University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2023-2024)

[low flame]

M&t is uniquely goated

[queen jolt]

yes

m&t is goadeed

only slightly worse than MET

[night mountain]

How easy is transfer

[night mountain]

…

[queen jolt]

idk if u can

transfer to private is already tough

[night mountain]

You can first year but how hard is it

[queen jolt]

transfer to M&T idk if they even allow it

[night mountain]

It’s there internally which is fine by me

But Wharton to M&T seems hard?

[queen jolt]

ooooh wharton to M&T is possible

ik a few ppl who did it

I thought u meant cc -> M&T

idk why

[cedar mountain]

wharton to m&t is hard

i think

they take very little transfers and you need a very good reason to transfer

i asked about this when i visited

[bold onyx]

transferring into m&t is very hard

[bold onyx]

^

[faint badger]

cant u do an uncoordinated dual degree

[bold onyx]

yea but nowhere near as valuable

[faint badger]

if u want the cs experience

[bold onyx]

the coordinated dual degree are very strong bc of the structured path + program benefits

[bold onyx]

yea but you could just do a cs minor which is wayyyyyyyy less work

[faint badger]

ya do that then

[lean quiver]

Isn’t just an accelerated masters better

[night mountain]

Ok cool cs minor

I’ll look into it

[burnt osprey]

Depends on your goals but a masters degree is not easy

And if you’re doing an accelerated masters it should overlap with your bachelors degree course work

To ensure you actually finish both degrees

[lean quiver]

i see

good to know

[bold onyx]

cant do an accelerated masters without doing some related undergrad stuff

[lean quiver]

i see

(i dont see ill figure it out)

[bold onyx]

yea and if ur in wharton its gonna be useless probably

[night mountain]

I’m desdass doing it for my parents 😭

I am more than happy w Wharton

[bold onyx]

you gotta convince ur parents it’s useless bc if ur going into finance/consulting taking cs courses is just gonna make ur life harder for no reason lol

[low flame]

What😭

[bold onyx]

well it’ll help yea, but marginally

not worth doing just to get a slight boost in finance/consulting recruiting since ur gonna have to sweat for those classes or drop ur gpa

[lean quiver]

whats ur recommendation for the cs path or finance path

like do they have any relation

or is it just better for them to be separate

[bold onyx]

wdym

cs and finance are very different fields

[lean quiver]

nah cause some people wanna do like finance and cs bu

is there even a point

does the overlap even work

[bold onyx]

depends

but the overlap wont be useful usually

finance itself isnt really a useful degree lol

[lean quiver]

damn

tf is it for then

[bold onyx]

at most schools a finance degree is worthless

[low flame]

Everyone knows the goat strat is to study something random and get their attention that way

The chem eng pipeline is so real

[bold onyx]

yea theres hella engineers in finance

[bold onyx]

people r dumb

[lean quiver]

damn

so are u econ?

[bold onyx]

no idea

[low flame]

Don’t all whartonites major in econ

Like by default

[lean quiver]

bro still figuring it out

[bold onyx]

yea major in econ concentrate in something specific

but not sure what i wanna concentrate in yet

[low flame]

What are your options

[bold onyx]

concentration doesnt really matter tbh

[bold onyx]

the ones im considering are like stats, bepp, finance, business analytics, and oidd

[low flame]

Idk what all of those are

But do stats or something

[bold onyx]

bepp is basically econ and oidd is like info systems and another track i dont remember

[pearl ice]

Why did dg leave

[pearl ice]

Sheesh are you Wharton student

[tough acorn]

ı wrote my upenn supps who wants mutual review

[gray estuary]

this is fax my dad studied chem eng and hes like a business executive now

like wtf does chem eng have to do with business

[strange ember]

FACTS

😹

[faint badger]

my dad did mech eng and is a tech exec rn like.. the engineer to MBA to business pipeline

[gray estuary]

exact same thing

engineer, mba, then tech exec

its crazy

they have to be cloning these dads

[low flame]

Guys what you study doesn’t matter 30 years down the line 😭😭

Especially not in the 90s

[faint badger]

straight out the factory

[gray estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/clone-clones-buzz-lightyear-toy-story-gif-21609842

[gray estuary]

by any chance are you indian

[faint badger]

yes

[gray estuary]

knew it

my indian radar is never wrong

[bold onyx]

ye

[faint badger]

bruh the dad pipeline gave it away

[gray estuary]

yep

lemme guess your dad studied at an iit asw?

[faint badger]

nope grew up pretty poor and didnt rlly know ab allat

[gray estuary]

oh ok first miss of the day 😦

[faint badger]

hahaha yea

[lean quiver]

racist

[frigid seal]

💀

[opal silo]

https://tenor.com/view/dhar-mann-cry-about-it-cry-dancing-jalebi-baby-gif-26049329

[lean quiver]

you killed it!

[opaque folio]

STRAIGHT A'S FOR SEMESTER 2 HEHE

first sem for calc too so thatll look nice 😭

for a midyear report ahh

[burnt gust]

🤨

[lean quiver]

shamble u have udders?

[burnt gust]

i dont have udders if thats waht ur asking...

this is @opaque folio s about me

[opaque folio]

HAHAHA

[lean quiver]

i can spell

[opaque folio]

DIDNT INTENTIONALLY NAME IT AFTER U

[lean quiver]

trust

[opaque folio]

i was just dying before apps & finals

ill remove it after i submit rds!!

[burnt gust]

i hope not?

i mean idk

[exotic dirge]

im applying

[inner merlin]

good fr you

[opal silo]

@burnt gust rescinded smh

Where did purple color go

[tranquil dagger]

he is getting no aid

his ass applied knowing he would be full pay /j

[burnt gust]

i was being harasssed

[queen jolt]

cant believee shambles was rescinded 😔

what a sad day

[burnt gust]

😔

[opal silo]

By who

[soft moss]

how do you become a penn fee waiver recipient and get a code?

