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

[junior heath]

so profound

[green oyster]

its not working out

[cedar hornet]

like u dont know whether ur gonna get into mit just do ur shit

and hope it works out

[junior heath]

i have min sanity and max mental illness

(because of college apps :) )

[green oyster]

min sleep max brain damage

wait tictac did u do any like passion project

[junior heath]

define this

[green oyster]

or did you max the competitions

[modern lava]

"Passion project" as a term just feels icky ngl

[green oyster]

like any outside project by yourself that had a meaningful impact on your community by which was spurred by your passion for the subject

[junior heath]

^

[cedar hornet]

passion project is a dumb term

[junior heath]

a lot of people throw around the phrase without any definite meaning

[cedar hornet]

mfs on tiktok just throw that term around all the itme

yeah

exactly

[modern lava]

Like, just do something you're interested in 😭

[green oyster]

😔

[coarse fjord]

hello everyone

[cedar hornet]

ngl

if u want to get into mit guaranteed

[junior heath]

no.
I raised money to fund 6 new robotics teams
tutored people in my instrument
but no.

[cedar hornet]

get IMO

[modern lava]

I've seen an A2Cer have their "passion projects" designed by a college counselor hired by their parents

[cedar hornet]

get a medl at imo

[modern lava]

[junior heath]

😭

[junior heath]

hi wendy :)

[cedar hornet]

i mean yeah

[green oyster]

good afternoon

[cedar hornet]

thats normal for my area

[coarse fjord]

bay area?

[cedar hornet]

no

average household income is probably similar

[junior heath]

nyc?

[green oyster]

bro i didn't even get through my school's math team competition 😭

[modern lava]

The fact that it's normal anywhere is just sad

[green oyster]

everyone here sweaty af

[cedar hornet]

surrounding seattle area washington

[modern lava]

Lol I got a 60 on the AMC

[junior heath]

i highly doubt that its a norm anywhere but it happens a lot more than it should

[modern lava]

Not even close to qualifying for AIME 🔥

[coarse fjord]

HI TICTAC

[green oyster]

someone on my math team got a 81.5 or smth and got flamed by the teacher 💀

[cedar hornet]

thats what happens when most of the kids here have money

[modern lava]

Seriously though olympiads are, in fact, not the only way to get into MIT 😭

[cedar hornet]

shrug

[junior heath]

HI WENDY

[cedar hornet]

isnt IMO medal auto admit

[coarse fjord]

upvote

[cedar hornet]

yeah its not the only way

but its a way

[junior heath]

wendy there is an upvote reaction

[coarse fjord]

bruh there’s no such thing as auto admit

for mit

[green oyster]

we making it into pcc with this one

[river sky]

wait tictac

did u get in?

[junior heath]

i didnt apply to mit rea

ea*

[river sky]

unless ur IMO

[cedar hornet]

if ur imo ipho icho ioi while curing cancer yea ur auto admit

[modern lava]

I think there was an IMO kid in here that got deferred and started making up a stink so 💀

[river sky]

bru

[cedar hornet]

shitter essays

[junior heath]

wendy

[river sky]

imo getting deferred is insane

[junior heath]

theres this too

[modern lava]

Tbf they were international

[river sky]

mf

[cedar hornet]

must have praised a dictator in his essays

[river sky]

thats still insane

[cedar hornet]

kekw

[river sky]

i basically begged petey to consider me as domestic on reddit

lmao

[coarse fjord]

ya no guarantee is what i mean

[cedar hornet]

lol

did he consider u domestic

[green oyster]

"im only seeking this major for the glory of the CCP"

[river sky]

he said it's "complex" but possible

[cedar hornet]

"glory to xi xinpeng"

[river sky]

apparently USCs from overseas schools r practically treated as intl

[green oyster]

"i go to mit because parents want social credit"

[cedar hornet]

lol

[junior heath]

people thinking imo is an auto admit 💀

[cedar hornet]

ive heard it nearly yis

[cedar hornet]

actually the one way to be auto admit is have ur name on a building

[junior heath]

there is no such thing
its one thing on your profile

[river sky]

ik that a few ppl from korean imo got rejected or whtv

[cedar hornet]

just donate 20-30 million dollars

[river sky]

which is still very insane

[green oyster]

easier than doing imo fr

[river sky]

my ass is most definitely going to manifest this shi

[cedar hornet]

yeah cuz all u need to do is luck out

and get born rich

ur family attaches a 100 million dollar check with ur application

[coarse fjord]

junior takeover

[modern lava]

The cycle repeats

[green oyster]

😔

[junior heath]

unfortunately

too early for this

[modern lava]

https://tenor.com/view/sisyphus-rael-gif-943215023730044045

[junior heath]

https://tenor.com/view/nerd-cube-nerdcube-gif-25277654

[green oyster]

one must imagine mit applications as sisyphus pushing the rokc

[river sky]

im just gna manifest MIT everyday

[junior heath]

i think i just lost brain cells

[green oyster]

if i get rejected from mit im joining the military

[modern lava]

So real I'm manifesting MIT right now

[river sky]

shush

[junior heath]

wow oats

i think it worked

check your portal

[modern lava]

😱

[river sky]

i hate u /lh

https://giphy.com/gifs/XDTf1ACturiYiBDHPe

[junior heath]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1067306149952634880/1100641134973300796/no_laughing_matter.gif

[modern lava]

https://tenor.com/view/jinx-the-cat-jinx-jinx-cat-cat-computer-gif-25786466

[green oyster]

[junior heath]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitten-kitty-yeet-funny-gif-21938191

[river sky]

oats can you convince the AOs uncoercively to let me in fr fr fr

[modern lava]

