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

[coarse fjord]

i started hella late tho

[cedar hornet]

unironically ive written essays about valorant and i plan to keep doing so

[ionic spindle]

applied MIT because someone in this discord told me to

[green oyster]

3k!??!?!?!?!?!

[ionic spindle]

I wasn't going to lol

[green oyster]

bro i peak diamond

[plucky lance]

nice idk if u want but ir ecommend linkedn

[green oyster]

shit was hard afterwards

[plucky lance]

it helped me get all my ecs or 80% of them

[cedar hornet]

3k something but yea imm2 198rr

[plucky lance]

thats insane

[green oyster]

gawd damn

[cedar hornet]

got my first internship thru linkedin lmao

[plucky lance]

my friend was radiant at his peak

queued with sinatraa

back in the days

[coarse fjord]

hawk did u apply mit

[cedar hornet]

i beat loud sadhaak once :D

[plucky lance]

No

[plucky lance]

fire

[coarse fjord]

oh damn

[plucky lance]

i saw this one guy

willius

he got harv

[green oyster]

oh yea

[plucky lance]

he sniped sadhaak too

yeha

he was cracked tho

[cedar hornet]

willius is so annoying

[plucky lance]

i dont have research like your level

or olympiads

[cedar hornet]

unironically the most egotistical guy ive ever seen

[plucky lance]

that r notable

[cedar hornet]

he sucks at valorant too

[plucky lance]

he fell off yea

[coarse fjord]

lol my research isn’t isef or anything

[green oyster]

wasn't he like asb pres and hell load of leadership stuff

i forgot

[cedar hornet]

willius went to a harvard feeder high school

[green oyster]

bro was involved in school though so

oh

[plucky lance]

iirc abhi said u got some crazy oncology shit at a lab

so i thought mass gen hospital

cus ur mit bound

[west falcon]

You can put it on your activities section and even talk about it in the tell us about one of your ec’s essays!!

[coarse fjord]

nah abhi is just a d1 glazer 😭

[plucky lance]

ye ik

best feeder in the country

they had like 20 rea

[cedar hornet]

i wrote about it a few times, i didnt do anything but play the game tho (no like coacching or whatev) so it might be last activity

unironically a unique essay hook

i mentioned my leaderboard position in an ssp essay

[plucky lance]

am ask moopie she based her essays philosophy off of valorant

[coarse fjord]

altho idek if u know what that is

LOL

[cedar hornet]

yea i think i asked to see one

[plucky lance]

and he says this

texas?

[coarse fjord]

LMFAOO

[west falcon]

It can show your dedication to something and also how you spend your free time

[plucky lance]

thats some oncology lab right

[coarse fjord]

yeahh

[plucky lance]

insane

[coarse fjord]

yep!

[plucky lance]

its like t5 in the nation

cracked fr

[cedar hornet]

yeah ill consider it

ill tell you guys how the full resume looks in this thread in 365 days lol

[coarse fjord]

got lucky 😭

ur cracked too

[solid pawn]

wen is cracked

[plucky lance]

nahh

[scarlet niche]

helloo, any tips for getting into mit?

[coarse fjord]

kirk ur like

ultra cracked

[plucky lance]

fr

kirk mogs us

[coarse fjord]

orz

[solid pawn]

NO

[west falcon]

I think a new one opens for the next cycle so make sure to ping us lol

[plucky lance]

s tier

we a tier

[coarse fjord]

nah i’m b tier bro 😭

[cedar hornet]

win the lottery and buy ur way in

sure shot

[coarse fjord]

kirk is on that manhwa SSS tier shit

[solid pawn]

i need a likely bruh

[scarlet niche]

ooh

[solid pawn]

cornell cmon

[coarse fjord]

🙄

[green oyster]

bruh if ur B tier then im cooked 😭

im not even making it into t50

[plucky lance]

btw @cedar hornet i do think this is the move

[coarse fjord]

they aren’t giving u likely kirk cuz u don’t need it

[plucky lance]

good intersection for any major

[cedar hornet]

dms

[coarse fjord]

ur alr in fr

[plucky lance]

aight

[ionic spindle]

What school is still sending out likelys?

[solid pawn]

cornell

[ionic spindle]

Oh

[coarse fjord]

my friend got a cornell likely

i think columbia is too

[plucky lance]

shes trolling

she got mit

[solid pawn]

nolan?

[coarse fjord]

i didn’t ask ☠️

[solid pawn]

i think only nolan released

what am i saing

[coarse fjord]

i also have no clue what that is

i’m ngl

[solid pawn]

i applied to cornell 7 days late

[coarse fjord]

i didn’t apply

[solid pawn]

[green oyster]

im still cooked 😭

[solid pawn]

i got FOMO and applied

[green oyster]

[ionic spindle]

This discord often makes me feel c-tier

[coarse fjord]

dawg ur prob fine

[coarse fjord]

ong

[green oyster]

ive gotten reject from all summer programs so far

shit makes u feel subpar

[ionic spindle]

When I'm off A2C I feel like I'm superconfident

then A2C egochecks me

[coarse fjord]

awww

[scarlet niche]

help 🥲

[coarse fjord]

it’s ok i only got in in like april

[storm crystal]

Naur :(

[coarse fjord]

HI WEN

OMG

[storm crystal]

HI WIN

WEN

[coarse fjord]

HI TWIN

[ionic spindle]

Nobody can tell you how to get into MIT

[green oyster]

need 6 research papers, cure cancer, get a rec letter from barack obama, have 1600 sat, 5.1 weighted GPA

