Princeton University (2023-2024)

[fervent knoll]

he is a really enthusiastic old man but I am not sure he is doing anything useful other than uploading a rec letter

[orchid axle]

it's better to care

caring teachers are rare finds

[fervent knoll]

it is one thing to be a caring teacher

another to be the helicopter parent I'm glad I didn't have for the past 17 years of my life

[orchid axle]

is there an essay for stanford where you should name drop classes and professors?
i don't think there are any

[fervent knoll]

there aren't exactly why schools in stanford

[orchid axle]

yeah

[fervent knoll]

and 250 is just enough to state your story

[orchid axle]

that's fresh

but concerning

lol

[fervent knoll]

I just added a paragraph of why school for jhu & cornell after my #3 short response which is similar

[orchid axle]

stanford short essays are annoying ng;

ngl

[fervent knoll]

but I really just mentioned "The xxx program will be a good opportunity for me to yyy" for like 15 words because it was literally the eve of 11/1 and the best thing I could do is to not make it something that breaks my app so I went for the ordinary approach

[orchid axle]

the historical event is like wth

that's why princeton rules ✌✌🤠

[fervent knoll]

I just said I wanna go back to 1977 to the first star wars 4's public airing to see how ppl genuinely reacts to innovative sci-fi cgi & talk to george lucas about how technology and media go hand in hand

trying really hard to hide the fact I know not a lot about history

[orchid axle]

i dk anything abt history too

maybe that's why i find it annoying

[fervent knoll]

I initially thought stuff like big bang or the moon landing but even they are too cliched

I know a creative approach: go back to the first time you went to (insert ec place) x years ago so you can experience the thrill for the first time once again, that's history fellas

sadly I am never an ec guy

[tough eagle]

This sounds exactly what I imagine a Stanford student sound like

So you’ll be good

[fervent knoll]

😉 😭

my mood fluctuates between these two quantum states constantly

[tough eagle]

quantum states 🤓

[hollow jewel]

what does your about me mean

[tough eagle]

idk lol https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/one-must-imagine-sisyphus-happy

its just my monkey brain thought it was funny

[remote mist]

i asked my ap my lang teacher from last year to give me comments on an paper he gave me an A on and now he decides to roast my thesis 😭

[mellow wind]

when is the graded paper deadline??? i forgot to scan it before winter break...

[graceful spoke]

What did you guys write for the community essay

Also did anyone in here get in?

[tough eagle]

the 500 word one?

[tough eagle]

i think sphinx cat, leo, luck, and a couple others

[uneven bloom]

Hi

[uneven bloom]

I took a non traditional approach

I talked about being a percussion instructor

[orchid axle]

I wrote about frying rice

for the community essay

ngl I think my community essay is my weakest essay

[hollow jewel]

the 500 word supp is killing me

i acc dont know how to approach

should i just go with something unconventional

like how u guys wrote abt rice or percussion

[ancient jungle]

Is this the diversity ine

*one

[uneven bloom]

it's a diversity essay essentially

you can look up guides on how to write it

[exotic raptor]

Yes!

[exotic raptor]

I wrote about my work with my community PID land conservation group to present land surveys and ecological impact reports to city council while advocating for the preservation of green space.

[ancient jungle]

What would you say I do if my common app essay is already a diversity essay? I’m really bad stuck with that

[fervent knoll]

wait you are the guy from the other server

[fervent knoll]

I would say just have 1 paragraph on your community & background and emphasize "xxx taught me yyy" whatever that may be, and then have 50%+ on the emphasis of connecting it to what princeton entails, basically a why school essay except you are in every paragraph

that's just my opinion, for more authentic opinions, you can go on the essay subthread and ask the mechanic for dispensed wisdom

just emphasize on how your perspective is shaped and how that perspective makes you a good fit for princeton

if your common app essay is more on how it shaped your perspective then you can just elaborate on what you did and what you plan to do at princeton in the future, it goes both ways

[ancient jungle]

Yesssss haha

Okay that helps a lot thank you so much @fervent knoll

[fervent knoll]

thanks I guess

[dusky thorn]

What song represents the soundtrack of your life at this moment? (Min: 1 / Max: 50)

do princeton AOs have a sense of humour?

because I wanted to write about a nursery rhyme

or should I stick with a more mature answer

[fervent knoll]

I wrote about 4'33''

It is just so classic as a musical shitpost that they will know immediately what I am talking about

I mean they must not know about this probably

this

picturing myself as an abstract pile of somethingness is probably better than picturing myself as a weeb

I am not insulting it, but some ppl around me used the same insult

[uneven bloom]

You could focus on a different aspect of diversity

If your original esssy was about your cultural identity , for example

the supplement could be about your perspective on something that has changed

[dusty meteor]

What supp ?

Oh the 500 one

[uneven bloom]

Yeah

[dusty meteor]

Honestly the service and commitment supp is kicking my ass cuz my main thing about that is on why major

P U !

[fervent knoll]

Princeton being the only ivy to have no writing supplement 😭

like stanford

on the common app

I believe their sum of supps is actually the longest, about 1150

the rest are about 1000 or less(for the curious case of upenn)

[shadow thorn]

Does anyone know if you are required to send official test scores to princeton?

[tough eagle]

yes

[manic jay]

Yes u are

[boreal narwhal]

can anyone give advice for the short answers idk what to write lol

[remote mist]

yo can you use something from a community college course for the graded paper

[dusty gale]

If it’s a dual enrollment course that’s on your high school transcript, I don’t see why not.

[hollow jewel]

be quirky

[boreal narwhal]

i’m not a quirky person

[final abyss]

the song one was difficult but I cooked on it

[hollow jewel]

its j to know more abt u

like try to be unique then

[boreal narwhal]

was thinking of doing a football chant but i don’t think that says enough about me?

[hollow jewel]

can def make it say abt u

like ur motivations for doing so, what value that says about you, what volumes it speaks of you, and this is a quirk

if it about

Kobe Bryant is the greatest basketball player of all time

then easy

[carmine breach]

do the lyrics of the song matter?

or can it be just for the melody

[final abyss]

i made it bout the lyrics and the song title

[boreal narwhal]

no but i might write about that for Yale lol

[rose lava]

is a 9 page paper to princeton too much?

