Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2023-2024)

[gusty orchid]

thats true

[tacit lily]

pursuing something cool

[raven saffron]

if I can perfect AIME

[ember star]

yeah i feel like we put ppl from top colleges on a pedestal way too much as applicants

[gusty orchid]

they should respect me for my skill

[tacit lily]

you will be fine

[gusty orchid]

not cause i threw college because of my gpa

[raven saffron]

That's perfect USAMO Index literally been done like 8 times ever

So unfortunately its highly unlikely

But we'll see man

[modern lava]

Tbh just go out and vibe

[raven saffron]

Hell no

Outside is scary

[modern lava]

Enjoy your senior year man

[tacit lily]

^^

i agree

[dawn root]

I just want it to be over

[raven saffron]

Did enough enjoying in frosh/soph

[dawn root]

fuck MIT EA

wesleyan ED >>>

[tacit lily]

don't do what I did, dread over college depression and get depressed

[raven saffron]

Literally did no homework in Frosh/Soph

Just played Fortnite with friends

[tacit lily]

i'd say if you really want, research some cool summer opportunities

at MIT

do a research project or smth

or even come by to MIT for IAP

idk

just whatever interest you

[raven saffron]

MIT PhD 🔥 trust

[jade wyvern]

(start your very own Methamphetamine Institute of Technology)

[tacit lily]

build a roboto

[summer yacht]

real

[raven saffron]

Nah man

Penn deferral made me sad

[vagrant matrix]

time to hire Walter

[raven saffron]

MIT deferral making me insanely happy

Idk why

[dawn root]

says the person already in college

[tacit lily]

i am not in a good college

not by a2c standards

not by any of you guys standard

[dawn root]

wesleyan?

[tacit lily]

you can ask me in private dm

[dawn root]

I am considering applying ED there because it's too hard to apply to MIT

[tacit lily]

if you are curious

[jade wyvern]

I mean, to be fair A2C standards are completely fucked

[modern lava]

Fr

[raven saffron]

Ok we good actually

Im so happy rn

[modern lava]

Ngl A2C really does need to realize that basically every college is a good college

[jade wyvern]

You'll get in, don't worry uwu

[raven saffron]

my crush didnt get in either so I dont have to abandon that dream 😍

[summer yacht]

lmao

[raven saffron]

She got deferred too 😭

[tacit lily]

the funny thign is

[jade wyvern]

Sorry
You'll *both get in, don't worry-

[raven saffron]

Yessir!

[tacit lily]

i am still trying to get into MIT

as a college student

its a really nice school

it is my dream school afterall

yeah brings up good points

[raven saffron]

I will go 5/5 on HYPSM

[tacit lily]

you def have imposter syndrome

[raven saffron]

• bag CalTech

[tacit lily]

but the people help you feel better

[raven saffron]

Just watch me YASSS

Nah if MIT lets me in Im def withdrawing everywhere

Definitely not the best strategy

[summer yacht]

definitely

[modern lava]

Don't do that to Tim 💀

Bro?????????????

[tacit lily]

well i am in a weird state

[modern lava]

I'm deleting that 😭

[tacit lily]

i am a special student at MIT

[raven saffron]

Dawg

[jade wyvern]

Literally

[steep flower]

faster than me

[raven saffron]

"I am a mystery" ahh comment

[neon cipher]

wait did results come out?

[raven saffron]

Yes

[neon cipher]

kk

[modern lava]

Like two hours ago lol

[summer yacht]

1.5

[remote vessel]

I'm kinda considering doing ED2 to Vanderbilt now that I'm deferred from MIT

should I?

[steep flower]

I will also delete this bc it's borderlining the rules

[raven saffron]

I will recommend no one ever do ED

ED is terrible

[jade wyvern]

Oh :(

[raven saffron]

It made me feel so bad

[remote vessel]

but I love Vanderbilt

[raven saffron]

I was nauseous that I was gonna get in Ed

If its not ur first choice dont

[modern lava]

Do you really like Vanderbilt?

[tacit lily]

well I really liked MIT, so I started reading all the MIT admissions blogs to cope

for about half a year or so

[remote vessel]

it's my number 2 only behind MIT

[tacit lily]

i probably devoured that thing

[modern lava]

If so then go ahead tbh

[tacit lily]

one of the blogs mentioned something about special student

this was about 1 year ago

so I started planning my state school schedule miraculously

so that I can move out

and go to MIT one day

so I doubled my courseload

and no lifed on everything

[modern lava]

If you're sure it's your top choice now and you're sure you won't have any regrets from early decision, go ahead

[tacit lily]

took 5 courses per quarter

and didn't take summer off

just so that i can have some time

[raven saffron]

Ok

Ok bruh

[tacit lily]

i applied directly to the EECS department

got a recommendation from an MIT professor

[modern lava]

Not gonna lie tho I wouldn't be surprised if you'd get admitted to Vanderbilt RD regardless

[tacit lily]

in course 2

110%

its the best decision ive made in my life

its incredible

[cyan spear]

goodbye mid institute of technology

[modern lava]

@remote vessel Can't ED2 to Vandy if your top choice is Squidward Community College 🫡

[tacit lily]

it was really worth it

[remote vessel]

true..