[upper zealot]

dont they say

[shy cairn]

thoughts on m&t vs met vs mit vs stanford ⁉️

cs+business focus ^

[bold onyx]

extremely dependent on what u want to do

and met shouldnt be there imo lol

[shy cairn]

ok haha

[shy cairn]

hmmm like management (PM) in tech maybe?

or something similar that is more on the logistics/management side if that makes sense

[bold onyx]

product management isnt that hard to break into if thats what youre referring to

if u want to work on the management side of a tech firm or something, then doesnt matter what school u go to

you’ll have to work your way up from tech role -> management role

main differences between m&t, mit, and stanford are culture

stanford is entrepreneurship heavy

mit is more tech/quant heavy

and m&t is a mix

from what ive seen

could be very wrong though lol

[desert kiln]

Who r u guys writing ur thank u letters to

Is it bad // generic to write it to my teacher

@bold onyx r u at UPenn?

[velvet basin]

he is the ceo of business students bro

[desert kiln]

U applying Penn @velvet basin ?

[velvet basin]

yeah

the essays are so chill

it's literally the epitome of how college essays should be

[desert kiln]

Truuuuuu

CAS?

[velvet basin]

1. why us (community)
2. why us (academic)
3. random shitpost they decided to throw in to be quirky (minimum requirement is that you're not a psychopath who doesn't feel gratitude)

yeah

[desert kiln]

Yh true

Gl

[velvet basin]

ty u too bro

[desert kiln]

Thx

Ugh I wanna be done with apps so bad

I don’t care anymore

I wanna be done

[velvet basin]

fr

let me in UPennis

[desert kiln]

Would u pick it over brown

[velvet basin]

no

never

sry

💀

[desert kiln]

Lol

What’s ur major again

[velvet basin]

mathematics

[desert kiln]

Hm

[velvet basin]

subject to change

idfk what i'm doing

i could literally end up as a chemistry, physics, math, or english major and i do not know

LOL

[desert kiln]

Same no idea

R u applying like mit stanford or no

[velvet basin]

all of the above except for MIT

because it's not on the common app

[desert kiln]

Lol

[velvet basin]

didn't do UCs or MIT

[desert kiln]

Harv?

[velvet basin]

ye

[desert kiln]

Gl gl

[velvet basin]

i hope i get in so i can turn ti down

i'd pick upenn over harvard

[desert kiln]

[desert kiln]

Y

[velvet basin]

bastard schooll.....

only thing better than getting into harvard

[desert kiln]

??

[velvet basin]

is having the luxury to turn it down

extreme power play

[desert kiln]

Harvard is goat of math man

[velvet basin]

eh

[desert kiln]

Same as mit

[velvet basin]

undergrad princeton wins

[lean quiver]

Harvard is also really annoying and depressing

[desert kiln]

Ig

[velvet basin]

harvard undergrad math only thing notable compared to princeton/MIT/etc. is Math 55

but that's literally a fulltime job

[desert kiln]

Yh tru

[velvet basin]

idk if i can actually do psets for like 5-7 hours a day

💀

that might kick my ass ngl

[desert kiln]

Wait idk if i csn use league terms here

Might get ban

[golden sedge]

Anybody applying to the Wharton

[desert kiln]

Idk they always rank good on math comps

Always mit/harv

in the top

[velvet basin]

bc the students who go there r really good

😭

[desert kiln]

I would take any of the top schools in a heart beat tho

[velvet basin]

true

[desert kiln]

So idk what I’m saying

Yh honestly if I don’t get harv rd

Idk

Nvm

I’m to tired

Too*

Wait did u usamo @velvet basin

[velvet basin]

no i do 0 contests

[desert kiln]

Oh

Ok

[opal silo]

yall needa stop dickriding emre

jesus

[burnt osprey]

Fr you need to dickride me

I’m the OG

[opal silo]

...

[burnt osprey]

I made Emre

[velvet basin]

constructed the guy from clay like enkidu

💀

[opal silo]

bro got that gilgamesh memory 💀

[soft moss]

most of the time, its whatever one you get into

but like i would say mit/stanford due to prestige

you’re probably gonna need a business degree anyways

[exotic dirge]

this prompt seems nice

[exotic dirge]

DONE WITH MY FIRST UPENN SUPP

[modest nest]

Hands on experience and if CS overweights business for u then go with MIT.
If business is primary focus then PENN.

[exotic dirge]

can i name this whole thing in my penn major essay? "CIS 160: Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science:"

[burnt osprey]

Uh

First of all

Don’t do that because we no longer do 3 digit course codes

[exotic dirge]

whatt

[burnt osprey]

That course is now CIS 1600 iirc

Also idt it’s necessary to have both, do the code or the title of the course

[exotic dirge]

idk what to choose tbh

[burnt osprey]

Tho tbh I don’t think it’s a unique enough course to warrant writing about

[exotic dirge]

thanks for mentioning that

[burnt osprey]

Maybe the full course title unless word count is a problem

[exotic dirge]

My essay is about how i love math, and its connectedness to comp sci

[burnt osprey]

Yes but cis 1600 isn’t a course unique to Penn

You’d be better off talking about a higher level CIS course imo

[exotic dirge]

i thought about talking a grad lvl CIS

but eh

i can't lol

[burnt osprey]

I wouldn’t talk about graduate level courses

[exotic dirge]

yeah defo

[burnt osprey]

The thing about cs is that it’s kinda math based inherently

What exactly do you love about math

[exotic dirge]

I first started with how my first coding experience was, and how i found it genuinely fun because it felt like i was doing math

said it all in a nice way

and mentioned that math is my fav and with coding, i see endless possibilities

Would you be cool with reading my thank you note essay?

