University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2023-2024)

[analog shard]

UCSF is great!

real

id do anything for uchicago lol

[hazy merlin]

Super close to home and I love love sf

[analog shard]

but cold is gonna be brutal yes

[analog shard]

sf is bae

[hazy merlin]

Me w yale fr

But I’m not delulu anymore 😭

[analog shard]

did you apply usf?

LOL mood

yeah i was delulu for uchicago ea

[hazy merlin]

Fr

[analog shard]

but i know rd there's no chance

[hazy merlin]

No I didn’t want to apply private in sf

[analog shard]

oh fair

[hazy merlin]

I was delulu for usc ea

[analog shard]

mood

me rn with trustee

[hazy merlin]

Very much crushed my ego

[analog shard]

🫂

[hazy merlin]

Hoping I get into Davis and sb

UCSB would be really fun

[analog shard]

usc is more of a cs/business school anyway, UCLA med>>>>>>

i wish i applied ucsb

ccs seems goated

[hazy merlin]

USC has a really hard premed but they actually are one of the only schools that does research on my illness so I really wanted the option

[analog shard]

oh

do you get good aid at usc?

[hazy merlin]

I didn’t end up applying bc I didn’t feel like it was the right program for me but agreed

[hazy merlin]

They’re very balanced + they have animal sciences and they’re by the beach

[hazy merlin]

No idea prob not

[analog shard]

rip

[hazy merlin]

I’m not going if I get in rd there’s no way I’m paying 90k for idc

[analog shard]

usc has good aid for low income tho from what I've heard

[hazy merlin]

USC

I’m not low income but not rich

[analog shard]

they just don't offer as much as other t20s for middle class

ah

[hazy merlin]

Yup

[analog shard]

yeah def

id prolly only go if presidential/trustee

[hazy merlin]

Especially when in state ucs

[hazy merlin]

Deans though??

Hoping Tuesday is your day fr

[analog shard]

Dean's would be a stretch

depends on my other offers

[hazy merlin]

Oh fair

[analog shard]

like if i get any UC vs usc deans i wouldn't go

[hazy merlin]

How many do they give presidential and trustee

[analog shard]

but if it was like usc deans vs Purdue then parents would be ok for deans

200 presidential 100 trustee

[hazy merlin]

Ohh

You’ll def get at least 1 UC

[analog shard]

🫶

i love UCI

[hazy merlin]

300/2950 is what like

[hazy merlin]

Really

I can’t say I’m a huge fan

[analog shard]

fr

[hazy merlin]

I haven’t been

[analog shard]

plus 300/800

Like 800 get scholarship interview

[hazy merlin]

But like I heard it’s very artificial/my county but not natural beauty

[hazy merlin]

Ohh

[analog shard]

So like imagine you're better than the Dean's people and you actually get an interview but then you don't get anything

[hazy merlin]

That’s so sad

[hazy merlin]

😭

That’s heartbreaking

[analog shard]

ok tbvf so many people are saying the campus is shit but i LOVE their literary journalism program

[analog shard]

fr

[hazy merlin]

Ohh valid they also have a great Asian population

I need my isa

[analog shard]

plus it's an interview and many people have like social anxiety and stuff and imo you can't disadvantage someone just because they're uncomfortable speaking impromptu to a total stranger

[analog shard]

yesssss

[analog shard]

real

My cousin went UCI grad and he loved it

[hazy merlin]

Clearly interviewers do 😭 very sad

[analog shard]

Plus it's like 20 minutes from Disneyland LOL

[hazy merlin]

My friend goes rn

For criminology

[analog shard]

oooooh

That's so coooooolll

[hazy merlin]

She really likes the program

Campus is mid asf from what I heard

[analog shard]

Yeah i love UCI for program

I love UCLA for everything else

If UCLA had a journalism major they'd be my top choice

[hazy merlin]

Yeah UCI has a nice bio program but something about it like throws me off a lot

[hazy merlin]

UCLA has my heart

W in all categories

[analog shard]

Best public uni, great culture, amazing campus, good weather, cheap

except major

[placid smelt]

I think you’ll get into brown

[analog shard]

lol fair

[hazy merlin]

I’ll @ you w my rejection idt I was quirky enough

[analog shard]

fr peaceful chaotic dreamer is so brown core

[hazy merlin]

Exactlyyyy

[hazy merlin]

You still remember wow 😭 lowkey wishing I did I ❤️ women instead

[placid smelt]

Nah. Trust, I have this gut feeling

[hazy merlin]

😭 hoping it’s right then

[placid smelt]

It is

[analog shard]

I WAS SO MAD I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY SO COOOOLL???

[hazy merlin]

💔

[hazy merlin]

Mine is always right

[placid smelt]

No, mine is

[hazy merlin]

I had help dw im dumb 😭

[analog shard]

lol i thought I'd get in uchi defer usc

[placid smelt]

I had gut I got in

And I did

Trust

[analog shard]

still!!

[hazy merlin]

I said you were getting into Princeton

[hazy merlin]

Manifesting worked just not how you intended!!!