[tacit lily]

the people here are amazing

i am actually in a city instead of a small college town

the events they have is awesome

met people from all over new york and boston

and around the world

attended some of the best seminars

MIT labs are also crazy high tech

ive worked with the VR haptic gloves

and robotics

its crazyyy how much money they have

each lecture

each lecture ive taken in robotics

they provide a pair of students

[raven saffron]

OMFG

[modern lava]

Yeah the City life is a big reason why I applied to the schools that I did

[tacit lily]

with 200$ ish worth of mechaniccal parts

[raven saffron]

ONE OF MY FRIENDS GOT INTO MIT 😭

[tacit lily]

just for free

for free

[raven saffron]

He goes to a feeder school though bruh

Shit is crazy

[tacit lily]

i didn't expect

how good MIT is

until i was there

in person

[modern lava]

Living in a cosmopolitan city where a bunch of people and ideas come together and build off each other 😩

[tacit lily]

its an amazing experience

special student

but ig so

[raven saffron]

Bro 😭

[tacit lily]

people see me as an MIT student

[raven saffron]

No clue what this guy is talking about

[prisma tree]

bro stop making me love the school

[raven saffron]

Will you get a degree from MIT

[neon cipher]

:O i love walter lewin (he retired but his videos are a W)

[prisma tree]

imma get rejected anyways

[tacit lily]

fk you are a man of culture

he is good

[neon cipher]

yeah!

:P made me start to actually love physics even if the problems get hard

[tacit lily]

yeah

oh also

MIT is a great school

but other top schools also provide great resources

its not just MIT

[fierce gust]

Wow

[neon cipher]

ofc ofc lol

[tacit lily]

so don't fixate yourself on this one school

[summer yacht]

i second that i take classes at u of m

its great

[tacit lily]

MIT i do have to admit is out of the world

but the other schools ive toured

have very very great curriculums

and resources

so dont worry too much

[neon cipher]

definitely :P im thinking of applying ed 2 pomona

[tacit lily]

dont say that

keep going

[neon cipher]

i like their 3 2 program

[tacit lily]

and for people applying RD

[prisma tree]

my gpa is wankers mate

[tacit lily]

idk when the deadline is

[neon cipher]

january i think

[prisma tree]

still gonna shoot my shot

hail mary style

[tacit lily]

i have met a girl with 3.6 who got in

you know why?

[neon cipher]

^ i k a 2.9

[tacit lily]

its because of her personality

[prisma tree]

pls elaborate

oh

[tacit lily]

well

[magic meadow]

wdym special student

[prisma tree]

thanks

[magic meadow]

like visiting?

[tacit lily]

she built an escape room

from scratch

[summer yacht]

gpa basically doesn't matter, its not a helpful measurement cause of grade inflation

[neon cipher]

mit cares more about personality than academics if u look at their common data set

[tacit lily]

for her friends

[magic meadow]

i’m considering doing a visiting student thingie domestically

[tacit lily]

thats all it took

for her to get in

[summer yacht]

look it up its non-degree

[tacit lily]

she is now the VR AR clubs

[tacit lily]

this is a great point

[gusty orchid]

whats MIT's transfer student acceptance rate?

[magic meadow]

oh ic

[raven saffron]

Like 1%

[tacit lily]

your character is the most important part

[magic meadow]

yeah i just want to do something study abroad/visiting tbh

[prisma tree]

i spam shitty inside jokes everytime im with friends

[tacit lily]

everyone who applies to MIT will be confident with academics

at least many

so you have to stand out in other ways

[prisma tree]

is that a good trait

[magic meadow]

but i’ve got a few more yr and prob wouldn’t do anything unless i got research there

[gusty orchid]

well dam

[tacit lily]

apply early

its not easy

do your resaerch

it took me half a year

to figure out how to get in

so

[magic meadow]

wdym how to get in

i mean i go to columbia i’m just trying to explore a bit

[fierce gust]

like she built a room

how the fuck is someone supposed to do that

without the tools to build a room

[inland flicker]

They don’t rank people

[summer yacht]

mit doesnt have one

[tacit lily]

pretty cracked

[neon cipher]

i mean i rather not have a valedictorian system at a school like mit

[tacit lily]

thats why she got accepted at MIT

[gusty orchid]

its acc about 3.7%

[neon cipher]

mit is pretty chill in term of community

[tacit lily]

there isn't

[tacit lily]

can vouch

[tacit lily]

yeah

[raven saffron]

Hmm

apply every semester

Odds of rejections all 8 times

[tacit lily]

i think if you have something that makes people like "how the fk"

[gusty orchid]

can you apply mutliple times?