I mean petey is literally in this chat

[junior heath]

messaeg petey

[green oyster]

same here please

[junior heath]

(dont actually)

[modern lava]

Do it yourself smh
(Do not do that)

[river sky]

nooo

smh

[junior heath]

also

bro added THREE 'fr"s

[coarse fjord]

bro i didn’t know who petey was until like three weeks ago

LOL

[river sky]

im a desperate hoe fr

[junior heath]

do you like
go into a state of euphoria whenever you think about mit or something

[river sky]

💀

[coarse fjord]

😭😭😭

[green oyster]

he climaxes whenever he sees the name

[modern lava]

https://youtu.be/r3vldYfrZ70?si=VnoqMf0XrC1vm5JS

[coarse fjord]

u guys r so silly

[junior heath]

poor petey

this video is so painfu

l

mit interview in 2 hours 👀

[river sky]

💔

[green oyster]

bro got bullied 💀

[river sky]

you know the sad music on tiktok

[coarse fjord]

omg gl tictac

[river sky]

thats what this reminds me

[junior heath]

:D ty

[modern lava]

GL 🫡

[green oyster]

U GOT THIS 🫡

[junior heath]

ty :D

[junior heath]

also ty :D

ok.

actually

what questions should i prepare for

like

are their any tough ones

there*

[coarse fjord]

no

[junior heath]

😭

[coarse fjord]

the hardest one i got was maybe like

what would you do with infinite money

[junior heath]

💀

okay

[coarse fjord]

someone above listed out all their questions

let@me look

[junior heath]

thank you wendy
my goat

[green oyster]

be yourself!! 🤗

[junior heath]

im going to be optimus prime

[modern lava]

It's in the pins

[coarse fjord]

oh

what oats said then

LOL

[green oyster]

nuh uh be batman

[coarse fjord]

bro my interviewer didnt even ask me why mit

[modern lava]

Lol pretty much same

[junior heath]

i hate this question

[modern lava]

When we went to "any more questions" I had to basically just say my Why MIT? there 💀

[junior heath]

n ot even a question

[coarse fjord]

ohhh another hard one i got was like what is a challenge you've faced and how did you overcome it

got me critically thinking when she asked me that

[junior heath]

this is literally an essay

[modern lava]

I don't even remember the questions I got asked

😭

[junior heath]

real

[coarse fjord]

ik i dont really either

[modern lava]

We went on enough tangents that it just went weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[junior heath]

i bs'd the fuck out of my stanford interview

[modern lava]

It really is just a conversation

Well, depending on the interviewer

My interviewer was chill

[junior heath]

of course yeah

i dont assume itll be bad but i just want an answer in case theres any ✨quirky ✨ questions

[coarse fjord]

even if it's bad i still think it will be okay

like mine wasn't very good

[green oyster]

wait did ygs apply to mit and stanford RD?

[junior heath]

no

[junior heath]

probably yeah
idk im not worried abt it

[green oyster]

mah god reading these things makes me more afraid

[coarse fjord]

huh

i applied stanford RD

but mit ea

[green oyster]

ohh ok

[coarse fjord]

if that is what ur asking

im a bit slow today LOL mb

[green oyster]

all good all good

[junior heath]

i applied stanford rea and mit rd

[green oyster]

ah

[coarse fjord]

light work for tictac ong

[junior heath]

i got rejected it was clearly not light work

[coarse fjord]

ok but mit fr

[green oyster]

imagine all of us get into mit

[coarse fjord]

💯

[green oyster]

that'd be crazy

[coarse fjord]

@junior heath 💯

[green oyster]

wait would ygs mind sharing like your general stats

[junior heath]

Oh well

[junior heath]

😐

[coarse fjord]

LOL

it's my new favorite emoji

[junior heath]

[coarse fjord]

WAIT WHAT

[green oyster]

diffed

[junior heath]

[coarse fjord]

i hate u nitro kids

im too broke to afford that

[junior heath]

:)

[green oyster]

nah bruh everyone here is diffing tf outta me

i dont think ima get into mit

wtf

[coarse fjord]

what does general stats mean

[coarse fjord]

ur good dw ur technically alr ahead of game by thinking abou tit

*about it

ykwim

my goat tictac wtf

[junior heath]

It's not very cool

[coarse fjord]

shush u undersell urself too much

[green oyster]

kinda just like what tictac put

[green oyster]

ye i get you put im thinking too much about it and im panicking holy

[junior heath]

I don't think so🙈

[cedar hornet]

id buy

a real life

iron man suit

with a jetpack

and spiderman web slingers

and then fuck around

[pliant hemlock]

start my own space & asteroid mining company. to propel our journey into the cosmos.probably what id do in short

that or become a socialist leader and turn our society into a scientism society. Where all our ventures are done to advance science. Taxes go toward science and all that

[cedar hornet]

thats so much more boring than being iron man or spiderman

[pliant hemlock]

😭

[cedar hornet]

theres the nerd nerd and then theres the cool nerd

you gave the nerd nerd answer

spiderman is the cool nerd answer

[pliant hemlock]

my idea inevitably leads to yours🤷

[cedar hornet]

rather swing around new york city like spiderman at 20 than at 70 when i built a scientism society

and am old

[pliant hemlock]

iron man suit tech would require alot of advancements in material science and this one field in engineering where they make machines origami

forgot name

[coarse fjord]

i think i said like try to fund opportunities for underserved/underrepresented groups

💀 did not think of spiderman

[pliant hemlock]

lol

[cedar hornet]

u didnt even think of spiderman??

[coarse fjord]

i did not sorry guys 💔

[wind cedar]

nerdy school

[cedar hornet]

yea

nerds

[pliant hemlock]

like solve world hunger?

