Princeton University (2023-2024)

[cosmic crater]

do the actually expect us to write 500 for diversity

i have a 380 one from my vandy essay that works perfectly

[cosmic cobalt]

Yes!!

[uneven bloom]

I mean you can have an effective response that’s less words

But in your case that’s 120 words where you could include another example or make things more vivid etc.

[undone sorrel]

Can I write about my major in the 500 word essay? Or save it for the engineering one

[pine jewel]

Do they want u to imply how ur diversity can contribute or like say it out right?

[pseudo oar]

yes

what unique contribution u can make

what can ur classmates learn from u

[pine jewel]

Could any pton kids give me some input on my diversity essay I think I messed it up pretty bad 😭💀

[pseudo oar]

i can take a look at it if u want

[quiet echo]

It’s just “lived experience” lmao

[quiet echo]

Ngl I didn’t talk about my diversity at all in my 500. Just talked about how the lessons I learned can impact Princeton and its students

[pine jewel]

Yeah I didn’t discuss my heritage or anything at all that’s why I was scared 😭

[quiet echo]

I didn’t discuss it either and got in, you should be chilling. It’s broad for a reason

[pine jewel]

If u don’t mind sharing did you like explicitly say how u could impact the pton community so juts like talk about it generally

[quiet echo]

Hahahahahahaha, it’s kinda cringe negl

[pine jewel]

o I just meant like if u did that oops not ur essay

Sorry

[quiet echo]

Ohh

It was pretty explicit

I talked about the positive impact that I would have on the students and Princeton’s environment if I were to be admitted

[pine jewel]

Cool preciate it could I send u a part of my diversity essay just cuz I feel like I’m trippin. If not no worries

[quiet echo]

You can, I’m gonna be pretty busy rn tho

Leeoo is good too if you send it to him

[pine jewel]

Dubs thank you. Yea Nws I’m working on other apps rn anyway 😭

[quiet echo]

Aight, good luck my man

[pine jewel]

Thanks bro

[rose lava]

oh ight my bad

thats honestly reassuring, cuz so far i havent rly talked about anything typical of a diversity essay

congrats on princeton btw!

[quiet echo]

Tyyy

[glass sigil]

Yeah i did basically same thing as luck

i think its only a diversity prompt if u want it to be

[polar moss]

i rejoined the server 😀

finished my finals lfgggg

[sand crane]

wait so all this time you're still in finals szn?

[polar moss]

no like it was like last week

ended 12/20

but i jsut remmeberd to rejoin

[sand crane]

oh

[pine jewel]

Ooo WWW doesn’t pton have like smth called reading period too

Is that after?

[polar moss]

it was like 12/8-12/16 ish

[polar moss]

you basically have a week to chill and study and prepare for finals and write final papers

[pine jewel]

oh bruh that's fire

[quiet echo]

WWW

[quiet echo]

Same thing as Berkely’s dead week

[wet pilot]

I'm pretty sure that's every school's dead week/study week/ reading week, whatever they call it

[thorny viper]

no it’s not fire

reading period is horrifying, but still not as bad as midterms

[rapid osprey]

Heyyy all!!!!!
I am applying to princeton with Finance major.
Is it like i have higher chances to get in with this major.

[pine jewel]

💀

[polar moss]

💀💀

bro

[wintry turtle]

is that the most competitive major or smth

[vivid root]

How so?

[thorny viper]

Princeton doesn’t have a finance major dog 💀 please do research and no it doesn’t increase your odds at all

like if I hear one more kid saying they want to major in medicine or business or finance at Princeton 🫠

[pine jewel]

Where do u get the best food off campus

[thorny viper]

Soonja’s, Lan Ramen, Tacoria, etc idk

Soonja’s service SUCKS though so just know you’re just getting good food

[pine jewel]

😭 wait yo is the kinda new Korean place?

I always wanted to try it out

[thorny viper]

yeah 😭

[pine jewel]

Ooo tuff. I’m a try it out sometime I live nearby

[tough eagle]

The more complains about the service the better the food is

[uneven bloom]

I love tacoria

I always get it when I’m in town

Need to try lan ramen I always pass it

and small world coffee

[arctic herald]

I see that the graded paper should be short and ideally be eng/soc/hist, but when it means graded does it mean like there's feedback on the paper? We did a lot of stuff online and I have literally 0 papers that have feedback on the page

[quiet echo]

What I did was print out my google doc, and had my teacher write comments on it, then scanned it and upload it

[cinder swallow]

for the 500 word prompt would dedicating a paragraph on being a woman in engineering seem cringe and overused cuz like literally every female applicant who applies to a stem major can talk about that

[thick seal]

if your experience feels specific and citable then feel free!

no group of people is a monolith

as long as it doesn’t feel contrived for strategy, your experience is your own and you should mention it— there’s almost nothing you could possibly write about in stem that hasn’t been seen already.

[cinder swallow]

tysm 🙏

[rapid osprey]

Ohhhhhhhh shit. I wrote it wrong. Economics + minor in finance

[wispy cove]

for the 500 word prompt, do you have to write about what you will contribute to princeton

[tough eagle]

I didn’t

[wispy cove]

i only have a 390 word story tho

and idk how i would expand on it without creating filler

[tough eagle]

metaphor

[wispy cove]

how? i suck at writing

[dusty meteor]

crazy cl

[dusty meteor]

u could add what you'd use those skills/experiences for at pton

[tough eagle]

lol my 500 word is pure ass

[wispy cove]

ye thats what im trying at

[tough eagle]

i also havent taken any english classes for the last 2 years

[uneven bloom]

You don’t have to but it doesn’t hurt

[wispy cove]

i mean i think its my best option to get to the word limit without putting some random shit into my story

[dusty gale]

I think you should.