[manic jay]

Probably

[fervent knoll]

I have an ap seminar 5 page essay is that good

I have it for like Williams and I heard that's good

[rose lava]

why would u ping me how would i know if im asking if its good 💀

[fervent knoll]

I forgot to unping it

All I had to do was click X on the right

[cosmic cobalt]

Yes.

[uneven bloom]

mine was 10 pages... a little too much probably but it was really closely related to my intended studies

[cosmic cobalt]

Nvm!

They say 1-2 pages is sufficient though, I'm doing a 3 page paper

[uneven bloom]

honestly 2 pages is plenty since they just want to see that you're a good writer probs

[graceful spoke]

I am really struggling with my application pls help lol

[uneven bloom]

im happy to help just tag me with questions

[rose lava]

mine is just the only graded paper i have

[fervent knoll]

the only 3~5 page thing that I have is an ap seminar thing

[wintry turtle]

im gonna submit some random ass apush SAQs 😭

cuz i literally got nothing else

or an LEQ

[graceful spoke]

yh

[graceful spoke]

need help lol

[uneven bloom]

that's probably good tho

mine was research paper from ap lang

[full crane]

would a book analysis be fine for the graded paper?

[maiden root]

does anyone know if the coalitions application and common app have the same supplement essays for princeton?

[fervent knoll]

if its graded yeah

I think for stem majors the best thing is prob a lab report or smth to be fair sadly we don't grade those

[uneven bloom]

they want it in language arts or humanities

[full crane]

thanks!

[pseudo oar]

Nah don’t do that

[pseudo oar]

^

[limpid harbor]

would a google classroom assignment be fine for the graded paper 💀

i have no other essays

all the ones i had from ap lang last year were on ap classroom and that shit all got wiped this year

[tough eagle]

Lmfao I don’t have any of that so I submitted a research paper thing

[fervent knoll]

but have it graded though

[tough eagle]

lol mine wasn’t graded

Just commented on

[fervent knoll]

if your teacher has comments than thats good

I think

I am not an ao though so don't take my advice as the bible

[orchid axle]

it'll be fine as long as it can represent your writing prowess

i think

lol

[ancient jungle]

Is Princeton’s first essay a diversity question?

It kinda seems so by talking about lived experiences but I’m not sure

[fervent knoll]

500?

thats a diversity essay and how it inspires you

basically cornell 350 but 150 longer

the first essay is actually a why major & why curriculum, I talked about both my major and my minor and how it relates to liberal arts curiosity like

the BA, if you wanna engineering then its different again

[hollow jewel]

the first essay is in reference to the diversity essay right?

[fervent knoll]

oh so the 500

[hollow jewel]

ye

[fervent knoll]

yeah ^

[hollow jewel]

ah ok i didnt think it was recyclable at all

[fervent knoll]

I just wrote another anecdote thats aprox 150 words about to append onto my cornell 350

and rename the things I like about cornell to equivalents in pton

[hollow jewel]

oh thats a nice template

[fervent knoll]

the 350 is about "what I do"

[hollow jewel]

i just never saw it as similar to cornell 350

[fervent knoll]

and the add. 150 is a case of what I did

[fervent knoll]

time constraints

[hollow jewel]

yep

[fervent knoll]

if rd is 2/1 then I can rewrite the entire thing

thats what I did for cornell

[hollow jewel]

cornell is 1/1?

no shot its 2/1

[fervent knoll]

I started as soon as uc ended, and worked on it for 14 days

thats what it means

its already done thats why its a template

thats what I meant

[hollow jewel]

i see

yea makes sense

umich rd is only school w 2/1 deadline

[fervent knoll]

there is rose-hulman

which is a relatively safety for me w/ no supps but I suppose I can wait

2/1

[hollow jewel]

last year cornell extended to jan 16

[fervent knoll]

what do you mean extended

[fervent knoll]

please extend pton please

[hollow jewel]

basically u submit common app shit earlier and the writing itself is due jan 16

[fervent knoll]

pton being the only ivy to not use writing supplement section 😭

also what is the deadline for the graded paper

the teacher told me to write my own comments for him

my constraints are already watertight to 1/1

so if the ddl for that is later that would be cooler with me

[hollow jewel]

same 1/1

[fervent knoll]

😭

fine I shall pass up my trip on new years /s

pretty sure pton will be the last app I complete

everything will be okay by 1/1

[dusty meteor]

is it fine to just cut a paper in half for the graded pton thing?

like it's 6 pages, can i just submit 2 of it

[hollow jewel]

idt it matters

ppl submit 2+

if u want tho up 2 u

[ancient jungle]

Oh yeah you’re right completely forgot about that one yeah I just wrote about why I wanna do cs there

[fervent knoll]

thats fun

cs be tough everywhere

[ancient jungle]

Ikr bit of an L

[fervent knoll]

how are you just switching to this chat immediately

[ancient jungle]

IM NOT 😭

I got a ping from here

[fervent knoll]

okay

wish you good luck for pton cs

[dusky thorn]

I am not fond of the essay topics

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[fervent knoll]

Me neither

the 500 and 250 kinda be mixin'

like my community essay is basically me being a translator in the Chinese environment and how that inspires me to invent stuff that will help

[alpine needle]

does princeton admit by major

[rose lava]

so real

[fervent knoll]

but my volunteering is mostly language based mostly because I didn't plan em out and I just do what I do

so the 250 one is hard for me to write

though maintaining a theme and writing about the time I volunteered in a cambodian school in a 1month winter break could be an idea

its not a mission trip cliche though, I try to not make it one okay, it is just another anecdote to fit into my "I like helping ppl with languages when I can" theme if I do it really well

idk

[dusky thorn]

I am so fucked for the graded paper

If there is a group prayer session for pton extending the deadline lmk

[fervent knoll]

I understand that essaymechanic > collegeessayguy

but college essay guy might be the best of the rest

I mean just wtf is this

either this guy got in because 1000+h commitment to what he said or because his father is a dean

[mellow wind]

what did their graded paper look like 💀

[fervent knoll]

idk

they don't have guides like this

teachers are expected to grade their own papers

but because my teacher is too busy to care he just wants us to write for ourselves