[cedar hornet]

ngl world hunger seems like something that could be fixed if you had infintie moneyy

[fierce gust]

beyyy that’s my idea😡😡

[coarse fjord]

no like research opportunities tutoring etc

[pliant hemlock]

ah

[cedar hornet]

gets infinite money
opens tutoring business

cant make ts up

[coarse fjord]

ya cuz i set up this tutoring thing at my school

[pliant hemlock]

😭

[cedar hornet]

🗿

[coarse fjord]

LOL nah i'd just expand the one i have rn

[cedar hornet]

lmfao valid

[pliant hemlock]

just get everyone a neuralink. no tutoring needed

[cedar hornet]

neuralink is too early in development

to be deployed

• im not plugging some shit into my brain

[pliant hemlock]

speed up development with infinite money

[cedar hornet]

i am not plugging a computer chip into my brain

all it takes is one corrupt admin and the whole world is dead

[pliant hemlock]

force the populous with infinite money😈

[cedar hornet]

that is just

speedrunning a dystopian society

[pliant hemlock]

lol

[cedar hornet]

if in the future everybody has a chip plugged into their brain

that is a very sad world to live in

[pliant hemlock]

it might be a 50% split

[cedar hornet]

idk

that is just a recipe to get herded by the government like cattle

u have a chip in ur brain so u cant refuse lol

and then u do something and they just fry ur nervous system

[pliant hemlock]

thatd be crazy

[cedar hornet]

sao had it right

u attach some shit to ur brain and it can kill u

lol

who woulda thunk

[pliant hemlock]

ngl im actually looking forward to fdvr

would be cool to jump into your favorite book or go back in time to the 1400s

idk if that could be done without something intergrated into the brain tho

[cedar hornet]

idk

i think people are not going to be stupid enough to let a corporation to attach something to their brain permanently

[modern lava]

You'd be surprised

[pliant hemlock]

^

[cedar hornet]

i like elon musk but im not giving him access to my brain

[cedar hornet]

natural selection at its finest

[pliant hemlock]

its always best if this technology is private and open sourced

[cedar hornet]

if im plugging some shit into my brain it better be open sourced at the least lol

[solid pawn]

FRC?

[junior heath]

vex

[coarse fjord]

wait when is ur interview

[junior heath]

frc does not have nearly 50k

[junior heath]

35 min

[coarse fjord]

tictac.

im considering getting nitro.

for the 1000 emoji.

[junior heath]

wendy

[pliant hemlock]

buying nitro for one emoji is kinda crazy

[coarse fjord]

WTF

[coarse fjord]

IT'S A WHOLE COLLECTION THO

also im getting $2k soon

[junior heath]

one thing to note

[coarse fjord]

soon.

[junior heath]

is if you get nitro you cant use external emojis in this server

without boosting it

but then you can get a cool color name os

[coarse fjord]

????

[junior heath]

so

[coarse fjord]

that's so scam

[cedar hornet]

damn 2 bands

[junior heath]

tell that to chloe

[hollow sedge]

boost the server

[coarse fjord]

hihi billert

what is the benefit in boosting

[junior heath]

hi billert

[hollow sedge]

[coarse fjord]

im not very discord fluent

[hollow sedge]

server gets perks

[junior heath]

ok billert

beat me to it

but also

but also wendy

you get 2 free boosts with your full nitro subscription

so

[coarse fjord]

hmmmm

[hollow sedge]

[junior heath]

[coarse fjord]

wait wtf it's $10 a month

nvm

[junior heath]

youors is sm cooler

[junior heath]

💀

$100/yr

[coarse fjord]

dawg

[coarse fjord]

💀

no

feel free to gift me tho tictac!!

[pliant hemlock]

😭

[junior heath]

hmmmmmmmmmm

[coarse fjord]

😊 😊 😊

[junior heath]

if you can predict my college results with 60% accuracy ill gift it to you

😊

[coarse fjord]

drop the college list.

[junior heath]

demanding damn

[coarse fjord]

hmmm

let me critically think

[cedar hornet]

how did you REA stanford but then EA those other schools??

[coarse fjord]

u applied to caltech ??

[junior heath]

3 are freebies

[cedar hornet]

that breaks the rea agreement...

[coarse fjord]

that is so soldier

[junior heath]

i did

[junior heath]

no

theyre public institutions

[coarse fjord]

ya

[cedar hornet]

oh is gtech public

[junior heath]

yeah

[coarse fjord]

smh this junior

[junior heath]

hahaha

[coarse fjord]

pay respects to ur elders smh

but legit people do break it

dont do that

[cedar hornet]

purdue admit gtech admit ucd, sb, sc admit

[junior heath]

bro you dont even know my profile 😭

[cedar hornet]

didnt u say u were

17 vex robotics

[junior heath]

yeah thats ONE ec

/award

[cedar hornet]

even the special kisd at my school got into purdue

[coarse fjord]

oh!

[cedar hornet]

special like not actually special

but the type that are insanely obnoxious and have no resume at the same time

[junior heath]

we get what you mean.

that happens a lot of places tbf

[cedar hornet]

idk

u cant really predict hypsm

same w carleton

sorry caltech

[coarse fjord]

tictac

[junior heath]

hii

[coarse fjord]

i cant predict without essays

this is unfair

can u lower it to 40%

[junior heath]

i mean you get 13% for free

[cedar hornet]

do math.random for every single institution

[coarse fjord]

wait is it just earlies

[cedar hornet]

0.5 is a y es

[modern lava]

Chancing is crazy

[junior heath]

ill lower it to 50%
youve read my mit essays i reused a lot of them

[coarse fjord]

LOLL

[coarse fjord]

ok fair

[coarse fjord]

im getting the nitro bag

soon.