[polar moss]

omg how did u get into the psych ward

ecs and stats?

need

[tough eagle]

💀

ECs:
Brainless moron
Description: will not process what I said. Say stupid shit on average once every 2 weeks, mainly suicidal and homicidal ideations.
24hours a day 51 weeks a year

Low compliance
Description: do not take any meds prescribed to me
24hours a day 51 weeks a year

@polar moss I’m quite committed to this to be honest

I deserved my admission to the psych ward

[polar moss]

its ok i ended up in the ER yesterday LMFAOOOOO

we all have our failures

[tough eagle]

Oh damn what happened

Are you ok

[quaint parcel]

What was your guys’ soundtrack to your life?

Should my song be clean and have no bad words?

[open ember]

livin on the edge, aerosmith

[rose lava]

mine had tons

[pine jewel]

bro idt they care 😭

[polar moss]

motion sickness 🔥💪

[thick seal]

as long as it’s not

lil darkie i think ur good

and also not something very obviously like mentally not ok

[thorny viper]

Mine was “move on up” by Curtis Mayfield

[wintry turtle]

does it have to be a song w/ lyrics

[thorny viper]

idk

[uneven bloom]

You’re overthinking it

[rose lava]

good thing @rose lava didn't apply to princeton

[uneven bloom]

it doesn’t matter*

[rose lava]

honestly it prob wouldnt be a good idea to put kanye west

esp with current affairs

[uneven bloom]

Well…

[white hull]

It's okay as long as you write it in Hebrew /s

[wintry turtle]

yeah prolly doesnt but like

i literally dont listen to any music with lyrics

so idk

should i just find smth random and put it?

[white hull]

I don't think they care if it has lyrics

Classical music also conveys emotions

[wintry turtle]

alr i hope so lol

[dusty gale]

Yeah as long as you explain it lyrics aren’t necessary.

[uneven bloom]

this

[lapis hill]

i wish i wrote my rd essays for princeton

ughhhhhhh

[thick seal]

look up rym pick a genre and find a song from the top album

[late pollen]

i am get buttfuck by princeton essay

💀

[thick seal]

i’m joking btw it doesn’t matter

[wintry turtle]

lmao

[polar moss]

still have time!

a few days

[lapis hill]

nah the thing is i did rea princeton and my essays now are better than then

lol

better marination of ideas

[quaint parcel]

I just started 😭

[quaint parcel]

I agree too my essays for other schools are better than my rea

[lapis hill]

lowkey lots of essays are ctrl c ctrl v + some editing

[lapis hill]

i shoulda saved my best work for princeton ngl

done rd

[quaint parcel]

I applied rea and I think my essays weren’t as good but looking back I wouldn’t change them

[quaint parcel]

This is trueeee

[lapis hill]

what was the outcome for you?

i got defer

[quaint parcel]

2 of my duke optional essays are copy paste and a few sentences of editing

[quaint parcel]

SAME

[lapis hill]

i have to do the intellectual experience

[lapis hill]

i really hope i didn't get deferred cuz my essays were bad

cuz there's really no coming back from that

[quaint parcel]

Same lol, like being deferred isn’t as clear as being rejected ea so tbh looking back at my application I can think of endless reasons why I got deferred

We got this tho!! They didn’t reject us so I think our apps were good

Like they could’ve but they didn’t choose to

[lapis hill]

yeah it's unnerving

[lapis hill]

yeah

honestly let's hope fate is kind to us

on march 30/31

[quaint parcel]

Yeah but I moved on from my school tbh, like I can’t get rid of the mindset that I wasn’t who they chose so why think about them.

I like other schools now which is such a blessing because before I was so hung up on one school

I hope we get in somewhere good on ivy day !!

[lapis hill]

i find other schools to be nice

but im ngl i haven't moved on from pton

like its in the back of my mind

its alr tho

grind time for other schools

[lapis hill]

fr

[quaint parcel]

Yeah lol rn is peak grind

[arctic herald]

pumped up kicks

[late pollen]

how serious should the "new skill" be

is this like a completely chill thing wher ei can just b elike

Video Gaming.

or does it have to be academic

[quaint parcel]

I think you can go in any direction

[late pollen]

i wan t to , llearn,. ,,,. ,rizz

pls treach me princtonen.,,.

[rose lava]

[mellow wind]

gang is the ab essay rly a why major essay

i dont see the why

is it just implied?

[polar moss]

the why princeton one?

[dusty meteor]

yeah

[mellow wind]

yeah "What academic areas most pique your curiosity, and how do the programs offered at Princeton suit your particular interests?"

[dusty meteor]

As a research institution that also prides itself on its liberal arts curriculum, Princeton allows students to explore areas across the humanities and the arts, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. What academic areas most pique your curiosity, and how do the programs offered at Princeton suit your particular interests?

[polar moss]

yuh thats just why pton

[dusty meteor]

this is why major @ pton

[mellow wind]

ok so more about princeton and less your motivations for doing the major right

collegeessayguy example is more like "why major" which confused me

[cosmic cobalt]

i took it as a why major

atleast for BSE

[cinder swallow]

same for bse i did two paragraphs on why major and one on why at princeton

[polar moss]

yeah but its like

why pton in general

dont just talk about your major

[hushed pelican]

hi goys what did rea acceptance write in the why pton tho

[dusty meteor]

honestly i disagree

it's why do you want to pursue your academic interests @ pton

like what programs support this interest or whatever

[uneven bloom]

@dusty meteor I think they meant why pton (academically) not why major

[dusty meteor]

? hmm?

[uneven bloom]

In my essay I didn’t really talk about why I wanted to pursue cs

I just talked about why pton

[dusty meteor]

ah i see

[thorny viper]

💀

that’s literally a “why Princeton” prompt, but more specific so it’s easier to write

[dusty meteor]

my misunderstanding, when i hear someone say "why college" it usually encompasses like culture or social life. this one is purely academic

mb

[thorny viper]

I was accepted REA last year — I basically put that I thought Princeton had a cool math and neuro program and I was super into that

(For academic stuff)

Idk what I put for social, cause that had a lot more involved reasoning I think

[safe oasis]

Guys do we have to submit all LORs by the RD due date?