[tacit lily]

yes

[raven saffron]

Is 74%

[tacit lily]

that is what i am doing right now

hoewver

[fierce gust]

I am the how the fuck

[tacit lily]

you apply a second time

[fierce gust]

I didn’t get in

I call bs

[tacit lily]

the chances is drastically lower

[tacit lily]

apply again

[gusty orchid]

imma apply first three semsters

[tacit lily]

if you really like MIT

you can apply 3 times

in total

1 in freshman

2 in college

[tacit lily]

unfortunately you can't apply per semesteer

[gusty orchid]

oh dam

[tacit lily]

do some research

its not the same for everyone

talk to the MIT department of ME

or EECS

[gusty orchid]

im coping a bit too hard rn i havent even applied for RD yet and im thinking bout transfer

[raven saffron]

How important is the FUN Update

[gusty orchid]

its really just my gpa

[tacit lily]

💀

wait till for your results

[gusty orchid]

i threw my gpa in hs

[tacit lily]

who knows

[gusty orchid]

i doubt ill get in

[tacit lily]

if your result is dog water

then go for transfer

that is what i did

[gusty orchid]

bru the worst part is I acc genuinely wanna go to make connections and learn

[tacit lily]

not that important

[gusty orchid]

and im not gon get in cuz i threw my gpa freshman year

tuff

[raven saffron]

dawg

I need it to be important

[tacit lily]

oh thats nothing

you will be fine

[gusty orchid]

no bruh

[raven saffron]

Im gonna cram a whole application into that thing

[tacit lily]

i thought you threw entire hs gpa

[raven saffron]

Deadass gonna put like 3 awards 3 more ECs

[gusty orchid]

i have a 3.56 uw

[neon cipher]

freshman year doesn't matter too much 💀

[gusty orchid]

i got like hella Ds in freshmam year

[tacit lily]

i dont' recommend this

[gusty orchid]

it ruined my whole gpa

[neon cipher]

whats ur gpa in soph - senior

[summer yacht]

gpa doesnt matter

[tacit lily]

that is not gonna get you closer to you getting in

[gusty orchid]

3.8 about

[tacit lily]

you will be fine

[raven saffron]

Its all meaningful stuff

[neon cipher]

u should be fine then

[tacit lily]

what classes did you take

[remote vessel]

actually nah maybe i won't ed to vandy

[gusty orchid]

i took 23 Ap and IB classes

[tacit lily]

id argue it helps, but so little

[gusty orchid]

my weighted is 4.43

[tacit lily]

that its not worth

[neon cipher]

holy fuck

[tacit lily]

i have not seen anyone hwo attribute

[neon cipher]

💀

[tacit lily]

FUN as a thing getting in

and ive talked to a decent amount of MIT students

[tacit lily]

you are fine

don't stress out this much

[gusty orchid]

yeah i jus took all the hard classes for some reason

[tacit lily]

again

its about who you are

that really matters

[neon cipher]

^

[gusty orchid]

i know i just hope that the AOs can see that im more than my gpa

[lilac trail]

i’m sure there are multiple mit people graduating with a perfect gpa

[tacit lily]

MIT cares about what you will bring onto their community

[calm thunder]

anyone know where i can find success stories about people getting in after getting deferred ;-;

[lilac trail]

but like they’re probably nerds (joke (real))

[gusty orchid]

i feel like id get auto cooked

[tacit lily]

i don't know the valedictorian

[gusty orchid]

professional coper

[prisma tree]

what do you call mit ppl

[tacit lily]

but i can mention a guy who is very cracked

[inland flicker]

I guess it wasn't meant to be, very depressing

[calm thunder]

fr

[prisma tree]

like mit-tens the chess bot

[lilac trail]

😻

[gusty orchid]

yk what

imma stop worrying

and jus get to my grind

[summer yacht]

nerds, losers (unless i get in)

[gusty orchid]

if they want me cool

if they dont

tuff

[neon cipher]

💀

[lilac trail]

you are what you contribute to your communities

[tacit lily]

i would't give up too early

just keep going

you will find a way

[lilac trail]

well not really but like be nice and stuff idk

[tacit lily]

i have been in you guys shoes two years ago

[lilac trail]

they are nerds and losers and also geeks

[tacit lily]

so ive seen the whole progression

5 stages of grief

[summer yacht]

yes

[inland flicker]

I mean it's been my dream school since I was like 5 and I'm not sure how to make my app more appealing for RD in my FUN updates

[lilac trail]

some of them are even dorks and dweebs, even

[tacit lily]

jesus christ

how do you have a dream school at 5

[inland flicker]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[gusty orchid]

@grave token If i put that I worked as a cybersecuirty intern for Gunna to help him not get his music leaked would MIT understand who gunna is

[tacit lily]

my guess is youve probably spent your entire hs planning out every detail

[inland flicker]

I have a picture with an MIT sweater & hat at Disney world when I was 5 lol

[tacit lily]

how to get into MIT

[gusty orchid]

or would I have to explain that in addl info

[tacit lily]

well

[modern lava]

I mean it doesn't hurt to explain that in additional info

[tacit lily]

mm

[gusty orchid]

how do you guys maintain such good grades

[tacit lily]

that is what i mean

[inland flicker]

So I guess for my FUN update I can update one of my ECs, but not sure how to update my tech startup

[tacit lily]

the classes year by year gets more cracked

[lilac trail]

dawg pls don’t ping petey

[tacit lily]

why do you think MIT is your dream school

[lilac trail]

i think

[gusty orchid]

yeah but im already writing a ton of shi on addl info

[tacit lily]

update your progress, funding, the number of users

[lilac trail]

annoying notifications core

[gusty orchid]

he doesnt mind genuine questions

[modern lava]

I only started thinking about colleges last summer lmao

[gusty orchid]

i dont htink

[tacit lily]

i knew about MIT

when i was 10

but never knew what MIT truly was

until after my best friend got in

[inland flicker]

The community at MIT. It's unmatched by any other in my opinion. They create a community/atmosphere of action over anything else

[modern lava]

But not gonna lie MIT became my dream school like almost immediately after I started digging deeper into my own college research like, just a few months ago

[tacit lily]

hm

that is true

but id argue

other schools have really really good community

[summer yacht]

real. I read about how people there compare with other communities and it felt very different

[modern lava]

Fr it was just such a vibe

[tacit lily]

so the difference you get going to not MIT won't be that big

[tacit lily]

what part of the community do you like

[inland flicker]

I can write much more, but I'm not in a very MIT mood right now

[tacit lily]

i see no worries

you guys really grinded your ass off wow

i feel kinda bad

actually

[gusty orchid]

whats ur best Ecs and awards?

