University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2023-2024)

[tranquil dagger]

100 why us 😭

[faint badger]

i submitted 9 schools early

4 for regular

[hybrid skiff]

nah i just changed it because bertha kept calling me it

[tender kiln]

dartmputh has very unique essays

[faint badger]

ahhh

lol

[tranquil dagger]

cant seem to get to the crux of it

[hybrid skiff]

does it tho? it took me 30 minutes

[faint badger]

peer rec is so interesting

[hybrid skiff]

last one - copy/paste stanford inspiration essay

second one - copy/paste diversity essay

first one - the rest of the 30 minutes

[hybrid skiff]

yeah idk the school will be lucky to have me come now

[tranquil dagger]

did billert write ur lor

[faint badger]

did u end up eding to columbia or sticking to rea to stanny

[hybrid skiff]

im not even gonna bother spending more time on that app

[hybrid skiff]

for something else yes

[hybrid skiff]

stanny

[tranquil dagger]

ur in good hands

[faint badger]

if i had legacy i would take the chance too lol

chance as in chance over a likely columbia acceptance

[tender kiln]

do yk billert in person lol

[faint badger]

no way right?

[hybrid skiff]

nah

we follow each other on linkedin though

[tender kiln]

yeah i was gonna say peer rec should be in person

[hybrid skiff]

it was for something else and all of my irls were busy at the time

but i really dont care for dartmouth now

[gray pasture]

which essay do u feel you've copied the most?

[hybrid skiff]

im not gonna go out of my way to get a peer rec

[gray pasture]

i have like 2 iterations of my community essay

[hybrid skiff]

diversity essay

easily

[faint badger]

100% diversity

[tender kiln]

interesting

[gray pasture]

2nd is why major for me

[hybrid skiff]

then id say the stanford intellectual experience one

[faint badger]

how quirky was urs

[gray pasture]

My Rice Why Major got copied and twekead for yale tbh

[hybrid skiff]

its more logical than quirky id argue

[tame socket]

ngl bruh some of these colleges have long ass applications for no reason

[hybrid skiff]

brown 😭

[pearl ice]

Hi guys

[hybrid skiff]

8 essays + a video essay

[pearl ice]

How's pennst

[tame socket]

Wtf

[hybrid skiff]

who does brown think they are

[gray pasture]

Ugh I might cancel december SAT and go TO, I have like 10 IGCSE Tests that I'm submitting anyways i hate the SAT

[faint badger]

bro my girl sent me her brown video

[tranquil dagger]

NO

[faint badger]

its so fucking good

[gray pasture]

wrong channel but whatever

[pearl ice]

One of the best schools in the world

[faint badger]

i rlly hope she gets in

but i could not do a fucking video

[tame socket]

Isn’t brown one of the worst ivies

But yeah good luck to her

[tranquil dagger]

im the most uncreative person my video woulda sucked ass

[hybrid skiff]

if im applying to brown im applying to washu too because they have a video

[faint badger]

shes so creative

but also plme soo

[gray pasture]

i think its cute

[tame socket]

Oh

[pearl ice]

Bro thinks brown is cute

[tame socket]

if she gets in

[faint badger]

im stuck on harvards intellectual experience prompt

[tame socket]

send me her contact info

[hybrid skiff]

my dad straight up told me indirectly "brown is trash for engineering it should be ur last choice"

[tame socket]

wait

[faint badger]

LOL why would i

[tame socket]

That’s your gf who’s applying?

Oh nvm then

[faint badger]

Hahaha not gf but basically

[faint badger]

it is

[frigid seal]

you ed to the best school ever

[tame socket]

🤔

[frigid seal]

with kids who are kind and clever?

[gray pasture]

Hmm I should write my penn supps

[hybrid skiff]

u collecting the 8 ivies?

[tame socket]

Nah im not applying

I applied last yr

[faint badger]

i got commitment issues

[hybrid skiff]

not what i meant

[tame socket]

o

[faint badger]

LMFAO

[hybrid skiff]

i meant what hash is doing

[faint badger]

thgats funny

[tame socket]

Oh

[frigid seal]

its still an ivy dawg

[tame socket]

I don’t know what hash is doing

[faint badger]

id do that lol

[hybrid skiff]

collecting the 8 ivies

[frigid seal]

@gray pasture which ivies are u applying to

[tame socket]

like dating people from the ivies?

or some shit

[faint badger]

yea

[tame socket]

oh

I doubt it’s actually true

[frigid seal]

polygamy?

[faint badger]

nah

j hooking up

[frigid seal]

or date one from each

oh ok

[gray pasture]

yale, penn, colum, brown, maybe cornell

[hybrid skiff]

sleeping

[gray pasture]

you?

[cedar mountain]

i have been summoned

goddamn i just realiezd this name looks cringe af

so does this sword

changing my name back

[hybrid skiff]

i like the sword personally

[tame socket]

yikes

[frigid seal]

original plan was all, but now prolly gonna cut princeton and brown maybe darty so 5-7

[cedar mountain]

i hope this looks less ragebaity to my eyes

[hybrid skiff]

cut darty yes

[gray pasture]

the brown sword is cute

[cedar mountain]

wdym

[frigid seal]

but its good for ib

[faint badger]

boutta break bread w the dallas seats

sweats

[cedar mountain]

are there a lot in your state?

there aren't a lot in mine/my area

[hybrid skiff]

ib?

[faint badger]

theres so many

[hybrid skiff]

international business?