Or can we submit it like a week later

[pine jewel]

oh i discussed why i wanted to do my major 💀 oops. could i send u a part of my why supp i think i may have sold. if not nws

[pine jewel]

i think u wanna get it by the RD date but if ur teacher sends it in a couple days late, it shld be fne

[uneven bloom]

That’s fine probably

as long as you made it about why pton

[pine jewel]

yea i had my last 130 words ish aboyt what speciifcally at pton

i think im a try to add another pton opp

[safe oasis]

Okay because my teacher is definitely not gonna submit it on time lol

Although I’ll try and have it done asap

Why does Princeton require 3 whole LORs ffs

[pine jewel]

2 teacher and 1 counselor? isn't that kinda normal

[safe oasis]

All colleges I’ve applied to so far need only 2

Eh whatever

[pine jewel]

oh yea u right

my b

[hushed pelican]

how bout the Princeton has a longstanding commitment to understanding our responsibility to society through service and civic engagement. How does your own story intersect with these ideals? (250 words

[rose lava]

wait was i not supposed to talk about both?

first half i talked about why i wanted to pursue second half i talked about what princeton offers that will help me accomplish my goals

[uneven bloom]

Rereading the prompt it looks like if you talk about both that's good

Instead of me explaining why I chose computer science

I just wrote about what I'm interested specifically

[polar moss]

like how you’ve engaged politically and civically

with your community or world

any advocacy work you’ve done

[fervent knoll]

4'33'', the quietest musical shitpost ever

[fervent knoll]

write about any volunteer work

[quaint parcel]

Dyk if Princeton likes people involved in community service and youth engagement?

[polar moss]

the mission says in service of humanity lol

[quaint parcel]

lol

great

[polar moss]

i mean

depends what type of service

what did you do

[wintry turtle]

how lenient is the princeton registrar with prerequisites

specifically in the math dept

ive talked to one person before and he said “oh the registrar doesnt care” but i jsut wanna double check

[undone sorrel]

I put a leadership camp💀 I gotta rewrite that

[polar moss]

doesnt matter

you choose your own math class

[wintry turtle]

like the prereqs are more of a suggestion than a requirement?

[polar moss]

there are no requirements

[polar moss]

^

[thorny viper]

Princeton is one of very few schools that allows you to place yourself into whatever math class you choose. They just advise you, and you make the choice in the end.

[hollow jewel]

what is your major?

[thorny viper]

I should say this with a disclaimer though: you can only do this for math courses at the 100-200 level. You can't automatically place yourself into 300 level math or higher; you need special permission from the department to do that.

[thorny viper]

Math

why do you ask

[hollow jewel]

cuz i think u said u were homeschooled

so was wondering what ur major was at pton

[thorny viper]

...i did but what does that have to do with what I plan on majoring in

not sure if i get it

[hollow jewel]

idk i thought it was cool

u went the non-traditional route

[thorny viper]

i mean lake did too

[hollow jewel]

fr?

[thorny viper]

yeah lake was homeschooled as well

[thorny viper]

i mean honestly being homeschooled wasn't the most unconventional thing that was on my app, but i digress

[thick seal]

did you apply for math?

[thorny viper]

Yes

[thick seal]

dang

is it ok if i ask if you had any crazy comps

or research

[wooden ginkgo]

Did you like being homeschooled?

[thorny viper]

never did math competitions or math research

[thorny viper]

yes

[thick seal]

this is very encouraging

[cunning vortex]

I love thzt

As a classical music enthusiast

I absolutely love that

[thick seal]

hmm another thing is

does the thesis requirement force you to do like pure math

[thorny viper]

depends

if you do applied math minor I think you can also do other things

it’s pretty flexible

[thick seal]

ah

is it novel or can it be expository

[thorny viper]

it can be either

[pine jewel]

If u wanan go into 300 or higher would u need to do some tests?

[thorny viper]

No you just talk to professors about it

[pine jewel]

O shi that’s so nice

I got to take a pton math class last year and shit was very cool

[hollow jewel]

dual enrollment smh

[pine jewel]

No lol

[urban sinew]

What class?

[pine jewel]

Mat 345

Algebra I

[thick seal]

that’s so cool

[vivid root]

Do y’all know if you can edit your essays some how if you are deferred?

😭😭😭

[urban sinew]

Dayum

You said you didn’t take it de

How’d you take it?

[pine jewel]

well i guess not formerly "DE". my school doesn't offer it DE but some other schools do so i just had to get special permission from the math people

so i guess kinda DE

[pine jewel]

the only reason i didnt take 218 or smth was cuz it was in the morning 😭

[urban sinew]

Oh gotcha

[orchid axle]

Yea i did this

[pine jewel]

r u a math major?

[urban sinew]

Did you get in Princeton alr?

Nah I’m cos

[pine jewel]

nah 😭

im applying RD

[pine jewel]

so valid

[orchid axle]

Is it hard to switch from ab to bse

[pine jewel]

i like pton's ORFE a lot too

pls pton 🙏

[urban sinew]

Gotcha gl

[urban sinew]

No it’s extremely easy (I did it)

[orchid axle]

How

[urban sinew]

The math to orfe pipeline goes crazy

You just fill out a form in the summer

[pine jewel]

i heard 💀

[orchid axle]

Okay

[pine jewel]

thank you

[pine jewel]

it's like teh quant major right

my freshman friend is doin it rn

[orchid axle]

I hope that we dont have to write a why ab to bse essay

[urban sinew]

Yea that and cos

[urban sinew]

You do but it doesn’t matter

Everyone gets to switch

[orchid axle]

Damn ok

[urban sinew]

Intended math majors after mat215/216 is too hard

[pine jewel]

wait is mat 215 hard? 😭

[urban sinew]

Yea it’s pretty challenging

I took it

The problem is a lot of ppl in 215 (including myself) have very little proof background

[pine jewel]

oh shi yea that can be terrible i wa sgettin lost soemtimes in my class but i just grinded & asked for help 💀

iw as lucky enough to do some comp math before so i had worked w proofs

[thick seal]

what are you talking abt

[urban sinew]

