest finch]

holy shit harv AND columbia likely

CONGRATS omg 🥹 🥹

[lunar star]

Thank you!!

[lunar star]

It might be rolling! I heard someone got one like 2 weeks ago, but I barely had my interview around that time and got the letter yesterday

[heady ruin]

when did the email come?

also congratsss

oh yesterday lol i didnt read the message above

[lunar star]

Columbia was Mar 7 (I think for most), Harvard Mar 8

[lunar star]

Thank you!!

[heady ruin]

ahh cool. was your email timed like at 5 or smtg exact?

[heady ruin]

ofc!! this is super cool

[lunar star]

It was 6:24 pm CST, 7:24 pm EST

[heady ruin]

oh lol thankss

[lunar star]

No problem!

[tall moat]

columbia is in portal as well!

[lunar star]

Ohhh, I haven’t had a chance to check Columbia portal yet. Thank you!!

[reef forge]

Do you get the video?

Or is that only march 28

[tall moat]

it gave me a video

but idk if it’s the one lol

[reef forge]

Ok

[undone briar]

ITS NOT THE VIDEO

but it is a video

@fossil willow

[fossil willow]

what

[undone briar]

i didn’t mean to click bait you yesterday

[fossil willow]

lolll its fine

i was so confused 😭

[undone briar]

i was under the impression that likelies hadn’t been sent at all

the coincidence is crazy

[fossil willow]

bruh i need my scholarship decisions alrdy

[undone briar]

what scholarships

[fossil willow]

equitable excellence (comes out early spring) and essential visionaries (march)

idk what they mean by early spring and i dont know what time in march 😭

[undone briar]

yess that’s cool

my gates scholarship interviewer was supposed to call by yesterday

[fossil willow]

i hope i dont win both 💀

[undone briar]

and it still hasn’t happened so

[undone briar]

why

[fossil willow]

i only need 3.5k money

[undone briar]

oh yeah

[fossil willow]

getting more is pointless

[undone briar]

well 3.5k x 4 right?

[fossil willow]

yes

both r renewable

one is 10k the other is 5k

5k one would be best

but 10k is also fine since it doesnt matter

[undone briar]

OHHH

they’re like 10k year

[fossil willow]

ye

[undone briar]

and 5k per year

okok

well you could use it for travel and technology

[fossil willow]

i cant 💀

[undone briar]

so either way i’m sure you’d make good use

[undone briar]

oh

[fossil willow]

harvard will take the rest 🔥

and just decrease my aid

[undone briar]

OH YEAH

i forgot

[undone briar]

is harvard paying for our transport to visitas

KEY WORD OUR!!

[fossil willow]

i did get a 5k amazon giftcard from someone which i used on technology and also some stuff that i could use both now and at college

like i got ipad and headphones

and i am saving 2k to buy other dorm supplies

in august

[fossil willow]

ye

[undone briar]

WHO GIFTED YOU A 5K GIFT CARD

HUH

[fossil willow]

my college consultant who also consulted me for free 💀💀

i havent paid him a cent

[undone briar]

how did you get so blessed

i’m ngl i was confused

[fossil willow]

literally

its crazy how stuff worked out

[undone briar]

i remember you saying you had a consultant

and i honestly did think

isn’t he low income

[fossil willow]

ya i am

[undone briar]

but that makes sense

blessings on blessings

[fossil willow]

i made a chanceme post in like august, he commented, i checked out his program, and he said he believed i deserve to go anywhere i want and said his team would help me for free

[undone briar]

WOW

if only

[buoyant carbon]

is this william the reader

or someone else

[fossil willow]

no

ppl always talk abt william the reader and idk who that is 💀💀

[noble yoke]

My gates interviewer emailed me

[undone briar]

my chanceme was met with someone who told me people are only gonna tell me i have a chance bc im black but i have no chance at t20s pretty much

[buoyant carbon]

look him up

[undone briar]

dang mbn

[fossil willow]

wanna know whats crazy

[noble yoke]

Ya but many haven’t been

Emailed

[fossil willow]

i got rejected from gates

[noble yoke]

did they extend the deadline?