[analog shard]

wait are you the qb Princeton luck

[analog shard]

haha fair

[hazy merlin]

😭 my video was not it

[placid smelt]

Yea Ngl you believed that more than I believed it

[placid smelt]

Nah

Diff luck

[analog shard]

can I see 👀 if you're ok sharing ofc

[analog shard]

so many lucks

[hazy merlin]

Yk every time that I pray to whatever god I tell them my 5 schools but last time I realized that I didn’t specify I wanted to go for 2024 so now I’m thinking ug admissions will suck but med school…

[analog shard]

I need luck bro for Tuesday

[placid smelt]

Fr

[hazy merlin]

I just knew you got it

It’s also funny bro

[placid smelt]

How

[analog shard]

tbh med school is the one that's gonna give you a job so as long as you somewhere you're happy for ug you'll be fine

[hazy merlin]

Bc i told harry not to rank duke bc he didn’t know anything about it and if he was matched he’d have to go

[hazy merlin]

^

[placid smelt]

Bruh Ngl harry being worried was lowkey funny now that I’m looking back at it

[hazy merlin]

It’s very cringe but I just did game of life my name edition

[analog shard]

wait wdym game of life

[placid smelt]

Duke is fire tho, he’ll have a good time

[hazy merlin]

Harry being worried was the most unnecessary thing ever especially when he went to flyins for 2 schools he ranked 💀

[hazy merlin]

Like the board game

[analog shard]

shit I'm 2 hours behind on studying bye

[placid smelt]

Fr 💀

[analog shard]

OOOOOOOOOOOH

[hazy merlin]

Yeah he will I was just like maybe research…

[analog shard]

I LOVE THAT GAME

[hazy merlin]

😭 gl

[hazy merlin]

Stressed himself out over no reason

[hazy merlin]

Concept was nice execution fell flat imo

[placid smelt]

@hazy merlin Ngl I literally was originally going to opt out of the match, but didn’t last sec. Furthermore, I only ranked ivies to ensure that I didn’t get matched either

And I still did

💀

[hazy merlin]

Yeah ik

I remember being like …

[hazy merlin]

Luck was in your favor

Who are you going to root for next year

[placid smelt]

Nah cause harry was saying like I should apply to more target schools and I was like, I do NOT want to go oos for a school I dont know LOL, even jf it was a full ride

[hazy merlin]

New Jersey doesn’t have teams 💀

[placid smelt]

For superbowl?

[hazy merlin]

Yeah I remember and then Harry was like “dang luck is so right I’m so dumb”

[hazy merlin]

No in general when you become a new jersian

[placid smelt]

He said that? LOL

[placid smelt]

Oh lol

[hazy merlin]

Yeah idk if it was in the gc but he did to me

It’s ok it worked out w duke

[placid smelt]

Yea fr

[hazy merlin]

Might not be what he expected but Duke is amazingggg

[placid smelt]

Fr, you end up where you need to be

[hazy merlin]

Umass Amherst ‘28

[placid smelt]

W school

[hazy merlin]

It is idt it’s for me though

The class of 28 Instagram is giving not my vibes 💀

[placid smelt]

Yea, mass is lowkey mid Ngl

[hazy merlin]

Plus my parents alr said no

[placid smelt]

Beside like Boston

[placid smelt]

lol

[hazy merlin]

I have liek 7 mass schools on my list

I only like 1

[placid smelt]

Which one

[hazy merlin]

It’s a good school though I could see myself there but idk mass is far

[hazy merlin]

Tufts

[placid smelt]

Ooh tufts is amazing

I think care goes to tufts

[hazy merlin]

Should I post on the class of 28 insta 💀 I feel like that’s embarrassing to do if you’re not committed

[hazy merlin]

Yeah!

[hazy merlin]

Love love love it

[placid smelt]

Everyone post and say “I’m not 100% committed but it’s definitely on the top of my list”

[placid smelt]

Wait for Umass Amherst?

[hazy merlin]

Exactly when that’s not true

[hazy merlin]

Yeah

[placid smelt]

You alr got in?

Wth, nah remove ruby rejections from your name asap

[hazy merlin]

Yeah I got into the honors college and scholarship

So same price as ucs

[hazy merlin]

😭 no I have been rejected

Plus I only started getting in after name change

[placid smelt]

Nah, honors colleges is amazing. They treat you like royalty and give you the best dorms and everything

[hazy merlin]

Yeah I saw major W there

[placid smelt]

Convince to go

[hazy merlin]

Everyone on umass’s ‘28 is like a party girl 💀

[placid smelt]

That’s you

[hazy merlin]

Jesus Christ I forgot Umass was a party school

[hazy merlin]

No 💀

[hazy merlin]

I’ll wait for ucs

[placid smelt]

But nah, it’s only like that cause they’re all “I’m not 100% committed yet”

[hazy merlin]

I’d rather go to ucsb than umass

[hazy merlin]

EVERY SINGLE POST SAID THAT

That’s why I was like hmm maybe post maybe not

[placid smelt]

You know I got into sdsu ruby?

They released theirs like December 10th 💀

So I didn’t have time to wirhdraw

[hazy merlin]

You told me yeah

Congrats!!

[hazy merlin]

Not all

[placid smelt]

I looked at sdsu 2028 page

And it was like

All party girls

[hazy merlin]

Luck Umass peopel are scaring me 😭

[hazy merlin]

Umass asf

Majority of it is white firls

[placid smelt]

Yea, only for the super qualified ones to apply for their honors college are early is what I hesrd

[placid smelt]

I mean

[hazy merlin]

Ohh some of my friends got it

Into sdsu early

[placid smelt]

Yea some of my friends too

[hazy merlin]

I want a nice Indian population 😭

Let me Google if they have an isa

Everyone is from mass yoo

Too

[placid smelt]

Princetons diversity is pretty diverse

Just saying

Transfer after 2 years

[hazy merlin]

Luck they have an isa

BUT ITS FOR GRAD STUDENTS

[hazy merlin]

I would not get in

[frigid seal]

damn i spawned into a yap sesh

[placid smelt]

What’s ISA

[frigid seal]

wsg guys

[frigid seal]

indian student association

[hazy merlin]

^

[placid smelt]

Oh lol

[hazy merlin]

Ruby freakout session

Umass co 28 insta is looking exactly like my school rn and that’s not a good thing

[frigid seal]

oh no what happened

[frigid seal]

id never be caught alive at an ISA meeting

#1 thing i will NOT. be doing in college

[frigid seal]

its fine u will be at ucla

[hazy merlin]

Unfortunate for you

I like my culture

And where I live it’s basically nonexistent other than family events

[frigid seal]

i do too but isa is the most coconut filled place so u will def fit in!