[junior heath]

heres my predictions

[hollow sedge]

Me writing all new essays for MIT be like

[cedar hornet]

nah this is way too harsh

u probably will land a few more

[pliant hemlock]

new essays?

wdym

[junior heath]

harsh reality of t20s

[cedar hornet]

idk its only a crapshoot for hypsm

[coarse fjord]

did u apply ee everywhere

[junior heath]

yeah and berkeley EECS

[coarse fjord]

ohh ok

[hollow sedge]

Didn't recycle at all

[junior heath]

no its a crapshoot for all t20s

just moreso for hypsm

[cedar hornet]

think if ur a strong applicant w good essays u can expect at least 1 t20

which one nobodoy can say

[modern lava]

Everything is a crapshoot 🔥

[junior heath]

fr

[modern lava]

UCs got me quaking in my boots

[junior heath]

even safeties are crapshoots

[cedar hornet]

u have a full ride to mit

[junior heath]

be real

[cedar hornet]

quaking about uc's kekw

[pliant hemlock]

ok now thats crazy

[hollow sedge]

Other people told me this too but idgaf about T20 status

[junior heath]

yield prot

[cedar hornet]

me wh en i get yield protected from asu

[pliant hemlock]

oh shoot

[hollow sedge]

And I'm also not paying 1 and a half grand to apply to all the t20's

[modern lava]

I applied to 8 UCs and 6 CSUs exactly one day before I got my MIT decision through QuestBridge

[junior heath]

$720

but yeah

[cedar hornet]

realistically youll end up at mit tho righ? uc's dont give u shit for finaid

[junior heath]

in state

[modern lava]

Fee waivers 🔥

[coarse fjord]

tictac

are u white

i forgor

[modern lava]

I'm instate so I'll probably get good aid

[junior heath]

half white half asian

but

[coarse fjord]

OMG

[junior heath]

they dont know

[coarse fjord]

UR WASIAN ?

oh

[junior heath]

i am

[coarse fjord]

did u put white

my friend did that too

[junior heath]

i put both

because mixed race is lower representation

[coarse fjord]

ohhhh

[junior heath]

in most places

[coarse fjord]

okok

[junior heath]

even though it doesnt matter

[coarse fjord]

ya it doesnt

but i was curiouso

[cedar hornet]

would you take anything over mit tho

curious

[junior heath]

preference

mit is a hard school

[cedar hornet]

true

[coarse fjord]

yas eat that up

[cedar hornet]

mhm

some students also like a competitive environment

[modern lava]

Incredibly unlikely but you never know

[cedar hornet]

or to stay near home

[junior heath]

mit isnt competitive just hard

[modern lava]

Nah I wanna get the hell out of Cali

[cedar hornet]

yea thjats what iw as talking abt

[modern lava]

Yeah MIT doesn't have that competitive culture really

[coarse fjord]

ok tictac let me dm

[modern lava]

That's more the ivies

[junior heath]

okey

[modern lava]

Club applications

[pliant hemlock]

harvard interviewer says otherwise

[modern lava]

Harvard

Hahvahrbd

[hollow sedge]

[pliant hemlock]

is bro good

[junior heath]

hahavarehedhdh

[junior heath]

https://tenor.com/view/fuecoco-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-pokemon-spinning-spin-gif-27182842

dude what

since when did zoom have a premium subscription

[hollow sedge]

this tim fella kinda wacky

[modern lava]

Cross registering at Hahvahd 🗿
Cross registering at Wellesley and MassArt 😍

[junior heath]

berklee school of music 😍

[hollow sedge]

Imagine in some distant future you cross register at massart and see izmay in person

[pliant hemlock]

thought berklee school of music was a college in uc Berkeley until a few days ago

[modern lava]

Lmao that might actually happen

[modern lava]

Tragic naming concidence

[junior heath]

"To address this failure to protect the rights of musicians MIT has established an active collaboration with the Berklee College of Music, which is the leading modern music school in the world with degrees in music technology and production as well as performance. We are designing and building an open-source system that will allow musicians to have clear, auditable ownership of their digital works. "

:D

[modern lava]

Based

[pliant hemlock]

I wonder if I could succesfully become a putnam fellow without majoring in math or physics

wonder if thats ever happened

[modern lava]

CS Majors:

[pliant hemlock]

ah

tru

majoring in ee tho

minor in math

hopefully it gives me enough

[junior heath]

im gonna have this thread open during my interview

probably a horrible idea

but w/.e

[pliant hemlock]

why tho

[junior heath]

funny

• theres a chance i need to frantically ask a question

[pliant hemlock]

💀

[hollow sedge]

good luck!

[exotic briar]

was this recent?

[modern lava]

I believe so

I had to actually moderate this thread which was horrendous

[exotic briar]

cocohearts was the only IMO Team Member applying this year 🛐

[ionic spindle]

If you take offense to being deferred then that likely speaks to the reason you were deferred in the first place

[exotic briar]

ok I think if I got deferred I would be p sour

[ionic spindle]

But would you throw a fit about it?

because that requires a ridiculous amount of entitlement

[pliant hemlock]

damn what happened

[junior heath]

guys quick i ned questions

[coarse fjord]

uhh traditions, ecs, fav experience

[exotic briar]

xooks

[junior heath]

it is over

[pliant hemlock]

W

[green oyster]

how was it

[junior heath]

pretty good

[green oyster]

similar questions?