[dense imp]

how did you guys pick who to thank bc im stuck

[burnt osprey]

Ok so this sounds sort of vague

I think you should go through the Penn course catalog

And see which of the cis course descriptions is most interesting to you

And mention that class instead since CIS 1600 is more of an intro course rather than a unique opportunity at Penn

[burnt osprey]

Sry I don’t do essay reviews

[exotic dirge]

sure

[burnt osprey]

Try taking the prompt at face value and think about people you haven’t thanked or had the opportunity to thank

Think about who inspired you

[exotic dirge]

i talked about an online friend

[bold onyx]

ye

[dense imp]

im lost bc i could literally just thank anyone i want to rn

[burnt osprey]

Ngl idk who I’d thank if I had the prompt

[dense imp]

besides dead ppl

but like yeah

[burnt osprey]

Ok just because you could doesn’t mean you have already

Who haven’t you already thanked

[dense imp]

the one person i can think of is an elementary school teacher who helped me w my anxiety but i already discuss my anxiety in my commonapp essay vaguely so i don't want to repeat

[burnt osprey]

Mm

Any other mentor figures in your life

People who bettered you

[dense imp]

nope im not particularly close w the adults who run my ec's and im the oldest kid in an immigrant family so ive been helping everyone else but nobody's helped me

[burnt osprey]

Any friends or relatives you have that inspire you in some way?

[dense imp]

i mean my relative is a ceo of a top tech company and he went to upenn

but im worried they'll think im lying

[burnt osprey]

Don’t

[dense imp]

yea he's been an inspiration and stuff for me but im worried they'll think im lying lmao

[analog shard]

i just thought of who i've been grateful for lately and that was my best friend so
i've also been grateful a lot to my parents but thats recently cuz of how they've supported me in the college app process so i didnt wanna talk about that

[burnt osprey]

Don’t worry about that

Try writing it see how you feel about it

[analog shard]

what prompts did you have when you applied

[burnt osprey]

The other two prompts besides the thank you note

[dense imp]

ohhh i thought you meant don't write about it

[burnt osprey]

They were slightly longer

[analog shard]

ah

[dense imp]

150-200 is so short

like if they were longer and 2 prompts i would've preferred that

[analog shard]

no bcuz fr

[digital bramble]

No

I don’t think generic thank you essay topics r bad

I think it’s worse if u try to be all quirky with it and then u could have written a better more genuine one to someone else

[exotic dirge]

is there any cis course related to the environment?

[burnt osprey]

https://courses.upenn.edu/

[hazy merlin]

My mom does product management and she has a bachelors and masters in biotech 😁 she went to cc for some certifications and now works at a Silicon Valley tech company

Well wait I think she’s a director now

[gray estuary]

this that penn bias

met is crazy

[bold onyx]

eh

[gray estuary]

idk maybe this is my cali bias

[bold onyx]

are the people who get into met crazy, or is the program itself crazy

[gray estuary]

but ive always viewed them as equal programs

[bold onyx]

yea that’s just not true sorry 😭

[gray estuary]

damn 😭

all the people i know whove done it are either interning at apple, google, or some other silicon valley company, and the few graduates i know already start with cushy business jobs

[bold onyx]

i mean yea met is probably more tech based

but the differences between program alumni & funding is just gonna be huge

[gray estuary]

fax berkeley has that piss poor public funding

and while the berkeley alum network is decent penn blows it outta the water

[queen jolt]

MET & M&T are p much the same thing in everything except alumni network and connections

which is literally 99% of the programs value

MET does give you direct access to a lot of berks really contested facilities tho so If ur going for a masters in smth like AI \

[frigid seal]

met is so clear lmao

penn m&t isnt up to standards tbh

[gray estuary]

yeah i heard the penn m&t dean or somethn moved to usc marshall dean

clearly marshalls better

[bold onyx]

😭

[frigid seal]

factos

im gonna own this thread next year

😌

[bold onyx]

[frigid seal]

first order of business is banning you

[upper zealot]

oh rly

[gray estuary]

idk thats what i heard

[shy cairn]

ty for the insight 🙌

the main thing is i’m so lazy now and technically i could still apply to m&t and mit but idk if it’s worth

[lean quiver]

I’m so lazy 💀

[exotic dirge]

broooo

im so mad

never satisfied with my supps

frfrfr

[dense imp]

me too

[wet vault]

does anyone know if any major can join the choirs at penn

[burnt osprey]

Yeah the choirs are generally open to everyone unless otherwise stated

[faint badger]

its not!

[wet vault]

epiccc

[vital cradle]

U should join an a cappella

[wet vault]

hell yeah

im writing the community essay rn and i was really interested in the collegium musicum and the counterpart so i put it in

[vital cradle]

No not counterparts

PennYo acapella

[wet vault]

thats the chinese focused one right

why no counterparts 0_0

[tender kiln]

dg

[burnt osprey]

dg

[tender kiln]

they’re all the same

join whichever one u vibe with the most

[tender kiln]

dg

kak they give u grades yet?

[lean quiver]

Dg

[tender kiln]

i only get 2/5 😢

[frigid seal]

dg

[tender kiln]

u a liverpool fan right

2nd 😂

[wet vault]

got u

[tender kiln]

top of the league we’re top of the league

[burnt osprey]

I only got stats last time I checked

4.0 semester 😻

Yahoo

[tender kiln]

same 🥶

[bold onyx]

i have 3.67 or something so far

3/5 classes done

[tender kiln]

huh how u see it this way

[bold onyx]

2 more A’s 🙏🙏

[tender kiln]

i thought u could only see through the unofficial transcript

[bold onyx]

same what

[burnt osprey]

Courses.upenn.edu > degree auditing and advising > view grades

Its updated the same rate as transcripts are

[frigid seal]

Werent yall top of the year last Christmas too 😹

[burnt osprey]

I just prefer it as it’s easier to skim lol

[frigid seal]

Who let bro in

[burnt osprey]

Emre too busy getting the 7/11ussy let him cook

[tender kiln]

and where were you at christmas last year 🤔

[tender kiln]

they should send emails bro

[frigid seal]