[storm crystal]

:3

[storm crystal]

U just get in

[green oyster]

oh and you also need to get gold in all olympiads

simple

[coarse fjord]

fr just be better

[coarse fjord]

light work no reaction

rxn

[green oyster]

IM COOKEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[storm crystal]

No i think u just need to be nerdy enough in one niche area

[coarse fjord]

lowkey i think i got in cuz of this^

[storm crystal]

And they somehow see money potential in u

And ur in

[coarse fjord]

i was into a semi niche area idrk tbh

[storm crystal]

Cause colleges at the end of the day, theyre still a business and they hope you’ll bring them fame or money

[west falcon]

It’s also about how you stand out within your region, not the entire Internet

[storm crystal]

Yeah this too

[west falcon]

Because my stats are nowhere near the others on here lol

[green oyster]

if u r like 30/900 at your school are you considered cracked

[storm crystal]

Like if ur from the middle of no where with less opportunities but still end up doing cracked stuff then ur just better

[west falcon]

But it’s “very” high for my school so yea

[west falcon]

Yea

[storm crystal]

Yeah

Isnt that like

Top 2-3%

[scarlet niche]

👍

[green oyster]

im prolly not even 30 lmaoa

public high schools dont rank

[storm crystal]

Also if u do research paper, u kinda have to like the topic ur doing it on LOL

[solid pawn]

Maybe in school context... because Dallas is insane

[west falcon]

True true

[storm crystal]

it really shows if ur just doing it for the resume or doing it for the interest

[plucky lance]

no

cracked is relative

[west falcon]

The same district as SEM and TAG is crazy 😭😭

[plucky lance]

its ur entier profile

[plucky lance]

ahhh

that school is so comp

and TJAS

[coarse fjord]

texas in general fr

[plucky lance]

dfw 🙄

[solid pawn]

its still insane how yk that one kid

[coarse fjord]

is tjas that research thing

[west falcon]

I only know one person from TAG last year that got into MIT

[coarse fjord]

FR LMFAO

[plucky lance]

nah thats ajas

tjas is a p comp high school

[coarse fjord]

no tjas is a thing i think

[plucky lance]

in texas

[coarse fjord]

i did it

maybe i’m tripping

[solid pawn]

wtf is tjas

[plucky lance]

isnt that texas junior academy science

[coarse fjord]

some nerd research thing

[west falcon]

Got him on Instagram and LinkedIn, man is living the ultimate work-life balance 😭😭

[plucky lance]

ajas but tjas cus t= texas?

[coarse fjord]

OH

[plucky lance]

yeahh

[coarse fjord]

oml yeah

[plucky lance]

like njas for new jersey

yk

[coarse fjord]

mb

ur right sorry

[plucky lance]

yeah

tjas is a p comp hs

[coarse fjord]

i didn’t get into science fair until this year 😭

[plucky lance]

its like ncssm

but for tx

[solid pawn]

not a science kid

[plucky lance]

never done it

[west falcon]

The SEM valedictorian this year applied to Harvard 😭😭

[coarse fjord]

u just know if

[west falcon]

And the entire Ivy League

[coarse fjord]

ig

the goat

[plucky lance]

not surprised its like t20 hs

[coarse fjord]

@solid pawn do u know sarang goel

[solid pawn]

LMFAO

YES

[coarse fjord]

LMFAO

[solid pawn]

rsi and stanford

i went to middle school w him

[plucky lance]

yes..

[west falcon]

TAG and SEM both state level and nationally too

[plucky lance]

that mf

is crakced asl

[coarse fjord]

fr

[plucky lance]

rsi bound too

coke as well

completed college apps

[coarse fjord]

is sarang committed to stanford

[plucky lance]

yes

[solid pawn]

im p sure

[plucky lance]

i think

[plucky lance]

yea

[gusty orchid]

holy gunna

[plucky lance]

tag pumps out the best isef kids

in all of tx iirc

[solid pawn]

wait wen

[coarse fjord]

damn i think that other kid told me how he got into mit todays

[solid pawn]

how dyk him

[coarse fjord]

yeah

oh the other kid

and regeneron

[solid pawn]

ah

[plucky lance]

irving texas

[coarse fjord]

i don’t know him personally

[solid pawn]

wait... our mutual?

[coarse fjord]

yeah

[solid pawn]

he got in?

thats amazing

[coarse fjord]

no not him

sarang

[solid pawn]

OH

[coarse fjord]

idt our mutual applied

[solid pawn]

well prob

rsi

[west falcon]

So many cracked people come out from there sometimes I question if I should have skipped that lunar new year family gathering and went to my TAG interview lol fjdhdhsh 😭😭

[solid pawn]

to mit

[coarse fjord]

yeah

but one of my rsi friends got waitlisted today

☠️

[solid pawn]

i heard a lot of his research is just based on his sister's

[plucky lance]

u didnt miss out

u got harv and columbia

[coarse fjord]

oh fr

that seems like a trend in isef ngl

[plucky lance]

rishab but with his brother??

yea

it is

if u have older siblings who made isef

u can eaisly make it too

[green oyster]

wait can i see ur resumes 🤗

[west falcon]

True true, but sometimes it feels like luck lol

[plucky lance]

jus like how if ur older sibling gets t10

[coarse fjord]

😭

[plucky lance]

dm @cobalt jolt

[plucky lance]

yeah it is

[modern lava]

One could say I cooked

[west falcon]

Already having imposter syndrome djdhsh 😭😭

[plucky lance]

figuratively and literally 🔥

[modern lava]