[frigid seal]

investment banking

[hybrid skiff]

oh

yeah id go there over brown

[frigid seal]

princeton is prolly good

but it doesnt rlly stand out to me

[hybrid skiff]

thats why u love columbia

[faint badger]

you'll be fine in whatever u want if u go to princeton

[hybrid skiff]

that makes sense

[frigid seal]

nah i love columbia cuz i visited

[hybrid skiff]

except sanity

[frigid seal]

and the campus is good

[faint badger]

you'll catch me in the ivy club at princeton

[frigid seal]

and i actually like the core curriculum (im prolly the only one) 😭

[faint badger]

sometimes i like it

[frigid seal]

i feel like brown is a bit too unstructured

[faint badger]

i love columbia

[frigid seal]

are u applying to all 8

[faint badger]

nah

penn columbia harvard princeton

[hybrid skiff]

i hate the core curriculum

[frigid seal]

no cornell?

[hybrid skiff]

but i love columbia

[faint badger]

nah

[gray pasture]

Harvard and princeton just dont do it for me

[frigid seal]

how many schools total

[faint badger]

13

[frigid seal]

im applying harvard just bc its harvard

ngl

[faint badger]

same

[hybrid skiff]

yeah i dont like harvard

[frigid seal]

and yale im applying bc i actually like yale

same w columbia

and penn

[faint badger]

yale sucks for ib

[frigid seal]

idc

i like yale

[hybrid skiff]

ive only spent 180 on college applications and i dont plan to spend more

[frigid seal]

any ivy is good for ib

trust

[gray pasture]

i like it the most i think

[hybrid skiff]

yeah yale is my favorite ivy

[frigid seal]

i like penn/columbia the most

[gray pasture]

well its between that and my safeties

[faint badger]

ive spent like $600 😦

[hybrid skiff]

then columbia/penn are tied imo

[faint badger]

wait

[gray pasture]

theyre cute and give me cash

[faint badger]

i need to count

[frigid seal]

if i get into columbia ill do business management

[tranquil dagger]

yale brown sucks ass relative to the other 6

[frigid seal]

or at least apply for it

[gray pasture]

if i count i'll cry so i wont do it

[frigid seal]

relative to...but yale is still yale lmao and im not hard set completely on ib

[burnt osprey]

middest school

[tranquil dagger]

man i hope i get columbia my DE creds transfer i cant fuck it up

[frigid seal]

if you got in you wouldnt be saying that

[burnt osprey]

nah i would

[hybrid skiff]

i like yale as a school more than stanford but its too far away from home 😭

[frigid seal]

what were your other choices

[burnt osprey]

id hate the core

the schools too small

[hybrid skiff]

they wont

[burnt osprey]

the location while nice is too close to home

[hybrid skiff]

thats one thing they stressed at EPC

[burnt osprey]

it was between penn and williams for me, realistically

[gray pasture]

think i can repurpose the structure of my why yale for penn community essay godbless 🤭

[frigid seal]

gotcha

[burnt osprey]

but i also had CUNYs and stuff

[faint badger]

$580 😦

[tranquil dagger]

the thing is my cc has a contract with columbia where any classes i take outside of hs curriculum they can transfer to general studies

[hybrid skiff]

nah

[tranquil dagger]

not sure how true that is

[faint badger]

580 fucking dollars

wtf

[gray pasture]

god i could uber 4 a year

[faint badger]

on app fees

[frigid seal]

i am about to count please dont flame me

[hybrid skiff]

oh you'd have to apply to general studies

ik a kid who did that

[tame socket]

Princeton best ivy unironically

[burnt osprey]

i spent like 1k on app fees

[hybrid skiff]

he graduated with his associates and then went for general studies

[frigid seal]

i have 2 fee waivers so ima discout them

[burnt osprey]

middest

[tranquil dagger]

ye thats me but id wanna be doing econ there yk

[hybrid skiff]

i have fee waivers to every school besides stanford yale and UW

[tranquil dagger]

not gs 💀

[faint badger]

oh right i have a fee waiver to columbia

[tranquil dagger]

how

[gray pasture]

my fee waiver to columbia means i gotta apply

[faint badger]

epc

[hybrid skiff]

you can do econ there

[gray pasture]

EPC bby

[tranquil dagger]

my epc is full pay

[gray pasture]

no

[faint badger]

nah

[gray pasture]

like fly in?

[frigid seal]

which school

[hybrid skiff]

GS offers the same degrees as CC

[gray pasture]

GS FA dogwater

[frigid seal]

efc is different from epc

efc is estimated financial contribution

[tranquil dagger]

sorry yall right

[frigid seal]

efc is columbia

flyin

[hybrid skiff]

there was a millionaire who went there im pretty sure

[tranquil dagger]

i didnt know that kinda cool then

[hybrid skiff]

they just went for the most qualified kids with diverse experiences i think

[frigid seal]

my total is 1,730

😭

holy fuck

[tranquil dagger]

how do i find my epc?