[undone briar]

that is crazy

how

[fossil willow]

idk what gates criteria are

[noble yoke]

CRAZY

[fossil willow]

maybe its like coke

where u need lots of community service

[noble yoke]

did

U get

Semi

[fossil willow]

no

[noble yoke]

Or straight rejected

dang

[fossil willow]

straight rejected 😭

[noble yoke]

income

Maybe

under 65k

[undone briar]

i got rejected from coke

[noble yoke]

Normally

[fossil willow]

i am well under 65

[noble yoke]

DANG

[undone briar]

my friend who got into bu got rejected from both

[noble yoke]

THEN IDK

[undone briar]

but got semis for presidential

[fossil willow]

our total income that isnt even taxed is about 23k

[noble yoke]

tbh

idk

[undone briar]

he’s test score heavy though

gpa was ehh

[fossil willow]

yeah its crazy how dif the criteria can be

[undone briar]

he got a 35 act though 😭

[noble yoke]

ya

[fossil willow]

everyone was shocked when i got rejected gates 😭

but it didnt end up mattering

[noble yoke]

Ya

[fossil willow]

the running theory is that it is because of the schools i put down

[noble yoke]

did u do coke

Cooke*

Jack Kent cooke*

[frozen night]

did you get a finaid summary for hah varsity yet

[fossil willow]

my income is so low that i wouldve gotten full ride at any ivy

[undone briar]

yeah doesn’t matter at all tbh

[fossil willow]

so gates wasnt needed

[fossil willow]

ye

[noble yoke]

ACTUAKLY

gates still takes u

[undone briar]

same, it’s not as low as yours but around 55k

[noble yoke]

If u get a full ride

Since they pay for ur travel etc

[undone briar]

but i honestly thought that the gates could be used for student contribution tbh

[fossil willow]

yeah but i put down like, 15 t30s and 5 targets/safeties

[noble yoke]

It can

[noble yoke]

Wait

We put down colleges

[fossil willow]

so i think they assumed i'd be good either way

[noble yoke]

For gates?

[fossil willow]

im pretty sure

[noble yoke]

[fossil willow]

i remember doing it

[noble yoke]

i THJNK

I am losing a brain cell

I don’t remeber

Anything

[fossil willow]

the life of a senior

[undone briar]

gates yield protected you fr

[noble yoke]

Did u do Jack Kent cooke

[undone briar]

i didn’t 😭

[fossil willow]

i didnt do jack kent cooke but i dont remember why

[undone briar]

only big scholarships i did was gates and coke

got rejected by coke off rip

[fossil willow]

omg same

[undone briar]

oh and ron brown

for black students

[noble yoke]

Kinda scary

[undone briar]

they only accepted 250 semi finalists

[noble yoke]

how gates is now 50%

[undone briar]

i didn’t make the cuts

[noble yoke]

🦆

[undone briar]

i figured they would cut me with my test scores

[fossil willow]

i was gonna apply to ron brown then i forgot

[undone briar]

idk if they are as holistic

[fossil willow]

💀

[undone briar]

felt, i applied the day before

my portal was messing up

so one day i gave up and kinda forgot

[fossil willow]

at a certain point, my only options were t20s or URochester and at URochester i couldve gotten merit scholarship

so i kinda stopped applying to scholarships after that

except the smaller ones

like 5-10k

[undone briar]

up until 2 days ago

i had no clue

no security

[fossil willow]

i was so scared until december 14

[undone briar]

and was scared that i was gonna have to scramble with my safeties that i wasn’t drawn to

[fossil willow]

i got rejected from EVERY SINGLE FLY IN except urochester

[undone briar]

well i was scared for stanford

rightfully so apparently

[fossil willow]

did u rea stanford

[undone briar]

then that’s when the positive panic started

[fossil willow]

why not rea harvard

[undone briar]

bc i revamped my entire app

[undone briar]

tbh

harvard was always my dream school deep down

but bc here people would just think i’m being cliche and i knew they wouldtake me even less serious

i said stanford bc

it was somewhat more acceptable if that makes sense

like people here know stanford

but they don’t put it as high as harvard?? idk

[fossil willow]

i told people i applied to harvard and they didnt rlly have a bad reaction

they just wished me luck and asked when i'd know

[noble yoke]

Ya

[fossil willow]

i swear my counselors were more excited than me

[noble yoke]

I rambled

Revamp*

[undone briar]

i always kinda got the realistic talk

[noble yoke]