Tbh I basically just rizzed my way in

[coarse fjord]

agree

hi oats

[green oyster]

is he more craacked 😭

[plucky lance]

no one talks abt what they did in hs tho

[modern lava]

Hi wen :3

[plucky lance]

nah he just my #1 fan

[solid pawn]

sarang just did a TONNN of research

[plucky lance]

rightt

he got primes too kirk

wait no

rsi*

[green oyster]

would ygs say research is a big part of the app

[plucky lance]

it can be

[solid pawn]

yes rsi

[plucky lance]

if its published

[coarse fjord]

for me i think it was

[plucky lance]

or presented

[green oyster]

wdym by presented

[plucky lance]

presented at conference

or at a sci fair

[coarse fjord]

i didn’t publish or present tho 💀

[green oyster]

oh

[solid pawn]

same LOL

[plucky lance]

or accepted to sts 300, etc

[green oyster]

and did ygs do with professor or like summer program

[plucky lance]

i did w prof

[green oyster]

did u just spam cold emails

[coarse fjord]

i did it w prof through summer program

[green oyster]

which one?

[plucky lance]

yes

150

for me

[coarse fjord]

it’s texas only 😭

[green oyster]

oh :C

[solid pawn]

i did some self directed research and one through a connection

[green oyster]

did ygs all do this like senior summer

or was it earlier

[plucky lance]

i started march 2023

[coarse fjord]

i just realized ygs is you guys

[green oyster]

[solid pawn]

i was reading it as yale global scholars

[plucky lance]

most of my stuff tho that were pivotal came in the summer so yea

u got time

lots in fact

id say

[coarse fjord]

ME TOO

[plucky lance]

columbia abstract 🙄

[pliant hemlock]

I heard ajas. ive been summoned

[west falcon]

Omg thank you for telling me, I was so confused 😭😭

[coarse fjord]

LMFAOOO

[plucky lance]

congrats on beating out the tj kids

va ajas is tough

asf

nova

[pliant hemlock]

thanks bro bro

[green oyster]

i literally only have academics and some mid leadership i got no good ecs

[solid pawn]

but wheres my likely

[plucky lance]

halo was the better applicant

[coarse fjord]

all my ecs were school related mostly clubs 😭

[solid pawn]

true

[coarse fjord]

besides two research things i did

[west falcon]

Same here 😭😭

[modern lava]

Literally all but one of my ecs were just the hobbies i did at home lol

And i'm not even that good at most of them

[pliant hemlock]

shit academics w/ goated ecs

[solid pawn]

we're all cooked

[coarse fjord]

u guys don’t need likelies

ur alr in fr

[west falcon]

Nooo, I heard the letters target those from underrepresented areas (my school has like a 10% college going rate) so it’s definitely not about ability lol

[pliant hemlock]

thats cool. cs major?

[modern lava]

Nah, Civil & Environmental Engineering

[coarse fjord]

W

[green oyster]

if i get into stanford harvard or mit i will literally shit myself aand start crying

[modern lava]

Might dual major in something CS related tho (get that bag)

Or Econ

[west falcon]

At least you guys got $20k per year 😭😭

[modern lava]

CS, Econ, & Data Science major 😍

[plucky lance]

quant ❤️

[pliant hemlock]

civil & environmental at home? goat

[solid pawn]

did u apply to UT btw

[west falcon]

Yea

[green oyster]

wait what majors r ygs all in

[modern lava]

💀

[coarse fjord]

WAIT HALO ARE U TEXAN

[plucky lance]

all mit kids will sellout so why not be the first

[solid pawn]

yes she is

[west falcon]

Auto-admit, and got into CS but rejected Turing Honors (that essay was pure yap)

[coarse fjord]

OMG

[west falcon]

Yes!!

[coarse fjord]

HI

ONGGG

[west falcon]

HELLO

[coarse fjord]

I AM TPO

NO WAYY

[solid pawn]

rejected turing is crazy

[coarse fjord]

WAIT

where texas

[solid pawn]

a kid ik from 2 yrs ago got into harvard but rejected bhp

[storm crystal]

Texans get ut austin for free it’s actually not fair

[west falcon]

Lowkey expected it though, that essay was the worst one ever, pulled it together in less than an hour 😭😭

[storm crystal]

🥹

[solid pawn]

my best essays were last min

[coarse fjord]

sorry wen 💔

[west falcon]

North Texas, Dallas

[solid pawn]

GANG

[coarse fjord]

fr

so sad

[storm crystal]

That shouldve been me im a state away

[west falcon]

UT Austin wrong for that 😭😭

[solid pawn]

im somehow at 0 rejections

ivy day will cook me tho

[storm crystal]

That’s actually trolling

[west falcon]

I have been to Austin a few times before!!

[coarse fjord]

nah you’ll sweep kirk

[coarse fjord]

omg for what

[west falcon]

UIL and my sister went to UT

[solid pawn]

if im lucky 2-3, but realistically 0-1

[west falcon]

You’re going to be the next person with the 8 for 8 👀

[green oyster]

did any of ygs apply to berk or la

[eternal jasper]

time to say goodbye to the mit channel

[west falcon]

Lowkey same but that honors essay had me stumped because the prompt was literally the application ones but reworded

[plucky lance]

walk out with a defer/wl

[west falcon]

Not me, got UT in-state, the UCs are wayyy too expensive oos

[plucky lance]

yeah

i woulda done berk met

only

[eternal jasper]

yeah ucs are sooooo expensive

[solid pawn]

I didn’t apply UCs either

[green oyster]

[west falcon]

I did that calculator and saw my COA, closed the tab and never touched anything UC again

[plucky lance]

🙄

duke!