Ah nice

[thick seal]

bruh

[orchid axle]

Comp math kids are so cool

[urban sinew]

I did comp math too but never got to proofs lol

[thick seal]

he says “comp math” but he means “usamo”

[orchid axle]

Imo

[thick seal]

most subtle math flex

[orchid axle]

[wintry turtle]

ETMO: Extraterrestrial math olympiad

[pine jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-the-cap-cap-laugh-video-reaction-youtuber-gif-18293251

[wintry turtle]

Dwarfs anything else

[orchid axle]

Damn fighting with aliens

[thick seal]

elmo: english language masters open

[pine jewel]

ah idk for me i liked proofs more than amc 💀

[thick seal]

mop is so funny guys

[thick seal]

yeah

i just failed my honors math final at columbia that’s my flex

[pine jewel]

yoo what class

[thick seal]

honors math

[wintry turtle]

??

[thick seal]

1207

[wintry turtle]

bro i wish i had finals (unironically)

the LACs I take classes from

are like…so touchy feely

[pine jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-the-cap-cap-laugh-video-reaction-youtuber-gif-18293251

[wintry turtle]

i havent taken a single final

[thick seal]

now i get to be rejected from every school because i failed my senior fall math class

[wintry turtle]

no like seriously

[pine jewel]

very cool

[thick seal]

loved the class but it was easy and then the final was goddamn terrifying

[pine jewel]

is it like analysis?

[thick seal]

not enough that i couldn’t do it but i ran out of time and then got a 0

[pine jewel]

also is it like dual enroll

[thick seal]

rich dual enroll

tuition dual enroll

i have a transcript

[wintry turtle]

u payed 3k?

[thick seal]

but it costs

[wintry turtle]

sheesh

[thick seal]

so fucking much

i hate myself

[pine jewel]

oh i see

[thick seal]

my school had no more classes for me to take

[pine jewel]

u coulda just audited for free lol

that's what i did at an econ class

cuz it wasn't offered

[thick seal]

yeah

[wintry turtle]

u dont get transcrip then

[thick seal]

yeah

[wintry turtle]

guys we should start an a2c reading group

that would be

funny

[thick seal]

can’t tell college anything

[thick seal]

it’s

like bad axler and bad rudin

[wintry turtle]

https://www.math.columbia.edu/programs-math/undergraduate-program/honors-math/

basically math 216 at pton

[thick seal]

together

[wintry turtle]

bruh how is it bad rudin

[thick seal]

yes

[wintry turtle]

rudin doesnt rlly do “advanced calculus”

its like spivak (calc on mfds)

[thick seal]

less rigorous axler and rudin

with more content

[pine jewel]

oh i see

[pine jewel]

ig but to me it didn't really matter

cuz i just wanted to see what econ is like in a classroom tbh

[wintry turtle]

mhm

[thick seal]

yeah

i couldn’t not have a math class

in senior year

[wintry turtle]

but also like it looks kinda weird if u just have less classes in ur senior year

at least i feel that it does

[thick seal]

it was that or stanford online

which also costs tuition

i think

[wintry turtle]

stanford online is a scam

[thick seal]

so in person vs mit open course ware

yeah

[wintry turtle]

lmao

ocw the goat

[thick seal]

but those were my school’s choices for me

[wintry turtle]

theres also an indian version of ocw

called nptel or smth

its kinda good

[thick seal]

or an independent study but all the math teachers already had studies

[wintry turtle]

do u go to exeter or smth

wth

[thick seal]

no

how would i go to exeter and take an in person class at columbia

[wintry turtle]

isnt exeter in ny

[thick seal]

no

[wintry turtle]

wait huh

oh

im insane

[pine jewel]

exeter 💀

67k

[wintry turtle]

they give aid tho

exeter might as well become a university

[thick seal]

no

too elitist

my school gives aid too but it’s 20%

of students

fuck private schools

[pine jewel]

minimal

[hollow jewel]

How much colleges left

[quiet echo]

Isn’t that in Cali

[cosmic cobalt]

NH

[quiet echo]

It’s also in Cali lol

[cosmic cobalt]

Interesting

When A2C people say Exeter they mean Phillips Exeter lol

[quiet echo]

Ahh

[graceful spoke]

Submitted Princeton!!!

[rapid osprey]

Heyyyyy, can anyone review my profile for major in Econ.....

[dusty ravine]

if i submitted a 7-page essay for my graded paper i wont get insta-denied right? or is it safer to only include the first 3 pages

[lapis hill]

it don't matter too much

i've heard of people submitting more and getting in

[hushed pelican]

hii i'd love tooo

[hushed pelican]

wait what is this tho

like what section is it

[dusty ravine]

alright then it should be fine

[dusty ravine]

the graded paper i have to submit for princeton

[hushed pelican]

oh yeah now ik

u submitted AP class?

[dusty ravine]

yeah AP Lit

[hushed pelican]

ohm i have research paper but it's not graded what should i do

[amber sphinx]

Is it too late to start Princeton now

[dusty ravine]

they said the grade doesnt matter so id just say it wasnt graded

if it was written in a school classroom it should befine

[amber sphinx]

What’s the deadline for the graded paper

[dusty ravine]

it took me like 4-5 days idk

[hushed pelican]

yep tysm how about the lived experience what do yall write on it

[amber sphinx]

I can reuse a bunch

[dusty ravine]

i wrote how living in a community thats stem-based,pursuing a poli sci major made me feel like the odd man out.

[dusty ravine]

then go for it

[hushed pelican]

yeee sounds good but did u mention any pton courses

[amber sphinx]

It says u can upload the graded paper in the portal later

But doesn’t specify a date

Is it also Jan 1?

[rapid osprey]

Let's talk in dm

[hushed pelican]

sureee feel free to hmu!!

[dusty ravine]

not for that one

i talked about specific courses in the why major one

[quiet echo]

Good luck!