[junior heath]

he actually

just asked me what i did outside of school and then we went really indepth on that

he understood a lot of stuff and asked a lot abt it

[green oyster]

what'd u talk about

[junior heath]

whole bunch of stuf

when do i send the thank you email 💀

[pliant hemlock]

hour after

[green oyster]

just before 24 hrs i think

[junior heath]

okay cool

[wind cedar]

nerdy school

[eternal jasper]

nerd emoji university

(north eastern university)

[flint wigeon]

ibo slander

[green oyster]

if i just get through the f=ma and qualify for usapho do yk thats competitive for mit

bc rn i got no competition history lmao

[flint wigeon]

surely everything helps

[cerulean trail]

when does the fun typically come out

[sand lance]

how'd you find this oats https://cms.mit.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/477814762-Ben-Silverman-Fursonas-Furries-Community-and-Identity-Online.pdf lol

[modern lava]

This is a thesis for the century

[exotic briar]

time to xooks spam the FUN -> rescinded speedrun any%
(it's not out yet)

[royal badger]

So at this rate I truly hope there are no questions about whose fault it is once this thread gets deleted /j

[modern lava]

To be clear it actually isn't my fault

[royal badger]

Who sent the fanfic yesterday

[modern lava]

Blame them since this is what prompted me to find the link

[modern lava]

Jorge, in fact

He was the first

[royal badger]

Were you second

[modern lava]

Reposting 🛐

[royal badger]

Well second is the first loser

So

[modern lava]

@fierce gust I actually got my finaid award btw

Took them long enough 💀

[junior heath]

$0 efc

[modern lava]

I love being poor

[modern lava]

*not, but at least it gives me this one W 💀

[junior heath]

omg thats so pretty

[shrewd basalt]

92k 💀

[modern lava]

I am getting paid to attend 💀

[shrewd basalt]

Cracked

[fierce gust]

bro how much does mit cost 😭

[shrewd basalt]

Poverty W

[shrewd basalt]

$92,000/year is the sticker price

[fierce gust]

my harvard award was $86k and left me w 3.5k

but pell covers that

i dont think i realized how expensive mit is 💀

[river sky]

Ngl I’d pay 90k a yr out of loans n stuff to go to MIT💀

Thank god they’re need blind for intls

[crisp bay]

ur delusional

[river sky]

The lifetime value of an MIT degree will far outweigh 400k

[junior heath]

bro what

[junior heath]

will it?
compared to a state school? I highly doubt it

[river sky]

I saw a figure that threw like 1.8M for 30 yr roi

https://www.payscale.com/college-roi

Wow CSoM is surprisingly high up there damn

[pliant hemlock]

Nah that's too far.

[river sky]

Thankfully nearly nobody is paying 90k a year at MIT

On avg it’s like 40k in aid?

[junior heath]

this doesn't make mit worth the 90k+ a year

[river sky]

Nvm it’s like 60k a year

[junior heath]

mit is generous w aid yes

[river sky]

Who care

[junior heath]

but the 90k vs a much smaller amt at a state school isn't worth

[junior heath]

dude
what

[river sky]

But yeah the generosity of MIT makes this a moot point

Maybe I’m subconsciously factoring that in or whtv

[junior heath]

generosity in what regard? aid?
yeah if you have good aid mit is worth no shit

[river sky]

Yeah exactly

On the other hand CMU offers zero institutional aid for intls

And I’m pretty sure like only half of domestics there get aid

[modern lava]

My award is in excess of the billed direct expenses so I'm given like $6k to cover personal expenses

Bring paid to attend moment

[fierce gust]

oh yea same

does ur award include transport and stuff

[modern lava]

Yeah $1k for transport

[river sky]

is it like a stiped

[fierce gust]

do u have any idea how yhat stuff works

ik i have to set up direct deposit so ig they just give u whatever money isn't billed

[modern lava]

Yes

[river sky]

oh sweet

[modern lava]

Oop found it

[river sky]

lol

[shrewd basalt]

Oh yeah my refunds are similar

I’m assuming they just direct deposit

Oh you have to email them

Interesting

[hollow sedge]

hes getting paid to go to mit wtf

[junior heath]

I wish

tbf though education at MIT is a lot of work so deserved

[eternal jasper]

mit should pay everyone to go there 😳

[pliant hemlock]

rip acceptance rates

[eternal jasper]

especially me

[alpine sail]

bro I've been sitting here waiting for FUN to drop

wasn't it supposed come out yesterday or somthing

[errant mural]

doesn't it come out in february

hence the F in FUN

[sand lance]

Wdym am i in trouble or something 💀

[royal badger]

no lol

it was abt oats

[junior heath]

sharing sus tim works smh how could he

[flint wigeon]

I’m guessing it could come out when the checklist comes out

[flint wigeon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727850377403170819/1183754957791445043/caption.gif?ex=65897cb7&is=657707b7&hm=5efc241d85860355fcd2facbdad2b868fac765a3e71a5c6e1619c8f219a98d11&

[sand lance]

Its night

[outer hollow]

No way i actually got an interview, but its virtual, still shocked i got anything at all lol

[neon cipher]

:P they try to interview everyone

[outer hollow]

Yeah ik i just didnt think id get anything cuz of my location and i wasnt sure if theyd offer me a virtual one

[modern lava]

The not-so FUN form has released btw y'all

[hollow sedge]

e

My checklist isn't there and neither is the fun email/button

[inland flicker]

I don't see it??

[modern lava]

Errrr

[inland flicker]

No email nothing on the portal

[modern lava]

Looks like they released the FUN form early for EA kids

[inland flicker]

I am EA?

[modern lava]

Nah I mean the EA admits

[inland flicker]

oh ok

lol

i didn't realize ea admits get to fill out a FUN

[modern lava]

Yeah it's just for grades pretty much tho unless something catastrophic happened

[modern lava]

not so FUN form moment

[inland flicker]

bro you've got no idea

I've been COOKING mine up

[indigo sparrow]

i was about to say something ab fun form

[indigo sparrow]

F is for friendship????????