We were ass but all im saying is dont celebrate too early

Especially as an arse-nal fan

[tender kiln]

u right city finna beat us both anyway

[frigid seal]

Plenty of games left to play

[frigid seal]

Was just abt to say this

City boutta go on sum bullshit

[burnt osprey]

Ngl@I think for my mental I gotta just check on January 3

[frigid seal]

Unbeaten 15 game win streak type shit

[burnt osprey]

Best case scenario I get all As

Worst case scenario I get 2 As 2 A-s

I’m fine

[tender kiln]

someone better tear rodri’s acl

[tender kiln]

is that when they’re due

[burnt osprey]

Ya

[tender kiln]

yeah i think worst case for me is 4 A one A-

i got a 92 in math but i’m pretty sure thats an A

[burnt osprey]

How did you juggle five classes and partying dg you scare me

I always wind up dropping one class so I can never do a 5 course semester 💀

[tender kiln]

especially with my prof he’s the nicest little guy ever

[tender kiln]

addy

[burnt osprey]

Pmo

[burnt osprey]

I’m praying my Spanish teacher and cogs teacher have this grace

[frigid seal]

5 classes freshman year first semester is wild

[tender kiln]

jk i’m just good at shutting myself off from the world for periods and being very productive

[frigid seal]

🔥

[burnt osprey]

They’re both super nice to me but I feel like it’s edge cases

[tender kiln]

not really id say a solid 30% do it

[frigid seal]

Were they gen eds

[tender kiln]

and i’m tryna transfer m&t so

[burnt osprey]

Cognitive science should be an A it’s just a matter of how they grade participation

[tender kiln]

im prolly taking 6 next sem 💀

[burnt osprey]

Spanish should be an A+ but I have like a billion absences

[burnt osprey]

Dawg

[tender kiln]

i wouldnt say its out of realm of possibility tbh exec in h4i and grc and manager at dp + 4.0 both semesters with basically hardest cs workload

[burnt osprey]

Yeah you’re getting in I’m sure

Just like

Smh sellouttrtt

[tender kiln]

average asian male bay area

[frigid seal]

Isnt that basically impossible

[burnt osprey]

Dg is built diff

Genuinely

I think he’ll secure it

[frigid seal]

Did u apply m&t originally

[tender kiln]

one spot is basically always reserved for someone in h4i so

[frigid seal]

Whats h4i

[tender kiln]

and there’s only 3 of us who arent m&ts 2 of whom prolly wont apply

[tender kiln]

cs club that is basically just m&ts 💀

[faint badger]

hack

hack for impact

[frigid seal]

Oh nerd club

[faint badger]

basically

[tender kiln]

there’s 7 out of 10 of us my yr 💀

[tender kiln]

not at all ud be surprised

so much fun

so much drinking

[faint badger]

real

[tender kiln]

so much partying

[faint badger]

thats what i need

[frigid seal]

Underage drinking

[tender kiln]

no

i shouldve though

[drifting nova]

does anyone know how competive penn

penn's Life Sciences and Management program is?

[burnt osprey]

Yes

[tender kiln]

i mean

[bold onyx]

same people who r rejecting you 😭🙏🙏😭🙏🙏🙏🙏😭😭🙏🙏😭

[bold onyx]

okay bruh

[tender kiln]

everything at penn mad comp

like getting into penn i mean

[burnt osprey]

We in this together

[tender kiln]

there’s no like easy program to apply to

nothing like gmp at berkeley

[frigid seal]

Wait till march lil bro

[drifting nova]

is it super cut throat on campus?

[burnt osprey]

No

[tender kiln]

not at all lol

[frigid seal]

Gmp is easy?

[burnt osprey]

It’ll vary depending on your major and goals and who you surround yourself with but generally no it isn’t cutthroat

[queen jolt]

berk hate in this thread is unreal 😭

[burnt osprey]

You can very well find ways to be miserable and stressed but you don’t have to be

[drifting nova]

bet

[tender kiln]

i think its like 10% or smth a couple yrs ago but probably dropped now

[drifting nova]

thanks bro

[frigid seal]

Deet are u acc applying to 37 schools

[queen jolt]

37 essays 9 schools

[frigid seal]

Its like 4%

[frigid seal]

What schools is bro applying to 💀💀

[tender kiln]

crazy the sweats taking over

[bold onyx]

or just berkeley in general

[burnt osprey]

I hate sweats

Why can’t you people be normal

[tender kiln]

berkeley literally a penn copycat

[burnt osprey]

Fr

[bold onyx]

shitter public school kids

[tender kiln]

met gmp and they even have an lsm clone

[faint badger]

who tf is going to berk

[tender kiln]

lil bros wanna be us so bad

[burnt osprey]

Quant boy actually turned down Berkeley for Penn

After he got in off waitlist

[bold onyx]

no surprise

[tender kiln]

avg W

[bold onyx]

anyone with a brain would turn down berkeley

[burnt osprey]

Fr

Mid ass school

[tender kiln]

craziest penn clone though is gt

gt made a program literally called t&m

bro

[burnt osprey]

LMAO

they want to be us so bad

[bold onyx]

yes extremely. people get into fist fights over club apps

[tender kiln]

they even have the &

[queen jolt]

so did uiuc 😭

word for word

[bold onyx]

i have a boxing match lined up for my witg application 🙏🙏

[burnt osprey]

Emre please join the DP

[tender kiln]

i mean its not really first fights like the whole point is that its organized as part of the process

[faint badger]

i hate that i recognize all these acronyms

[burnt osprey]

The daily@pennetration

[tender kiln]

i feel like fist fight gives the implication that its just random

[bold onyx]

maybe

[tender kiln]

emre joining my team

[bold onyx]

yessir

[burnt osprey]

I’m anxious lowkey

For the gala

[tender kiln]

why

[bold onyx]

i think ill actually join dgs team, he can be my papa

[burnt osprey]

Idk I don’t have nice clothing and I’m socially horrid

[burnt osprey]

You love nepo

[bold onyx]

so so so much

?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

HUHHHHHHH

[tender kiln]

just for u emre 😘

[burnt osprey]

Ayo

Ay fucking yo

[tender kiln]

huh i didnt say anything

whats being ayoed

[bold onyx]

i mean… 😏

if u put it that way 🤗

[tender kiln]

gala gonna be lit kayak

so many ppl there i dont think it matters anyway

[bold onyx]

nah theyre all gonna judge

theyre all staring at u and judging

be nervous and afraid

[frigid seal]

Yall got a gala?