[gray pasture]

im better at writing essays now i coulda eaten them up

[frigid seal]

efc*

and its in fafsa im p sure

[tranquil dagger]

wtf is an epc and efc

[frigid seal]

epc is the columbia

[gray pasture]

ugh did u do the penn community from scratch

[faint badger]

$1730 is crazy

[faint badger]

yes

[frigid seal]

efc is estimated financial contribution

[hybrid skiff]

yes

[gray pasture]

EPC was the columbia fly in

[tranquil dagger]

ohh ok

[faint badger]

yea

we get fee waivers

[frigid seal]

that was with 23 schools but im acc applying to like 18-19 and didnt include the fee waivers so lemme recalc rq

[hybrid skiff]

dg told me it wasnt unique enough so i restarted

[tranquil dagger]

how did u all get columbia fly in

[gray pasture]

rip

[tranquil dagger]

im first gen but now low income

[faint badger]

we didnt

[gray pasture]

we didnt lmao

[faint badger]

u get a waiver for applying

[gray pasture]

but we got a fee waiver

[tranquil dagger]

oh wtf

[hybrid skiff]

W advice tbh

made my essay sm better

[hybrid skiff]

they just gave the waiver to anyone applying

[faint badger]

i havent looked at my commonapp or supps since nov 1

[gray pasture]

i should finetune yale and start penn

[frigid seal]

1395 @faint badger

still crazy

will prolly end up being 1200 or less after im done cutting

[faint badger]

yeah im not spending any more unless i have to

[gray pasture]

Im submitting tests, just not the SAT i wanna cancel i hate them so much

[frigid seal]

shit i forgot about SAT score send costs

[gray pasture]

i have to pay to send the CSS profile my heart hurts so bad

[frigid seal]

pay for the sat or the app

[faint badger]

tf

[frigid seal]

i got a waiver for css

[hybrid skiff]

colleges i didnt get fee waivers for

[faint badger]

u have to pay to send css?!?!

[hybrid skiff]

yes

i spent 166 on css

[frigid seal]

ye some ppl do

[gray pasture]

it sounds dumb, doesnt it

[hybrid skiff]

wasted 16 for rice

[frigid seal]

i got css fee waiver

[gray pasture]

🙂

[faint badger]

that makes no sense

ur applying for aid

[frigid seal]

wait how did u get college

fee waiver

[gray pasture]

they dont do CSS right

[frigid seal]

@hybrid skiff

[hybrid skiff]

i was apart of a college access organization

[frigid seal]

ah ok

[hybrid skiff]

and most schools offer a fee waiver for them

[hybrid skiff]

they do

[frigid seal]

i think if ur agi is <100k css is free

not sure tho

[gray pasture]

huh, why was it a waste?

[faint badger]

so what im learning is that i have no intellectual experiences to talk ab for harvard

[frigid seal]

and theres a couple other conditions

[frigid seal]

me w columbia

[gray pasture]

didnt u apply to stanny?

[frigid seal]

has anyone done the columbia supps yet

[gray pasture]

no

[hybrid skiff]

im not applying

[frigid seal]

bro its so hard for me to start

[hybrid skiff]

yes

[tranquil dagger]

yea i did

[faint badger]

nooo

[gray pasture]

rip

[tranquil dagger]

70% done

[faint badger]

im not applying

[tranquil dagger]

i did why us first

[frigid seal]

is stanny good for ib

[tranquil dagger]

hardest and got over with it

[frigid seal]

are u doing ib kirk

[hybrid skiff]

yes

[gray pasture]

i did the columbia diversity essay

thats all

[frigid seal]

copy paste?

[tranquil dagger]

its good but fire for vc and fintech

and management maybe idk

probs PE

idk anything abt stanny

[hybrid skiff]

i really have to finetune my columbia essays

[frigid seal]

i dont have a diversity essay yet for my umich one i j wrote about a specific community i was in

need to figure that one out eventually

[tranquil dagger]

use uva diversity

[gray pasture]

nope, i made it up for columbia specifcally

[frigid seal]

whats that

[faint badger]

u need to be the top of ur class to crack PE outta undergrad

[gray pasture]

same bro

[tranquil dagger]

uva diversity essay

its the only prompt theyh ave

250

[gray pasture]

We should go to #🛩-lounge-chat

[hybrid skiff]

why

youre allowed to talk off topic

in college channels

[frigid seal]

im not applying to uva

[tranquil dagger]

oh

[hybrid skiff]

🤣

[tranquil dagger]

its the classic diversity

[gray pasture]

Yeah, Ik no one is asking questions rn but it feels like cluttering

[hybrid skiff]

inflating penns leaderboard rank

[frigid seal]

lmfao

[gray pasture]

talk about demonstrated interest

[faint badger]

when penn passes yale in us news next yr

[gray pasture]

Hawk cancel your December SAT

be free

[tranquil dagger]

i cant its the end of an era

[faint badger]

im cringing at my uva connection response

[tranquil dagger]

i need rw to nudge up a bit

[faint badger]

and my last sentence of my uva essay

"This is something that I'll bring to every aspect of my time at UVA from class to clubs to my time as a Hoo impacting my community and the world."

[frigid seal]

u know uva alum?

[faint badger]

oh GOD

im getting autorejected

[frigid seal]

LMAO BRO SAID HOO

[gray pasture]

lmao i thought you wrote Hoe

[frigid seal]

as a hoo

[faint badger]

my cuzzo goes there

[frigid seal]

wouldve been iconic

[gray pasture]

what is a hoo

[frigid seal]

is there a reason u applied uva with ut instate?

does uva do ea

[faint badger]

jefferson scholly

[tranquil dagger]

ye

[frigid seal]

nominated?

[faint badger]

yes

[gray pasture]

what is a hoo

[frigid seal]

nice

[faint badger]

i was born in the uva hospital

[frigid seal]

my school doesnt do it

[faint badger]

my cuzzo goes there

thats what i said

LOL

[frigid seal]

did u put that in ur essay

[tranquil dagger]

100%

[faint badger]

no they have a question

asking abt connections

to campus

[tranquil dagger]

ohh the legacy one

[frigid seal]

thats made ofr u bro

crazy

what better connection to have than i was born there

😭

[faint badger]

oh

[frigid seal]

no way u put that shit

😭

[tranquil dagger]

torchy's taco?