[urban canopy]

[solid pawn]

Oh I forgot abt that

Nvm!

[coarse fjord]

i did

got into berk early

[green oyster]

holy moly u r cracked

[coarse fjord]

ohhhhh

hype

[coarse fjord]

bro nah

sweep

i can see it in ur future fr

[cyan kite]

Does mit have a formal updates form for waitlist or do you just email?
Edit: nvm I see it

[supple creek]

damn straight up reject

rip

[solid pawn]

u too

[versed sleet]

so excited!

[ionic spindle]

We don't even know if we are going to get it tomorrow

because of the rolling

[royal badger]

These starboards go great together

[modern lava]

Petey moment

[royal badger]

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/mit-regular-action-decisions-now-available-online-7/

[royal badger]

Pinning the stats

[coarse fjord]

huh @modern lava

is this the same discord

[modern lava]

I don't think so 😭

[coarse fjord]

LOL OKAY I WAS LIKE HUH

[modern lava]

Could you send me the link to verify it's the same one we're thinking of? 😭

[pliant hemlock]

I got bad news for you bro💀

[modern lava]

Because preferably we want all the Class of 2028 kids to end up in the same place

[static basin]

i believe there exists an mit-wide server called "busy beavers" that vex runs

while the one you're sending is just for co2028

[modern lava]

Yup

[boreal garden]

cc @modern lava the mit2028class thing is run by some nyu (recent) alum from south korea -- def some kind of data harvesting thing

it used to be called bondit

but they've got stuff at brown and yale too i think

every year they recycle the account

[modern lava]

That instagram???

Crazy

Aaaaanyway

If any one of y'all recent RD admits or EA admits are still around and need the link to the Class of 2028 server feel free to DM me

😭

[ionic spindle]

4.5% AR is not bad

[pliant hemlock]

[drifting idol]

hi

got rejected here 😦

[lusty stratus]

did anyone from india get into mit?

[rugged void]

yeah

p sure

[lusty stratus]

do you know who all got in rd?

[modest glen]

i am astounded that you would join such a clouded and convoluted community.

your commitment to being a scout is more than admirable

[sick umbra]

waitlisted :/

[grave token]

Yes

[grave token]

huh?

[grave token]

i'm not in a2c to be a talent scout

[grave token]

i mostly hope our alumni don't embarrass me

[coarse fjord]

hi wen

big Wen

[storm crystal]

the last time i saw an mit alumni he looked like he could be on vogue while convincing me to play league of legends

hey i was sold though

[storm crystal]

ello

[radiant birch]

Anyone who got accepted to MIT?

[peak bane]

.

[onyx elk]

Get outta here with ur mit ‘30

💀

[native furnace]

Me If I get into any t20

[royal badger]

Gg MIT

MIT day broke 50k messages in a day

[pliant hemlock]

Predicts, will Harvard break more?

[royal badger]

Usually yes

But the highest day isn’t usually Ivy day

[pliant hemlock]

Oh?

[royal badger]

MIT day was scarily close to last year’s highest day

And already broke last year’s Ivy day

By almost 9k messages

Last year highest day was March 17

Which is probably gonna be the same as today LMAO

[radiant birch]

rude

[pale plaza]

yeah cuz mit was on some crazy bs

rejecting everyone

[indigo sparrow]

just reject your rejections email, works like a charm

[cyan kite]

Does mit look at my end of year grades for the waitlist?

[autumn sentinel]

doubtful

[cyan kite]

That's what I thought as well

[gusty orchid]

Did anyone get an email for rejection?

I thought u jus get status updates

[cyan kite]

Time to pour over my waitlist letter 😭

[gusty orchid]

Don’t sweat it too much thye don’t really care abt waitlist letters apparently

It’s jus more like

If a certain person who had a certain speciality

Chooses to not attend MIT

and if you also have said speciality

They’ll take you

Unless you get something v significant to put on the letter there’s not rlly a point

[ornate sleet]

gg mit

[mossy basin]

you got in?

[ornate sleet]

no reject

[drifting idol]

curious why?

[royal badger]

Lots of decisions that day

[drifting idol]

dont more notable schools come out after march 17

oh

[royal badger]

The day changes each year

But a lot do third Friday

[modest glen]

quite valid

you do under appreciated work

[ionic spindle]

No

[fathom knoll]

did billert get in

[median shard]

I've been dreaming of getting into MIT for the last 7 years

It's been my dream school for as long as I can remember

It's so disappointing to be outright rejected like this when I know that I am a competitive applicant

I have international olympiad medals, x3 published reserach, work experience, national recognition in music and sports

and I think my essays were pretty solid

It's honestly quite disappointing

[frigid shoal]

it’s a lottery 🤷‍♂️

a competitive application is just more tickets in the raffle

but still a gamble nonetheless

[median shard]

true

just wish the stars would've alligned for me xd

anyways i hope everyone ends up happy whereever they end up at

congrats to everyone who got in, and I wish the best of luck to those who didnt

[cedar monolith]

if you want to talk about it, DM me 🙂 i’m in a pretty similar position

[tender dune]

wait just out of curiosity why didn't u REA to mit? @median shard

[steel pollen]

wheres the poll

[ionic spindle]

MIT isn't REA

[tender dune]

wait really wtf

but why no EA?

[drifting idol]

u cant ea to privates

[junior ocean]

yield protection?