[tacit lily]

and i couldn't blame yall, MIT is a really good school

[summer yacht]

i should ask my billionaire friend to help me start meth institute of technology and accept all of the mit rejects

[tacit lily]

i actually had this idea lol

me 😆

[inland flicker]

I'll dm you so I don't spam the channel

[gusty orchid]

bet

[tacit lily]

i am also curious

[grave token]

https://vxtwitter.com/aparanjape/status/1226837021655584770?s=46&t=b23kGbnuFi54qJQa-UIGzw

[fallen storm]

Im glad my homie at MIT shit talked MIT for like an hour last night ngl

[summer yacht]

im curious

[summer yacht]

XD

[tacit lily]

i wrote a blog funny enough on how to get an MIT education outside of MIT

to cope

[summer yacht]

ooh where

[fallen storm]

i dont think being obsessed with one specific school is good for ur brain tbh

[summer yacht]

guys the impostor syndrome isn't going away

its been almost 2 hours

[fallen storm]

wdym

[summer yacht]

feeling inadequate

[tacit lily]

my personal website

[summer yacht]

can you send

[gusty orchid]

doesnt impostor syndrome mean you got in and feel like u dont deserve to get in

[tacit lily]

i will dox myself if i send here

well

its way too easy to dox me

but request dm i will send it to you

[tacit lily]

yes

[summer yacht]

i can't think of a better term

[tacit lily]

that is true

[gusty orchid]

but i thought u got deffered

[summer yacht]

yeah

[gusty orchid]

then how do u have impostor syndrome

[summer yacht]

i feel like AMONG DEFERRED i am bad

[gusty orchid]

oh ok

[summer yacht]

is there a better term or nah

[summer yacht]

lol

[turbid turtle]

no because i feel the same way

maybe we’ll be a part of the 2% of deferred applicants guys !!!!! see all of you in cambridge next fall 🔥🔥

[summer yacht]

yes 🔥 we got this

[remote vessel]

I feel like I might be part of the 2% after I submit my makerspace portfolio

WHICH I FORGOT TO DO

LMFAOO

[austere vapor]

💀

[summer yacht]

rip

[summer yacht]

what is that

[tacit lily]

one more thing, the college admissions is very subjective

[turbid turtle]

should i submit a portfolio for like design i did a lot of freelance ui/us stuff but i didn’t submit one for EA cause i was worried that it was more for like art students

[tacit lily]

so please don't take the results as you are not good enough etc

[summer yacht]

obviously

[tacit lily]

doesn't eman anything

[gusty orchid]

i wonder if it was a smart decisiion to apply ED to nobody

[tacit lily]

the statistics is just low

[gusty orchid]

i applied RD for everyone

well

im gonna apply RD

[summer yacht]

i shouldve just did more math and applied to the graduate school atp

[remote vessel]

they probably deferred me so I can send in my makerspace portfolio for ai sponge specifically

they probably want proof that I am a god

[tacit lily]

there is no difference between RD and ED

the reason why i say this is that the statistics are skewed

for ED

[remote vessel]

the letter r is replaced with an e

[tacit lily]

or EA

[summer yacht]

yes

no clue

[tacit lily]

very different

my dream school for undergrad is MIT

but the MIT grad experience is eh

so my dream school shifts to stanford for grad

so its quite different

[summer yacht]

depends entirely on what field you are going into

[tacit lily]

yeah

that is why i am not taking the advice "apply MIT during masters"

the community aspect is just a lot less

[gusty orchid]

do most ppl at MIT go to grad school?

[tacit lily]

it feels distinctly different

[tacit lily]

not necessarily

[gusty orchid]

for me im just trynna do a bachelors in AI and dip out

[tacit lily]

i am not doing a masters most likely

not interested at all

[remote vessel]

should i get sushi tn

[gusty orchid]

same i dont see the benefit of staying in school for an extra 2 years when i can go into the real world

and do real thigns

[tacit lily]

go for it

i should probably leave soon as well

[summer yacht]

same

[tacit lily]

i have a tedx thing at MIT

today

[summer yacht]

bye guys imma cry

[tacit lily]

and a concert

[eternal jasper]

yes king

i wish i could get sushi with you

[tacit lily]

anyways i wish everyone good luck

[eternal jasper]

thanks

[tacit lily]

and please don't stress out too much

get sushi boba, whatever, go touch grass sand

i am going to a genshin concert lol

because fk the finals

[eternal jasper]

[stable kindle]

genshin concert is wild bro

[prisma tree]

why do mit-tens have so much swag

you guys so cool fr

[stable kindle]

no way mit got tens

[remote vessel]

oh my fucking god murder drones pfp wsg

[prisma tree]

WARRA

[dawn prairie]

any international that got in?