[faint badger]

im getting

[frigid seal]

its fire

[faint badger]

auto rejected

[burnt osprey]

Columbia didn’t gaf that I went to their elementary middle school 😢😢😢

[frigid seal]

i love torchys

torchys is so good

[faint badger]

its so good

[frigid seal]

im veg so i eat the fried avocado tacos

so gooooood

and the queso

[faint badger]

oh yeah i get those

[frigid seal]

yum yum

[faint badger]

sometimes

[frigid seal]

its a mid school anyways

[gray pasture]

how rude of them

[faint badger]

have u tried velvet

[frigid seal]

penn better

[frigid seal]

i dont go there often

[faint badger]

its all i could think of too

[gray pasture]

how many tests r u guys submitting?

[faint badger]

cuz i distinctly remember

my virginia

[frigid seal]

1 sat

[faint badger]

cousins coming down here

[hybrid skiff]

just all my AP ones

[faint badger]

and trying torchys

[gray pasture]

no AP/IB?

[faint badger]

and me searching up where torchys was in virginia

and the only location

was in charlottesville

[gray pasture]

how many is that? mine's around 10 -- not AP though

[hybrid skiff]

im not sure

like 15

[gray pasture]

I forgot IGCSE counts as a test and had to add it

[frigid seal]

whats igcse

[gray pasture]

my TO brother in christ 🫂

[frigid seal]

ap self report

ib havent taken yet

may 2024

[gray pasture]

International General Certificate of Secondary Education -- British curriculum BS

[frigid seal]

u live in england

[gray pasture]

No

[frigid seal]

ahoi matey

[gray pasture]

thats australia i think

[frigid seal]

whyd u take

[gray pasture]

had to

[frigid seal]

may i ask why

[gray pasture]

ex school followed brit curric

[frigid seal]

wrd

howd u do

[gray pasture]

great

[frigid seal]

college gonna be confused af

domestic submitting igcse

or is that not rare

i j havent heard of it

[bold onyx]

cap

[civic cipher]

Princeton L town 💀

[faint badger]

im applying to darty now!

[hybrid skiff]

y

[faint badger]

i wanna get a peer rec

[open slate]

upenn got:
-better location
-better campus
-better parties
-better professors
-better majors
-better school traditions
-better history
-better colors
-better emblem

[tame socket]

I’m not reading all this

but it sounds like cope

[open slate]

average princeton student can’t read a few bullet points

[tame socket]

nicest penn applicant

[stoic owl]

clown on clown violence

[tame socket]

and a third one joins the circus

[open slate]

i’m not a clown

[stoic owl]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-walter-white-youre-goddamn-right-gif-14600753

[pearl ice]

UPenn is just a state school

🙄

[stoic owl]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-straight-laughing-to-straight-face-emoji-koofect-emoji-funny-gif-21892077

[astral flicker]

Sophomore ass

[true cliff]

harvard 🗣️

but then penn

[civic cipher]

Lol pretty sure that @tame socket is Harvard?

[true cliff]

luck has been a student for every ivy it seems like 💀

[spiral inlet]

UPENN is my safety

🥱

[true cliff]

same

[spiral inlet]

Y’all have some shit opinions

Ivys aren’t even THAT good in terms of pure education

The only reason y’all are sucking dick to like Princeton is cuz of prestige. Princeton fell off since 20 years back

[true cliff]

anyway the career options matter more for certain fields imo

[spiral inlet]

Like law maybe yeah

For CS as long as you can do the stuff to companies they don’t care what college you went to

[true cliff]

for plenty of jobs in law, business, finance, etc

[true cliff]

not really true for the first job

[spiral inlet]

[civic cipher]

Not true

My friend from a very bum state school in Texas got a job at Msft lol

[true cliff]

anecdotal

[civic cipher]

Okay but ik many people from lower ranked schools who did good whereas many ppl from CMU/Berk/etc who can’t land an offer

Idt it matters thag much for cs

Helps orc

*ofc

[true cliff]

there was also a guy named harry truman who never completed any undergraduate education and still became president, that doesn't mean that it's the best path to take 💀

[true cliff]

okay i can't speak for cs in specific but

i'm sure they have some advantage going to cmu/cal as long as they can put in the work

[civic cipher]

Ofc but it’s pretty minimal for cs

[bold onyx]

thats still anecdotal

[bold onyx]

for cs, going to a good school will get u interviews, one of the hardest steps of cs recruiting

[tame socket]

bro don’t know

it doesn’t help

[hybrid skiff]

fax all i need is a ball state degree

[grizzled pivot]

https://youtu.be/mqfeJcUmvL0?feature=shared

[bold onyx]

maybe not u ur a freshman u little shit

[civic cipher]

Well in that case idk where to get objective info from lmao

[civic cipher]

Fair enough maybe my community of people r just word

*weird

[true cliff]

^

[inner merlin]

i cant sotp thinkigna bout penn

help me

[analog shard]

me with uchi

[open slate]

princeton fell off 20 years ago brother you weren’t born then

[open slate]

working hard matters more than college neither of my parents went to school in the us and they were able to work they way up to getting stable, decent paying jobs

[stoic owl]

literally same and last night's update does not help

[analog shard]

ugh ikr

[river remnant]

For programs like viper and m&t etc do you know if the specific programs read the engineering essays as well?