[mellow wind]

yeah but I mean that one essay is just bad writing and I thought Princeton really values writing

[uneven bloom]

That looks like it was written by chatgpt

lmao

[limber plume]

it does

no details

it's all so broad and kinda bland

[remote mist]

I used my yale one and made it a little longer

[pseudo oar]

this is acc so bad wtf

[rose lava]

collegevine essays are crazy

[dusty ravine]

damn thats ass

[solemn crag]

Yall are talking as if you aren’t about to get hit with the triple reject

[dusty ravine]

:0 hey

[boreal narwhal]

if you guys think that’s bad you should look at this essay from college essay guy

[mellow wind]

Have y’all seen the Stanford roommate essay from collegeessayguy that shit is genuinely disturbing

[rose lava]

same

[dusky thorn]

💀

[rapid osprey]

lolllll

[uneven bloom]

WAIT ACTUALLY

OH MY GOD THATS SO BAD

[manic jay]

its a soft D 😔

[boreal narwhal]

telugu

[manic jay]

bros acoustic

[boreal narwhal]

the name is telugu

[manic jay]

the end is wild

bro yaps abt his name

i am autistic

[boreal narwhal]

that’s not the end it’s a transition but it’s so abrupt 😭

[manic jay]

how long is the essay

500 right

[boreal narwhal]

about

[thick seal]

y'all ive got a really stupid dilemma

so I legitimately really want to study and write about english

but im a four time aime qualifier in a college math class

[lapis hill]

that's not a bad thing

if at all anything i can see how it can help you

and congrats on the aime

[thick seal]

i feel like I'd somewhat be betraying myself by not putting english down

[thick seal]

oh ty!!

sorry ik that came off a bit entitled

[lapis hill]

honestly go for what you are compelled to

[lapis hill]

nah you got a valid concern

[late pollen]

is tehre something that led you to discover your love for english

if there is you might be able to write aboutg it in the essays idr princeton's prompts tho

more than likely they have a "why do you want to study this" prompt

[uneven bloom]

My advice would be to indicate that you're undecided for BSE or AB, but when you put your academic interests you should pair english and math as your first and second choices

that way, you can cover both in your writing

[rose lava]

both english and math are AB

you shoudl put AB

as for major, I would legitimately just pick whatever you think aligns most with your ECs and what you can write about in your essays

you can change really easily once you get here

[uneven bloom]

oops

[rose lava]

you'll learn dw it's confusing lmao

math, physics, chem all AB

BSE is only engineering degrees its not a bachelor of science

[uneven bloom]

…

[rose lava]

what

[uneven bloom]

confusion

[rose lava]

yeah

it's confusing

[uneven bloom]

Why do they do that

[rose lava]

idk

[uneven bloom]

they’re so funky

[rose lava]

they arent engineering degrees you dont have to take EGR

AB is much easier than bse tbh

what's your major @uneven bloom ?

[uneven bloom]

COS BSE

or at least that’s my plan atm

[rose lava]

oh.

|| you should do AB ||

[remote mist]

its a soft D??????

[uneven bloom]

oh why

[rose lava]

^

you have less classes you need to take each semester and less requirements in general

only negative could be language requirement

[uneven bloom]

I’m interested in machine learning and physics though

would AB still be easier

[rose lava]

AB students typically take 4 classes a semester while BSE take 5 and its a major difference

[uneven bloom]

I heard that

Stinky

[rose lava]

physics is AB and machine learning you can do either way

[dusky thorn]

tf should I write in my 500 word essay.. already used my giving back to the community essay material for the 250 word 😭

[uneven bloom]

me no like

[rose lava]

you can decide later this is just my general advice

[uneven bloom]

Hmm okay

Does AB still have chem requirement

[rose lava]

no!!

[remote mist]

diversity essay, not the same as community engagement

[uneven bloom]

I made the mistake of not taking AP chem and I heard the intro class is horrid

[rose lava]

it sucks

so does ap chem!

[uneven bloom]

wait this is such a W

[rose lava]

chem classes at princeton may be the worst classes yeah

that or math

always curved to hell because everyone is failing

[uneven bloom]

I hate chem

[rose lava]

same! never even took ap chem

i did honors chem in 10th grade and that was it for me i took ap physics and apes

[uneven bloom]

Same

I’ve taken all of the AP physics

[dusky thorn]

yeah unfortunately I use the same story for both

[uneven bloom]

In order to avoid AP chem and bio

@rose lava do you know how the “units of AP” work at pton

[rose lava]

they don't, usually

[dusky thorn]

AP Chem is actually doable because it does not have organic chem

if it did, I would be fucked

[rose lava]

you have to have tons of amazing ap scores to actually get advanced standing and graduate a semester early

but the scores can sometimes help place you out of major requirements

[rose lava]

you should not do that!!!

surely you have more stories

[dusky thorn]

I live a boring life but I did misread the prompt

Now I have no story 💀

[rose lava]

you have time to redo it dawg

[dusky thorn]

nah I havent started the 500 one yet lmao

[rose lava]

arent apps due the 1st

[dusky thorn]

I am 43/45 for my essays

[rose lava]

you very much have time

[dusky thorn]

unfortunately I needed to get it done 2 days ago

its 2am here and I am still writing

only 1 pton and 1 mit essay left

then I am free

[rose lava]

why do you have those deadlines

the deadline is the deadline

you're probably on break rn you have time!

[dusky thorn]

My counsellors are malding

[rose lava]

oh

my counselor didn't read any of my stuff i didn't really want her to

actually i think she read my unc app and that was it she decided i was a fine writer and didnt need her help

[dusky thorn]

yeah all my counsellor does is change like one sentence

[rose lava]

you dont really need them

[dusky thorn]

yeah well tell that to my parents

[rose lava]

they have so many other students they need to help especially if you're in a bigger school they aren't really gonna give you that much support

[dusky thorn]

I have an external counsellor

our school counsellor doesnt provide actual counselling

[rose lava]

oh

[dusky thorn]

all she does is upload documents (a week late)

[rose lava]

well if your parents are paying them they can wait you are literally paying for their help

[dusky thorn]

wait how are you prefrosh with '27

[rose lava]

i never changed my role i guess lmao

[dusky thorn]

ah kek

what was your graded paper on?