[hazy merlin]

STFU

I AM NOT A COCONUT

[frigid seal]

i love hating

it fulfills me

[hazy merlin]

Idk about that one better start mentally preparing now

[frigid seal]

but yea isa is so cringe lmao

[hazy merlin]

If I go to Umass I will become a coconut fs

[frigid seal]

ive heard from my friends

at various schools

[hazy merlin]

Idk Berkeley’s looks very fun

[frigid seal]

they are NOT cultured

[hazy merlin]

My friend is in it

[frigid seal]

at least most of them

[frigid seal]

yea the only thing isas do is bangra holi and diwali

past that they dont know anything

💀

[frigid seal]

wdym

[hazy merlin]

Berkeley does a lot

[hazy merlin]

😭 do you want them to celebrate every single pooja

[frigid seal]

wait ruby r u test opt

[hazy merlin]

They did sankeranti too

[hazy merlin]

No

[frigid seal]

idk all ive heard is theres hella drama and stuff

but brown ppl = brown aunties = drama

so not suprising ig

[hazy merlin]

Idk if I’m getting into ucla so I need to start mentally preparing for umass

[frigid seal]

umass?

[hazy merlin]

Drama is so fun

[frigid seal]

schnawg u applied like 26

[hazy merlin]

Yes

[hazy merlin]

Yeah

[frigid seal]

what else have u gotten into

[hazy merlin]

Rutgers 💀

[frigid seal]

also would ur parents let u go to umass

[hazy merlin]

I will not be going there

[frigid seal]

oh hell nah

[hazy merlin]

Prob not

[frigid seal]

india 2.0

💀

[hazy merlin]

Not a bad thing but like

More expensive

[frigid seal]

ucsc is ur safety right

[frigid seal]

rutgers = utd in terms of cannon event

[hazy merlin]

Hopefully

[hazy merlin]

😭

Ik too many utd people

In my fam

[frigid seal]

im confident u will get into one ofur top 5

[hazy merlin]

I’m confident I’m going to graduate high school 😇

March is too far

[frigid seal]

real im not tryna have whole family reunion, high school reunion, entire dfw indian population reuinion

[frigid seal]

feb-may feels like a cutscene that i cant skip

😔

they said to enjoy ur 2nd sem

i am NOT

ts depressing asl

[hazy merlin]

LOLLL that would be so hilarious

[hazy merlin]

EXACTLY

BRO IM drowning

I have a b+ in lit

I want to cry

Tests every other day

[frigid seal]

OH NOOOO HOWEVER WILL U RECOVER

[hazy merlin]

Scholarship apps

[frigid seal]

I HAVE 3 BS

3 Bs (throughout high school)

[hazy merlin]

IKR MY GPA WONT BE A 4.0 ☹️

[frigid seal]

we dont even have grades yet for 2nd sem

[hazy merlin]

💀

[hazy merlin]

Same

[frigid seal]

r u still in 1st sem

or what

[frigid seal]

is that a good or bad skull

[hazy merlin]

I just have one assignment in the grade book second sem

She said she’ll fix it

If she will

Idk

[frigid seal]

r u sem system or fullyear system

[hazy merlin]

Complaining about nothing

[hazy merlin]

Sem

[frigid seal]

like can u improve or is it solidified

[hazy merlin]

First sem I got all A’s

[frigid seal]

we are sem as well

i had 2 Bs first sem junior year and 1 B first sem senior year

idk my UW

or my W

i need to ask LOL

im not expecting any RDs tbh lol

just praying for cbhp so i dont go into debt

[frigid seal]

its still gonna be depressing to open 17 rejections in 1 week

[placid smelt]

Lit is so ass

[hazy merlin]

Gtown or UT ‘28 Fr

[frigid seal]

3/24 - 4/1 will be my death

[hazy merlin]

Agreed

[hazy merlin]

1 week is insane at least I have 1 month

[frigid seal]

my parents really like gtown but i feel like they arent confident in me to get into any other schools and theyre just coping by praising gtown hella 😭

[frigid seal]

3/24 is usc, nu, etc and 4/1 is umich stanford, etc

and idk the rest exactly but

its gonna be that 1 week

[hazy merlin]

LOL my dad with Berkeley 💀

[hazy merlin]

Isn’t 4/1 usc

[frigid seal]

you got into berk?

[hazy merlin]

No

[frigid seal]

its by 4/1

[hazy merlin]

But he doesn’t think I’m capable of anything more than Berk

[hazy merlin]

Oh

[frigid seal]

someone in my school got in in february last year

idk how

[hazy merlin]

Fusc

[hazy merlin]

Regents

[frigid seal]

she got berk MET

[frigid seal]

lol i have 2 confirmed rejections at minimum

usc, umich

[hazy merlin]

I have more

[frigid seal]

past that it will prolly be the usual hyps, etc, etc

[hazy merlin]

Here’s my predictions list from November

[frigid seal]

realistically i can hope for like emory or cmu?

lol

[hazy merlin]

Oh wait

It’s so bad

I’m not sending that

[frigid seal]

this is my prediction list 08/09 when i was delulu

[hazy merlin]

Emory is nice

[hazy merlin]

SAME

[frigid seal]

so far im technically not wrong but like lets bffr

i didnt even apply wbb

[hazy merlin]

Grown and ut were right!!!