[inner merlin]

ye programs get your full application

[true cliff]

he going to yale

[burnt osprey]

That’s BYU

[pearl ice]

The real question is who are the offerers

[dusty mist]

LMFAOOOAO

[dusty mist]

Have u been to a Penn football game

[dusty mist]

Colorado, Arizona, Oregon state, Wisconsin, vandy, Louisville, unc, uiuc, Houston, umami, Georgia tech, Virginia tech, Pitt, Duke, Rutgers, Yale, and UConn

[frigid seal]

byu not yale

[burnt osprey]

Nah not yet

[frigid seal]

ivy league football seems lame

[burnt osprey]

It is lol

The nova Penn basketball game was fun tho

[true cliff]

oh 💀 💀 💀

he not going to byu

[modern breach]

Wait how is he transferring as a senior

[hazy merlin]

Athletes do this all the time

Like the cavinder twins

One of them used their last year of eligibility to transfer to tcu from Miami

[bold onyx]

W kayak

[burnt osprey]

LMAO

[burnt osprey]

Wat I do

[bold onyx]

helped

[burnt osprey]

You would be dead without me that’s true

KAYK FAN??

HOW MUCH DID I HELP HELLO?

Savoring this

[bold onyx]

its was 99% me

but ill appreciate the effort u put in

[burnt osprey]

Thank you emr

My son

[uneven cove]

Can we legit do this?

[tender kiln]

why kayk fan

what happened

[tender kiln]

no brug

put real name

[uneven cove]

They would have to doxx themselves for us

[tender kiln]

yeah so don’t put at all 🥶

[stoic owl]

i mean like you can but i wouldn't recommend

[bold onyx]

nothing…

[bold onyx]

ive done it for a couple ppl already lmao

[stoic owl]

what does the name thing even do

[frigid seal]

Legit nothing

[stoic owl]

do they like tell the students good job advertising

[frigid seal]

Unless they're dad/mom

[bold onyx]

no

[stoic owl]

they should pay you

[frigid seal]

Or someone with real value t the uni

[bold onyx]

names is prolly just to dissuade people from lying

[frigid seal]

Not a bottom feeder like emre

[bold onyx]

i own this school & i own u

u wanna be me lil buddy

[frigid seal]

Nope

You my son

Stay down

[bold onyx]

u came out of my weiner

[stoic owl]

rats there goes my other one

[frigid seal]

Factos

Trump him

[pearl ice]

@bold onyx why do you hate poor gege😢

[pearl ice]

Huh💀💀

[bold onyx]

gege a bitch

[pearl ice]

Noooo

[burnt osprey]

Living a life of luxury none of you would ever understand

[bold onyx]

never forget september 20th

[stoic owl]

hey i mean this could be completely factual there's no reason for it to be false

[bold onyx]

lol

[bold onyx]

i saw real coconuts rhis week 😴

[opaque pilot]

MAPPA and Gege both bitches

If im working at MAPPA im not quitting

IM WORKING those horrible conditions to pump out peak content

[stoic owl]

ohhh that's what it is i thought it was a decaying half-peeled orange

[pearl ice]

https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2023/09/f29a8-16954713783435-1920.jpg?w=840

[burnt osprey]

Me too mf I’m fucking eatig one

[bold onyx]

nah mappa cooking

[opaque pilot]

Next ep getting delyed

Delayed

[bold onyx]

oh facts nvm

[pearl ice]

NAAAH that's crazy

[opaque pilot]

LOL

[bold onyx]

MAPPA employees would never make it in ib

[opaque pilot]

On me

[bold onyx]

send some goldman analysts over

[opaque pilot]

Im doing it though

Na

Send some McKinsey Manga Specialists in

[bold onyx]

theyre already good at making power points

[bold onyx]

is that a thing 😭

[pearl ice]

But hey atleast itadori is protected by plot armor!

[opaque pilot]

IDk

But probably

LOL

[pearl ice]

(watch him die next week)

[bold onyx]

itadori clears

[opaque pilot]

I have an addiction

I spent 100 dollars on ryse fuel

[bold onyx]

ryan u little shit head why didnt u watch the tiktoks i sent u

[pearl ice]

Ew

[opaque pilot]

u didnt send me any

??

[bold onyx]

dms

[opaque pilot]

oh tiktok shop codes

[bold onyx]

i forgot i have u on tiktok lmao

[opaque pilot]

i already used those

i use it on the loaded pre

LOOL

[bold onyx]

do i buy ekko flavored creatine

it seems so scammy

[opaque pilot]

off tiktok shop?

[bold onyx]

its a fire deal

[opaque pilot]

i mean it doesnt rly matter

[bold onyx]

ye

[opaque pilot]

creatine the source doesnt matter

expensive creatine is just micronized more (it's easier to dissolve)

im listening to this theory while brushing my teeth @bold onyx

[bold onyx]

ye but its like 100 servings for $10

[opaque pilot]

thats like normal creatine prices

[bold onyx]

i feel like im gonna be taking cremated horse ashes

[bold onyx]

is it

[opaque pilot]

ya

u can buy a half pound bag for like 20 bucks from myprotein

[bold onyx]

wait lemme recheck this

[opaque pilot]

and ur daily amount is only 5g

so u can imagine how many servings u get out of a half pound bag

[bold onyx]

shit yea this is lowkey a mid deal lmao

[opaque pilot]

nah

its good

10 dollars is still cheap

10 dollars for 100 servings is good

ekkovision is a good brand too

i would buy it

[bold onyx]

im not done w the creatine i have rn tho

i prolly have like 50 more servings

[opaque pilot]

still

buy it while the discounts here

so u can stock up

[bold onyx]

aight facts

do u watch tnf

hes my daddy

[true cliff]

tf

how much do u drink of this 💀

[opaque pilot]

It’s how I have energy to go to the gym.