[rose lava]

god idk if i even remember

[dusky thorn]

Should I write about English/SS as they recommend or write about topics I am actually interested in and am pursuing (like cybersecurity?)

[rose lava]

okay wait i found it

it was on caste by wilkerson

for my ap lit class we got to pick the book

[rose lava]

????

[dusky thorn]

oh

[dusky thorn]

I am an Intl where we dont have graded papers lmao

I still havent written a paper and am unsure about what the graded paper is actually looking for

[rose lava]

you don't get grades/feedback on work at your school?

my thing wasn't like a research paper it was like 5 pages lmao

[dusky thorn]

we dont have 2 page graded expository writings

[rose lava]

a longer AP lit essay

[dusky thorn]

ah lmao

[rose lava]

they are not strict about the paper

just pick your best written work

[dusky thorn]

I already have a research paper on cybersec so was hoping to use that

[dusky thorn]

ah will be writing it lmao

I am doing so much effort for nothing lmao, I dont even have the stats/ecs for princeton

[rose lava]

if you have a research paper on cybersecurity i kinda doubt that

[dusky thorn]

ah well we have serious grade deflation here

even my SAT isnt exceptional

[rose lava]

your school sends a report that shows average grades and where you are in the class

[dusky thorn]

We dont have class ranks either lmfao

[rose lava]

i mean mine didnt either but they said something like "his grades make him one of the top students in the class" or whatever

[dusky thorn]

our scores are out of 100 so if you try to convert my score to a 4.0 scale

I am fucked

[rose lava]

my grades were also out of 100 😭

it does not matter

[dusky thorn]

What was your sat?

[rose lava]

1580

[dusky thorn]

but I am assuming yours were near 98-100 😭

[rose lava]

this is true

[dusky thorn]

pretty cool

[rose lava]

but my school had insane grade inflation

[dusky thorn]

I got a 1560

should be fine for most but probably not princeton

[rose lava]

that is really good why are you saying it isnt

dude

i know people who got in submitting like 1440s

1500+ it does not really matter where

its like 1 question behind mine

[dusky thorn]

I guess I will muster up some will power to finish then

on the off chance my AO is on crack

Thank you for all of your advice/motivation though :D, Merry Christmas!

[rose lava]

you too!!! don't worry too much just get your stuff done

like 70% of this stuff is out of your hands and basically a dice roll it is incredibly competitive

it's not worth it to stress about things out of your control

[dusky thorn]

:D

[rose lava]

there i figured out how to change my role

finally a frosh 🤩

[hollow jewel]

😢

[uneven bloom]

so if you don’t get advanced standing it doesn’t matter?

[rose lava]

not really

they never give you credit unless you get advanced standing

most you can use ap credit for usually is to place out of major requirements, but that means you probably need to take a higher level class anyways

[uneven bloom]

so basically don’t submit aps unless they get you into a higher level class that you actually want to take

[rose lava]

no you can always choose to take a lower class

They aren’t going to force you into a higher level class

And good AP scores strengthen your application

[dusky thorn]

oh btw quick question

the What song represents the soundtrack of your life at this moment? (Min: 1 / Max: 50) prompt

do I write a mature answer

or my joke answer is fine with AOs?

[uneven bloom]

oh okay

I’m not gonna take any exams this spring then

The only ones pton will take are econ and stat but I’m not interested in econ

[dusty meteor]

Do you think it’s important for teachers comments to be there

[uneven bloom]

I’m going with a 1550

[dusky thorn]

ayo

Congrats!

[uneven bloom]

Your sat does not need to be a 1600 trust

[dusky thorn]

yeah lmao probably just 3 am excuses to not do the essay

[manic jay]

1500+ is golden tbh

[dusty meteor]

Submitting a 1510 💪 if we get rejected it is not the SAT hahah

I scrambled to send in my official scores I don’t know why

[late pollen]

this is a fraudulent claim bro

[dusty meteor]

Why do they need official

[late pollen]

1550+ is THE golden standard cutoff

1500+ is cutoff for excellence

whatever ther fuck that means since the SAT is shit

fraud as fuck test tells people how much potential they have based on a few quirky funny little bubbles 😂

but ye like

if u ever get rejected with 1500+

it was NOT the sat

[dusty meteor]

SAT had me on fraud watch for a while ngl

[late pollen]

there is nearly 0% chance you'll get rejected because of a 1550 unironically

[dusky thorn]

ayo if we get rejected, i am def blaming the legacies

[late pollen]

unless you tried like 49 times for it and they made you submit all attempts

then uh

you are cooked as fuck

[dusky thorn]

I had a 1430 on my first and 1560 on the second

[late pollen]

???????????????????????????

what is problem bro

free win

open the princeton gates

hello??

[dusky thorn]

my other stats though lmao

[late pollen]

oh so you are 4'9"

[dusty meteor]

TO? Non TO ?

I just don’t know how to measure my rigor

[late pollen]

? me?

[dusky thorn]

Trying to escape Santa so I can write my essays

he needs a spare elf

[late pollen]

im submitting scores

i lucked the fuck out and oneshotted the SAT

💀

showed that mf the league of legends assassin oneshot

we up

[dusky thorn]

ayo are you a 1600 chad?

[late pollen]

1560

[dusky thorn]

chad

[dusty meteor]

I cant put thé réal song i want for pton because it’s raunchy

[late pollen]

i nearly shit myself during the SAT

held that mf in during the reading section

horror story

[dusky thorn]

this was me during AP Phy C Mech

[late pollen]

😭

[dusky thorn]

was blanked out

[late pollen]

maybe it can be considered rizz...................................................?

the common app rizz strategy

[solemn crag]

https://tenor.com/view/uni-cat-1000-yard-stare-espresso-gif-5540644428338043927

[late pollen]

guys if the essays are not looking good do i just switch gears and try to rizz the AO

[dusky thorn]

i put a nursery rhyme because its funny lmao, pretty sure you should be alright

[late pollen]

princeton AO about to be a little mad reading this one

[dusty meteor]

I cant put WAP bro (not that WAP is the song)

[late pollen]

Problem?