[prisma tree]

murder peak mentioned

[split crown]

NOT THE GENSHIN CONCERT

[lime heart]

if i didnt take physics in ib but took hl math chem and econ. should i still apply for comp sci in mit

[stable kindle]

yea

[tacit lily]

i just realized

there are only three channels i used in this server

MIT 2022- 2023

MIT 2023- 2024

and

transfer students

lol

[lime heart]

ok also i did the amc. but my teacher left and so i dont have any way to access those results again

i mean they were pretty bad

but i did amc 10 and 12 but did pretty bad

ok i feel like i killed the mit chat

sorry guys

[eternal jasper]

i forgive you

[raven saffron]

Did good on AMC

And still deferred

I got 13 AIME last year

15 doable I think

[eternal jasper]

jk i guess everyone is just taking a break after getting deferred

[raven saffron]

Hopefully that gets me good clout

[tacit lily]

yeah probably

[gusty orchid]

@raven saffron how to study for AIME?

[tacit lily]

it is well needed

[tacit lily]

AOPS 2

[gusty orchid]

bet

[tacit lily]

practice a lot of problems

thats all

[raven saffron]

Yeah aops 2 is rlly good

[gusty orchid]

i got AIME qual but i have no clue what to study

for AIME

[rancid briar]

When does mit come out

[tacit lily]

art of problem solving 2 will give you a good start

[gusty orchid]

id need a 13 or 14 to get USAMO qual lmao

[raven saffron]

I need 10 prolly

But I want a 15 man

Perfect USAMO Index has to get me into MIT bruh theres no way

I had 280 last year though so idk 😭

[gusty orchid]

@raven saffron what is ur recommednation to study if i wanna get a 13+ on AIME in 3 months

[raven saffron]

13+ on 3 months is basically impossible

[gusty orchid]

naw im him trust me

[raven saffron]

But Id say focus less on geometry more on combo

[gusty orchid]

alr bet

[tacit lily]

should i be honest or sugar coat things

[gusty orchid]

any specific books?

[raven saffron]

AOPS 2 is good

MONT Ch 1-4 are good

[gusty orchid]

alr so if i finish those cover to cover

will I be good

[tacit lily]

i think AIME qual is great, but not everything

[gusty orchid]

for 13+

[raven saffron]

Prolly not

[gusty orchid]

well

[raven saffron]

It's still gonna be mad hard lol

[gusty orchid]

what else

[tacit lily]

do lots of practice

[gusty orchid]

how many hours required

[raven saffron]

Yeah thats why I want AMO

[tacit lily]

also don't pour your entire life in it

[raven saffron]

Again

[tacit lily]

i know a case of IMO silver

[gusty orchid]

dw im not planning on it

[tacit lily]

got rejected

[gusty orchid]

im not doing it for college app

im doing to prove somthing

[tacit lily]

good AIME score is fine

lol

[teal comet]

I got deferred and all I did was gov school and MIT URTC

[tacit lily]

URTC?

[teal comet]

undergraduate research technology conference

with IEEE

[tacit lily]

oh isee

[teal comet]

got a paper published

[tacit lily]

you guys should do MIT battlebots

[cedar hornet]

oh yeah did decisions drop

[teal comet]

yea

[tacit lily]

ig so

given the number of people

who are deferred

[cedar hornet]

did anyone get in

also i failed usaco hahahahhaa

[raven saffron]

USACO

Gonna take it Monday prolly

[modern lava]

Me ofc but that wasn't surprising since well, I got QB results two weeks ago

[raven saffron]

I scored 667 2x bruh

[modern lava]

There was another one tho

[raven saffron]

Last year

[modern lava]

But they got into Brown ED yesterday so

[raven saffron]

667 both golds

[cedar hornet]

oh what a goat

[modern lava]

That's not going anywhere

[cedar hornet]

i got 480

but

i’m bronze

[raven saffron]

This time I think I'll Plat though

[cedar hornet]

and i am shit

so like

[raven saffron]

hopefully Plat bags some clout for MIT

[cedar hornet]

lmfao

dude i got 10/14 and a half solve on first two

and then the third one was so stupid man

[stable kindle]

did anyone else ed to anywhere too with the mit ea

[tacit lily]

oh congrats

[stable kindle]

i did penn rejected

[cedar hornet]

probably a fuck ton ofnpeople

[raven saffron]

SAME

[stable kindle]

🥺

[raven saffron]

We in this together man

Its fine we making it out

[stable kindle]

god knows these schools arent right for us

[tacit lily]

thats the spirit

[stable kindle]

so im happy 😁

[raven saffron]

Yessir!

[tacit lily]

and you guys will be out

[stable kindle]

ima try ed 2 uchicago

[raven saffron]

No ED2 for me

[tacit lily]

what is with the ED 1 and 2

[raven saffron]

I regret Penn ED

[tacit lily]

is this a new thing?

i am curious

[stable kindle]

basically proves to colleges that theyre ur second choice

[tacit lily]

i remember my year was just ED

[gusty orchid]

impact factor?