[median shard]

EA to MIT doesn't offer a significant boost

as opposed to REA another school

and Yale was my 2nd top choice

[median shard]

real and true and factual

[fallow fiber]

@median shard did you RD anywhere

[median shard]

hpsm basically lol

where ill go depends on the finaid ill get probably

[fallow fiber]

In hindsight i should've

[median shard]

did u get in princeton rea

[fallow fiber]

yeah

[median shard]

princeton cs is awesome, im sure you'll be more than fine

[fallow fiber]

ty

what major are you

[median shard]

im cs too but i moonlight as a philosophy major

and i might sell out to econ any time now lol

honestly yale > quant pipeline looks really tasty rn

[outer hollow]

I feel like im in a similar position to you, like im extremely happy going to turing at UT, but man it really stings to be outright rejected, this became my dream school the past few months during application season

[tender dune]

aw wow im sorry :( im sorry, i really hope youre happy at yale

[scarlet hatch]

me too ...

[median shard]

well its yale so i can't complain haha

stanford is pretty awesome too, same goes for u

[cedar hornet]

yeah i think the problem w having a dream of like hypsm is that even if u get like the a tier schools instead of the a+ schools you feel dissapoitned

[cedar hornet]

like turing is amazing but u compared it to mit and now it feels worse

[errant garden]

Real

[cedar hornet]

especially if ur cs turing is amazing

[outer hollow]

fr, honestly its not even that i think mit will give me an edge later on, i think i will be just as successful at turing, its just i started to imagine myself at mit and it sucks to just get that vision crushed. especially when everyone in your community is telling you ur gonna get in and that ur the best candidate ur school has seen in the past decade, when you get rejected, everyone is just shocked, and it kinda sucks. i just thought the vibe and culture at mit was perfect for me and sucks to have that vision of integration bees ripped away if you know what i mean lol

everything happens for a reason though, so beyond the initial disappointment, its not that big a deal

[pliant hemlock]

why you reject me mit

[errant garden]

they tripping

yield protected

[pliant hemlock]

😭

[sand lance]

Mit’s rejection turned me tau radians

The dream was nice while it lasted

At least the pain inspired a poem

Your rejection hangs on my wall#in cold glass frames#waiting for some sunlight#to break through the day

(This is not my original poem the original one is not in english)

[fiery river]

Why did I reach for a dream I can't fulfill
At least that's what you tell yourself
For all the million opportunities in the world
It's for you to make them yours

[terse hamlet]

When college decisions come out and you become poetic 😭

[fierce gust]

yall what is turing honors i got into mit cs and wtf are these programs😭

oh wait nvm im stupid

[mossy basin]

bro got into mit cs

rare a2cer

[fierce gust]

that beaver scares the shit out of me

[mossy basin]

congrats tho lol

[granite terrace]

beaver looks scary asf

[cedar hornet]

it’s the honors college at ut austin

it’s crazy for comp sci

[eternal jasper]

ah shit now i gotta break the news to my past self too

[candid wave]

when i got the decision notif it was literally fanf

fnaf

and i had a nightmare the other night that i got murdered by fnaf (dont ask)

i thought it was a bad omen 💀

[west falcon]

It’s staring into your soul

[grave token]

yes

yeS

[wintry basin]

why is the s capitalized

[grave token]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-evil-headnod-jack-nicholson-gif-8019533

[wintry basin]

woah he has more hair than u

sorry please dont rescind me

i didn't mean it

:c

[granite terrace]

rescinsion letter incoming

dw u can come to the better umass cambridge

[grave token]

https://tenor.com/view/ok-gif-4193015276545677635

[jade wyvern]

Sorry not sorry

[strong torrent]

Tim 50 years later

[ionic spindle]

what is with tim being menacing as hell this year

[grave token]

u find wide Tim menacing?

u should

[river sky]

tim cryopreservation

[tardy wing]

i got rejected utcs, stanford rea, ucla and ucsd but was waitlisted mit

now im just hella confused

[green oyster]

the interviewer found you to be a cutie patootie

[cedar hornet]

reaches are just unpredictable

ur qualified but theyre so capacity constrained they cant give offers to every qualified applicant

[candid wave]

Ur him

Is what🙏

[jagged forge]

peetey

[acoustic folio]

Does anyone have an idea of how many intls were waitlisted

[mossy basin]

being waitlisted as an intl is crazy

👏

oly kid?

[acoustic folio]

Yeaaah thanks man

I dont want to get my hopes up

[acoustic folio]

Informatics yes

[mossy basin]

ah cool

i'm gonna try it this year 🙏

[midnight badger]

nina wang core

[oak tartan]

Omg I love her videos

[midnight badger]

perioddd

[cursive trench]

IOI medalist?

[acoustic folio]

Yes i got a bronze

[spice smelt]

congrats

[ionic spindle]

IOI looks funny to me

like it is an emoticon for someone drowning

or something to do with electricity

[acoustic folio]

Lol what

Which icon are u talking about

[dark helm]

the letters IOI lmaooo

[ionic spindle]

the letters IOI

[strong torrent]

SAME

[sleek rover]

Is Usamo silver theoretically enough to get off the waitlist

[fierce gust]

You can never really know how admissions works 100% of the time - it should help but there are never garuntees with this kinda stuff

[cedar monolith]

from what my counselor told me they mostly take people off the waitlist to make a more well rounded class overall—it’s based off of what “types” of people end up not enrolling

[drifting idol]

😐

mit moment

[cedar monolith]

in fairness that’s prob because people were coming back from covid gap years and stuff, they usually take like a few people off lol

but yeah mit waitlist is not a terribly fun place to be

[pliant hemlock]

💀

[drifting idol]

yale took off 9 that year

[grave token]

correct

[sleek rover]

D: from what I’ve heard, they basically waitlist most competitive oly kids who didn’t get in

[unique vortex]

does skipping a year lower my chances of getting into mit? i got rejected and just wanna make sure this won't hurt me at other colleges / had nothing to do (personally as an intl i knew i never stood a chance but still thought hm maybe I'll get waitlisted!)