[hushed pelican]

oh the interest in BA right

[dusty ravine]

yes

[quiet echo]

Your lived experience lmao

Talk about how it helps you “fit in” and impact Princeton

[quiet echo]

No, you don’t have to

[hushed pelican]

how bout ur own story

i should tell st rly personal ight?

[quiet echo]

Yes

What lessons have you learned essentially

Don’t repeat stuff from commonapp tho

[summer solstice]

Yo did anyone receive an interview for rd yet?

[tough eagle]

i had a 10 page one and was not instantly denied dont worry

[glass ether]

is it worth submitting a portfolio if its not traditional art?

[quiet echo]

Interview don’t matter tbh, based on location/availability

[amber sphinx]

how much of a role does the graded paper play

i lowk cant find oen

[upbeat arrow]

The 500 word is giving me a headache

[hushed pelican]

me too omg

the stress is real

[upbeat arrow]

I’m like lowkey confused while in the middle of writing it 😭

it’s too vague for me

[hushed pelican]

right? idk if im doing the right thing tho

[upbeat arrow]

Frr me too

[amber sphinx]

also how do you attach a grade to the graded paper

if its graded on canvas

[quiet echo]

Not much tbh

[hushed pelican]

jusst scan it ig

[quiet echo]

Print it out and scan it or download it

[quiet echo]

We all feel like that, trust

[amber sphinx]

yea but the pdf doesnt include the grade

[quiet echo]

Same thing with google doc, had my teacher print it out and grade it

[manic jay]

Im not that diverse fam 😭😭

[amber sphinx]

a lot of collleges do the "lived experiences" prompt

im just reusing it

[upbeat arrow]

Bro same and I alr wrote it in my common app personal statement 😭

[manic jay]

Damn F

[upbeat arrow]

I sadly had to use mine for the 250 cause it fit more there

[amber sphinx]

yea mine does too

but i dont wanna write a whole new 500 words one

😭

[hushed pelican]

i have been staring at the screen for so long and havent written any so far

[upbeat arrow]

Frr 😭 I don’t think I have a choice but to rewrite

But idk how to approach it

[amber sphinx]

idek what else to write for lived experience

the one ive been reusing is more service based

so it would perfectly fit the 2nd one

[upbeat arrow]

Twins

[amber sphinx]

but i also have nothing else to write for the first one

also why is princeton quirky with the BSE and AB

[upbeat arrow]

Yea I’m trying to come up with stuff 🤧

[amber sphinx]

instead of just BA BS

[quiet echo]

500 isn’t about diversity

[amber sphinx]

i think he meant like diverse to have two different topics for both essays

[upbeat arrow]

I also interpreted it as multiple lived experiences

[quiet echo]

Ah, I see

[upbeat arrow]

😭😭

[amber sphinx]

my life isnt very interesting

[quiet echo]

Two different topics as in commonapp and 500?

[upbeat arrow]

Like idk if I should write about one thing or multiple aspects of me

[amber sphinx]

no the two supplements

lived experience and service

[quiet echo]

Bro 💀

[undone sorrel]

Tbh right after I wrote the 500 I realized that it’s nearly what I wrote in my common app 😑

[hushed pelican]

righttr 500 is a lot

[quiet echo]

Change it

[amber sphinx]

my lived experiences essay fits more into the service one

[quiet echo]

Change it

[upbeat arrow]

😭

[amber sphinx]

maybe it wasnt a good idea to add princeton on the last 2 days

[upbeat arrow]

May I ask if you wrote about one or multiple experiences?

[amber sphinx]

but ima do it anyways

[undone sorrel]

Nah u can finish it

[wispy cove]

does anyone have the list of clubs for princeton

[quiet echo]

One

[wispy cove]

its locked behind a login

[undone sorrel]

I got 6 more schools anyways

[amber sphinx]

realistically im reusing two essays

[quiet echo]

They sent the people admitted a bunch of programs that they offered but it was yap ngl

[amber sphinx]

luck waht major r u

[quiet echo]

They mostly mention community service programs

[quiet echo]

COS BSE

[undone sorrel]

Let me guess comp sci

[wispy cove]

hmm i was planning to use the list of clubs to say how i would contribute to diversity in princeton

[quiet echo]

Wdym guess, you know it 💀

[hushed pelican]

yall got any examples for why us essay?

[quiet echo]

Yea, similar to the Penn app, but it wouldn’t work lol

[amber sphinx]

whats the diff between the BSE and AB

[hushed pelican]

the successful one thi

[wispy cove]

wdym it wouldnt work

[quiet echo]

Bachelors of science engineering and Bachelors of Arts, different prerequisite

[quiet echo]

Not much info about the clubs compared to upenn

[hushed pelican]

yep ngmi

[wispy cove]

fack how else am i supposed to say how my diversity contributes to princeton

upenn supps >>

[quiet echo]

It’s not about diversity

[amber sphinx]

is one harder to get into?

[wispy cove]

yeah but i spun it to be abt diversity

[amber sphinx]

penn>princeton

not for CS tho

[quiet echo]

Your 500 isn’t just diversity, it’s about what you’ve learned that will help make you a “good fit” at Princeton, and help contribute/impact Princeton and its students

[amber sphinx]

so it CAN be about service>

?

[quiet echo]

Prolly Princeton

[amber sphinx]

uhh i meant bse vs ab

[quiet echo]

Yes, but I wouldn’t since you can talk about it in your service one.

[quiet echo]

Ohhh

[quiet echo]

Nah, since you can change your major very easily at Princeton

[amber sphinx]

Okay

bet

ill do bse then

[undone sorrel]

So I should apply as psych major

[amber sphinx]

i mean

[quiet echo]

Trolling

[amber sphinx]

if none of ur ecs are psych

they will know

[undone sorrel]

Nah I got 0 ecs

Applying on hopes and prayers

[quiet echo]

^ try not to repeat things you’ve already said, so they know more fully about your background. That’s why I said to just talk about service in the 250 one lmao

[quiet echo]

Difference between 0 ec because non was offered and 0 ec because you were lazy

[amber sphinx]

ECs dont have to be offered

u can find stuff on your onw

own

[quiet echo]

You can, but you’re not expected to

It’s a bonus if you did tho

[amber sphinx]

wait

for the 50 words short answer ones

can this one be a list

[glass ether]

i did a paragraph on one thing first but i thought that was too limiting so i went with a list

submitted an hour ago

[rose lava]

it shouldn't be imo

pick one and elaborate on it

[amber sphinx]

Okay

[cosmic cobalt]

Would you be open to reading my Princeton Lived Experience essay?