[stable kindle]

like i did wharton ed 1 bc i really wanted to go there

[teal comet]

well

it's an event at MIT

[stable kindle]

but chicago is probably my second choice now that i got deferred from mit

[raven saffron]

God please

[stable kindle]

its still binding

[teal comet]

only 200 people worldwide attended

[raven saffron]

Let me get in somewhere Im happy wit

[tacit lily]

oh i see

[teal comet]

research paper published

[tacit lily]

ive never heard of it

[raven saffron]

No shade but I aint work dis hard for De Anza man

[tacit lily]

i guess i am not research focused

[tacit lily]

you from the bay?

[gusty orchid]

yea but what is the impact factor of the thing

numericlly

[teal comet]

how am I supposed to know

[raven saffron]

YESSIR

[gusty orchid]

whats the name of the conference

[tacit lily]

nice i am also from the bay

[teal comet]

MIT URTC

[tacit lily]

i mean we could even be from the same hs

lol

idk

[raven saffron]

Prolly not

South Bay?

West of SJ, East of SF

[gusty orchid]

oh it doesnt have an impact facgtor

[modern lava]

I used to live in the bay too damn

East Bay 💪

[gusty orchid]

i guess cuz its an undergrad conference

[raven saffron]

I lowkey love Marin County

Its so beautiful

[tacit lily]

actually south bay is too large

yeah

i am

[raven saffron]

Oh shit

[tacit lily]

you mentioned de anza

so i was like

wow

[raven saffron]

I go to HS near De Anza

[tacit lily]

same

[teal comet]

what's that supposed to mean

[tacit lily]

🙂

[raven saffron]

Like 20 min drive from there 😭

[tacit lily]

oh shit

thats slightly farther

than my hs

[teal comet]

both high school and uni undergrads attended

[gusty orchid]

was the paper peer reviewed

[teal comet]

yea

stanford graduate was our mentor

[gusty orchid]

hmm

that's strange

is the paper on xplore?

[teal comet]

should be

[gusty orchid]

then why tf does it not have an impact factor this is confusing

[raven saffron]

Its prolly a symposium

[gusty orchid]

i think maybe undergrad conferences arent considered

[teal comet]

maybe bc it goes in as conference proceedings

[gusty orchid]

maybe

[gusty orchid]

no conferences have impact factors

[teal comet]

also wdym by impact factor

is there like a scale or smth

[gusty orchid]

its a number that shows the impact of the research

at an event

in terms of citations, high-level scientists present

like how much does the research done at x event actually impact the academic landscape

of x field

[teal comet]

our research was on neural networks that find correlations between freezing of gait and Parkinsons

[raven saffron]

The classic AI

[gusty orchid]

oh cool

mine was on federated learning

[fringe cave]

3 more months man I hate this school

[junior heath]

yes

[fringe cave]

lmao 2/34

[inland flicker]

I think weh ad like 3 accepted

if you count Mori

waterflame got accepted, that tjud whatever who reacted got accepted, and mori but he EDed to brown

[fringe cave]

Maybe 3/14/24 will be better

[exotic briar]

🆗

[steep flower]

i am actually conducting very similar research

[slow saddle]

!mit

[inland flicker]

it happend 3 hours ago

[slow saddle]

OH

[buoyant monolith]

lmao

[modern flax]

aaaaah man I wish I coulda got in so I don't have to worry for the next few months

[raven saffron]

Same man

[buoyant monolith]

back to the essay grind :(

[raven saffron]

Its fine we gonna make it out

[modern flax]

If I don't get into any of the colleges, it's going to be a sad 2024 year

[gusty orchid]

at the end of the day

its just college

if you're skilled

and determined

you will live a successful life regardless

of where you go

[modern flax]

yea I get that

[gusty orchid]

college would def mak eit a lot easier

[modern flax]

just kind of envious of a college life cuz my entire high school has been online

[gusty orchid]

to get good opportunities

[gusty orchid]

you can live a good college lfie

at like 400 collefes

ivies and MIT arent the only ones

[modern flax]

ye I applied to other ones that should be easier to get in

But if those turn out bad too im going to be shaking in my boots

[fierce gust]

lets be honest are most of the MIT grads doing shit

BIG shit

No

[gusty orchid]

you're def going to get into ur safeties

[fierce gust]

nobody does BIG shit

[gusty orchid]

dw worry about that

[fierce gust]

except the people who work super super hard

[gusty orchid]

big shit is done by anyone who has the determination to do it

[fierce gust]

and those people come from everywhere

[gusty orchid]

the college u go it

to*

deosnt affect that

[fierce gust]

we agreed lol

[gusty orchid]

yeah ik

[jade wyvern]

I personally choose a college based off of how many furries it has

[cedar hornet]

what a goat

[jade wyvern]

-w-

[modern flax]

@cedar hornet did that spongebob guy get in?