[placid smelt]

Columbia, brown, duke

Bros him

[hazy merlin]

Go women’s basketball

[frigid seal]

delusional

this was 08/09 btw

when i still had hopes and dreams

[frigid seal]

umich is also wrong and i didnt even apply rice berkeley la or usc wbb

technically umich aint reject me but like

theres 0 chance

[hazy merlin]

Mine is so bad bro

[frigid seal]

cant be worse than predicting urself to get into 2 ivies

💀

[placid smelt]

My list was: Safety Harvard, target: Princeton, Reach: IIT

totally legit

[frigid seal]

shits gonna age horribly

[hazy merlin]

I predicted 1

[placid smelt]

@frigid seal you got into brown early?

Bros him tf

[hazy merlin]

Girl what

[placid smelt]

Huh

Oh wait

I’m dumb

Hehehehehejehe

[hazy merlin]

Gtown early

@frigid seal predicted I’d get Yale, Wellesley, tufts, usc after deferral, neu but nuin, apparently sweeping ucs other than a UCI and ucsd wl 💀 and accepted uw + safeties

[frigid seal]

SLIME THAT WAS DELULU PREDICTIONS LIST

[hazy merlin]

High hopes

[frigid seal]

nvm u right

[placid smelt]

lol

[frigid seal]

technically im not wrong so far

[hazy merlin]

No I was crazy

[frigid seal]

in terms of what i acc applied to lol

[placid smelt]

Ye

[hazy merlin]

Same

[frigid seal]

but umich deferral

so...

[hazy merlin]

I’m 4/4

[frigid seal]

and usc deferral

so uh

um

[hazy merlin]

I predicted usc deferral

[frigid seal]

i didnt consider deferrals

[placid smelt]

If you get into Princeton, hmu

[frigid seal]

LMAO FAT CHANCE

im an autoreject

[placid smelt]

How is that a fat chance

?

[frigid seal]

my interview is in february

[placid smelt]

Why would you think that?

[frigid seal]

bc its princeton?

dafuq

[placid smelt]

I’m an average student

[frigid seal]

i applied just for the plot

[placid smelt]

Imo

And I got in

[frigid seal]

4.0 UW

prolly valedictorian

[placid smelt]

That’s average for elite colleges

[frigid seal]

then im below average lol

[placid smelt]

Again true, but average

My EC’s aren’t all that lol

All my EC’s were from school

[hazy merlin]

You did qb though

[placid smelt]

Ruby can attest

[hazy merlin]

It’s different

[frigid seal]

my school grade deflates tho tbf

oh qb

[hazy merlin]

This is true

[frigid seal]

qb pool is a little different

still extremely comp but

[hazy merlin]

^

[placid smelt]

True that, it’s more FGLI app pool

[frigid seal]

different standards

rightfully so

[golden sedge]

Anybody doing the srar here

[frigid seal]

penn has a srar

hUH

HUH

[golden sedge]

no no

[placid smelt]

Competitive for FGLI, but at least I don’t have have to compete with legacies

[frigid seal]

oh

[golden sedge]

No I mean just in general

[frigid seal]

clearly u can cook on essays lol

what schools did u rank

[golden sedge]

Like for other schools because I’m doing it rn and I’m confused

[frigid seal]

oh i did it

for nyu tamu

[placid smelt]

Stanford, Columbia, Yale, Princeton, UPenn, brown, caltech, usc

[frigid seal]

in that order?

[hazy merlin]

Yeah true

[placid smelt]

I think so, or maybe Princeton was a little higher up

[frigid seal]

usc is a qb opp

they only accept 5

[placid smelt]

Fr

[hazy merlin]

Fr

[hazy merlin]

Was penn above pton

[frigid seal]

the way id rank those schools is: penn, stanford, columbia, princeton, yale, usc, brown (wouldnt even apply to caltech)

[placid smelt]

No 💀

[hazy merlin]

Oh i remember you yapping about Penn after

[placid smelt]

Ye was confident about getting into penn

[frigid seal]

fucla fusc fcalifornia

[placid smelt]

Which is why I yapped maybe

[analog shard]

bro why tf y'all having predictions lists

[placid smelt]

Fr

[analog shard]

just predict you'll get in everywhere smh

[hazy merlin]

I’d do Yale, Stanford, brown, Penn, Columbia, usc, no caltech

[hazy merlin]

Ohh

[frigid seal]

pton?

[frigid seal]

just for fun lol

[hazy merlin]

No go ucla but yes fusc

[hazy merlin]

No pton

[hazy merlin]

I have an updated one

It’s on my notion

[frigid seal]

ill make an updated one

[analog shard]

lol the usc admitted students gc crazhed and burned

[hazy merlin]

It’s more realistic

Post app one

[frigid seal]

after earlies

so rn

[analog shard]

rn i predict I'll get rejected penn columbia gtown ucb wl stanford nyu accept everywhere else (im delulu)

[hazy merlin]

Seeing this stuff and like the class of 28 pages is giving me so much fomo

[frigid seal]

@analog shard i sent myself a futureme which is basically an email u can schedule to urself that u cant open until it gets delivered to you for midapril where i put my college list as of august and asked myself what happened lmfao

[analog shard]

yeah i love futureme

[frigid seal]

im gonna open it after ivyday then kms

bc i was so optimistic

[analog shard]

i do it on a lot of birthdays

[placid smelt]

Princeton 2028 is so little compared to state school

[analog shard]

yet to do it for this year

wait when did you send it

[golden sedge]

If there’s a mistake

[frigid seal]

i do it 22nd of every month starting aug 22, 2022 bc in 10th grade our teacher made us do it from aug 22 to may 24

[analog shard]

trust me you don't wanna be part of this club

[golden sedge]

can I still resubmit

[analog shard]

oh that's so cute actually

[frigid seal]

aug 2023. i sent thee monthly ones on may 2022

[analog shard]

im v curious to know where i end up for college

[placid smelt]

Why not? I did co2028 post 😡

[hazy merlin]

Bc it’s smaller…

[hazy merlin]

Same

[frigid seal]

the only reason i pick 22 is bc my birthdate is 22 so i can hbd myself 2 times lol

[placid smelt]

True, and it’s still EA kids only

[analog shard]

for USC?