This hogwarts or sum shit

[bold onyx]

there are hella formals in college

[tender kiln]

hellaaaaa formals

every club will have 1-2

the size and scope might be different club by club though

[frigid seal]

Sheesh

[tender kiln]

like h4i always does a halloween formal which is a fun twist

[frigid seal]

Emre you should apply to m&t

[burnt osprey]

Yeah at a club dg and I work in

[bold onyx]

💀💀💀

[tender kiln]

grc does formals with like 6 other clubs like a big wharton club formal

[burnt osprey]

Dg getting external board before me is funny

[tender kiln]

and then dp does a big gala

[bold onyx]

u dont drink enough

[burnt osprey]

The prestige rat race never ends damn

[burnt osprey]

I’m working on it

[tender kiln]

yeah

[burnt osprey]

I had my first drink two weeks ago and got violently ill after

[bold onyx]

kayak lets become alcoholics

[burnt osprey]

So uh

[bold onyx]

pussy

[burnt osprey]

Inshallah next semester

[tender kiln]

bro at dp party i got violently drunk

[burnt osprey]

Dg teach me how to get drunk appropriately

[tender kiln]

i didnt throw up till i got home though so 🔥

[burnt osprey]

I need to be drunk enough to make out with my friends

[tender kiln]

oh ive never made out with friends

only friends of friends or randos

[burnt osprey]

I think I’m predisposed to it

I make bad choices

[tender kiln]

drink a cup of 3 shots worth of vodka then wait like 10 min then do that again

thats the method

[burnt osprey]

Ah

[tender kiln]

and also never use mixers

[burnt osprey]

My dumbass had a rum and coke

[tender kiln]

mixers make me throw up every time

[bold onyx]

drink a pinkity drinkity

[tender kiln]

yeah do that without the cole

[burnt osprey]

Nuh uh we boycotting

[burnt osprey]

Dude it tastes like rubbing alcohol

[bold onyx]

whats wrong with pinkity drinkitys

[tender kiln]

yeah but it’s safer without a mixer

[burnt osprey]

They personally killed baby Jesus

[tender kiln]

i just like close my nose and down it in 1-2 sips

[burnt osprey]

Mm interesting

[tender kiln]

then the taste leaves your mouth after like 20 sec

[burnt osprey]

I’m gonna get drunkity

[bold onyx]

oh wait thats a starbucks drink

[burnt osprey]

Yes bbg

[bold onyx]

i dont remember what my friend said she drinks but she’s hella alcoholic

[burnt osprey]

One time a friend of a friend came over to my suite after a VSA party and vomited all over the floor in our suite and the hallway outside

[tender kiln]

prolly not more than me though tbh 💀

[burnt osprey]

That is my goal

[tender kiln]

i’ve thrown up with every club i’m in lol

[burnt osprey]

Ngl it takes a lot for me to throw up

[tender kiln]

first time drinking with each of them i threw up after

[bold onyx]

might be more than u ngl

[burnt osprey]

I’m kinda worried since I’m sorta dense it may take too much for me to drink

[tender kiln]

how often

[burnt osprey]

Drunk*

[tender kiln]

just drink more then

[dense imp]

literally gonna punch a wall over this thank you supplemental

[frigid seal]

Penn legit has the best supplementals

[dense imp]

istg ill write wonderfully when i figure out who to write it to

[frigid seal]

My favorite ivy by far

[tender kiln]

that’s what i felt at first but after i realized what i wanted to write abt i loved it

one of my fave supps

[dense imp]

YEAH I KNOW ITLL BE GREAT WHEN I FIGURE OUT WHO BUT IDK

[burnt osprey]

In retrospect

I prob would’ve written about my brother

[tender kiln]

just do sibling or parent or best friend

[dense imp]

who did you write about?

[bold onyx]

prolly like 4-5 times a week

[tender kiln]

bsf

[frigid seal]

Dg whod u do

Oh

[tender kiln]

oh my god

[frigid seal]

Kayak whod u do

[tender kiln]

ok yeah she’s way more

i just do 1-2

[dense imp]

ive seen so many websites discouraging that 😭 i wanted to write ab best friend

[tender kiln]

they’re idiots lol

[frigid seal]

Emre whod u do

[tender kiln]

most ppl ik who got in did bsf/sibling

[burnt osprey]

That prompt was before my time

Wait no

[dense imp]

ive heard so many ao's say it doesn't matter the topic as long as u write it well

[burnt osprey]

I’m before the prompts time

[frigid seal]

Oldhead

[tender kiln]

what you write abt matters a lot more than who you write it too

[burnt osprey]

They added the thank you note the cycle after me

[tender kiln]

yeah exactly

[bold onyx]

coworker

[frigid seal]

Nice

[dense imp]

who would you write if u did it now

[bold onyx]

^

[frigid seal]

Did u guys get to see your admission file yet

[burnt osprey]

Probably my little brother

[burnt osprey]

I did it’s underwhelming

[bold onyx]

its useless

[frigid seal]

Is your little brother writing it to you

[tender kiln]

i didn’t look but its basically empty

[bold onyx]

im not requesting mine

[frigid seal]

Huh

[burnt osprey]

No he’s writing it to one of our old teachers lol

[frigid seal]

Ive heard harvards is pretty encompassing

Like it gives ratings and stuff

[tender kiln]

yeah penn redacts almost everything

[frigid seal]

Bruh wtf is this

[tender kiln]

we just get ratings

[burnt osprey]

The admissions file

[tender kiln]

but no context for them and no comments

[burnt osprey]

Yeah

[frigid seal]

Thats so mid

[burnt osprey]

It actually just confused me more

[bold onyx]

my friend had 237.5 AI and he was like advanced as fuck in math

[frigid seal]

Thats urs right?