My common app

And supps after

Harvard defferal

[undone briar]

blessed once again 😭😭 my counselor ruined my school report

which another reason for the panic

also idek how i got columbia likely

[fossil willow]

im not religious but like 30 mins before my decision i was at a steakhouse stressing out and my mom said "just pray and it will happen" and i said "i dont know if god can get me into harvard"

crazy

[undone briar]

my act score (i get they compare to regional context but ) but i feel like likelies usually go to people with really good stats

or underrepresented backgrounds with good stats

[fossil willow]

whats ur gpa

[undone briar]

see you gotta have the faith

[undone briar]

4.32/4.0, i am rank 1/239

but yk the grade inflation argument and stuff

[fossil willow]

bro u have great stats 😭

[zinc helm]

My gpa is the only thing keeping me away from a likely 🙏

[frozen night]

bros valedictorian and said not great stats

goodbye

[undone briar]

i know but the great inflation argument also scared me yk

people are so quick

to say that

oh lemme go to the reddit comment

[fossil willow]

i had a 4.0 uw/4.38w and was 4/160

my school is incredibly easy 😭

[undone briar]

he thought he ate me up, i fear he did not

[frozen night]

wait what was your act

[undone briar]

30

which is still 95+ percentile

so i don’t understand his argument

[frosty hamlet]

"absolute weak point in your application" is very elite college admissions behavior

[frozen night]

ya idk why people think only a 36 is acceptable

[frosty hamlet]

talking abt a 30

[undone briar]

i submitted bc our regional average is 17-19

[fossil willow]

do urself a favor and NEVER post on r/collegeresults please thank you

they will hate you because of ur background

💀

[frozen night]

test optional has warped ppls perceptions of a “good score”

[zinc helm]

I wanna post to give hope for people with low gpa and god stats every where else lol😭

[undone briar]

that’s true but honestly idc, i plan on making a video, with test optional being uncertain it would have gave me good security to see someone with below average test scores submit and have good results

[fossil willow]

before i wondered why i couldnt find anyone like me on r/collegeresults, then i posted my own and found out why

[undone briar]

i searched and searched and searched

[undone briar]

true

[frozen night]

my weakest point are def my EC’s unfortunate

[fossil willow]

people become racist if they see a black person get into harvard, its actually crazy 😭

[undone briar]

it is

any t20 i fear

[late zenith]

ok mr usc

[zinc helm]

Ngl when I said my ecs on chanceme they called me out as fake and a liar till I had to send a published paper proof

[undone briar]

but i’m proud of myself

[late zenith]

same

[frozen night]

a fluke

[late zenith]

i mean if you say so

[zinc helm]

RIGHT

[late zenith]

🙄

[frozen night]

its funny you mention that bc my usc essays were the worst

[undone briar]

especially really turning the rough 2 weeks from dec 15- jan 1 to something positive

[frozen night]

nah they were actually funny so thats why i got in

[fossil willow]

there was a black girl on collegeresults who was valedictorian with a 35 ACT and crazy ecs and people WERE STILL RACIST?

dawg

like

calm urself

[undone briar]

i really learned how to write in 2 weeks

[late zenith]

do yk richael?

[zinc helm]

EVERY TIME I SAY I APPLIED PEOPLE SAY IM GUARANTEED BC IM BLACK

[undone briar]

LITERALLY INSANE

[zinc helm]

😭

[cerulean flax]

Chance me is a hellhole

[frozen night]

ghats crazy

[undone briar]

somebody basically told me don’t think you’re gonna get in just bc you’re black, they’re lying to you

[undone briar]

it is

desperate times

[frozen night]

lowkey wanna do a chanceme just to get roasted

[fossil willow]

people who yell that the percentage of admitted black students is higher when they realize its because less black people apply: 😱

[zinc helm]

Literally

It's kinda self selection

For black community at least

[late zenith]

do yk richael

anyone

[fossil willow]

less ppl applying = greater percentage of admits
more people applying = lower percentage of admits

[late zenith]

she was the most insane black person

[zinc helm]

We already barely apply but those who chose to apply to schools like Harvard are already pretty confident in their stats

[late zenith]

on a2c

[fossil willow]

idk how thats so hard for ppl

[late zenith]

got mit + 8 ivies

[undone briar]

where’s her thing

[late zenith]

iirc she doesnt have a college results post

but she has link i think

[frozen night]

all 8 ivies is crazy

[late zenith]

she committed yale

for cs iirc

[undone briar]

lowkey i love my application, if i could have gotten 2 more points on the act i wouldn’t have any regrets

[zinc helm]

Yale cs?