[cedar hornet]

who knows

im not the spongebob guy

[modern flax]

what was your result btw?

deferred too?

oh spongebob guy got deferred

man, MIT missing out

[inland flicker]

Most of us got deferred

[keen sentinel]

thank the lords because I hadn't started my rd essays yet

[hollow sedge]

after remembering the poketwo guy got rejected it feels hopeless

[south pecan]

No same 💀

[modern lava]

https://cms.mit.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/477814762-Ben-Silverman-Fursonas-Furries-Community-and-Identity-Online.pdf

[obsidian mesa]

lmao wtf

75 PAGES BRUH

[royal badger]

@sand dagger

[jade wyvern]

Thank you

[jade wyvern]

A+ status btw

[raven saffron]

How tf do I deal with

[royal badger]

Lol thanks

[raven saffron]

Deferral when friend accepted

This so hard man 😭

If it was like a friend friend I'd prolly be happy for him but

"friend" friend 👎 too hard to feel good for others when I have uncertain futer

[jade wyvern]

Wait I meant the person you pinged

[royal badger]

Oh rip

[jade wyvern]

It's going to be okay, don't worry

[nova dragon]

wait are u petey from mit

if so, hi!!!!! I’ve read some of your blog posts!!

[raven saffron]

I cannot believe the guy who spread rumers about me being gay got into MIT Im sorry

[sand dagger]

What the heck man 😤😡

[tacit lily]

mm i had a similiar situation

my best friend also made MIT

[sand dagger]

I’ve never been been in this thread before

[sand dagger]

💀💀

[royal badger]

Just noticed but this bolded part real af

Bc y’all always ask abt that stuff

[jade wyvern]

Jokes aside though
I'm really sorry that happened to you, your feelings are valid

That being said, even if you don't get in, there are a ton of other great universities you can go to
A person's value isn't tied to what university they go to, and that includes you

[exotic briar]

Me on the other hand who had essays for all 12 RD's written and polished and isn't going to submit them 😳

[jade wyvern]

There's been a mod typing for like 5 minutes

I am probably going to get banned

[keen sentinel]

lol

[royal badger]

Oh I was trying to write something nice but I feel like it’s gonna come off wrong

Plus my train is coming soon

[jade wyvern]

Oh

[royal badger]

And I was in a Lyft

[jade wyvern]

Okay, that makes sense

[royal badger]

So I was managing multiple things at once

[keen sentinel]

a close friend of mine is in a similar situation

and I have no clue whether I should say anything

[raven saffron]

They dont even know i applied to MIT

Only like 2 ppl at my school know

[royal badger]

Unfortunately I’m not sure it would make a difference

[raven saffron]

So I wont say anything but

Yeowch

It stings man ngl

[grave token]

hi

[grave token]

I worked with Ben on this (they took my class and did a chapter as their term paper)

[royal badger]

At the end of the day, it was a piece of paper that portrayed a few years of your lives at best that determined your decision. It’s not a reflection on the amazing things you’ve done outside of admissions or the horrible things this guy has done.

[raven saffron]

Feels like I got told "[Friend] is better than you" but oh well

I'll get over it soon enough

Just need one acceptance tbh

Idek when my next decision os but Irlly hope its soon

Cuz one month of no decisions but 2 deferrals is gonna hurt

[austere vapor]

I really wanted to do the MIT puzzle hunt as an MIT student 😦

[obsidian mesa]

real

[royal badger]

By what measure though? I don’t mean to be dismissive, but a solid portion of admissions is GPA, SAT, and some ECs. Those don’t necessarily reflect someone’s character.

A GPA doesn’t mean someone’s better yk?

[raven saffron]

See ur probably right

[stoic fox]

I got in.

[raven saffron]

But that's still pretty much the first thought I had when he got in

[obsidian mesa]

congrats!!!

[stoic fox]

42nd school i applied to.

The answer to everything is 42.

[obsidian mesa]

damn wtf

[raven saffron]

You on a gap year or sumn??

[stoic fox]

Yeah

[raven saffron]

Why tf you applying to 42 schools before November 1st

Okok that makes much more sense

[stoic fox]

First 21 were 0-21

1-20 here

[obsidian mesa]

😭

[stoic fox]

DOES IT FUCKIN MATTER

[raven saffron]

Not anymore

Lowkey if I flop gap year still an opiton

Im young enough I could pass as a Junior rn

[stoic fox]

IM STILL FUCKIN SHAKING

[royal badger]

Totally valid! It sucks to see results roll in when they’re not ideal, especially with the pressure some of you get from others. Take some time for yourself away from all of this admissions stuff and do something for yourself ❤️

[keen sentinel]

congratulations!

[stoic fox]

Also Intl

So big L for me

[river sky]

LETS FUCKING GOOO

[stoic fox]

Fourty Two is the answer to everything

[river sky]

any Oly experience or anything ridiculously cracked? (please say no i need hope)

[stoic fox]

Um.. handling venomous snakes since I was 9 (im 20 now, took a gap year)

[quick hawk]

I’m happy your dooming has ended today !

[stoic fox]

Finally

[river sky]

nice

[junior heath]

friendship ended with stanford
is mit my new best friend?

[austere vapor]

atleast my FUN is gonna be cracked

[cedar hornet]

he got into berkeley bro

[vagrant folio]

he shouldnt have got rejected from the rest

[median grotto]

What country are you from?

[eternal jasper]

lets go

[stoic fox]

TH

Thailand

[median grotto]

and you had no IMO, no nothing?

[solid pawn]

why

[stoic fox]

I had a mentally insane EC

thats all

[median grotto]

which?

[stoic fox]

Ive worked with venomous snakes since i was 9

[median grotto]

why? What? How?

[quick hawk]

Have u ever been bitten ?