[acoustic folio]

oh no i cant unsee it now xD

[grave token]

what does skipping a year mean

[unique vortex]

like going from 8th grade to 10th grade in my case

like does this make colleges assume im less mature or sth?

[median ingot]

hello mr petey

[unique vortex]

(just wanna know whether to expect to be judged about it for harvard or other colleges)

[grave token]

i shouldn't think so

[granite terrace]

obviously petey answered for mit, but for another perspective, i "skipped" 10th grade and harvard didnt care

u should be chillin

just have ur counselor explain why/submit a letter of confirmation

[warped tapir]

farewell my dream of countless years 👋 at least until grad school apps

[inland flicker]

Me too

[frozen karma]

how come now usamo qualification isnt enough to get in and you need MOP

[candid wave]

I had none bye 💀

[grave token]

We do not have a limit of math majors

[grave token]

it was never “enough”

not rly how it works m8

[carmine hill]

I was (and i know another guy who was)

can LOCIs turn the tide with waitlist admissions?

[grave token]

no

Just submit the standard form

[fierce gust]

hello petey how are you?

[frozen karma]

i guess it never has been enough. but of the 6 asian males this year from the bay area with usamo i know, plus 5 in the past 2 cycles, you admitted none of them. they all had perfect grades and scores and usamo wasn’t their main activity either they had other significant ECs both high achieving in other olympiads and research/other activities. what could they have done?

[cedar hornet]

guy said “you admitted none of them” as if he was their ao directly 😭

[granite terrace]

they couldnt have done anything. no one is entitled to admission to a college like mit even if they did smth like go to the moon

mit's admits about 1,500 students each year

it is literally impossible to accept every qualified applicant

[fierce gust]

i mean they can only take so many people

[untold crystal]

there's loads of usamo quals now

[candid wave]

ur not thinking about it the right way

[untold crystal]

ik a lot of intl usamo "quals" but cant actually take usamo becuz they're intl

[candid wave]

its not like AOs read apps and are like max awards max stats max ecs lets let them in

theres stuff like recs where they wanna know what kinda person u would be

[fierce gust]

does happen sometimes

usamo just isn't max awards

[untold crystal]

^

[candid wave]

ok but still for mit specifically i don't think u can go usamo + stacked research = in

[untold crystal]

prestige of oly placements besides camp and io r going down slowly

[untold crystal]

but mop can

[candid wave]

bc i had neither

and applied math

💀

[untold crystal]

strong

[fierce gust]

people still get rejected

[untold crystal]

yeah

[fierce gust]

so you still need a strong application

[untold crystal]

but not messing up should be the bottom line

[candid wave]

i still dont think its the right way to think abt it

im like

asian from bay area

and applied math

[untold crystal]

its not

[candid wave]

and i had no olys or stuff adjacent to that

[untold crystal]

because oly's are a huge sacrifice

[candid wave]

or like published research

[untold crystal]

and therefore risk

so no one thinks ab it that way realistically

but its just a statistic

[candid wave]

well a lot of people do its why the question was asked

[fierce gust]

nah if you shouldn't think about olympiads as a way of getting into college 😭

[candid wave]

"U didnt let my friends in who had usamo and stacked reaearch"

[fierce gust]

that's why so much cheating occurs these days

[untold crystal]

i meant as an approach for future college apps

[untold crystal]

true

[untold crystal]

shouldnt rely on olys

[granite terrace]

i literally hate the sentiment that t20 admissions r about who did the most research and competitions as a 16 year pld

[cedar hornet]

guys is it unreasonable for an ao to admit interesting humans

like

ur admitting a person bro they have to at least be somewhat cool

[fierce gust]

yeah same

I think doing research as a 16 year old is frankly ridiculous

at least in math

[candid wave]

this is what im saying

like

[candid wave]

ALSO TRUE ASF

[cedar hornet]

i’m sure there’s been some bay area asian kid who got in with his number one ec being yugioh

[candid wave]

i question everyone who says they r doing "pure math research" in ha

Hs

[untold crystal]

didnt someone on chanceme have val immortal as one of their ecs

[granite terrace]

i think being a research assistant is good experience and can help u land ugrad research. but actually conducting shit when ur like 16 is insane

[cedar hornet]

val immortal doesn’t mean much

[untold crystal]

isnt that how most hs find research

[granite terrace]

doing anything exclusively for college apps is bound to end badly

[cedar hornet]

i saw a post about a kid who lied and put val #1 radiant when he was really immortal

if that’s what u mean

[granite terrace]

these kids talk ab publishing articles lmao

[untold crystal]

no he said immortal

[granite terrace]

not just being a lab assistant

[untold crystal]

but he was lying too apparently

[untold crystal]

oh ic

i feel targeted lol

[fierce gust]

it does happen (https://www.quantamagazine.org/teenager-solves-stubborn-riddle-about-prime-number-look-alikes-20221013/) but it's so rare and this guy has 2 fields medalists in his family so he's probably super talented and had a lot of guidance