[late zenith]

yea idk if it was cs

but she was very cracked in a niche field

[frozen night]

I should have applied to more ivies but i got lazy

[undone briar]

my app is so cohesive, yall should see the before and after, from stanford rea to rd

that’s why when people ask me how i didn’t even get deferred, i kinda know why

[zinc helm]

My app is is so pleasing to the eye. Get proud when I look at it(except for gpa)

[fossil willow]

i still find it insane that i got in

idk if that will wear off until i'm actually on campus

or maybe it will worsen then 💀

[zinc helm]

Maybe in junior year

[fossil willow]

LOLL

[zinc helm]

Then comes back senior year

[undone briar]

it shouldn’t wear off

you got into harvard

like that’s a dream

[fossil willow]

goes from "i got into harvard" to "i'm graduating from harvard"

[undone briar]

if you apply rd i honestly think you would’ve gotten a likely

i think you would’ve gotten in early anyway

somehow everyone knew you were gonna get into harvard before decision day

[fossil willow]

even the infamously mean harvardian luck said i'd get in 💀

[zinc helm]

Harvard has a special spot just for me

[undone briar]

well i felt good when you said you think i will and kirk did

i take my wins

[fossil willow]

coby u will be one of the 1.2k people admitted in 19 days

[undone briar]

well actually kirk said you sound like a good fit for harvard

[undone briar]

i will

[frozen night]

I’d like to say the same except when they read my essays its a different story

[undone briar]

thank you

[zinc helm]

My countless hardships only become good when I had to write essays about em. I'm basically African Stephen hawking

[cerulean flax]

How so

[zinc helm]

Disabled AF and could barely walk(I'm also 4'11). But I'd say my stats are math olympiad level

[fossil willow]

did u write about being 4'11 😭

[zinc helm]

Nah we'll as a joke in roomate essay

Something about me doing alot of stretches throughout the day

[undone briar]

my roommate essay was such a joke but i feel like it was so transparent

[fossil willow]

my 3 roommate things were

i sleep late
i am shy
i like super smash bros and won my school tournament in 9th grade

[undone briar]

ngl the stanford roomate essay was the one thing i ate on

i feel like i did that good for harvard too

[cerulean flax]

Goated on the sticks?!

[fossil willow]

mayhaps

[undone briar]

i talked about

1 open communication and creating a home away from home for each other (1300 miles away from my home) etc

2 exchanging interests and my love for tennis and random dance breaks 😭 (i do that alone always) and i made a joke about not outdoing me and stuff

3 it’s too embarrassing to say

but i did write it more letter like ish

could help or hurt

[fossil willow]

WHAT WAS 3?

[undone briar]

i’ll dm you

actually idc

[fossil willow]

mine was a letter

[undone briar]

i talked about how i snore a lil bit

and how EMBARRASSING THAT IS 😭

but that i hope to make up for it in other ways

i wanted to make it conversational and show humility

so i threw something undesirable in there

[fossil willow]

my original roommate essay was about me knowing cpr, sleeping late, and smth else

my consultant said it felt too much like it was toward the ao and not a classmate

so i changed it

[cerulean flax]

I talked about my love for pizza and how it taught me compromise, Chinese chengyu and saying a lot in few words, and video games teaching me optimism

[viscid frost]

is this harvard or stanny?

[fossil willow]

i love this

[undone briar]

YOU ATE

[zinc helm]

More or less the same for both

[rancid mural]

W

[undone briar]

yes i also was slightly informal and used y’all

i wanted to make it really realistic

[rancid mural]

This is my gf's

Who got in early

Lil cringe but it worked

[viscid frost]

hey roomies gotta be the biggest sign of chatgpt i cant lie

[cerulean flax]

Is she committed

[rancid mural]

Damnn

[viscid frost]

i have hey roomies in mine and i am p sure i got it from chatgpt

[rancid mural]

Nah

[rancid mural]

Shes a youth poet laurete

[undone briar]

on this ateeeee

[rancid mural]

She hates gpt

[fossil willow]

mine was cringe 💀

[rancid mural]

Congrats on columbia likely btw

Thats awesome

[fossil willow]

also just realized i accidentally lied and put "last year" instead of "freshman year" 💀