[dusty meteor]

But it’s like WAP

[dusky thorn]

ah lmao

[dusty meteor]

Eh it’s not a favorite song question so

[late pollen]

Do it.

[dusty meteor]

You just want me to end up in #💪-chad-rejects smhhh

[late pollen]

yes u can become chad...

[dusky thorn]

What song represents your life?

[uneven bloom]

bro’s sabotaging the applicant pool

[late pollen]

[solemn crag]

Wait but the line about your piano is actually really funny

Lowkey keep that in

[dusky thorn]

Great reddit post though

[late pollen]

damn im not the only saboteur in this chat

wtf

[dusty meteor]

Karma !

[late pollen]

karma is not real

i know because i have not been punished for the mass number of lemon wattpad stories i've read

how can it possibly be true.

[dusty meteor]

No NSFW !

[late pollen]

mb

butr why do you know it's nsfw

🙂

lemon is a term of art

[manic jay]

Im putting murder on my mind bc i wanna kill the mf who chose these prompts

[late pollen]

you must read fanfics too

🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

exposed

[dusky thorn]

real

"What brings you joy?" def not this

"What is a new skill you would like to learn in college?" how to get away with an AO's murder

[boreal narwhal]

i can’t choose a fucking song

[manic jay]

Ciwan what school did u submit

U finally went to 8

[boreal narwhal]

Villanova 🫡

which i had finished for like two weeks

i just didn’t submit

wbu, you went to 12

[manic jay]

Cmu

[dusty meteor]

Correction. I wrote them. Not the weird ones though

[late pollen]

[boreal narwhal]

ay gl gl

[manic jay]

Central Michigan University /j

[dusky thorn]

uh oh

do I smell wattpad author

[dusty meteor]

I’m better than that please

Demeaning

Well I did have an unfinished book at 13 lmao

[late pollen]

[dusky thorn]

lmao

batman couldnt get that out of me

[manic jay]

Schnawg 💀💀💀

[dusty meteor]

Oh my god

Bullies

You are not fostering the inclusive environment pton wants !!!

See y’all in #💪-chad-rejects !

[dusty meteor]

Don’t hate on the OG lil bro

[boreal narwhal]

what was said

[dusty meteor]

I said 13 year old me liked werewolves and they lost their mind

[late pollen]

szchlawg...

[dusty meteor]

What does that mean

Is it something weird 🤨

[manic jay]

She wrote a werewolf fanfic book or some wattpad story 💀💀

[late pollen]

idk ppl said dawg at first

and then zawg

and then it just kept going

schlawg

[dusty meteor]

It was not werewolf fanfic !

[late pollen]

🤨

[dusty meteor]

I needed to add an exclamation mark

[late pollen]

zschphflawg...

[late pollen]

[manic jay]

Cough cough

[late pollen]

FRAUD

[manic jay]

[late pollen]

[dusty meteor]

What ?

[late pollen]

🤨

clipped

i randomly just searched for a message where you said die as a substitute

[boreal narwhal]

[dusty meteor]

Oh my god that is slander

Yo guys are taking me out of context smh

[late pollen]

there is no context that makes this cyberbullying ok................................... mods, rule 1 her ass.........................................................................

how do i summon rule 1

is there a command

[ripe ibex]

#📜-rules

​Rule 1: Be Nice

​Please respect all members of the community. Disruptive, aggressive, disrespectful, creepy, or otherwise obnoxious behavior is prohibited. Hate speech and slurs within the community, whether via server messages or profiles, are absolutely not tolerated.

[late pollen]

!rule1

idfk.

[dusty meteor]

Space between the rule and 1

[ripe ibex]

#📜-rules

​Rule 1: Be Nice

​Please respect all members of the community. Disruptive, aggressive, disrespectful, creepy, or otherwise obnoxious behavior is prohibited. Hate speech and slurs within the community, whether via server messages or profiles, are absolutely not tolerated.

[late pollen]

amazing

i have the power now...

[ripe ibex]

#📜-rules

​Rule 1: Be Nice

​Please respect all members of the community. Disruptive, aggressive, disrespectful, creepy, or otherwise obnoxious behavior is prohibited. Hate speech and slurs within the community, whether via server messages or profiles, are absolutely not tolerated.

[remote mist]

is it bad if my writing shows up as AI generated 💀 I literally wrote it

[fervent knoll]

revise it up a bit

you still have a week

[remote mist]

do spell checkers flag it?

[fervent knoll]

If they think it is AI it probably means AOs will think it is not characteristic

[remote mist]

ive heard that happens so maybe ig

[fervent knoll]

which means they will not consider these as a good addition to your application

[fervent knoll]

pseudo ai writing is just uncharacteristic bullshit

I tried about a few months ago to write like AI and was almost able to replicate the style consistently

though I hate writing anything like that

back to being a human I guess

[remote mist]

im pretty sure its the grammar I got rid of all the commas and it doesnt show up as AI generated

im assuming I use commas way too often

[fervent knoll]

Then clear them up as long as grammar is intact

[remote mist]

I submitted that same essay to like all my colleges already 😭

I doubt they're gonna check every application for AI though...

the funny thing is is that I talk about AI in my essays'

[fervent knoll]

I talk about AI in my essays too

but the thing is I try to not write like an AI by bringing up fresh perspectives so its good I thnk

[hollow stump]

omg i have like two minor typos in my princeton essays theyre gonna think im a bad writer 💀

[tough eagle]

Mine was equally shit

Anyways Merry Crisis Princeton people

May Santa bring us an acceptance as our gift

[fervent knoll]

I choose to rather not write until now than having this piece of crap as what I hand to princeton

that guy who handed this into princeton either has 2000h of dedicated volunteering or his dad works there and went there

Handing that to a top university is an insult

[noble nexus]

why is the essay SO LONG 💔💔

i need 140 more words but i have nothing left to say 😭

[fervent knoll]

the 500?

just emphasize an example of what you did

or give another one

or an anecdote that inspires you to be the one that you are

[noble nexus]

thanks for the ideas 🙏

[fervent knoll]

thats what I did

I did 350 for Cornell and JHU and I thought I could add upon that

currently working on that one rn

[noble nexus]

yea i was adding onto a 300 word essay but i only added 60 words 😭

good luck on stanford

did u apply rea

[fervent knoll]

I am already deferred thats why I still have that w/ the ? mark on the username

[tough eagle]

i put a metaphor on mine and that took up quite some space haha

[noble nexus]

metaphor goes crazy

i don’t have the creative writing thing down tho 🤘

[full crane]

hey! didn't put princeton as a score recipient when i registered for my act. so do i just send it now?