(Sadly)

[true cliff]

looks like too much energy 💀

jesus

[sonic summit]

How many people are submitting their resumes?

[tranquil dagger]

does it matter

i might submit my dyson one with wharton

idk if they even look at ir not

[inner merlin]

does penn ed usually come out same time as all other ivies

or is that just for rd

[tranquil dagger]

ye dec 14 or dec 15

[true cliff]

nah

they wont look at it

[sonic summit]

Really?

[true cliff]

i mean dont get me wrong but

[sonic summit]

Then what's the point of making it an option 😭

[true cliff]

from wht ive understood

most of the times they don't look at it

somtimes they do tho

so dont discount it completely

[sonic summit]

Interesting 🫠

[plain wolf]

did anyone have an extremely late LOR submission?

my counselor submitted the school report on 11/3 but the LOR on 11/14

worried because while the counselor letter is not mandatory, mine had important information

[bold onyx]

not a problem

3 days isnt extremely late lol

[sonic summit]

Read the 2nd date 😭

[bold onyx]

oh

lol

still shouldnt be that big of a deal

[random wedge]

upennnnnnn pls accept me 💕💕

This is the only school where jm not gonna submit until the day of the deadline and take a lot of time to work on the supps

Love this school honestly

[hybrid skiff]

if you dont get in none of us have hope

[open slate]

i did ED but i wish upenn wasn’t my first school for everything

i think i could have done better 😔

[hybrid skiff]

wdym

[strange ember]

same 💀

could've aimed higher

[hybrid skiff]

its undergrad bro

u not losing out on anything going to penn 😭

[strange ember]

nah ciwan is just too cracked bro

[uneven cove]

How do you get better than UPenn lol

[hybrid skiff]

i mean you could still get deferred and apply

hope isnt lost

[open slate]

it was my first school for supps and interview. i am happy with what i wrote but i do think doing other schools first would have given me much needed experience.

[open slate]

not at all

[hybrid skiff]

oh i feel u

[uneven cove]

@open slate what are your stats

[open slate]

i’m just on insane levels of hopium right now

[strange ember]

by having insane awards

not stats

[hybrid skiff]

my stanford interview went well but i didnt include the things i shouldve

[uneven cove]

What’s an example

[open slate]

~4.6 weighted gpa, 1560 sat

[strange ember]

isef

[random wedge]

I will not 💀

[open slate]

same a bit

[hybrid skiff]

mf u did PEEP

[uneven cove]

I don’t know what that is

[strange ember]

yeah 💀

[uneven cove]

My best award rn is an iGem gold medal

[faint badger]

I did ED too

[random wedge]

I had that worry but that was a weird concern lol I decided not to apply ED bc of doubts

[open slate]

i think the more schools i apply to the better i get at it so i wish i had more experience before doing penn

[faint badger]

it rlly is my number 1 tho

[open slate]

same

😩

[hybrid skiff]

peep retention rate is like ~80% no?

[random wedge]

Not enough to get in lol probably no boost for RD

[faint badger]

no lol

atleast anecdotally

[open slate]

upenn is my top choice so if i didn’t ed i wouldn’t have any other school to ed to

[faint badger]

i had to ed

[random wedge]

Yeah I wasn’t considering ED anywhere else but Penn

[hybrid skiff]

columbia/dartmouth pretty much said that if they liked our app once they'll probably like it again, i dont see why penn would be any different

[random wedge]

It must be nice to be committed to a school early tho if u get in and be done with college apps

[random wedge]

Really wow

[open slate]

yeah

[faint badger]

bigger app pool

its not 80%

[open slate]

i have too much hopium idk how to feel about upenn

[faint badger]

plus ur competing regionally

[hybrid skiff]

michelle was saying at peep the AR was lower than the actual school

atl thats what they said

im not too sure though i just think u should be hopeful nancy 😭

[uneven cove]

What’s the different between PEEP and PIF

[open slate]

idk what either of those are

[hybrid skiff]

PEEP is for ppl 150+ miles away while PIF is 150 miles <

peep is entirely virtual and free

[uneven cove]

They’re like UPenn stuff idk

[hybrid skiff]

pif costs money for transportation and is easier to get into since theres a smaller applicant pool

[open slate]

i think i’m PIF but what is it

i’m close to philly

[uneven cove]

Gotcha

[gray pasture]

You’re not

[hybrid skiff]

did you apply?

[gray pasture]

You had to apply to their fly in program and get accepted

[open slate]

is it just classifying applicants as close or far

[random wedge]

Lol but who read the apps? AO’s or?

[open slate]

oh it’s fly in shit

nvm

[gray pasture]

No

[open slate]

fuck that

[hybrid skiff]

yeah the admissions office

[open slate]

fuck fly ins!!!