[undone briar]

thank you 🫶🏾🫶🏾

[fossil willow]

we didnt have tournament last year 😔

[undone briar]

ok but you still ate

[zinc helm]

I don't think colleges are gonna look at essays like that because that's really unfair. Chatgpt was trained on real text after all. Unless the text is super general and not specific no need to worry

[fossil willow]

hey roomie is just a common phrase

[undone briar]

tbh i do think that this is one of my more unique supplements besides the topic we can’t say and one i talked about college decision reactions princeton and how it influenced me to achieve my goals

i tried to make my unspiky activities still play a major role yk

[tall moat]

SAME

[undone briar]

like show some benefit since i’m obviously not a recruited athlete

[tall moat]

i used my 8th EC for that one

[rancid mural]

Bro cooked

[cerulean flax]

Bruh mine has so much less personality compared to you guys it was just a 123 list😭

[fossil willow]

still got in

also i feel the same 💀

yalls r so much better

[undone briar]

tbh your app probably all correlated, probably the biggest green flag (yale podcast)

[zinc helm]

My unique ec one doesn't match my interview 😭(I could barely talk in my interview)

[frozen night]

the HOWDY

[rancid mural]

Like spiked??

[undone briar]

the pentagon???

[zinc helm]

Hopefully my interviewer is the most generous person in human history. Stuttered for like 2 mins

[zinc helm]

Yup

[undone briar]

not necessarily spiking but like you seem like the same person thought out all parts of the app, essays, interview, recommendation

[rancid mural]

Lol I def didnt do that and it worked out for me ig

[tall moat]

STAHPP LMAOO

[zinc helm]

The Pentagon stuff was so cool. They took me into a classified room all the way down in the basement floor.

[undone briar]

where do you go?? also i’m sure you’re cracked and yeah tbh nothing works for everyone

[zinc helm]

Can't say more

[rancid mural]

I got into dartmouth ed but i'm gonna try to get out of it

Their financial aid is horrible

[zinc helm]

Even entering the Pentagon was scary. Armed guard with angry looking dogs smelling tf outa you

[undone briar]

all i can do is pray my app is a walking green flag

[tall moat]

i think you’ll get into harvard and i don’t say that lightly

[undone briar]

what other apps do you have

[rancid mural]

Plus after seeing peers w my similar profile get into better schools im kind of reconsidering

[zinc helm]

Thanks mate

[rancid mural]

Honestly a shit ton

but a program I do, Morgan Stanley Jumpstart

Is a feeder to Wharton

I've heard

So hopefully that is true

[undone briar]

no like what other applications do you have out

[tall moat]

alr but realistically which schools r better 😭

[rancid mural]

Lol I do morgan stanely jumpstart

So everyones getting into like

dope places

[undone briar]

and is also realistically is that why you’re planning on dropping out of the ed?

😭😭

[rancid mural]

Like higher ranked than Dart

[rancid mural]

Nah i just dont wanna pay full tution for an okayish econ program

Im happy going there if I dont get in anywhere esle but my other acceptances besides dartmouth

Are pretty revealing

Imo

Of my capability

I guess

Idk Im lowkey pissed taking the finance route bc poli sci is killing it this year

[tall moat]

😋

[rancid mural]

What kind of stuff do u do?

[zinc helm]

I didn't know wether to be specific with the maths terminology for more authenticity or general so aos understand:

[tall moat]

i feel like social entrepreneurship isn’t doing so hot

[zinc helm]

Just been looking back at my sups

[rancid mural]

Bc i got a likely already along w scholarships I fw

So Im p happy

[undone briar]

@fossil willow can i ask you for some advice in dms

[fossil willow]

ye

[rancid mural]

Why do u say that

[undone briar]

likely from where?

[rancid mural]

Columbia

Lmaooo

[zinc helm]

Damn alot of Columbia likelies in here

[rancid mural]

Yeah I joined this because I got it

Discords weird ngl

Some of the ppl are intense but yall are chill

[tall moat]

tbh the intense ppl r on Reddit

but there’s SM cracked ppl here

[rancid mural]

Lowkey ppl get banned for crazy reasons

Bc the mods

[zinc helm]

One of my best friends goes to Thomas Jefferson hs. You'd think all those kids are robots or something. This guy is goofy asf😭. Craziest guy I've ever met, and I've been to baltimore

[rancid mural]

Wow thats cool

Whats thomas jefferson hs

[zinc helm]