[wintry turtle]

do people from the IAS ever teach at princeton?

[thorny viper]

yes

[wintry turtle]

does jacob lurie ever teach

[thorny viper]

no

[wintry turtle]

😭

hes too pro i guess

[thorny viper]

i mean he's oddly specific, why would you want to hear him talk in particular

[wintry turtle]

idk ive watched some of his talks and although i didnt understand anything i get the feeling he teaches very well

[thorny viper]

like do you like infinity categories and stable homotopy theory

[wintry turtle]

dont really know anything abt them but would wanna learn lol

[thorny viper]

i've sat next to him during some lectures at princeton, he's a chill dude

[wintry turtle]

thats cool

[thorny viper]

do you like math @wintry turtle

[wintry turtle]

yessir

[pine jewel]

😮

[thorny viper]

what do you like in math

[pine jewel]

june huh taught the class before mine and i was like fanboyin 💀

[wintry turtle]

prolly like complex geometry

algebraic and analytic, tho i know very little abt it

rn im just tryna learn intuition behind sheaves and schemes and whatnot

[thorny viper]

i see

we have some pretty intense complex geometry here for sure, fefferman won the fields medal in the subject way back when

[wintry turtle]

noice

[pine jewel]

wasn't fefferman like a prof at 20 crazy shit

[wintry turtle]

yeah pton is prolly like the best place to study this lmao

or idk rlly but it just seems so so good

with proximity to the IAS

[thorny viper]

yeah he's the youngest tenured professor in US history

[pine jewel]

wow.

[wintry turtle]

wait i thought that was elkies

or is he just for harvard

[thorny viper]

no just for harvard

[thorny viper]

and it was at 22 years old, not 20

[thorny viper]

elkies got his at 26, 4 years later than fefferman

[pine jewel]

ah

phd at 20 then maybe

[wintry turtle]

which classes u taking next semester

[pseudo oar]

the goat of ross

[wintry turtle]

@thorny viper

[wintry turtle]

LOL fr

didnt he donate 100k or smth

[pseudo oar]

yeah

[wintry turtle]

bro i wonder how insane it was with him at ross, an imo gold lmao he prolly blazed through the psets

[thorny viper]

MAT 419 and MAT 325, or maybe MAT 378

[wintry turtle]

what are those

[thorny viper]

so quadratic forms, fourier analysis and partial differential equations, or advanced game theory

[pseudo oar]

true lmaooo

[wintry turtle]

noice

r u a number theory kinda guy

[thorny viper]

not really no

[wintry turtle]

bruh this is such a mid description

[pine jewel]

o game theory. r u also an econ major

[pine jewel]

too easy 😂

[wintry turtle]

fr

[thorny viper]

oh i didnt know lurie went to ross

[thorny viper]

no

[pseudo oar]

wait @thorny viper what u take for first semester

besides topology

[thorny viper]

just random classes

NEU 201, HLS 101, WRI 115

i had requirments to do

[pseudo oar]

r those for gened?

[thorny viper]

yeah

[pseudo oar]

icic ok

[white hull]

He won the Fields Medal for his work in mathematics

[wintry turtle]

no im saying the “divergence and convergence” part

[thorny viper]

no way

i thought he won the fields medal for how mowing lawns perfectly

[hollow jewel]

Is it diversity + what will ur diverse experiences contribute to princeton

[hollow jewel]

Ok

So I was right I think?

[thorny viper]

what is your admission status with pton rn

have you applied yet or

[wintry turtle]

applying RD

[thorny viper]

what other schools are you considering besides princeton

like is princeton #1 or is it MIT or harvard or something

[wintry turtle]

doesnt rlly matter lol whichever i get into

and whichever provides best aid

but overall, mit harvard pton stanford caltech brown + UCs

and one safety

[thorny viper]

ok assuming you get into MIT harvard pton stanford and rejected from everything else which one are you going for (and assume they all pay the same)

[pine jewel]

💀

[wintry turtle]

hmm

[pine jewel]

Bro giving rhe RSI and IMO gold medalist scenario

[wintry turtle]

prolly princeton, cuz i heard other quality of life stuff is pretty good

[wintry turtle]

fr

like dorms and whatnot

[quiet echo]

Princeton is always #1 Fr

[pine jewel]

And u get fire food on Nassau street!

[thorny viper]

it's not uncommon, I met a few people at preview who got into every HYPSM

and not RSI or IMO

[pine jewel]

Yea ik I was just joking lmao

Ofc it’s possible and happens

[wintry turtle]

holy thats insane

[pseudo oar]

W

[wintry turtle]

lmao

[pine jewel]

Gonna be u

[thorny viper]

quality of life is mid tbh

[wintry turtle]

definitely not bruh my essays are not that good

[wintry turtle]

what part

[rose lava]

heyyyyy

its nice!