[hazy merlin]

Ik im just like feeling fomo in general 😭 maybe ill do a co2028 post but i feel like its embarrassing if im not committed

[placid smelt]

Nah

[analog shard]

cute

[hazy merlin]

Exactly

[analog shard]

oh yeah same

My friend did a co'28 post for umich

[hazy merlin]

You’re committed it’s different

[analog shard]

im ack jealous

he already knows where he's going to college

[placid smelt]

Facts

[hazy merlin]

How do you send an email to your future self

[placid smelt]

Only reason I did qb

[analog shard]

Google futureme

[hazy merlin]

Idk if I want to do umass 😭

[hazy merlin]

I’ll do that tmr

[analog shard]

lol yeah plus you'll be emailing the admissions team?? no thanks

[placid smelt]

Bro, all the girls from Columbia 2028 page is from Barnard 💀💀

Like brooo

[hazy merlin]

?

[hazy merlin]

Lol

[placid smelt]

“I’m majoring _ at Barnard”

[hazy merlin]

😭

[placid smelt]

Dawg you’re in co2028 Columbia

Not barnard

😡😡

[hazy merlin]

Valid I mean milk it ig

[analog shard]

to get yourself on the umass page you need to email admissions right

[placid smelt]

No

[frigid seal]

@hazy merlin updated realistic predictions list

[hazy merlin]

No

[frigid seal]

u can do it on schedule send in gmail or through this website called futureme

[placid smelt]

Princeton is green

[hazy merlin]

Bffr that’s inaccurate asf

[analog shard]

bestie no

[frigid seal]

i prefer futureme bc even if u have tempations

[hazy merlin]

Ohh ok

[frigid seal]

u cant open it

[analog shard]

you'll get into one ivy

[frigid seal]

its sealed

lol

[hazy merlin]

Ohhh

[frigid seal]

with schedule send u can see it

[hazy merlin]

^^

[analog shard]

You'll def get into nyu/cmu/emory

You'll get into either usc or umich

[frigid seal]

ok im gonna do my actual predictions after earlies

[analog shard]

when is your last early coming out

didn't everything come?

[frigid seal]

i genuinely think i have a higher chance at an ivy than nyu

[frigid seal]

yea i meant updated basically

[analog shard]

damn why

oh stern

[frigid seal]

cuz i alr made one preaugust

[frigid seal]

4% rd

💀

[analog shard]

me with uchi

[frigid seal]

basically impossible

[hazy merlin]

You need to Ed for stern

[analog shard]

bro im v optimistic tho i don't wanna do a predictions list

[hazy merlin]

I’m not

[analog shard]

like wdym im not getting in everywhere huh im her

[hazy merlin]

My predictions list from August is insane

[analog shard]

i need to get a rejection to keep my ego in check

northeastern comes this week

[frigid seal]

i have 0 optimism after b2b deferrals

[analog shard]

yeah that's fair

[hazy merlin]

You won’t get rejected

[frigid seal]

prolly an admit but waitlist at the worst

[hazy merlin]

Deferred at worst

[analog shard]

that was me when gtown/uchi

[hazy merlin]

Me two

[placid smelt]

Ngl if you asked me my prediction list from September from me, it was hella pessimistic

[hazy merlin]

They defer I thought

[placid smelt]

Rejected from SJSU 💀

[frigid seal]

even this is slightly delusional but ill let myself have it

[analog shard]

Plus i stayed up late for all of them like it felt so wated

wasted

[hazy merlin]

How the tables have turned

[hazy merlin]

IVREMEMVER THIS

[frigid seal]

add a couple waitlists in there

[analog shard]

This is slightly pessimistic but yeah fair

[analog shard]

LMAO

[hazy merlin]

My notion is like not good

[placid smelt]

Fr. It went from super optimistic sophomore year, to super pessimistic by end of junior leading into senior LOL

[analog shard]

December/beginning of Jan me thought I'd get rejected everywhere if i didn't ed uchi

[hazy merlin]

Rejected and wl everywhere

[frigid seal]

predicting i get into 3 t30s and 4 t10/t15 business schools is not pessimistic 😭

its pretty much delusional

[hazy merlin]

Predicting I get into idk rankings

UCSB

Hoping I do

[sand rover]

hi

[analog shard]

You alr got into 2 extremely good schools

[hazy merlin]

UCSB is actually so fire

[placid smelt]

UCSB I where I wanted to go lowkey

[frigid seal]

ruby i think u will sweep UCs

[hazy merlin]

Hi

[analog shard]

^

[hazy merlin]

Your safety

[analog shard]

ruby what are your stats

[hazy merlin]

August me thought so I disagree

[hazy merlin]

Uh my UC gpa is like 4.48 I think

[placid smelt]

@hazy merlin I withdrew all my UCs and actually sent a letter of each AO saying if I was originally accepted, to give my spot to you

Sooo yea

[frigid seal]

i think at worst u get into all except either LA or berk so u get 6/7

[analog shard]

northeastern yield protects hella and they have no supps so i can't simp asw

[hazy merlin]

NO WAY LOL

[sand rover]

I withdrew my UCs too

[placid smelt]

Ruby sweep UCs

[frigid seal]

u got into pton right

[sand rover]

no actually I only applied to berkeley (for UCs)

[hazy merlin]

Idts all of my friends got screwed last year

[analog shard]

uh i don't know uc gpa but damn that's so coooooolll

[sand rover]

yeah

[placid smelt]

Bros him wtf

You did bridge year?