[tough eagle]

yea

[full crane]

okay thanks

[tough eagle]

thats what i did with my sat too

[full crane]

do you acc have 2/11 essays completed?

you got this

[tough eagle]

yea

thanks man

[dusty gale]

Yeah definitely use a second example.

[slender citrus]

show

[slender citrus]

I am autistic

[boreal narwhal]

smithri are you still in love with brown

[mellow wind]

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/stanford-roommate-essay

First example

[uneven bloom]

What the hell is that

omg

[steel narwhal]

can i send my itch.io profile for the video games I have created on the princton optional arts supplements?

[slender citrus]

yes def but i was talking to a uchi student today and he's so cool so im so kskzkwklzks 🤥

[slender citrus]

damn

[boreal narwhal]

well ig it all comes down to jan 15 then

[uneven bloom]

No

Only meant for performance/visual art

[graceful spoke]

Just completed my supplements does anyone want to review them?

[fierce river]

me

[dusty meteor]

What skill do I want to learn in college

What is the soundtrack of my life

Well frick you too pton

[fervent knoll]

For the skill, I wanna use physics knowledge to have a deeper understanding of how game mechanics work, compare and contrast

because you know I wanna study physics and I am bad at videogaming and ppl around laugh at me

so I wanna learn to actually analyze

For the soundtrack, I think you know what mine is but it is 4'33'' because I like tranquility.

[cosmic crater]

Anyone have a good website to read princeton essays

[fervent knoll]

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/princeton-supplemental-essays

that is the best ones I could find

there are no better ones that are on a webpage

Honestly essaymechanic is better but his works aren

aren't open to the public for free

[graceful spoke]

sent u

[slender citrus]

so real (side note y'all might be more invested in my life than i am lmao /pos)

[slender citrus]

Muffin song ("i wanna die die die")

[manic jay]

You gotta teach me all these /

What is /pos

Ah ok

[boreal narwhal]

@manic jay what’s up man /r

[manic jay]

Stfu

[slender citrus]

what have I done

[rose lava]

this example is really bad

[wispy cove]

why?

[fervent knoll]

yes I agree

[rose lava]

just read it 💀

[fervent knoll]

as a fellow Stanford deferee, I can confirm that all of us think the same way and we consider all of our roommate essays better than his, with no exception, even for guys who rushed the whole thing in 2 hrs

[wispy cove]

I have a fetish for things that smell nice

[fervent knoll]

Pretty sure he wrote his in like 30 minutes before the deadline or something

otherwise I can't imagine how someone with this kind of writing skills could get into stanford

[wispy cove]

the last 2 paragraphs are smth lol

[fervent knoll]

it must be the other ones

[radiant crypt]

we're expected to explain our choice for the soundtrack right?

[fervent knoll]

yes

you are given 50 words after all

[radiant crypt]

thank you, just wanted to make sure

[fervent knoll]

yes

[rose lava]

i wouldnt think too hard about it

[fervent knoll]

I just did it in less than 10 minutes because come on it is 50 words

[slender citrus]

Why is half the essay apologizing or "i hope you don't mind" statements

[rose lava]

smirithi where did u get deferred from

[slender citrus]

uchi :(

and Georgetown but they defer everyone so it doesn't count

[rose lava]

ouch

[boreal narwhal]

/sx?

[fervent knoll]

no

[manic jay]

No

[manic jay]

/j

[slender citrus]

superior applicant fr

[boreal narwhal]

i’m too handsome for you /gen

[slender citrus]

bro i found a friend who got into both uchi and gtown but chose gtown cuz uchi campus was depressing

and im now like

[fervent knoll]

/srs

[slender citrus]

[manic jay]

Bro might be the goat

[boreal narwhal]

doesn’t gtown have shit facilities

[boreal narwhal]

cap uchi better

[slender citrus]

alright thats my cue to delete the tone tags image and remove it from your memory

[manic jay]

Tell that to a female

[slender citrus]

rats 🫶

kvd will fit right in /j

[boreal narwhal]

bro fym i got insane pull

[manic jay]

Fax but he still got into both so

[boreal narwhal]

me and rocky boutta run a two man at uchi

[manic jay]

Gtown campus is good

Ive heard the dorms are shite tho

[boreal narwhal]

yeah but the facilities are run down apparently

[manic jay]

Uchi is next to oblock

Where fun goes to die

But as an overall schools its def clear lmao

[boreal narwhal]

https://tenor.com/view/sazzybarb-o-block-6ix9ine-gif-24269310

[manic jay]

I gotta rep gtown tho they took a chance on me

Im finna make it out the suburbs gng

🤞

[boreal narwhal]

going to gtown puts you on a fast track BACK to the suburbs my boy

just realized we discussing uchi and gtown in the princeton thread

[manic jay]

Who cares

[slender citrus]

we discuss uchi and gtown everywhere 🥰

[manic jay]

Uchi thread is dead

[boreal narwhal]

https://tenor.com/view/ibezb-lakers-gif-24875405

[manic jay]

I mightve sold on the uchi ed chat

[slender citrus]

kvd you should apply uchi

[boreal narwhal]

how so

[manic jay]

I told u alr

I got the LOR and EC

[boreal narwhal]

i’m a forgetful little snookums

[manic jay]

Mightve helped

Ion know fasho tho

[boreal narwhal]

i’m a lil pookie bear

[manic jay]

Alr schnawg

[boreal narwhal]

bro ask anyone i got game

i’ll teach you

[manic jay]

Cap

[boreal narwhal]

not cap

[mild fractal]

Did everyone else get an interview for Princeton?

Like is it selective or does everyone get one?