#1 stem HS in US

[rancid mural]

W

[zinc helm]

#6 HS in total I think

[rancid mural]

Wow

[cerulean flax]

What’s the #1

[tall moat]

My hs was number one a few years ago teehee

[rancid mural]

Prob a prep school

[rancid mural]

I think I know

[tall moat]

yes LOL but delete soon

[rancid mural]

Aight

[cerulean flax]

[rancid mural]

Lmao

I just knew bc of ur supplement ab SC

[tall moat]

OH LMAOO

i forgot i put my city in there i love doxxing myself

[rancid mural]

Just lie ngl

On discord I mean

I sound bad for that

But its so unserious

[tall moat]

nah bc like what r they gonna do

[rancid mural]

If you lie here ab dumb shit it does not matter

Its funny

Like the girl yesterday who was capping I added her

Cracked anyway and fucking around

[tall moat]

yes she’s a goat at polisci

[rancid mural]

I found out who she was real quick

She still got columbia likely n everything it was a bet with some guy

Named Harry Potter??

Idk

[late zenith]

bro had a theme

[rancid mural]

Yk her??

[tall moat]

wait nvm

[late zenith]

Is it??

idt so

[tall moat]

nah nah

[late zenith]

those r two independent things

also ms jumpstart is mainly for urm

[tall moat]

but I’m on natstaff

[rancid mural]

Its obviously independent but its a feeder like

[late zenith]

i applied and got WL

[rancid mural]

Lol couldnt be me

[late zenith]

my income is like

way too high

and im orm

sooo

its aight

[rancid mural]

Lmao they dont care ab ur income theres some rich kids in my cohort

[late zenith]

i talked to 2023 alumni and they said no

[rancid mural]

Oh shit W

[undone briar]

i tried to get in my bag after stan

[late zenith]

worked out

[undone briar]

@rancid mural also you said you didn’t have a coherent thing but you literally

are in a j.p. morgan thing

[rancid mural]

My app is overall scattered

[tall moat]

everyone here is actually goated 😭😭

[rancid mural]

Im finance spike but

[rancid mural]

Ok hold up I wanna know what u know

Ab matcha

Nat staff...

So ur cracked is what ur saying

[undone briar]

yet i don’t have any astronomical ec

[undone briar]

they are

like insanely cracked

[zinc helm]

Getting in both Harvard and Stanford would be cool. Ik I'm not getting MIT bc I fucked up hard on sups. I'm gonna have a week and a half of being down about my MIT app till ivy day.

[rancid mural]

Idt mit cares ab essays a lot

Theyre hella stats

[undone briar]

see me

ngl i just want harvard

[zinc helm]

They fucked me up by only allowing like 3 ecs

[rancid mural]

Tbh its not that nice

The campus is mid

[undone briar]

everyone can have everything else

yeah yeah whatever

[tall moat]

for living in the middle of nowhere, ur ECs are astronomical

[late zenith]

u can apply for that too

[undone briar]

from what i research i love it

[rancid mural]

Add me back

[undone briar]

that seems crazy though like crazyselective

[undone briar]

thank you thank you

[undone briar]

you can put arkansas it’s cool

such an insane state

no one is gonna come here

YEAH GLO

do yall know who glorilla is

off topic

[late zenith]

it rlly isnt they take 160/1600ish

[zinc helm]

Ngl my ecs would have sucked if it wasn't for 1 mentor I met. Right place right time. Turned out they had huge roles in science world and were quite famous. I'm so grateful bro

[late zenith]

also its more catered for urm

and li

[undone briar]

ohh okok

[undone briar]

well hopefully i’m gonna have my recognition moment on march 28th

also i’m really trying to seek summer opportunities

but idk what to do

[zinc helm]

Same. I want to get in a math olympiad/Putnam summer camp

[late zenith]

r u stem?