[random wedge]

And who can be hopeful they’re ivies 😭

[hybrid skiff]

thats true 😭

[random wedge]

Idt I’ll get into any of my EA’s lol

[hybrid skiff]

i mean it definitely means you're on the right path tho

[random wedge]

shooting too high syndrome

Yeah

[hybrid skiff]

if you get in you're definitely a qualified applicant

[random wedge]

yeah maybe to someplace

[hybrid skiff]

to their school lmao 😭

[random wedge]

Haha but anyone who thinks they’ll get into ivies automatically needs a reality check fr

Unless they’re Biden’s grandchildren

[hybrid skiff]

rsi kids dont tbh

[uneven cove]

Yo no cap here’s the thing

[hybrid skiff]

ik this one rsi kid just applied to 5 schools with no safeties and got into all

[random wedge]

Crazy

[uneven cove]

PEEP specifies they like rural students

But I am close enough to apply to PIF

So now I am torn hmm

[random wedge]

If u meet pifs requirements u should apply

[hybrid skiff]

read this https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/vve4vs/please_consider_applying_to_the_university_of/

[random wedge]

It’s distance to campus

You can’t really choose

[uneven cove]

Ohh ok

[hybrid skiff]

this is definitely anecdotal and take it with a grain of salt

[uneven cove]

Yeah I mean I am First gen

[random wedge]

But I reccomend u apply!!! Super easy app for prep at least and sessions were very interesting

[uneven cove]

But I am also not really low income

I am upper mid income

But I’ll apply anyway

[random wedge]

Upper middle class?

[hybrid skiff]

i got into 2 ivy ones as upper middle class, they're just looking for diverse perspectives

ultimately if you have a unique perspective and competitive profile they'll let you come

[random wedge]

Yeah

[hybrid skiff]

theres no harsh "income limit" for them

besides like some of the lacs

[random wedge]

JW did u advance in coke scholars or gates?

[uneven cove]

I definitely think so

[hybrid skiff]

ik there was a first gen millionaire who went to columbia's

[hybrid skiff]

i didnt put enough hours + not eligible for gates

[uneven cove]

I think he went to Columbia for being a millionaire

Not for being first gen haha

[gray pasture]

Talking about the fly in

[hybrid skiff]

you definitely have a shot though

[random wedge]

Oh forgot gates had that req

[uneven cove]

I am a first gen, rural homeschooler but we are secular.

[hybrid skiff]

also dont feel bad either, you're not "taking spots" away from anyone who deserves it because of ur income, if they let u in then ur qualified

[uneven cove]

That’s good

[gray pasture]

Why does being secular matter ?

[hybrid skiff]

thats one thing i see a lot

[gray pasture]

Huh ?

[random wedge]

you could have a shot with that background

[uneven cove]

A lot of people assume homeschooling means you are being taught all of your classes by a controlling Christian mom, and so I just want to make a distinction that’s not true for me.

[hybrid skiff]

yeah he definitely does

[hybrid skiff]

make sure to apply

ill remind u next year

[uneven cove]

Please do 😱

That would actually be sick

[hybrid skiff]

they're some of the best programs to do for diverse applicants ever imo

[random wedge]

Apply to any programs that catch your eye

[uneven cove]

Do other colleges have programs like these

[hybrid skiff]

im grateful for the opportunity and the friends i got to meet to go to mine

[random wedge]

YES

[hybrid skiff]

columbia has STARS, specifically for rural students

dartmouth has dartmouth bound

MIT has MIT Wise

[uneven cove]

Hey I’m a rural student

[random wedge]

Mit, swarthmore, JHU kinda, haverford, Pomona, Scripps,

[uneven cove]

But Columbia is probably too far

I could do a JHU

[uneven cove]

Wdym by kinda

[hybrid skiff]

williams has one too (~99% of applicants get accepted into the school)

[gray pasture]

They’d pay for your transport

[random wedge]

JHU is travel assistance to senior visit days

so sorta

[uneven cove]

I wouldn’t need that to JHU

[hybrid skiff]

yeah fly ins are free theyll fly you out and even give you a taxi if you need it

[random wedge]

yesss

[uneven cove]

Can you just drive?

[hybrid skiff]

theyll pay for that too

like

its literally free

[uneven cove]

That’s crazy

[gray pasture]

Ugh I need to get my supps done

[uneven cove]

But like say my mom were to drive me

[gray pasture]

Ciao

[uneven cove]

Would they pay for that

[random wedge]

Same got 15 RD

[hybrid skiff]

yes but ur mom cant stay with u

they only pay for one person

[hybrid skiff]

holy shotgun

[uneven cove]

That’s fine lol

[gray pasture]

Got 9, might add more reaches if I find any I like

[random wedge]

lol kinda shooting for the stars cause I’m fine with going to my state school

works out

[gray pasture]

How many RD DB

[hybrid skiff]

im honestly thinking of just applying to like 7 schools

[random wedge]

9 is a good number 😭

[uneven cove]

I wish Duke had a fly in

But they freaking done

Don’t

[upper zealot]

🤓 rip

[strange ember]

rishab jain lmao

[upper zealot]

real

its always the rjs

[strange ember]

ik this other rsi kid who applied to 2 schools and got in both 💀

harvard and massivetech

[upper zealot]

💀

wtf is massive tech

[strange ember]

masstech -> mit

but its massive at tech

[upper zealot]

oh just say mit

🤡

[upper zealot]

ahhhh

[strange ember]

too funny

[upper zealot]

i get the reference now

[tacit ice]

yeah my friend did PIF last year and got in ED

[uneven cove]

What if you don’t get into one of their programs

Does that mean you are done for

[prime nexus]

does penn ED come out the 15th?