[burnt osprey]

I’m a waitlist admit and I got very mediocre ratings

So like

[dense imp]

what's ai

[burnt osprey]

Why the fuck did they admit me off the waitlist

[frigid seal]

What did u originally commit to

[burnt osprey]

Academic index

It’s based on SAT/ACT and gpa

[burnt osprey]

Williams College

[frigid seal]

Any tips for waitlist admission bc i know im finna get hella

[burnt osprey]

Write LORs and pray

[frigid seal]

Lor

Or loci

[burnt osprey]

Sorry LOCI

I misspoke

[bold onyx]

so old

[burnt osprey]

Quant boy was a WL admit and he had his counselor write additional LORs

[bold onyx]

she forgot what the proper term was

[burnt osprey]

That’s what I was thinking of

[frigid seal]

Whos quant boy

[burnt osprey]

Ok sorry I applied two entire years ago

[bold onyx]

where was he committed

[dense imp]

so can we write about whoever? i was thinking about my grandpa originally bc he also inspired my major

[burnt osprey]

Uh

[bold onyx]

our future sugar papa

[burnt osprey]

Yeah

[bold onyx]

ya

[dense imp]

our current valedictorian got rejected idk why im trying atp

[burnt osprey]

Rankings is bs

I was so mid in hs

[frigid seal]

No comment

[burnt osprey]

Anything’s possible

[tender kiln]

valedictorian don’t matter lol

[dense imp]

you had a 1570 tho 😭 my sat is dogshit and i have a 34 act sooo

[burnt osprey]

Emre sees all my romantic endeavors as financial opportunities

[tender kiln]

our top 20 got into 0 ivies combined

[burnt osprey]

3.6 GPA at a severely grade inflated hs I fear

[supple granite]

LOL

[dense imp]

oh yeah the only ppl who got in ed to an ivy were the athletes at my school

[frigid seal]

We havent had an ivy in 5 years

[tender kiln]

me and 2 of my bsf were like 30-40 in rankings and we got into like 6 between us and no one above or below us got into any

[frigid seal]

Which did u get into?

[burnt osprey]

6 is insane

[tender kiln]

the distribution might’ve been 1-1-4 😅

[burnt osprey]

I count my waitlists as wins ngl

Like I got waitlisted at half the Ivy League that’s gotta mean something

[tender kiln]

ok if we count wl as 0.5 i got 2

[supple granite]

Did you ed anywhere

[lean quiver]

Does it

[tender kiln]

im pretty sure i wouldve gotten off cornell wl if i stayed on but i dont fw them lol

[lean quiver]

Don’t tell ur brother that

[bold onyx]

am i wrong?

[burnt osprey]

My guess is it means my GPA was just shy of being a shoe in ngl

[tender kiln]

no i ea mit

[frigid seal]

Lmao which 4

[supple granite]

I lowkey wish all the ivies were rea

[lean quiver]

No

[burnt osprey]

I ED Columbia like an idiot

[supple granite]

So I could still rd spam the others

[lean quiver]

Same!

[frigid seal]

You applied to all 8??

[tender kiln]

he got into princeton yale brown and darty

[burnt osprey]

All but Dartmouth

[supple granite]

Nothing wrong with columbia lol

[lean quiver]

Lowkey wanna get into Penn or Cornell cause unhappiness is my goal

[frigid seal]

Holy fuck

[burnt osprey]

Horrible fit

[bold onyx]

everyone here did and theyre all so happy they didnt get in ED lmao

[lean quiver]

We live in NYC

[frigid seal]

What about the other one

[dense imp]

wait should the thank you note be in second person

[burnt osprey]

And I probably wouldn’t gotten into Penn ED my gut feels

[lean quiver]

It’s not somewhere we wanna be

[burnt osprey]

I love NYC but i grew up in the Columbia area

[lean quiver]

For another 4 years

[burnt osprey]

I need distance from home

I need independence

[tender kiln]

harvard rea but he got rejected penn and princeton rd

[supple granite]

Hehe independence

[frigid seal]

Nah write it in 3rd

[burnt osprey]

And if I went to Columbia I’d be under my@parents control pretty much

Penn is a happy in between

[lean quiver]

Yeah I wanted to stay in the city but now that deadlines are coming up I realized I need OUT

[supple granite]

I’m going from west coast to easy coast it finna be wild

[dense imp]

this one girl from my school who got rejected ed was literally sobbing the entire next day i felt so bad but it was so awkward

[frigid seal]

Why did bro even apply to other schools after harvard rea 😭😭

[burnt osprey]

Harvard mid

[dense imp]

is this serious 😭

[lean quiver]

But somewhere close in case I suddenly die

[tender kiln]

and i got accepted penn wl harvard cornell reject brown yale princeton columbia (but my brown columbia apps were jokes)

[lean quiver]

True

Harvard is ass

[frigid seal]

Did yall get into any other t20s

[burnt osprey]

I got into Williams which is a T1 LAC if that counts

But besides that I just waitlisted literally fucking everywhere

[frigid seal]

Yea i would put it up there fs

[tender kiln]

he would rather have gone m&t then harvard

[bold onyx]

the best LAC lol

[supple granite]

williams is t1 lac but how does it compare in competition with regular unis

[lean quiver]

Praying I end up like kayak 🙏

[burnt osprey]

Columbia Yale Penn Cornell Barnard NYU Northeastern MIT Wesleyan Colby and schools I’m probably forgetting all were WL/defers

[supple granite]

Nerd

[frigid seal]

Emre did u get any other top schools

[dense imp]

damnnn

[burnt osprey]

It’s phenomenal but it rlly depends on ur goals and wants out of college

[bold onyx]

m&t>>>>

[frigid seal]

Holy sweat

[tender kiln]

4 ivies got in and is attending stanford, harvard didnt apply to anything except those 3, i didnt get into any other t20s

[burnt osprey]

Ultimately I think Penn better suited me as I realized my interests weren’t what I initially thought

[supple granite]

See u at penn!!