[zinc helm]

I wanna be the first black person the also be a Putnam fellow

Gotta study hard starting summer

[late zenith]

putnam is crazy hard

some quants firms

have putnam problems at interviews

[zinc helm]

Yeah😭

I believe tho 🙏

Never give up

[late zenith]

no matter how trite and cliche that sounds yeah

you remind me of richael

[undone briar]

no poli sci

advocacy bag

education reform bag

[late zenith]

oh nice

[undone briar]

poli sci x education intersection

hopefully it eats

[late zenith]

ig u could do internships w ur local rep

or smth

[undone briar]

well i’m interning on rep campaign rn

[late zenith]

join hsda or hsra

[undone briar]

he won the primary but now runoff primary april 2nd

[late zenith]

i see

[undone briar]

what’s that

[late zenith]

its what all cracked poli sci kids have

d = dem
r= rep

[undone briar]

ohh

i am kinda actually in the works of starting a local young dems

hopefully it goes through

but i like cold emailed every firm in my area

but maybe with a good university attached with name recognition they will say yes this time 😏😏

[late zenith]

hmm check w hsda

there prob is an ak chap

or ask hsxd

[late zenith]

cook

[undone briar]

@covert orbit

OOPS

[undone briar]

@tall moat

[tall moat]

AYE

[tall moat]

it’s very inactive

u could very easily restart it, i can give u the slack link

[tall moat]

start with ur state party

[undone briar]

alr sounds good

after the firms then i did candidates for rep

[late zenith]

NJ...

[undone briar]

apparently i might’ve made a bad decision ofwithdrawing from a few schools

but tbh i wasn’t really interested in them

[tribal copper]

why apply bruh😭😭😭😭😭😭

[undone briar]

i was interested but i mean i wasn’t interested over columbia

and tbh it was more of based off proximity and trying to find a few schools outside of the t20 but also not safeties

[undone briar]

sorry mr harvard and yale likely

[tribal copper]

ok valid valid

[tribal copper]

CHILL

[tribal copper]

valid

i thought u didnt like them at all

[undone briar]

nah nah

i should’ve specified

[vague hemlock]

omg that's wonderful

[sweet ivy]

r they rly ompetitve with stats tho like does isef finalist for example give u a good chance

[empty vector]

nah u gotta win

[sweet ivy]

win isef? dam

[empty vector]

win something

not the whole thing necessarily

but like a grand award

[sweet ivy]

finalist is winning smth tho

[empty vector]

not enough

i am speaking from experience (or rather, will be after a couple of weeks...)

[sweet ivy]

ohhh congrats!

wait

what?

ohh i think i see what u mean

[empty vector]

i was just a finalist

and i don't think it's enough

[sweet ivy]

how many does ur region send

[empty vector]

a lot but it's very competitive

[sweet ivy]

omg

wait

i remember dming u

i see

[empty vector]

yeah i just dont think its enough

[sweet ivy]

yeahh still good tho

my fair is on monday

[empty vector]

oh nicee gl

[sweet ivy]

idk if ill amke ti but if i do i'll be so happy

theyre selecting 4 ppl

[empty vector]

oh nice

[sweet ivy]

what was ur category?

[empty vector]

take a guess

lol

[sweet ivy]

oh and tips? mainly for pres

[sweet ivy]

lol robo? embedded sys?

[empty vector]

don't be too rehearsed and also stress the independence of your research

[empty vector]

physics/astronomy

[sweet ivy]

hmm independence?

[empty vector]

(look at my pfp)

[sweet ivy]

ohhh

[sweet ivy]

lolol

did u prepare for presenting

[empty vector]

yes assuming you had a mentor/advisor, if not then that's great and very impressive

[empty vector]

not formally, just in my mind

[sweet ivy]

i didnt but i think my project has potnetial idk about myself

[empty vector]

practice runs on the car ride

to my dad

[sweet ivy]

at least for regional

[sweet ivy]

cool

[sweet ivy]

i spent my summer looking like at at least 50 papers a day bc i wanted a good topic

idk how it is tho

[empty vector]

wow

[sweet ivy]

my project

[empty vector]

tbh a lot of it is luck too

[sweet ivy]

well like skimming im making it seem like i did a lot

[empty vector]

i def did not expect to be finalist

[sweet ivy]

yeahhhhh]

[empty vector]

so don't be too disappointed if you don't qualify

you can still complete your research and maybe publish or use it to develop further research opportunities

[sweet ivy]

yeah my fair is pretty competitive

like past isef finalists/even winners of some isef awards are competing

[empty vector]

oh wow

i think when i became finalist all of us from the region were first timers at isef besides one person