[untold crystal]

we published a very niche paper on ieee 🧐

its absolute dogshit

ngl

but we were guided by a cmu prof

[granite terrace]

math research confuses me

idk how u do that

i can barely do precal 💀

[candid wave]

i think u explained the exception

no one is going out making breakthroughs in pure math as a high schooler unless u get extremely lucky w mentorship

[untold crystal]

have u seen those algorithm research papers

that improve efficiency by some constant factor

[cedar hornet]

val immortal is probably common tho ngl

[untold crystal]

ig

[cedar hornet]

there’s like 20k or 30k that cycle it a season in na

if ur at the top it’s kinda cool

[untold crystal]

but dont immo and radiants fluctuate

[cedar hornet]

yeah

a lot

[untold crystal]

yeah

so its basically same pool of people as radiant

[cedar hornet]

high immo and low immo are very different but an AO doesn’t know that lol

[untold crystal]

oh

lmao ok

[cedar hornet]

the skill gap is there but it’s not meaningful to anyone who doesn’t play val

so p much the same lol

[untold crystal]

top 1%

🧐

[cedar hornet]

immo is probably 0.5% ngl

[untold crystal]

damn

[drifting idol]

hmm

@austere marten care to give your thoughts

[austere marten]

Yeah I agree

Unless ur like that one Daniel Larsen guy who actually solved an open problem

The majority of ur “research” is computation/expository work/writing code

[frozen karma]

you must have had other insane stuff then

[fierce gust]

i didnt do that and i still got in

imposter syndrome is kicking in hard for me

[acoustic folio]

There were 2 waitlists in ur country or was it an international friend

[carmine hill]

intl friend

[modern lava]

Mood tbh

Still kinda thankful I didn't really bother with Olympiads tho because ngl it feels like a ton of the Olympiad kids are disillusioned with oly culture and the cheating scandals as a whole ☠️

Tbh seeing Olympiads as a means to get into college really is 100% missing the point

They were, first and foremost, meant to stir an excitement and a passion for math and the sciences in the future generation

But instead they've been cynically co-opted by some as some kind of strange SAT-esque standardized test that somehow quantifies your competitiveness for getting into college

It's really sad honestly

[ionic spindle]

I think its important to remember that the majority of MIT admits didn't get in by planning/trying to get into MIT

they didn't study things in order to get into college

they did it because they loved it

[modern lava]

^^^^^

[ionic spindle]

so if you love olympiads, great do them, but just remember the majority of MIT admits have never done them and they are not the guarantee that the oly community has convinced you they are.

[spice smelt]

agreed

well, tbh, the whole college app system causing people to do things just to put them on a resume is kinda sad to me

[untold crystal]

they mostly still are

well maybe not most

but i know a lot of oly kids who do it because they like it

[grave token]

1200

there is no formula

you have to apply sideways for your own sake it is why I wrote the post

[grave token]

https://tenor.com/view/kuill-the-mandalorian-i-have-spoken-gif-15542178

[gusty siren]

the legend has spoken

[untold crystal]

the legend has spoken

[fierce gust]

cannot we apply backwards?

[grave token]

to apply sideways is wisdom. to apply forwards is folly. to apply backwards is heresy

[fierce gust]

uwu i applied sideways and got in. your wisdom prevails

[bronze trail]

uwu!

[strong torrent]

i love applying sideways

like i read the article after applications but i did it anyway so W?

[bronze trail]

i hadnt actually read that article4

[fierce gust]

you got into mit?

smrithi we are going to be classmates

[strong torrent]

no i meant in general my college app season has been good

i didnt apply to mit :(

[fierce gust]

where did you get in

[strong torrent]

real

except like

take the act

[fierce gust]

[strong torrent]

but even then

i like taking tests

[fierce gust]

what is your score?

[strong torrent]

uc berkeley/ucla/usc/uiuc/uw and like 13 more lol

[strong torrent]

35 act

[fierce gust]

oh

[fierce gust]

slayy

[strong torrent]

tyyy

btw congrats on wellesley and mit

wellesley dub because women but mit is cool too

[fierce gust]

uwu thaks

[fierce gust]

gonna dubb something more

soon

[strong torrent]

what more than mit 😭

[fierce gust]

stanford

amherst comes today

i might reject MIT If i get into stanford

[strong torrent]

oh lmao valid

stanford is everybody's dream school (mine too)

manifesting for everyone in a2c to get into stanford <3

[strong torrent]

gll!!!!

[radiant pivot]

:D

[bronze trail]

omg hi it's u

[radiant pivot]

yip!

hey!

[pliant hemlock]

Yes

Always

[radiant pivot]

yes 🤩

totally not biased

[bronze trail]

not at all

[bronze trail]

i shall take this into consideration

[radiant pivot]

nope

[bronze trail]

also wait spicy congrats on cmu

[radiant pivot]

cmu hasn't come out for me yet 💀

[bronze trail]

ripppp

[strong torrent]

yes but not always

depends a lot on major + career goals + vibe/personality + location

both are top schools you can't go wrong with either lol

but as a west coastist, stanford>>>>

[bronze trail]

thoguhts on cs

[strong torrent]

smelly major

[bronze trail]

which school thouhg 😭

[strong torrent]

everyone in cs needs to shower and use more deo

i'd say mit but im not a stem major so irdk lol

have you gotten into both though

because if you're at a stage where you're choosing between stanford and mit then you've made it lol

[pliant hemlock]

Thanks bro bro

[bronze trail]

np bro bro bro

[fierce gust]

we are going to be classmate lemonade

i will carry you in my bag

if you are okay with it

[pliant hemlock]

We are?