[hybrid skiff]

no

[uneven cove]

Why

[hybrid skiff]

cuz theyre only looking for a select demographic

the criteria is different

[uneven cove]

Would they be looking for the same demographic in the actual app even if it’s not as limited?

Like do people of the demographics they look for have an advantage

[hybrid skiff]

i mean those are gonna be some of their most competitive "hooked" applicants so yes

but not getting into the program isnt indicative of anything

[uneven cove]

What does Hooked mean

[hybrid skiff]

like urm and fgli

[uneven cove]

Is regular first gen (not low income) still a hook

[burnt osprey]

At Penn yes

And many schools

[uneven cove]

Dub

[upper zealot]

Wait what’s first gen again

First Gen to US Unis or just uni in general

[true cliff]

yes

[bold onyx]

yes

[burnt osprey]

Depends on the school

Usually unis in general

But some don’t count ones abroad

[tender kiln]

most places it is just decided by whether your parents have bachelors degrees or not i think

[supple granite]

How is that a “hook” what do you mean

Arent a lot of applicants first gen / low income or nah

[stoic owl]

i imagine since they count children of immigrants as first gen there's a crap ton of first gens

but it's still helpful

probably not super helpful

but a tad

[burnt osprey]

Yeah but it still helps

It’s a quality Penn explicitly looks at

When I requested my admissions file, it included info like thy

That*

[burnt osprey]

Immigration status is irrelevant

I’m a third generation American but a first generation college student

[stoic owl]

i mean they count first gen if your parents didn't get a bachelor's degree in the us

[rotund drift]

W

Spill some more sauce

Do they care about interview reports

[bold onyx]

no

[supple granite]

Where would I put that info

[bold onyx]

no

[bold onyx]

first gen status is shown under parents education

income is inferred

[burnt osprey]

No not this year

[rotund drift]

Wym inferred

[burnt osprey]

Lots of info indicates income level

[rotund drift]

Like they just assume if ur low income or not?

[bold onyx]

they look at a couple things

[rotund drift]

Like what

[burnt osprey]

High school, zip code, etc

[bold onyx]

yea kinda, but its very accurate lol

parents jobs

[burnt osprey]

Oh that’s true

[bold onyx]

that kinda stuff

[rotund drift]

Oh good

[stoic owl]

so they're need-aware but they don't use financial aid profile to figure that out

[burnt osprey]

Uh

[bold onyx]

penn is need blind

[burnt osprey]

Not need aware per se because it doesn’t hurt you to be broke

[rotund drift]

My parents job titles are very bad 👍

[supple granite]

My prents haven’t even finished middle school lol

[burnt osprey]

But yeah they consider your income to assess your strength

[bold onyx]

they wont care if ur low income vs just below full pay

[burnt osprey]

A broke applicant has less opportunities than a rich one

[stoic owl]

ohhh makes sense

[rotund drift]

Same 😭 they only finished grade school

Cause they said back in their home country most people finish grade school and move out and start working

[supple granite]

in Vietnam tho after saigon got bombed

[rotund drift]

Damn

[supple granite]

Ik they are built different

Very grateful to be born here in Cali

[sonic summit]

same tbh!

[sonic summit]

RSI is RSI 💀

[pearl ice]

Wait they do

I'm an immigrant and my parents earned thier master's in another country

I'm still a first gen?

[burnt osprey]

Doesn’t count at most schools

I believe you’re first gen at Penn tho

[pearl ice]

Oh wow

[pearl ice]

Does that matter a lot or is it just a minor boost

[burnt osprey]

It’s not really easily quantified but it’s a boost

I’ve been told it helped me lol

[pearl ice]

Wow

[ember bolt]

so the way someone got a bachelors doesnt matter right?

[pearl ice]

Is it like an actual boost or is it just that the AOs take that in mind while checking the app

[ember bolt]

like for ex my mom went to community college and then transferred then transferred again (lol) and her bachelors took her like 10 years

[burnt osprey]

Prob some combination of both

[upper zealot]

Oh so how do I find which one that does this

Which one does Pencil go by

[burnt osprey]

Look at individual websites and see what specific colleges say

[burnt osprey]

Penn just counts US degrees

[pearl ice]

Hmm I see btw what's a hook? Anything that boosts your chances?

[burnt osprey]

Yeah it’s a quality colleges explicitly look for

First gen, legacy, low income, recruited athlete, URM in past years, etc

[pearl ice]

Huh so I've seen lgbt as a hook in chancemes and a2c... How's that a hook

[burnt osprey]

Sometimes gender especially for impacted fields

Not necessarily

[pearl ice]

Oh

[burnt osprey]

It isn’t a hook at most schools though Penn does consider it

[burnt osprey]

This is my Reddit post

[faint badger]

Oh!!

Didn't know LOL

[burnt osprey]

Lmao most people don’t realize lmaooo

I’m thifting

[faint badger]

got it haha

[burnt osprey]

But yeah this is a good idea of what Penn considers

[faint badger]

lgbtqa and phl are most interesting

[burnt osprey]

Penn def puts priority on people from Philly

[pearl ice]

If I claim I'm gay only for the application, will I be in trouble

[burnt osprey]

So many kids from the same three Philly high schools lol

[faint badger]

ur not gonna do that lol

[burnt osprey]

I mean no but like it’s likely not a very meaningful boost

[pearl ice]

You never know

[pearl ice]

Ah

[burnt osprey]

Especially since iirc Penn includes allies in the question iirc

[ember bolt]

omg being gay actually gets me somewhere

[pearl ice]

Allies?