[sweet ivy]

ohh

i see

i feel liek they wont choose them again tho

like that rarely happens

[empty vector]

i mean it depends

a lot of people do a continuation project but don't really add on much

so it doesn't work out

[sweet ivy]

yeahhhhh

theyre seniors too soo

[empty vector]

yeah

[sweet ivy]

well

[minor pecan]

winthrop

[ashen carbon]

oh hell nah that’s my friends house

luck are you wasian

[ashen carbon]

you're not a moco man right

please tell me you're not a moco man

[minor pecan]

i dont know what that is

[minor pecan]

and no

[minor pecan]

and your friend is in luck

[ashen carbon]

ok

i was legitimately terrified that i knew who you were for a second

[minor pecan]

you dont know me

[sullen meteor]

!ivyday

[frigid gate]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
18 days, 15 hours and 35 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[pastel wave]

crazy

[orchid mason]

Two weeks until Huck Farvard and Yuck Fale

crazy

[uncut canyon]

literallt me

[finite lodge]

!ivyday

[frigid gate]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
18 days, 12 hours and 41 seconds until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[undone briar]

two weeks until harvard ‘28

[orchid mason]

So real I'm manifesting Hahvahd too for the sole purpose of chaining together Visitas and CPW 😍

Honestly though two weeks is crazy

Two weeks until this server melts down 🔥

[vague hemlock]

shit how did ivy day get here so fast

[scarlet iron]

Hi

we're 1/3 past march

so happy

[valid saddle]

yayayay

[finite lodge]

the next two weeks are gonna feel so long imo

[scarlet iron]

just gotta make ourselves very very occupied ig

[scarlet iron]

I think i saw u on ig..

[undone briar]

what’s cow

cpw*

[finite lodge]

mit admit weekend

[undone briar]

what’s it stand for though

[finite lodge]

when i have drafts of two different research papers due this month 🫠

[finite lodge]

campus preview weekend

[undone briar]

oh okok

[scarlet iron]

dang

[vague hemlock]

true

[vague hemlock]

WHAT

💀

[scarlet iron]

lmaoo

you're cracked smrithi

[vague hemlock]

wait wdym you saw me on ig 😭

dm please lol

[rancid mural]

is this the bumass university where everyone applies

[vague hemlock]

no (i didnt apply)

[reef forge]

is that good

[wind coyote]

UC Berkeley MET OOS or Harvard (in-state)for CS?

[vague hemlock]

harvard's a private school, there's no distinction between instate and oos

with regards to tuition i mean

if you meant the other way around, i'd say uc berkeley but im slightly biased

[wind coyote]

I mean tuition will be pretty much the same for me

Just looking at the quality of the edudcaiton and access of opporutnites

Is it pretty much the same between both?

[finite lodge]

nah v different experiences fs

[wind coyote]

How so?

[finite lodge]

berkeley is v rigorous academically, harvard is way more lenient

if you wanna go build/work for a startup in the bay go for met

anything else especially i'd say harvard for that network

[vague hemlock]

also harvard is a private school whereas berkeley is a public school so at harvard you'll have smaller class sizes and more individualized attention

although im assuming since met is a small cohort, that'd be there at berkeley too

but harvard might be better in that respect

and there's a lot of difference between california and boston so look into that

but yeah you can't go wrong with either tbh

[cerulean flax]

I'm going to harvard square today, very excited 🗣️

I'm gonna wear a penn hoodie

[vague hemlock]

LMAO WHY

[cerulean flax]

I've worn all my other hoodies already this week my wardrobe is very simple 😭

[vague hemlock]

do you only own college hoodies or what 😭

[cerulean flax]

no but hoodies are like all I wear in the winter/cold

I got 3 from my school

then two college ones

and I just rotate through them

[vague hemlock]

ah

[sullen meteor]

!ivyday

[frigid gate]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
18 days, 6 hours and 14 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[timber oriole]

gonna kms

[rancid mural]

i support you

[fossil willow]

is it hoodie weather up there 😭

its the same temp rn in cambridge as it is in my town but i would wear shorts and tshirt today 💀

[undone briar]

the weather here has jus been so inconsistent

now we at 50

we was just at 80

[noble yoke]

18 days

Kinda crazy

[cerulean flax]

I could wear less layers probably I just like hoodies

[meager brook]

Early good luck to everyone on ivy day! I already know I’m not getting into Harvard but y’all are crazy competitive and I think a lot of people here have a shot at winning that decision lottery 🙏

[true copper]

[severe lichen]

hello

[torpid prawn]

!ivyday

[fossil willow]

what do u suggest i wear to visitas, just long sleeve shirt and jeans