[pliant hemlock]

Thanks🙏

[fierce gust]

we will both get into stanford

[fierce gust]

uwu how big of a bag do i need for that

[pliant hemlock]

A normal sized School bag will do

I just have to curl up into a ball

[fierce gust]

alright how much ransom should i ask to your parents

[pliant hemlock]

$1.50

[fierce gust]

okay 1.5 million

we will do 99:1

alright?

99 for me; 1 for you

[pliant hemlock]

sounds good

[pastel marsh]

@fierce gust That statement alone will get you into Stanford

Welcome to da Farm

[fierce gust]

let's see

cali > boston

[pastel marsh]

Agree (completely unbiased)

Also the ss you sent in introduction of the guy calling you a b

Is that your DM with him lmao

[fierce gust]

yes

ikr that is so shit

cannot people be nice

[pastel marsh]

Bruh he also DM me asking

I'll just ignore him then

If people aren't nice to another human, then they're gonna do the same for me

Very scary

[fierce gust]

ye

getting online hate for no reason

[pastel marsh]

Ye weird

He was the one literally asking for help too 😭

Like I don't mind helping people (did a ton already) but bruh I'm not obligated to help you like what

[candid wave]

Noooo bruh

Mit is for chads dr

Fr

Fs

I got deferred stanford but id pick mit even if i ended up getting stanford

I didnt ea mit cuz i didnt think i had a chance💀

[pastel marsh]

Dang I gotta disagree, respectfully

(lmao jk they're good schools that's what matters)

[fierce gust]

both are great schools

you aren't going to go wrong in either of them

[ionic spindle]

No

[bronze trail]

damn

[bronze trail]

true

[soft elbow]

[redacted]

[tender dune]

such a strange circumstance, i'd explain it in additional info or give them a call/email

[flat adder]

WAT 😭

[frozen karma]

my school english teachers are similar in that they select only the top third of the class to write letters for

[soft elbow]

alright, thank you all

i'll delete now because this situation is probably pretty unique

[marble fable]

hi i was admitted RD. are there any gcs i could join hehe

[tender wasp]

^^

[coarse fjord]

@modern lava 🙏

[gusty siren]

now you got me curious

🤨

[toxic ivy]

@marble fable @tender wasp im in a server for mit 2028 admits feel free to dm me if you want invite link

[inland flicker]

Idk I didn't necessarily appply forward, but I don't think I applied sideways either. I thought my profile really fit that of MIT and I did like a PROFOUND amount of research on it and loved it and the community as much as I love my own community. Was my dream for as long as I can remember, even though it's over I still feel like I have MIT in a way from how it has forced me to shape my own success and path so I guess there's a W

[cedar hornet]

grad school exists, not over

[inland flicker]

For sure 🙂

[fierce gust]

applied sideways and have been rejected from 14/14 colleges rn

👍

[cedar hornet]

are you an international seeking aid lol

[fierce gust]

yes

[cedar hornet]

explains a lot 💀

atp every school is a reach for u, its just unlucky

[fierce gust]

idk lol but like being rejected from every school i applied to would be a statistical anomaly

[cedar hornet]

nah it is the harsh reality of applying to top schools as an aid seeking intl

its incredibly messed up but its how shit works

[acoustic folio]

From my experience in my country's olympiads I feel like less than 5% of people doing olympiads do it for college

And this is also because 95% dont even apply abroad and the system within the country doesnt consider olympiads

I myself had no idea about US unis up until I heard about a guy from the international team who got into a top us university (aka mit)

I think it depends on the context

[fierce gust]

oh real

i think most people who do it for college dont end up making it to team

[fierce gust]

I made it to team twice in hs but still ended up w this so

[acoustic folio]

And i think this idea of doing olys for college is mostly prevailent in the US because its talked about the most there but i dont think its true in most countries

[acoustic folio]

Nothinngg's done yet thoo right

Dont u have more unis coming out

[fierce gust]

yeah I have 6 more

[acoustic folio]

Im in the same boat if it makes u feel better

Ive 3 rejections 1 waitlist up to now

Its generally hard for intls man

But all you need is 1

[fierce gust]

[acoustic folio]

Goodluck with them:)

[fierce gust]

but sometimes i think if I had done more college-esque activities than grind for a medal I might've ended up w better decs

like pay money to go to a feeder school , do research yadda yadda

[acoustic folio]

When i think about this

I just like to put my trust in the admissions system

And think to myself

AOs will know who to admit for the right match

Maybe its not true

But it helps me be at peace

[fierce gust]

i think it's not

[acoustic folio]

So like

[fierce gust]

unfortunately for intls it's either

very few unis are actually holistic for intls

[acoustic folio]

Well what can you do tho

Cause like

Being all i shouldve continued doing X although i didnt like it

And regretting my hs life

Is something i dont wanna be doing

[fierce gust]

I'm not sad particularly

am just angry

[acoustic folio]

Yeah i can relate

[fierce gust]

am satisified w how my hs turned out

[acoustic folio]

Theres still more decisions to come tho

[acoustic folio]

Yeah same man

[acoustic folio]

And i like to be hopeful until there can be no hope

[fierce gust]

how many more do you have left

[acoustic folio]

13 more

But like theres some which i rlly dont believe i have a chance

[strong torrent]

there's no such thing as a diversity admit

if you got into mit it's because you worked your way there

every college has its own reputation that they need to uphold and they're not gonna admit someone who won't be able to cope up with the academic rigor and competitiveness just for diversity