Friendship Updates and Notes

[eternal jasper]

🎶 f is for friends who do stuff together
u is for undergrad
n is for nearly everything that i would do to get into MIT🎶

[hollow sedge]

bro is not applying sideways

[shrewd basalt]

N?

[junior heath]

A?

[solemn bone]

i think my interview went well! it went longer than expeced so im taking that as a potential good thing...

[inland flicker]

Interview going longer than expected is definitely a good thing!

[pale plaza]

If we got defer without interview

Do we get RA interview

[exotic briar]

My interview abruptly ended in just under 30 minutes and I was lowkey panicking 💀

[crisp bay]

the interviewer had more important things than you

[inland flicker]

MIT FUN form released

[hollow sedge]

Yep

Was just about to post that

[eternal jasper]

Lets gooooo

[indigo sparrow]

FUN FORM IS OUT

[candid wave]

does mit auto superscore

[inland flicker]

yuh

but you have to submit by sitting

[candid wave]

so like even though it shows the totals for all my sat scores they would only count the superscore right

[inland flicker]

yuh

[candid wave]

bet

that had me stressed out 💀

[inland flicker]

my first ACT I spilled my water on my test during the break

[candid wave]

lmfaooo

i fucked up my first sat as well

but also went in with legitimately 0 review

somehow did way better on ebrw than the second time i took it though

[indigo sparrow]

SCREAMING RN

MIT ADMISSIONS PORTAL HAS TERRIBLE UI

I HAVE TWO ACCOUNTS. AND YOU CAN ONLY RESET THE PASSWORD FOR ONE

AND I FORGOT THE ONE I NEED BECAUSE IT EAS STORED IN MY GGOOGLE ACCOUNT AND OVERWRITTEN

[inland flicker]

????

why do you have two accounts

[indigo sparrow]

tried applying last year for the trollz and to gauge how well I could do first try

[inland flicker]

Oh

You could've just applied unde the same account afaik

But before you get locked out of your admissions account; I'd definitely contact them.

[indigo sparrow]

Forgot the password to that, it was stored in a password manager on my Wii U

[inland flicker]

Wii U...

Lmao are you serious?

[warped sable]

not even the superior wii smh

[river sky]

bro is MIT material (missouri institute of technology)

[inland flicker]

For real

I bought the Wii U when it first came out

Which, in fairness, it was like a cool console. Though it quickly became less so

It was like a prototype of the Switch

[indigo sparrow]

I didn't have a working computer (albeit that was just to start it, I did the rest on my phone)

[cedar hornet]

nah bro madras institute of technology in india

india's MIT

[inland flicker]

Oh; okay

Lol sorry I didn't mean to be rude or anything

but it's funny af

[indigo sparrow]

I would rather use a laggy as hell phone than the fucking Wii U

[cedar hornet]

u should just

email

admissions office

[inland flicker]

^

[indigo sparrow]

I did

[cedar hornet]

and see if they can help u

[indigo sparrow]

I did

still feel like crying tho

[ember star]

rd applicants, are y’all submitting extra stuff besides grades

idk what i would update with i sent in my application like 2 weeks ago

[inland flicker]

i feel like fun is more for EA deferred

[indigo sparrow]

fixed it by turning on my Wii U

[inland flicker]

LMFAO

[proud current]

FUN is here guys!!

looking at the chats above, i am clearly late

but anyway

[inland flicker]

lol

[pliant hemlock]

fun form doesnt sound fun

[indigo sparrow]

i've done more EA's yay

[pliant hemlock]

MIT has yet to recieve my official transcript?

[inland flicker]

Lol what?

Did your counselor not send it

[pliant hemlock]

omg bro

did she not

[proper marten]

mine says the same thing but im pretty sure my counselor sent it

maybe theyre just still loading

[inland flicker]

I’d check with your counselor to make sure

[indigo sparrow]

FUN is FDone

[hollow sedge]

writing fun moment

[hollow sedge]

fun done

college apps are now over

the waiting period begins

[inland flicker]

It’s not due until the 7th right??

[royal badger]

Can we talk about this

Did you apply using a Wii remote

[indigo sparrow]

The gamepad to start, but then i plugged in a keyboard and mouse

[hollow sedge]

doing college apps the wii 💀

[royal badger]

Ok the gamepad isn’t as bad

I assumed you were using an og wiimote

So you would have to point at each letter

[indigo sparrow]

It would've been funny though

[inland flicker]

Wii U can use og wiimotes?

[hollow sedge]

yes

[royal badger]

Speaking of I want to get back into emulating Wii games

[hollow sedge]

dolphin

[royal badger]

But I don’t have my og wiimote anymore

[indigo sparrow]

Yeah

[hollow sedge]

when i used dolphin, it basically treated my mouse cursor as the wii remote pointer

[royal badger]

Idk if I have the dolphin sensor either

[royal badger]

Yeah but that’s not as fun

I want the full experience

[hollow sedge]

you can always buy one

[indigo sparrow]

i have dolphin and citra

my setup has 2 screens so it fits the 3DS

[royal badger]

Wb the wiimote tho

[hollow sedge]

i use citra on my phone

[indigo sparrow]

one screen has controls ect

one has the viewing

[hollow sedge]

you can probably buy used

[royal badger]

The main thing is tho

I love the basketball game

And it’s broken

On emu

[hollow sedge]

oh the wii sports resort basketball game

[royal badger]

Yeah

[hollow sedge]

bluetooth passthrough can solve that issue but its finnicky and messes with your computer's bluetooth support while emulator is active

[vague pelican]

for the FUN form grades, do i js enter what i currently have or?

or is it my first sem final grades?