[boreal narwhal]

idk about princeton but Penn tries to have every (early) applicant get one

interviews aren’t indicative of anything

[pseudo oar]

u get it based on availability

[mild fractal]

I didn’t early action or early decision but I got a Princeton interview email last week

[mild fractal]

Oh I see

[pseudo oar]

not how good u r

its j if theres alumni interviewer in ur area

[mild fractal]

Ah okay perfect

[pseudo oar]

which is most likely a yes

[mild fractal]

Yep

Did you get one?

[fervent knoll]

I still haven't submitted because my essays aren't done yet

does that mean I have less chance

[orchid axle]

no?

[remote mist]

I put how to play tetris really fast

[near vapor]

what are some interesting clubs at princeton their directory of clubs isnt loading for me

[dreamy delta]

I can't see princeton clubs or harvard clubs without a password

[dreamy delta]

Have you found a solution yet?

[near vapor]

nope

i was hoping ppl on here could direct me

to anothe rlist

[fervent knoll]

ok thx

[undone sorrel]

Do you guys think it works for the civic and service engagement prompt if I talked about a leadership camp it’s not really engagement but idk

[fervent knoll]

talk about how it fits your values if it isn't purely that

talk about how that shapes what you wanna help in society

Or talk about it as if it is a 100% voluntary volunteering rather than a camp

[white hull]

Banger closing line

[orchid axle]

[fervent knoll]

I actually like the structure of it

that is basically what I modelled my common app after

except my content is filled better than his

college essay guy is used to refuel confidence guys

[fervent knoll]

this is the start of the second paragraph. Look at the entire thing

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/princeton-supplemental-essays#C1

[rose lava]

this isnt the whole essay.

[fervent knoll]

yeah I know

the structure is good, the content can be optimized, but overall it is better than my average essay which would take 8+ hours either way

[cinder swallow]

guys tf is the 500 word essay asking for

long ass prompt

[tough eagle]

I forgor

[grizzled ridge]

Is a song from a nostalgic game I played a while back a good idea for the song supp?

[lapis hill]

yeah

[grizzled ridge]

what if its gta

[quaint parcel]

I’m dying guys

Too many prompts

I just started prom

PTON

[lapis hill]

music sounds better with you?

gta has some iconic songs

[dusty gale]

How have your experiences taught you lessons and influenced who you are today.

[mellow wind]

so just like another caps?

conflicted on how to format it...

[dusty gale]

There’s no one correct way… as long as you get your message across.

[mellow wind]

fair enough

[hollow jewel]

how long did it take u

[rose lava]

like 3 days

[hollow jewel]

i swear i saw u pop in 3 days ago and ur done

[rose lava]

i just recycled everything

[hollow jewel]

even the 500 word one?

[rose lava]

yale + 200 words for princeton contribution

civic service i used the barrier i overcame and how it affected me and made me do ecs from brown

[hollow jewel]

which yale prompt did u use

[rose lava]

whatever diversity one they had

[hollow jewel]

oh ok i see

i might just do the 350 cornell diversity + 150 princeton contribution

[rose lava]

yea do that

i mean i only rushed it because i have so much essays to write tbh

[hollow jewel]

i thought ur done

[rose lava]

2 harvard, 1 northwestern, 3 rice

oh i got a northeastern fee waiver too so imma apply there

[manic jay]

Northeastern has no supps tho

[mellow wind]

why isnt my regional ao on the princeton website :(

[upbeat arrow]

Hey y’all for the 500 word essay prompt, did you guys discuss multiple experiences or center it on one?

[dusty gale]

Either is fine, do whatever works better for you.

[upbeat arrow]

Do you have any advice on how to format it? I’m genuinely pretty confused 😭

you can priv dm me if you’d prefer that

[fervent knoll]

what do you mean format

[undone sorrel]

I talked about a leadership camp for my civic and service engagement but I realized it doesn’t fit the prompt. Do you think tweaking it a bit is fine or should I rewrite it completely?

[upbeat arrow]

Sort of like the style or way you structured the essay
I’m not sure how to approach it atm

[dusty gale]

I described the experience followed by the lesson I learned and then ended by relating it to how it’d influence me at Princeton.

[dusty gale]

That’s up to you, I have no idea what you’re trying to convey or what your writing looks like.

[fervent knoll]

I just borrowed the Pradyoth essay format

[boreal narwhal]

W ESSAYYYY

[upbeat arrow]

What’s that

[boreal narwhal]

pradyoth 💪💪💪

[fervent knoll]

I wrote 150 word paragraphs on my three roles I like

and then the last paragraph is like

I am [placeholder for name to avoid dox]. I would like to be a [role 1], [role 2], [role 3] at princeton. [insert 2 more sentences about exactly that]

[upbeat arrow]

Ohh

Oh the essay guy

Yee i was thinking abt either that or writing about one experience

[fervent knoll]

the structure is really good, the content can see some improvement

[fervent knoll]

thats good too, I mean, you can just treat this as a common essay removing a paragraph

[upbeat arrow]

So when it says lived experienceS it’s still valid to write about one thing right?

[fervent knoll]

This is technically the same as harvey mudd

[fervent knoll]

I doubt you will write about only a single event

I think for example your lifelong dedication to playing violin or playing go(asian strategic board game) counts enough as experiences and a standalone essay topic

idk if you have that

I haven't stuck with anything for that amount of dedication so I went with multiple roles rather than 1

[upbeat arrow]

Gotchaa i understand it better now
Tyy!!

[fervent knoll]

thumbsup

[fervent knoll]

I STRONGLY recommend harvey mudd to ppl in this thread

It is basically princeton, downscaled, in the west

Location concerns are understandable

anything else? You basically just need to write a 100 word description on a class you would like if it were real

Im sure lots of ppl here did it for brown already

the 500 is almost the same thing

[rose lava]

harvey midd aint like princeton

[rich narwhal]

wait how many words do you guys have for the 500

[rose lava]

princeton focuses on well-rounded education, harvey mudd is like solely engineering oriented

[fervent knoll]

actually that I think about it yes that is not an optimal analogy 😅

[fervent knoll]

yes

[rose lava]

calc 1 calc 2 and calc 3 in one semester is pretty diabolical if you ask me

[fervent knoll]

How

Why do you need to take calc 3 and calc 1 simultaneously

I see no reason to do that

if you are good at maths just take 3

[rose lava]

thats what harvey mudd does

[carmine breach]

what do you guys like about princeton?