[hazy merlin]

I’ll lyk if that happens or doesn’t 💀

[sand rover]

no

[frigid seal]

the goal is LA right

with UCs

[analog shard]

you also got into Princeton right💀

[placid smelt]

Just normal gap year?

[hazy merlin]

It’s different what stats do you want

[sand rover]

yeah

[frigid seal]

is 4.48 good for uc gpa

[placid smelt]

Are you co2028 then?

[analog shard]

sat/act + your regular school gpa?

[hazy merlin]

Yeah my parents is berk but mine is la

[placid smelt]

Very good

[hazy merlin]

Yeah

[placid smelt]

Mines like 4.33

[placid smelt]

Perchance

[sand rover]

yes

[frigid seal]

isnt 4.4 the max?

[analog shard]

damn

academic weapon

[hazy merlin]

1520 and my uw is 4.0, w is like 4.3-4.4 something like that?

[hazy merlin]

No

[placid smelt]

Ooh, are you going to preview day

[sand rover]

no bro

[analog shard]

Ooooooooooh

[sand rover]

im intl

broke af

[placid smelt]

Whyy

[placid smelt]

Bro, they’ll fly you out

Yk that right?

[frigid seal]

stats will not get u rejected thats fs

[analog shard]

wtf Ruby broke the system

[sand rover]

i need to fly for 24 hrs to reach the US

[placid smelt]

If you’re on full ride they fly you out

[hazy merlin]

That’s some random prep company bro

[analog shard]

really??? only pton or all ivies

[placid smelt]

Actually, it’s for everyone

They fly

[sand rover]

I asked an intl junior she got full ride but she didn't get flown

[placid smelt]

I think all maybe

[hazy merlin]

Ecs or essays

[frigid seal]

erm actually the jay koo academy is smart

[placid smelt]

Maybe it’s a new thing they implemented. They’re flying me out and I’m across the nation (Cali)

[analog shard]

Idk your ecs but you give good thoughtful introspective writer vibes

[sand rover]

she told me its a one day event though, and many intls miss the preview day

[frigid seal]

highest is a 5 apparently

[sand rover]

bro I'm across the continent

[frigid seal]

berkeleys average is 4.4+

[hazy merlin]

💀 my transcript says 4.48 I’ll pull it up

[hazy merlin]

Aww ty

[frigid seal]

i believe u lmao im playing

[placid smelt]

@sand rover Email them, they could prolly help you fly out a day early or something

[analog shard]

ruby are you val

[placid smelt]

Don’t matter

[analog shard]

kvd where did the top 3 people of your school get into

[sand rover]

i'm still workin on my aid

they didn't give me the amount i needed

[placid smelt]

:/. What’s your major

[frigid seal]

i declare u unc smithi

[placid smelt]

Deadass? How much they give

[sand rover]

planning on orfe / econ

[frigid seal]

unc as in unc not university of north carolina chapel hill

[sand rover]

83k

lol

[placid smelt]

ORFE is really nice

[placid smelt]

wtf, how is that not enough lol

[hazy merlin]

10-12 used to be 4.48

[placid smelt]

Intl expensive

[sand rover]

83k sounds a lot but I'm expecting full aid

[placid smelt]

They give me 87k I think

[frigid seal]

r u val

[analog shard]

lmao i was so confused

tf did you mean to

[frigid seal]

wdym

[hazy merlin]

We don’t rank but I think I would be idk

[sand rover]

My full aid is supposed to be 91k

[placid smelt]

What’s missing?

[analog shard]

You're rank #4 right?

[placid smelt]

How come

[frigid seal]

3

[sand rover]

travel cost

[analog shard]

wait why don't you rank

[placid smelt]

Oh yea, my travel cost is only 1k

[analog shard]

Did #1 and #2 ed anywhere

[sand rover]

my travel cost is 5k

[hazy merlin]

Equity issues it’s California 😭

[placid smelt]

@sand rover Are you good at stem?

[sand rover]

decent

[placid smelt]

You tryna tutor me at princeton

💀

Imma be struggling

[hazy merlin]

They have peer tutors for free

[sand rover]

i'm supposed to major in bio

[analog shard]

wdym bro

[sand rover]

i applied for bio major

lol

[placid smelt]

Deadass

[hazy merlin]

Yeah

[placid smelt]

LOL ORFE is really good tho

[analog shard]

Luck what major

[hazy merlin]

Cs

[placid smelt]

I was gonna go into ORFE

[analog shard]

ah

[placid smelt]

I’m doing COS BSE

[sand rover]

ik but idk if my brain has the capacity for it

[analog shard]

rip i need to have lunch bye y'all
you're getting in great places trust

[hazy merlin]

Yeah get ready bro when you go to usc

[placid smelt]

Yea it’s hard

[sand rover]

COS BSE is also really good ngl

[placid smelt]

Bye bye

[hazy merlin]

Bye bye

[analog shard]

idk what that means

[placid smelt]

Yea but it’s hell

[frigid seal]

ill dm u lol

[placid smelt]

Computer science bachelors of science engineering

[sand rover]

computer science bachelor of engineering

[hazy merlin]

R you ready for games tmr

[frigid seal]

not watching

sadly

[hazy merlin]

Oh wait

[placid smelt]