[quiet echo]

I don’t like the word diversity, because it makes it sounds like the essay is about race, which it isn’t. It’s just lived experience lol

[wintry turtle]

i just know harvard sometimes doesnt even have AC

and MIT dorms arent that good either

[rose lava]

neither does princeton

LOL

[wintry turtle]

HUH

bruh

[undone sorrel]

I talked about race 😔

[pine jewel]

Pton gonna get boring in 4 yrs

[thorny viper]

CPS is not the best

like objectively it is mid

[pine jewel]

Source: I have lived here for too long

[quiet echo]

I better get a room with AC or I’m KMS

[rose lava]

the town is lame

the school is fun

cant imagine living in princeton without access to prospect avenue

[boreal narwhal]

i been to princeton once it was quite boring

[wintry turtle]

i mean yeah, this is what we go there for lol

[pine jewel]

The town got nothing in it

[boreal narwhal]

new brunswick on the other hand 🥵

[thorny viper]

oh i mean the school is great it's just hard

[pine jewel]

💀

[thorny viper]

it depends on what you mean by quality of life

[rose lava]

it kinda sucks not being in a city though

[boreal narwhal]

probably equally as boring if we’re being honest

[thorny viper]

that's pretty ambiguous

[rose lava]

|| i should have gone to nyu ||

[pine jewel]

Do u face elitist ppl a good amt. I had some interesting ppl in my class

[thorny viper]

i mean you can always transfer

[pine jewel]

Lmao

[pine jewel]

This guy would flex js everyday

It was interesting

[boreal narwhal]

princeton has a lot of kids whose parents work at the university right?

[rose lava]

i dont think i will i like it a lot

grass is always greener though

[thorny viper]

sometimes yeah but I usually don't hang around those people for very long

[rose lava]

yeah he avoids me

[wintry turtle]

like dining hall and dorms

[quiet echo]

Ah yes, @rose lava NYU sounds amazing

“The city is my campus” goofy ahh

[rose lava]

we have pretty great food

compared to a lot of other schools

the dorms are fairly nice too it sucks to be in the ones without ac for the first month though its fucking hot in august

[lapis hill]

wb in the winter

[pine jewel]

Wait school starts in August?

[rose lava]

they have heat

[lapis hill]

does it get very cold?

[rose lava]

just no ac

[lapis hill]

oh gotcha

[pine jewel]

NJ not that cold anymore tbh

Today it was like 50

[rose lava]

it does get pretty fucking cold ive realized since being back in dc its like 10 degrees colder in princeton

[hollow jewel]

Yeah I see, diversity can be anything tho, and isnt lived experience = diversity

[rose lava]

we had multiple days below freezing this semester i had to buy a real jacket

[lapis hill]

yeah not much snow these past few years

[thorny viper]

no the weather at princeton is a joke

[rose lava]

does anyone else hate the term lived experience its so weird to me

[pine jewel]

😂 r u from north east

[thorny viper]

no florida

[boreal narwhal]

it doesn’t snow

[pine jewel]

O lmao

[rose lava]

what is the difference between lived experience and experience

[wintry turtle]

FLORIDA MAN

[pine jewel]

Yea kinda sad tbh

[boreal narwhal]

NJ is not cold bro it was sunny today

[hollow jewel]

U in nj?

[boreal narwhal]

i miss when we’d get over a foot annually

[pine jewel]

It used to snow on my bday when I was young

[rose lava]

it was cold a month ago!!!

[hollow jewel]

Bro it’s so nice rn in nj

[thorny viper]

new jersey has the easiest weather ever

[lapis hill]

ny

[boreal narwhal]

it’s 46 where i’m at rn

[rose lava]

we had like flurries for one day but like no snow really just cold and dreary

[hollow jewel]

Whoever in nj rn the weather is mad good

[thorny viper]

like so many students gripe and whine about how hard the weather is to live in

[boreal narwhal]

yeah it was sunny af for me

[hollow jewel]

Ohh gotchu yeah I’m like 25m away from the bridge

[thorny viper]

like I walk around in flip flops and shorts in december and it's not bad at all

[boreal narwhal]

we get 4 seasons

[rose lava]

^ he is insane

[lapis hill]

which one gw or verazzano

[pine jewel]

Flip flops is crazy lmao

[lapis hill]

wait don't answer that

you'll get doxxed 😂

[rose lava]

i would never walk around in flip flops period

[boreal narwhal]

flip flops are disgusting

[thorny viper]

i only wear them outside when i'm too lazy to put on shoes and go eat

[rose lava]

its so not hard to put on shoes

it is so worth it

i have slip ons

dont even have to tie

🙏

[lapis hill]

slip ons are the best tbh

[boreal narwhal]

use a shoe horn

[lapis hill]

esp those crocs

[wintry turtle]

shoes are rlly hard to put on

[boreal narwhal]

then you won’t need to untie and tie your shoes

[thorny viper]

nothing beats flip flops sorry

they're a florida staple

[lapis hill]

do you guys go on crocs sports mode all the time

[boreal narwhal]

what part of florida are you from

[boreal narwhal]

defense mode

[lapis hill]

whats defense mode

[thorny viper]

central florida oops wow

[lapis hill]

without the thingy in the back?

[boreal narwhal]

when you got the thing on the back of your heel

[lapis hill]

yeah thats sports mode

[boreal narwhal]

so central?

[thorny viper]

yeah

[boreal narwhal]

cap

[lapis hill]

bro think abt it, you have that heel thing to run

and all

sports mode

[boreal narwhal]

i dont believe you

[lapis hill]

search it up

[pine jewel]

It called sport mode

[lapis hill]

the food at princeton is actually good

[boreal narwhal]

looks like the new jersey crocs society is mad at me now

[lapis hill]

the town not the uni lol

[boreal narwhal]

new haven has good food

[rose lava]

the town is expensive as hell

[lapis hill]

my parents went for a tour and brought some indian food back it was the best i've ever had from a restaurant

[rose lava]

they are good as hell when your friends parents are paying for them though 🙏

[lapis hill]

oh damn

[rose lava]

dhalll food is solid you don't need to eat out ever

• late meal 🤩

[wintry turtle]

“dhall”

[rose lava]

dining hall

[wintry turtle]

ik

its just funny

[lapis hill]

whats the latest princeton gives food

i heard its 11

[rose lava]

late meal ends at 10 i think

[quiet plover]

i asked my english teacher for help and she recommended baby shark just to mess w me

[lapis hill]

oh gotcha

[wintry turtle]

wait how exactly do meals work, do you just scan in and they charge you

and then its like a buffet?