[inland flicker]

Your first semester final grade

Just letter grades is fine

A+/A- B+/B- C+/C-

[vague pelican]

"how many courses will u be reporting?" thats also js first semester classes right? cuz i got 3 new classes this semester but i dont include that im assuming

[inland flicker]

Yes

[hollow sedge]

masstech reference

[river sky]

"erm technically its caltech 🤓 👆"

[pliant hemlock]

🤢don't you say that name here

[indigo sparrow]

RIGHT

WHO POSTED TIM THE BEAVER PREGNANCY FANFICTION ON AO3

[hazy musk]

Does the "Official Transcript" include my counselor's recommendation?

and secondary school report?

(if sent via Naviance)

[junior heath]

the green is so unsettling 😭

green billert

[inland flicker]

I have a question: Do you guys think that looking up an exact replica of a problem (or pretty close to it) that have completely didfferent numbers and from a different source and seeing how to do the problem and then applying it to your assignment is cheating?

My answer is no, because you are simply teaching yourself how to do it. I mean you may be using someone elses work initially but then you are doing it yourself thereby learning.

Someone else said yes so I was just interested

[hollow sedge]

No

[solid comet]

WHY IS FUN DUE AT 7TH

COULDNT THEY WAIT 1 WEEK MORE

MY RESULTS FOR A BIG THING IS COMING ON 12TH FEFB

NOW ILL HAVE TO EMAIL THEM W IT

[frozen karma]

do they still review apps without the FUN grades?

[exotic briar]

skill issue /jjjjjjjj

[cedar monolith]

Are our supplements supposed to show up in the checklist?

[cedar hornet]

this is like asking if watching a tutorial is cheating

[exotic briar]

no bc it's part of the application right
It's not commonapp+supplements it's just the MIT app

[cedar monolith]

Weren’t research and music through slideroom?

[exotic briar]

oh this is true

but no

they're not supposed to be on the checklist

[cedar monolith]

Cool ty!

[ember star]

for an internship do i give a very short description like in the common app ECs and activities section

[exotic briar]

this is for the MIT FUN right

[vague pelican]

for FUN form, is it preferred to enter grades as letters or as percent grades?
also if i get a grade of 85 and choose to enter it as a letter grade, will it be just B or B+?

[exotic briar]

Presumably how your school logs grades/puts them on ur transcript

[vague pelican]

they do % grades but someone here advised letter grades?

[exotic briar]

hmm

what did the instructions say again? (I don't remember 💀)

[vague pelican]

"List the courses you've taken (high school, college, online, etc.) and the midyear or end-of-semester grade received for each course. In the Grade Received box, please list only grades and not narrative text whenever possible. For example, it is sufficient to write "B+" rather than "B+ (Final grade)" or "B+ (online course)." In many cases, it is better to provide extra information in the Additional Course Information box instead.

If you have more classes to report grades for than spaces available, just continue reporting them in the updates text box."

[exotic briar]

ok idt it really matters
in ur case, I would probably put number grades to make sure they can check against ur transcript later

[hollow sedge]

yeah report it as it appears on your transcript

[exotic briar]

Like the letter grades aren't even standardized

So it's better to be safe and go with what the transcript says

because say there's a miscommunication
if you put that letter grade, it's joever
but if you put the number grade, it's the transcript's fault

[vague pelican]

alr cool great. also for my updates in the textbox, does it have to be like essay format or can i js list whatever i did in a sentence each?

[vague pelican]

yea i think it would be better to go with what transcript says cuz it sounds cooler to say i got a 99% instead of an A+ lol

[exotic briar]

Uh I don't think it matters too much
I don't think they want essays tho; it's why they limit it to 250

But I would definitely spend some time thinking about it if I were in your shoes

(I was admitted, so I basically blanked it)

[vague pelican]

fair, thanks
last question sorry if i seem bothersome 😭

do we submit any official docs such as a mid year report or anything?

[exotic briar]

no

counselor bureaucracy bahhhhh

[vague pelican]

alr great. ty for ur time. goodnight (or whatever time it is for u)

[exotic briar]

it's a spotting of billert

(not thebillert obvs)

[hollow sedge]

one is more ambitious than the other

[ember star]

yep

[exotic briar]

Keep to short descriptions right

dyt this is a very significant addition to ur app (idk anything, actually just curious)

[ember star]

eh not rlly, its only a few weeks its like a school sponsored thing

and the company is super small

[exotic briar]

ok yeah then just keep to that description

They don't expect much from the FUN anyway

there aren't major olympiads/competitions taking place during this time anw

[ember star]

would you mind editing it if I dm'ed you

[exotic briar]

Uh probably refer to someone else

I'm a senioritised senior spamming discord

[ember star]

oh lol, no problem

[frozen karma]

does mit still do committees on applicants and admit people even without the fun form? or do they wait for them to come in before doing that

[indigo sparrow]

tell them in the FUN when you can send it

[indigo sparrow]

you NEED the fun form, just don't report anything

[kindred maple]

How to write FUN

[median ingot]

Is it bad if your research mentor doesn't submit a recommendation for your portfolio?

[fluid venture]

shud i wait for my AIME score (precited 6-8/15) for my fun form?

aime is feb 1, so its cutting it close

[elder needle]

guys is it bad to have a long interview

[pliant hemlock]

no

[candid wave]

do u know when theyll release

[candid wave]

depends on the context

idt its bad i think they would look @ whats constructively there

but like it wouldnt help u to not

[exotic briar]

apparently it comes out p quick on edvistas
cm usually sends scores to me by the next day or two after the contest

USAMO, on the other hand...🥶

[fierce gust]

whens fun due

feb 7?