[dense imp]

you're at stanford?

[frigid seal]

Most cracked friend group of all time 😭

[tender kiln]

penn big school big better than small

[bold onyx]

transfer optioned at cornell and accepted at bc, rejected harvard stanford rice and i dont remember rest tbh

[tender kiln]

no i’m at penn

[burnt osprey]

My friends in hs either wound up at CUNYs, ivies, or LACs

[bold onyx]

rejected at neu and tufts also

[tender kiln]

one of us is at stanf one is at harv and i’m at penn

[frigid seal]

Alright buddy pack your bags youre going to cornell

[burnt osprey]

Real

[frigid seal]

Bro must feel so inferior /j

[bold onyx]

i’d rather off myself

[burnt osprey]

Penn on the come up

It’s about the be PYMPS soon (first P being Penn)

[tender kiln]

nah i’m doing better than either so 😭

[tender kiln]

get rid of princeton

[bold onyx]

only school i would choose over penn looking back is harvard

[tender kiln]

and yale

PMS

[burnt osprey]

I don’t get harvards appeal genuinely

It’s like the water of the Ivy League

[tender kiln]

idet id choose harvard everyone ik there sad and depressed

[burnt osprey]

Who gives a fuck

[supple granite]

Lmao

[frigid seal]

Werent you crying after your stanford rejection for weeks and months

[supple granite]

Ur funny

[bold onyx]

wayyyy closer to home + comparable finance placements

[tender kiln]

only good thing abt harvard is the name literally

[burnt osprey]

Ew you’re from MA

I forgot

Penn is like a nice distance from NYC

[lean quiver]

If I get rejected from NEU I’m either Ivy material or fully rejected from all my colleges

[burnt osprey]

I can get $10 Amtrak tickets and go between Philly and Manhattan in less than 2 hours

[bold onyx]

i wanted stanford at the time but i didnt really care abt getting rejected since i already got into penn, and looking back now im happy lol

[tender kiln]

i understand stanford and mit and even yale appeal but i’ll never get princeton or harvard

[burnt osprey]

Tbh Princeton is gorgeous

The campus itself is reason enough

[lean quiver]

It’s in NJ tho

[bold onyx]

😑

[frigid seal]

Lol yea my top 2 are penn and Stanford so ima get into both then turn both down for harvard

And then i wake up

Im at cc

[burnt osprey]

Just means closer to NYC 💪

[supple granite]

Do most kids at penn just use pub transport

[tender kiln]

nj so funny

[frigid seal]

I cant believe emres a masshole smh

[bold onyx]

how yale appeal over harvard??? harvard has way better placements than yale

[tender kiln]

for what

[supple granite]

Get around

[burnt osprey]

Vibes is better

Yeah

[bold onyx]

not really

[burnt osprey]

SEPTA or lyft

[tender kiln]

yale appealing for the non finance shit

[bold onyx]

most people dont leave campus that often and uber is more common i feel

[burnt osprey]

Or walk if it’s short enough

[supple granite]

Oh hell nah

[tender kiln]

like humanities and that

[burnt osprey]

That’s just because your a freshman no lifer with no lifer friends

[tender kiln]

for prelaws and premeds

[supple granite]

Im driving across the mf country to get my car there lmao I’m not taking lyft for 4 whole ass years

[burnt osprey]

Septa use is common

[bold onyx]

nah harvard better premed

[burnt osprey]

Don’t bring your car here

Do not

[supple granite]

Road trip

[tender kiln]

fair harvard depressing though

[supple granite]

Whats wrong

[bold onyx]

i leave campus often bruh

[bold onyx]

probably

[lean quiver]

How do y’all have money

[burnt osprey]

Maybe if you get housing off campus as a junior or senior and have a garage or parking spot but literally otherwise no

[tender kiln]

penn better premed prelaw business and cs than yale bro

[supple granite]

Why

[burnt osprey]

Then idk it’s your circle bc everyone ik uses septa frequently

[burnt osprey]

Zero parking bro

[lean quiver]

My guide at Harvard went on a 5 min rant on why she was on antidepressants

[burnt osprey]

Itll be super inconvenient

[bold onyx]

u buy septa card, let it run out of money, and tap it watch it get rejected and get on septa anyway

[burnt osprey]

And you’ll never use it

[lean quiver]

It was quite the experience

[supple granite]

Maybe I’m stupid but dont u buy a parking spot

[lean quiver]

W

[supple granite]

I haven’t looked at it yet

[burnt osprey]

It’s cheaper to split a Lyft with friends or take public transport

[burnt osprey]

Penn don’t do that

[tender kiln]

i just jump the turnstile anytime there isnt a guard

[burnt osprey]

Yeah

Or Apple Pay if there is

[bold onyx]

penn just better

penn makes money 🔥🔥🔥

[burnt osprey]

If only Penn state didn’t exist ngl

[tender kiln]

if we had a cool name bro

yale would not be in the conversation 💀

[burnt osprey]

But yeah this isn’t rlly a thing in big city colleges, almost no one has a car on campus

[burnt osprey]

Drexel got us beat

[tender kiln]

imagine if we were named claremont

[frigid seal]

Yale is only popular bc hypsm

[tender kiln]

we would be t3

[tender kiln]

drexel a cool ass name but ive just become too elitist towards it specifically

[burnt osprey]