[stoic fox]

That obviously got the attention of MIT

[jade wyvern]

Iirc about half of international students at MIT haven't participated in any olympiads
That's still a scary percentage, but it definitely isn't a requirement

[stoic fox]

Twice

One nearly resulting in my death. But im still here

[austere vapor]

working on some really cool personal projects that i started after my ea app:

• black scholes option pricing calculator
• simulating stock price motion with geometric brownian motion

[jade wyvern]

Congratulations on getting into Caltech btw!

[quick hawk]

They saw you were a death chaser and thought, yeah this works

[stoic fox]

Yep

“Fortune favors the brave” bullshit

[jade wyvern]

Not really..? I don't think they do that sort of thing too much
There are ECs just as impressive as olympiads

If you make your own kernel, or design your own CPU, or whatever, that's just as impressive, if not more

[stoic fox]

Deferred is better than flat out no

Tbf

[quick hawk]

Have fun celebrating! You deserve it

[ember violet]

#📜-rules

​Rule 1: Be Nice

​Please respect all members of the community. Disruptive, aggressive, disrespectful, creepy, or otherwise obnoxious behavior is prohibited. Hate speech and slurs within the community, whether via server messages or profiles, are absolutely not tolerated.

[stoic fox]

I hope i’ll be there for day one. Now I gotta begin to find new homes for my animals

Which is easier said than done…

Mit accepts ppl for random shit

If something stands out

[quick hawk]

No more on that topic

Thanks

[stoic fox]

42 is the answer for everything @quick hawk it seems

[junior axle]

anyone who got in trying to make an insta group chat?

[gusty orchid]

how the hell you went 0-21?

your stuff sounds interesting enough

[exotic briar]

mhm

[steep flower]

@spiral tiger u get to keep a band lil bro

[spiral tiger]

i don't bet wrong.

[plush tulip]

ph my god

ur joking

ITS HE SAME

WORDING

AS LAST YEAR

im dissappointed

[modern lava]

Lmao

[dawn prairie]

yo

u got in

👀

MOP paid off

[exotic briar]

cheesing usamo 2 with a three-liner 🤩

[dawn prairie]

🧐

[exotic briar]

(x,1)
(1,x+f(x))
(x,1+f(1)/x)
the FE is linear and solved

[modern lava]

Damn we seein' each other in Cambridge next year

💪

Congrats

[dawn prairie]

congrats!!!

[little sigil]

Wow my school had four admits this is insane 😭

[dawn prairie]

average MOP FE

[median grotto]

btw poor Neal.

bro got deferred.

[exotic briar]

yeah 😭

[plush tulip]

@exotic briar ru gonna be math

:DDD

[exotic briar]

either CS or CS+Math probably

[plush tulip]

wow :c

bro had to do cs

😔

waste of mopper talent

🙄

[dawn prairie]

cs + math >>>>>

[exotic briar]

mhm

[median grotto]

Math + EECS >>>>>>>>>>.

[plush tulip]

6 > 18 (objectively)

[modern lava]

You sure that's the right direction

[plush tulip]

yes (trust)

define the > operator to mean the better course

[modern lava]

based

[plush tulip]

man everyones a cs major these days

[modern lava]

Course 1 Numbah one

💪

[plush tulip]

u guys r all gonna be

[stoic fox]

International

[plush tulip]

code monkeys

[dawn prairie]

most people change tbh, lots of IMO + IOI kids i know went from math or cs to business analytics and stuff

[gusty orchid]

ohh

where u from?

[stoic fox]

TH

[neon cipher]

australia? (guessing)

nvm

[plush tulip]

well

pls come to cpw

its worht

:D

[stoic fox]

Thailand

[gusty orchid]

oh cool cool

[plush tulip]

i think i may be a tour guide

at cpw

(pull up)

[stoic fox]

Im just glad to be going

Watermelon sugar on repeat rn

[gusty orchid]

what r u going to major in?

[stoic fox]

Biological science hopefully

[gusty orchid]

oh cool

[modern lava]

MIT better gimme that travel grant for CPW

I just wanna get out of the LA heat for once

[eternal jasper]

this will so be me on march 14th at 6:28

[stoic fox]

You and me both

I wanna see snow for the first time in my life

Last week

[eternal jasper]

rip

[modern lava]

SAME

I lived in the Philippines up until I was 12

Seeing snow was a dream of mine lmao

[eternal jasper]

it will be fun when there's <2 inches on the ground

after that you'll be like "why does it need to keep going?????"

[stoic fox]

Meh

We’ll figure out some sorta flamethrower using our brains to clear snow

@modern lava

Lol

[eternal jasper]

mit flamethrower snow removal crew

[stoic fox]

Yo deferred ass has no leverage

[eternal jasper]

just you wait

i'm gonna write the best fuckin fun form mit has ever seen

[median grotto]

I'm gonna ask MIT for a birthday present.

Fun fact: my birthday is pi day.

[eternal jasper]

oof

that will either be amazing or sucky

[median grotto]

yeah ik, which is why I'll make sure my two consultants review it and perfect it.

[south pecan]

ooh gl hope you get your birthday gift!

[median grotto]

Thanks ❣️!

[junior heath]

question
mit maker portfolio for my publishing at spie photonics west
👍 or 👎

[raven saffron]

He was a big cheater lol he deserved it

I know people who knew him