[exotic briar]

feb 7

[fluid venture]

feb 7th

[fierce gust]

then its fine

just wait if u think its gonna help ur app

[fluid venture]

idk when the sxores release

and if its more than 1 week im cooked

[fierce gust]

ohh

check when they normally do

like on google or smth

how tf do yall do this stuff 💀

[fluid venture]

gotta j thug it out

lots of rules to learn and apply

slight memorization

j a harder sat math test fr

idk i did good on the amc so i was invited

[elder vine]

how are yall starting your fun forms

like

hello mit admissions team here are my updates

[junior heath]

ill be real idk

im probably gonna update on a couple things then yap

[elder vine]

we can do bullet points right

[inland flicker]

yes

[elder vine]

doesnt have to be structured paragraphs

[inland flicker]

no

[junior heath]

you can format it however you want yes

[elder vine]

ok cool

but like i cant just have the updates i prolly want like an intro right

[inland flicker]

i don't plan to have an intro

i mean i guess you could call it an intro

something along the lines of

During the two short months since I first applied to MIT I have been/done/achieved/accomplished/been awarded with/wahtever

[elder vine]

hmmm ok

is there a word limit or nah

[inland flicker]

yes

250

[hollow sedge]

A note I forgot to mention on my original application:
<redacted>

Some updates:
<redacted>
<redacted>
<redacted>

this is how i structured my fun box

[radiant pivot]

lol redacted

[exotic briar]

input grades -> blank the notes -> gg 🤩
(don't do this if u were not accepted early 💀)

[elder vine]

i got deferred lol so i need to cook fr

[crisp bay]

Bullet points?

[gusty siren]

anyone wanna help me choose a better rephrase for my research question 🥲

[sand lance]

a = 1349, U = -405

[green oyster]

how the hell did you figure that out

[median grotto]

You can get rid of the floors to approximate a.

your answer will only have an uncertainty of approx +- 2023.

[river sky]

Which problem did you get this from

[indigo sparrow]

how silly can my fun be

[inland flicker]

as silly as u want

[spice ermine]

omg im so nervous for my interview. its tomm. and its literally like my friend's dad lol

how long should a response to "tell me about yourself be"? what would you like even say?

[inland flicker]

i told him about my interests

and what I like to do

and what I want to do

and how I got to where I am

and it can be as long or as short as you can think!

The good ones are always too short and the bad ones are always too long.

[junior heath]

do you know your interviewer?

[spice ermine]

thank you! this was actuallly so helpful

[junior heath]

bro what whyd you thumbs down me
i was asking ifyou knew your interviewer prior to the interview

[royal badger]

I think that was their way of saying no

In response to ur question

[junior heath]

yeah actually that makes sense
ig im not thinking 😭

[spice ermine]

lol yea sorry i meant that i don't know my interviewer personally

sorry didn't mean to offend you

[junior heath]

just confused 😭

[autumn bison]

"did you know your intervie-"
"FUCK YOU 👎"

[junior heath]

[sand lance]

This brought to mind a certain meme culture which I won’t name in case somebody gets of$$$ded

[cerulean trail]

can we submit links to vids/images in the fun?

[modern lava]

I mean, there's nothing stopping you from putting a link in there

It's not guaranteed they'll click on it though

Just make sure it's a relevant update or at least a bit fun, y'know?

[cerulean trail]

i spent the last 2-3 months grinding on apps i have no idea what to put down 😭

eh ill find something

[dawn prairie]

when they superscore the two sittings are supposed to be like that right?

cause in mine i reported 2 sittings (so that i can superscore) and in the checklist it has both of them and says the total for each of them seperately but doesnt mention the superscored grade so i suppose they compute it or smth...

[inland flicker]

Yuh it does that

[dawn prairie]

i was just worried cause in other universites it only shows superscore

[spice ermine]

are mit interviews evaluative?

[hollow sedge]

yes

[spice ermine]

thank you

[inland flicker]

what

[inland flicker]

oh ur right nvm for some reason I thought she was asking if it was evaluative as in are they gonna test you on like diffEQ

[river sky]

does MIT allow deferred students to submit a portfolio for FUN?

[inland flicker]

Yes I think the submission date already passed tho you’ll have to check

You would have had to submit the portfolio by the RD portfolio date which has passed. Portfolio is completely separate from FUN

[river sky]

oh im not applying in this cycle lol

im j asking

[river sky]

so even if u get deferred EA u still can submit portfolio by jan1?

[inland flicker]

So
https://mitadmissions.org/pages/ea-deferred-faq/

"We only recommend you submit a supplemental portfolio if you were planning to do so for Early Action, but just ran out of time. The deadline to submit a supplemental portfolio is January 4. You cannot make changes to portfolios that have already been submitted, though you are welcome to provide any meaningful updates using the FUN Form."

So, yes, if you are deferred EA and just did not have time to submit one before then you have until January 4th (the RD Portfolio deadline) to submit one.

[river sky]

ahh

[indigo sparrow]

hi chat

[inland flicker]

hi

[indigo sparrow]

praying for a acceptance

[inland flicker]

I really don't wanna write this FUN smh

[indigo sparrow]

you hav to

[inland flicker]

Indeed

So did you guys end up putting an intro into yours or just list out your updates

[indigo sparrow]

mine was very short, surprisingly

not much went on between December 18th and January 18th

[junior heath]

same

[indigo sparrow]

except I ✨ diversified ✨

[inland flicker]

Technically it should be all updates Nov 2 -> January 18th but yuh I get what ur saying

[indigo sparrow]

I'm doing way more ea's now

[inland flicker]

EAs?