I got no coding background

I’m cooked

[hazy merlin]

I meant to @ luck

[sand rover]

i also got no coding background

[hazy merlin]

Why aren’t you watching

[placid smelt]

Yea lions winning

[frigid seal]

too much work lol

[sand rover]

CHIEFS FTW

[frigid seal]

i should be sleeping rn

[placid smelt]

Can’t wait to see the score: 100-0

[frigid seal]

but i cant

[frigid seal]

YESSIR

[hazy merlin]

I did all mine today so I can watch tmr

[placid smelt]

WWW

[hazy merlin]

Niners on top

[distant estuary]

Na you can go way higher. Especially if you consider senior year

[hazy merlin]

Anyways gn guys kvd is Penn ‘28 trust

[frigid seal]

yea but i missed school for 2 weeks so i have a lot to make up LOL

[hazy merlin]

Ucs dont

[hazy merlin]

Aww glad

[placid smelt]

LOL is cs is prereqs for BSE or nah?

Or just for CS major

[sand rover]

i think

cos 126

[placid smelt]

And cos 226?

[sand rover]

idgaf tho imma just dip in

[sand rover]

dont really remember

[placid smelt]

We’ll struggle together

[sand rover]

yeah

[placid smelt]

Wakanda forever

💪💪💪

[sand rover]

lmaooo

💪💪💪

why are we on upenn thread though

[placid smelt]

I might take Cos 126 2nd sem of freshman year if I get writing sem fall

[placid smelt]

Idk

[sand rover]

im sorry upenners

[frigid seal]

stop yapping about pton in a superior schools thread smh

upenn goat

🐐

[placid smelt]

😭

[frigid seal]

(unless they reject me then fuck all the ivies)

[placid smelt]

#1135699525764395090

Move

[sand rover]

🐯 🐅

[somber tapir]

is the outside scholarship form only for students admitted?

[ripe pawn]

just to double check, the interview is totally non evaluative and they don't send anything to the admissions office?

[woeful wing]

no

its non-evaluative but they do send comments / what you guys talked about to the admissions office

they just dont rate it like most universities do

how much it actually matters, no one knows

but if its being requested + sent, id assume its at least looked at (but probably not weighed heavily at all)

[strange ember]

would u guys take penn full ride or go to harvard

[frigid seal]

Penn

[spice hearth]

^

[strange ember]

OKAY I SEE U SOPH

[spice hearth]

IM BARELY ON HERE ABYMORE

but i’m not getting into penn 😭😭

[somber tapir]

?

[olive haven]

are u applying RD? i'm pretty sure u have to submit the outside scholarship form

they use it to gauge your financial aid package

they will take your scholarship awards into account when giving u aid

i didn't have any outside scholarships but still had to fill out the form

so basically no the outside scholarship form isn't only for admitted students it's for all prospective applicants who are applying with financial aid request

[hazy merlin]

Penn

[tight nebula]

bruh my Penn interviewer is late to the interview

and its online even

cringe

[frigid seal]

cringe fr

[waxen mauve]

ummm i accidentally submitted my loci 2 times

should it be fine?

its the same thing

[lean quiver]

shoudl be fine

[olive haven]

you'll be fine i've submitted documents twice before

[olive haven]

penn 100%

going to college for free and at an ivy league?? jackpot

[random wedge]

help someone please answer

so i submitted the same update to penn 6 times bc the page wasnt loading so i kept clicking the button

then it worked and it sent 6 times

what do i dooo

this looks like spam and now my portal looks ugly

and i didnt get an interview 😭

[tight nebula]

you relax and chill

they are not gonna care

they recognize that portal glitch is real

[olive haven]

you're okay dw

[olive haven]

interviews are non-evaluative bestie

penn tries to get every prospective applicant an interview

if you don't get an interview it won't hurt your chances

[tight nebula]

I just had a shit interview

[sleek grail]

Oh man what happened

[tight nebula]

she asked me the why penn question

there was a few programs I liked about Penn but I forgot their names

and she also hit me with the classic "what was a time where you disagreed with someone from a different culture" question and I did not have a good response

[olive haven]

classic? 😭

my penn interviewer did not ask me that 💀

tbh she asked the most niche questions

it went into politics and she asked if i was vegetarian or vegan LMAO

[lost hound]

that is such a bad classic question

i would like

fall apart

[olive haven]

you'll be fine though

[tight nebula]

yea

im not scared of rejection I am mostly mad because I was cringe during the interview

[lost hound]

all my interviews ive talked way too much

[tight nebula]

my MIT interviwer was pretty fire

we talked well and he even dropped the S-bomb

[lost hound]

my harvard interviewer did too HAHA

[olive haven]

my penn interviewer dropped shit and fuck

[warm shard]

how were y’all’s interviews this informal 😭

[olive haven]

"these fucking republicans" LMAOO

[olive haven]

got lucky ig 😩

my interviewer was also an 80s grad so she was like two generations apart from me

[tight nebula]

my harvard interviewer was 60 year old and we talked about opera

we bonded over opera

[tight nebula]

did you get in?