Ngl same lmfaoo

I hate the person I’ve become but also idgaf

[tender kiln]

yeah

tbh drexel hate is justified

if u r paying 85k/yr for drexel u dont deserve to be free from elitism

[burnt osprey]

TRUE

tbh Drexel is the northeastern of Philly

[dense imp]

i just finished the thank you note supplemental that was actually kinda fun

[wet vault]

fr

its fun because (for me) its genuine

[dense imp]

im worried mine is almost too genuine bc unlike most essays i didnt think thru what the admissions officers would want to hear

[frigid seal]

harvard mit stanford princeton better

penn is #5 in my opinion

yale #6

[upper zealot]

wrong

[bold onyx]

“in my opinion”

in the opinion of the a stupid little shit

[frigid seal]

Stfu 3.6 gpa having ass

[upper zealot]

kvd and emre beef goes hard

🍿

but i agree with emre

penn is on top

if u add harvard over penn thats an immediate L

[frigid seal]

Nah yall just biased asl

Ive said repeatedly penn is my top pick

But wharton hard carries penn

[opal silo]

LMFAOOO

3.6 at upenn or in hs?

[mossy hound]

yall is it worth it to apply to penn i havent started supplementals yet

[upper zealot]

if its a school that aligns with what ur looking for and u have time to do all that i dont see why not

[mossy hound]

true

i may

[dense imp]

i did my first one tonight 😭 and i know a couple of ppl who haven't started so like dw

jan 5 is so far away

[mossy hound]

so real

i am just such a procrastinator i'm scared i'm gonna run out of time for like the 6 schools i wanna apply to

[dense imp]

it's gonna be sad using our break for this but like it's less than what we'd be doing if we had school

also upenn's essays are super short like once you have ur idea it'll be quick

[mossy hound]

trueee but it's sad christmas doesnt feel real at all this yr cuz im only thinking ab college😭

[mossy hound]

this is true i also like the prompts a lot

[dense imp]

yeah there's no breaks until april 😭

i have decisions coming every month

i had 5 in december, 1 in january, 3 in february, 3 in march

[mossy hound]

omg lucky tho i'm so anxious rn bc i've only heard from 2 schools and i didn't get into one lol

partially my fault for doing REA

[dense imp]

commitment day could not come sooner 💪

[mossy hound]

i just need end of january to come cuz that's when my EA schools come out and i need smth good to maybe happen god plsss

[dense imp]

oh yeah i got into 4 out of 5 of my december school and my rejection was my ed so i feel ya 🥲

[digital bramble]

I’ve spent Xmas eve stuck in an airport

[dense imp]

upenn's a stretch too sm ppl from my school got rejected ed the only person who got in is the athlete

[digital bramble]

😭😭😭

I’d rather be writing essays atp

[dense imp]

long layover or delay?

[digital bramble]

Delay

[mossy hound]

no SAME wait where did you ED if you don't mind me asking

[digital bramble]

Delayed like 5 hours now

[mossy hound]

no.

[bold onyx]

3.7*

[dense imp]

nyu! i think i coulda had a shot at some of the schools but i had no chance at stern

(applied to stern)

[upper zealot]

Merry Christmas’s Penn

[bold onyx]

my greatest fan

[digital bramble]

I wish I had just gone to Philly

😭😭😭

Don’t even wanna go to Miami

[mossy hound]

no it's also so random too but hey at least we tried smth hard even if it didn't end up well lol

[digital bramble]

True

[upper zealot]

Sell essays unethical but good bank

[dense imp]

yeahh 🥲 hopefully we got some good decisions coming up in 2024

[digital bramble]

My unused supplemental 💀💀💀

[upper zealot]

Real

[digital bramble]

My uchicago ones…

[dense imp]

what does prefrosh mean

[digital bramble]

I’ll be holding onto those

[digital bramble]

Committed to a. School and will attend

[upper zealot]

It was smth like ur not committed or smth

Oh nvm

[dense imp]

wha

[digital bramble]

But stuck in eternal hell of senior year

[frigid seal]

Ill use em if u rlly want

[digital bramble]

😂✊

[frigid seal]

[opal silo]

naw i hopped off after i saw the 3.67 u got this semester

[upper zealot]

Basically for ED ppl

[opal silo]

coloring in the lines too hard??

[digital bramble]

Ed acceptances or rea commits

[dense imp]

ohhh so ur still a senior but just a committed senior

[mossy hound]

is it even worth to apply penn if i'm going t/o ngl.....

[digital bramble]

Yes

[upper zealot]

Yes

[mossy hound]

someone break the news to me

[digital bramble]

Yes

[upper zealot]

Prob

[digital bramble]

Why would u not

[upper zealot]

It’s always worth it

[frigid seal]

No retire and go to cc

[mossy hound]

idfk i feel like t/o is destroying me

[digital bramble]

It’s not like to ppl don’t get accepted

How come

What’s ur score

[dense imp]

what's t/o

[digital bramble]

Test optional

[dense imp]

OH NVM

bru idk whether i can submit my score and it's so annoying

[digital bramble]

What is it

[dense imp]

bc it would be right at the cutoff if no

[bold onyx]

https://tenor.com/view/put-a-finger-down-put-a-finger-down-text-bubble-gif-26524116

[dense imp]

34

[digital bramble]

I’d send a 1500+

Oh

Is send a 34

[mossy hound]

i just do not take tests well as a severe ADHD person which is not a good excuse at all LOL but my stats are good otherwise

[digital bramble]

I’d

https://tenor.com/view/chica-toy-chica-fnaf-foxy-freddy-gif-938004550236127790

[mossy hound]

no yeah 34 is good

[dense imp]

ohh okay thank u i just feel like it's an awkward score for ivies/t20s

[opal silo]

wdyt @bold onyx

[digital bramble]

Not rlly

[dense imp]

same w 33

[digital bramble]

33 might be too low

[upper zealot]

dawg what

[digital bramble]

34-36 is good