[hollow jewel]

😭😭

[quiet plover]

so i just wrote "Kill You" by Eminem bcs its my fave song

[rose lava]

meal plan is unlimited swipes

[quiet plover]

that i listen to while stuyding

[rose lava]

but yeah its all like buffet style

[wintry turtle]

cool

[rose lava]

yeh dining hall is so glorious it is crazy

[boreal narwhal]

how would they have answered that question for you

[lapis hill]

thats the new one right

[rose lava]

yeah its def the best

roma is fine though

whitman is ass

as a vegetarian at least they have like nothing edible

[quiet plover]

i dont know any songs

[lapis hill]

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

[quiet plover]

sorry guys im experiencing brainrot

good luck w ur apps

[lapis hill]

ur good

[lapis hill]

you too

you got into yale btw?

[hushed pelican]

goysss how do yall write the civic engagement one, did u include pton courses

[polar moss]

bruh what

civic engagement means like doing stuff in ur community lol

[pine jewel]

😭

[polar moss]

💀

[amber sphinx]

I didn’t include any courses in any of them except the engineeringgone

R u supposed to put anything Princeton specific in the service one?

[rose lava]

you should not include any courses in there what

no

[amber sphinx]

Okay good cuz I just reused that one

[rose lava]

it's literally just about your community service/civic engagement

[amber sphinx]

How ahout in the lived experience

U can mention clubs in that one right

[manic jay]

why would you

does it mention princeton specifically

[amber sphinx]

Well I didn’t write that one yet

Just asking

So the only one I’ve mentioned speicifc Princeton stuff is the engineering essay

So far at least

Haven’t written the lived experience one yet

[dusty ravine]

for the why major i'll probably talk about the game theory in politics course they offer

but thats it

[amber sphinx]

Okay

So no other mention of Princeton specific stuff

That’s what i was thinking too

[dusty ravine]

i mean i did mention quite a lot of things about princeton because i live like 5 minutes away

[amber sphinx]

It’s more of a why engineering at Princeton but obv I mentioned my major and interests

[dusty ravine]

for the "what brings you joy" i mentioned an ice cream place nearby

[amber sphinx]

In which essay

[dusty ravine]

the 50 word ones

[amber sphinx]

Oh

Yea I’ve only done one of those

[dusty ravine]

i figured the reader would probably connect with that more

[amber sphinx]

Those r kinda places to be creative

[amber sphinx]

How many people from ur school usually go to Princeton

Since u live so close

[hushed pelican]

ye i was asking what yall write on it thooo

[amber sphinx]

Any service you’ve done

[hushed pelican]

i literally asked an rea acceptance and they included courses sooo

[amber sphinx]

What courses relate to community service?

Just curious

[hushed pelican]

bruh ill just show u the essay then

[pine jewel]

Halo pub Thomas sweet or bent spoon

[polar moss]

im not saying you cant include courses

i mean thats not the focal point of the essay

[amber sphinx]

It’s like a good finisher

[pine jewel]

Do u need to connect it to pton at the end?

[amber sphinx]

I saw another example and it didn’t

[dusty ravine]

around 5-8 get accepted per year, but this year no one got in through REA so everyone was freaking out

[amber sphinx]

Wait fr?

[dusty ravine]

thomas sweet !!

yes

[pine jewel]

Wait can I dm u a question rq

[amber sphinx]

5-8 out of how many

[pine jewel]

don’t wanan potentially fix

*doxx

[dusty ravine]

about 200 i think? lemme see

[amber sphinx]

Any defers?

[dusty ravine]

1 got deferred

but it was just a bunch of rejections

[amber sphinx]

Dayum

[hushed pelican]

200 people from ur school applied pton?

[amber sphinx]

No total graduating class

I think

[lapis hill]

i feel like princeton deferred less this year

[polar moss]

no way to know

[lapis hill]

but there's no definitive way to know 🫠

[polar moss]

they dont release stuff anymore

[lapis hill]

yeah

[hushed pelican]

ye there's only yale release so far

[polar moss]

just take it all at face value

if you get in great

if you dont move on

[lapis hill]

yeah

i moved on from that decision

pton was my #1 choice but if i get rejected in march its ok

[amber sphinx]

Yes tbh after getting deferred I realized that it’s best if you just don’t worry about stuff you can’t control

Just gotta move on

[lapis hill]

ur a pton defer too?

[amber sphinx]

No Duke

[lapis hill]

oh

[dusty ravine]

yeah our school is hella special

[amber sphinx]

200 applied ?

[hushed pelican]

bruh

[amber sphinx]

I thought it was 200 total people

[dusty ravine]

like if u complete all offered math courses by junior year u can take 12th grade math in princeton university 😭

those kids usually are the ones who get in

[hushed pelican]

Fr is it feeder school?

[amber sphinx]

Then why wouldn’t everyone do that?

[hushed pelican]

qotd is they all choose pton to be rea?

[dusty ravine]

cuz u have to be apart of this accelerated program and on top of that u have to pass a math course in the summer

its a long process but i never did it cuz im interested in poli sci not math

[amber sphinx]

I see

Honestly 5-8/200 is not feeder level

Cuz I thought u meant 200 size graduating class

[dusty ravine]

you would have to take multivariable calculus in like 11th grade to do princeton math tho

[amber sphinx]

How big is it the graduating class

[amber sphinx]

So calc bc in 10th?

[dusty ravine]

yea

[dusty ravine]

we got this website that tells us everythinggimme a sec

[amber sphinx]

Navisnce?

[dusty ravine]

yes

ok so i mispoke sorry @amber sphinx

it combines both of our high schools in the district

so about 200 applied from both high schools each year and of those about 8-10 get accepted

[amber sphinx]

Ah ok

How many seniors from both combined

[dusty ravine]

our grad class for my school is like 365

so assume theyre both teh same about 730-750

i know the other school has slightly more

[amber sphinx]

So out of 200 applied only one got deferred

Well obviously not everybody rea

But like still

Even 1/50

[dusty ravine]

yeah this year was definitely abnormal for us