[olive haven]

yes lol

[tight nebula]

pog

[olive haven]

usually i hate being a minority and being ostracized but i loved it for college applications bc i yapped the fuck out of it 😍

[north wigeon]

ur so lucky u got a liberal AO

if i get a republican AO im so fucked

[olive haven]

bro i was so lucky

especially bc when she asked me how i was gonna interact with the community at penn i went on about being gay and shit

oh wait u said AO

i'm pretty sure my AO is fruity bc at a virtual celebration he gave off that vibe 💀

he also mentioned my work in the LGBT club in my personalized letter

[warm shard]

Me with a political science theme 😭 I always say “the party I identify with”

[tight nebula]

loooool

i think all my interviewers had been very liberal so far

[warm shard]

My rice one was hard to tell, but same

[tight nebula]

Texas moment

[olive haven]

LMAO

i also name dropped taylor swift in one of my penn supplementals

maybe my AO is also a swiftie

ate

[random wedge]

ah ok 😭 truly my portal looks like i spammed

its kinda funny

[north wigeon]

omg i hope mine is also chill like that

but i dont think she is

[olive haven]

where are u from?

you'll know who your AO is by your region

and then u can try looking them up

[north wigeon]

canada

[north wigeon]

yeah i did theres not much tho i cant rly tell

[strange ember]

aos send u personalized letters?

[olive haven]

yeah they did

[strange ember]

do they always do?

[olive haven]

they should for penn

[strange ember]

oh

that'll be a lot letters to write...

[olive haven]

not every school does it

[olive haven]

pretty sure the first paragraph is a template

the two sentences my AO wrote after that are custom

[strange ember]

ohh

[rose mural]

harvard n penn both offer need based so ohm there's no way

[hexed basin]

Wat is up with ur questions abt going to this college or Harvard

[golden sedge]

Wait decisions came out v

[burnt gust]

penn even tho i wouldn't have applied

id take almost any t20 full over harvard full pay

💀

[rose mural]

with harvard u can easily get eexternal scholarship tho

[olive haven]

this is from ED in december

RD comes out in march

[burnt gust]

yeah

but like outside of that

can't u get outside scholarships on top of full?

[faint badger]

in what way???

[faint badger]

bro its not easy to get external schollys

[burnt gust]

i know

this was in response to someone saying u can get scholarships in the other case

[strange ember]

@tender kiln dg my boy

gtech no major switch this yr actually fucking me up bro

if i dont get in anywhere else in rd i have to pick between mich cs uiuc cs and gtech (non-cs) engineering

whats ur recommendation

[tender kiln]

this was literally me LOL

i got into mich cs uiuc csecon and gt cs other than penn

[frigid seal]

Blud crying about having great options

[tender kiln]

literally same exact schools

[frigid seal]

Mich cs aint bad

[tender kiln]

i was gonna go to mich personally

but id say one thing for me was money wasnt as much of a concern which im very lucky to be able to say and if it was my choice would probably have been very different

[placid smelt]

UIUC CS is really good Ngl

[strange ember]

why did u think mich is good

for context i also rlly care abt startup culture/opportunities

[placid smelt]

24-27 💀

[tender kiln]

but mich just offers an incredible college experience if you’re social enough of a person to go out and find it, companies recruit heavily out of ann arbor, i would’ve been able to dual degree with ross, and i think there’s great value to being at better overall schools

[strange ember]

oh wait u can duel degree in biz with ross??

[tender kiln]

the caliber of avg student at mich significantly higher than the other 2 imo which just makes things easier sometimes

[tender kiln]

yeah

[strange ember]

isnt gtech entrepreneurship opportunity better tho

since its tech

[strange ember]

this fr? i would imagine gatech is highest out of all three for engineering

[tender kiln]

there’s rly excellent opps out of all 3 idt that comparison should be a deciding factor for you

[tender kiln]

nah because gt is HEAVILY georgian and also a very good percentage of the school isnt cs so

[strange ember]

i also got stamps full ride scholarship consideration for gatech so im also a bit leaning at that

tho i wouldnt say cost is a huge thing for me

[tender kiln]

also i think its a little incomprable, mich is t10 in literally every subject

[strange ember]

oh true

[tender kiln]

what major though

[strange ember]

aero engineering

[tender kiln]

but you can’t switch to cs?

[strange ember]

i still dont know how this new policy works but at least i cant switch immediately

[tender kiln]

i mean if you get full ride sure but i would also say i would not want to be doing ee or ce or ae in college

in college you want to be spending minimal time on your schoolwork and maximal time on socializing and clubs

[strange ember]

lowk same LMAO

i only wanna do cs

[tender kiln]

and if u r doing heavy workload it stifles that shit

[strange ember]

yea thats a good point

[tender kiln]

yeah id say try and get that shit figured out asap it would make a big difference in the choice tbh

[strange ember]

u mean whether i can do cs at gtech?

[tender kiln]

also gt is like 60/40 boy/girl

[strange ember]

NO BADDIES?? 😳

[tender kiln]

and mich and uiuc r 45/55 ish

[tender kiln]

yeah

[strange ember]

oh okay 😳

[lean quiver]

dg nepo me in

[strange ember]

but u still highly recommend mich right

[tender kiln]

to penn?

[lean quiver]

ya

[tender kiln]

yeah

[lean quiver]

or anyhwere that will give me aid

i aint gonna be picky as long as i get money

[tender kiln]

but also mich was just like my vibe and everyone around me agreed abt that

[strange ember]

like social scene?

[tender kiln]

idk what others would say to you so

[tender kiln]

yeah

the sweaters wouldve looked great on me too lwk…

[strange ember]

lmao

[tender kiln]

and one last big thing is i wanted to go somewhere ppl from my school werent rly going and we ended up having no one go to mich and like 20 go to uiuc (none for cs though lol)

[strange ember]

ig im mainly unsure which offers more tech and entreprenruship resources tech or mich

[strange ember]

oh i see

[tender kiln]

i think for ppl who got in uiuc cs we have 4 at ucla and one at gt and me

and us 6 r same exact ppl who got into gt

[strange ember]

mm

bro

penn rejected me

the real op bro

[tender kiln]

😭 😭

u might still bag an ivy rd though

[strange ember]

do u think there is a difference in how publics admit vs ivies