[rose lava]

undergrad focus

[carmine breach]

i like the colors of the school

(jk this isn't the only reason why i like it)

[rose lava]

the colors suck

lowkey

[undone sorrel]

I can’t find anything that’s related for my major to write about 😭

[rose lava]

what's your major

[undone sorrel]

Comp sci but I spent like an hour last night looking for things i could potentially write about but didn’t find anything

[uneven bloom]

huh

https://www.cs.princeton.edu

there's sm to talk ab

[undone sorrel]

Oh wait im trippin 😭😭

[carmine breach]

nah they fit each other well imo

[wispy cove]

is it me or does the princeton cs website give u nothing to talk about for the why princeton engineering

[bronze quail]

how bad would it be if i submitted a 9 page english paper for the graded written paper

ik they said 1-2 pages is sufficient but i dont rly have anything high quality of that length + my 9 page paper is quite good and my tchr left a ton of positive comments

[fervent knoll]

what IS your major?

[fervent knoll]

I think it is fine, they are just setting a lower limit

they aren't saying that "your paper must be no more than 2 pages" when they very could

I submitted a 5 page assignment on common app

[upbeat arrow]

My essay was two pages and my teacher comments and works cited took up two more

[mellow wind]

the last page of my thing got ripped off should i still submit it

i have to submit a sophomore year dbq bc my lit teacher doesnt let us take papers home

its joever

[undone sorrel]

Comp sci

[fervent knoll]

how

how do you have nothing to say about cs

[gleaming timber]

Cuz it’s CS 😂

[idle charm]

Should letters of continued interest be sent to [email protected]

[gleaming timber]

Do you know who is your regional AO?

[idle charm]

I mean I could look it up

In the deferral letter it said something about sending information to "us" though

So I'm not sure what the best destination is

[gleaming timber]

Yeah but it’s good to send it to your regional AO

Cuz he’s probably one who read your app

[gleaming timber]

Put this in CC or BCC if you are worried

[uneven bloom]

That's fine mine was also around that length

[limber plume]

bruh I thought it had to be 2 pages so I submitted smth that I didn't really like

[uneven bloom]

I only did it because it was a research paper on a topic that was revenant to my supplemental essays

[fervent knoll]

did you already finish submission

bruh I really think the reason I will get rej'd by pton would be the civic engagement essay

I have barely any dedicated volunteering lmao

[uneven bloom]

civic engagement is kinda their thing 😭

[rose lava]

^

[quiet echo]

fr

[fervent knoll]

yeah, my community engagement topic is already used for the 500 communities essay because it is literally what they ask for so I am out of ideas

most universities have community & contributions on the exact same topic, but no, the #1 college in the country must make them two for no reason

[fervent knoll]

that is honestly the best allocation of STUFF for the 500 essay and I don't wanna rewrite cuz the ddl is coming up

so now I am without volunteering topics to do and a few days left

[pseudo oar]

lmaooo

my 500 wasn't abt community so i was fine

[quiet echo]

The 500 essay wasn’t about community service lol, that’s the 250 one

[fervent knoll]

I know the 500 essay wasn't about "community service"

it is just the materials to compose that basically encompasses all aspects of me having community service to shape my perspective

and now I am out of topics

[quiet echo]

Ohhh, lmao

[fervent knoll]

ok but hear me out

[quiet echo]

I would change the 500 then

And talk about it in 250

[fervent knoll]

would it be bad if one theme is in the 500, I talk about it for 1/3 the length, then I elaborate specifically on one volunteering activity connected to that theme in the 250, so all I need to do is to change 1 example sentence in the 500

like for the 500 the theme is basically "I love xxx and I hope to keep bringing new perspectives with xxx" and for the 250 it is "I help ppl with xxx"

[fervent knoll]

update: found a new angle hopefully it works

please let me get it done today please

prob be stretching it to tomorrow since it is an entirely new write, not even a rewrite of anything

[orchid axle]

Best of luck to you! Hopefully you get into the t10s!

[hollow jewel]

Starting Princeton today

[normal lynx]

good luck

[boreal narwhal]

good luck

[boreal narwhal]

for the song quick answer, can i quote a specific line or no?

[uneven bloom]

There is no right or wrong response

do whatever your heart desires

[tough eagle]

oh i did that

so yea do what you think sounds like you

[cinder swallow]

yo for princeton would engineering be harder to get into than arts and sciences? i noticed that pton engineering is always around a quarter of the total class which is kinda sus but that may be completely natural due to less bse applicants. what do yall think

[hollow jewel]

the 500w is essentially diversity+ what will ur diversity contribute to princeton?

[dusty gale]

Equally as hard. The breakdown is indeed reflective of the applicant pool.

[cinder swallow]

alright thank you!!

[safe oasis]

How long is too long for the graded paper attachment

I have a cool physics paper I wrote for a class that got a really high mark but its

18 pages lmao (4 of which are sources)

I know that princeton says they prefer english/soc.sci/his. papers but idk

the only thing i have to qualify for those are like geo homework assignments that are 1-2 pages long and they arent even all that good tbh

[pseudo oar]

yeahhh

[cinder swallow]

18 pages is def too long bro

[uneven bloom]

Too long

[uneven bloom]

They say that for a reason

[safe oasis]

ffffine

[uneven bloom]

trust, it's probably in your best interest to follow their guidelines

[pseudo oar]

yeah do that

imo the point of the graded paper is for them to make sure u can survive the writing seminar course

and its a humanities course

so submit a humanities essay

[quiet echo]

Big dubs

[quiet echo]

That’s what I did

[boreal narwhal]

i didn’t have the space, so i just paraphrased the line

[quiet echo]

Should be fine, just don’t quote it lol

[boreal narwhal]

thanks Luck 🫡

[thorny viper]

Both are equally as hard to get into

[rose lava]

the 500 word essay is a diversity essay right?

and the 250 word is the community one

[dusty meteor]

Depends

Read that prompt

Cuz many community essays might not align

[rose lava]

oh yea ur right

its more like "How does my life’s story/activities exemplify the ideas of service and civic engagement?" from what im getting